Every music fan who loves to listen to Wu Bai will not agree with the statement of "turning red". In the nearly thirty years since his debut, Wu Bai's singing voice has been everywhere, in the car CD, on the KTV rankings, in every corner of the TV series, and in the memory of generations.
And all this has to start twenty-seven years ago. On this day in 1994, Wu Bai released his second album "Ronin Love Song", from this album, he decided to use Chinese to play rock.
If you want to reform the market, you must enter the market
In the early 1990s, a bar in Taipei called "Xilang" was in an endless stream, many visitors were to listen to Wu Bai singing, and there were directors, writers and other cultural elites sitting on the stage, and when they heard Wu Bai's adaptation of the old Hokkien songs, they would go crazy.
At the same time, Wu Bai also launched his first album "Falling in love with others is a happy thing", with the big three words "Wu Junlin" on the cover, and Wu Bai's expression that seems to have been captured without modification, symbolizing the most original power of this album.
As an authentic blues work, "Falling in Love with Someone Else is a Happy Thing" is mixed with Chinese and Hokkien singing, in which Wu Bai vents the most enthusiastic rock spirit. However, the market response of this album was flat, and the music style that deviated from the mainstream of the times was not accepted by the public.
After the poor results of the first album, Wu Bai thought about the connection between the market, culture and musical form, realized that the oriental music market valued the characteristics of melody, and was determined to show music in another way with his old partner China Blue.
During the recording of "Ronin Love Song", all the equipment and works were accidentally burned by the lanterns in the interview of Taiwan Fengyun, fortunately, Wu Baihe and the orchestra maintained a good mentality of "wanting water to make hair, burning more and more prosperous", and sure enough, "Ronin Love Song" was successfully sold after its release. -- "Ronin Love Song" sold 500,000 copies, and Wu Bai and China Blue became one of the most influential orchestras in China.
But for the evaluation of the album "Ronin Love Song", there is another voice in the market, they think that the man who played rock and roll in a ponytail in the "soil" has changed and become commercial.
Wu Bai's response to this view explains what is called "pattern": "There is nothing wrong with business, to reform the market, we must enter the market, and then join hands with many comrades to work together to subvert it, so that the minority can be popularized, and also give the current public some stimulation." ”
Regarding the use of Chinese to play rock and roll, Wu Bai said: "I want to use the Chinese of Taiwanese tone to write songs, and use very temperamental Chinese to sing beautiful and romantic love songs." ”
Starting from "Ronin Love Song", "the Chinese of Taiwanese accents" has also become a classic symbol that Wu Bai has always been imitated and never surpassed.
There are always new surprises
People often say in the comment section of "Ronin Love Song" that they can't believe that this is an album from twenty-seven years ago, even if it has been looped many times, there are always new surprises to listen to.
The most representative song of the same name of the whole college, "Ronin Love Song", is a classic love song that almost everyone can sing, and the voice processing and singing state of Wu Bai prodigal son makes the concept of "Ronin" embodied into a sense of atmosphere, wrapping the entire album.
In 1997, Andy Lau covered "Ronin Love Song" and included it in the album "Love Is So Magical", which also included most of the male vocal classics of the 1990s, including "You Drunk Me" and "Love Like a Tide", which shows the influence of "Ronin Love Song".
In 1999, Dick Cowboy also included a cover version of "Ronin Love Song" in the cover album "Begang". Since then, in major variety shows and concerts, Zhang Yu, Li Ronghao, Su Jianxin and other singers have also sung "Ronin Love Song".
Because there are too many representative songs of Wu Bai, the other works in "Ronin Love Song" are not as popular as the songs of the same name, but it should be known that "Last Dance" was also an "unpopular track", they are just treasure songs that have not yet received attention.
For example, the nearly seven-minute long "199 Rose", based on the sound of wandering on the edge of shouting and roaring, unfolds a mental journey after the loss of love, and the emotions of longing, reluctance, despair, and even madness are all on the table.
"Dear You" is also a song about separation, but it uses a more rhythmic arrangement expression. There are catchy melodies and lyrics of pop songs, and there is a strong sense of rhythm in rock music.
The title of "Iron Man" looks slightly joyful at first glance, but the whole song is concise and gentle, showing the tough and determined steel man image with a small number of words and less variations, and even can hear some similarities with the future hit song "Bridge of Tears".
When the popular traffic slowly fades from Wu Bai's body, his music has become the focus of attention again, and this "Ronin Love Song" may allow you to listen to new surprises.