My brother Piao Shu, whose name was changed by me. Originally called Pu Shu. When I was going to release his album, I thought about it and thought that the name is not easy to write, and there are too many strokes. In the future, if it becomes popular, I will sign it. Time is so tired! Later, I suggested that he change his name to "Pak Shu". When the two characters are written, they are next to the wooden characters, and the branches and branches grow upward, which is very beautiful, like a forest.
When I was young and frivolous, I often changed names. Including when I was working on the Xiao Ke album, the album was recorded and it was almost out of the factory for printing. I said no, I can’t call it Ke Zhaolei. The word "Zhao" is too difficult to write, so let’s call it Xiaoke. Also save trouble when
I should be the first person to see Pu Shu in the music circle. About 20 years ago, I just published those campus folk songs, and it became a young burning bag, especially swelling. At that time, there were very few people with mobile phones, and I was one of them, so I took my "big brick" and flaunted the market all day long. One day I suddenly answered a phone call, and asked in a stuttering voice: "Are you Gao Xiaosong?" I said I am. He said: "My name is Piao Shu, and I want to sell songs." He speaks very concisely. He can say one less if he can say one less, which is totally inconsistent with his identity as a Beijinger. I said yes, so I made an appointment to meet in a good place. At that time, the meeting place was outside a small forest. As a result, a girl came. I jokingly asked, "Are you the hackberry on the phone?" The girl said, "I am his girlfriend. He is not too embarrassed to meet people. Hiding in the woods.” So I wandered into the grove and saw the tall and handsome hackberry for the first time. He has a melancholy face and a strange haircut. His hair is short at the back and long at the front, and strands of hair cover a handsome face.
Later, I took Pu Shu to my house and said, "Since you want to sell songs, you should sing a few songs first." Then he sang a few songs, and I still remember that he sang "The Train Departs for Winter ", and a song "There is a Garden in the Sky". It's all related to the season. He plays the piano very well and sings very well. His voice is fragile and moving, and I hear goose bumps all over my body. I told him: "You sing so well, why do you sell songs, how good you sing, and your image is so good." He said bluntly, "I think people in your music circle are all stupid × , I just want to make money by selling songs. I make my own records when I make money. I don’t want to mingle with people in the music circle.” After listening to this, I liked this kid even more. I thought he was very ambitious, so I said, “Even music There are many silly people in the circle, but there are still many ideal people, such as me. Let me do your album."
Then we started to manage his album. At that time, Ryefield Music hadn’t even been established, so I paid my own money to record several of his songs, such as "The Train Departs for Winter", "There is a Garden in the Sky", etc., except for "The Train Departs for Winter", others may not have listened However, some of his songs have not been published at all.
Hackberry grows too fast. Later, when Song Ke returned to China, we founded Ryefield Music together. Song Ke was very excited when he saw Park Shu, Ye Bei and other newcomers, and we started to make these wonderful records together. First, Piao Shu and Ye Bei were signed, and then Yin Wu was also signed to prepare a series-the red, white and blue series. The start-up Rye Music is an extremely happy and wonderful youth memory in our hearts. At that time, everyone loved music, the kind of love from the heart without utilitarian purpose, because at that time, making music could not become a huge wealth. It's not like making a lot of money today, when it was just pure love. And the media at the time did not have an entertainment version, only some music critics with real talents and understanding of music. Ryetian Music opened a small dining table every day after work. At that time, a young girl from Shandong cooked us very delicious. Pu Shu, Ye Bei, and Yin Wu would all come. Dai, the great music critic of the Beijing Evening News at the time Fang is here too, everyone has a small dinner table. After eating, I started to play piano and sing new songs, including Song Kesong's boss also played piano and sang his songs that lied to girls in college. That's really a pleasant memory. Everyone was drinking a little beer, chatting, chatting about dreams, and chatting about how to make records the best. At that time, my music collection "Youth Without Regrets" was released. One thing I am particularly happy about every day is sitting there with Song Ke and reading reviews. The comments back then were not like now, 10,000 comments could be displayed under the player. Back then, they were written by hand and faxed. We received a sack of letters every day, and then we sat there and read long letters from all kinds of people. The era of
belongs to the era of literary and artistic youth, an era that is very memorable.
