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More than 20 years after his debut, Dao Lang has twice retired from the Chinese music scene.
Once in order to create good works, he took the initiative to fade out of the screen and close himself for inspiration. Another time, it was Dao Lang, who was jointly squeezed by some well-known singers and had no intention of fighting with those people, chose to quit again.
For the first time, he intermittently avoided the public eye for 5 years, and although he appeared less, new songs were released one after another.
The second time, he directly chose to "disappear completely", silent for 10 years, and finally returned strongly with the new album "Mountain Song Liao Zhan" in July this year.
The first song with the sharp lyrics of "Rakshasa Sea Market" brought everyone back ten years ago, in the smoky Chinese music scene, the fans who listened were so happy that they couldn't stop shouting:
"It's really a gentleman's revenge, ten years is not too late!"
Whoever is dressed elegantly, who has gained a good reputation
Since July 19, Dao Lang's new album has been attracting a lot of attention since it was released. While everyone sighed that they finally heard Dao Lang's divine work again, they also savored the meaning of the lyrics.
"Rakshasa Sea City" was originally a chapter from the Qing dynasty novelist Pu Songling's "Liaozhai Zhi Yi".
This chapter is about an illusory country where people value beauty instead of talent, and the pursuit of beauty and ugliness is completely upside down.
It is reported that this story was written by Pu Songling when he had ambitions and was not met with talent, and the theme of the entire article was full of irony.
Pu Songling just made up a story, while Dao Lang composed straightforward words into a song.
Because Dao Lang's musical style this time is completely different from previous works, after the combination of various factors, it is inevitable that some people will think that his new songs have the meaning of satirizing other singers.
So in the past few days, the discussion of this song is getting higher and higher, and several singers who targeted Dao Lang back then were pushed on the hot search. The public opinion controversy continues to ferment, and only two or three days of hard work has made some people in the industry can't help but come out and speak:
"The excessive interpretation of the intention of songwriting by fans completely deepens the atmosphere of open and secret fighting in the entertainment industry, which not only hurts the good image of artists, but also damages the friendly relationship between fans."
This is fair and beautiful, and the rice circle culture should not be derived into the music scene. The mess in the music world has never been stirred up by fans.
That year, Na Yingtoe was high-spirited, single-handedly ranked first in album sales and first in fan popularity, and forcibly blocked the "Most Influential Top Ten Singers" honorary list.
Yang Kun and Wang Feng then coincided, publicly complaining about Dao Lang's musical style, and also insinuating his ordinary origin and low culture.
How come when a group of them jumped out of the real-name system to target Dao Lang from all sides, no one proposed that they should pay attention to the image of artists, and no one stopped the fight for fame and fortune in the entertainment industry.
If it is not for one's own righteousness, how can others want to add to the crime.
This turmoil after many years actually involved not only Na Ying Yangkun and Wang Feng, but they were not only targeting Dao Lang. That stinky reputation depends entirely on what they do...
Rake up the past
On New Year's Day 2004, Dao Lang released the classic "The First Snow of 2002". The song was written by him based on his own experience and was released all over the country.
At that time, Dao Lang had debuted for a long time and had also released some songs, but the response was mediocre.
He left home at the age of 16 and spent a long time adrift for music. During this period, he did not use his musical talent to sing in bars like other singers in order to make ends meet.
On the contrary, he preferred to do some tiring manual work to earn a living, he said: I don't need to use music to feed, but I want to feed myself music.
So when he became famous, Dao Lang was not overjoyed - for people like him, the arrival of this day is inevitable.
In the album "The First Snow of 2002", almost every song is a highly sung hit, "Lover", "Impulsive Punishment", "Camel Bell", "Ao Bao Rendezvous" ...
Most of the songs were written and composed by Dao Lang himself, and his tunes are not characteristic and catchy, and the lyrics are unpretentious.
And the original sales of this album alone reached more than 2.7 million copies. What is this concept? ——It is 9 times the total sales of Liu Huan and Andy Lau, who released records at the same time.
After achieving this achievement, Dao Lang did not rush to stabilize his popularity, but deliberately pushed a lot of interviews and reports, just to be able to calm down and better devote himself to new creative genres.
"I'm not an entertaining singer, and I don't want to achieve a position through music. Whether people remember me as a person or how popular they are with me doesn't matter to me. ”
Therefore, after 2005, Dao Lang did not arrange other activities except for some performances and new song releases. Until 2010, Dao Lang
Return with apprentice clouds and a new album.
Just came out in time for the "10th Anniversary Celebration of the Music Billboard", and the event party had to select the ten most influential singers in the past ten years.
In terms of popularity and album sales, how can Dao Lang also have a place. Several judges from the event side also voted for him.
Only Na Ying disagreed.
