Hello everyone, I am Ma Gangzhen, a Cantonese surnamed Ma.
The word "saliva song" must have been heard by you.
In your impression it is used to describe some songs that are not very deep enough, and anyone can sing two sentences.
But in fact, in the correct literal interpretation, the slobber song has a different meaning.
I checked the baidu profile:
Saliva song refers to the kind of popular song that is played non-stop for a period of time, in the streets and alleys, and men and women of all ages will hum.
It's not necessarily well written, but it's catchy and easy to sing.
At the same time, the songs sung by the singers in the records are also collectively called saliva songs. It also represents a cover song.
So how did the "song of saliva" come about?
In fact, there is a small history -
The popular songs we are familiar with first began with Hong Kong and Taiwan songs in the 80s and 90s.
Taking Cantonese songs in Hong Kong as an example, in the 80s and 90s, due to the high demand, many of the early pop songs were directly applied to Japanese songs, replaced by Chinese words.
As we know it:
Zhang Guorong's "Uninhibited Wind" and "Monica"
Tan Yonglin's "Burgundy Heart", Zhou Huimin's "Favorite"
Jacky Cheung's "Blue Rain", "Love You More Every Day", "Still Think You're the Best"
Mei Yanfang's "Dream Companion" and "Sunset Song" and Chen Huixian's "Song of a Thousand And One Que"
Rowan's "Good Song for You", Li Keqin's "Red Sun" and so on
These are all refilled with Japanese songs.
It is undeniable that the lyricists in that era were very standard, and the style of words was either ghostly or tender, so the early pop songs were full of "Hong Kong flavor".
With mature arrangements, the Songs of Hong Kong and Taiwan in the 80s and 90s were pushed into the golden age, and singers were everywhere.
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But in 2000, due to the prevalence of piracy, the record company's life was not good.
On the one hand, they must cooperate with KTV.
KTV is mainly aimed at ordinary citizens, and citizens must sing songs that "they can sing" and "show strength".
So from 2000 onwards, record companies had to reduce the difficulty of musical works and choose songs that could be catchy and could be mastered by anyone.
Invisibly, the threshold of the song is much lowered, which is more catered to the public.
At the same time, due to the shrinking cost of new record production and the increase in market risk, it is better to produce an album that is all new songs, it is better to produce a selection of albums to replenish the vitality.
Singers also have to maintain the heat and volume of films, so many singers choose an insurance path - cover songs.
Cover some old songs, which is also known as "saliva songs".
Among the many cover songs, some singers became popular because of this, and some cover songs were also a mess.
Next, I will give an example of the more representative singers and albums of Hong Kong and Taiwan -
Zhou Hui
In 1999, he debuted with "Zhou Hui Selection".
In the first album, she did not show her face, but relied on the comic image to show herself.
Zhou Hui's voice is ethereal, with a hint of Faye Wong's taste, and in the album she sang Faye Wong's "Engagement",
With this song and "Don't Want You to Know", Zhou Hui was popular in the streets that year and created more than 1 million album sales.
Power train
The two were indigenous people and were first resident singers in bars.
A large number of drool songs were sung in cover songs, and became popular with the cover "Passionate Desert".
However, after becoming famous, the power train immediately transformed.
Launched its own style of "Ruthless Love Letter" and "Unwilling to Let Go", the album sold 700,000 yuan, a hit.
It can be said that it is a successful ascension to the position with the help of "saliva song".
In addition, "unpopular singer" Sun Yanzi
After releasing his third album Kite in 2001, he immediately took advantage of the success to launch "Anthology Start".
This album is different from the concept of the general saliva song album, and the ten tracks are personally selected by Sun Yanzi, which is of special significance.
Includes the Beatles' "Hey July", the classic folk song "Olive Tree",
Western female singer Tori Amos's Slient all these years (Faye Wong's "Cold War" original song),
There are also Zhang Huimei's "Originally You Don't Want Anything", Faye Wong's "Sky", Karen Mok's "No Time" and so on.
This "saliva song" album has made a great breakthrough in the arrangement and depth, giving people a sense of luxury.
