In Hong Kong, Alan Tan has the nickname "Principal Tan". The nickname
means that he has a superior seniority; and it also shows that President Tan is "not hesitating to teach" the performance industry.
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In the 1970s and 1990s, Hong Kong experienced two "band waves". Now we know that Beyond, Tai Chi and Daming were born during this time.
Among them, there is a band called Loosers, which consists of a few restless boys, and 18-year-old Alan Tam is one of them.
Several young people make music together, and their common idol is the Beatles.
In 1970, Loosers participated in the Hong Kong Amateur Singing Contest. After winning the championship award, he was able to participate in the TVB music program "StarShow".
However, when the band's future was bright, the Chen Baixiang and brothers turned to business, and Alan Tam also wanted to study in Singapore. Loosers had not become popular before they announced their dissolution.
Later, Alan Tam was forced to drop out of school because of his father’s business. He turned around and started a band with his friends, Peng Jianxin, Ye Zhiqiang and Chen You, plus 20-year-old Zhong Zhentao, known as the "Wenna Five Tigers", and Alan Tam was the lead singer. .
They changed the name of Loosers (the loser) to Wynners (the winner), that is, the Wynners band which became popular throughout Hong Kong.
During the 5 years, the Winners released a number of albums. With songs such as "Sha La La La", "Today I'm Very Lonely", "A Thousand Years Unchanged" and other songs, they have become a popular idol group in Asia.
By 1978, the Wynner Band announced its disbandment due to the different development plans of the members. They meet to reunite and release a album every five years.
’s dissolution day was Alan Tam’s 26th birthday. After
disbanded, Peng Jianxin, Chen You, and Ye Zhiqiang left the radio station one after another. Zhong Zhentao and became actors. Only Alan Tan stayed and continued to make his music.
Until 1983, Alan Tam released the song "Late Spring".
Because of this song "The Late Spring", the spring of Alan Tam has really arrived.
"Late Spring" is Alan Tam's fifth album. The first 4 albums have already established Alan Tam's popularity in the Hong Kong music scene.
After seeing Alan Tan's music achievements and full singing skills, Polar Gold also attached great importance to him, and began to allocate his exclusive producers Guan Weilin and Ye Guangquan, who later produced almost all of Alan Tan's albums.
After that, Alan Tam was out of control.
In 1984, in the 40 season selections of the top ten best songs hosted by Hong Kong TVB, Alan Tam alone occupied 10 of them and won many awards in the Hong Kong music scene at the end of the year.
Since that time, Alan Tam has opened dozens of concerts, sometimes every night throughout the month.
Later in a certain show in 1986, he said to the carnival fans:
"The whole Hung Hom is like , a college for ten thousand people. You have to come to night school every day, and I have to be with you every night. Together, I use singing to teach everyone the principles of life. I think is like the principal of this school!".
So, the next day, The title of principal has been popular today.
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When Alan Tan was 33 years old, Leslie Cheung entered the public eye as a new singer.
However, when Leslie Cheung made his debut, he had no intersection with Alan Tam, and his status could not be equal. The strange thing is that someone has keenly captured something.
In an interview, a reporter from Ming Pao Weekly went straight ahead: "Does anyone say you are like Alan Tan of Winner?" On the file, Alan Tam is 174 cm tall and Leslie Cheung is 175, the difference is not obvious.
Leslie Cheung's attitude was originally joking, and seems to be laying the groundwork for future hegemony.
Since 1984, Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung began to win awards on the same stage, competing for the most popular male singer and other awards. When Alan Tan won the prize for "The Root of Love", Leslie Cheung in the audience gave him a thumbs up.
and Leslie Cheung opened ten consecutive concerts for the first time at the Red Hall, breaking the record for the number of Hong Kong singers' first concerts in one fell swoop.
basically monopolized the music awards in Hong Kong music circles, but whenever the two appear at the same time, there must be applause.
But after that, Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung have been interpreted as opposites.
The crazy media began to fabricate prize-buying gimmicks, causing fans of Alan Tan and Leslie Cheung to attack each other. The two singers were friends and the relationship became awkward.
As long as it was announced that Alan Tan or Zhang Guo won the award, one of the fans would boo, and no one would accept it. The scene was chaotic.
fans of the two factions often slobber, scolding or even physical conflict.
This was the " Tan Zhang Zhengba " that everyone talked about at that time. The twin stars who should have become a good story, in the gossip newspaper hype, evolved into a "being for hegemony".
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In February of '88, the top ten Chinese golden tunes were awarded. Alan Tam was selected for three songs, suppressing one of Leslie Cheung, and won the number one album annual sales volume. The tabloid
once again made up for his company and the radio station. At the award ceremony of the ninth golden song of
, guest Chow Yun-fat jokingly said in order to enliven the atmosphere: “It’s not Allen again, it’s not fake, of course, this is the awards ceremony held by the TV station, of course not. Fraud".