"Yes, Dao Lang's album is selling well, but as a judge, we can't just look at the sales of the singer. It is also necessary to control whether the singer's music has an aesthetic point of view. ”
In this way, Na Ying turned Dao Lang away "with good reason", and even classified him into the realm of earthy singers.
Na Ying's remarks quickly attracted the attention of the media, and Wang Feng and Yang Kun also rushed to add power to her. Wang Feng didn't take Na Ying to explain like that, and came up to criticize Dao Lang as a singer who was hyped up by the media.
Yang Kun was even more absolute, he directly asked two rhetorical questions:
"Does Dao Lang have a piece of music that can really be called music? Do you think his songs are music? ”
The three "scholars" in the music industry all uphold the professionalism of music and resist the musical works of Dao Lang, who is not from the academy. In their eyes, a singer who comes out of a small town without a diploma should squat on the side of the street to sing.
When people who really pursue their musical dreams see that the right to speak is in the hands of people who have completely blasphemed music and have to divide the popular style and national style.
Dao Lang, who was already sensitive and afraid of life, added a little chill and disappointment.
But in terms of how those musicians and doctors "rectified" the Chinese music scene, the scene in which Dao Lang was targeted was not the most exciting one.
The singer is bitter, but the hurt is rare
In 2001, Na Ying, who became popular with "Meet 1998" and "Conquest", is famous and has many fans across the country.
But compared to Tian Zhen, she is still slightly inferior.
In that year's "Chinese Pop Song List", Tian Zhen was voted by fans as the "Most Popular Female Singer". Tian Zhen was very grateful for the support of his fans, and pushed the work to rush to the award ceremony.
But when I got there, I learned that the event party had made up their own mind to award this award to Na Ying, who had the second highest percentage of votes. Tian Zhen, who could not tolerate sand in his eyes, was angry.
She wrote a note and complained in front of the media and fans in front of the media and fans of the unscrupulous behavior of the activist. But during Tian Zhen's speech, she was interrupted several times and was shut up, and now she was completely angry...
"When the organizing committee informed me yesterday, the award was still mine, and today it will be someone else's. This behavior is hateful! What is the fairness of this award? So I don't take it! ”
After speaking, Tian Zhen dropped the microphone and left domineeringly. Although the fans in the audience began to protest the shady scene, Na Ying still held the trophy like no one. After this incident, the rumors about the disagreement between the two top female singers began to intensify.
Until Yang Kun revealed to the media on the eve of the concert that there would be two diva-level singers as guests, and when asked by the reporter whether the two divas were Na Ying and Tian Zhen, he replied:
"Which one is Tian Zhen? I don't know. ”
Such a clear team finally confirmed the contest and disagreement between Tian Zhen and Na Ying. That turmoil also lasted until 2007, when Tian Zhen withdrew from the music scene due to illness.
Years later, Na Ying's explanation for this matter is that the organizers deliberately set the two of them against each other.
Compared to Tian Zhen, Dao Lang really had no intention of playing tricks with those people. Shortly after being blocked from the music celebration, Dao Lang was still on CCTV, participated in large-scale party celebrations, and opened a world tour.
When the concert was held at the Hong Kong Red Hall, many big stars in the Hong Kong music scene were present to praise him.
In 2011, Dao Lang was busy from beginning to end, and it was not until the following year that he completed all his work schedules and his apprentice Yunduo's music career gradually began on the road, and he once again went into hiding.
Of course, Dao Lang's quiet disappearance was not noticed. Because that year, Na Ying and Yang Kun won enough eyeballs with "The Voice of China".
Even comedy master Chen Peisi said that he simply "loved" the variety show:
"Look at the judges, their backs to the stage and listening to the reactions of the contestants singing, the demeanor, the praise they give to the contestants, the performances when they compete for a contestant... I knew it was a show, and it was all fake. But people are superb! These people are so smart. ”
Later, Yang Kun shouted Mai singers because he looked down on Internet celebrities, and there were back and forth wars with people on the Internet. In the end, I still like to use my identity as a musician to examine others.
But he forgot that he was once cornered in the early days of his debut, and he didn't even get the opportunity to enter the song hall to sing.
Among the critics of Dao Lang, except for Wang Feng, no one can create most of his works like Dao Lang.
Many people say that time has passed, and whether Dao Lang's new songs satirize those musicians or not, they should not be over-interpreted, but should be relieved of the past.
For public opinion on the Internet, Dao Lang has not responded at present. Of course, he doesn't need to respond to anything, he just sings songs, and only those with a weak heart will take their seats.
"I have always walked with folk music, and I hope that it can be taken out and sung at any time, rather than needing to be enshrined in the temple."
After all, the snow in 2002 blew until the summer 21 years later, cooling the audience and freezing the ghost.