新闻★Shoot me? I still won't say sorry 96/5/16 Being blunt cost Taiwanese singer Yang Pei An other jobs, but he vows he won't change... that much By Wendy Teo May 16, 2007 IT is probably just as well that Taiwanese singer Yang Pei An finally landed his first recording deal at the ripe old age of 35. For, after a decade of singing at pubs, he was so disillusioned by pandering to the patrons' song requests that he was starting to pick fights with them. Speaking to The New Paper during his promotional trip here last Friday, Pei An recalled how he nearly came to blows with one drunk patron. The man was hugging everyone in the pub, including complete strangers. 'Nobody dared to stand up to him because he was drunk,' said Pei An. 'So I spoke into my microphone and told him to stop making a nuisance of himself.' MOCKED HIM The man was furious at being publicly humiliated and confronted PeiAn, demanding that the entertainer sing the songs he requested. 'Because he was drunk, he wrote one of the words wrongly. I knew what he meant, but I deliberately mocked his grasp of the language. 'He was so angry that he reached into his shirt and yelled that he was going to shoot me.' Pei An had no idea whether the man had a gun or not, but stubbornly refused to apologise. In the end, the man's friend ended the confrontation by dragging him away. Pei An admitted: 'I think my band (at the pub) and my boss were actually relieved when I quit. I had so much frustration festering inside me that I was being a brat.' For a year after he quit the pub, PeiAn became an event manager of sorts, coordinating gigs for other acts. Unfortunately, his blunt nature meant that career move also went nowhere. 'I was very adamant about the way I did business - 60per cent of my deals fell through because I refused to compromise.' Luckily for Pei An, he bumped into an old friend in a hotel lobby about this time. The friend was now working as a music producer and asked Pei An to submit a demo tape. After hearing it, his friend's boss signed on Pei An immediately - without even asking about his looks or his age. 'When I was younger, I dreamt of cutting albums. But after numerous rejections, I thought I was never going to be accepted as a mainstream singer because I was neither good-looking nor very talented musically. 'I only know how to sing, honestly. I don't have any formal music training, I can't read notes, I can't play any instrument at all. 'All I have is my voice.' By then, after seeing his peers - VanFan, Julia Pang and rock band Shin - land recording deals one after the other, Pei An's hopes had dimmed. 