On January 16, 2014, the PREMIERE OF THE TV SERIES "Parental Love" was held in Beijing, and Guo Tao, Liu Xiao, the creator and singer of the theme song of the TV series "Love Story", appeared in front of the public. As soon as he opened his voice and sang, everyone present couldn't help but be stunned: this voice is simply too similar to Liu Huan! Yes, he is Liu Huan's brother Liu Xiao.
Liu Xiao
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In 1973, Liu Xiao was born in an ordinary family in Tianjin, and his arrival brought great joy to this middle school teacher's home. When Liu Xiao was born, his brother Liu Huan was already ten years old, and his parents named him Liu Xiao, and the harmonic sound "laughter" just formed a joyful song and laughter with his brother's name.
Liu Huan and Liu Xiao when they were young
When he was a child, Liu Xiao was Liu Huan's small tail that could not be shaken off, and wherever Liu Huan went, he followed him. For this younger brother who is ten years younger, Liu Huan is very fond of him. He always used the pocket money he saved to buy fruit candy and popsicles for Liu Xiao to eat. Once, Liu Huan saved up two cents and took Liu Xiao to the cinema to see a movie "Visitor on the Iceberg". The plot of the movie did not leave any impression on the little brothers, but the theme song of the movie "Missing Comrades" made the brothers fascinated, "At the foot of the iceberg is my lovely hometown..." For a long time after that, the little brothers in and out will unconsciously hang this song on their lips.
Liu Huan as a child
Liu Huan's parents are both teachers in the 12th middle school, and they have cultivated their children's development throughout the year from an early age. At the Gymnasium Elementary School, Liu Huan joined the literary and art team, but his "main attack" at that time was not singing, but with The later Jiang Kun's partner Dai Zhicheng. At that time, Liu Huan and Dai Zhicheng acted in the small drama "Ferry", and the cross-talk passage was "Learning Dazhai". They also participated in the Tianjin Primary and Secondary School Literary and Art Show together, Liu Huan and Dai Zhicheng said cross-talk, and Liu Yajin also participated in the performance on the same stage.
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In high school, Liu Huan was admitted to Yaohua Middle School, because Dai Zhicheng was not admitted, and the days of the two partnering performances ended. In school, Liu Huan has not found a suitable partner and has been sullen all day. Liu Xiao, who had just entered elementary school, guessed his brother's thoughts and suggested that he give up crosstalk and instead sing and play the piano. Liu Huan immediately signed up for the school's solo instrument band, and the instrument he chose was relatively rare, called "a string", the left hand is a tightrope, and the right hand is a bamboo. Years later, Liu Huan still maintained a strong interest in this rare instrument, and he collected hundreds of strange instruments after he became famous. At that time, Liu Huan often practiced musical instruments at home, and Liu Xiao was always his most loyal audience.
Liu Huan
In July 1976, after the Tangshan earthquake, Liu Huan and his classmates spontaneously organized to go to the earthquake area to participate in the condolence performance, everyone agreed to ride a tricycle to the disaster area, Liu Xiao was clamoring to go with his brother, Liu Huan carried him to the car. When they arrived at their destination, they did not bother to rest, performing for the victims in front of a collapsed building. Liu Huan was dressed in a military coat, his eyes were round, and he sang an excerpt of "Wise Tiger Mountain", singing childishly but without losing strength. Years later, Liu Xiao can still clearly recall the scene when he applauded his brother offstage.
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In 1981, at the age of 18, Liu Huan was admitted to the School of International Relations in Beijing to study French literature, and that year, Liu Xiao was 8 years old.
When Liu Huan was in college, every holiday, his parents would take Liu Xiao to Beijing to see Liu Huan, and walk around Beijing and climb Xiangshan Mountain with Liu Huan's college classmates. When Liu Xiao was a child, he always had a handful of plum candy in his pocket, when he went up the mountain, Liu Xiao always ran in the front, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared, at this time, he could often hear Liu Huan's classmates shouting in front: "Liu Huan, look at your son, the sugar has fallen all the way."
In 1993, Liu Huan had become a well-known singer in the country, and Liu Xiao was admitted to college, majoring in economics. Although he loves music and wants to become a real singer, Liu Xiao went away and did not want to live in the aura of his brother, he buried his desire to become a singer deeply in his heart, but did not give up his pursuit on the road of music.
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After graduating from university, Liu Xiao entered the Beijing People's Radio and became a host, hoping to tell the story of music through radio waves. However, contrary to his wishes, the first program hosted by Liu Xiao after he arrived at the radio station was a computer program "IT Times". Liu Xiao, who has just arrived, really did not bother to think about this show. He unloaded eight pieces of the computer he loved in the center of his home and was immersed in it all day. He reads books and asks people about things he doesn't understand, and after he understands them, he will try his best to explain it to the audience.
With this dedication and dedication, Liu Xiao's hosting began to be handy, and later he hosted many programs such as "Humor Container" and "Joy in Front" on Beijing Literature and Art Radio, and also hosted "Music Online". When he hosted the show, he had a purpose, that is, not to exclude anything, but he never made too many evaluations and comments in the show, and only made an objective introduction, including when recommending Liu Huan's songs to the audience.
Liu Xiao Liu Huan sang "Confused Love" at the "Joyful Song 2004" concert
As a host, Liu Xiao has always had a dream of being a singer in his heart, and in 2004, at Liu Huan's "Huan Ge 2004" concert, he was invited to sing "Confused Love" with Liu Huan, which made countless people intoxicated, because his voice was too liu huan's characteristics.
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In 2001, on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the establishment of Beijing People's Radio Literary and Art Broadcasting, Liu Huan came to the radio station to imitate Liu Xiao's tone and broadcast live in the program, so that the audience in front of the radio did not believe that it was Liu Huan's own voice. Even in life, there are always people who can't tell the voices of the two of them. Once Liu Xiao helped him answer a phone call at Liu Huan's house, telling the other party that Liu Huan was not there, and the result was that the friend immediately turned his face, scolded Liu Huan on the phone for pretending to be a grandson, and knew that he had answered the phone, and said that he was not at home.
Liu Huan and Liu Xiao
From college to work, Liu Xiao has never given up on music creation. In 2013, the filming of "Parental Love" was completed, and the lead actor Guo Tao went to the radio station to do the program, just in time for Liu Xiao to sort out the musical works he had created over the years, including the "Love Story" that had been written for sixteen years. After Guo Tao heard this song, he was excited, and copied a copy of the sample back to the crew to mei Ting and the director, and everyone found the simple and pure love story described in the TV series in this song, and unanimously asked for this song as the theme song of the TV series. That year, Liu Xiao was already forty years old.
Liu Xiao at the "Parental Love" press conference
In 2014, Liu Xiao finally appeared in front of the public as a singer in the year of confusion, and in 2015, he released the original album "Flowing Year" as an independent musician, and Liu Huan, who rarely attended the event, came to stand for Liu Xiao.
Liu Huan at the launch of Liu Xiao's new album