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Do professional singers really look down on grassroots singers?
In the early years, Na Ying's performance said it all.
After 2000, Jay Chou, Lin Junjie, SHE, Zhang Shaohan and Mayday all ushered in their own spring.
In this era of hundreds of flowers, Daolang is like a sledgehammer.
The surprise gave the singers a hard blow.
In 2004, his album The First Snow of 2002 sold 2.7 million copies without any publicity.
The album "Lover" and "Impulsive Punishment" were all applauded.
In an instant, from the bustling city to the fields and countryside, it was the voice of Daolang.
Under the scenery, Zhang Yimou's premiere of "Ten Faces Ambush" invited him to be the opening singer.
Universal Records handed him an olive branch.
Tam Wing Lin personally called Dao Lang and hoped to cover "The First Snow of 2002" into Cantonese.
From obscure celebrities to hot big stars.
Dao Lang was not only faced with flowers and applause, but also with disdain and denigration from his peers.
In 2010, the "Top Ten Festivals of the Music Chart" was selected as the "Ten Influential Singers in the Music Industry".
Na Ying is the chairman of the jury, and when discussing with others whether Dao Lang can be selected, his words are sharp.
She said that although Daolang's songs sold well, they did not have aesthetic standards.
He also blurted out excitedly: The people who go to KTV to order knife lang songs are farmers.
He even said that Dao Lang would smash the TV when she wanted to go to the Spring Festival Gala.
With Na Ying's achievements and influence, Dao Lang invisibly had a lot less opportunity to gain honor.
Those who echoed her had similar opinions to her.
For example, Wang Feng said: "The popularity of Daolang song is simply the sadness of popular music, except for freshness, it is useless." ”
In his opinion, the reason why Daolang is hot is because everyone is used to listening to too much exquisite music.
Moreover, daolang's sales method of "rural encirclement of the city", although the number is huge, does not prove anything.
Even if the media and the audience think it's a good thing, is it really good?
Also looking down on Dao Lang was Yang Kun.
Yang Kun has always had a poisonous tongue, and in the face of reporters' questions, he only said 7 words in a concise and concise manner:
"Is that music?"
These three can be called the three major music giants of internal entertainment.
Even if they don't recognize it, how can Daolang get better in the mainland market?
Then again, even if sales don't mean everything.
But those honors that Dao Lang received, did they really turn a blind eye?
A year before Na Ying refused to be shortlisted for the "Top Ten Influential Singers in mainland China".
Dao Lang's song "Family" won the "Five One Project Award" of the 11th Spiritual Civilization Construction of the Central Propaganda Department.
This award was initiated by the State Propaganda Department.
And only one work is selected for each field, which is one of the thousands of miles in the country.
This kind of honorable title, Dao lang has also won more than once.
A year after Na Ying refused to allow Dao Lang to be shortlisted for the "Top Ten Influential Singers in the Mainland".
Dao Lang's public welfare song "Love is You and Me" won the award again.
This punch in the face is not the usual sound.
Since the achievements are obvious to all, why should they slander Daolang?
Gao Xiaosong once analyzed: "The practitioners of the recording industry belong to the scholar-doctor class, and it is normal for them to exclude people who are not from universities. ”
From this sentence, it can be seen that daolang's success has seriously hit the arrogance of these scholars, making their superiority a joke.
As the gossip from the outside world continued, Daolang, who had always been silent, disappeared.
But it's not just because of these disturbances.
It's more of a story behind his own unspeakable mouth.
02
In Dao Lang's heart, there has always been a pain that cannot be repaired.
He had an older brother who beat him up when he didn't agree.
Dao Lang has always held a grudge against this.
When I grew up, my brother fell in love.
The 16-year-old Dao Lang learned from friends that this girl has a rich love history.
Out of "revenge", he added fuel to his brother's story and ridiculed him for wearing a green hat.
My brother fought with him over this.
Their parents are also on the side of Daolang.
Angry brother ran away from home.
However, not long after running away from home, the news came that his brother had died in a car accident.
Dao Lang regretted that he was not in the beginning, looked at his mother who washed her face with tears all day, and blamed herself for her chagrin.
Although his brother loved to bully him, his brother would never let others bully him.
It is also common to quarrel and beat others for him.
Thinking back to this bit of blood thicker than water, Dao Lang became depressed.
But in order to avoid people seeing his gaffe, he put on a black hat.
After a long time, the hat was "welded" on his head.
It became a way for him to pay tribute to his brother.
