Preface
"As soon as I hear it, this is shi!"
As a veteran of the Chinese music industry, he once talked about popular songs in a variety show, Zheng Jun, who has always dared to speak out, ripped off the "fig leaf" of the Chinese music scene, and bluntly said that he couldn't listen to nine out of ten songs on the list, but the people around him said that these works were very popular, but he felt that this was "shit" when he heard it.
If it is said that musicians like Zheng Jun pay more attention to the quality of music composition, but for ordinary people, simple melodies are actually easier to catchy, and there is no problem with such songs having a higher degree of singing, the key is that the composition is simple, how can the lyrics have to be a little high, right? But to everyone's disappointment, the lyrics now seem to be getting more and more "poisonous".
It can only be said that on the road of music and art, Chinese listeners have really walked up and down, there is no so-called willow and flower, only thorns with no end in sight. What kind of songs are popular and criticized, and how far does this deformed music road go?
The overlord is still the overlord, Yu Ji has become "Farewell Concubine"
With the launch of a song "Liver and Sausage Unbroken", let everyone really experience the literary skills of the lyricist, if it is said that when it comes to "Overlord", everyone can think of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, for the first time, then the word "Farewell My Concubine" is a bit incredible, originally "Farewell My Concubine" tells the emotional story of two people who live and die, but as a result, an event has become two names, no wonder netizens say that the cultural level of the lyricist definitely does not exceed the second grade of primary school.
If we follow this logic, can we say that "Jing Ke" picked up the sword, and "Piercing Qin" has gone far; "Yugong" picked up the sword, and "moved the mountain" has gone away; "Kezhou" picked up the sword, and "seeking the sword" has gone away...... If it is so simple to write the lyrics to a song, then there is no doubt that they are not aimed at a certain person, but everyone in this room can call themselves "lyricists".
There are also some lyrics that are even more nondescript, what "My name is Chang'an, you call your hometown, the world says that Chang'an returns to your hometown", netizens said that my name is "Suifeng", you call it "Into the Night", everyone says that you sneak into the night with the wind...... As for those lyrics such as "The world is for the public, I am the mother", "I said don't cry in the cold mountain, I'll take you out" and so on, it shattered the three views of netizens.
Of course, such a phenomenon is not uncommon, in addition to the distorted lyrics such as "Overlord" and "Farewell Concubine", some musicians will also create new words by themselves, such as Li Yuanjie, the author of "Leaving People Sorrow", once said in the program that the "two itches" in the lyrics are the words he created himself, and the meaning expressed is actually "can't wait", and netizens can't wait to say: After listening to your song, my "two strands" can't wait to itch.
After the lyrics are distorted and created, there are some songs that deliberately pile up complex and gorgeous rhetoric in order to cater to the tastes of listeners, especially the popular ancient music in recent years, resulting in the song is not bad at first hearing, but after carefully studying the lyrics, I found that the lyrics are completely filled in for the sake of rhyme, and the artistic conception and meaning are messy.
At the beginning, the musician "Seventh Uncle" became popular on the Internet with a song "Treading Mountains and Rivers", and as a result, some musicians accused him of the beautiful rhetoric of his lyrics, but in fact, the meaning expressed was all false, and the reason why it was so popular was that it relied on the rapid spread on the short video platform, and the whole work was not excellent at all.
And the threshold for creators is really low now, just find a few predecessors' tunes to "cut" a little, and then fill in an easy-to-understand lyrics by yourself, it is easy to complete a "new" song, because the selected tunes have been popular, so the explosion of this "new song" is natural, and the most obvious representatives are Li Yuanjie and "Seventh Uncle".
I know what's going on, forget it, the key is that these people still go to participate in music programs after they become popular, but at the show site, Li Yuanjie was questioned by the on-site judges because of his lack of music knowledge, and later he was "ridiculed" by netizens, and even named him "Tailor Li".
Looking at the current Internet songs, in fact, if you look carefully, you can see a lot of shadows of "predecessors", but there is a good saying, "Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second", although the songs are similar, but it is not certain that the other party is 100% plagiarized, so many musicians have turned a blind eye to the past, and they have no intention of delving into it.
