As a legend in the Chinese music scene, Dao Lang's fame and decline have been accompanied by controversy, and it is still controversial 19 years later.
In 2012, Dao Lang, who was at the peak of his career, suddenly retired, leaving a "legend" in the Chinese music scene.
But many people don't know that 8 years later, in 2020, Dao Lang released the album "Playing Words Book" and officially made a comeback.
It's just that few people care about this news except die-hard fans,
Later, Dao Lang released albums "As I Smell" and "Everyone in the World" one after another, but it still did not stir up any waves.
Until he released his fourth album "Mountain Song Little", the single "Rakshasa Sea Market" caused heated discussions.
The popularity of this song fermented extremely quickly, released on July 19, and on the 23rd, it was listed on the QQ Music soaring list TOP2, sitting in a row with Wang Sulong and Deng Ziqi, quite like "The First Snow of 2022".
People care about the song not because of how good it sounds, but because of the meaning of the lyrics in the song.
Normally speaking, the lyrics of "Rakshasa Sea Market" come from Pu Songling's "Liaozhai Zhi Yi", but many netizens think that the lyrics mean something, referring to Sang Huai.
The Rakshasa Kingdom is 26,000 li to the east
Crossing the three inches of yellow mud over the scorched sea
Just because there is a hill of rivers
The river flows through Gou Gou Camp
The fork of the Gou camp is called the horse household
The Ten Mile Flower Field has a name
She has two ears and three holes in her shoulders
Before speaking, he changed his stomach first
Every day squat in the nest to lay the eggs
Most of their lives thought they were chickens
Namahu didn't know he was a donkey
The bird didn't know he was a chicken
The hook bar is always elegant
Since ancient times, the father-in-law has a good reputation
A young man came to the west, his name was Ma Ji
Mei Fengzi Young Lady is a child of Huaxia
Only for others to sail and fight the waves
Dragon Wandering Dangerous Beach Wandering into the Badlands
He saw that this Rakshasa kingdom was often turned upside down
Mahu loves to listen to the songs of the birds
The grass chicken of the three more chirped when Si Chen came
Half of the lintel is framed
It has red wings, black painted skin, green embroidered chicken crown, gold inlaid hooves
But the coal egg was born black
No matter how you wash it, it's also dirty
Namahu didn't know he was a donkey
The bird didn't know he was a chicken
How can there be a painting of pigs and dogs
Where to get the shoehorn as wishes
It has red wings, black painted skin, green embroidered chicken crown, gold inlaid hooves
But the coal egg was born black
No matter how you wash it, it's also dirty
Love words, have hearts, and have good evils
A hundred kinds of love and a thousand kinds of bad
Women are not all good
And the wasp tail needle
Ougang in the west has a boss
Having a child Wittgenstein
He spoke of horses, donkeys, and birds and chickens
In the end, the horse is a donkey or a donkey is a bird and chicken
That donkey is a chicken, that chicken is a donkey, that chicken is a donkey, and that donkey is a chicken
That horse and bird
It is a fundamental problem for us as human beings
First of all, the easiest to understand is the phrase "turn your stomach before you speak", many people are immediately associated with a music variety show, called "The Voice of China", in which the setting of the swivel chair is exactly in line with this sentence.
Looking down, netizens directly extracted the essence of the lyrics and analyzed four music singers, namely Na Ying, Yang Kun, Gao Xiaosong and Wang Feng.
There are even netizens who have made a simple analysis of the lyrics, and the lyrics after being polished by netizens have nothing to do with "Liaozhai Zhi Wei", but are scolding and scolding.
This translation by netizens actually only gives annotations of important words, and does not integrate the information.
Therefore, the lyrics translated by a fan in the vernacular are particularly important.
The first thing to note is that the meaning translated by fans may not be Dao Lang's original meaning,
But there are still many netizens who highly agree with the translation of these versions, and some netizens admire: After listening to this song, you know what it is for cultural people to scold people without dirty words.
As for why netizens and fans are very satisfied with the translated lyrics, it is because they sympathize with Dao Lang's experience.
He should have left a strong mark in the Chinese music scene and was an iconic figure in the 00s,
How spectacular is the myth made by Dao Lang? It can be depicted in a few numbers.
In 2004, Dao Lang released the album "The First Snow of 2002", which sold 2.7 million copies with little publicity.
You must know that in that era, the music industry was experiencing rampant piracy and the double attack of the Internet, and it was simply a miracle that Dao Lang sold 2.7 million genuine albums without publicity, and the conservative estimate of pirated albums sold 10 million copies.
What is the concept of these 2.7 million genuine albums?
That year, Jay Chou's "Qilixiang" sold 2.6 million copies in the global market, and Dao Lang's "The First Snow of 2002" had 100,000 more copies.
Even the fake Dao Lang, the Western Regions Dao Lang, can rely on the popularity and sell 400,000 albums. It's terrible.
If you are not sensitive to numbers, then the attitude of several Heavenly King-level figures towards Dao Lang can also be explained.
Principal Alan Tam once publicly said: Dao Lang such a talented musician is rare in ten years!
Andy Lau also admired Dao Lang very much, and even invited Dao Lang to sing,
But Dao Lang dragged on for two years, and this cooperation with the Heavenly King did not come to fruition.
How big was the Dao Lang pie in those years?
Zhang Yimou's "Ambush on Ten Sides" film press conference created momentum, inviting Andy Lau, SHE, Li Zongsheng, Zhang Xinzhe, Han Hong, Chen Huilin, Pu Shu, Adu, Dao Lang more than 10 superstars to sing,
At the time of media release, Dao Lang's name was sandwiched between Andy Lau and SHE.
But it is this second-generation king, who is favored by Universal Music, Alan Tam, Andy Lau and many media, but has been collectively targeted by the mainland music scene.
Na Ying said: Dao Lang does not have an aesthetic point of view and cannot be selected for the "10th Music Billboard".
The most widely passed down phrase "Dao Lang's song is sung to migrant workers" cannot be verified, and 99% of it is a rumor.
Wang Feng directly shouted at the reporter, saying: Dao Lang's imagination is the sadness of pop music.
He even explained that Dao Lang was popular because everyone was used to listening to exquisite music, while Dao Lang adopted the play of the countryside surrounding the city.
If Na Ying and Wang Feng were expressing dissatisfaction, Yang Kun was equivalent to directly spraying.
Questioning in public: Is he music?
Even other second-tier rock singers at the time collectively refused to talk about Dao Lang.
So Dao Lang at that time was basically banned by the internal collective.
Faced with this situation, Dao Lang stood up for 6 years until he cultivated his love apprentice Yunduo and disappeared into the Chinese music scene.
The singer who used to love was excluded, and after more than ten years, he shot back with lyrics, and fans naturally supported it with both hands.
Is it just that Dao Lang's "Rakshasa Sea City" is really fighting back at Na Ying, Wang Feng and others as netizens say?
This question can only be confirmed after Dao Lang himself responds personally.
However, watching the former second-generation king return to the music scene and stir up such a big wave, I believe that many people are happy for Dao Lang, are you one of them?