The drama " Want to See You " has become one of the hottest dramas in this Spring Festival holiday plagued by the epidemic. After the finale was broadcast a few days ago, the audience's most emotional one was not that they could no longer "see Wang Quansheng and Huang Yuxuan to send candy online", nor that they sighed "Chen Yunru who was sympathetic at the beginning, but that they were disgusted by Chen Yunru who regained himself after being evil", but that they regretted not hearing the song "LastDance" that must be played in every episode. You must know that this sentence "So temporarily closed your eyes..." I don't know how many viewers successfully brainwashed, because it appears too many times in each episode, and Wu Bai's unique voice made countless viewers shout that they were too arrogant, "I feel uncomfortable if I don't listen for a day." Some people questioned whether Wu Bai paid the crew for the crew, why would he sing so many times?
In the impression of the post-70s and 80s, Wu Bai always has long hair with messy hair, an expression that others always owe him money, and his mouth is a singing style with a strong accent. If you want to ask who Wu Bai born in the 90s and 00s is, I am afraid that few people will know, and even if you know this name, you will not be able to lift your spirits. In fact, Wu Bai was the soul of the Taiwanese music scene, the godfather of rock in the Taiwanese music scene, and the idol of many musicians. Andy Lau, , Nicholas Tse, , Jacky Cheung, , and Jacky Cheung have all sang the songs he wrote.
Now Wu Bai has become popular again with the new drama, and the tapes and even Walkman of that year have become popular on Taobao. Facts have proved that no matter how the times change, the spiritual core people pursue will never go out of date, and Wu Bai's music once again makes people feel this spiritual .
He was born in a poor family and formed the "ChinaBlue" band
1968. Wu Bai, who was originally Wu Junlin , was born in a poor family in Xindian, Taipei, Taiwan. His parents made a living by buying betel nuts. There are also explanations about the stage name "Wu Bai", because he was a class leader when he was a child, and his academic performance was very good. He scored 100 points in five exams, so his family called him "Wu Bai". He has been using this name since his art.
Wu Bai joined the school's military music club in high school, which was also the enlightenment of his music. Since then, he has been addicted to music to the point where he has become unstoppable. He started playing electric guitar and banding. After coming to Taipei to make a living, Wu Bai has done business, taken insurance, and set up street stalls. At that time, I often had only 50 yuan a day for a meal. Later, I went to the musical instrument store to work and learned blues music by Cui Kequan. I was still poor. In order to buy an electric guitar that cost 8,000 yuan, I spent all my only 6,000 yuan on it and borrowed two thousand yuan from others before I bought it. This enthusiasm for guitar made Wu Bai lose his job in the instrument industry, because guitar is prohibited during working hours of the instrument industry. However, after this experience, Wu Bai has keenly depicted and cared for small people and disadvantaged groups, and therefore wrote a song called "Little People's Country".
Zhu Jianhui first met Wu Bai. During a charity performance, Zhu Jianhui, who had always wanted to form a band, immediately felt like he was forming a band with him. Then he was anxious to call Wu Bai, but the person who answered the phone said, "Wu Bai is going to practice singing." Zhu Jianhui finished thinking, and there was a band. Unexpectedly, a few days later, Wu Bai called and said, "Xiao Zhu, let's form a band!" It turned out that Wu Bai had been addicted to playing with Xiao Zhu since that substitute, and he had been loving the power of interacting in music.
In 1992, the ChinaBlue band was officially established, consisting of Zhu Jianhui (bassist and leader), Yu Dahao (keyboard), Dino Zavolta (drums) and Wu Bai (leader and guitarist). Wu Bai's first album "It's a Happy to Fall in Love with Others" was released, and the name Wu Bai & ChinaBlue was not used. It was not until the second album "Ronin Love Song" that made him famous that the team officially began to use Wu Bai & ChinaBlue as the author of the entire album.
From "Ronin Love Song" to the present, Wu Bai's works have the name of Wu Bai & ChinaBlue on the cover of the album, which means that Wu Bai and ChinaBlue are an inseparable whole.
Wu Bai's music is irreplaceable
Before "I Want to See You" became popular in "LastDance", many mainland audiences had never heard of this song, but they knew it must be Wu Bai's song as soon as they opened their mouths, because his musical style is unique and irreplaceable.
