Recently I watched a video made by Professor You, the UP owner of B station. In the video, he rated the latest Jay Chou , the latest Chinese-style song - "Beauty is like frost".
In his opinion, this new work of Jay Chou’s national style can only be considered unsatisfactory.
does not meet his composition method , and has flaws and failures. It is incomparable to Jay Chou's Chinese-style songs in previous periods, and it is even Jay Chou's worst Chinese-style song.
Is the fact really as Professor You said?
In my opinion, this is not the case.
Why?
First, must composition comply with the composition method?
In my opinion, the so-called composition method is a tool and a means to serve song creation.
instead of a truth that cannot be violated. The most important thing about a song is whether it can touch people's hearts, rather than whether it complies with the norms of composition.
For example, Du Fu regulates the creation format of poetry - regulated verses and quatrains, and later poets have improved and abide by this standard together.
But there is one person who is the exception - Li Bai , " Will Be in Wine ", " Sleeping in Tianmu's Song of Farewell "...
Many of Li Bai's poems do not conform to Du Fu's poetry creation concept.
But does this hinder Li Bai's greatness?
Do Du Fu disapprove of Li Bai because of this?
On the contrary, Du Fu can be said to be Li Bai's most loyal fan.
" strokes shocked the wind and rain , poems became so touching ghosts and gods ", "Bai's poems are invincible, and she is floating and thinking is not crowded"...
Du Fu's poems written by Li Bai were admired and promising.
does not meet the poetry creation format I set? Where did the fool come from
?
! Did it written by my idol Li Bai?
Then it will be fine, it is so well written!
Songs with simple melodies such as "big big world", "only love", and "happy birthday to you" are in line with the composition method?
I can't see it!
But the reason why these songs are popular is because they touch people's hearts, so it is not that important whether the constituent conforms to the composition method.
Second, is "Beauty Like Frost" really that bad?
I think it's okay. There are indeed some places, as Professor You said, that don't feel expanded.
But it is also possible. This song expresses the pain of lovesickness between two people, and the story is in line with the theme of this song.
I have a bolder guess in my mind - Jay Chou's voice conditions no longer support him to create complex and changeable songs.
Third, has Jay Chou finished his talents?
Every time Jay Chou releases an album, people say that he has lost all his talents.
So this time we will analyze whether he is really over.
There are only 6 new songs on this album, so let’s analyze these songs.
These songs have a characteristic, especially flat and no treble.
Jay Chou Jianglang has achieved this point?
can’t even write the treble?
A song can also be said to be like this, and there is no need for treble. Don’t you need the
6 title?
The most reasonable explanation is that his voice no longer supports it, and he sang such a high note.
A person will definitely consider writing songs. The singer's voice conditions are not allowed to write songs that the singer cannot sing, and this is especially true for writing songs for himself.
Why are there so few songs like " left finger pointing to the moon "?
Because of this song, the range of the song spans three and a half octaves, and very few Chinese can perform perfectly on the spot.
I write songs for myself that I can’t sing, and then every time I sing the sound on the spot, is it disgusting for me?
Daoming broke the sound during the disaster relief charity performance, almost ruining his singing career.
Live sound breaking is not a trivial matter for singers!
Therefore, a person's composition will definitely be restricted by his own voice conditions.
He will definitely not write a song that he cannot sing.
Professor You said that this problem does not exist, because current technology can perfectly solve this problem.
is not a live singing scene, there are some ways to record songs.
Professor You also said that with Jay Chou's range, "Beauty Like Frost" will not restrict Jay Chou's composition.
Is this true?
I don’t think so.
Why?
1. If you don’t sing on the spot now, how can you know Jay Chou and won’t sing on the spot in the future?
If Jay Chou considers singing in the future, he knows that he cannot sing in the current voice.
Would you just reduce the difficulty in advance and write the songs in your comfortable sound area to ensure that you can win it safely even if you sing on the spot?
2. Jay Chou’s range?
, then what is the range of the score? If it is from the " Bedside Story " period, it doesn't need to be said.
But if it is the current range, it really needs to be a question mark.
Jay Chou sang a high notes for the last time he was " I believe so much ". After that, " Says Not to Cry " was a little overwhelmed.
has already dropped KEY to "Mojito" and has started to be perfunctory.
plus these 6 new songs, there have been 7 consecutive songs without high notes.
Jiang Lang Caiping said that the composition ability and musical aesthetics decline, not that the IQ declines, the high and low notes cannot be distinguished, and the high notes cannot be made.
"The Greatest Work" has not declined except for the narrower range of the vocal range.
So, the most reasonable explanation is that Jay Chou considers his voice conditions and does not want to create complex and changeable songs that he cannot sing.
As for the problem of recording studio sound editing mentioned by Professor You, what I want to say is that there is no equal sign between being able to do this and definitely doing this.
For example, Toby Maguire version of " Spider-Man ", there is a Spider-Man caught in a restaurant with a tray, and the food dropped from the air, this shot.
Almost everyone thinks that this shot is synthesized by computer special effects, but in fact, this was taken by Toby Maguire, NG more than 100 times.
has special effects to use, but it does not mean that the director will definitely use special effects.
Jackie Chan's dangerous actions can be synthesized with special effects, but it does not mean that Jackie Chan will definitely use special effects, rather than performing the action in real life.
