The singer group of a man and a woman is a clear stream in the entertainment industry. The two do not speculate cp, do not make a solo flight, do not make disputes, and even the revenue sharing is "five or five open". The two have their own families and lives, and the bond has never been related only to music.
This pair is the phoenix legend composed of Yang Weilinghua and Zeng Yi.
In 2004, Phoenix Legend signed a contract with Peacock Records and officially debuted. The following year, they participated in CCTV's "Walk of Fame" program and won the second place of the year.
Taking advantage of this "east wind", Phoenix Legend immediately launched the group's debut album in the same year, "Above the Moon", which focuses on folk music.
Among them, the song of the same name on the album ,"Above the Moon" has attracted the most attention. The song adopts a combination of folk music and rap music, coupled with Linghua's high-pitched and recognizable voice, and once sung, it is popular all over the country.
"Above the Moon" made the Phoenix Legend a hit, and more and more people began to pay attention to this combination. This song has also become one of the famous songs and classic masterpieces of the Phoenix Legend.
How popular is the song "Over the Moon"? A number can tell. In the era when mobile phone ringtones were popular, this song created a myth of 79 million color ringtone downloads.
Friends after the 80s and 90s should remember that whenever they call, the high-pitched voice of "I am looking up, above the moon, how many dreams are flying freely..." in the mobile phones of your parents and grandparents, rings in your ears.
This song later became the "Square Dance Divine Comedy" and dominated the music library of square dance aunts for many years.
At that time, "Above the Moon" was that young people felt soil, and middle-aged and elderly people felt hi. Compared with the "earthy" lyrics, the only thing that young people are interested in is Zeng Yi's pitiful Rap.
Now more than ten years have passed, the children of that year have grown up, and the post-80s are already about to enter middle age. When you hear this song "Over the Moon" again, do you have a different feeling?
Recently, phoenix legends as guests, even on Hunan Satellite TV's two music variety shows, "Sing caravan" and "Time Concert".
"Singing Caravan" and "Time Concert" are ingenious music variety shows launched by Hunan Satellite TV after launching the new slogan of "Youth China", and once broadcast, word of mouth exploded. The styles of the two variety shows are completely different, but they are very heartfelt.
"Singing Caravan" is the "ordinary singing" of the main joy department, while the "Time Concert" is the "sharing concert" of the main healing department.
Time as the medium, music as the bridge. "Time Concert" is separated from the competition stage and competition format PK, inviting cross-generational powerful singers to interpret classic songs and tell the story behind classical music in a new way.
A number of musicians gathered in a beautiful homestay in Wulingyuan District, Zhangjiajie City, to start a journey of pure enjoyment of music in time and space.
These musicians have their own representative works with high degree of singing, and they all have had highlight moments in the song world. They are talented and strong, and they are still shining after the baptism of musical time and the purification of the long river of music.
After 17 years, the Phoenix Legend once again sang "Above the Moon". The melody of the lyrics remains the same, but the tune becomes a brisk jazz version. The familiar song sounded again, instantly bringing people back to the unforgettable years of youth.
"How many dreams, flying freely", "Above the Moon" has accompanied the Phoenix legend through 17 years of musical time, and also witnessed their persistence in their musical dreams.
"Time Concert" is warm, like a music sharing session. Everyone is like a close friend, speaking freely and sharing their own journey.
In this show, each musician has to write a handwritten letter to his past self, read the letter during the night talk, and tell everyone the story behind his representative song.
When the "time machine" flowed back to 2004, Linghua said that this year belonged to the Phoenix legend. And "Over the Moon", for them, is an "old friend-like" existence.
In a letter to the "Legend of the Phoenix", Linghua said affectionately: "In 2004, we discovered the song "Above the Moon", which is a combination of folk music and rap music... "Above the Moon" is an inseparable friend, but also an indispensable family that has accompanied us for so many years. ”
In 2008, Phoenix Legend took "Above the Moon" to the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala. Seeing that picture again now, this song and the singing person exude a nostalgic kindness and warm touch.
Speaking of their Spring Festival Gala, Zeng Yi told a behind-the-scenes story. In 2007, they had actually finished recording the preparation tape, but because of the controversy over "Over the Moon", the Phoenix Legends program was taken down.
When Zeng Yi said this, his voice was already choked up, and there seemed to be tears swirling in his eyes. He said that the moment the show was taken down, he felt like the whole sky was gray. Ling Hua said that this incident almost became a hurdle on their musical road.
Fortunately, in 2008, the two finally took "Above the Moon" and successfully appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage.
Linghua admitted that singing "Above the Moon" again in the "Time Concert" has a different meaning, "because it always illuminates our hearts, that round..."
"The most beautiful moon", Ling Hua and Zeng Yi said in unison. The two looked at each other and smiled, and the deep friendship of many years was in the unspoken.
Xu Ruyun, who saw this scene, directly praised the two people's hearts. Isn't it the greatest value of music to be able to generate emotional resonance through music?
Someone once said that the phoenix legend is very "earthy". But this "earthy atmosphere" contains a kind of tenacious vitality, ordinary and kind and grounded.
In the past 17 years, Zeng Yi and Ling Hua have always cooperated with tacit understanding. Ling Hua has a unique vocal line, a high-pitched voice, responsible for singing; Zeng Yi is responsible for rap, harmony, and electronic music. This way of rap fusion has laid the foundation for the unique style of Phoenix Legend.
In the "Time Concert", Zeng Yi and Ling Hua looked back on the bits and pieces of the years they had passed, and they had thousands of emotions in their hearts.
Behind the achievements of every musician, there is a period of hard work to carry forward the weight. And these musicians will also bring you more possibilities.