Wang Menglin

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Wang Menglin - Profile

Wang Menglin (April 15, 1954 -), a former taxi driver, was a Taiwanese campus folk singer in the early 1980s. He became famous in 1978 when he sang the lyric song "kapok road", which was far away from love. In 1996, he was jailed for several years because of an impulsive injury caused by a parking dispute. After he got out of prison, he once opened a restaurant in green island. He often sang with folk singers Huang Dacheng and Zhao Shuhai .

Basic introduction

Wang Menglin, a famous musician in Taiwan, has created many folk songs which have become eternal classics. Wang Menglin is the winner of the second Golden Melody Award. Unlike ordinary folk singers, who are mostly students, Wang Menglin was already a so-called social figure when he entered the circle of folk songs. In the new era, in addition to the golden rhyme award, innovation golden rhyme award and other collections, he also published a number of Popular Albums, such as may, a happy family, happy holidays, and so on, which were very popular with the audience. In addition to his achievements in singing, he also took part in film shooting and presided over TV programs such as "the big world" and "the first shed". Wang Menglin is an important singer and one of the creators in the period of folk songs.

Acting experience

Once experienced the classic era of Chinese pop music, a song a singer a story, is extremely unforgettable beautiful memories. Among them, Wang Menglin is a typical representative.

I believe that for many people born in the 1980s, the name of Wang Menglin has never been heard of. No wonder they don't understand the history of Chinese pop music, because Wang Menglin has been out of our sight for a long time. For many people born in the 1970s, when they were young, they must have heard "improvisation in the rain", "may, may" and "kapok road", "mother I love you" and "dedicated to my father". Most mainlanders think that the first two songs were sung by Liu Wenzheng, who is more famous. In fact, their first singer is Wang Menglin. Even the creator of improvisation in the rain is Wang Menglin.

Many people know that a landmark event promoting the development of Taiwan's pop music is the "golden rhyme Award" folk song singing competition. The "golden rhyme Award" is aimed at college students, and all the entries are original, which gives many young people who love music creation a chance to really step into the music world. The first "golden rhyme Award" was held in 1977. In this year, two major events took place in Taiwan's cultural circles. One was the debate on local literature, and the other was the first "golden rhyme Award" competition. Wang Menglin, who only studied in junior high school, was a taxi driver when he took part in the "golden rhyme Award". He won the second "golden rhyme Award", so he had a chance to be favored by the organizer of the "golden rhyme Award" Xinge record company. In the third part of the "golden rhyme Award", he published his own creation and singing of "scenery in the rain", which made him famous. Then, in March 1979, Wang Menglin published his first album "scenery in the rain", which became popular in the singing world. Then, in December 1979, he released the album "may, may", which became popular in the Chinese world. There is a saying that under the rule of campus folk songs at that time, the most popular female singer was Qi Yu, and the most popular male singer was Wang Menglin. The songs of Qiyu are more elegant, while those of Wang Menglin are more popular. After that, Wang Menglin took part in film shooting and became a TV host. His latest record so far is "I know I've changed" in 1994.

Wang Menglin is a man of great personality. When his song censorship was banned, he attacked the censorship organization. He used to fight with people because of his lecture notes. As a result, he went to prison and caused a sensation. After such a sensation, Wang Menglin was far away from the public.

Wang Menglin did leave for many years. This senior singer, who said that he couldn't understand the American hip hop until he died, formed a band with Huang Dacheng, another campus folk singer of that year, and began to sing again. It is a blessing that such a living fossil of Chinese pop music can continue to sing for us.

Music Album

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Album introduction

A happy family and a hundred worries

After "may, may", published in 1980, "a happy family, a hundred worries (autumn wind)", is Wang Menglin's second personal album. This album contains many popular popular popular works during the period of folk songs, such as "temple fair", "kapok road", "dedicated to my father", "past and present of ancient country" and "story in the rain". "Temple fair" and "the past and the present of ancient countries" were adapted into "new combination" by the acoustic guitar chorus, and included in the album of the same name published in 1982. Therefore, many audiences often mistakenly think that these two songs are the original songs of acoustic guitar.

But "the story in the rain" is just the opposite. Created by Jian Weizheng and sung by Yuan Fang, this short piece, originally included in the sixth series of Jinyun award, depicts the sweetness and bitterness of love in youth with simple words. After Wang Menglin sings it again, it looks like a man's true confession. The temple fair composed by Lai Xian, Chen Huixiong and kapok road composed by Hong Guangda / MA Zhaojun are all classic representative works of the peak period of folk songs. Among them, "temple fair" depicts Taiwan's traditional folk customs with vivid words. This lively and joyful atmosphere is a kind of feeling that Lai Xi'an uses this theme to write about the fact that in the late 1970s, due to the economic take-off and the transformation of Taiwan's social pattern from agriculture to industry and commerce, a large number of people moved out to the metropolitan area. Only by holding temple fairs could tourists return home and reunite with their families.

This album also includes many of Wang Menglin's true feelings. Inheriting the humorous style of "may, may" and "improvisation in the rain", the happy family and the day of oil price rise are the bad habits of Shijing people in the face of red envelope explosion, and the helpless feelings of taxi drivers in the face of all things rising. The lost growth experience in "the year of ten or nine years old" and the memories of years like water in "feeling" are all Wang's Menglin's youth diary page by page.

Character evaluation

Wang Menglin's voice and his way of singing are very attractive: a warm Lyric.

His singing style seems casual, but in fact, it is very attentive. His pronunciation is just right. It sounds very comfortable. There is no dullness in the bass and no harsh in the treble. On a sunny weekend, it sounds like an ear massage

He is warm not only because of his slightly hoarse and sunny voice, but also because of the strong flavor of life reflected in his songs. Wang Menglin, who is famous for his song "impromptu scene in the rain" in the third edition of the golden rhyme award, takes a different road from other folk singers.

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