We often hear the words "excellent singing and composing", as long as the singing is OK, but also can write their own songs, usually will be praised as excellent singing. But strictly speaking, the "good" I understand is not just to get by, but to be really excellent, that is, there are both excellent singing skills and extraordinary creative talents, and both aspects are strong, which is the real "good singing and composing".
So, in the Chinese music scene, how many such singers are there?
The answer is rare and few. As far as the Chinese music scene before 2000 is concerned, there are four such god-level singers in my mind, and coincidentally, these four singers are no longer active in the music world, some have passed away, some have retired, and some have "become immortals"...
1. Tong Ange
Tong Ange, who entered the industry as a songwriter and production assistant in the early 1980s, has written many songs for others, such as "Yelia Girl" written for Liu Wenzheng and "This Love Never Stays" for Fei Yuqing, showing extraordinary musical talent.
In 1985, he officially debuted as a singer and released his debut solo album "Thinking of You". All 10 songs on the album are composed by my own lyrics. Since then, he has released films at an average rate of one album a year, and has also continued to create for others, such as Wang Zhilei's "Do You Still Love Me Tomorrow", Qiu Haizheng's "In Fact You Don't Understand My Heart", Yang Junrong's "Sad Train" and so on.
In 1989, the year of Tong Ange's official outbreak, he released two albums, "Actually You Don't Understand My Heart" and "Where Dreams Begin", which contained a lot of popular gold songs. Through these two albums, Tong Ange established the status of a Heavenly King singer in one fell swoop, and his thick and affectionate singing voice accompanied by the first golden song spread across the taiwan strait and three places.
Tong Ange can be called the most perfect singer image of that era, he is talented, but also a moving image of Prince Charming, and for a time became the dream lover of countless young girls.
Tong Ange's singing and composition are indisputable. In terms of singing, his voice is full of atmosphere, warmth and a little sadness, which has the power to soothe people's hearts. Not to mention his creation, the songwriting is excellent, the amount of works is huge, not only has he produced 15 creative albums, but also contributed works to so many people, even Hong Kong's Tam Wing Lin and Jacky Cheung have sung the songs he wrote and won many awards.
At that time, Tong Ange was known as the "Four Heavenly Kings of Taiwan" together with Qi Qin, Wang Jie and Zhou Huajian. Among these four music kings, in terms of comprehensive singing and composing ability, Tong Ange is actually the most profound, but also the most underestimated one. One of the reasons for this may be that he retired early and many young people did not know him.
In 1996, Tong Ange retired from the rapids, immigrated to Canada, and then had few opportunities to appear in the Chinese music scene, which made countless fans very worried.
2. Huang Jiaju
In the Hong Kong music scene at that time, when I wanted to say that singers who were excellent in singing and writing, the first thing I thought of was Wong Ka-koo. Because most of Hong Kong is idol singers, and most of the songs are cover songs, there are very few original singers, like Tam Wing Lin, Cheung Kwok Wing and the Four Heavenly Kings and the Queen of Heaven, some will also write some, but they are not yet singer-songwriters.
As the lead singer + creator + rhythm guitarist of beyond the band BEYOND, Huang Jiaju is an absolute soul figure. Although he comes from the grassroots, his musical talent is completely worthy of genius, and he is a versatile songwriter, and he is not a half-hanger, especially in composition and singing, which makes people have to be impressed.
Huang Jiaju is a natural melody master in composition, in the words of manager Chen Jiantian, he has too many notes in his mind, and often can't sleep in the middle of the night and can only get up to write songs. Humming casually on the mouth and popping it out with the guitar is a wonderful piece of music. Therefore, almost all of BEYOND's popular works are composed by Huang Jiaju. And these published songs are only a small part of his creation, and many demos have not yet had a chance to be heard. There are even many songs that he feels are too popular, and he has directly killed them before they have formed a demo.
Lyrics, Huang Jiaju due to cultural limitations, can not be regarded as particularly professional, but there is also a surging power in the blunt, occasionally can also write fine works, such as "The Sea and the Sky", "Glorious Years", etc., the latter also won him the "Best Filler Award" of the top ten golden songs.
In singing, Huang Jiaju's singing skills are also very powerful, his voice is mellow and magnetic, full of breath, explosive, and the range is also very wide. With such sonic conditions and singing ability, he can perfectly interpret the direct power of BEYOND's works, and at the same time, every cover singer cannot achieve such an effect.
I remember that domestic music professor Pan Naixian once commented that Wong Ka-koo was the best singer he had ever heard of.
Similarly, Huang Jiaju, who is a good singer-songwriter, did not stay in the music world for too long, and left forever in the tenth year of his band and the fifth year after his fame, which made people feel infinitely sad!
