Chapter 540 It's Strange!

After buying the CD and returning home in a hurry, Sima Duoduo didn't even have the patience to start listening to it from the beginning. After the CD started playing, she quickly switched and switched until she cut to that one.

Open the lyrics book, this time I figured it out, it's called "Indian Old Turtledove".

From the very beginning of the song, the arrangement of this song was full of evil - all kinds of weird sounds, even though it was the second time I heard it, Sima Duoduo was still confused.

Even stranger, however, are the lyrics—

"How can there be loaches in the desert,

After speaking, a seagull flew by,

The wind of the Grand Canyon whizzed by,

who said no.

There's a hot-headed rattlesnake,

Lying helplessly in the dry river,

Waiting for the rainy season to turn into a swamp.

The gray wolf gnawed on the bones of the sambar,

Vultures circled staring at the carrion,

Two hostile bison on the prairie,

Dueling at a distance.

In an abandoned termite mound,

Stands a starving old turtledove,

..."

Sima Duoduo listened, watched, listened, and watched again.

Continue to circle.

You say that it is unconstrained, of course it is possible, but...

Well, first of all, make sure that this is a rap song, that's right, it's a rap song.

That is to say, for Li Qian's first solo album, the more he played, the more he became more and more popular, even rapping!

This is one of the most recognized music genres in China!

Sima Duoduo has always believed that she is not the kind of closed and traditional musician. Even before joining the Wuxingwusu group, she has listened to a lot of foreign music of various genres, such as R&BR, rap, etc. I am no stranger. After starting my career as a singer, I have been more diligent in learning. I have been exposed to more and more foreign music and have a deeper understanding of it.

Even in recent years, with the increasing prosperity of the record market and the increasing frequency of domestic and foreign communication, there have been several hip-hop and rap singers in China, and Sima Duoduo has also listened to their albums , two of them had dinner together and met during activities, but even so, Sima Duoduo still insisted that what they did was not successful.

Or it can be said that in Sima Duoduo's subconscious mind, the type of music is a natural thing with its own cultural genes. For example, in China, there are folk songs, dramas and other music that are not found in any other country and cultural environment. However, in the United States, where the cultures of various ethnic groups meet, there will be blues, rap, R&B, and country. If you switch the positions of the two, you can go to the United States to sing folk songs and Beijing opera, or come to China to sing blues and R& ;B, it definitely won't work—don't you see, Li Qian made an international album for Liao Liao, mainly R&B and American country, instead of singing the style of Liao Liao when he was in China?

This is like the old cities in Europe with narrow streets, so small cars like the Beetle sell very well, but when this kind of car is sold in the United States, which has a vast area and open roads, few people admit it. Americans love big cars. A powerful pickup truck! Europeans don't like things like pickups!

Therefore, it is not feasible to bring the rap that belongs to the United States to China first!

Secondly, Li Qian's arrangement...is even more chaotic and radical than many popular American rap albums!

Again, his lyrics...

Well, if you put aside that this is a rap song, put aside the disapproval of cultural genes, and even if you put aside the fact that it is a song's lyrics, if you just read the manuscript, Sima Duoduo will not be happy. I have to admit that even if it is a poem, it really has enough personality!

Don't talk about the song, don't discuss the arrangement, just discuss the lyrics. This kind of hip-hop style is a style that the domestic cultural circle will reject from the bottom of its heart!

Nothing to do with good or bad, just out of place!

Speaking of which, after a few years of acquaintance, even if we don't talk about the kindness that Li Qian made the Five Elements and My Su, but simply talk about friendship, I am good friends with Xie Bing, Wang Jingxue, Sun Ruoxuan, and Li Qian.

Perhaps because of her independent personality, it was difficult for her to persuade herself to call Li Qian, a boy who was obviously a few years younger than herself, "Brother", but the feelings in her heart were much stronger than those of Xie Bing and the others. , but it is also exactly the same.

So, if it's just the previous few songs, it's fine. Now that she heard this song and listened to it several times, the more she listened to it, the more she felt out of place. She subconsciously wanted to take out her mobile phone and call Li Qian. The call passed, but she quickly thought, the album has already been released, so what's the use of calling?

However, she still couldn't help worrying about him.

After listening to the weird and pioneering rap "Old Indian Turtledove" six or seven times, she sighed helplessly, persuading herself to calm down and continue listening.

And the next song is called "William Castle".

Well, it's another rap song.

With the rhythm, Sima Duoduo subconsciously wanted to raise his hand to cover his forehead.

Now it's really big!

Although Li Qian's articulation skills are quite good, even rap, if you calm down and listen, especially after you read the lyrics, most of the words can be clearly distinguished, but rap It is rap, perhaps in the United States, it is a kind of music popular among young people, but in China, rap itself represents the pioneer and radical!

What's more, from what I've heard so far, Li Qian's two rap songs, from lyrics to music, can be regarded as a kind of heterogeneity even if they are put in the United States!

But... the situation is similar again. If you look at the song aside, the lyrics of this "William Castle" are full of personality——

The owner of the castle, William II, has a full beard,

Get used to snoring after sucking blood,

The butler is a French-speaking and well-behaved pig,

Before sucking blood, I will read the Gospel of John as compensation,

Princess Catherine with blue eyes,

Only eat male mice with AB blood type.

