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"The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it!"
Guo Song, as a singer who "sings and writes well", can really be described as a high-quality idol in the minds of the older generation!
But it is difficult for people like Guo Song to get rid of the fate of "many people are popular......
He has brought us countless classics in his life, among which "The New Merchant" and "Ussuri Boat Song" can be regarded as "classics among classics".
But it was the "Ussuri Boat Song" that made him famous, but it made him usher in the tragic situation of "ruined and ruined" after becoming famous.
And Guo Song himself can be described as a dumb eater of Coptis chinensis - he can't say what he suffers, and finally leaves this world that is unfair to him with endless regrets......
So how did "Ussuri Boat Song" make Guo Song "ruined"?
Guo Song came vigorously
The word "vigorous" is fully worthy of describing Guo Song's career.
Maybe from the very beginning, Guo Song's life was destined to be extraordinary, have you heard of anyone who was born under fire?
Our old Mr. Guo Song is like this, when the "918" incident happened, he unfortunately caught up with Guo Song's mother who was about to give birth, and in such a critical scene, Guo Song came to the world.
And Guo Song has already shown extraordinary musical talent when he was a child, and he can even be said to be a "musical genius".
originally thought that only a traditional music family would cultivate a grandmaster-level musician, but I didn't expect that Guo Song's parents, who were born in poverty, could also cultivate such a person.
He is estimated to have been influenced by his father's love of and his brother's love of singing when he was a child, and he is particularly sensitive to music.
So much so that the numbers on the math problem are regarded as musical characters, and the paper is clearly written as "3+4", but he has to pronounce it as "Mi Jiafa".
A mentor and a good friend are two indispensable people on the road to success, and Guo Song was lucky to meet them all......
At the beginning, Guo Song sang with a person named "Hong Jun" in his spare time, and later Hong Jun recommended him to his music teacher, and this teacher recognized Guo Song's talent at a glance.
Under the guidance of this teacher, Guo Song entered the art troupe in 1953, and since then his music door has been officially opened.
However, from the moment he entered the "singing circle", he was doomed to Guo Song to fall into "strife" later!
What's going on?
The "strife" caused by the "boat song"
Guo Song, who had just come to the art troupe, couldn't help but want to improve his singing level.
In a daily rehearsal, Guo Song's Northeast folk song "Lost Ring" happened to be heard by peers and given good affirmation.
Later, with this song "Lost Ring", Guo Song got the opportunity to appear on stage, and he made such an official appearance for the first time, and he was affirmed by many audiences at once.
It's a pity that there were no smartphones at that time, otherwise he would definitely be the "first generation of top Internet celebrities".
Unexpectedly, it was this performance that changed the trajectory of Guo Song's life.
At that time, the famous singer Wang Kun was listening backstage, and when Guo Song finished the curtain call, Wang Kun held Guo Song's hand tightly, not only expressing his affirmation of him, but also hoping that he would be able to engage in the singing industry for the rest of his life in the future.
Guo Song, who was still a little drumming in his heart, directly strengthened his determination to go to the end under this encouragement.
Subsequently, Guo Song sang several classic Northeast folk songs in 1950, and also "directed and performed" many classic repertoire.
One of the most noteworthy is the well-known "Ussuri Boat Song"!
It is this song that refracted Guo Song's life trajectory.
This repertoire is adapted by Guo Song from the folk songs of the Hezhe people, which is equivalent to taking this folk song as the main body, and later re-composed the lyrics, and also participated in the composition with Wang Yuncai.
In today's parlance, it's "secondary creation"!
This "Ussuri Boat Song" was first presented to us in 1962, and it has to be an excellent repertoire, and many people are not very good at singing it when it first is sung.
But this tune can attract everyone to "hum" along with it, although it is not as good as Guo Song, but he is still willing to sing a little in his spare time.
It wasn't until 1980 that the song gained international recognition: the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) selected Guo Song's song as a textbook textbook, in other words: "Ussuri's Boat Song" is a textbook-level creation.
More and more people know that the "Boat Song" was sung by Guo Song, but they gradually forget that he is based on the folk song "Erchuang" of the Hezhe people.
After a long time, some of the Hezhe people were not happy......
They believed that Guo Song's behavior was an infringement, and in a fit of anger, they took Guo Song to court.
At that time, Guo Song's original intention was to promote the folk song culture of the north as much as possible, and the singing of "Ussuri Boat Song" was to show the culture and customs of the Hezhe people.
Maybe the more Guo Song thought about it at that time, the more aggrieved he became, so much so that he burst into tears when he thought of this later.
At that time, there were many "melon-eating masses" who couldn't figure it out, and they didn't see anyone say they missed it after so many years of singing, so why did it suddenly become an infringement.
This incident has caused irreversible damage to Guo Song himself!
Although the result of the later court judgment was that the copyright was in the hands of Guo Song and other co-creators, and it was also clearly stated that the song was based on the folk songs of the Hezhe people.
Although the truth was revealed, Guo Song still felt sad later, after all, he had worked hard for so many years, but in the end he ruined his reputation because of this "unwarranted" thing.
In Guo Song's own view, when it comes to "infringement", only a few melodies in the whole song are more similar to their folk songs, and this has been judged as infringement by some Hezhe people.
Maybe Mr. Guo Song's lifelong regret is this thing......
The entertainment industry is supposed to be colorful and win-win
Although there is only a two-word difference between composition and arrangement, it can be said that there is a difference in income.
In fact, there is a constant need for new works to appear in the entertainment industry, but folk songs are actually everyone's common wealth, and they don't actually belong to someone's private property.
The reason why the entertainment industry is the entertainment industry is because it has strong inclusiveness and colorful content.
In fact, from another point of view, the "boat song" is actually a win-win situation for Guo Song and the Hezhe people, after all, everyone knows this song, and at the same time, they also understand the culture and customs of the Hezhe people in the song.
It's just that this lawsuit has left unpleasant emotions for both sides.
epilogue
Justice may be late, but it is never absent!
In mid-May 2016, Guo Song left the world forever, but his works are still shining in everyone's minds.
The "Northeast Wind" singing formed by him still influences later creators and audiences.
Information sources:
[1] Baidu Encyclopedia: Guo Song
[2] The famous singer Guo Song passed away: a singing voice close to the people is gone.china.2016-05-20
[3] Review of the classic case of intellectual property protection: the dispute over the author of "Ussuri Boat Song", China Economic Net.2016-04-26