Performer: Qu Youliang Genre: Pop Album Type: Album Medium: CD Release Date: 1987 Publisher: Keden Records
"Find someone to love me, when I'm tired!Find a place to anchor, even in the darkest corners!How many storms blow and drift to the end!Who will find out?What is right and wrong?Love and hate, everything is silent...."
The song "Hero" moved many fans with its unique shocking power. Because this is a wandering hero who wants to cry without tears.
This singing voice comes from a dazzling star in Taiwan's music scene in the late 80s of the 20th century, and he is the "hero" in the hearts of fans.
Qu Youliang, who was born in Taipei in 1961, is a military child and an only son. At the age of 9, due to family changes, he lived with his father.
The childhood in Qu Youliang's memory is not as beautiful and warm as other children. Due to the poverty of his family, the young Qu Youliang was sent by his father to learn to sing, and if he relaxed a little, he would be beaten very badly.
His father, who valued traditional culture, did not get this only son until his later years, and he often instructed Qu Youliang to say: "I don't ask you how well you learn English and how well you learn mathematics, but as a Chinese, your Chinese language must be good and Chinese characters must be written well." ”
Performer: Qu Youliang Genre: Pop Album Type: Album Medium: CD Release Date: 1987 Publisher: Keden Records
His father, who is very good at Chinese language and Chinese characters, taught Qu Youliang to write calligraphy since he was 9 years old.
Such a young child is very tired and funny when he holds such a big brush, and when he is tired and can't sit still, his father will use a branch to whip his hand, and later Qu Youliang's hand still has some scars.
When he was a little older, Qu Youliang was forced by life, did hard labor, polished shoes, drove a truck, and began to teach himself to sing.
At the age of 18, Qu Youliang recommended himself to enter the music world, but he did not make a name for himself for 5 years.
The film "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" (1984) Hong Kong DVD version sleeve
It wasn't until 1985 that the famous Hong Kong director Mak Dang-hung's film "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" (1984) decided to be screened in Taiwan, and a Taiwanese singer was needed to sing the film's theme song "Hero".
McDonald wanted the singer to sing the song to have a sense of vicissitudes in his voice. Qu Youliang was recommended by Mr. Chen Fuming, a well-known Taiwanese record producer and songwriter, and competed to sing this song with many singers such as Xue Yue (1954-1990) and Jiang Yuheng.
Luckily, he beat the other singers and stood out. With the song "Hero", Yuliang finally became an instant hit.
Performer: Xue Yue Genre: Rock Album Type: Album Medium: CD Release Date: 1990-01-01 Publisher: Xindi Records
Later, when he was engaged in propaganda in Singapore, Mak Dang Hung asked him to sing an interlude in "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers 2: Soldiers Divided into Two Roads" (1987). Since then, he has sung episode by episode.
The success of "Hero" has made Qu Youliang not only a well-known singer, but also a "hero" in the hearts of many fans.
In the midst of flowers and applause, Qu Youliang suddenly had money, fame, and status, almost everything, but everything seemed to come too fast and too fast.
After the release of his third album "Dragon in the Heart", due to his long-term touring in various places, he was affected by some actors' gambling and drug abuse in the background: perhaps because he needed some mental stimulation after success, or because he was too young to know how to control himself, Qu Youliang gradually contracted the vice of gambling and could not extricate himself.
In the end, he not only lost a huge sum of more than 10 million yuan in gambling and squandered all his property, but also incurred debts. His girlfriend also left him because of this.
In the depression, Qu Youliang did not dare to face the familiar and unfamiliar city of Taipei, and felt that he had no shame to see his friends, so he quietly left Taichung without saying goodbye to his colleagues and friends in the company, and lived in a friend's home.
Performer: Qu Youliang Genre: Pop Album Type: Album Medium: CD Release Date: 1988 Publisher: Keden Records
At that time, the producer Chen Fuming was preparing to help him prepare a new album, and the company's plan told Chen Fuming that when he couldn't find Qu Youliang after looking for it in Taipei, Chen Fuming inquired through various channels but found nothing. The original plan to release another album in one go had to be put on hold.
During his 18 months of life in Taichung, he often fell into deep self-blame, his heart was tormented, he could hardly bear it, and his spirit was on the verge of collapse.
In those days, he didn't even dare to listen to his own singing, dare not listen to Chinese songs, and did not dare to watch variety shows.
Although there is no shortage of meals at a friend's place, I always have a feeling of being under the fence.
In desperation, he soaked himself in alcohol all day long, and committed suicide by cutting his wrists under extreme pain, and was found and sent to the hospital, where he survived by electric shock.
But 15 days after he was discharged from the hospital, he committed suicide again and was found again. After these two incidents, my friends were very afraid that he would kill himself again.
However, after experiencing this, Qu Youliang slowly began to reflect on himself. He then worked as a taxi driver for a while.
At this time, Qu Youliang, who occasionally worked as a driver in Taichung, or Qu Youliang, a former singer, at that time, Qu Youliang just wanted to be an ordinary person, and just wanted to get back the lost dignity, personality and confidence.
