19 years ago, a young college student couple signed up for environmental volunteers and made the long journey to the cold Coco Siri, where the terrain is high and the air is thin and cold, also known as the "forbidden area of life."
Girls were assigned to work in a safer environment, while boys were assigned to work at the Tuotuo River Observatory in difficult conditions. Suddenly, one day, the boy died on the way to collect information, he was the first volunteer to die in Coco Ciri, and the two were separated forever.
4 years later, the story was heard by a musician, who was deeply touched, so he wrote a song for them - "West Sea Love Song"
01. You follow the migratory birds of the south and fly so far
This musician is called Rollin, and you may be more familiar with his later name, Dao Lang.
You'll never understand the people who play music, they either like to engage in inexplicable performance art, or they like to be unique and rebellious, making you feel that if you are your own children, you must have a good fight.
Dao Lang belongs to the latter, although he looks very Buddhist now, but at the age of 16, he also rebelliously ran away from home to pursue his musical dreams.
At that time, it was the golden age of Hong Kong pop music, there was Teresa Teng's "Sweet Honey", Jacky Cheung's "Kiss Goodbye", Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok, Li Ming, Mui Yanfang, Cheung Kwok Wing... Countless Hong Kong singers have become the idols of that generation of young boys and girls.
Just like the martial arts novels of the past and the games of the present, this kind of love and love has influenced that generation. Dao Lang didn't seem to like this kind of soft song, he began to understand the music he wanted, he wanted to sing deep emotions, so he began to search for dreams like a migratory bird.
Not good at school, but to be a tramp, the romance of the musician is really difficult to understand, he has worked as a waiter in a dance hall, and he has also set up a stall on the side of the road, feeling the customs and customs everywhere.
During the trip, he met a few like-minded buddies, and at that time, the brothers took a lot of effort to form a band, which is called the scalpel band. But the band didn't debut as sharp as the name suggests, and it was rusty before it even opened.
It is this experience that makes the music he later composes full of humanity, with a smell of vicissitudes, so that countless people empathize.
02. You are my lover, a woman like a rose
Dao Lang's first wife Yang Na is a dancer, to have a face, to have a figure, the old knife first saw her on the spot became a "licking dog", a fierce pursuit finally got married, and gave birth to a daughter, but the child was just born, Yang Na left a note and left the family.
Daughter of Dao Lang and his ex-wife
Sure enough, the dog licked to the end of nothing.
In desperation, the old knife could only send his daughter back to his parents to raise, and continued to start his "wandering" career. Or maybe God also felt that he owed him too much, and when he lost his soul, he arranged for Zhu Mei to save him from the water and fire.
Two pairs of people meet in Hainan, Zhu Mei is a Xinjiang girl, she is a national singer, with a soft and rigid temperament, a woman as enthusiastic as a rose, it is her appearance that completely changed Daolang's life.
Behind every successful musician there is a noble person, just like Yang Junrong to Jay Chou and Li Zongsheng to Zhou Huajian. But you don't have to be able to help you out of an album, but you can bring you an album.
Zhu Mei was his nobleman. After the two got married, he said that he returned to Xinjiang with his wife, and in this vast world, Daolang felt this tranquility and longevity, and also had the inspiration to create.
03. The snow of 2002 is late, but the shining of gold is late
In January 2004, Daolang released the song "The First Snow of 2002" that was popular all over the country in Xinjiang, without fancy promotion and no "BUFF" bonus for music celebrities, and the song was all over the country.
Its melody resounded through the streets, video stores, barbershops, shopping malls, nightclubs, everywhere the song was played, even people who did not like the song were forced to sing!
While the iron was hot, he released the album of the same name in succession, and the songs in the album "Lover" and "Impulsive Punishment" also quickly became popular throughout the country, and everyone sang it, becoming a generation of classics.
No one expected that a wandering singer with no background would become a hit, and the sales of 2.7 million copies of a single album would directly impact the Chinese pop music scene, killing half of The Chinese pop music in a second.
He sang the national style, the lyrics were written into the hearts of the listeners, and his voice sang the desolate romance.
04. Who is the wolf in sheep's clothing and who is the lamb?
Dao Lang's song, earth?
This issue has been the most privately discussed topic since he became popular. But he didn't care about that, others liked to say whatever they liked, he just insisted on his own style.
Suddenly, one day, this topic was put on the table.
In the 2010 "10th Anniversary of Music Festival", the big sister of the Chinese music scene, Daya Ying, was the main judge of the "Ten Years of Influential Singers" selection at that time, and when other judges listed his name as a candidate, Na Ying publicly voiced a voice of opposition, claiming that he "does not have (musical) aesthetics".
"W.T.F"?
