Some people are not in the rivers and lakes, and the rivers and lakes have his legends everywhere.
"The figure is fat, the hair is bald, and the image is sloppy. ”
"For the sake of livelihood, he did not hesitate to make money through live broadcasting. ”
All the news shows the middle-aged man's predicament.
And he is Dou Wei, the rock male singer who made thousands of fans so excited that they couldn't extricate themselves.
At his peak, he fascinated superstar Faye Wong, and when he was down, he didn't even look as good as an ordinary person.
Fortunately, Dou Wei's pursuit of music has not changed from beginning to end.
As he sang in "No Place for Shame": "One day you will understand me." ”
01
Where the dream begins
Counting Dou Wei's simple life, you will find that he is just an ordinary person, just like you and me.
Dou Wei, who was born in a divorced family, grew up with his mother since he was a child.
At the age of 16, he was introduced to rock music and became very interested in it.
Two years later, Dou Wei was admitted to the Beijing Youth Light Music Troupe, and like most rock singers at the time, he began to sing songs from other artists.
At the age of 19, Dou Wei became the lead singer of the Black Panthers, and he ushered in his peak during his days in the Black Panthers.
In order to create good music, Dou Wei often leads his teammates to open open-air live in crowded places, just to understand the feedback of the audience on the spot.
Not long after, a series of songs such as "Don't Break My Heart" and "No Place for Shame" were released, with free and easy lyrics and Dou Wei's metallic voice, and the songs were loved by rock lovers across the country as soon as they came out.
"He was wearing a black belt and a tambourine in his hand. This was Dou Wei's outfit at that time, and he expressed his pursuit of rock and roll in this way.
However, what everyone didn't expect was that just when Dou Wei's career was booming, he suddenly announced his retirement from the Black Panthers.
As soon as the news was exposed, it sparked discussions among countless fans, and people were puzzled, confused, and even more incredulous.
No one thought that Dou Wei would give up the band that made him popular, and no one could have predicted his departure.
In 1991, Dou Wei left the smash hit Black Panthers, and the condition given by the band's manager was that he was not allowed to sing Black Panther's songs in the future.
Although he had a lot of famous songs in the Black Panther Band, Dou Wei still resolutely chose to leave.
It wasn't until later that the inside story was exposed by the media: "Dou Wei robbed teammate Luan Shu's girlfriend".
Faye Wong and Luan Shu
At that time, Dou Wei was still the lead singer of the band, and during a performance, Faye Wong, the girlfriend of the band's keyboardist Luan Shu, met him.
From asking questions about music, to eating and drinking together.
"Have you ever wanted to be with me?"
"What about Luanshu, are you abandoning him for me?"
"I only do what I feel is right, no matter what others say. ”
Faye Wong was deeply attracted to Dou Wei, and finally she chose to abandon Luan Shu and be with Dou Wei.
But this was not the direct reason for Dou Wei to leave the Black Panthers, what really made Dou Wei determined was his love for music.
At that time, the band would often sing the same song over and over again for the sake of the performance, and the busy performance did not give him time to create better compositions.
Dou Wei thinks that singing the same song over and over again can't face up to his heart: "It's very difficult for me to repeat that state instead of that." ”
At this time, Dou Wei cut off the long flowing hair, and it seemed that Dou Wei who was lively in the Black Panther Band left with the long hair.
02
Ups and downs of marriage
Dou Wei, who left the Black Panthers, formed his own band, but it ended in disbandment.
Fortunately, Zhang Peiren, the founder of Moyan Culture, signed a contract with Dou Wei, and since then, Dou Wei, He Yong, and Zhang Chu have been called the "Three Masters of Moyan".
In 1994, Dou Wei released the album "Black Dream", and in the same year, he Yong and Zhang Chu held a concert at the Hung Hom Stadium in Hong Kong.
This concert can be called the banner of the golden age of Chinese rock music, and the wonderful performance of his three people made the audience boil.
The audience stood up and waved their hands, shouting and screaming for rock music.
This rock festival was once considered the most influential concert in the history of Chinese rock.
In 1996, Dou Wei married Faye Wong.
Perhaps because of his feelings, his married life has changed this rock and roll youth dramatically, and his creation is getting farther and farther away from the word rock.
Dou Wei has begun to change in his music style, and Dou Wei has abandoned the original rock and roll atmosphere, but has gone on the road of humanistic atmosphere.
