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Editor|History of the Kirin Jian
After Dick Cowboy sang his last song this year.
Due to physical reasons, he announced his retirement from the stage.
This has become a regret in the hearts of many rock fans.
This is the end of a generation of rock kings.
Today again I heard "how much love can come".
I feel that the times are developing too fast, and rock and roll is no longer a thing.
Dick Cowboy sings from glory to regret.
His music career seems to be a microcosm of the growth history of rock and roll in that era.
Now, if you don't mention his masterpieces, many people have forgotten about Dick Cowboy.
This man, who was once affectionately called "Daddy", was finally crushed under the wheels of the times.
1
80.90s rock king Dick Cowboy is a late bloomer.
His real name is Lin Jinzhang and he was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Listening to the name, you can tell that his father has high expectations for him.
It's a pity that he didn't get as his parents expected, and when he grew up, he only went to a junior college.
When he was a child, Dick Cowboy's family relied on his father's billiard hall for their income.
At that time, young people had leisure time, and their favorite activity was listening to songs and playing billiards.
Dick Cowboy can play billiards and listen to music.
The record player in that corner was his mother's dowry,
There is always retro and melodious Western-style classical music.
Little Dick Cowboy was exposed to music very early,
At the time, he didn't know that this was the career he loved to pursue all his life.
However, the good childhood life did not last long,
A sudden fire destroyed my father's billiard hall.
The ferocious flame greedily licks all the cash jewelry, and the happy life of the Dick Cowboy family.
Everything was burned by the fire without a trace, but fortunately fate favored it.
The fire did not kill the seven members of Dick Cowboy's family.
But my father was defeated by the blows of life, and he became devastated ever since.
Life still has to go on, and Dick Cowboy's mother takes over the burden of the family.
Busy doing odd jobs and taking care of the life of a family of seven.
The middle class became indebted, and Dick Cowboy's childhood life was full of two words: barren.
The musical dream of childhood can only be suppressed in the bottom of my heart and become a secret.
2
The word "childhood" may contain ten years.
In a blink of an eye, Dick Cowboy has grown up, and his musical dreams have begun again when he was in high school.
With a guitar in my hand, my favorite place to go every day has become a "music house." ”
This guitar was still bought by him working outside the home and earning a meager salary.
There are a lot of young people in the music house who love music like him.
Ten dollars a disc is not too expensive, and it takes a few people to get together and listen to it.
A lot of time is spent playing music, and Dick Cowboy's grades are naturally not good.
The school I went to was also a junior college, but I still lived up to my parents' expectations.
I like music, but I like not to eat it, and Dick Cowboy is very confused after graduation.
A few days after he was confused, he thought of joining the army, and he did not give up the guitar in the army.
Dick Cowboy with a guitar at all times looks out of place in the troops.
As soon as two years passed, he couldn't wait to leave the army.
3
After leaving the army, Dick Cowboy has no education and no money.
Once again, work became a huge problem before him.
He had no choice but to listen to his mother's words and do parts processing.
Doing boring work every day, Deacon Cowboy quickly got tired of it and quit after only two months.
After a few days at home, Deacon Cowboy went to the pier to buy a ticket, which was a job for him to show up.
The classmates went to school one by one, and he was the only one doing the unpopular job.
It's easy to cut tickets on the boat, but Dick Cowboy's heart is tormented.
In his early 20s, his self-esteem was sensitive and suspicious, and he thought it was a shame.
So he resigned after a short time.
After quitting his job, Dick Cowboy worked as a cleaner, milkman, surveyor and other jobs to make a living.
Every time, I didn't do it for two days.
At that time, his life was very difficult, and his monthly salary was less than half of that per capita.
Dick Cowboy didn't know what he was holding onto, and doing nothing was not what he wanted anyway.
Until his classmates introduced him to Rolling Stone Records as a salesman and deliver records.
Only then did he feel that there was a glimmer of hope in life, after all, work was related to his favorite music.
4
The times were developing, and good music was pouring in at that time.
Dick Cowboy's life is also going on.
He married the girl he loved and started a new family.
But I still haven't let go of the music.
At the age of 30, he formed his own band and sang in various bars every day.
The other band members are all teenagers, only he has long hair and a face that has a bit of vicissitudes.
Everyone looked at him and affectionately called him "Daddy".
This title did not change after Dick Cowboy became the king of rock and roll.
The turnaround came when Dick Cowboy was 37 years old.
Rolling Stone Records spotted the singer with a unique voice and signed him.
At the same time, power trains were also signed.
Power Train is different from Dick Cowboy in that they are the company's focus band.
In the second year, the album "Ruthless Love Letter" was released to bring traffic to the company and was shortlisted for the Taiwan Golden Melody Award.
Huanzhu Gege's golden song "Dang" was created by them.
Dick Cowboy was nearly 40 years old at the time, and apart from his age, he was not outstanding among the musicians of the same period.
I had no choice but to sit on the cold bench in the company for a year.
