Chinese music in the 1980s and 1990s has always been popular.
When you mention the Godfather of Chinese music, who do you think of?
Li Zongsheng, Luo Dayou, Tan Yonglin...
But there is also a name that has been silent for many years but cannot be forgotten - Chen Huanchang.
Everyone affectionately called him Bug.
Many people are very unfamiliar with him, but they don't know that such a person with an ordinary name dominated the Chinese music scene before Jay Chou became famous, and if he had been listening to Chinese pop music, he should not have heard of the creation of bugs.
Lin Yilian ,"Don't Care Who I Am"
Du Dewei "Don't Go", "Love For a Lifetime"
Ren Xianqi "Ren Yao", "Sad Pacific"
Huang Pinguan "Grow Old with You"
Zhang Guorong, "When it's really good"
Familiar timeless classics such as "Red Palanquin", "Heart Too Soft", "Can I Hold You", "Intimate Lover" and so on are all representative songs of the times.
The words in the song "Love Jiangshan More Love Beauty" "Life is only a few autumns, don't get drunk and don't stop", which makes both Xiao Worm and Li Lifen popular.
But since 1999, for 20 years, the little worm that has rarely published its works can only become a supporting role for others because of no one marketing.
Maybe he debuted too early, when we were too young.
I have to admit that the achievements of the little worms in these years are really underestimated.
Bugs has always been one of the three major musicians in Taiwan (the others are Luo Dayou and Li Zongsheng), one of the four great kings behind the scenes in Taiwan (the others are Li Zongsheng, Zhou Zhiping, and Wu Qixian).
Since 1983, Bugs has begun to devote himself to the pop music scene, and has stepped into film soundtracks, theme songs, advertising songs, school songs, public welfare activity songs, stage plays... And so on in the field of diversified music creation, up to 35 years.
His music creation style is ever-changing, not fixed in the same mode, but catchy and extremely highly sung.
For the contribution of the Asian pop music scene, the most surprising thing is that every song created by him is a classic.
In 1985, Bugs released his first solo Mandarin album, I'm Not a Bad Kid.
In 1986, he wrote "Heart Crying" sung by Huang Yingying for the Hong Kong film "The Story of the Rose".
In the same year, he composed "My Own Shadow and Me" for Cai Qin.
Tailor-made the song "Sad Juliet" for Yi Nengjing, the album broke through eight platinums in Taiwan with this song, and created the most gorgeous and dazzling jade fairy tale in the Taiwanese pop music market that year, "Yi Nengjing Era".
In 1987, "I Really Give My Love" for Zhou Huajian, the album sold more than one million copies throughout Asia.
In 1988, Bugs wrote the theme song "I Like Madness" for Taiwan's most popular movie "Seven Wolves".
Zhang Yusheng not only played the role in the movie, but also sang this theme song, the album bravely broke the 12 platinum sales of the Taiwanese music scene, and pushed Zhang Yusheng to the throne of the golden boy in the song world.
At that time, the little worm was simply the behind-the-scenes gold finger of Chinese pop music, the top pillar of the rolling stones, and whoever was popular.
His melodies have always made singers popular, and most of his works have been uncontroversially recorded in the annals of Chinese pop music.
In addition to the newcomers, he is also responsible for "returning to the pot meat" and letting the silent singer "turn over the salted fish".
A song written by the little worm to Zhong Zhentao, a gentle and beautiful, classic love song that has been sung for a long time.
It has been popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan and even the mainland, and has spread throughout the streets and alleys.
A song "As Long As You Live Better Than Me" successfully entered the Taiwanese music market for Zhong Zhentao, and opened the second spring of a loud musical career after Brother A B's "Wen Na Five Tigers" flew solo.
So many years later, when people who grew up listening to this song relive this song, their eyes were hazy with tears, the past was vividly remembered, and they felt immersed in that unforgettable life years.
A veteran singer who has become famous, he can use his works to make them get new breakthroughs and rejuvenate the second spring of their careers, which is actually more difficult than creating a new singer.