It is a pity that his transformation is not understood by the audience, and it can even be said that he gradually deviates from the audience.
His career soon fell into a slump, and on the contrary, his life began to be happy.
Faye Wong, who lives with Dou Wei, is pregnant.
"I was forced to bear all kinds of negative stigma, I couldn't say no, I was just a musician who focused on music. ”
Hearing the news of Dou Wei and Faye Wong's marriage, the media directly pinned the names of "Little Three" and "Unfaithful" on the heads of the two of them.
The cynicism of outsiders did not defeat them, and Faye Wong gave birth to Dou Jingtong in 1997.
And Faye Wong has also made great progress in her career, and she appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala in 1998.
The two are still playing on stage together in Tokyo, but it's a pity that the emotional matter is like a June day, and it changes when it is said.
Dou Wei and Faye Wong have lived separately for a long time, and the two have gradually drifted apart, but Dou Wei and his photographer Gao Yuan have been in love for a long time.
Dou Wei even announced in front of the media in a high-profile manner: "This is my lover." ”
He also expressed his dissatisfaction with Faye Wong at this time, according to him, he often couldn't contact Faye Wong, and he didn't know if he was playing cards or what he was doing.
In 1999, Dou Wei and Faye Wong officially completed the divorce procedures, and Faye Wong left the house with her daughter Dou Jingtong.
Faye Wong's departure was very sudden, and there was no sadness on her face, only resoluteness.
In June 2002, Dou Wei married Gao Yuan Fengzi and gave birth to a daughter in August.
During this period, Dou Wei insisted on creating and kept collaborating with various bands to release albums.
It is embarrassing that although there are many releases, it is a pity that this niche song cannot resonate with listeners.
The relationship between him and Gao Yuan also cracked at this time, for no other reason, but Dou Wei, who was busy with work, had no time to take care of his wife and daughter.
To add insult to injury, Dou Wei's works in the past two years have lost their previous glory due to the change in his creative style.
"What's the use of you doing these music creations every day? ”
"You don't understand art at all. ”
In the two years of marriage with Gao Yuan, I don't know how many similar quarrels have occurred, and in the end, only two years later, this marriage ended hastily.
Gao Yuan's departure not only took away the child, but also took away the cheerful and hot-blooded Dou Wei, so that he did many unexpected things in the follow-up.
03
Don't be afraid of people's words and keep the same
In the days after the divorce, Dou Wei was different from usual, he used to love to joke and be very lively when he gathered with friends.
But now Dou Wei seems to have been smoothed out by life, he rarely speaks, and he looks indifferent no matter what he faces.
"Hey, Xiao Wei, come over for dinner in the evening, I have a lot of people here, and it's lively. Friend Guo Chuanlin invited Dou Wei out for dinner.
Although Dou Wei came over, after seeing too many people, he left in a hurry after saying goodbye.
In April 2006, a reporter reported a serious inaccuracy in an article: "Dou Wei is in financial difficulty, with a monthly income of only 500 yuan. ”
Dou Wei, who saw the report, was full of anger in his stomach, and after calming down, he decided to talk to the newspaper leader about the matter.
But the newspaper didn't seem to take Dou Wei to heart, and he waited for four hours without seeing the person he wanted to see.
At this time, Dou Wei rushed straight to the newspaper office in a rage, and he screamed hysterically: "What about the leader of your newspaper office? Call him out to see me." ”
Seeing that no one responded, his manic emotions could not be controlled and vented.
Dou Wei smashed the newspaper's computer, TV, and office glass, as if to release all dissatisfaction and injustice.
Seeing this, a group of security guards came directly to take him out, and the angry Dou Wei left a sentence before leaving: "I will come again." ”
None of the people at the scene recognized that this was the high-spirited Dou Wei back then, and they all thought that he was here to make trouble.
Only Dou Wei knows what happened in his heart, and only he knows how much he has been wronged.
"I chose to keep a low profile because I was completely forced"
The anger in his heart was not released enough, and Dou Wei returned to the door of the newspaper office again.
This time he also brought a water bottle, only to see him quickly spill the liquid into a white car.
After taking a few steps back, he threw a cigarette butt into the car, and the fire spread instantly.
After the police arrived, Dou Wei said indifferently: "I did it." ”
This farce ended with Dou Wei's apology and compensation, and in the end, he didn't ask for his own fairness, and he didn't even have a reasonable explanation.
What he did was nothing but the world's incomprehension and indifference.
