Old Wolf, My Youth Without You?!
When talking about campus folk songs, we can't help but mention the name Old Wolf. I went to Beijing, but didn't meet him in winter. It was said that winters in Beijing were extremely dry, causing lips to crack. As flew across the sky, nostalgia would surge in the throat, sorrow would dissipate among the crowds, and the heart would be vulnerable at that time.
As a real 90s kid, I missed Old Wolf's green years. My youth was filled with various sounds, rarely hearing a solitary guitar softly telling stories of sunny backs. Campus folk songs were just a concept for us this generation. What we know about Old Wolf's works is mostly that song, 'To the Person Who Sleeping in My Top bunk'!
Let's not talk about 'To the Person Who Sleeping in My Top bunk,' let's talk about Old Wolf!
The last time Old Wolf appeared on screen was when he appeared on the recently popular variety show '' (). In '3' (3), I clearly remember that Old Wolf slightly shyly and sincerely ordered a pig oil rice. That episode was very interesting. Besides Old Wolf, the other guests were all young and trendy young men. At leisure, everyone had eaten and drunk enough, and Old Wolf carried his guitar, singing songs from their era with Huang Lei and He Fenghua, 'Winter in Beijing.' The familiar melody rang out, and the three middle-aged men were suddenly full of emotion. He Fenghua cried, Huang Lei also cried, and the young generation looked bewildered. They didn't know that these three people in front of them were just reminiscing about their youth. This is a memory of their era. Even if time has stained it with dust, it has already permeated their bones.
Old Wolf, my youth doesn't have you, but I still want to talk about your story. Let's go and take a look at musicians of that era.
In the 1980s, with the release of 'Campus Folk Songs 1,' published by Dadi Records, many wonderful things happened, and it swept across major colleges and universities across China in a torrent. This created a new genre of campus folk songs.
When talking about 'Campus Folk Songs 1,' we can't help but mention two people: Old Wolf and Gao Xiaosong.
The first time I met Old Wolf wasn't because of 'To the Person Who Sleeping in My Top bunk.' To be honest, when I heard this song, I wouldn't necessarily associate it with the creator. They had already faded from our sight since their glorious years in high school. From high school, I cultivated the habit of buying 'Youth Compilation' until college, I still kept buying it. During university, I remember reading an article about Old Wolf in one of the nights. It mentioned a small episode. Gao Xiaosong said he and Old Wolf had known each other for decades, and it was still the Old Wolf he knew, always carrying his guitar, saying he'd come and go without planning, never having a group of people around him, always knowing when to stop, and always having a ticket to return, just like the sentence, 'I didn't want to change the times, and the times didn't want to change me.'
It's good to have a friend like Old Wolf, which is a blessing for Gao Xiaosong. Gao Xiaosong also said that a person's life should have a friend like Old Wolf. This pair of partners played off each other to the fullest in 'Campus Folk Songs 1,' especially 'To the Person Who Sleeping in My Top bunk' and 'To the Person Who Sleeping in My Top bunk,' pushing these classic campus folk songs to their peak.
Who hasn't had a top bunk brother? Who hasn't had a person sleeping in their top bunk? Who hasn't had a 'To the Person Who Sleeping in My Top bunk'?
Someone once asked Old Wolf, 'Who is your 'top bunk'?' This song went viral because it resonated with people of different eras. The song hides a story between Gao Xiaosong and his first love. He met her in Xiamen, and they fell in love. One morning, Gao Xiaosong was combing his first love's hair when he suddenly had a creative inspiration and wrote this song. This draft was 'To the Person Who Sleeping in My Top bunk.'
When creating 'To the Person Who Sleeping in My Top bunk,' the process was simpler. One day, Gao Xiaosong received a phone call from his top bunk brother, and in an hour, this sincere song was born. Coupled with Old Wolf's deep and poetic voice, it became a classic of their era. I believe that anyone who hears this song will think of their brothers in top bunk. After graduating, they went their separate ways. A sentence, 'cherish,' 'see you never,'
As a 90s girl, there are rarely Old Wolf's deep and poetic voices in my growth trajectory. Why does it just have a fervent impulse towards Old Wolf? Oh, I forgot to introduce, his real name is Wang Yang, and he is a pure engineer by profession. He switched to becoming a singer by chance. He never thought he would become a hit overnight, but he did. Now Old Wolf is 50 years old, and he has become an undeniable middle-aged man. But this didn't affect him from having many fans and friends now. They all say I'm a voice-controlled person. I really fell in love with his deep and rusty voice and that guitar that was occasionally played in the rain.
About thirty years have passed. Most of Old Wolf's fans have fallen into a deep pit chasing time, and they've changed. Let's take a look at this man in front of us, and he still looks the same as he did back then, his eyes haven't changed, his voice hasn't changed, and his beautiful girls haven't changed, even his hairstyle hasn't changed. How many people can really do this?
