Everyone is familiar with Cai Guoquan, perhaps because of the song "Don't Decorate Your Dreams".
Or maybe it's because of the classic Cantonese golden song that "Down the Current", which cannot be escaped by the Hong Kong and Taiwan music scenes.
But Cai Guoquan not only has these classic songs, but also popular songs such as "Wind in the Grass", "Walking with Hands", "Providence of The Heart", "The Last Ferry" and so on.
I inadvertently listened to Cai Guoquan's "No More Hesitation" again, and was amazed that there was such a pure male voice in this world.
The song was released in 1982, but if it wasn't for veteran Cai fans, he might not remember the song.
"No More Hesitation" sings about a love that does not know how to cherish, and it is always after losing that it is only after it is lost that it understands that person is really the love of a lifetime.
The truth is that I really love a person, and I am willing to live in seclusion with him in a certain deep mountain, without any need to remember and worry about anything, and all the rumors have since burned away like flames.
The most terrible thing in the world is that if I can't stay with you for the rest of my life, I can only go with the wind.
Cai Guoquan wrote as beautifully as a poem, but who knows if he himself has lost that person.
Quietly listening to all the songs of Cai Guoquan, he could not help but shed tears, he wrote the most beautiful mood of life, but also wrote the purest mutual observance of men and women, but also wrote about the helplessness and gains and losses of life.
Qingxiu's face shape, simple glasses, Cai Guoquan gives people the feeling that it is Sven, which is why he has written so many poetic songs.
When singing "No More Hesitation", Cai Guoquan had just debuted, but his talent had already been fully displayed.
In the 1980s, when The Hong Kong music scene was at its peak, Cai Guoquan could not compete with Tam Wing Lin, Cheung Kwok Wing, Chan Bai Qiang, and Hui Guanjie, but he pioneered another form of song route.
Cai-style love songs always carry a faint sadness, and every word and sentence always carries ideals and life thinking.
It is precisely because of his unique path that he also has his own place in the era of competition in the music world.
And what pushed Cai Guoquan to the peak of his life was the "Down the Current and Reverse Current" that he wrote to Xu Xiaofeng.
Inadvertently turned into this year in the circle
Only to feel in the circle through the countercurrent
Every cold eye
Every friendly laugh
Taste them all in silence
Everyone's life is more or less the same, in the coming and going of life, there will always be cold eyes, but also encounter sincere laughter.
Whether it is wind or rain, grit your teeth and go forward, taste the cold and warmth of the world, and learn to cherish yourself.
Xu Xiaofeng sang "Down the Current", many singers rushed to cover it, and Cai Guoquan, as the original author, also realized the importance of this song.
(Xu Xiaofeng)
In 1987, Cai Guoquan also sang "Down the Current and Against the Current", which was a demonstration for himself.
Many years later, we will listen to "Down the Current", and indeed Cai Guoquan's version is more affectionate and more poetic.
Looking back at the time, who cares for Jin se Hua Nian? The floating clouds have been flowing for ten years.
(Cai Guoquan and Xu Xiaofeng)
Cai Guoquan always sings the sighs of the years in the quiet corner, the tender, poetic tone, the classical, gentle melody, just one note can hit your heart.
There is only Cai Guoquan, he sang a song into a glass of wine, the more tasted, the stronger, he wrote the song into a poem, there is no charm, only red men and green women's spring supper is short.
Half a life of pride is replaced by half a life of sadness, and Cai Guoquan has his own helplessness.
Cang Tian loves to tease people, Cai Guoquan is just a singer who writes songs quietly and sings quietly, but he encounters the darkest moments of his life.
In 2002, Cai Guoquan, who was planning to make a comeback, had a serious car accident during a trip with a friend.
The result was that Cai Guoquan woke up a month later, but since then he has only been able to accompany a wheelchair.
At that time, Cai Guoquan was only 49 years old, and his life was only half a hundred, in fact, there were more beautiful things waiting for him to complete.
Friends know that Cai Guoquan had an accident, so he held the "Stars Gathering Cai Guoquan Golden Melody Night Concert" to cheer him up, Xu Xiaofeng appeared as a mysterious guest, singing "Down the Current" but tearful eyes were confused, because there was Cai Guoquan sitting in a wheelchair next to him.
That night, Xu Xiaofeng sang but choked up at one point, and even sang the rhythm, she said sorry, I did not try to sing in such a mood.
Xu Xiaofeng had feelings and righteousness, which made Cai Guoquan moved and shed tears of affection.
It is reported that after Cai Guoquan became disabled, his wife was still caring for him at first, but she left him soon after.
Cai Guoquan, who has no work income and huge medical expenses, can only rely on the support of some old friends, and is later sent to a nursing home to spend.
It is a pity that the former generation of singers in the music world, such as Jacky Cheung, Tan Yonglin, Zhang Guorong and others, have such an encounter in the second half of their lives.
The tide came and went, falling up and down, and Cai Guoquan was like a strong grass in the wind.
Looking back at the beginning of the dream, the galaxy-like star path, I hope that Cai Guoquan will spend the most beautiful life time in beautiful music in the second half of his life.
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