In 2008, on the stage of the 19th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, Zhou Huajian sang a famous song, which caused a round of applause at the scene.
The host praised Zhou Huajian as a big brother in the Chinese music scene.
In the face of the host's praise, Zhou Huajian said: I don't dare to be ashamed, I don't dare to be a big brother, each big brother has a big brother above, and there is my big brother Li Zongsheng.
Li Zongsheng's appearance undoubtedly surprised many people, not to say that he was famous or big brother, but there seemed to be no such link in the show.
In the Chinese music scene, Li Zongsheng is indeed an important figure, and although his appearance is unexpected, it still causes thunderous applause from the audience.
Li Zongsheng smiled and greeted the people off the stage, and the people off the stage also stood up and applauded him.
I thought that Li Zongsheng would say something, but I did not expect that Li Zongsheng also came to a sentence: There is a big brother above each big brother, and there is my big brother Luo Dayou.
Perhaps many people grew up listening to Li Zongsheng's songs, but Li Zongsheng grew up listening to Luo Dayou's songs.
I have to say that in the position of the music world, Luo Dayou is indeed a godfather-level figure.
In Luo Dayou's life, he sang countless classics and left a strong legend in the Chinese music scene.
Immediately after, Luo Dayou's appearance made Zhou Huajian and Li Zongsheng both follow Luo Dayou upside down, and this word and deed was a fight with the loyal "Horse Boy".
I have to say that on this stage, the three big guys in the music scene are really very emotional.
At that time, even many people thought that this was not a deliberate "fancy" of the Golden Melody Awards.
But unexpectedly, a hall-level band that shocked the country "vertical line" turned out.
Few people may have heard of the vertical line, but friends familiar with the music industry should know that this is one of the few high-impact bands since the millennium, and it is called the insurmountable "godfather group" in the Chinese music scene.
They have four members, namely Luo Dayou, Li Zongsheng, Zhou Huajian and Zhang Zhenyue, who are more than 200 years old and have been debuting for 85 years.
No matter which member it is, it is almost an indispensable legend in the Chinese music scene.
But I didn't think about how brilliant this band was at the beginning and how awkward it was at the end.
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The longitudinal line was formed for a year, and although more than ten years have passed, the legend they left behind is still there, and the discussion of the longitudinal line has been passed down to this day.
This is a classic that cannot be copied in the Chinese music scene, but it is also a pity.
On July 25, 2008, the band "Longitudinal Line" was officially formed.
On August 1, a press conference was held in Taipei to announce the announcement.
In September, he performed the first collaborative performance of the song "The First Experience of Love" in Beijing.
Li Zongsheng as guitarist, Zhou Huajian as bassist, Luo Dayou as keyboard player, and Zhang Zhenyue as drummer.
According to the explanation given at the time, the original intention of the establishment of the vertical line was to save the sluggish music scene, hoping that in the downturn environment, the band could revive the glory of the music world and the hearts of professional musicians.
In fact, many people know that this is a marketing method of rolling stones, using the residual heat of several big names in the music industry to "make money".
There are many theories about the establishment of the longitudinal line, but the closest thing to the truth is that the owner of Rolling Stone Records, "Sanmao", Duan Zhongtan, pulled together.
At that time, the Chinese music scene was somewhat silent, especially mainstream music, and the albums launched were all of a meaning.
During the silence of the music scene, The Rolling Stones Records also suffered Waterloo.
Therefore, for the boss Duan Zhongtan, he was also very emotional, so he came up with a fanciful thing and led to a major case of the century.
Under the pull of Duan Zhongtan, he focused his eyes on Luo Dayou, Li Zongsheng, Zhou Huajian and Zhang Zhenyue, and he felt that if these 4 people wanted to be together, it should be a very interesting thing.
These 4 people can be said to represent the different musical cultures of the past 30 years, and they have also been in a state of combat in the music world.
Behind this longitudinal line, there is also the story of 14 bottles of red wine.
Duan Zhongtan took 12 bottles of red wine, made an appointment with Luo Dayou and Li Zongsheng to get drunk, and then Zhou Huajian brought 2 bottles of red wine to find Duan Zhongtan, and Zhang Zhenyue was done by phone.
It was in this case that the legendary band's longitudinal line was finalized.
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In 2009, on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, The Vertical Line performed a seven-minute long song skewer, performing "True Heart Hero", "Kiss My Baby", "Childhood", "The First Experience of Love" and the orchestra's single "Departure".
I have to say that this time the performance on the stage of CCTV was very successful.
Don't look at the combined age of these 4 people is about to be 200 years old, but their popularity is not lower than that of hot young people.
I have to say that the emergence of the vertical line has stirred up terrifying waves in the Chinese music scene.
Although it did not "save" the Chinese music scene, it is undoubtedly successful in the eyes of capitalists, and it is necessary to know that the tickets for concerts alone are as high as hundreds of millions of yuan.
They have a feeling of "incorruptible and old", but they have given the capitalists behind them a great surprise, so that they have made a big profit.
However, I did not expect that this band had only been formed for one year and then declared the end.
