"The mainland music scene will never return to its former glory!"
With the popularity of various divine songs and saliva songs, many netizens have lamented.
Today's mainland music scene is like a pot of "stew", and good music can no longer be produced.
Despite being disappointed with the current music scene, many middle-aged fans have begun to miss the 1990s when good songs were frequently released.
"The Old Wolf in His Youth"
html The 1990s was also the era of rapid rise of the mainland music scene. Many of today's classic songs come from that period.It can be said that it is the memory of a generation.
But time flies, with the rise of various talent shows, new singers emerge in large numbers, ushering in the traffic era.
The singers who were once very popular are now in different situations. What have they become?
01 Lao Lang
In the Chinese music scene, when it comes to folk songs, one name has to be mentioned - Lao Lang.
As the founder of the most popular "campus folk song" in the 1990s, Lao Lang has connected the memories of a generation. The song "My Deskmate" is still sung by many people today.
In 1968, Lao Lang was born into a Gaozhi family in Beijing. His original name was Wang Yang.
Because he failed the college entrance examination, he reluctantly chose to study at Beihang University.
After entering college, Wang Yang fell in love with music. When he had nothing to do, he would go to the lakeside of the school to practice his voice.
Friends who are familiar with him will say "Wolf is coming" every time they see him by the lake, and the name Old Wolf comes from this.
In 1988, on the recommendation of a friend, Lao Lang and Gao Xiaosong met successfully. The two hit it off, and a group of cynical college students used music to express their dissatisfaction with the world.
Whenever they had time, they would go outside to find someone to "PK" their piano skills. As time passed, "Bronze" also became famous.
Four years of college flew by. After graduation, Lao Lang went to work as a designer in a company.
In 1994, Lao Lang participated in a concert held in Nanjing. This was his first concert. After the concert, Lao Lang became famous.
3 months later, Lao Lang appeared on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala, and his golden age began.
In May of this year, Lao Lang released his first album "Lian Lian Feng Chen", which sold 230,000 copies within 20 days of its release. You can imagine how popular Lao Lang was.
Before they had time to celebrate, something went wrong with Lao Lang and Gao Xiaosong. The two had disagreements over whether to transition, and after a big quarrel, they fell out completely.
After that, Gao Xiaosong went abroad to find his dream, while Lao Lang continued to sing songs about youth.
Two years later, Gao Xiaosong returned to China, and the two reconciled and got together to record "Youth Without Regrets".
After the millennium, with the emergence of a large number of new generation singers, folk music began to cool down.
Lao Lang was not affected by the market. He continued to immerse himself in creation and released his second album "Sunny" two years later.
This is the result of two years of hard work. The album sold out immediately after its release.
Compared with fame and fortune, Lao Lang prefers to immerse himself in the creation of music. After briefly becoming popular, he returned to his own world and lived a leisurely life.
Occasionally attend press conferences and participate in one or two activities that are really unavoidable. This is the biggest concession made by Lao Lang.
Now he has long lost the desire to become famous again.
Every time after participating in a program, he would leave the stage without any regret and return to his ordinary life.
Today's Lao Lang has not signed a contract with any company. He is very satisfied and contented with the life of his children and his wife.
Times are changing, and the music environment is also changing, but it doesn't matter to Lao Lang. Facing the changes, he smiled and said:
"That's it anyway."
02 Sun Yue
In 1992, Sun Yue made her debut in the 5th Young Singer Competition.
After the competition, Sun Yue began to drift to Beijing. With the help of her friends, she was admitted to the Railway Corps Art Troupe.
One day, Sun Yue went to a friend's house as a guest and overheard a song.
was instantly hit by the lyrics. There was only one thought in her head, I want to sing this song.
A friend told Sun Yue that if he wanted to sing this song, he would need to spend 50,000 yuan to buy the copyright first. With the production of the MV, it would cost more than 100,000 yuan at least.
