I didn’t expect that the first divine song in 2020 was actually an old song by Wu Bai .
Recently, the popularity of the online drama "I Want to See You" has continued to rise. Wu Bai's song "Last Dance" released 24 years ago has been popular on WeChat Moments.
Many fans who like him left messages: He is so amazing, and I look forward to his concert.
and even Wu Bai himself joked on social platforms: Why am I so powerful in ?
has been in the industry for nearly 30 years, but he is still so popular. Wu Bai is really amazing.
But as he gradually came into the public's sight, some negative "evaluations" such as ugly, rustic, and outdated also followed.
Over the years, his songs have become more and more popular.
, but no one knows how he has achieved along the way?
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1968, Wu Bai was born in a small village in Chiayi County, southern Taiwan. Growing up in an ordinary family, my father is a worker and my mother is a housewife.
At that time, his name was Wu Junlin.
There is such a story about Wu Bai's stage name.
It is said that when he was in school, his grades were very good and he could get full marks in each of the five subjects, so his classmates gave him such a nickname.
Later, when he was singing in a bar, he used Wu Bai because his original name was too difficult to remember. As he screamed, the name spread.
When he was a child, he liked painting and his dream was to become a painter. But because of my poor family, I could not afford the expenses needed to study art, so I had to give up this idea and study with peace of mind.
But I have to say that Wu Bai, who has not been exposed to music, is really good at studying. And since he was a child, he has always been a class leader.
But it was like he was destined to take the path of art. He gave up painting and once saw someone playing the guitar on MTV and became fascinated by it.
Later, he accidentally heard the music of the Deep Purple Band, and was even more attracted by the wonderful melody.
Becoming a guitarist and making his own music became his dream at that time.
His academic performance also began to worsen from that time, because he focused too much on music, his homework was gradually ignored.
So when he was in the college joint examination, he was highly expected and failed to achieve good results.
Back to my hometown, and with the arrangement of my family, I lived a "normal" life. But at that time, he was thinking about his own music.
The comfort of his hometown did not make him intoxicated.
The young Wu Junlin thought about it again and again and decided to carry his bags and take the train to the north to search for his dream of music in Taipei. Because for him:
Adults always want him to live step by step, but he doesn't want to live like what adults expect.
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Wu Bai, who entered Taipei alone, also regretted it.
Because before he arrived in Taipei, he knew that life would be difficult, but he was young and frivolous and didn't take it seriously. But after experiencing it, I realized that life is much more difficult than imagined.
He just arrived in Taipei, has set up street stalls, sold insurance, promoted English classes on the street, and worked as a junior in the dance hall.
But because he is shy by nature and pretends to be music in his heart, he can't do every job for a long time.
Because he had no money, he lived in an illegal house. As soon as a typhoon arrives, the roof will be lifted and you can see the sky when you lie on the bed.
At that time, what he feared the most was that it was raining.
The most difficult time, it was the music that saved him. In his own words,
In Taipei, I found that I can't do anything. But in terms of music, I seem to be pretty good. I'll listen to those music once. I can understand something that others don’t understand at once.
But at that time, because he had no fame, he could only go to the piano store to work as a distant worker. When he went to the interview, he said he wanted him to sell the piano, and he agreed very well.
But when I go to work, I hide in the corners and play the guitar every day.
The result was not long after, and he was swept out. He stayed in five or six piano stores, but was eventually fired.
Can’t eat enough to sleep or be warm, and no one cares about dreams. He was very unhappy during those days. Many years later, when he recalled those days, he also sighed:
he was a foreigner.
But perhaps it is precisely because of those wandering lives that he wrote many moving music that has been sung to this day. The turning point of the matter occurred in 1992.
That year, he met bassist Xiao Zhu, keyboardist big cat, and drummer Dino, forming Wubai China Blue, and released his first album "Love in Others is a Happy Things".
24-year-old thought he had realized his dream, but he didn't expect that many things started from that time.
At that time, in order to shoot the cover of the album, he specially dressed up and borrowed a floral shirt.
When I went to record the audio, I was criticized:
Why do you want to make a record for someone who looks like a truck driver?
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Anyone who is familiar with Wu Bai knows that he sweats easily when singing.
Sometimes on the stage, I often sweat heavily while dancing with my hair.
When his mentor Ni Chonghua watched him sing, he said to him: Girls will be scared by singing love songs like
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Hearing this sentence, Wu Bai ran out of the recording studio, hid in the car and cried out loud.
But then, he felt relieved. Because for him:
is better to concentrate on creating music than to care about the solidified appearance.
I remember that in 2006, he won the Golden Melody Award for Best Taiwanese Male Singer. When he went on stage to present the awards, he said:
I always thought I could not sing. Every male singer in the audience is a singer. I think I will win the award because I sing all over my body!
But in fact, Wu Bai is deeply rooted in people's hearts. In addition to his careful singing, it is also related to the content of the song.
Perhaps the experiences he has gone through the road are too sad, and most of what he sings about are the lives and emotions of ordinary people. So his music is more likely to resonate.
I remember when I first debuted, once, Wu Bai drove to Taichung under the scorching sun. When he passed a bridge, he suddenly had an idea:
If a boy stood on the bridge and cried, the picture must be very beautiful.
So he parked the car aside and wrote " Ronin Love Song " 5 minutes later.
Many of his music are produced in this way.
Later, because of the good lyrics, many singers such as Karen Mok, Andy Lau , Faye Wong and others invited him to sing.
HebeTibe Zhen is even more a fan of Wu Bai, and she covers her songs at concerts many times. "Last dance" alone has been covered three times, and "Summer Night Wind" has also been sung twice.
At the beginning of last year, Mayday held a concert in Beijing Gongshen. At the beginning of the performance, guitarist monster snatched the microphone and smiled badly at the fans:
This is the warm-up, I guarantee that your chin will fall off later.
Then Axin shouted with all his strength:
Welcome our teacher Wu Bai!
and also added: We have been inviting Teacher Wu Bai as a concert guest 10 years ago, and it is finally today.
In their eyes, Wu Bai is an eternal idol.
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Calculate Wu Bai has been in the industry for nearly 30 years, and the pop music scene has been updated, but there are very few singers who have been accepted and liked by the public like him.
Someone once asked him what kind of song is a good song.
He replied: There are two types of . One is a song that everyone can sing, because there must be something that touches people's hearts. One is a song that still sounds good many years later.
And he even spent 30 years telling us that time will take away many false names, but what is left in the end must be the work of carefulness.
In recent years, with the development of the Internet, many videos about his performance have been widely circulated. Some people who don’t know him said they cannot accept such a performance.
But perhaps people who work hard to make music with all their hearts are the most worthy of being expected and liked.
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