Author: Zongheng
[Press] A long-ago classic song "Scarborough Bazaar" was re-written by the Chinese people and written into a Chinese song of "Once Upon a Time Like a Song", which became a song that people liked more. Coincidentally, the "National Revolution Song" "Down with the local tycoons *****, divide the fields" was once widely circulated (on July 2, 1926, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education passed the "National Anthem Case" and decided to use the "National Revolution Song" as the substitute national anthem before the new national anthem was issued) so that the original lyrics had no market. The original song score is a children's song from the French "Two Tigers". For another example, "Farewell" "Changting Wai Ancient Road Side", originally a song by J.P. Oldway in the United States, was adapted and became a classic song in China. The ancient is used for the present, and the foreign is used for the Middle. Today's introduction is a song by Ma Jiantao, a musician and singer from Henan, "Fragrant Kiss Left to the Sweetheart" (hereinafter referred to as "Fragrant Kiss").
The reason why I recommend this minor tune "Fragrant Kiss" is because for a while, at night, I was always wandering in the square alone and heard this song through my mobile phone. It felt good, and then searched through the web and found the song. Although there are more words, the rhythm feels a little out of place, and it is always sung wrong. However, the adapted songs, coupled with the accompaniment of plucked music and erhu, added fresh air to the songs, created a new realm of love songs, and became a classic of love songs, singing to each other and widely circulating.
1. Singer Profile
Ma Jiantao, born on October 28, 1981 in Henan, Chinese mainland male singer and independent musician, whose representative works are "Killing Que Mo", "Impossible Possibility" and "My Love Exists Only for You". Ma Jiantao is a male vocalist of Tianlai Echo, good at playing piano, guitar, bass and other instruments, with a variety of musical styles, including pop, dance, rock, symphony, electronic and so on.
On November 23, 2006, he released his debut album "Impossible Possibility", in March 2008, he adapted the cover song "I Had a Cold in That Corner", in 2008, the second original album "Tao Still" was completed, and in 2015, he entered the song world with the new single "Listen to My Song in the Streets and Alleys", the song rhythm is clean and the guitar is dynamic, the flute is melodious, the sound quality mix of the new singing method HIFI, Ma Jiantao created a new style that combines the new Minnan style and the country blues. On March 26, 2021, the album "As Long as You Can Come Back" was released.
Ma Jiantao was born in 1981 in a small rural family in Henan, from a young age there is a little curiosity and preference for music, because the family life is not rich, and did not take out extra money to learn music for him, at the age of 16, he bought a guitar and began to learn on his own, at the age of 17 began to come to Hangzhou to be a bar singer, when he was penniless, he found a bar as a waiter, he loved music as soon as he heard the singer singing in the bar, he could not help but secretly appreciate it, from then on, He made up his mind to become a bar singer, so he began to ask those singers for advice, and took out part of the Weibo salary as tuition to learn guitar playing, after continuous efforts, finally got his wish, this is seven years, has been a bar singer and band guitarist, bassist harmony singer in Zhejiang, Hunan, Shanxi, Henan and other places, with the dedication to music, he broke out of his own musical path.
Second, the main idea of "Fragrant Kiss"
Through the method of flashbacks, the song tells the feeling of meeting the sweetheart for the first time, and then enters the drama too deeply, when the other party "brakes sharply", expressing the reluctance of feelings and helplessness of love.
3. Lyrics analysis
The lyrics of "Fragrant Kiss" were written by Ma Jiantao. Judging from the creation of his lyrics, he has a deep literary cultivation, and the lyrics are sincere and poetic. For example: "I never wanted to always touch your face", this is the feeling of missing in a dream, he wrote it. Another example is "don't dare to expect too much and miss too much, don't dare to kiss your face again", knowing that you love your sweetheart deeply, but forcing yourself to forget the feeling of such deep love, and then "sadness, romance, loneliness", expressing that their pain has reached the extreme.
Leave the kiss to my dearest one
In the excitement I give my soul to the palm of your hand
The flowers contain the flower buds that you hide in my heart
The long night puts you dreaming
Casually look up at the sky you're on the edge of the sky
Never thought it would always touch your face
Heartache romantic lonely cold who cried wet pillow side
Fragrant kisses are reserved for the sweetheart
Don't dare to expect too much and miss too much
Don't dare kiss your face again
Instead of wronging yourself and me
It is better to let love go to the sky
I don't know what force will keep you
God knows my heart goes with you
Love goes with the flow you get tired and wait
Just be gentle to the point of whiteheading
Only those who love to be abandoned, and only those who love to be rejected deeply, can experience such pain, such helplessness. From this, it can be seen that Ma Jiantao's profound observation and experience of life.
4. Artistic value
The borrowing of song scores has continued in the past and will continue in the future. The same is true of Kiss. When I was looking for information on the song "Asking for Love", I found that the score of "Fragrant Kiss" was the score of the song "Down the Current".
1． Lyrics: The refill of "Fragrant Kiss", the theme is clear, it is a love song. "Down the Current" begins with a few sentences, which seems to be a love song, but then it feels like the suffering of a migrant worker.
2． Music: "Fragrant Kiss" speeds up the rhythm of the first word of the first sentence (using 16 cents notes), enhances the sense of rhythm, and also makes the song more infectious. "Down the Current" uses 8-point notes, which feels a bit protracted.
3． Orchestration: The orchestration of "Fragrant Kiss" mainly highlights the pipa (suspected) and erhu, adding the flavor of Chinese folk songs, adding appeal and tension to the lyricism of the song, and adding rendering to the difficulty of love. The version of "Down the Current" Xu Xiaofeng and Xiayang Dolma mostly uses strings, and the Western flavor is stronger, and it feels that there is no "Fragrant Kiss" version with the taste of Chinese folk songs.
4． Singing: Ma Jiantao's "Fragrant Kiss" singing has emotional overtones, coupled with his own personal singing characteristics, making the song more infectious and creative.
In short, Ma Jiantao's "Fragrant Kiss" version, whether it is sung or adapted and filled in the lyrics, adds color to the original song score and becomes a classic in love songs.