"Honey, you fly slowly, watching out for the thorny roses in front of you. Honey, you open your mouth, the fragrance of flowers in the wind will make you intoxicated..." In 2004, "Two Butterflies" was a national hit, and Pang Long became famous overnight.
As everyone knows, this is the most unexpected thing for him.
At the age of 29, Pang Long sold real estate to publish albums, once had no return and wanted to live lightly, just when his life was desperate, "Two Butterflies" exploded, worth as much as 200 million, and he became the richest male singer in the mainland.
But controversy ensued, and the Divine Comedy was labeled as one of the "Top Ten Disgusting Songs in China", and it was tragically "breathless" to Pang Long, who was no longer willing to do such a Divine Comedy.
His persistence was exchanged for many years of snow hiding by the company, the song was repossessed, and for a time his fame plummeted, and no one cared.
However, Pang Long did not regret it, but retired to become a music teacher, and then continued his musical dream, "I want to be an ordinary music walker, express myself authentically and naturally, and play music according to my own intentions." ”
In 1971, Pang Long was born into an ordinary working family with three older sisters, his mother did not have a formal job, and the family of six struggled to survive on his father's meager salary.
Although his family was poor, as the only son in the family, he was very favored by his parents.
When he was in junior high school, Pang Long was obsessed with music, and at that time he had a fiery dream in his heart: to change the fate of poverty through music. So he begged his father to buy him a guitar and start the road to his dreams.
Unable to withstand the soft and hard bubbles of his younger son, his father saved a sum of money to buy him a guitar.
In order not to bring greater financial pressure to the family, Pang Long gave up the road of entering the university and chose to apply for vocational high school.
In school, Pang Long's "song addiction" became bigger and bigger, and his time was used to study music except for sleeping, and he had no intention of learning at all.
His father was extremely annoyed when he saw this, and in a rage, he smashed the guitar from the sixth floor to the ground, and when Pang Long rushed downstairs, he only saw the broken guitar, and at that moment the "singer seed" that sprouted in his heart suddenly stopped.
But what he didn't know was that his father was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer that year, and he would be so "severe".
After the death of his father, the burden of life fell on his mother, and the family of five could only rely on her mother to repair bicycles to earn money, which was even worse for the originally poor family.
In order to reduce the burden on the family, Pang Long began to look around for a job, and soon he found a part-time job: singing in a song hall. He thought to himself, "It's great that I can make money and get close to singing."
But life is not easy, and whether the singers in the cabaret can make money at that time depends on whether the audience likes the singer's style. Pang Long has always been reluctant to cater to others, only singing his favorite songs, and after 3 months, he has not made a penny.
It also coincided with the death of his mother, giving Pang Long a blow. He finally bowed his head to life and began to imitate the contemporary celebrity singing, which was applauded by the audience, and he also got the first salary of the month.
"In 1988 I went into the song hall to sing, and after a few months of singing, I got 100 yuan." Recalling this experience, Pang Long sighed.
After tasting the sweetness of making money, Pang Long began to learn imitation more exquisitely, and it was widely praised, and for a time he was also famous in the song hall, and many people clicked on him to sing.
But this job is still a drop in the bucket for Pang Long, and he can't shoulder the burden of his family. After graduating from high school, he resigned from the position and began working as a worker on a construction site, and the following year he transferred to a coal mine as a worker.
In order to retain his sense of music, he did things during the day and sang at night. Although the work is hard, the salary is still much higher than before, and Pang Long is quite satisfied with the status quo.
But the boring life day after day made Pang Long's heart begin to have the idea of "restlessness", and after 7 years, he chose to return to the road of "music".
After much thought, he decisively quit his job and applied for the Shenyang Conservatory of Music. Fortunately, with his own strength, he was admitted to college and began to make music with his heart.
In 2000, Jay Chou released his first album, Liang Jingru with "Courage" to establish her position in the music world, Eason Chan's "King of K Songs" occupied the position of major charts. At that time, the Chinese music scene has been in full swing, and everyone wants to catch up with this outlet to "fight".
Pang Long, who has just graduated, in order to prove his strength, he politely refused the request of his friend Niu Chaoyang to invite him to sing "Two Butterflies", sold his family's real estate, and released his first album "Life Trilogy" after pouring all his money into 500,000 yuan.
But good luck did not easily "tilt" to him, after the release of the new album, Pang Long lost his blood and money, and for a time he had the idea of taking his own life.
"My savings for more than ten years were all smashed on the album, but it didn't come out, the whole person's emotions were wrong, at that time, I was facing more of a problem of survival, I didn't want to go back to the night show, but I had to survive, I was embarrassed, and I wanted to commit suicide."
In order to dispel this idea, he left Beijing and temporarily left the "North Drift" life. When he saw other bands sleeping on the flyover for their lives, he was relieved, convinced that as long as he could carry it, he would be able to get ahead.
