Few of the younger generation of listeners know Hu Defu, but he has played a pivotal role in the history of Taiwanese music. In the 1970s, Hu Defu became famous for singing the Beinan music "Beautiful Rice Ear". As a member of the Puinan ethnic group, he has integrated the essence of Western music styles and aboriginal songs into his creations, laying the foundation for Taiwan's popular music creation in the past 20 years.

Since 27 years ago, Hu Defu, a prince of the Puinan ethnic group, has traveled to Taipei’s top jazz restaurants and countless concerts. While Hu Defu has become the restaurant's signature resident singer, Hong Xiaoqiao is sorting out the music scores, Sylvia Chang is sitting there skipping school, and Hu Yinmeng is still thinking about whether there is a chance to go on stage, but Hu Defu has realized that he has to "sing his own songs."

With the help of television at the time, "Beautiful Ears of Rice" was sung on campuses across the country and ranked second on the folk song rankings at the time, making Hu Defu famous. Encouraged by his friend Li Shuangze, Hu Defu began to compose songs based on aboriginal songs. In 1973, Taiwan's first folk song concert called "Beautiful Ears of Rice" was held by Hu Defu, who released a number of composed songs such as "Beautiful Island" and "Four Rhymes of Nostalgia". It was the first time that someone in Taiwan began to sing his own songs in public. His compositions and local folk songs have inspired many students who have dreams of music.

But Hu Defu, who could have become a superstar, did not pursue the business mechanism of releasing records. He chose to follow the pulse of society, riding in the wind and rain on a large truck where non-party members were running for election during the martial law period. Playing and singing, they talked about issues such as February 28, the lifting of martial law, nuclear waste relocation, and the Haishan coal mine disaster. He later became the president of the Association for the Promotion of Aboriginal Rights and spent almost half his life working on Aboriginal affairs.

But good singing will not be buried. With the encouragement of entrepreneurs Yan Changshou, Li Kunyao and others, Hu Defu finally released his first album "Hurry" in 2005, which included his early works. "Child on an Oxback", "Hurry", "The Farthest Road" and other songs encourage young students to value their tribe and homeland.

And "Beautiful Mother of Dawu Mountain", "Wind of the Pacific", "The Last Hunter" and other songs combine many aboriginal songs and stories passed down by ancestors. Hu Defu's natural voice forms a unique voice. The mainstream music "Hai-Yan Blues" has sold nearly 30,000 copies in the commercial market, proving that good sounds and good music will never be buried.

Hu Defu’s Major Events

■ Born in 1950. Before he was 11 years old, he was a kid herding cattle at the foot of Dawu Mountain in Taitung.

■ 1962■1968, at the age of 12, he moved from Taitung to Tamkang Middle School in Taipei to study because his father believed that Tamsui was closer to Japan. Singing hymns in church inspired his musical life.

■ 1968■ In 1970, he entered the Department of Foreign Languages ??and Literature at National Taiwan University at the age of 18. He later dropped out of school due to sports injuries caused by long-term rugby playing, and began to advocate and sing the freedom and anti-war songs of Western singers such as Bob Dylan.

■ 1972 ■ In 1976, at the age of 21, he started to promote the "Sing Your Own Song" movement with Li Shuangze and others, and began his mission to compose songs for society and ethnic groups, which later influenced Taiwan's comprehensive "Campus Folk Song Movement".

■ In 1982, spurred by ethnic consciousness, he began to promote the "Minority Committee of the Non-Party Editors' Federation" to serve as the convener, and composed songs to accuse society of unequal treatment of his own indigenous people. .

■ In 1984, he led the establishment of the "Taiwan Aboriginal Rights Promotion Association" and served as the first and second presidents. He strongly advocated that society should no longer refer to itself as "mountain people" or "mountain people" ethnic groups, and unified their titles as "indigenous ethnic groups".

■ In 1990, he returned to the tribe to study and live with musicians such as Guo Yingnan, an elder of the Ami tribe. He immersed himself in the tribe for several years, comprehending the rhythm of his land from the sound of wind and waves in the Pacific Ocean, and re-learning tribal songs.

■ In 1997 and 2000, in the "Aboriginal Tribe Working Team", he used tribal service and singing as a personal restart. After the September 21 earthquake that occurred in Taiwan, he devoted himself to disaster relief and petitioning for help. and composing songs.

■ Beginning in 2002, the Aboriginal music team of "Wildfire Music Collection" combined the sounds of tribes with world music, began to do the work of calling out voices for tribes, and led the new generation of Aboriginal singers to create and stir. Ballads.

■ In 2005 and 2006, the album "Hurry" was released, and was nominated for 6 Golden Melody Awards, and won "Best Lyricist" and "Best Song of the Year".

Song:

Hurry Maple Leaf, Child on Cow’s Back, The Farthest Road, Beautiful Island

Pacific Wind, Dawu Mountain, Beautiful Mother, Flying Fish, Clouded Leopard, Taipei Basin What a sweetheart

Standing on my land beautiful ears of rice