Since I love you, I don’t regret it
No matter how much bitter it is, I am willing to memorize
My Love is like a tide
Love is like a tide pushes me to you
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Love is like a tide It surrounds you and me
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1993, "The Godfather of Music" Lee Chong Seng-shen wrote a song.
made 26-year-old Zhang Xinzhe famous, and this song is "Love Like a Tide".
In fact, Lee Zongsheng originally wanted to find a male singer with a vicissitudes of voice to sing. After searching for nothing, he decided to take the risk of choosing Zhang Xinzhe, who was inexperienced and pure in his voice.
did not expect this "unintentional act", but pushed Zhang Xinzhe to the top and since then he has determined his music style.
Someone said:
"In the past 20 years, as long as you have been in love, you must have heard of Zhang Xinzhe."
His unique voice, warm and bright, delicate and diverse love songs, sings the thoughts of countless people.
Many people listened like this and walked through their entire youth.
Zhang Xinzhe, 52 years old this year, has rarely had scandals in his 32 years of debut. He has always been as light as the wind and as pure as before.
Just like this song "Love is like a tide", it is still heart-warming to listen to it after 26 years.
And Zhang Xinzhe will always be the eternal " Love Song Prince ".
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Lee Zongsheng: This song is not suitable for him
Lee Zongsheng wrote many songs for Zhang Xinzhe, but he did not intend to give this song "Love is like a Tide" at the beginning.
But Zhang Xinzhe, who was 26 years old at the time, seized this fleeting opportunity.
He used his gentle voice to interpret the incompleteness and helplessness in love, and also sang the eternal classic.
Lee Zongsheng's version of "Love Like a Tide"
In 2014, Lee Zongsheng said at the concert "Since Youth Can't Stay":
"We must have written some songs that are vulgar but are easy to sell!"
The song "Love Like a Tide" has become a rank of vulgar people.
Back then, after Li Zongsheng finished writing, he felt that it was incompatible with his style, so he wanted to find a man who had experienced vicissitudes and had stories to sing.
At that time, Zhang Xinzhe had just finished his military service and wore a pair of black-framed glasses. His face was green and his voice was clear, which was not within Li Zongsheng's consideration.
But after searching for a while, there was really no suitable candidate, so I called Zhang Xinzhe, who was still an assistant, and tried it.
Unexpectedly, this young man actually grasped the emotional point accurately and sang out the purity that was different from the vicissitudes of man.
Lee Zongsheng thought about it and finally decided to take a gamble.
Later, when Zhang Xinzhe talked about this past, he said:
"Use the simple voice of a little boy to expose the hidden weakness of men, or in other words, the weakness they do not know how to express. This is the sense of conflict that Leehom wants."
Many later, Zhang Xinzhe was still glad that he met Leehom when he started to get involved in the music career.
"Love is like a tide", which was recorded for a week. Zhang Xinzhe entered the recording studio at 7 o'clock every night and came out at 90 o'clock the next morning. Even the simplest transitional sound, Lee Zongsheng asked him to find the best way to express it.
"Is it a sigh or a helpless sigh? The grasp and expression of emotions must be carefully considered." Zhang Xinzhe has persisted in recording songs like
.
1993, after the release of "Love Like a Tide", the results began to be mediocre. After a period of dormant, it soared into the sky and suddenly became popular on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places.
This time Lee Zongsheng won the bet, and Zhang Xinzhe also won.
In the music scene at that time, most of the singing of men's strong side. There is almost no frustrated and infatuated male image.
Zhang Xinzhe's "Love Like a Tide" interprets the soft and weak side of a man. His emotions are full and direct, and his clear and high-pitched voice is impressive.
From then on, the "Love Song Prince" Zhang Xinzhe has been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
"Love is like a tide" is the title song of the album "My Thoughts",
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"Love Song Prince" was also a boy in white
1967. In 1967, Zhang Xinzhe was born. His father is a pastor, and
has been influenced by music since he was a child. Later he went to church school, and because of his high musical talent, he often participated in various competitions.
1987, when he was in his sophomore year, he sang the song "Understanding Heart" in a competition. The clear voice amazes everyone as soon as you open your mouth. After the
competition, he was recommended to Rolling Stone Music by the judges.
Soon, Zhang Xinzhe received the interview notice. He went there in a daze without any preparation.
answered a little randomly when facing Lee Zongsheng’s question. Although his first impression was not good enough, he still signed the contract.