In order to raise enough money, my parents spent all their savings and borrowed a lot of foreign debt. Before the song
was released, Sun Yue, who was in debt of more than 100,000 yuan, was under great pressure. She kept taking on commercial performances to make money to pay off her debts.
During that time, she was on the green train going to various places. She didn't dare to stop. Once she stopped, she would dream of her creditor coming to her door and shouting for her to pay back the money.
What makes Sun Yue happy is that "Wish You Peace" was loved by fans as soon as it was released, and won the China National Radio's annual Top Ten Golden Melody Award.
Overnight, "Wish You Peace" resounded in every corner of China. Also popular with the song was the innocent-looking Sun Yue with twin ponytails in the MV.
In April 1995, Sun Yue released the album "Good Mood", which became widely popular upon its release and won many domestic awards. Sun Yue also became the most popular female singer in the country. After
released a series of hit songs, Sun Yue felt that his singing style was too single. If he wanted to continue to release hits and stay at the top, he had to keep making new attempts.
Later, after discussing with the team, Sun Yue decided to try singing and dancing songs. In early 1999, Sun Yue launched "Happy Guide" adapted from Korean songs.
The popularity of "Happy Guide" exceeded Sun Yue's expectations. After it was released in January, it was featured on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala in February.
Sun Yue's transformation was undoubtedly successful. Subsequently, she received an invitation from South Korean officials to become the image ambassador of South Korean tourism.
If this continues, Sun Yue will become the big sister of the mainland music scene just around the corner. But she didn't, and suddenly disappeared.
In 2006, Sun Yue left the music scene, and the reason for leaving was "to return to the family to support her husband and raise children."
Sun Yue's "golden age" also ended.
At that time, mainland singer talent shows were springing up like mushrooms after a rain, taking over most of the music market.
Young idols are being created one after another.
When Sun Yue wanted to return, there was no place for her in the music world. Due to the dual factors of reality and family,
Sun Yue completely disappeared from the public eye after she released the single "Smoke" in 2005.
disappeared for nearly ten years, and did not return until last year's Spring Festival Gala on Hunan Satellite TV.
Nowadays, Sun Yue is over 50 years old. Whether he can become popular and return to the peak of the year will be verified by time.
03 Tian Zhen
In 1984, 18-year-old Tian Zhen went to a recording company to audition and was spotted by the music editor at the time.
Soon after, Tian Zhen released the album "Beautiful Bay", which imitated Teresa Teng's songs.
In 1985, Tian Zhen began her days of "walking" with a song and dance troupe. Although it was hard, it honed her typhoon skills.
After three years like this, Tian Zhen began to feel confused, and she realized that finding her own originality was the way out.
At this time, he met Taiwanese musician Hou Dejian. In 1988, with the cry of "Loess High Slope", a "northwest wind" swept across the country.
Riding on this "northwest wind", Tian Zhen successfully embarked on the road of originality. Her singing career also went through many twists and turns, becoming the most popular "party singer" in the late 1990s.
In 1996, Tian Zhen became popular overnight with his album "Tian Zhen". In less than half a year, it set a record for the highest sales of genuine records in China.
This album is no less impressive even in today's Chinese music scene! Tian Zhen became a veritable "Queen of Music".
But she didn't care. She always insisted on being herself and making her own music.
If this momentum continues, Tian Zhen will definitely move to a bigger stage. But a storm made her at the height of her career the target of public criticism.
In 2001, Tian Zhen won the first place in the "Certain Popular Song Chart".
When she came to the award ceremony, the award was awarded to Na Ying, who was ranked behind her. Tian Zhen, who has an upright temper and a serious temper, rushed to the award podium angrily and accused the organizer of not being rigorous enough.
The microphone was turned off twice. Tian Zhen became even more angry and dropped the microphone and turned around to leave.
The audience in the audience applauded, but the next day the report that "Tian Zhen threw the microphone in anger" was published on the headlines of major news.