There is a saying that their combination itself is a year's time.
But looking back, the performance of the vertical line is also very regrettable, they really saved the music scene, or are they just looking for gold?
Perhaps in the hearts of several of them, they want to revitalize the music scene, but the capitalists want to make money.
In just one year, on the faces of these 4 people, I saw a full sense of exhaustion.
Behind that beautiful ticket data, there are countless sadness hidden in them, and in a year's tour time, the income of each member has reached about 20 million, not to mention how much the capitalists earn.
However, they also seem to have forgotten their original intention in this perfect data.
At first, in their acts and songs, there was a tendency to "rescult each face."
The reason why it is named vertical line is because in addition to running through the development of Chinese pop music, it is also a witness to the social changes in China in the past 30 years, which runs through Taiwan, then extends to Hong Kong, and then radiates to the mainland of the motherland.
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After the Spring Festival Gala, the first performance of the longitudinal line band was opened at the Taipei Arena.
Their first performance also made hundreds of musicians in the Chinese music scene attend, and even Jay Chou, Wang Lihong and others came to the scene to congratulate.
For such a grand ceremony, the Hong Kong and Taiwan media also defined this concert as a "pilgrimage in the music industry".
I have to say that these four singers on the stage, spanning the Chinese music scene, have led an era, and when their popularity gradually declines, they are gathered together again, which is undoubtedly a great impact on the music circle.
Recalling the performance at the Little Dome, and then the end of a year, their memories are also very emotional.
Countless people think that the departure of the vertical line will make several people unfinished, but what they did not expect was that they only expressed endless heartache.
In Taiwan's popular variety show "Kangxi Lai", the host Cai Kangyong and Xiao S talked about the band's longitudinal line, and thought that they would feel that the cooperation was not enough, and asked Zhou Huajian: Will you regret that the initial setting was only one year.
But what he didn't expect was that Zhou Huajian said: He really regretted it, for a year, he kept performing, so tired that he almost ran away.
Not only that, he also said that it was good to only sign for one year, and if it had not signed a bunch of contracts, it would have been dissolved long ago.
In the longitudinal line that is highly valued and optimistic by the world, why do they have such ideas as band members?
In fact, you can see that Zhou Huajian is so tired that he wants to run, it seems that there are already traces to follow.
Since the appearance of the vertical line in the eyes of the world, in addition to the performance during this period, it is to record variety shows.
In the eyes of the world, Zhou Huajian, who has always spoken a lot, is a person who is active in his own right, but in the days of the vertical line, he gives people a feeling that he is sluggish.
Not only Zhou Huajian, but even Zhang Zhenyue, the youngest in the team, also felt the same way.
Zhang Zhenyue recalled that year's tour was also bitter, except for the time of performance and rehearsal, they almost spent it on transportation.
This long period of turbulent displacement also completely squeezed Zhang Zhenyue's physical strength dry.
For this legendary band to cross the line, Zhang Zhenyue's evaluation is: disbandment is liberation.
I have to say that this tour really squeezed him dry.
And Luo Dayou and Li Zongsheng, too, said that the previous preparation was not thorough, which also led to a series of problems in the future, and this continuous performance made them deeply tired.
Seemingly brilliant longitudinal line, in fact, this heartache, is also unimaginable to ordinary people.
The story behind their "destruction" is far worse than you think.
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There is a question: is the vertical line adhering to "salvation" or "gold hunting"?
This answer is perhaps best known to them and the capitalists behind them.
The combination of four people, in a short period of time, earned a lot of money.
From the initial popularity to the dissolution of the wolf, it also caused a lot of trouble to Luo Dayou.
After all, these few people are in public, although Luo Dayou's status is higher, but the era is no longer his era, and it is undoubtedly really incorruptible and old to continue in this circle.
In the vertical line, Luo Dayou still can't feel it, after all, every performance is full, and he never has to worry about the problem of the box office.
However, after the dissolution of the vertical line, Luo Dayou's career and popularity continued to decline, and it was still very powerful.
Take 2017, Luo Dayou returned to the Little Dome to open a concert, and there is no longer the prosperity and glory of the year, and some are just sparse.
Even in this concert, he gathered Lin Junjie, Tao Zhe, Xin Xiaoqi and other singers to press the line, it is not difficult to see that Luo Dayou's era has passed.
I have to say that thinking back to the small dome in the longitudinal line, it can be said that it is really crowded.
In his acting career, Luo Dayou has composed countless classic songs, especially those three big meaningful songs.
"Only a Lifetime", "Rolling Red Dust", "Dreamcatcher".
They were written for the writer Xiao Hong, the writer Zhang Ailing, and the Sanmao Duan Zhongtan, they are very important for Luo Dayou in his life, and there is resonance in the front, but Sanmao is deeply emotional, and the death of Sanmao makes Luo Dayou grief-stricken.
Times are changing, in this circle of newcomers, he is gradually ignored, but it is undeniable that Luo Dayou's contributions in the Chinese music scene, he is the godfather level, and winning the Golden Melody Award Special Contribution Award is also deserved.
