On November 12, 1997, the Chinese music scene lost a genius. Taiwanese singer Zhang Yusheng died in a car accident at the age of 31.
Since his debut in 1988, Zhang Yusheng's artistic career has only been a short nine years, but his influence on the Chinese music scene is immeasurable. Talented, he has created many works with foresight and profound humanistic care, and has also cultivated Zhang Huimei, a diva in the history of Chinese pop music, which has touched a generation of young people.
The genius's life came to an abrupt end, and one fan was deeply shocked. The music-loving fan was singing at pub at the time, and since then he has used Zhang Yusheng's songs as a reserved song for him to sing. Nine years later, with respect for Zhang Yusheng, he released his personal album as an "elderly newcomer", and the golden song "I Believe" became a hit. He is Taiwan's iron lung prince - Yang Pei'an.
Although Yang Pei'an has been tepid in recent years, he has a good reputation in the industry. In the final analysis, it is his seriousness and righteousness, daring to be bold. Zhang Yusheng and Yang Pei'an did not have much intersection before, but his music has given Yang Pei'an great strength with the passage of time. It has been 21 years since Zhang Yusheng's death, and Yang Pei'an, a small fan of the year, has been paying tribute to Zhang Yusheng, with the mission of promoting Zhang Yusheng and promoting Zhang Yusheng's music.
In the winter of 2006, Yang Pei'an learned that Zhang Yusheng still had a demo that had not yet come out, so he took the initiative to contact the Zhang family to discuss the publication of Zhang Yusheng's posthumous works. Later, the complete work was published, and Yang Pei'an also took the initiative to give all the royalty income to Zhang's mother. In 2018, Yang Pei'an took to the stage of "Classic Arias" and sang Zhang Yusheng's posthumous work "Yellow River Yangtze River". It is thanks to Yang Pei'an's singing that many young people can understand this "pearl of the sea" and understand the real connotation of the musician Zhang Yusheng.
"I know the devout worship of the world, I roared a huanghuai plain can not stop my love, I staggered to run who can understand", this is overflowing in every Chinese heart of the feelings of home and country, not shallow you love me. Unfortunately, such a voice is now almost unheard. Nowadays, the word idol is becoming cheaper and cheaper, and the idols of the past were dou wei and Cui Jian, who had great artistic and social influence, and now any star can be called an idol. Zhang Yusheng is obviously the former for Yang Pei'an. It not only influenced Yang Pei'an's musical content, but more importantly, his reverence for music.
Many people don't even know what Yang Pei'an's name is, and have only heard his "I Believe". This golden song has frequently appeared in major campuses, awards ceremonies and inspirational activities for more than a decade, and has been jokingly called "a must-have song for pyramid schemes" by netizens. In the end, I have sung "I Believe" thousands of times, I am afraid that even Yang Pei'an himself can't count.
For the general audience, Yang Pei'an is a past singer who can eat for a lifetime by relying on the dividends of "I Believe". But just as Zhang Yusheng is not limited to the inspirational style of "My Future Is Not a Dream", Yang Pei'an did not lie still on this song.
"I Believe" fully demonstrates Yang Pei'an's excellent high-pitched conditions and also brings him the reputation of "Iron Lung Prince", but Yang Pei'an is very dissatisfied with this. Recalling this famous song in an interview, Yang Pei'an complained: "This song is popular, resulting in every time I am on the show, I am required to soar high pitch, the audience thinks that I am showing off, in fact, I am a thousand unwilling in my heart." I hope to have the opportunity to play bass and I can sing very low, which is where I am helpless. ”
In 2016, this golden song that brought him countless benefits and some helplessness was exposed as plagiarism. Plagiarism in the Chinese music scene is now a common phenomenon. "Leaving People Sad", which has been played more than a billion times on the whole network, copied several pieces, and its singer, Li Yuanjie, who was jokingly called a music tailor, refused to admit it when he participated in "Children of Tomorrow".
In contrast, Yang Pei'an seems to have more grandfathers. In fact, "I Believe" is an arrangement and plagiarism, which has nothing directly to do with Yang Pei'an, and Yang Pei'an is also a victim. However, Yang Pei'an still generously admitted to plagiarism, and said that in the future, the song will be sung with a new arrangement. Yes, Yang Pei'an has not had any high-singing songs since "I Believe", which are almost forgotten today when new people are emerging in an endless stream. But he is an impeccable good musician in terms of character and attitude to music.
Yang Pei'an, who is serious about righteousness and dares to be bold, is a clear stream in this circle; the iron lung prince who soars to the high pitch and sings the lower bass is also admired. In this music scene where the appearance is the right and the capital is the master, we need the decent blood of Yang Pei'an to bring us the washing of the soul in a group of "small fresh meat".