Many viewers who did not know the inside story were deliberately guided, and Tian Zhen became the target of verbal criticism.
Tian Zhen is as stubborn as Tian Zhen and will not give in and explain. After the storm, Tian Zhen gradually fell out of the Queen's team.
In 2007, Tian Zhen withdrew from the music scene.
It was not because she was excluded, but because she had a physical problem, her career was damaged, and her body was showing red signs. Fortunately, she had a lover who never left her.
This situation lasted for two years. It was not until his health stabilized that Tian Zhen occasionally appeared as a judge.
Whenever everyone thought Tian Zhen was coming back, she disappeared again after a sudden glance.
In 2009, Tian Zhen released a new song "Shengmeiqiao". It has been 13 years since the last album "Cheers, Tian Zhen" was released.
Just when netizens thought that Tian Zhen was going to return to the music scene, she turned around and started living her own life again, enjoying traveling and cooking.
Nowadays, Tian Zhen, who is over 50 years old, follows his own heart and becomes happy and comfortable.
Fame, wealth, and glory, she didn't care about it in her heyday, and now, she doesn't even care.
Living her life the way she likes is what she wants most.
04 Na Ying
In 1988, 21-year-old Na Ying went to Beijing to participate in the Sunshine Cup Young Singer Competition and won the gold medal in popular singing.
Na Ying's good voice was noticed by the composer Gu Jianfen and he accepted her as his apprentice. After entering Gu Jianfen's vocal class, Na Ying began to study music systematically.
After studying in a vocal class for a period of time, Na Ying began to emerge in the circle with the song "Shangougou", which was tailor-made for her by Gu Jianfen.
02 years later, Na Ying sang the theme song "Mountains Don't Turn, Waters Turn" in the TV series "Mountains Don't Turn, Waters Turn".Na Ying took this song to participate in the 5th National Youth Singer "Wuzhou Cup" Competition, and won the National Young Singer Newcomer Award in one fell swoop.
From then on, Na Ying also had her own representative song. In 1992, Na Ying's contract with her teacher Gu Jianfen expired. In order to seek greater development, she signed a contract with Taiwan Foremost Records and became a fellow singer with her idol Su Rui.
The years when she was at Fumao Records were also the period of rapid development for Na Ying. Golden songs such as "Looking at Flowers in the Smoke" and "Day and Night" made Na Ying the most popular female singer.
But the good times did not last long. Due to financial disputes, Na Ying and Fumao Records parted ways. After leaving Fumao Records, Na Ying was introduced by Faye Wong and joined Faye Wong's record company.
Under the company's packaging, Na Ying and Faye Wong joined hands on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala in 1998, and the song "Meet in 1998" became the most classic song.
Two months later, Na Ying released a new album "Conquer", which topped the charts with sales of 2 million. Among them, the title song "Conquer" of the same name became the most popular hit of the year.
Na Ying has become a veritable "Queen of Mainland Music".
When her career was at its peak, Naying chose to have a child out of wedlock. What she didn't expect was that she was betrayed by her boyfriend Gao Feng while she was breastfeeding.
Na Ying had an extremely difficult life in those two years, but luckily she met the most important man in her life, Meng Tong.
The two fell in love quickly and registered their marriage in Canada in 2006.
A year later, 44-year-old Na Ying gave birth to her daughter Apple.
After having two children, Na Ying slowed down her career and spent more time on her family.
But she did not completely disappear from the screen. Under Naxin's planning, she began to participate in variety shows and became a mentor as the founder of "The Voice of China".
From then on, Na Ying began to frequently participate in variety shows and tasted the sweetness of "making quick money". She put aside music and embarked on the road of "not doing a proper job and making money crazily".
As she became popular again, Na Ying's dirty stuff was gradually uncovered.
Angrily smashed reporters, kicked fans, forced people to drink, made nonsense...waves of black material were exposed.
The behavior that was praised as true-hearted in the past is now seen as domineering.
