Speaking of Luo Dayou, he is known as the "Godfather" of the entire Chinese music scene. Zhou Huajian said: "There are no songs to listen to when I was studying, Luo Dayou appeared when the spirit was empty."
Jay Chou said: "I think Luo Dayou is a contemporary singer. What songs can be circulated for more than three years? Very few, but Luo Dayou’s song is ok." Gao Xiaosong, who was once self-inflated at
, also said: "I never dared to talk about music in front of Luo Dayou. When I was a primary school student, I had written Luo Dayou’s lyrics on the wall."
However, time passed. When the godfather of music returned to the stage many years later, he encountered a series of embarrassments.
first talk about the concert. Luo Dayou performed in Beijing on June 8. After three months of selling, there was still room available. However, this time, the audience was obviously more enthusiastic, at least filling up the seats. The reason was that the ticket price finally dived: 30% off sale.
In 2017, Luo held a concert in Taiwan. As a result, half of the seats in the auditorium were vacant, and it made the news because of a loss of millions. At that time, Luo Dayou might feel that there is no place to save face, so he could only laugh at himself: "You must have never been so comfortable in the Arena!"
and contrast is also Faye Wong who has been singing for the first time in many years, and the performance has become a hot spot before the performance, such as 7800. The most expensive ticket in Yuan, with a sky-high price of hundreds of thousands; for example, Nicholas Tse personally performed a global live show of love for a concert.
When the godfather met the sky, he should have been evenly matched, but the scene showed two extremes. Behind the
is not a duel of music strength itself, there are multi-dimensional considerations. The scalpers also understand which artists have high traffic, so they can buy tickets in the first time and sell them at high prices for huge profits.
It can be seen that Luo Dayou lost in popularity and lost to traffic. Not only did he lose out to young artists, but he also appeared to be "lag behind" when he compared with his peers like Li Zongsheng. Seeing Lao Li next door quietly playing the guitar, there are still his legends on the rivers and lakes. Looking at the reports about him over the years, they can be said to have circled the earth.
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The middle-aged and elderly chicken soup spokesperson in the music industry, among them, his relationship with Lin Yilian is often mentioned as "being love is a thing of the past."
Luo Dayou has scandals, but the topic is completely unpopular, concert tickets are sold awkwardly, and new songs are not necessarily screened.
In 2017, Luo Dayou released the album "Home III", originally thinking that the veteran will be nostalgic in the market. As a result, he himself wrote a lot of old feelings on Weibo, only to get sporadic responses.
The world belongs to young people after all. On the other side of
, Wu Yifan released a new song "Big Bowl Wide Noodles", which was forwarded as much as 300,000, occupying the top three on the new song list in just half a day. Zhang Yixing released the album "Dream not Falling Rainforest/NAMANANA". The 11-hour pre-sale was sold out, and within 48 hours, it topped the Amazon real-time record sales chart.
Comparing the music transcripts of young idols, the old Luo has no odds. Where is the appeal of the godfather of the generation?
In the past two years, we can still see Luo Dayou, who has said that he does not follow the trend and does not need social software. I also began to blend into the world of young people: the theme song of "Everything is Good" with Mao Buyi.
As an "old man", it takes a certain amount of courage to actively participate in the world of young people. On the one hand, he must admit that "the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves forward" while not admitting defeat. Even if the singers of his own generation, retired, emigrated, or changed careers, he must persevere to the end and strive to protect his musical attitude.
In fact, as early as the millennium, Luo Dayou faced the situation of "alternating between old and new".
At that time, Luo Dayou was holding a concert, and there was still a sensational scene of tens of thousands of people. Some fans even packaged a Boeing 737 and an 8-section train to chase the stars.In the words of Gao Xiaosong, "After the concert, in the bars of the whole street in Shanghai, everyone hugged the piano and sang, one after another, Luo Dayou, where everyone missed their youth and the passionate years."
but the group was once young. Those who have passed, after all, can't survive the years and become no longer fanatical, and fanatical is another group of youth with youth.
The millennium is like a watershed, not only the separation of ages, but also the change of cultural aesthetics. When in 2001, Jay Chou swept the music scene by singing "Nunkaku", and no one could help but follow the trendy music style. Why would you want to masochistically listen to "Love Song 1980" and cry?
The sad youth should be staying. For middle-aged people.
Later, someone asked Luo Dayou, there are no young people popular now, are you afraid of being forgotten by this era?
Luo Dayou said indifferently: "Don't be afraid, as long as there are people listening to my song a hundred years later. My song is still there, it doesn't matter if you remember me or not."
remembered more than 30 years ago, when everyone was singing When the sound was heard, Luo Dayou's "Zhihuzheye" was born, dressed in black, black sunglasses, bravely stood in the forefront of the times and complained.
Later he left Taiwan and established a "Music Factory" in Hong Kong. He and Lin Xi and other musicians created countless classics such as "Queen's Road East" and "The Pearl of the Orient".
Later, he and Li Zongsheng, Zhou Huajian, Zhang Zhenyue set up a longitudinal tour, setting off a wave of nostalgia.
Luo Dayou has not stopped with the changes of the times on the road of music. And his status can't be erased by the changes of the times.
Cui Jian once commented on Luo Dayou, who allowed pop music to discuss history and even life experience. He influenced many people, and many people picked up the guitar because of him.
Some people also say that a hundred years later, Hong Kong will still sing "The Pearl of the Orient" and some people will still sing "Tomorrow will be better". This is Luo Dayou's value.
Therefore, using concert seats to evaluate Luo Dayou's status is probably unreasonable, what do you think?