later started recording Pak Shu's first album-"I'm Going to 2000". The recording process was painful. Any time you work with a perfectionist musician like Pak Shu, you will suffer. At first it was me who was doing the swordsmanship, but gradually I couldn't do it. Because Pu Shu grew up too fast, I had recruited the best musicians in China to rehearse with him, including Li Yanliang and Wang Xiaodong. But everyone is suffering. In the last sum, let’s invite Zhang Yadong to come. At that time, Pak Shu had already begun to switch from folk rock to electronic music. After Yadong came, the recording was very difficult, one for a while, one for another, and the most painful thing was no money. When we were in the worst of times, we used analog recording and recorded it at double speed. In this way, the effect would be better, recording one disc and three songs in 15 minutes. As a result, the recording of the three songs was not available for the studio fee, so they buckled the master tape at the recording studio. After buckling, Song Ke went to another studio, then went in to record three more songs, and then was detained again. Shed. In this way, it was not until the final album was sold that the studio fees were closed and the master tape was taken out. Thinking about it now, the pain at that time has become a good memory today.
Today, Hackberry is definitely a very special person. Like fossils, more like amber. His music is like a hard shell of amber, freezing him inside. When you look at him through his music, you will be happy to see that the musical bug was still inside, and the wings were still so bright and crystal-clear. That is my favorite hackberry in the music world.
Pak Shu's first album was a big hit at the time, and people became popular, but he was actually very painful because he didn't like that kind of life very much. Every time everyone went to publicity and performance together, he was very painful. Once we came back from a publicity run in Tianjin, he suddenly said on the expressway: "Stop." We asked what to do with the parking. He said: "The sunset is very good, I want to go down to watch." We said: "Then we can't wait for you on the highway!" He said: "You go first, leave me alone." He was very funny at that time. , Always holding a guitar in one hand and a pot of water in the other hand, not the kind of small mineral water bottle, but the kind of big pot. I remember that day when he took the guitar and got into the car underwater, and then sat on the edge of the highway, watching the sunset while playing the piano.
To tell the truth, not only our Rye Music, but even the people in the entire music industry are loving Hackus cautiously. Everyone wants to protect him no matter how they are in their lives, how they are in Vanity Fair, how they are covered in dust. Sometimes he sat there without talking for three hours, and lowered his head, which made people look distressed.
When the second album was released, I felt that Pu Shu had opened up a lot. I like the album "Summer Flowers" so much. I have listened to it countless times, and I like it better than the first because of the second album. More mature. His first album was more of a pursuit and temptation in the direction of music. In order to seek new ideas, he almost refused to accept "Birch Forest". He was too old. Finally, he begged him for a long time, and finally put "Birch Forest" in 》Put the third song on side B. Of course, there are still some songs that I particularly like, such as "The Long Lost Sea", a very, very nice folk song with a melodious tune. The second album "Born as Summer Flowers" is very mature and complete. It belongs to the kind of album whose words, music, singing, arranging, and playing are perfect enough to be recorded in the history of Chinese pop music.
Later, the entire industry changed, from the music circle to the entertainment circle, everyone was scattered under the squeeze of the piracy market, and the rest were suffering. Then the market suddenly got better again, everything was fine, everyone went out to make money again, and then the "draft" came, and various tides came one after another. A lot of changes have taken place in everyone, including me and Song Ke, during which we took a team, like a long march, through many record companies-Warner, Taihe Maitian, then Evergrande Music, and finally to Ali music. But no matter where I go, I always think of my relatives in the "base" and feel that I finally have some money. I have to quickly find out the relatives in the "base" and continue to make music together.
Pu Shu's third album "Orion", I also like it very much. When he was recording this album, he was extremely painful for a while, so he told me, "You can help me write the first lyrics." I was taken aback at the time because he hardly let anyone write the lyrics. We probably only collaborated before. Once, it was the song "Vernal Equinox", and the situation was not the same. It was when we wrote songs for others. I was a producer at the time and asked him for a song, the lyrics I wrote.He really hasn't sang other people's words himself, but he has collaborated with Han Han on the theme song of the movie "There Will Be No Time", and Han Han's lyrics are also good. But he has never sang a song composed by others on his own album. I always think that lyricism is his first strength, of course, the melody is good, and the rhythm is even more magical. Basically, I listen to others sing his songs on KTV, even the simplest "Those Flowers", I haven't sang it right. Because the rhythm of his songs is very special, almost all of them are not on the shot.