As soon as such remarks came out, there was an uproar all over the country, and many fans directly exploded Na Ying in the Weibo comment area, saying that she looked down on the peasants and looked down on national singers, and Na Ying was not a vegetarian, and directly went down to tear up, and there was a lot of turmoil for a while.
Seeing that someone flashed to open the group, some other famous musicians also jumped out and began to output, and Yang Kun, who had 32 concerts, felt that Daolang's play should not be called music at all.
Wang Feng said: "The Daolang phenomenon is the sadness of popular music", "he adopted the sales method of rural encirclement of the city, which is very large in terms of quantity." This means that only farmers will like his songs, and the rural population is large, so people will mistakenly think that there are many people who like him.
I suspect that Wang Feng was remembering that Dao Lang had robbed him of his headlines, and it turned out that at that time, the battle of human beings against the "Wang Xingren" had begun
You look at the way these big guys speak, it's not like the prototype of today's network trolls.
"You can sell 2.7 million on you!"
"I can't sell it, but I just beep"
It was really unfortunate that the old knife was caught in this wild area, but he never replied, but when the reporter asked him these questions, he asked back, "Did you hear it with your own ears?" If you don't hear it with your own ears, it's an empty wind."
It is said that he is shouted and beaten by everyone in the circle, and it is hot outside the circle, but there are also many people in the circle who appreciate Daolang, and they are also very weighty.
For example, Luo Dayou, the godfather of the Chinese music scene, once praised him as a natural singer in the program: "He is good in his natural voice, and he can sing like talking."
Tan Yonglin said that Daolang is a rare singer, Li Zongsheng has personally composed the soundtrack for the album "Kashgar Huyang", many music giants love him and his works, it seems that the Chinese music scene is only divided into half a wall that likes him, and half a wall that hates Daolang.
05. Let me grow up for three thousand years, wandering in the world
In 2012, Dao Lang opened the "Thank You" tour at the Hung Hom Stadium in Hong Kong, which is the place where Hong Kong's big names held concerts, which shows how strong he was at that time.
When his career was in full swing, he chose to fade out of the public eye and live the life of a crane in the clouds, as if he had returned to the appearance of the former wandering world, why did he make such a choice? Maybe it's for the sake of purer music.
After retiring, he set out to train his little apprentice, Yun Duo, a Qiang girl with a very good voice. Under his heavy training, the little apprentice has been honored on the CCTV stage many times, and it is difficult not to feel that he is demolishing Na Ying's stage:
"You say this is a peasant song of the Lower Riba people?" But this time, the Riba people have stepped onto the most noble stage, and your Yangchun white snow can only appear in the editing variety show.
But the entertainment industry is very realistic, you are in, the jianghu has your foothold, you lift your ass before you leave, the tea may be cold, and even start your idea of this pot of tea.
In 2017, he sued his old friend and fellow countryman, singer Dolma.
The two had a good relationship before, and their singing style was similar, so Dolma often sang his songs, such as "West Sea Love Song" and "Tenderness in the Palm of the Hand", etc. For others to always cover their own songs, the people around Daolang were not reminded, but he felt that both of them were good friends, and it was a bit out of mind to worry too much.
And he thinks that if his songs can be sung with different flavors, this is also considered lucky for the songs, so he turns a blind eye and passes. However, his generosity has become conniving in disguise.
She not only made money by singing Daolang's song business performances, she did not indicate the original song, and finally everyone thought that the pirated version was produced by the original factory. Is this OK? Bai Qiandu said, "My eyes have been stored in your place for three hundred years, how did they become yours?" ”
So he sued: claiming 100,000 yuan and banning commercial use. The money claimed is not much, perhaps because he is nostalgic for his old friendship, or perhaps he is suing only to arouse public awareness of copyright.
However, this hundred thousand yuan to want, is really quite a slap in the face, it is estimated that the lower central Dolma has to breathe heavily, you point more good to calculate how much I earn, you want such a little money, scold who? Am i a celebrity worth a hundred thousand dollars in a lawsuit?
06. Even though life has given me more pain, I still feel happier
In October last year, Dao Lang made a strong comeback, releasing the album "Playing Words" for 8 years, and then released his second album "Like Me" under the real name Of Lorraine.
In February this year, "Everyone in the World" was released again, and three albums were released in a row, which shows the strength of the strength and the high momentum of this return.
But unfortunately, his return did not stir up any waves in the colorful entertainment industry.
There are too many entertainment elements and many kinds of music, rap, hip hop, rock, folk, pop, ethnic, bel canto, opera, and even the Taiping lyrics loved by the Deyun girls to share a piece of the pie. In contrast, Dao Lang's song seems so simple, so pure, so... earth.
For various reasons, the person who created the legend was finally swallowed up by the times.
The one who has created many legends, and now he has returned, will you still support him as always?