One morning, he looked at himself in the mirror with tousled hair, a pale and yellow face, and his whole face was out of shape, and said to himself, "Is this you? You are only 28 years old, do you want to live like this?"
At this turning point in his life, there are two other things that have become the driving force for Qu Youliang's prodigal son to turn back. One is that the 88-year-old father suffered a stroke, his facial muscles were stiff, the corners of his mouth twitched like a swing, and his life was in danger.
Qu Youliang, who has been a filial son since he was a child, is very sad and hopes to let his father see the prodigal son turn back with his actions. Another thing is that Li Guotao, a friend who is often with Qu Youliang, died suddenly.
This incident made Qu Youliang understand that he should cherish what he has in life. So Qu Youliang decided to return to Taipei again, find himself, and regain his self-esteem.
Qu Youliang doesn't have many friends, and only a few people such as Qi Qin and Liu Weiren can really be called close friends, so after returning to Taipei, he only talked to these close friends on the phone, and with their help, he got in touch with the original Keden record company.
Qu Youliang was very uneasy: "Can the company accept the infamous me again?" He was very moved by the fact that the company promised to give him another chance, and began to plan and publish his fourth album "Pay" for him.
Performer: Qu Youliang Genre: Pop Album Type: Album Medium: CD Release Date: 1990 Publisher: Keden Records
Finally, after 18 months of silence after releasing his third album "Dragon in the Heart", Qu Youliang made a comeback. His mood is both heavy and complicated: "No matter how famous I was in the past and how high the sales of my records were, I hope everyone will treat me as a complete newcomer." ”
This is Qu Youliang's heart. People finally saw Qu Youliang appear in a new look, and finally heard his familiar and soulful singing voice again.
Today, recalling the days when he only ate, drank, and slept all day long, without dignity, living like a parasite, and sinking like a dead man, Qu Youliang was full of emotion.
Qu Youliang in the middle, and Zhou Huajian on the right
Now he has nothing, and the events he has experienced at the age of 28 are equivalent to the stories of other people's lives, so he sometimes feels that he has a 50-year-old heart.
"No One Told Me Not to Go" in the album "Pay" was specially written for Qu Youliang according to Qu Youliang's mood when he left Taipei at that time.
At that time, he left Taipei alone and went to Taichung without telling anyone. His family, friends, and company didn't know about it, so no one kept him, but he was afraid that no one would keep him, and he was very conflicted.
Now, he finally sang his mood at that time in song: "Drink a thousand glasses of wine that cannot be poured into sorrow." When I have to face loneliness again, no one knows that I don't want to go, so no one opens my mouth to stay, and if I drink another glass of wine that is not intoxicating, I will go to another port, and I will miss too many infatuated waits, and who else can wait for me to turn back. He didn't tell me not to go, so I shook hands with the wine, and my people became friends with the wine. ”
The Qu You food that used to shake hands with wine as a friend, and used alcohol to numb himself all day long no longer exists. At that time, Qu Youliang felt like a different person.
Although I still like to have drinks and talk with friends, this is to find inspiration and artistic conception for writing and practicing calligraphy after drinking.
He also tried to write songs for his friends Qi Qin, Fei Yuqing, Liu Weiren, and Li Yaming (his work "Embracing Emptiness" was included in Li Yaming's album "Existence").
Qu Youliang has been trained by his father since he was a child, and his calligraphy is well-known in the circle, and the book card given to fans in his new album "Pay" has his own handwriting.
His calligraphy pays attention to "meaning", and believes that the word "sadness" is the best written, which is related to his state of mind at that time. He is even planning to open a solo calligraphy exhibition in the future.
Qu Youliang has his own comments on his singing voice: "My songs are best listened to in the dead of night, so that I can more deeply understand the artistic conception and connotation of the songs."
In this album, there is also the theme song of the last episode of "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" (all the theme songs of the "Province" drama are sung by him), and many songs are specially composed by the songwriter according to Qu Youliang's different mentality.
Such as: "100 Reasons to Go Home", "Love Me Again", etc. Through these songs, people feel the determination of Qu Yuliang's prodigal son to turn back.
"Is that you, Qu Youliang? If you've ever longed and despaired, you should know how to give. Doesn't this advertisement for the new album "Pay" represent the wishes and expectations of many people? Let's also listen to Qu Youliang's frank statement, "People always pay some price when they grow up, but I pay more price, really." I hope that my friends will cherish what they already have. ”
Unexpectedly, when Kedeng Records was ready to start a bigger promotion for Qu Youliang's 4th album "Pay", the 29-year-old Qu Youliang disappeared again without warning, and even Qi Qin didn't know where Qu Youliang went!
For this reason, he can be published on the record and reported to find someone, at first the public thought it was a publicity stunt, but in the process of development, everyone knew that Qu Youliang had really disappeared completely, and disappeared without a trace, so that some rumors said that he had already passed away.
Of course, if he is still alive, this was once a hero in the hearts of many people, and now, after a period of ups and downs in life, he is already a 63-year-old man.
Performer: Qu Youliang Genre: Pop Album Type: Album Medium: CD Release Date: 1987 Publisher: Keden Records
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