In 1982, the Taiwan authorities were still under martial law, but Taipei entered the process of urbanization with the rapid development of industry and commerce. This year, Li Ao was released from prison and immediately exposed the darkness of the judiciary. Soon, an unprecedented riot broke out in Hsinchu Juvenile Prison, shocking the whole island. In Taiwan at that time, modern times were impacting traditions, authoritarianism was stifling ideas, and society was in a painful and violent period of transition.
Taipei in the 80s
At this time, the Taiwanese folk songs of the past can no longer meet people's needs, and they urgently need an outlet to express their extreme resentment of the oppressive atmosphere, and Luo Dayou is using rock music and sharp lyrics to deeply express people's hearts.
In 1982, Luo Dayou published his first album "ZhiHu Ren Ye". Luo Dayou on the cover has an exploding head, wears a pair of sunglasses, is dressed in black, and stands in the corner expressionless.
Different from the guitar playing style of Taiwanese popular songs at that time, this record has a distinct rock style, which is completely different from the campus style at that time.
It was a kind of rock and roll, a cry of the times, a search for social conscience, a kind of record that had a reflection on the moral degeneration of some people of the times, and at that time it could be described as a thunderbolt on a sunny day. Therefore, many record companies have refused to publish Luo Dayou's record, and the Rolling Stones of that year resolutely undertook the release of "Zhi hu ye" with a spirit of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers.
At first, when I listened to this song, some people protested that this song was sung incompletely. In fact, at that time, the Taiwanese music scene was also relatively conservative, for decades, the main themes were campus folk songs. Campus folk songs are actually a saying in our mainland, and Taiwan calls them folk songs.
The characteristics of the song are fresh and simple, so many Taiwanese listeners can't accept Luo Dayou's out-of-the-box music at once. But the founders of Rolling Stone Records, Duan Zhongtan and Duan Zhongyi, liked them very much, because they were also restless people themselves.
"Musical Old Naughty Boy" Duan Zhongyi, Duan Zhongtan two brothers and they have loved for 39 years rolling stone records
Luo Dayou quickly used his maverick singing style to cause a commotion in the Taiwanese music scene, and the black-clad and cynical Luo Dayou shouted that Taipei is not my home, stood out from the Taiwanese campus songs, and quickly became the first person in Taiwanese rock. One of the songs on the album, "Lukang Town" (1982), first sang about the confusion and helplessness of young urbanites in the process of urbanization.
In this work, every sentence is still torturing each of us, that is, in the process of the continuous urbanization of our countryside, how can we preserve our traditions? How can we not lose sight of simple, good things in modern society?
The critical spirit revealed in "Zhi Hu Ye" made Luo Dayou's debut album banned by the Taiwan authorities for five songs as soon as it came out. At that time, there was still a strict censorship system for songs in taiwan's record industry. Flipping through Cairo Dayou's early albums, you will find that each song is marked with censorship numbers, which is also a symbol of the times left by the Taiwanese record industry.
Probably out of the doctor's professional habits, Luo Dayou's lyrics are as sharp as a doctor's scalpel, and the knife is to the point, but in the general environment at that time, where could the News Bureau tolerate this? Therefore, on the road of Luo Dayou's creation, he often touched nails.
(To be continued)