"I realized that the mainland music scene is different from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and if new people want to develop more, they must rely on strength, but also have the spirit of carrying down, and if you lean down on people who are older than you, you will come out."
Then 4 years later, he fell silent and used "music needs to be accumulated" to motivate himself.
In 2004, Niu Chaoyang found Pang Long again and asked him to sing "Two Butterflies", and after the recording was completed, he was greatly praised by investor Liu Xiaoqing.
As soon as the song was released, it was all over the country. "Two butterflies" flew up, quickly fanned down the "Mouse Loves Rice" at the top of the list, and Pang Long became famous overnight and became a household singer.
At that time, the commercial value of "Mouse Loves Rice" was as high as 170 million, but the commercial value of "Two Butterflies" reached 240 million.
Unsurprisingly, Pang Long began to perform continuously, appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage for 4 consecutive times, and became the highest-paid male singer in the mainland.
But under the fame, Pang Long did not get too excited, "If 4 years ago, "Two Butterflies" was on fire, I would go crazy, but now it won't be." You think about how it feels to be alone for 16 years, almost the best time of your life. ”
Soon after, the situation was abruptly reversed, and Pang Long was faced with a flood of "bad comments".
It turned out that "Two Butterflies" was also rated as "China's Top Ten Disgusting Songs" by countless listeners when it was awarded the Best Golden Melody Award of China Golden Records. There are also many people who criticize Pang Long for not being a professional singer, but an internet drooling singer who is not popular.
At that time, Pang Long was like being nailed to the "music shame rack", and even many people wrote under the banner of music critics to suppress him: "The emergence of Pang Long has set back Chinese pop music by 20 years!" ”
For a time, Pang Long's mental pressure increased sharply, and he had the urge to quit the music scene.
At that time, Pang Long was the company's "cash cow", of course, it would not be easily let go, but was asked to continue to write the same type of songs.
Forced to do so, he created a song "You Are My Rose" the following year, and the popularity and popularity of "Two Butterflies" can be equal.
Pang Long also reached the peak of his career once again, but at this time, he had to face more "bad words".
He went to the university to participate in the parade, and when he sang "You Are My Rose", he was sneered at by the students in the audience, who directly called for him to step down. There were also students who kept tossing coins on the stage, and pang longtou, who could not hide in time, was smashed out of the bag.
He stopped and said to the students, "I'm 35 years old and have been singing songs for eighteen years, so let everyone respect me." Unexpectedly, there was indeed a sound of sarcasm coming, and at that moment, Pang Long felt that his self-esteem had been insulted.
It is always the last straw that crushes the camel, and this time the show makes Pang Long really feel what the state of "breathlessness" is, and he is not willing to continue this status quo.
After returning to the company, he consulted with the person in charge, and in the future, he would only sing "Two Butterflies" and "You Are My Rose" at the concert, and he refused to sing the famous song on other occasions.
After making this "unreasonable request", what he got was "years of snow hiding".
The copyright of the Divine Comedy was withdrawn, which meant that he could not sing the song privately in the future, and the company no longer gave him more resources and opportunities.
This "snow hiding" is a kind of tranquility and relief for Pang Long, who has begun to reposition his music over the years, learn to re-create more songs with depth, and find his original musical intention.
Many people think he is stupid, do not play popular songs, have to do songs with a small audience, but he said: "I think at my age, I should insist." I hope that I will continue to have new works that can convey new musical connotations to the public. ”
After the contract with the company expired, Pang Long did not renew the contract, but chose to terminate the contract and returned to his alma mater as a music professor, "When I went to school, the teacher said that I was particularly suitable to be a teacher, and at that time I thought that if I could be a primary school teacher, it would be a good thing." ”
Pang Long did not expect that this child's "teacher dream" could really be realized.
Now he enjoys the process of teaching very much, and he also gains a lot, "After the class, he sang to the students, sang a lot of songs, and did not lose the time to practice songs." ”
Retiring after fame, pursuing his favorite musical style, in this impetuous Vanity Fair, he never forgot his original intention and stubbornly pursued himself.
Pang Long takes music extremely seriously, and each new song will never enter the studio to record and sing without thinking about it for half a month. A singer's sincerity about music, if you listen carefully, you will definitely feel it, that can not be fake. Jia Yinan once said.
He is extremely serious about music, and he treats love from beginning to end, and he has been in love with his wife for 27 years.
In this fast-paced era, being able to insist on oneself and be obsessed with oneself is an extremely precious quality. And all this is also due to Pang Long himself, who can still be calm and indifferent after experiencing strong winds and waves.
As he said, "At that time, I showed the interpretation of youth to life, and I was still a little anxious." With the increase of age, the precipitation of the years and the change of the environment, I am now the most peaceful. ”
Even though he never appeared in front of the screen again, he never left the scene on the music road.
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Author: Fried Hu Card
Editor-in-charge: Zeria