Let’s talk about “Ronin Love Song” first. When the Rene Liu , Chen Hao , Zhang Yan, Xue Jianing’s version of “Hanglin Love Song” moved many audiences. The story itself may not be so tear-jerking, but once the current music sounds, people’s emotions will always be substituted into the plot as they are. Another equally classic “Norwegian Forest” is also an interlude to this drama.
Wu Bai's creative side grows with amazing breadth and depth, and each time it appears in a different way: when everyone is used to pursuing the most beautiful voice in the recording, he does Live; when everyone thinks that Taiwanese local songs cannot be broken through, he handed over "The Lonely Bird of the Branches"; when others play with the uneasy electronics, Wu Bai returns to himself and launches " White Dove "; he also lets the sweet Karen Mok appear in "A Golden Flower" with a revenge.
It is not difficult to see from the lyrics he wrote that although he has been ups and downs in the world of fame and fortune, Wu Bai can always express his inner emotions well in the lyrics and song melody. The lyrics and melody blend together to create a touching love disaster. "Ronin Love Song" is the best proof.
likes a wide variety of music types, including music from the native Taiwanese people. Among the music created by Wu Bai includes rock, blues, electronics, pop, and even Jamaican reggae. Many songs combine various related styles, such as the "snake" in the album "The River of Dreams" is covered by the rhythm of rock, and the special tunes of Taiwanese aboriginal people are interspersed with them, and another song "Road" uses elements of FUNK.
What does "LastDance" reflect?
Tell me about the popular "LastDance" this time. Many viewers say that although its melody is simple, it is easy to get up to the point, especially when listening to it before going to bed, it is easy to be shrouded by this melody all night. This song was written in 1996 and was published on one of Wu Bai's most famous and best-selling albums " The End of Love ".
1998 was the most popular time when Wu Bai and his band were. "Ronin Love Song", "The End of Love" and "The Lonely Bird of the Branches" were released one after another. The songs in these albums include "Ronin Love Song", "Concern", "Norwegian Forest", "Summer Night Wind", "Goodbye to My Beloved", and this song "LastDance". Almost every song is a popular classic. If Wu Bai's songs were only popular in the Minnan-speaking region before, then through these Mandarin songs, his music truly influenced a generation.
In the TV series, the male and female protagonists made an appointment to watch Wu Bai's concert, which is also a common memory of a generation of young people. Many people learned about Wu Bai through the 1995 "Waste Youth" concert, including the KTV's special song "Sudden Self", which is the famous "After drinking this cup, there is another cup..." in it. It is also Wu Bai's improvisation at the concert.
has been analyzed by professional musicians. Although the melody of "LastDance" is simple, the rhythm is clear and easy to sing, and it will not appear chaotic because of excessive use of the backbeat rhythm. It can be said to be a textbook-level arrangement in that era. The song itself is full of tension. In "I Want to See You", it is easier for the audience to resonate with the characters through the song and form a sense of substitution.
is right, and Tian Fuzhen also covered "LastDance" on the spot, which has a unique charm. If you are interested, you can find it online.
Wu Bai has also made a movie, but the movie is not popular
Wu Bai's last appearance in the public eye should be the 2017 movie "Qimen Dunjia". The box office and reputation of this movie are not good. The reason why Wu Bai is willing to join is speculated that it is entirely aimed at the friendship with the screenwriter Tsui Hark .
"Qimen Dunjia" is the third collaboration between Tsui Hark and Wu Bai. The first time was "Downstream and Countercurrents" directed by Tsui Hark in 2000. In addition to being the protagonist, Wu Bai also created two movie songs " My Name " and "Killer Li Ge". In 2003, Tsui Hark produced the movie Sanda, and Wu Bai created the theme song "Sudden Self".
Although in "Qimen Dunjia", Wu Bai, Dapeng and Li Zhiting also sang the theme song " Who is the boss ", the effect is emmmmmmm... As long as everyone understands it.
Like Stephen Chow, a person like Wu Bai who is strong inside is still shy when facing the public and the media, because "that person on the stage is me who has no way out." For such a person, please let him make his own music with peace of mind.