Firmly consolidated the position of Sun Yanzi's little diva in the music scene.
Similarly, one of my favorite "Songs of Saliva" album comes from Fang Datong's "Timeless Kelasi carving" launched in 2009.
The title song is Faye Wong's "Red Beans", rearranged with Neo Jazz and played on different instruments, so that this song retains the charm of the original work and integrates Fang Datong's self-style.
In addition, "Moon River" from the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany" pays tribute to Hepburn's classic oratorio bridge in the way of cappella.
"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" and "Wonderful Tonight" have a strong European and American nostalgia.
It can be described as a cover album that cannot be tired of listening.
In addition, singers such as Xiao Jingteng, Lin Youjia, and Yang Zongwei also caught fire from the cover songs of saliva songs during that period by participating in the talent show.
However, the above singers have one characteristic:
They just used the "cover album" as a springboard, consolidated their popularity, mixed and matched the original new songs, and gradually transformed into their own style.
And in so many drooling songs,
If you must say a top saliva song, it must be Gu Juji's "Golden Song".
This song, which lasted more than 10 minutes, covered a total of 37 old songs.
Known as Mai Ba's favorite, the KTV nightmare of countless listeners.
There is also a question, is there really the king of the saliva song who has been singing the "saliva song"?
I thought for a moment, from Hong Kong to Taiwan, I think there are two people.
Hong Kong singer Wei Lan:
In 2000, Wei Lan stood out with TVB's Global Chinese Rookie Singing Competition.
The following year, he met veteran record producer Ray Songde, arranged for her to compose harmonies for some of Dawn's songs, was appreciated by Dawn, and signed to become the first singer of Dawn Records.
Many of Wei Lan's early songs were cover works by Dawn. For example, "I Love You So Much" and "I Have Never Spoken Deeply".
There is also a Cantonese version of "Unwilling Heart" adapted from "Waking Up from Dreams", which is very good.
Wei Lan's father was a Filipino bar singer who was deeply influenced by Chinese and Western songs from an early age.
Her voice is ethereal, and at the same time has a Western choir feel.
It feels like a young girl saying "the girl's prayer" euphemistically, and although the mood of the song is not deep, it is not tired of listening.
And Taiwan's king of saliva songs, Dick Cowboy deserves it.
His original name was Lin Jinzhang, and he was a late singer.
When he was young, his family was poor, and when he was 20 years old, he worked as a company salesman, a ticket inspector, and a guitar teacher.
The 25-year-old rode a motorcycle to deliver cassettes to various video stores.
At the age of 28, he went to the bar to sing and sang for eleven years.
It wasn't until 1996 that the 37-year-old came out with a combination called a power train.
It's just that he chose a different path from the power train, and his works are basically all cover songs.
"How Much Love Can Be Returned", "Liberation", "Worth it", "If the wine is dry and sells nothing"...
At its hottest, he held dozens of concerts a year in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and his cover album "Roar 2002" dominated the charts for ten weeks.
However, it is difficult and bottleneck to carry out the cover song.
The audience will feel very good at the beginning, but once the cover is more, the repertoire that really suits their voice line will be reduced.
The audience's expectations are lowered, and the enthusiasm gradually fades, disappearing into the "front wave".
You will find a very interesting phenomenon -
If you had heard and loved Dick Cowboy's "You Didn't Want Anything", "How Much Love Can Be Done Again" and other songs. Felt great.
Now go to find the original song of Zhang Huimei and Huang Zhongkun, and you will find that the original song has more flavor.
Similarly, the cover songs of Chinese good voice singers that you felt shocked seven or eight years ago are mostly unable to remember now.
Past listeners loved bar singers, loved a voice of vicissitudes,
After a while, I love Zhao Lei's "Chengdu" folk songs, and after a while I love the natural sounds from the Tibetans and the mountains, and if these songs are to be covered, they must find a new "good voice".
Times are changing, and listeners' preferences are changing. This may be the meaning of "very popular".
Most of the "saliva songs" only have a temporary popularity, and rarely can be sung for a long time.