Speaking of the CCTV version of "Journey to the West", everyone must be very familiar with it, and since it was broadcast in 1986, major television stations will broadcast this divine drama during the winter and summer vacations. I remember when I watched this TV series when I was a child, I didn't mention how excited I was when I heard the theme song "Yungong Xunyin", but when I came to the ending song "Dare to Ask Where the Road Is", I inexplicably had a sense of loss, because this episode was finished, and I would not be able to watch the next episode until tomorrow. When xiaobian said this, childhood memories slowly came to mind. Let's get back to the point, when it comes to "Dare to Ask Where the Road Is", everyone will echo the crisp and loud voice of tenor singer Jiang Dawei, and indeed his singing has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Jiang Dawei
In fact, the real original singer of this song is not Jiang Dawei, but the soprano singer Zhang Baomo. Careful viewers should find that when the first version of "Journey to the West" was broadcast on CCTV, the ending song of the first 11 episodes was obviously a female voice, how did it suddenly become a tenor? Here is the story behind it, "Dare to Ask Where the Road Is" came from the famous composer Xu Jingqing's pen, when Yang Jie, the general director of "Journey to the West", let Xu Jingqing personally find the singer of this song. Xu Jingqing first wrote this song with the standard of male voice, but at that time, domestic TV dramas had an unwritten rule, the theme song was male, and the ending song should be female. "Journey to the West" was piloted for two episodes in 1984, and the theme song was "Hundred Songs and Thousands of Folds and Shows Sincerity" sung by the famous tenor Wu Yanze, so Xu Jingqing began to look for female singers, and zhang Wasumer was thought of at that time.
Xu Jingqing
Xu Jingqing
In 1981, Zhang Shumo's song "Waves of Gulangyu Island" was all the rage, Zhang Shumo's voice was highly recognizable, and the style of singing was particularly lyrical and feminine. At first, Zhang Yumo still felt that he was not suitable for this song, and did not agree. Under the persuasion of Xu Jingqing many times, he was willing to audition, so Zhang Tyamo became the original singer of this song. The first version of "Journey to the West" was officially broadcast on CCTV, and the ending song "Dare to Ask where the road is" sung by Zhang Shumo was also played to 11 episodes. At this time, many enthusiastic audiences reacted through letters, "Journey to the West" is a group of men going to the Western Heavens to learn the scriptures, experiencing too much danger and hardship in the middle, sung by a female voice, a little too soft, not enough vicissitudes. After careful consultation, the leaders of the stage decided to temporarily substitute people to sing the ending song, so Xu Jingqing began to look for male singers, when his first thought was Liu Huan, but Liu Huan was a popular singer, after the audition, Director Yang Jie did not want popular singers to sing. Xu Jingqing also found the popular rock singer Cui Jian, everyone knows that Cui Jian's rock is hysterical screaming singing, after the audition, or did not pass the level of Yang Director.
Zhang Shumo
Zhang Shumo
Maybe this song is also looking for someone suitable for singing, just when Xu Jingqing was struggling to find a candidate, this day Xu Jingqing participated in the recording work in the recording studio, just happened to meet Jiang Dawei who came to record, Xu Jingqing held a try mentality, invited Jiang Dawei to audition, this test immediately hit off, Director Yang was also particularly satisfied after listening to the recording. In this way, Jiang Dawei became the singer of "Dare to Ask Where the Road Is", and "Journey to the West" was replaced by Jiang Dawei's version from 12 episodes. With the popularity of "Journey to the West", this song "Dare to Ask Where the Road Is" is also a household name, and the lucky Jiang Dawei has also become popular throughout the country by relying on this song.