A few days ago, I wrote several small articles, all of which involved the topic of classic pop songs, and many netizens interacted with me. I feel that the opinions of the big guys are very unified, and they all think that the transcendence of classic pop songs is difficult, not everyone can easily try, and all aspects of hardware and software preparation are required, the most critical point of which is "three how to transcend", that is:
- How to respect the classics, how to inherit the classics, how to be fearless of the classics, and then there is transcendence.
What are the classic tracks in our hearts? Are they the same classics as each other? Who is hard, list some for everyone to screen it.
Of course, everyone has their own classics, but the classics mentioned in this article refer to the classics that the vast majority of people agree with.
First, we must always maintain a reverence for the classics
The reason why a classic is a classic is not recognized by a certain institution, but an excellent work that is independently chosen and loved by the broad masses of the people. In a sense, classic works basically have certain core values and memory points of the times, it will not disappear with the passage of time, in the words of ordinary people, it is an enduring work of eternity, we will respect it as a classic.
Na Ying sang a song "Meet 98", which is a classic pop song, right?
Why did this song become a classic?
1, 1998 is the 20th anniversary of reform and opening up, CCTV Spring Festival Gala can choose this song, it shows that it has software and hardware conditions in catering to the atmosphere of the times and echoing the emotional needs of the people. The folk and american singers who performed in the same performance sang the orthodox main theme songs, so how to sing the great cause of the times that are left to be popular. Faye Wong and Na Ying, a Hong Kong and a mainland, appeared in front of us after two days, and this alone is enough to attract attention and be engraved in the heart. And the song sung is also called "Meet 98", the age attribute is too strong, too fit, obviously running to this Spring Festival Gala ah.
2. The beautiful picture depicted in the song is very consistent with people's cherishing of a happy life, and basically expresses the characteristics of the times and people's homeland feelings. Na Ying's voice was also extremely good, pure and magnetic, and very grounded; Faye Wong's voice was ethereal and ethereal, like a fairy world. "Meet 98" combines these two sounds, which produces the real sense of happiness of Na Ying, the illusory sense of Faye Wong's miyuan aftertaste, which is also illusory and true, Faye Wong is illusory, and Na Ying is true.
3. The song adopts a rare twelve-eighth beat, which gives a very rich change in rhythm, creating a new mood that is sometimes light and lively, sometimes ethereal and clear, both lyrical and eager. In particular, the transparent ball on the stage and the wonderful performance of the two dancers perfectly match the whole song, overflowing with a warm and romantic atmosphere, making people feel relaxed and comfortable like a spring breeze and drizzle. At the same time, the precise harmony of Faye Wong and Na Ying and the delicate grasp of emotion have completely conquered the eyes and ears of hundreds of millions of viewers in front of the TV set.
Only once, the strong cooperation between the heavens and the place and the people has left an eternal classic for the times, for us, and for the music world.
After 24 years, looking at the music scene, how many people cover songs, and how many people dare to spit and dare to blaspheme?
No! Because the classics are always noble in people's hearts, they cannot be denigrated and doubted, like a jewel, hidden deep in the hearts of the beloved loyal.
Therefore, when you want to cover or pay tribute to the classics, you really need to think about it, think about the past and present lives of the classics, and do your homework to get started, rather than just indulging in the song itself, otherwise it is easy to fall into the trap of ruining the classics and destroying the classics. It can not win a good reputation and fall into a bad reputation for poor art.
Reverence is the posture that a cover classic should have. If you have the determination, you must think clearly about whether the time and place of the birth of the classics can be similar to the moment you have. Do you know the complex sung by the seniors? Is your interpretation of the song divorced from the classic main soul? These are the right attitudes to pay homage to the classics.
Second, the classics that are not inherited are data and epitaphs
CCTV ran a program called "Classic Arias Circulating". Although it does not point to popular songs, the name of the program tells the attitude towards the classics, that is, the classics must be constantly sung in order to produce the value of the classics. Otherwise, the classics are always sealed in the honor book, which really becomes a thousand-year-old antique and a ten-thousand-year epitaph.
The inherited behavior is to touch, touch, if you can't touch it and only stay in the perspective of appreciation and viewing, how long will such a classic have a long life? Please advise you, na Ying, Faye Wong's "Meet 98", if there is no Faye Wong fans, Na Ying fans often turn out to dry, hum in the mouth, try to ask how many people after 90, 00, 10 will know, hear, appreciate?
Of course, we can also ask Na Ying and Faye Wong to sing on the same stage again, after all, the two are still in the year of fighting, but what if that happens?
Mr. Wang Luobin has long been ancient, but his "In That Distant Place" has been continuously covered and passed on by future generations, so there are today's wonderful interpretations of Yan Weiwen, Han Lei, Tengger, Wang Lihong, Carreras (British tenor) and so on.
Classics should be covered, and constantly covered, which is the long-term inheritance of the Road.
