Which song was the first to listen to Zhong Zhentao ?
In fact, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, although Zhong Zhentao had many classics from the band " Winna " to "Polykin Records". The "Polykin 15th Anniversary Special" introduced by "Central Singing Guangzhou" even pushed the Cantonese song "Love Change" to the whole country in an official form very early, but when it comes to Zhong Zhentao's real influence on mainland fans, it is still inseparable from the song "As long as you live better than me".
songs such as "As long as you live better than me" and "Special Love for Special You" were so popular back then that year. In the FM stereo radio song ordering programs across the country, these works with blessings appeared frequently. Afterwards, Zhong Zhentao also released a very popular duet song for men and women, which is "Only You Understand My World" sang by him and Zhang Rongfang. It can also be said that although Zhong Zhentao at that stage also had Cantonese works like " Let Everything Follow the Wind ", most mainland fans still understand him through Mandarin songs.
"As long as you live better than me" is included in the album "Poet and Lover". This record was released in 1989 and is also the first Mandarin album after Zhong Zhentao signed with "Ultra Saucer Records". "My World Only You Understand Best" is the song of the same name from the 1992 Mandarin album. This album can be regarded as Zhong Zhentao's last album as a first-line singer.
. Between the two Mandarin albums "Poet and Lover" and "My World Only You Understand the Best", there are 1989's "I Can't Let Go, Such Days", 1990's "Gone with the Gone", and 1991's "Living Yourself". The most popular Mandarin songs in these three albums are "I Can't Let Go" in "I Can't Let Go" in "I Can't Let Go" in "I Can't Let Go" in "I Can't Love" in "I Want to Forget Yourself".
Recently, I listened to "I Can't Let Go·A Days Like This", and then I found that this is actually a treasured Mandarin album by Zhong Zhentao, which I really ignored back then.
Zhong Zhentao was also a singer who had gained the dividends of Mandarin songs back then. Compared with singers such as Lin Yilian , Ye Lu Wen , Lin Zixiang , Jacky Cheung , Jacky Cheung , Zhong Zhentao's Mandarin songs at the same time are even more influential than Cantonese songs. All this is due to his choice of a very good Mandarin market partner - "Flying Saucer Records".
However, like singers of the " Warner Records " series, such as Lin Yilian, Ye Lui, and Lu Fang, when entering the Taiwan market, they naturally released albums under the relevant household "UFF Records". Instead, Zhong Zhentao first signed a Mandarin record contract for "UFF Records", and then after "UFF Records" was acquired by "Warner Records" in 1992, he also gave his Cantonese record contract to "Warner Records".
When Zhong Zhentao first joined "UFL Records", his Cantonese record contract was signed with the "Epic" label under Hong Kong's "Xinli Records".
After Zhong Zhentao began to enter the Mandarin record market, he started his career as a nest doll in the album, that is, some Cantonese songs were filled in Mandarin lyrics and appeared in Mandarin albums, while some Mandarin songs were filled in Cantonese lyrics and appeared in Cantonese albums.
is nothing, and it is also a feature of the times. But what Zhong Zhentao is more "scam" at this stage is that he has three (sets) albums, not only are Mandarin and Cantonese songs intertwined, but even the covers are completely applied. This may be unique in the history of Chinese music scene .
For example, the Mandarin album "Poet and Lover" and the Cantonese album "Inside the Crowd..." used the same cover. The Mandarin album "I Can't Let Go·A Day of Such a Day" and the Cantonese album "A Day of Watching the Stars" also use the same cover. The 1990 Mandarin album "Gone with Flying" and the Cantonese album "Immortal Bird" still use the same cover.
so I bought "The Immortal Bird" first, but I didn't buy it when I saw "Gone with Flying" because I remember that I had already bought it. After buying "I Can't Let Go·Say This Day", it took a long time to buy "The Day of Watching the Stars" because I found that these are also two albums with different languages...