As a result, for a long time afterwards, no one was willing to make an album for him.
He had to do his assistant job and do chores while waiting for opportunities.
1988, the opportunity has come.
Pan Yueyun is going to release a new album "Men and Women Love", and Zhang Xinzhe got a chance to sing duet with her, the song "You Are the Only" and became famous in one battle. After
, various music resources flocked to him. Soon, his first album "Lie".
Zhang Xinzhe was originally positioned as a simple college student, and his style was mostly popular campus folk songs at that time.
didn't sing for long, and he joined the army and went there for 2 years.
Come back, everything has changed. The positioning of the boy in white can no longer be used. He took off his black-framed glasses, diluted his bookish spirit, and transformed from a boy to a man.
Then he met Lee Chong Seng and "Love is like a Tide", completely abandoning the past.
1995, Zhang Xinzhe established his own music studio and then released the album "Tolerance". Only one month after
was released, its sales exceeded 350,000 copies, and won the 1996 Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Male Singer.
From being ignored to being popular, Zhang Xinzhe has always been singing with his belief in music.
There was no hoarseness or wail in his singing. The sun and rain were entangled with each other, with sorrow and fine light.
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Times pass, he is also growing up
How popular was Zhang Xinzhe back then? Han Han wrote in a book:
"Where are girls screaming, there is Zhang Xinzhe."
At that time, he frequently appeared in various newspapers, magazines, TV... His songs were all on the streets and alleys. From "Love Like a Tide" to " Overheat "...
His songs carry too many memories of youth, hiding the sweet or bitter love when they were young.
Time passes, and the world is undergoing earth-shaking changes.
The once popular songs have become more and more niche.
He tried to change because:
"Now, there is no way to be like before. The development of media and the Internet allows everyone to hear and see more things, and choose to become diversified."
His songs are changing with the times.
From "Love is a belief, bringing you back to me", it has become "Don't Kidnapping Me with Tears": "Love doesn't have to have an ending."
" vacant time just made loneliness": "It's not popular now, everyone wants to sell the remaining touches."
is also his resistance to the weak love status in previous songs.
song styles are becoming more and more diverse. In his album "Empty Time", he explores the loneliness and emptiness of urban people.
"How do we spend time alone? How do we face ourselves?"
In July this year, he released the ending song "Not qualified to be sad" for the movie "Dancing Elephant". The song contains the pursuit and melancholy of dreams.
At the age of knowing his destiny, he is still pursuing his dreams. For the future, he said:
"I hope to accept every possible surprise that the future may bring."
The years have made him grow old, but his growth never stops.
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He is a White Moonlight
First look amazing, look at love
Musician Huang Guolun once commented on Zhang Xinzhe like this:
"If Luo Dayou has never been young, then Azhe has never been old. Listening to his songs is like listening to a pure love poem, which will evoke many beautiful memories of youth."
has been in the industry for more than 30 years, and his voice is still ethereal and clean. He is in the complex and chaotic entertainment circle, but he has always had no scandals and is free and easy.
has become the white moonlight in the eyes of many fans.
@verazi:
started to speak to him and only stayed on the familiar songs
.
2016, he participated in I am a singer,
Thanks to this program for letting me get to know this charming man,
I was hopelessly trapped,
What attracted me was not only his clean and transparent voice,
but also his elegant and self-disciplinedness,
Although he is no longer a popular young man now,
, but now he is calm and cute, he is also my "white moonlight"!
Faced with the ups and downs of life, Zhang Xinzhe has always kept his original intention in mind.
The record industry is in a downturn, and it basically doesn't make money when it releases new discs, but he insists:
"I use independent production to release records, just to not be led by something, and be able to make music well, and my music returns to a simple and simple feeling."
Facing young musicians, he was quite serious:
"Don't complain about the bad world, we should rekindle our enthusiasm for music. As long as we have enthusiasm, all difficulties will be solved."
Time flies, but he has never changed, and he uses his singing to encourage people on the way.
He did do it. In 2016, Wu Xin posted a Weibo post, thanking me for bringing her strength.
I read a sentence:
"There is a kind of person who shows the whole world for you as soon as he sings."
I think that for many people, Zhang Xinzhe is such an existence.
His singing sounds like a key from the old time.
makes people think of some people, some things, and everything in that era.
