I don't know how many people remember that more than 20 years ago, there was a song called "Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine Roses" that swept the streets and alleys, the lyrics were poignant and romantic, the song was gentle but manly, affectionate and obsessive, which made people deeply intoxicated.
The birth of the Prince of Roses
Presumably many people do not know, in fact, Tai Zhengxiao is a Hong Kong native of Dangtu, Anhui Province, born in Hong Kong. His father was a famous Chinese medicine doctor, so after graduating from high school, Tai Zhengxiao was admitted to the Kaohsiung Medical College in Taiwan to study in the Department of Medical Technology, and if he followed the steps, there would now be an excellent Chinese medicine doctor named Tai Zhengxiao.
However, the world is unpredictable, in the third year of college Tai Zhengxiao coincidentally participated in a Taiwanese music competition, won the award for a rock song "Helpless", and was also appreciated by the UFO Record Company, so after graduating in 1991, he joined the company to start a career as a singer.
Two years later, Tai Zhengxiao released his first solo album "Find a Word inStead", which has two very classic songs in this album, one is the song of the same name "Find a Word to Replace", which was later sung to principal Tan Yonglin in Cantonese version of "Goodbye is Also Tears", both versions became classics.
The other is naturally the title song "Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine Roses", which was popularized and Tai Zhengxiao received the title of Prince of Roses. When Tai Zhengxiao first got this lyric to compose music for him, the song was originally called "Nine Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine Roses", Tai Zhengxiao smiled and said, so much more expensive, ordinary people can't afford it, although romance still has to do what it can, so it was changed to "Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine Roses".
Behind this song is also a very tragic love story: there is a pair of very loving lovers, after spending more than a thousand warm and romantic days of love, ready to get married, but found that the girl is terminally ill. The doctor said that the girl could only live for three months, and the boy who loved deeply did not give up, sending a rose to the girl every day, and the result was three years.
When the 999th rose was delivered, the girl finally died, and at the time of death, the girl introduced her girlfriend to the boy and sincerely blessed them. After the girl's death, the boy was drunk all day and scribbled on the paper, and one day the girlfriend sorted out the paper and sorted out the song according to the boy's writing.
From the front of the stage to the backstage
After the first album became a hit, Tai Zhengxiao released 4 albums in succession, casting classic love songs such as "Heart Wants You to Hear", "A Thousand Paper Cranes", and "One Thousand and One Nights".
Among them, "Heart Wants You to Hear", a song written for the Motorola BP machine advertisement, won the praise of the "Contemporary Music" magazine in 1994 and 1995 as the top ten Oriental Stars in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In 1998, Tai Zhengxiao and his girlfriend who had been running for ten years registered for marriage in Seattle, USA, in order to take care of the family, began to develop a behind-the-scenes career, launched a personal music studio "Heart strings music", signed the first singer is Li Shengjie, leaving more time for the family.
Tai Zhengxiao is also known for his love song duet, and various well-known female singers have sung many familiar golden songs.
For example, "Confidant" with the jade girl Zhou Huimin
"First Love" with Li Ryan, one of the Seven Little Flowers of Poly Gold
"Good People Good Dreams" with mainland singer Sun Yue
"Both Sides" with Meng Tingwei
"Bring Love To Life" with Tianhou Faye Wong
Each one is a classic, and a large part of it is composed by him.
Although Tai Zhengxiao after marriage has also released more than a dozen albums, due to the change of personal singing method, more attention is paid to natural singing methods, without embellishment, resulting in the sound of the songs that follow is sharp and dry, the enthusiasm of many fans has retreated, and the style has derailed with the times, so they are all stone sinking into the sea.
However, the career behind the scenes is becoming more and more prosperous, the main force is developing his unique music health concept in the mainland, and he and Hong Kong physician Wang Di co-founded the Yongzhongyuan-YZY33 brand of integrated Chinese and Tibetan medicine, and the love of husband and wife, family harmony, fire is not hot, etc., is no longer important to him who has known the destiny of heaven.
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