As a result, it was everyone's tolerance that provided courage for many so-called "original creators", and then they simply didn't even change it, and used it directly, for which netizens ridiculed that they used to be "borrowed", but now they are directly changed to "grab", in this case, take a tune in the future, change a few notes casually, and fill in a new word, is it your own song?
Originally, these music were only transmitted among adults, which would affect everyone's aesthetics of music at most, but some "toxic" songs have even begun to infiltrate children, which can't help but cause another round of questions, are these vulgar and violent songs really suitable for singing among the public, and what kind of people will create such songs?
Why nursery rhymes have become inappropriate for children
"One, two, three, four, five, go up the mountain to fight the tiger, and the tiger is not at home, so go to find its mother. If it wants to fight, it will reward its mother with two big mouths......"; "Chirp Horn Horn, Sparrow School Teacher Teaches Students to Practice Singing Horn Horn ......" I don't know when it started, the style of nursery rhymes sung on campus suddenly began to change, and parents couldn't believe that their children were surrounded by such "poisonous nursery rhymes" every day on campus.
Listen carefully to the lyrics of these children's songs, what "big banana", "fart family", "poop smell" and so on, such lyrics are obviously a bit "rubbing", before the child's values and outlook on life are not mature, it is easy to form some wrong ideas in such an atmosphere.
In addition to these children's rhymes, as preschool teachers gradually get younger, they will also share their favorite music with children, but it is obvious that they forget the difference between adults and young children, colloquialisms for adults may be a concoction of relaxation in life, but for children, they are completely unable to understand the meaning of the lyrics, this kind of adult-like things are forcibly transmitted to children, obviously not have a positive impact on children's growth.
As for why this phenomenon occurs, it is obvious that it is to cater to the needs of the market, with the rise of short videos and live broadcasts, it has given many people the opportunity to become popular overnight, and some people deliberately create some gimmicks with obvious "rubbing edges" in order to attract people's attention, and they have not considered what kind of impact it will cause behind it.
The last glory of the Chinese music scene?
Many people say that the Chinese music scene ended in fast food culture, and the emergence of short videos and live broadcasts has helped many people realize their dream of stardom.
Some people say that listening to songs is just to have fun, so why take it so seriously? This means that everyone's pursuit of art is different, although many people listen to music just to find a moment of pleasure, but this does not affect the positive development of the industry, if everyone starts to lower their standards, then it is extremely detrimental to the development of the entire music industry.
In the past, fans participated in idols' concerts and could sing along for a whole time, and now the Internet songs seem to be very popular, but the lyrics that can really be remembered by the audience are only one or two simple sentences, the reason is that these lyrics really have no artistic conception and meaning, and the two sentences that can remember the climax are still because there are too many brushes on the Internet, and the result is naturally memorized.
I remember that many people sprayed Jay Chou in the past and sang and spit out words very lightly, but this did not affect fans to sing his songs in their entirety, even the gold medal lyricist Fang Wenshan said that he was very grateful to Jay Chou for his slurred speech, so everyone would pay special attention to the lyrics, who would have thought that one day the lyrics of pop songs would be written into the textbook.
And now Internet celebrities often create a hit in a short time for the sake of profit, although the quality is not high, but the tune is simple, the learning cost is low, the degree of singing is naturally guaranteed, the fame is there, the money is fast, and the next song with low quality is born again, which seems to have become an unsolvable dead loop.
epilogue
After all, some people like to taste the long-lasting fragrance precipitated by time and experience, and some people like to pursue the joy of the moment and a moment, no matter what choice is made, the ultimate goal is only one, that is, to make the Chinese music scene develop healthily, in fact, it is often the audience's choice that is more important than the choice that can determine the future, isn't it?
The information in this article comes from Guangming.com2024-03-21 "Doping with swear words and promoting violence...... Why do some nursery rhymes become inappropriate for children? 》； Mobile China Network2023-05-17"Lyrics are bloody and violent, and "poisonous music" arouses heated discussions"; North Evening Online2018-07-08 "Brilliance Yu and Li Yuanjie are too impulsive, netizens are too impulsive: young people are not impulsive, are they still called young people" and other official media news, but in order to improve the readability of the article, the details may be polished, please read sensibly, for reference only!