I consider myself a good Chinese lyrics writer, but there are a few who I think are particularly good, especially Hackberry, who is better than me. So when he asked me to write the lyrics, I was stupid, and then listened to the song for a long time, which is now the "Innocent Year", which is also the best song in this album. I thought about it and finally wrote a draft, but I didn't even think it was good. Of course he thought it was bad, so it was useless. I was still worried about what to do. His record was almost out of the studio. During that time, I was busy all day, and I didn't have time to ponder this matter. Until this song came out, I listened to it carefully for the first time, and felt that it was written really well, better than I wrote. "How reluctant in this life, this body has become more and more foreign, lightly depicting the long time, and singing in a low voice." I really can't write such a word!
This is Hackberry. He gave the lyrics a magical feeling unique to Chinese. He is not the kind of person who has read thousands of books, memorized thirteen rhymes, and writes with a solid foundation of knowledge. He all relies on burning! Whenever it burns, he can burn Chinese like this, burn it into a brand-new language, a syntax, which is very difficult. Only in this way can he make an album for so many years. Because burning is not that you can put yourself as a second kick anytime and anywhere, but need to accumulate energy for a long time, and then burn a lot. So after reading the lyrics of "A Year of Innocence", I was very touched, and I really liked it. I once listened to this song in a single cycle.
I very much approve of Pu Shu’s third album. Some people may think it is not as good as before, but because I know him, I know his growth, and I know his inner changes, so I can understand him. I think "Orion" is still a rare good record today, and I hope everyone will like it.
There are many interesting things about Hackberry. I remember that not long after he arrived at Ryefield Music, I asked him: "Where is your girlfriend who contacted me like an underground worker outside the grove?" He said, "I broke up." I said, "Why?" He said: "My girlfriend complained about me and wrote me a little poem: If you don't read books, don't practice piano, leave your girlfriend aside, when will your dream come true?" It rhymes. It sounds a bit like Xue Baochai is trying to persuade Jia Baoyu to take fame. However, if he studies and practices piano every day, is tired of you, chasing fame and fortune every day, is he still Pu Shu? So if you plan to be with someone like Piao Shu, you have to be prepared to be with an artist rather than a fame and fortune chaser. Pu Shu is the Jia Baoyu of the new era.
Hackberry talks less, to what extent? For example, when I was at the bottom of my life, I was particularly embarrassed for a while. I couldn't find a way out in the United States, and I couldn't do many things in China. I really don't know who to borrow money from. Later, I couldn't live happily anymore, thinking of Pu Shu, after all, he was his own. Then he sent a text message to Pu Shu and said: "Hey, I am very difficult, lend me some money." His reply was very simple: "How much?" I said: "One hundred thousand yuan." He replied: Card number." In short, all replies are very simple. After a year, I suddenly received a message from him, which was also a two-word message: "Repay the money." At that time, it was not easy for everyone. He was also very difficult, only mutual support. So I followed him, and returned the two words: "card number." Then I punched the money again.
For all literary and artistic youths, movies are always a big dream in their hearts. In 1999, I finally started to make my first film-"The Flower Blooms Then". I invited Zhou Xun, Pu Shu and Xia Yu to participate in the performance. Even now, I still like this movie very much, it is full of hormones. The breath of confusion and confusion is the true youth of our generation. It sounds absurd, Zhou Xun and Pu Shu met in this movie. I still remember a few lovely young people who didn't know anyone at the beginning. Our whole crew was in a very simple primary school classroom in Beidaihe, and everyone introduced themselves. When it was their turn, I said, "Zhou Xun takes the lead. Although you are not too old, you are an old actor." Zhou Xun said, "My name is Zhou Xun, an actor." Then Pu Shu stood up and said, "I Called Pu Shu, actingmember. "That's how the two met.