This is also the reason why Daolang released a new song this year, and only Na Ying was pushed to the forefront. The public has long been dissatisfied with Na Ying's behavior of belittling and ridiculing others regardless of the occasion.
The former queen of domestic entertainment is now in dire straits.
Whether you are a person or a musician, only by retaining a minimum of awe can you go further.
05 Hackberry
"Everyone has a Hackberry song in their youth."
This is the most popular comment on Hackberry's song.
In 1994, Pu Shu dropped out of Capital Normal University. After dropping out, Pu Shu spent all day long with music. From morning to night, he was either playing guitar or writing songs.
After two years of this, his parents felt that it was not possible for him to continue like this, so they asked him to go out and find a job.
The job Pu Shu thought of was: selling songs.
Pu Shu found Gao Xiaosong under the introduction of a friend. If Lao Lang's most attractive thing about Gao Xiaosong was his voice, then what attracted Pu Shu most to Gao Xiaosong was the songs he wrote.
In 1996, Pu Shu signed a contract with Maitian Music and released his first music album "I Go to 2000" three years later. The
album sold more than 300,000 copies upon its release. Overnight, Pu Shu became a hit singer taking the music world by storm.
The director of the Spring Festival Gala approached Maitian Music and asked Pu Shu to participate in the Spring Festival Gala. Pu Shu did not want the opportunity that others dreamed of.
When he found out that he had to lip-sync during the rehearsal, he simply said: "I can't do it, I won't do it."
When he wanted to turn around and leave, his manager's words stopped him:
"If you don't come, everyone in the company will be ruined."
On the day of the Spring Festival Gala, Pu Shu said expressionlessly After singing "Birch Forest", the audience applauded him happily, but he turned around and walked off the stage.
After the Spring Festival Gala, Hackberry became even more popular. But he felt even more awkward inside.
In 2003, on Pu Shu’s birthday, he released his second album "Life is Like a Summer Flower".
This album helped Pu Shu win four domestic awards including Best Album and Best Singer-Songwriter.
Fans never expected that after "Life is Like a Summer Flower", Pu Shu would be in silence for nearly ten years.
While music brought Pu Shu unlimited glory, it also became a shackles to his creation. Participating in various business performances against his will made him miserable, and his depression relapsed again.
In 2009, Pu Shu's contract with Maitian Music expired, but he did not renew it. Two years later, he and his wife moved to Shunyi to recuperate while concentrating on creating their own music.
In 2014, Pu Shu wrote the theme song "The Ordinary Road" for Han Han's movie conference.
The change in music is also a personal change, just as the lyrics say: "I was once disappointed and lost all direction, until I saw that ordinary is the only answer."
In the summer of 2019, Pu Shu appeared on "The Band's Summer Finals". Halfway through the recording, Pu Shu quit the recording because it was time to go to bed. After the
program was broadcast, although many passerby fans expressed dissatisfaction with his behavior, within the circle, everyone was extremely tolerant of him.
Hackberry is lucky and painful. He was often in pain because of his pursuit of musical perfection.
But it was also his "wrong" energy that contributed to his achievements in music.
Pu Shu, who is now over fifty, still adheres to his original intention of making music and is not disturbed by fame, fortune and money.
On the road of making music, he is lonely, but for the music world, Pu Shu's existence is valuable, and the music world needs consistent musicians like him.
is written at the end
In the music world where newcomers are emerging in large numbers, after the baptism of time, the singers who were once popular in the 1990s are in very different situations.
Some people return to their families and live peacefully with their wives and children;
Some people are over fifty years old, but they still stick to their original aspirations and shine for music;
Some people are not able to protect themselves during the holidays...
Regardless of the outcome, it is your own choice, and those popular songs have become the memories of a generation.
Good music is like fine wine, it lasts forever and can stand the test of time.
The threshold of music should not gradually lower with the changes of the times. As a musician, in addition to loving music, we should have awe.
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