In today's music scene where trends are changing rapidly, it is self-evident that musicians silently create and rely solely on their works to gain public attention. Especially if you don’t appear on variety shows, don’t hold large-scale concerts, and have no hype and scandals, it’s difficult to have any traffic.
Just like the " power train " that will not appear on entertainment scraps, it is almost forgotten by people. Once upon a time, the song "Dang" had a collection of more than 100,000 yuan on the music platform, becoming the youth hymn of countless post-80s and post-90s.
Recently, this old-fashioned group that has been established for 27 years has released their 14th album - "It's All Because of Love". There are no hot searches, no publicity, and no circle of friends. The number of reviews of some singles is even less than 10 people.
This train carrying the youth symbols of countless people is still driving at their own pace. This class should not be missed.
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Since the last time they briefly blasted the screen in the second season of " I am a singer ", there have been few major actions. To this day, they have little publicity, so that only a few people pay attention to their new work. The long-lost power train, in this "All Because of Love", once again ignites us with their hard-to-refut enthusiasm.
album contains 11 songs, and the powerful production team protects its high-level quality. Well-known musicians such as Aqin , Yao Qian , Shirencheng , Yao Ruolong , etc. are all involved. Using different music symbols , we recorded the most realistic emotions of the power train at the moment, and we communicated with everyone again through the melody.
Retro rock is the main style of this album. The retro "I’ll Be Back", the bitter and profound "I’m good to cheat", and the You Qiuxing 's proposal "February" dedicated to his wife and the first public proposal, are all worth listening to repeatedly. rough and affectionate are poems given to us by the power train for post-youth.
Open this song "I’ll Be Back", the tight and passionate rhythm directly brings people's emotions in, and the calm vocals pave the way for the whole song a mellow background. The sound of electric current passes through, pushing the atmosphere to a climax. The arrangement adds retro electronic discco elements to the music, instantly bringing people back to the 1980s and 1990s.
is the song titled "I’ll Be Back" in the classic line "Devil Terminator". The lyrics include the Chinese translation of the 1984 movie Devil Terminator and 1985 Back to the Future Two movies, which are full of memories of 80 and 90. "We use music all night to save this boring world." I believe that few people are not touched by this yearning and love for life.
"I'm Very Liar" consistently puts their previous bitter style. Aqin composed music and Shi Rencheng wrote lyrics, covering the whole song with lyricism. The sad tone still needs to be fully interpreted by bitter voices. The vicissitudes of power train and a sense of story expresses the sadness of people being blind for love and willing to be deceived.
"I'm very good at cheating. Just use a few drops of tears and it will sink..." Every word burns the heart, every word is nostalgic. The sentimental feelings, the heart-wrenching lyrics, interprets this self-ansthesia that cannot be obtained and heart-wrenching. Perhaps this powerful infectious power that makes people feel empathetic can only be achieved by the power train.
"Jump into the car and leave the sad Taipei" takes their 2001 classic masterpiece " Zhongxiao East Road Nine Times " as the origin of the story, and invites the original lyricist Wu Yukang to fill in the sequel. As time passed, twenty years of change were like a change of time. This work that connects the past and the present makes people feel deeply moved.
The two protagonists of the song met unexpectedly at the venue "Zhongxiao East Road" 20 years later. They once felt the same way at first sight, but now they are calm. The phrase "Long time no see" brings out thousands of words after the two reunion. The sentence "On the way here, we learn to cry first, and finally learn to laugh" expresses the baptism and growth of everyone in the torrent of time.
In this sincere album, the power train has lyrical, passionate, profound, and relaxed. They still show their true self to the audience with sincere heart and sing their most sincere emotions to everyone.
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1994, this pop rock group composed of You Qiuxing and Yan Zhilin . As a native of Taiwan, the two members have unique singing advantages, but even with talent, it is not easy for them to go all the way.
Perhaps the pain of life gave them a rich life experience, which made the vicissitudes of this song so moving.
Their education level is not high. After serving in the military, the two worked as workers, porters, repairmen, etc. The hard life still has not smoothed out their yearning for singing, and they are pursuing their spiritual world while working and pursuing their own utopia in singing.
Initially, the two sang in the folk song Western restaurant.
In the past few years, they have gradually accumulated their singing skills and have a unique singing style. As an rock pop choir group, these two people who struggled from the bottom, whether in their appearance or ups and downs, the power in the song is quite infectious.
1996, two people in their thirties made their mark in the PUB hero collection with "The Desert of Passion" and got the opportunity to sign a contract with Shanghua Records .
1997 released its first album " Relentless Love Letter ". According to data records, the first album sold 700,000 copies, and the title song "Ruchless Love Letter", " Unwilling to Let Go ", "Who Can You Love Beside Love You"... It also became a popular KTV song at that time. The next year he was shortlisted for the 9th Golden Melody Award for Best Singing Group and Best Newcomer Award.
1998, the second album " Tomorrow's Tomorrow's Tomorrow ", in which "Dang" made them famous all over the country. As the theme song of "Return of the Condor Heroes", "Singing the joy in your heart when you drink and grasp your youth vigorously" Who wouldn't hum a few words with catchy melodies...
This gust of wind has been popular from Taiwan to mainland China, and "Dang" has also become the label of the power train.
However, life always has ups and downs. After "Dang" made the power train popular for a few years, their popularity began to decline. In the 1990s, newcomers emerged in large numbers, and they finally made a secret sound in the years.
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Put the power train, perhaps the song "Dang" is the first thing people think of. When Qiong Yao heard the heroic rock-flavored power train, she changed her past routine and created lyrics based on the lingering and passionate love storyline in the play.
is very different from the soft lyrical song, and the power train has a hoarse voice but interprets the emotions in it just right. Of course, it is not limited to this, in addition to this classic voice of the times, Power Train still has countless excellent works.
They used their life experience to compose the true background of the song.
"Rourless Love Letter" is obviously a bitter song but it is very free and easy. Talk about the world in the wilderness, and then work hard towards your dreams, live freely and freely without any attachment to the wind, flowers, snow and moon. It can be seen that self-exiled and casual attitude towards life is perfectly overlapping with their life trajectory.
In "The Desert of Passion", "My enthusiasm is like a fire, burning the entire desert." Who can not be moved by this passion? From grassroots to musicians, this fire has spread to every corner of the country, and they also look at every journey in their lives with a chic attitude towards life.
In 2013, they also released the single "Elena" full of national style."I am passionately separated and walked towards the unknown distance. Every time I look back, the road home is longer. I wander and wander, but I have never forgotten..." This is their own song, and their original intention has never been forgotten.
Zhang Yu once said in the report of "I am a Singer": "The status of power trains in Taiwan is like Yuquan in the mainland" introduction. But the legend of Yuquan has ended, but the power train is still driving slowly.
Nowadays, this train that has gone through ups and downs is still moving forward at its own pace. Even if it is unlikely to chase the wind and waves in the music industry, people's aesthetics are changing with each passing day. But in our youth, we will always remember that such a train full of power passed by.