In this regard, the national bel canto singers have done a good job, from the academy to the excitement of the big stage, almost never leaving the classic repertoire. Unfortunately, in recent years, the folk beauty singing method has lost a large number of audiences (this article will not be analyzed), making many classic songs enter a flat state. If this continues, the classic songs of the past hundred years may really become words and become glory plaques embedded in the wall.
"Karamay Song", "Camel Bell", "Shepherd Song", "Prairie Night", "Farewell", "Fifteen Moon", "Wish You Peace", "A Family Letter", etc., may have long been forgotten by us contemporary people to the cloud of nine clouds.
Popular and popular classic songs are in decline. Just like a blind bear picking up bud rice, breaking a spike and losing a spike, in the end it can only be found in the singer's report card, remembering, ah, there was once such a classic song, but ...
How can this be?
- Pop singers who create classics are reluctant to repeat themselves, which is an unwritten rule in popular pop. The meaning of popularity is that it is common and always new, keeps pace with the times, always lies on the classic credit book, and is bound to be eliminated by the market. Therefore, the phenomenon that a song can support a lifetime has long ceased to exist, and even if there is, it belongs to the clown who is cheeky and good to die than to live, and walking off the stage is the object of ridicule. This is the reason for the singer itself.
- Then there is the double-edged sword forged by copyright protection. Under this sword, how many musicians who want to cover songs and want to innovate classic songs dare not cross the thunder pool, although there are ideas and enthusiasm, but the capital-bound copyright market can almost kill all reckless people who touch the classics. Only real money and silver can be done, but what if there is no money? Then you have to let the classic Yongji singer resume it.
- This is also a pain point that many cover singers have difficulty maintaining in recent years.
Originality can get rid of the constraints of power, but how difficult is it to create a classic? According to statistics, the current sound source platform is tens of millions of original launches every day, not to mention the classic, even listen to you can not finish listening, not to mention on the vibrato, the song has been dismembered out of shape, I don't know in the future, people appreciate the style of the song will not change more?
The reasonable state should be: screening out potential original works + innovative covers of many classic tracks = the music market that keeps it hot will always prosper.
Third, only by not being afraid of classics can we pass on the classics
Cover classics are often a matter of more than worth the loss. Because there is always an original version of the song in the comparison, this barrier is really difficult to break through. Even with the deep study of the classic repertoire, the influence of the original singer (especially the living one) is still fatal.
Don't be afraid, be confident.
To find out where the audience of the classic track is touching, if there is no grasp of change, then avoid the fate of the door to find new attraction points to influence the audience.
For example, in the second scene of "Sound and Endless", Shan Yichun sang Andy Lau's "Afterlife", she deliberately avoided the masculine singing method of Tianwang Huazai, gave up the style of deep rhythm, exerted her own timbre control ability, and concisely and cleanly sang the state of mind at this moment here, the speed is very slow, as if she is carrying out a spiritual communication with you, and only the sound will bring people into the situation. This kind of interpretation has a completely different pursuit from the version of the Heavenly King, Shan Yichun is to wrap the listener in, with the same sorrow and joy; Hua Tsai is to evoke the memories of the listener with a familiar tone, and return to the movie of "Supreme Supreme II" to reminisce together. This is two different moods, different themes of the version appear in your head to fight, can not rationally say who is good and who is not good, are good works of emotional people.
Whether you like it or not, Shan Yichun's innovative singing has been a success. Many fans who have heard her version have since believed that the classic is not that it cannot be touched, but how to touch, how to touch, whether there is the ability to touch and by whom.
Feelings: Shan Yichun, a 20-year-old singer will take a brave step, with good musical literacy and talent to pay tribute to the classics and get innovative freedom.
Only when there are more such brave people, our music scene will flourish and last forever.
However, it is not right for the ignorant to be fearless and the fearless to be fearless. Instead of considering the connotation of the classic, but from the song itself to adopt a barbaric tear, vigorously engage in technical adaptation, disregard the classic soul, dare to play, joke and ridicule, waste the wind is very rampant, must be stopped. The consequence of this is to destroy the classics, and the disrespectful and obscene musical behavior is really shameful. The level of adaptors and singers is very low, they do not measure up to their own strength, they are arrogant and arrogant, they regard the classics as the inventory of the old decay, they want to take it out and play with it, and they also choose to play with it on the public entertainment variety show, although they have obtained the popularity of the program, what can they leave?
Everyone understands that this wind is bound to bring the pop music scene to the point of falling apart and shattering mountains and rivers. This is the sinner, and history will surely give them a most suitable corner, where they will be spurned by the world.
To sum up, the classics need to be transcended, and the wind of energy under the capable, the mediocre, and the mediocre need to be transcended. Hopefuls shoulder the mission of inheriting and carrying forward, bravely pull up the banner of classic inheritance and renovation and innovation, and move towards the future of the song world.
May the music lovers take good care of our classics and water them all the time, so that the classics will become the undefeated delicacy in our hearts.