It was not until many years ago that the media interviewed Dou Wei to know that he wanted the relevant departments to intervene in exchange for his innocence.
never thought that not only did the newspaper not return his innocence, but he even paid the price for his impulsiveness, so that he slowly faded out of everyone's field of vision.
This newspaper incident has also changed Dou Wei's personality greatly, he rarely communicates with others, and often stays alone in the recording studio for a long time.
In order to escape from reality, Dou Wei devoted all his energy to music, but unfortunately the media was still unwilling to let him go.
"A generation of superstars is wearing a down-and-out outfit. ”
"Fat and bald, the shape looks like grandparents. ”
"Riding an electric donkey to the restaurant, it is too far from Faye Wong's state. ”
News reports hit Dou Wei like a beast, but as a party concerned, he seems to have looked down on it and devoted himself to music creation.
The words are divided into two ends, Dou Wei's eldest daughter Dou Jingtong is currently 27 years old, although her parents have been separated since childhood.
But she was not affected at all, she had short hair since she was a child, and she was accidentally bumped into by a classmate, and she quickly regained her smile after getting up.
"She is cold on the outside, but she is actually fanatical on the inside. ”
In junior high school, he formed a band and served as the lead singer, and after graduating, he mingled with various artists, both parents and peers.
Although Dou Jingtong looks rebellious, he is friendly to people in his heart.
Dou Wei's youngest daughter is also 22 years old, and she is completely different from Dou Jingtong.
The tattoos on his arms, dark green hair, and the uninhibited momentum on his body seem to be no different from Dou Jingtong.
Dou Jiayuan loves cosplay, and when she was a student, she formed a dance troupe with her classmates and often performed with her friends.
Although her personality is not as extroverted as Dou Jingtong, she is also very talented in music, and she can compose music at the age of fifteen.
The relationship between the two sisters was not affected by their parents, and they often took pictures and traveled together.
Dou Wei's love for the two of them is also real, no matter how difficult he is, he will always give his daughter the best.
04
A lone wanderer with a clear heart
"The musician we should respect the most is Dou Wei. ”
didn't want to make quick money with a few songs like a traffic singer, so he took the initiative to quit the Black Panther when he was popular.
He didn't want the songs to be the same, so he started from his life experience, immersed himself in his own world, and created niche but philosophical songs.
For example, "Post-epidemic" and "Advanced Animals".
Dou Wei used his own feelings and music to let everyone experience his boredom.
When the language is untrue, reduced to garbled characters, and then becomes a kind of noise, we all have this depression and disappointment of Dou Wei in our hearts.
This depression and disappointment are closely related to his previous life, and after two failed marriages and newspaper events, the word "conspiracy theory" is deeply imprinted in his mind.
Not only does he see his failed marriage as a conspiracy, but he also sees everything around him as a conspiracy to destroy the current rock music environment.
"Dou Wei is still the same Dou Wei, wandering in the clouds in his music kingdom. ”
He has seen the glory of Chinese rock music, and he has also felt the trough of rock music.
Compared with the high-spirited teenager on the stage 25 years ago, Dou Wei has more wrinkles on his face and less hair on the top of his head, which weakens the traces of his rock musician.
But the only thing that remains unchanged is his authenticity to music, just because Dou Wei can still insist on himself in the hustle and bustle.
knew that he could get a high reward for standing on the stage and singing his famous songs, but for the sake of his spiritual pursuit, he still chose to give up.
Even though the audience unanimously chanted Dou Wei's classic repertoire, he still completed the performance in his own way.
Dou Wei said he stopped singing because the lyrics were redundant.
Since then, Dou Wei, who participated in the performance, only used musical instruments to express his indistinguishable music.
Some people say that in the face of Dou Wei's works, in fact, we can't say anything, because this is something beyond the times, which can only be left to future generations, and what we can do is to preserve it well.
Perhaps Dou Wei had already anticipated his current situation, as early as thirty years ago, he had written "Advanced Animals": "hypocrisy, greed, deception...... Where is happiness......"
Happiness is not in the eyes of others, not in other people's mouths, in their own hearts, in their own minds, life is a journey of self-redemption, why care about those things next to you.
Emotional matters are benevolent and wise are wise, perhaps Dou only has unsatisfactory places, but his dedication to music has never wavered.
"Dou Wei, a middle-aged man, has long been reconciled with the world, but the public is unwilling to shake hands with him, and he is always between the pressure of life and the dignity of life. ”