3. Zhang Yusheng
To say that Zhang Yusheng sings well, no one should question it, right?
Singing this aspect, of course, needless to say, "Asia's first tenor" is not covered, the singing voice is sonorous and powerful, with the super energy of piercing clouds and cracking stones, "My Future Is Not a Dream", "The Sea" and other classic songs have made him popular all over the taiwan strait and three places, and he is one of the most popular Taiwanese singers in the late 80s and early 90s.
The focus is on the creative side, and some people may not be too recognized, after all, "The Sea" and "My Future Is Not a Dream" are not his originals. But this is precisely where Zhang Yusheng is seriously underestimated, and these commercial songs have made countless people ignore his amazing creative talent.
Zhang Yusheng's own original works include "Duplicity", "I Look Forward", "Hindsight", as well as "Take Me to the Moon", "The Deep Grass of the Lake", "The Street Chief of Yonggong Street" and the posthumous work "Yellow River Yangtze River", etc. People who really pay attention to Zhang Yusheng's music know that his original works are far more enduring and more musical than those commercial songs.
Zhang Yusheng is known as a "music magician" and "million producer", which shows that his creative ability is extraordinary. In addition to his own musical works, he also created one of the most important works in the last two years of his life, that is, singer Zhang Huimei.
He was only 30 years old at the time, and he took over Zhang Huimei as a producer, creating two albums for her, "Sisters" and "Bad Boy", and the two title songs of the same name (and other songs) on the album were created by Zhang Yusheng. Both albums sold more than one million copies, allowing Zhang Huimei to ascend from an unknown newcomer to the position of queen of heaven. Such a miracle is unprecedented in Taiwan, and even Li Zongsheng cannot do it. ‘
Unfortunately, Zhang Yusheng died unexpectedly in 1997 after winning zhang Huimei. His life, like Huang Jiaju's, was forever fixed at the age of 31. His path to the godfather of music has only just begun, and if he hadn't died young, would he have written more and better works? Will it be popular with the second and third Zhang Huimei? Will it become the new generation of musical godfathers after Luo and Li?
4. Dou Wei
Above are two Taiwanese singers, a Hong Kong singer, and the last one, we gathered with a mainland singer, Dou Wei.
There are also many powerful people in the mainland song scene, but if you want to say that the singing and creation are particularly cattle, it must be Dou Wei.
Let's start with singing.
When talking about Huang Jiaju above, Pan Naixian said that he was "no worse than Dou Wei", which means that Dou Wei is a benchmark for super singing skills.
Yes, Dou Wei's singing voice, which was recognized as the first person to rock and roll at that time, had a thick and hoarse voice, wild and uninhibited, and extremely impactful, especially in the Black Panther period, which was too shocking. He not only exploded in the high pitch, but also had a good bass, plus Dou Wei was also particularly handsome when he was young, that is, the top rock star, or even the queen of heaven fell under his pomegranate pants. Even like rock and roll now, it is said that rock does not need to sing, and it is also a kind of power to die or not to live. Well, that's because no one has Dou Wei's singing skills anymore.
Then there's creation.
Dou Wei's musical talent was very impressive. When he first joined Black Panther, he contributed 6 songs to his debut album, including "DON'T BREAK MY HEART", "Don't Break My Heart", "Don't Come to Haunt Me", "Afraid You'll Shed Tears for Yourself", 3 songs are all songs, and the other 3 are lyrics or compositions. At that time, Dou Wei wrote songs like his singing, which were metallic and explosive, and most people could accept and like them.
From the Black Panther period to the "Black Dream" period, Dou Wei transformed from a "popular rock star" to a "rock god" in the minds of some people, with a narrower audience and a much higher height. For example, Zhang Wei, who imitated the idol Dou Wei in "The Hundred Changes Show" last time, was completely distracted, saying that "Black Dream" was the record he had bought the most times repeatedly, "More than 20 years have passed, I thought I had seen the Milky Way, but I voluntarily looked up at this star."
After the black dream period, we will not say it, because of the depth, the more advanced and deeper, and no longer open their mouths to sing, which is completely out of the scope of our ordinary people's understanding, and they are not qualified to comment.
Dou Wei has worked tirelessly in music so far, but everyone says that he has become an immortal, and the "Fan" language music scene is just his place to stay. But in any case, as long as there is a Black Panther period and a black dream period, it is enough to prove that Dou Wei is a singer with excellent singing.
These four god-level singers can be called real singers and singers! Unfortunately, two died young, one retired prematurely, and one had already become an immortal... Hey, after all, they are all older singers. So next time we talk about the Chinese music scene after 2000, who are the best singers?