It wasn't until the Rolling Stones were preparing the album again that I thought of this person.
A song "So You Don't Want Anything" became a hit after being adapted by Dick Cowboy.
A slightly hoarse voice with a mature charm.
A sentence "What man is not selfish and does not have extravagant hopes for love"
Dick Cowboy has a high reputation in Hong Kong.
But in Taiwan, he is still an aspiring little singer.
Until someone specifically invited Dick Cowboy to go to Hong Kong to sing this song.
The stage was overcrowded, and Dick Cowboy was teary-eyed on stage.
It turns out that it is this feeling to be liked and expected by everyone.
That year Dick Cowboy rode the wind and released his first album, Roar.
The sales volume has reached the top 10 of the Hong Kong IFPI sales list.
held the first concert in his life, turned on the lights several times, and returned four times before the concert ended.
At that time, Dick Cowboy was almost forty years old, and he was a late bloomer and full of spirit.
Dick Cowboy followed suit the following year with the release of the album "Forget Me or Forget Him".
He sings Chinese with lingering tenderness and sadness of a mature man.
Ten years of singing experience has become his confidence in singing.
Rock 'n' roll was extremely spiritual in their time.
Dick Cowboy has almost become the spiritual support of some people.
Although he is a late bloomer, when he is on fire, even Zhang Zhenyue has to avoid his edge.
Dick Cowboy's songs are very well-known.
Now his song "How Much Love Can Come Again" is still a classic song in KTV.
He was the king of rock and roll in the memories of the 8090s.
5
Dick Cowboy's original and cover are different.
Even the cover works better, which is very shocking.
Other words, combined with a unique voice and singing, form a unique music.
Much of his music has a rock 'n' roll vibe.
And the best time for rock 'n' roll to develop was in the 90s.
At that time, bands such as Tang Dynasty, Black Panther, and Cobra were the godfathers of rock and roll.
Even Li Yapeng has organized rock and roll activities.
At that time, the young people who followed the rhythm of music never thought that rock music would decline.
Times are changing, and confused young people have become mentally stable with time.
Rock 'n' roll is also gradually retiring from the stage.
The '08 Midi Festival has been indefinite.
The part of the people who shouted "life never stops, rock 'n' roll never dies" has gone too far.
Nowadays, music festivals are getting farther and farther away from people, and rock seems to be a niche music.
Dick cowboys also became less well known.
He appeared at the opening ceremonies of various furniture stores.
has become a part of the commercial performance, and it is the change of the times that has worn out the music of love.
became a part-time worker who bent over money and bowed his head.
You look at the video of Dick Cowboy, and the voice is the same as before.
The long hair style is no different from the original.
With a guitar on his back, it seems like he's never changed.
But the change in the background and the roughness of the speaker are reminding people that things are no longer human.
The original king of rock and roll was so downtrodden that he made a living from commercial performances.
The youth of the post-8090s generation has come to an end.
His rock 'n' roll is not dead, but only a faint spark remains.
Now Xiao Xianrou is in charge of singing, and for the sake of traffic, he participates in acting variety shows and singing non-stop.
It seems that I can't calm down and make pure music.
Dick Cowboy belongs to the old singers, and his musical ideas are different from what they are now.
You sing on stage, and I will sing the song.
The road is facing the sky, each going one way.
6
Dick Cowboy doesn't have to be commercial.
He can take on some variety shows, fry some cold rice, and continue to make a lot of money.
After all, the current rock development is not connected, and singers with rock level are buried.
There is no rock level of small fresh meat, and the ghost cries wolf howls in pursuit of traffic singing.
Rock veterans like Dick Cowboy can still shine.
But who is Dick Cowboy, he is the king of rock and roll.
is a veteran musician with his own ideals.
He once expressed his attitude on Weibo.
"The whole society is mercenary and does not laugh at the poor, this kind of life is very boring, today's entertainment industry is really not suitable for people like me, annoying"
In just one line, he said all about the current situation in the entertainment industry, and also said his helplessness.
Yes, the current singers are riveting in pursuit of traffic.
Rock 'n' roll has lost the flavor it once had.
If the dick cowboy tries to fit in with the collective for the sake of the so-called traffic.
If he gives up the maverick rock spirit, what kind of old cannon is he?
epilogue
Dick Cowboy stands on stage and waves goodbye to the audience.
From the spotlight to the regretful end, he has been up and down in the music industry for more than 20 years.
Witness the change of musical preferences over time.
He could have given up making a lot of money and turned around to commercial acting.
Now I am also out of the circle forever because of physical reasons.
But Dick Cowboy really used his strength to keep the pure land in the heart of the rock veteran.
"Rock and roll is not dead, ideals are not extinguished"
Some references:
"Very Quiet Distance"|Tender Daddy Dick Cowboy
"Today's Music Scene"|Dick Cowboy 20130416 issue
"Orange Island Music Festival Star Living Room Interview with Dick Cowboy"
"Everyday Upward"|Dick Cowboy revisits the classics