It is precisely because of this. In fact, I don't know who the cover design of these two (one) albums is "I Can't Let Go·Say This Day", or "The Day of Watching the Stars" (all the same)? The back cover of "I Can't Let Go: Such a Day" is about Jin Diqiang (Hong Kong) and Du Daxiong (Taiwan), so is it Jin Diqiang or Du Daxiong?
Although "I Can't Let Go·A Day Such" was released by "Ultra Saucer Records", the back cover at that time was also marked as "Eryou Entertainment".
"Eryou Entertainment" was founded by Zhang Jianting and Chen You. It was originally called "Guangzhi Co., Ltd.", but later it was renamed "Eryou Film Production Co., Ltd.", and later it was renamed "Uryou Film (Group) Co., Ltd.". Zhong Zhentao was also a popular young actor under "Eryou Film" back then. Judging from common sense, this "Eryou Entertainment" may be the extension company of "Eryou Film", which should be Zhong Zhentao's agency back then.
So, from a musical perspective, the real production of the album "I Can't Let Go·A Days Like This" is actually a "Water Saucer Record". After all, the producers of the seven first Mandarin songs in this album are all Lou Wenzhong.
rd floor article can be said to be one of the very important producers of "UFL Records" back then, and he is a producer with both market and style. For example, albums such as "Taipei Tokyo" by Su Rui, "This World" by Cai Lanqin, and "Rising An, My Love" by Huang Yingying, are all produced by him, and of course they also include the album "Poet and Lover" sold by Zhong Zhentao before.
In the album "I Can't Let Go·A Day of Such a Day", the three songs "I Think I Should Forgot Her", "As long as I can hold you" and "You Are My True Love" are all Chinese lyric versions of Cantonese songs. The corresponding three Cantonese works are "I Want You", "Always a Couple" and "The Day of Looking at the Stars". Among them, "Missing Your Direction" is also a work composed by Zhong Zhentao himself, and all three works were produced by Zhong Zhentao and Feng Jinghui.
So, in addition to these three works, the seven songs are considered the real main part of the album "I Can't Let Go·A Day Such a Day" and is also a complete component.
title song "I can't bear to give up" was written by Chen Zhiyuan and Chen Lerong , which was the golden combination of "UFL Records" at that time. It is the kind of guava that you don't think is outstanding, but you can't find any fault. Other works like Zheng Huajuan's "Can't Resistant" and Dong Tai's "Don't Get Close to Me" are similar works. Although they do not have the potential to sing like "I Can't Let Go", they are all albums with neat and pleasant melodies and relatively pleasant listening. Even if time goes by, they still sound very emotional.
And Dong Tai, what I can think of is "A Certain Time" written for Li Lifen .
It is worth mentioning that this album also has a Mandarin version of "Accompany You", but the arrangement is very table-style guava, which is so warm, but it lacks a little edge. The arrangement of this song is still Huang Dawei .
The seven Mandarin first songs of the album are only four of which use guitars. Works like "I Can't Let Go" were programmed by Chen Zhiyuan on a computer, but Xiao Dongshan's saxophone was added. Among the four works of guitars that are used, three are played by Jiang Jianmin and one is played by You Zhengyan . You Zhengyan plays "Do you still miss me tonight", and this work was written by You Zhengyan himself, and it is also a song composition by him.
This is a very stylish work. Although the music text itself is ordinary, the melody, especially the blessing of the guitar, still makes this song particularly textured. That guitar Solo is similar to the song "Love" sung by Ye Shirong in 1996. My personal favorite of this album is "A Day like this" by the producer Lou Wen. This song is actually the tone of folk song . Whether it is melody or harmony, it has the characteristics of folk songs. The highlight is Jiang Jianmin's arrangement and guitar performance. The effect of the main guitar is the refreshing and a dreamy and even psychedelic color. It is undoubtedly a re-creation of the work, giving this song a brand new temperament.
Time has been thirty-three years in a blink of an eye. I can’t bear to leave such a day, and it has become a day I can’t bear to leave such a day...