My brother once saw his passion for music and said he wanted him to learn music well.
So he kept this sentence in mind, and after his brother left, he left his hometown to pursue his musical dreams.
At the age of 18, he met a girl in a dance hall.
Yang Na was older than him and had divorced once.
Dao Lang's parents firmly opposed, but they did not hesitate to get married.
But love without material is a mess.
After marriage, Yang Na found that following him was a poor dreamer.
Can't give yourself the beautiful life you want.
So 40 days after giving birth to her daughter, she did not quit.
Dao Lang went to the song and dance troupe where she worked to find her.
She was told she had resigned for 20 days.
The grieving Daolang had nowhere to vent and wrote a song Child to express his thoughts about Yang Na.
Life goes on.
Dao Lang sent the child to his parents' house, and he started again.
He worked as a keyboard player, went to bars to sing, and traveled to Hainan, Xinjiang, Xi'an and other places.
All the way to the song.
In the process, he met Zhu Mei, a girl from Xinjiang.
Zhu Mei is also a singer.
For the sake of Zhu Mei, Daolang settled in Xinjiang.
I landed in a rental house of less than 10 square meters.
Despite the poor living conditions between the two, Zhu Mei had no complaints.
He was even encouraged to be brave enough to pursue his dreams.
Deeply moved, Dao Lang wrote 3,000 songs in 3 years.
"Western Love Song" is one of them.
"The First Snow of 2002" is also a trace of their lives.
Next to their rental house, there is a bus stop called "Eighth Floor".
The name of the station was originally a memorial to the tallest building in the area many years ago.
One day, he stood in front of the station sign and looked at the snow in the sky, and his heart surged with infinite feelings.
This is why I wrote this song.
In 2004, his album became a hit.
"The First Snow of 2002" floated through the hearts of thousands of listeners.
The phrase "no. 2 bus parked on the eighth floor" in the lyrics was also watched by many people.
Because it is written in conjunction with his own experience, his songs are particularly empathetic.
A large proportion of people have life experience or have been emotionally injured.
After listening to it, they all fell in love with the rough and hoarse singing voice of the knife lang.
Since then, his dream has finally sprouted.
It's just a pity that his brilliance is only for a moment.
03
How hot was Daolang back then?
The First Snow of 2002 sold 10 million copies including pirated copies.
Not only did it refresh the record of Chinese record sales.
It will also crush Jay Chou's "Seven Mile Fragrance" strongly.
Subsequently, songs such as "Impulsive Punishment", "Lover", and "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" are all necessary songs for every store in the streets and alleys.
And his songs have dominated the ringtone chart for a long time.
Fire to the point that not only Pang Long said, "None of us can sell Dao Lang." ”
Even Na Ying, who looked down on him, had to admit that his sales were so high that no one could beat him.
Praise and denigration have always existed at the same time.
After experiencing his brother and ex-wife, Dao lang became calm and low-key.
His dream is to make music.
So I never do anything unrelated to music.
For example, how to build a network based on fame.
How to deal with the sophistication of the impetuous entertainment industry.
Because his world is only himself, he will only fight alone with a lonely courage.
So those who were jealous of him could easily discredit him.
And Dao Lang's personality, in the face of these right and wrong, did not bother to explain at all.
So when the flood came, he chose to retreat.
On March 14, 2012, Dao Lang held a concert at the Hung Hom Sports Centre in Hong Kong.
Attendance reached 90 percent.
In the halo and applause, Dao Lang perfectly ended his dream.
After retiring, he went to Xinjiang.
He lives in a small city in Xinjiang called Changji.
He sat quietly in front of the computer and read all the articles, comments, and follow-ups that praised him and scolded him.
See from the initial anger to the final helpless relief.
After adjusting his mindset, he began to plan further.
He trained his apprentice Yun Duo and did some behind-the-scenes work.
Although he is not in the jianghu, there is still his legend in the jianghu.
For example, at the annual meeting of Wanda Group, Wang Jianlin's "West Sea Love Song".
Another example is to help Yang Dolma cover her own famous songs, so that her reputation is great.
After 10 years, Daolang returned to the public eye to attend a friend's wedding.
Although the middle-aged man who was blessed on the stage and the rugged man with the black hat have been sentenced to two people.
But in him and his wife, there is an enviable quiet goodness of the years.
Sure enough, some people are doomed not to belong to the materialistic entertainment industry.
They should drift with the wind, unrestrained, and live a pure and simple life.