In fact, he said this to tell fans that no matter who wins the prize, it is fair and just. But after he said this, the audience fell silent. After all, no one dared to make such a joke.
Alan Tam stepped onto the podium under the gaze of everyone, took the trophy from Chow Yun-fat, and said at the same time:
"I won my award by my hard work. I did not take any shortcuts, but every time Winning will always cause all kinds of right and wrong, and even arouse everyone's unhappiness. This year I will win the award for the last time in the music world. In the following days, I will no longer participate in any music and song competitions."
fans have Cried out, even Leslie Cheung's fans desperately shouted no. The tears of
fans motivated Alan Tam to slowly raise the microphone and sang "Silent Gratitude", every word, word by word, sentence by word, grateful for them who have always supported themselves: faith is hidden in their hearts, and gratitude Thousands of sentences.
z5Later, in an interview with reporters, Alan Tam said: "This decision was not made impulsively. I have been thinking about it for more than two months. I don't want to cause trouble because of winning the prize. It is better to give the latecomer a chance."
A year later, Leslie Cheung announced his farewell to the music scene.
Recalling Leslie Cheung, Alan Tam said that he and his brother were good friends in private, and the so-called hegemony was just a commercial pursuit between record companies.
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Alan Tan, who left the arena of fame and fortune, became an elder who worked hard to support younger generations in music, in addition to singing.
In 1993, when the "Four Kings" of Hong Kong was the hottest time, fans among the kings also fought fiercely.
At an awards show, the face of Andy Lau was beaten upright by the fans of Dawn with a light stick, just because Andy Lau took away the gold medal for the most popular male singer. Of course, Andy Lau fans at the scene of
were not to be outdone. They picked up the light stick and threw it in the direction of dawn. However, they accidentally hit Jacky Cheung and Aaron Kwok. The scene suddenly became chaotic, and the host could not control the scene.
Later, Alan Tan came out to speak, which eased everyone's emotions.
Principal Tan is prestigious and respected, and both on and off the stage buy his account very much, and the scene is under control at once.
At this point, President Tan's weight in Hong Kong society has truly manifested.
In addition, the , Hacken Lee, and Daolang that we have known in recent years, without exception, were brought out by Alan Tan.
Keqin Lee has a deep connection with Alan Tan. He showed his prowess in amateur singing that year, and he won by singing Alan Tan's "Love in the Fog".
In 2003, the combination of Alan Tan and Hacken Lee, "左麟右李" was born and sang the red song "Red Sun", which opened up Hacken Lee's own music trend.
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On September 20, a piece of "suspected Alan Tam was driven away by the restaurant owner" news aroused unanimous attention from netizens at home and abroad. On the day of
, there were two postings on overseas social media at the same time:
Hong Kong singer Alan Tam went to the curry chef at Xinjingyuan in Wanchai for lunch at noon, but was invited by the proprietress and the staff to leave, and said that he would never When he did his business again, the diners on the scene clapped and applauded.
The reason is that in June this year, Alan Tam participated in the police support meeting and publicly expressed his support for the Hong Kong police to stop riots and riots. This caused dissatisfaction with extreme netizens and Hong Kong chaos. Another "protagonist" mentioned in the
report, Xinjingyuan Curry Chef is a popular tea restaurant among Hong Kong citizens.
At that time, Alan Tam walked straight into the shop to look for the proprietress, but within two seconds he went out again.
turned out to be the proprietress who said that there is no space in the store, and she will not do business with this customer anymore. Even the clerk said very loudly that she has no conscience and will not come again.
Seeing this, all the diners applauded.
And Alan Tam, who was still talking to the netizen Amway in June last year, is a regular customer.
was driven away in this way, it is estimated that I can't bear the face.
However, Alan Tam's later clarifications helped the store.
He said that he did leave after being told by the boss that he did not have a seat. Did he leave?The clerk shouted that he would no longer do his business, and the diners applauded.
"This is a trivial matter, and if the other party doesn't respect him, he will still respect him." The response of
was so atmospheric that many netizens were deeply moved: Principal Tan, worthy of the principal.
Although he claims to be 25 years old every year, Allen is actually 70 years old.
This is an age to taste life, but also an age to look down on the world, and can really answer questions.
But for fans, the impression is still his classic Cantonese old song "I can't say goodbye". When I hear the emotion, my heart will still aching, and I will cry silently.
This is probably the memory of music, which can awaken the softest part of your heart.
Author: West
Editor: @ wheat
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