"I want to go back to the past and try to keep the story going, at least not letting you leave me..."
Today, the 20th anniversary of the official release of the album " Octave Space ".
Accompanied by the melody of "Back to the Past", he entered "Octave Space" again. Time quietly added some seasoning to these ten songs without leaving any trace, feeling the sourness of the past, the bitterness of youth, and the sweetness that touched the heart.
It turns out that it has been twenty years. You can’t help but think, what were I doing twenty years ago?
registered the first QQ number in life, watch cartoons every day, can’t drink enough ice soda, and always play with the school uniform. Grandpa and grandma slowly swaying their palm-leaf fan in the sun, as slow as those years - and the accompaniment of that summer is called "Octave Space".
Underrated album
- "Octa Space" -
July 18, 2002, Jay Chou brought his third album "Octa Space". "Octa Space" means that Jay Chou is indulging in the space of the Western octave, and it also implies the listening experience of this album like the "Eighth Art" movie.
generally continues the team of the previous album " Fantesey ". "Octave Space" is still produced by Jay Chou and takes all the composers. In terms of lyrics, in addition to his old partner Fang Wenshan , Xu Shichang and Liu Genghong also contributed their career representative works respectively, and the arrangement comes from the three familiar masters - Zhong Xingmin , Lin Maike, and Hong Jingyao . The public opinion wave that started on the album
that year was more about the issue of the "Golden Melody Award". Although "Octave Space" won 5 nominations at the 14th Golden Melody Awards, it returned empty-handed. This also became the inspiration for "Grandma" in Jaylen 's next album "Qi Lixiang":
It is worth mentioning that in addition to "Octave Space", the 14th Golden Melody Awards, there are many controversies. None of the three finalists, the best Taiwanese male singer, won the award, setting a record for the first time in history, and also attracted joint protests from the three, forcing the Golden Melody Awards Preparatory Committee to make a resolution of "not being shortlisted, not being shortlisted, not being shortlisted."
, and "Octave Space" has swept away all kinds of awards besides the Golden Melody Awards, and the total number of awards is among the top even in all Jay Chou's albums.
Movie-like work
- "The Eighth Art" -
"Octodegree Space" From a general perspective, it continues Jay Chou's classical, popular, and hip-hop musical styles, with various elements. The imaginative imagination presented in the music is no less than that of the Fantesey series, and the popularity includes "Peninsula Iron Box", "Back to the Past", "Dragon Fist" which appeared on the Spring Festival Gala.
Starting from the prelude to the album's first song " Half Orc ", a strong classical and hip-hop style came to the face. Jay Chou borrowed the image between history and mythology, which was between history and mythology, and immediately unfolded a picture of time and space intertwined. As the Chinese theme song of "Warcraft III" back then, this song is of great significance to old players.
The second song "Peninsula Iron Box" can be said to have contributed one of the most classic INTRO OSs in Chinese pop music. "The second row of the shelf turning right" seems to have become a coordinate system of memories in our hearts, symbolizing the love past that is locked in the iron box.
"The Code" shortlisted for many golden songs that year is the first song in Jay Chou's history to disclose lyrics written by insiders of the company. The whole song uses many radio terms as clues to connect a love story between a man and a woman breaking up and reuniting.
The finishing touch of "The Code" is Jay Chou's crying falsetto. When the energy and atmosphere reach the peak, the chorus is a gentle and restrained low sing, perfectly matching the theme of "The Code". The typical weekly love songs in the
album, as well as the "Back to the Past" we mentioned at the beginning. Listening to "Back to the Past" in 2022 always makes people feel more emotional and excited, because the lyricist of this song is Liu Genghong, who has a fitness whirlwind this year.
jail Chou’s songs have always been filled with romanticism that transcends the boundaries of time and space. This is true of "Back to the Past", " Love in BC ", "The Secrets that cannot be told in ", and the same is true of "Beauty Like Frost" in the new album, which makes the song always have a sense of grandeur like a small town even if it focuses on individual love stories.
" Milan's Little Blacksmith " is a relatively unpopular song in "Octodes Space". It tells the story of a little blacksmith working hard just to own a guitar.
In Jay Chou’s previous album, almost every one of them has several songs about exoticism. "The Little Blacksmith of Milan" not only focuses on Eastern Europe, but also travels to Milan to shoot the MV. In addition, the very exotic quick-pong notes add a diversified color to the album. The last song of the
album, "The Last Battle", was written by Jay Chou to commemorate the pure friendship with his good brother Liu Genghong. The show begins with the sound effects of gunfire and then ends with the epic Scottish organ, which makes people appreciate the scene of war with their ears.
and this song also achieved a perfect concept closed loop for "Octodegree Space". From the mythical concept floating in the sky to the real battle with real guns and bullets, this imagination space is back to reality, and this musical movie also ended in shock.
Perhaps we who have listened to "Octave Space" on tape, on radio, and on the TV's song ordering station have all passed the age of having the time and energy to immerse ourselves in an album, and have all grown into completely different adults.
But when he heard a prelude ringing, he suddenly felt the look back of time. It gently swept across your anxiety, fatigue and worries like looking at a child, guiding you to a summer afternoon twenty years ago.