'I had met a lot of recording company bigwigs during my pub singing career, but none of them have ever contacted me with an offer.' He thought he would never stand a chance until that fateful reunion with his well-connected old pal nearly two years ago. He hasn't looked back since. Pei An has been likened to late singer Chang Yusheng and boasts an impressive three-octave vocal range. Such power pipes have also led to him being nicknamed Iron Lungs by the Taiwanese media. His debut album, Me At 2.30am, lasted 19 weeks on the Taiwanese sales charts, while his second album, Yang Pei An II, made it into the HMV Top Ten here in less than a week. Despite his unexpected success, PeiAn says he's still very much his stubborn old self. He still drives around in his 20-year-old second-hand car. 'This is what I can afford within my current means - what's wrong with it? I certainly don't want to be keeping up appearances just for the sake of it.' PRICKLY But one concession he has since made is to rein in his hot temper. Acknowledging that a prickly nature can kill a career in showbiz, Pei An said: 'I can be tactful if I want to... Ultimately, I still cannot betray myself.' ◎杨培安照片：His debut album topped the charts in Taiwan for 19 weeks, but Pei An still drives a 20-year-old second-hand car. -- Picture: MOHD ISHAK ◎网址： http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/show/story/0,4136,130548,00.html ^_^ 以下是我自己翻译的内容，这是我的习惯啦！看到一篇想要了解的文章，就会想要翻成中 文，如果程度好的请直接看上面的原文，因为本人英文程度没有很好，版上高人很多，翻 得不好的地方，请多见谅唷！ ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ 新闻★（翻译）开枪杀了我？我仍然不会说抱歉… 96/5/16 也许幸好台湾歌手杨培安在35岁的高龄终於发行了他的第一张专辑。 因为，在pub驻唱十年之後，他对於迎合客人的点歌要求是如此心灰意冷，使他开始想要 与他们对抗。 上星期五在他首次来本地做宣传与The New Paper的访谈中，培安回想起了他如何差点与 一位酒醉的客人打起来的往事。 这醉鬼在pub紧紧拥抱了每个人，包括陌生人。 「因为他喝醉了没有人敢去惹他」培安说：「所以我用我的麦克风对他说不要再令自己讨 人厌了」 嘲弄他 这醉鬼面对培安如此公然羞辱感到很愤怒，要求台上表演者演唱他的点歌。 「因为他喝醉了，他写错了其中一个字，我知道他的意思，但是我故意嘲弄了他语言的理 解力」 「他是如此生气地伸手进他的衬衫而且大吼他要开枪杀了我」 培安不知道这醉鬼是否真有一把枪，但是倔强地拒绝道歉。 最後，这醉鬼的朋友将他拉走结束了僵局。 培安承认：「我想当我辞职不干时，我在pub的乐团及老板确实松了一口气，我有如此多 挫折令我内心深感痛苦，使我成为一个被宠坏的孩子」 在他辞掉pub工作一年後，培安成为一位表演活动的接案经纪人。 不幸地，他直率的性情也意谓着这份职业没有出路。 「我非常坚持我工作的方式－因为我拒绝妥协，因此我的交易百分之六十失败了」 培安很幸运地，他此时在一间饭店大厅巧遇了一位老朋友，这位朋友现在是一位音乐经纪 人而且要培安交一卷demo带给他。 在听过了demo带之後，他朋友的老板立刻签下了培安－甚至没有询问他的长相或年龄。 「当我年轻时，我曾梦想出唱片，但在经过多次拒绝後，我想我不可能再成为一位流行歌 手，因为我长得不帅也不是在音乐方面非常有才华」 「我只知道如何唱歌，老实说，我没有受过任何正规音乐训练，我不会乐理，我不会弹奏 任何乐器」 「我唯一拥有的就是我的声音」 在当时，看到他的好朋友们－范逸臣、彭佳慧及摇滚乐团「信乐团」－一个接着一个相继 出了唱片，培安觉得希望渺茫了。 我在我的pub驻唱生涯曾经遇见过很多唱片公司大老板，但他们没有一位与我接触过合约 的事情。 他认为他不会再有任何机会，直到近两年前那次与他感情很好的老朋友的宿命相遇，从此 他没再回头看。 培安被认为声线近似已故歌手张雨生，而且拥有三个八度音的宽广音域。 如此具有力量的声音也被台湾媒体昵称为「铁肺王子」。 他的首张专辑，午夜两点半的我，曾在台湾销售排行榜停留了19周之久，而他的第二张专 辑，杨培安II，已经打入本地的HMV Top Ten至少一周以上。 尽管他意外地成功了，培安说他仍然非常坚持原有的自我。 他仍然开着车龄有20年之久的二手车。 「这是我目前收入负担得起的－它有什麽问题吗？我确定我不想仅为了这个缘故而去维持 光鲜亮丽的外在」 易怒地 但他曾做过的一个让步是去控制他暴躁的脾气。 承认易怒的个性会扼杀在娱乐圈的工作，培安说：「如果想要…我可以变得比较世故圆滑 ，但最终我仍不能出卖我自己。」 图：他的首张专辑曾在台湾销售排行榜停留了19周之久，但培安仍然开着一辆车龄20年之 久的二手车。 (SINGAPORE-THE ELECTRIC NEW PAPER) ps：翻得不好，请多见谅！ ◎网址： http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/show/story/0,4136,130548,00.html ^_^ -- -- 【杨培安peianyang~高音之神】： http://tw.club.yahoo.com/clubs/peianyang 喵~就是这样~ --

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