However, The Worm has been successful many times, and the works handed over to them by the Worms are the first classics of the times, which shows its profound skill.
By 1989, "Am I Your Favorite Person" was included in Pan Yueyun's 1989 album of the same name, and this song is one of Pan Yueyun's masterpieces.
It was when the little worm had not yet stepped into the music circle, just going north, delivering milk in the morning, then going to class, and then going out to teach the piano in the evening.
For a while, the worms kept looking for a house outside, finding them very late every day.
One night, he arrived late in the student rental area, about eight or nine o'clock, and it was completely dark.
He could only find his way by the light emanating from the window.
As he walked, he inadvertently entered a deep alley, and at the end of the alley was dead, and when he walked in, he saw an old grandmother, very old, sitting in front of his house to cool off.
The little worm asked, "Grandmother, is there a house to rent near here?" The grandmother said, "Oh, the house, so, you look out of this alley, the third door on the right, the green door, you go there and look at it. The worm politely said thank you and went over there.
When the worm knocked on the door, out came an elderly uncle who had been renting a house for nearby students for many years.
The landlord's uncle himself had a life, his wife had passed away, and his son had died in the line of duty while performing military service.
When the weather is good and there are clouds in the sky, move a stool to watch the clouds in the yard, listen to Pan Yueyun's "Sky and Blue Sky", and chant "Clouds, clouds" in his mouth.
It was later learned that the old uncle's deceased wife had the word "cloud" in her name.
In this courtyard, there are three tenants and the landlord Lao Bo four people living, the whole yard has only one kitchen, so sometimes the worms will cook more when cooking, call the old man to eat.
Over time, the old man will also do more things to call the worms together.
The little worm always remembered the first time he entered the old man's living room, there was only a large photo hanging in the whole living room, and the old man said that the photo was his deceased wife.
Probably because it was dark and didn't see clearly, the little worm shivered and said, "It was the grandmother in the photo who showed me the way to rent a house." ”
The old uncle felt that this was predestined by heaven, so he took more care of the worm like a son until the worm graduated from college.
After graduating from university, Worm entered the military service.
After completing his military service, he entered the record company, and for a long time, the little worm did not have time to look for the old uncle again.
Until the first time Bug served as the producer of the album, and the singer was Pan Yueyun.
When the album was ready and not yet sent out, the little worm had the first time to take the album and bought a lot of gifts to visit the old uncle.
Only then did I know that the old uncle had passed away a long time ago, and the green door had been painted in a different color.
After returning, Xiao Worm wrote this song "Am I Your Most Beloved Person" and added it to Pan Yueyun's album at the last moment.
The worm once said:
"I imagined the way he looked at Yun every day and talked, as if he were chatting with his wife, 'I'm fine, am I your most beloved person?'" So I wrote this song. ”
The song also officially won the second Taiwan [Golden Melody Awards Best Album of the Year] and "Golden Melody Awards Producer of the Year" two awards, and Bugs was promoted to Asia's premier top producer.
In 1990, people like Huang Pinyuan, Su Huilun, Du Dewei, Lin Qiang, Wan Fang, etc. joined Rolling Stone Records and released their first album in their lives!
It was also in this year that the little worm Chen Huanchang also joined the ranks of the Rolling Stones, and thus created a brilliant era belonging to the "Rolling Stones".
In 1992, Kwan Kam Peng filmed the movie "Ruan Lingyu", invited Bugs to score the film and composed the theme song "Burial of the Heart".
The soundtrack of "Ruan Lingyu" is the first time that Xiao Worm tried to create a complete film music, using retro turntable sound effects, with the minor singing voice of early Chinese female singers, its poignant tune, which reminds people of the mournful and sad Ruan Lingyu when they hear it, and the tragic legend of Ruan Lingyu who committed suicide because of the fear of human words.
The film's soundtrack and theme song were also nominated for both Hong Kong Film Awards, and Bugs won both awards.
