When gao Xiaosong is mentioned, everyone may think of "Xiaosong Strange Talk", "Ali Entertainment Strategy Committee Member", "Strange Story", "Library Director" and so on. There is also an identity label that Gao Xiaosong cannot ignore, that is, "the originator of campus folk songs", once upon a time his folk songs resounded throughout the campus...
Gao Xiaosong is about to usher in his fifty-first birthday, stepping out of half his life, with ups and downs. As a public figure, there are many opinions about him, but in any case, he is a person who cannot be bypassed in the history of campus folk songs.
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Gao Xiaosong came from a privileged background, which is obviously different from the pursuit of the people who are worried about food and clothing. His "poetry and distance", his talk is liked by some people, and some people criticize. However, even this cannot negate Gao Xiaosong's status in campus folk songs. Today, we only listen to songs, talk about music, and nothing else.
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Gao Xiaosong is the flagship figure of Chinese campus folk songs, his works are an extremely important part of the pop music scene in the 90s, many golden songs have also become the must-play tracks for beginners of folk guitar playing and singing, and the three words "Gao Xiaosong" have become synonymous with the common musical memory and campus folk songs of several generations.
In 1988, Gao Xiaosong was admitted to the Department of Electronic Engineering of Tsinghua University at the age of 19, majoring in radio. After entering Tsinghua University, Gao Xiaosong loved music and wanted to make some achievements in the music industry, but was strongly opposed by his family. So he offered to bet that if he could support himself with the piano, he would no longer hinder him from making music, but would instead need to continue to study well.
After experiencing the failure of street singing, Gao Xiaosong still did not give up his choice of music. Subsequently, seven people from various colleges and universities, including Jiang Tao, Dai Tao, Zhao Wei and Lao Wolf, were gathered to form a "bronze band".
After the band was formed, Gao Xiaosong's heart was also farther away, and he hoped to perform in Haikou. So he and the old wolf began a wandering career in Haikou. Later, the old wolf returned to Beijing, and Gao Xiaosong himself went to the "School Village" East Side Club of Xiamen University at that time for more than half a year, living the life of a wandering singer.
Xiamen University is the birthplace of his inspiration, and the beautiful scenery and romantic atmosphere give him the nourishment to create. During this period, he wrote the first drafts of musical works such as "You at the Same Table", "Mike", "The Age of White Clothes", and "Youth Without Regrets".
In the context of the out-of-school frenzy, Gao Xiaosong believes that when scientists run counter to their ideals, they resolutely choose to make music. However, taking a small sample to the record company was not successfully adopted, and after turning around, he was finally appreciated by Liu Zhuohui, who had written songs for Beyond at the Land Records Company.
In 1994, Gao Xiaosong was 25 years old. Musician Huang Xiaomao found him, and with his consent, Dadi Records published the "School Folk Songs" compilation album. Gao Xiaosong also officially entered the music circle as a result. Since then, he has been known as the "originator of campus folk songs".
The song "You at the Same Table", written and composed by Gao Xiaosong and sung by Lao Wolf, was later performed on the Spring Evening of CCTV and won the first prize of the most popular program. Since then, campus folk songs led by Gao Xiaosong and Old Wolf have become popular throughout colleges and universities across the country. It is reported that every time Gao Xiaosong went out at that time, he could hear someone playing his song in the streets and alleys.
It is said that the inspiration for the song "You at the Same Table" was gao Xiaosong when he was combing the hair of his first love girlfriend, and he could not find the paper for a while, so he hurriedly wrote it down on the back cover of a book. It doesn't matter whether this story is true or not or where the book went, what matters is that the song largely ushered in the most prosperous era of Chinese school folk songs.
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Gao Xiaosong's "You at the Same Table" and "Brother Sleeping on My Top Bunk Bed" made the 26-year-old wolf quickly become the hottest folk singer in Chinese mainland.
The following year, Old Wolf released his first solo album "Love Wind and Dust". It is recorded that the album set a record of 230,000 records in 20 days of release, and a total of 400,000 copies were released throughout the year, becoming the album with the highest number of albums released by Chinese mainland singers that year. Two of the new songs are from Gao Xiaosong's hands, one of which is the album's eponymous song "Love Wind and Dust".
The song is still the standard Gao Xiaosong-style writing style, and the structure of the lyrics is in line with the poem. It shows the melancholy youth, the sad love, the midnight movie, and the long remembrance. This musical style and musical temperament became the label and attribute of the old wolf's early music.
Subsequently, in 1996, Gao Xiaosong released his personal collection "Youth Without Regrets", which included ten excellent works of his thoughts. Most of these masterpieces were sung by Old Wolf and Ye Bei, and Ye Bei also became the first female singer to sign a contract with Wheat Field Music founded by Gao Xiaosong.
Among them, the song "After the Rain in B Minor" sung by Ye Bei is a very representative piece of Gao Xiaosong's early works, which is quite ingenious and creative in both musical and literary. The song uses flamenco styles and borrows words from the Yuan Dynasty poet Ma Zhiyuan's Tianjing Sha Qiusi. It is said that in the creation, one work has no words, one has no words, and he cleverly pieces together the two seamlessly and poetically.
In 2010, Gao Xiaosong released his solo album "Everything Grows". It's an amazing piece of folk minor key that fans are most familiar with, to a relatively unfamiliar rock opera. "Hero" is passionate, and Zheng Jun's rock and roll frenzy and Mo Warren's aristocratic temperament shine together.
These songs are gao Xiaosong on the other side, and they are also Gao Xiaosong's tentative moves for pop music after the new century. Gao Xiaosong, who makes people mistakenly think that "one trick is eaten all over the world", still has extraordinary musical passion and creative ability.
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In "Xiao Shuo", Gao Xiaosong said that from Liu Huan, Park Shu, old wolf, to Sa Dingding, Li Yuchun, and now Wu Yifan, in the past twenty years since entering the music industry, Gao Xiaosong has counted in detail, and he has accompanied almost five generations of singers.
Each era has its own music, and it's clear that the era of school folk is long gone, but these classic songs can be listened to. Nowadays, in the message area of these old songs, some netizens still express their nostalgia for the talented era of Gao Xiaosong, the years when campus folk songs were prevalent and red all over the streets...
Gao Xiaosong, a strange man in the Chinese entertainment industry, musician, director, talent judge, talk show host... He once flourished in the entertainment industry, but the first place was music, which was a school folk song.
Gao Xiaosong once asked in "Like a Funeral": "Why do people need music? ”
In Gao Xiaosong's view: "People don't need music when they are young, because that is music itself." "And the meaning of music is to accompany you to soothe the wounds in your heart for decades after the death of youth."
Why do we still listen to these old school folk songs? Maybe it's because there are countless people's youth hidden in it...
#高晓松 #