It's just that when the times abandon you, you won't even say hello.
There is a saying that goes well: people can't obey the old, the Yangtze River rolls, and the front wave pushes the back wave.
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In fact, the "destruction" of the vertical line is not only in the "wolf", except for Zhang Zhenyue, all three of them are older, especially Luo Dayou, as well as in the works.
Although the four of them are the best singers in the past 30 years, their musical talent can be said to be incomparable to few people, but the music they make is not so simple.
Not to mention Zhang Zhenyue, you can see how many albums Luo Dayou, Li Zongsheng, and Zhou Huajian have released, how many albums have been released, and how many classics there are.
Everyone sees that the vertical line is a combination of strong and strong, but the ideal always cannot withstand the cruel reality.
These 4 talented musicians, combined together, make a song but it is very difficult.
In order to be able to shine on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, it took a month to write a song "Outlaws".
However, this song is not suitable for appearing on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, so it was renamed "Departure", and some of the lyrics in it were also adjusted.
The longitudinal line for such a situation also made Zhou Huajian's agent very complaining, directly saying: Creation is guilt.
It is also true that after all, they are all big brother-level characters, have their own unique views on music, and everyone has a different style, and it is really difficult to fit everyone.
All along, Zhou Huajian is the kind of old and good person, he is the music director, and he will not refuse anyone's opinion.
This is good, one person one opinion, how to make wow.
Maybe in front of the stage, the vertical line we see is a band with tacit understanding, but privately, their arguments are very fierce, they are all legendary singers in the Chinese music scene, everyone's style is different, according to whom?
Not to mention that these are still 4 experienced singers, in exchange for newcomers, there are still many places to polish, not to mention them.
So a lot of times, every time you discuss creation, it's a headache.
It is a little difficult to come up with new songs and albums, and this is also their "embarrassment".
No one obeys anyone, and the heavens spare no one.
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Since the establishment of the vertical line, the tour and activities have been arranged to be full, and they want to come up with new songs and albums, and they also have time, and most of their time, either in rehearsal or on the way to rehearsal, can have very little free time.
Tired, just like Zhang Zhenyue, a young man, his physical strength has been squeezed dry, and there are other experiences.
Long-term bumps, there is time to record them, but also there is no good recording studio, can only choose to record in the hotel, sound insulation effect is not good, take the quilt, mattress.
The conditions are simple, and it can be said that they do not fit the identity of these people at all.
Although Zhong chuan line is a legendary band, in addition to the song "Outlaws/Departure", there are only their classic old songs.
And this also makes them suffer a lot of doubts.
You know, those classic old songs are not launched by the band, but their personal famous songs and masterpieces.
It can be said that this seems to be the glory of the vertical line, but it is better to say that they are "embarrassed" and "embarrassed", forming a band, but also relying on the previous songs to support the scene.
At the beginning, when the longitudinal line was preparing to be established, Luo Dayou, Li Zongsheng, and Zhou Huajian wanted to invite Wu Bai.
After all, Wu Bai was also a legend in the music industry, and even today, it is still a good memory for some people.
Why not make money and make music together to increase visibility?
It seems to be very tempting conditions and reasons, but Wu Bai did not hesitate to refuse, and the reason given was also very simple: too busy, really no time.
Are you busy, and you are busy for a brilliant year?
Perhaps the reason for the refusal is also very simple, that is, Wu Bai is unwilling to give up his team members.
If you join the vertical line, you will undoubtedly abandon the existing personnel and tour with the vertical line and release records.
In response to Yu Wu Bai, an old cannon in the Chinese music scene, he once said: Friends can turn their faces, members cannot turn their faces, and members have responsibilities.
No matter how it changes, they have always adhered to this principle, and because of this, they have not had a big problem for decades.
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In the later stages of the longitudinal line, Li Zongsheng also launched a song "To Yourself".
This song is undoubtedly another song that has shocked countless fans.
Even at the Golden Melody Awards, he beat Jay Chou's "Superman Can't Fly" and won the best song of the year.
Despite the success of the song, the song alone could not "save" the music scene.
Not to mention this big market, even the old owner Rolling Stones are difficult to protect.
If it is originally conceived, the vertical line should be able to "save" and "earn money".
But the problems and "embarrassments" exposed again and again are also witnessing the decline of the Rolling Stones in disguise.
Since the turn of the millennium, the Chinese music scene has gone downhill, and the rolling stones have been mismanaged, allowing many internal singers to leave one after another.
Although the vertical line was disbanded after a brilliant year, their concerts were full, and it was even more difficult to find tickets.
Even today, it is remembered by many people and is regarded as an idol group.
The drunken joke that originally formed the vertical line was actually successful, but no one thought that this idol group, which seemed to be Wang Fang, had become a masterpiece in the Chinese music scene.
There are many people who still expect the vertical line to return to the stage, even if it is clear that they are gold-seeking.
You know, in the entire Chinese music scene, it is almost impossible to form such a luxurious lineup.
It can be said that looking at the entire music scene, no one can be like them, even if the "gold fishing" is "so artistic".