In 1994, "Love Jiangshan More Love Beauty" was originally sung by singer Li Lifen, and the famous musician Xiao Worm composed the lyrics, which is one of the three title songs on her album.
Luo Dayou is deep like a poet, Li Zongsheng is spontaneous and warm and pyrotechnic, and Xiao Worm is the best spokesperson for urban love songs.
Based on the unique voice of female singer Li Lifen, Bugs tailored two albums for her, both of which achieved unprecedented success.
One is "Proud Laughter", the other is "Love jiangshan more love beauty", the lyrics and melodies are simple and popular, but the artistic conception is rich, the atmosphere is heroic, and the simple text sings a different kind of Chinese classical charm.
In this regard, "Love the Country and the Mountains More Love Beauty" can be called the artistic peak of such genres in the pop music world.
The always classical and gentle worm bumped into Li Lifen, who was classical and not polite.
The heroic and heroic voice of the hero has sparked in this way, looking at Hong Kong and Taiwan, there is really no singer suitable.
On singing, Li Lifen sang the woman's sigh and infatuation, and the boy's heavy love.
In the discourse, the worm writes about the detachment of the hermit, the open-mindedness of the benevolent, and the desire of the wise.
Whoever really should be it is whoever it is, and no singer can sing that chivalrous atmosphere.
Later, "Proud Laughter" not only played li life's voice, but also took shape in style, and also became popular with the broadcast of "Tang Taizong".
The work that the little insect polished for Li Lifen was like a stone into jade.
As if she hadn't encountered a bug, Li Lifen was at best a good radio host, and no one would remember that she was still a singer.
For Bugs' career as a producer, I thought That Li Lifen's music was the pinnacle of his work.
If the worm has made Li Lifen, then Li Lifen's special midrange has also shocked the name of the worm.
They both achieved the Rolling Stones.
The music of The Little Worm is undoubtedly very successful in business, but in terms of artistic height, it is still not able to catch up with Luo Dayou, nor is it lower than Li Zongsheng, and some people even say that he is the "godfather of saliva songs".
But Bugs is an excellent B-B, with a very keen eye, and can tailor the blockbuster tracks according to the characteristics of the singer.
Writing a classic may not be the most difficult thing, but to write so many classics, it is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people, right?
The Rolling Stones have such a powerful musician to help, it seems difficult to think of it!
Good music can withstand the wear and tear of time, and it is timeless, when these classics echo in our ears again, some casual people, some inadvertent things may also be awakened with the play of these music, this is the classic can not be copied charm.
Whether it is through Du Dewei's introduction of R&B, or infusion of Chinese style, or taking the lead in the field of film scoring, the little worm is never satisfied with the status quo in the music world.
He is always exploring where music can go and how it can be imaginative, which requires the ultimate in talent and courage to face unknown challenges.
However, a music creator who has achieved so much and achieved so much has encountered a hundred million disputes in 2005 when The Little Worm left the Rolling Stones.
When rolling stones settled the royalties and handed over the accounts, they found that the finances were a pile of bad debts, the former assistant in charge of the money could not pay the accounts, and could not account for the opening of multiple small worm accounts.
Worm revealed at the time that he had not received millions of royalties from Hong Kong copyright companies every year for 16 years.
In the end, the worm lost a total of 300 million.
Perhaps the blow was too heavy, causing Bugs to leave the Rolling Stones and not create a big hit song, and it was rare to see him enter the audience's field of vision.
After the 21st century, the pace of Xiao Bug's creation slowed down significantly, and he moved from Taiwan to Beijing.
After people reach middle age, the passion for creation is probably no longer the same, and even if there are occasional works, there are very few popular songs that have been as widely influenced as in the past.
The age of the bugs is over, and the golden age of the Rolling Stones seems to have passed...
The "music world goldfinger" little worm teacher has finally begun to "mix" days.
But it doesn't matter if the worm is really Gangnam is exhausted.
The songs he once composed have always been classics that we like.
In everyone's heart, there may be a song of worms.