later had many reports on their relationship, but I still feel warm when I think about it. At that time, watching them gradually fall in love with each other in the crew, I was quite happy, and felt that it would be more effective. It’s the real feeling of acting in the movie. After all, Pu Shu was acting for the first time. As a result, he was very involved both in and out of the movie, and even quarreled with me once. At that time, the investment cost of the crew was low. Everyone came out early in the filming and returned at night. It was very hard work. Once at the shooting site, Zhou Xun fell asleep, and he was guarding by the side. He was determined not to allow anyone to wake Zhou Xun. Every time someone went to urge him, he said, "Let her sleep more, let her sleep more. A while. "There was another time when the filming was very late, and he was anxious with me, and suddenly tugged at me and said: "You let people not sleep? Do you let Zhou Xun sleep? She was already trapped like that. "I was also anxious at the time. It is normal for everyone to get tired for filming. Although I usually have a good temper, I was anxious with him in front of the whole crew. I said, "Is she the only person?" No one else is human? Aren’t the hundreds of people in our crew awake? Don't you always do that from morning to night? "That was the only time I had a conflict with Pu Shu, and I still think it’s beautiful in retrospect.
One day at five o’clock in the morning, we all set off to film on the Great Wall. After everyone put all the heavy equipment on the Great Wall, The movie still couldn't start filming. Because they were seriously talking about something in a corner of the Great Wall. I passed by several times and said, "Is it about to begin?" "Pu Shu said: "Wait a little longer, wait a little longer. "It seems that the two are talking about something particularly important. Love is more than anything in the hearts of young people. In this way, until the sun is up, photography is anxious with me. Photography told me, "Director, We really can't, we can't wait any longer, the sun is already there, and we won't be able to watch it without taking pictures. "In the end, I had to go over and say to Zhou Xun: "Xiao Zhou, you are a professional actor, you are an old actor, you can take the lead. "One minute later, the two finally came to act.
Pu Shu is a very serious and persistent person. After many years, Zhou Xun came to my house one time, and I talked to her about being next to her by the crew and preventing her Others interrupted her to sleep. After listening to her for a long time, she showed an elf smile on her face with tears in her eyes. They were like two artists, they were passionate when they were together, but the passion burned too fast Pak Shu is a bit like the kind of person who lights himself up as a second kick to light up the sky. If two people burn at the same time, it will be too blazing. One day in the middle of the night, they called me and said: "Come out and drink Cup bar. "We were about to meet in a bar outside the film academy. When we got there, I asked, "What's the matter?" "They said: "We opened the empty refrigerator, then we rushed into it for a long time, and finally saw one thing, do you know what loneliness is? "I said: "What is the shape of loneliness?" "At that time, Haruki Murakami's "Assault on the Bakery" flashed in my mind. The lonely couple in the book also looked at the empty refrigerator, and finally the two went out and attacked a burger restaurant. They replied, "Loneliness is a triangle. of. "I said, "Oh, indeed, triangles are the most stable. Loneliness is a stable form of life." "
This is why they called me out in the middle of the night: they wanted to share with me "loneliness is a triangle." The two artists of
burned too brilliantly together, and they were destined to burn too fast. Many years later. One day, my circle of friends was screened twice, one was the premiere of Pu Shu’s new song "Ordinary Road", and one was Zhou Xun’s wedding at a charity concert in Hangzhou. That night, I checked Zhou Xun’s circle of friends. When everyone was sending blessings to her new marriage, she sent a message recommending Pu Shu's "Ordinary Road", which made me particularly touched.
More than ten years ago, Pu Shu was in "The Flower Blooming" , Can say "I love you" in 17 languages. At that time, Zhou Xun stared directly at the camera, as if watching his windy years. I was sitting in front of the monitor at that time, in order to run away from my fingers. I broke my heart in those days. At that time I was so young. At that time, we all believed that we would have an extraordinary life, rolling in the dust and being independent.
Now we are all old, as ordinary as trees on the roadside, although no longer Shouting and running, but silently gave birth to many roots, remembered many things, carved the annual rings, and bore fruit. Occasionally, the wind blew, and everyone would be forgiven for thinking about the way the world was in the beginning.