I can't sing "Qingdaei-Tibet Plateau", I can lip-sync it, but it doesn't mean I can lip-sync it.
Jay Chou can use technology to restore his voice at his peak, but it does not mean that Jay Chou will definitely do this when recording.
Jay Chou said that he still sticks to the original singer now.
Every adult has the ability to kill, but it does not mean that everyone will do it and have done so. There is no necessary connection between
being able to do this, and it will definitely do this and has already done this.
are not the same thing.
Professor You also said that Jay Chou’s innovation does not necessarily come from himself, but may also come from his behind-the-scenes team, or from the nourishment of the Taiwanese music scene.
What I want to say is that Jay Chou’s innovation comes from himself.
Why?
1. Jay Chou himself is a behind-the-scenes team;
is not considered a lyricist (Jay Chou’s lyricist is indeed average, so “The chest muscles I practiced by brother” should be trusted by others! I really have no luck to enjoy it). Jay Chou has 15 songs arranged and composed by himself.
"JAY": " Lady ", "Cute Woman", "Holy Bell in the opposite direction of ", these three poems are all divine songs, among which "Lady" even stunned Lee Zongsheng and Gao Xiaosong .
"Ye Huimei": "Coward" "Sunny Day" " Her Eyelashes " " Terraced ".
" Qilixiang ": " The Sorrow of War " "Grandma" " Excuses ".
"The Sorrow of War" is the same as " in the Name of Father ", "Nocturne" and "Chapter 7 of the Night of Night ".
"I'm very busy": " Sunshine Otaku "
" Exclamation Mark ": " Sailors Fear Water " (Nominated for Best Arrangement of the Golden Melody Award)
"Twelve New Works": "Four Seasons Train", " Father-in-law Migraine HTML ".
"Oh good": " in one breath to ".
"Jay Chou's Bedside Story": "Turkish Ice Cream" (nominated for the Best Arrangement of the Golden Melody Awards, Jay Chou's Most Stunning Song).
Although Jay Chou has not many of his own arranged works, he is of excellent quality. He is no less than his own personal arrangements: Hong Jingyao , Zhong Xingmin , Lin Mike, and Huang Yuxuan.
Jay Chou is a top-notch composing and arranging music.
And we must know that the composition of a song is the core competitiveness, and lyrics and arrangement are just added value.
(You can find samples of "The Seventh Chapter of the Night" online to listen to it. The tone has been set, not counting the lyrics, and the completion of the work is already 70%)
is like a tiger adding wings. Tiger is the core competitiveness, and wings are just added value.
Why isn’t it like a dog to add wings?
Because even if a tiger does not have wings, it is the king of all beasts, and its wings only increase its combat effectiveness.
For tigers, it is better to have wings, and it is not harmful to have wings.
But for dogs, they are not much stronger with wings, and they are just like that without wings.
So, this is also the reason why Jay Chou’s personal arrangement and lyricist ( Fang Wenshan ) and others have little sparks.
Because they lack the main body of making a masterpiece - excellent composition, and lack the composition genius like Jay Chou.
does not mean that arrangement or lyrics are not important, but that at most they are mutually fulfilling.
does not exist who creates whoever.
So, Jay Chou’s innovation comes from his behind-the-scenes team and from the Taiwanese music scene, which is nonsense.
2. Genius is screened, not created;
says that Jay Chou’s innovation is created by the behind-the-scenes team and the Taiwanese music scene, which is equivalent to admitting to becoming a genius, relying on external, cultivating the environment and excellent mentors.
In other words, we can cultivate geniuses in batches based on the external environment and excellent mentors.
But this is not the case, because we cannot cultivate Einstein in batches.
If the key to whether a person can become a talent is the external cultivation environment and an excellent mentor.
So as long as everyone accepts Einstein's growth experience, everyone can become a genius like Einstein.
But we know that the truth is not that way at all. Methods like
can only cultivate talents at most, but not geniuses.
Because genius is innate, it depends on genes (talent is the external manifestation of genes).
days can only be filtered out, but cannot be created.
So, what is the significance of an external cultivation environment and an excellent mentor?
These are just means to enable geniuses to realize their talents, not deciding factors for creating geniuses.
These methods cannot raise the upper limit of talent. What does
mean?
For example, Yao Ming can grow to 2.2 meters, which is inseparable from the food he eats and the training he receives.
But the same food and training cannot make Iverson look as tall as Yao Ming.
These methods (food and training) can only allow geniuses to realize their talents (let Yao Ming grow to 2.2 meters), but cannot increase the upper limit of a person's talent (let Iverson grow to 2.2 meters).
Because Iverson does not have the genes like Yao Ming.
Why does the gene have such a great effect?
Because of the natural selection of genes, it is the product of the earth's birth billions of years.
Life only lasts a few decades, how can we change the achievements of the earth for billions of years?
Some people also say that Jay Chou’s confident work was not popular because of his last album.
is actually popular with saliva song like " Confession Balloon ". In addition, at the concert, fans asked them to sing "Learn to Meow" and were greatly hit.
feels that I should compromise with the market and do some mediocre works that cater to market demand.
I think with Jay Chou's proud personality and his current status, I will not do this.
And even if you compromise, it is not a reason not to sing high notes!
So, as Sherlock said, overturned all possibilities.
Then the last one left, even if it is impossible, is the truth.
Jay Chou's voice was severely overturned, which restricted his performance in composing.