What I have to admit is that even if Li Qian's album and this song fail, this line of lyrics is enough to become a cult classic to some extent!

However, no matter how powerful the cult is, it is still the way of the cult!

Play it from the beginning carefully and listen to it carefully. Sima Duoduo has to admit that this rap is actually pretty good, except that it is a Chinese rap, which will make Sima Duoduo feel an indescribable sense of weirdness and strangeness. In addition to the feeling, as far as the song itself is concerned, it should still be above the standard.

Considering Li Qian's outstanding ability to control and create music in all genres, Sima Duoduo is not at all surprised that he can write such rap works.

It's just...too risky!

Look at the lyrics book, the next song is called "Childhood". But judging from the name, it seems that it should be a little normal?

When "William's Castle" was over, she did not choose to go back again, but waited with great anticipation for the next song to be a little "normal".

Sure enough, the next song was in the style of a ballad!

Sima Duoduo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

so far so good!

Presumably, as a gold medal producer in the domestic music scene in recent years, Li Qian, who is even known as the "leader", should have the best understanding of the current situation in the domestic music scene, and at the same time, he is also one of the few who has the most accurate grasp of the tastes of fans. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the best.

Therefore, although the first few songs are really too risky, after all, there is a song "The First Time" in front of it, which is a very heart-warming love song, and this song "Childhood" with a fresh style and interesting The most important thing is the folk songs of drought and flood, coupled with Li Qian's own appeal, maybe this album will not sell too badly?

Especially...Huh? After listening to it less than halfway through, Sima Duoduo keenly realized that this song "Childhood" is really great! From the fresh arrangement to the lyrics that can bring back many people's childhood memories, this song is simply a must-kill weapon for domestic fans!

Listening to this, Sima Duoduo couldn't help feeling: This is where Li Qian's strength lies! It is also the reason why he dared to take such a risk!

No matter what style it is, as long as he wants to do it, he can always do it well enough!

So, for an album of ten songs, even if you take a few songs out to take a risk, there is no problem at all-if it is someone else, who has this confidence? Who has the ability?

After listening to "Childhood", Sima Duoduo was determined.

At this time, I unconsciously recalled the two raps that made me worry about Li Qian. From an objective point of view, most of the raps performed by domestic singers are blunt, or copied. The American style is either very dry and pale, but Li Qian's two rap songs, among other things, in the context of Chinese, they don't feel at all inconsistent?

Well, after listening to the whole album later, I still have to go back and listen to those two songs carefully!

Because, its style of music and lyrics are really weird, but also very interesting!

Maybe... maybe Li Qian can really do domestic rap?

Thinking of this, Sima Duoduo subconsciously shook his head: How is that possible!

Still the same sentence, the cultural atmosphere is different, the context is different, rap, a niche music category, has no soil for survival in China at all!

Even Li Qian couldn't forcefully give fans things that everyone doesn't like, right?

…………

The next song, well, this time is extremely safe, "You at the same table", full of folk style, from lyrics to music, once again let Sima Duoduo feel Li Qian's abundant creative talent!

Great song, definitely a great song!

Moreover, it feels very friendly as soon as it is in the ear, and even Sima Duoduo feels that if his own feelings are correct, like "Childhood" and "You at the Same Table", it is almost natural to have a kind of timeless Feel! Similar to this kind of work, the style of the song is light and the lyrics are pure, but it is also very pleasant and full of taste. It is simply the kind of work that people have to praise as a classic after many years of aftertaste!

Hearing this song, Sima Duoduo's original worry was gone, at least most of it was gone, let alone exhausted!

Then, "Stars Lighting the Lights" is actually an inspirational work, and judging from the meaning of the lyrics, it also contains some small criticisms of the current society-with Sima Duoduo's current creative experience, and the same Judging from the accurate grasp of the market, as long as the melody is good enough and the lyrics have some deep meaning, the songs of this approach must be quite safe!

That's it!

With so many songs, this album is still reliable!

Just say, he is Li Qian!

With his creative talent and the precise grasp of the market he has shown in recent years, how could he miss it?

With so few songs, this album is considered an insurance policy!

Continue to listen, um, this "Kiss Goodbye" is also very good!

It's another good enough love song, but, unlike the "First Time" I just heard standing on the street, that song has a touch of warmth, while this song, It has a deeper taste and is more thought-provoking!

Good work!

Sings well enough too!

Listening, feeling, Sima Duoduo couldn't help thinking of what Sister Zhenzhen said on the phone just now, maybe, should I really ask him for a song?

Although I rejected his invitation at the beginning, I finally chose to come to Sony and fly solo, but the friendship from that year is still there, so he shouldn't even give me a song?

And with one of his songs as the main title, I don't have to work hard to create it. The main idea of ​​the new album, and even the future sales, are guaranteed to a certain extent... No matter how it is calculated, it is a thing full of benefits.

It’s just that in that way, it should more or less make my “heroic” when I chose to fly solo, seem a little discounted?

…………

Before I knew it, it was the last song.

It's called "Dark Fragrance".

When the prelude started, Sima Duoduo didn't pay much attention to it, but when the first singing sounded, she couldn't help being terrified—has Li Qian's singing skills reached this level?

As far as people in the music industry are concerned, Sima Duoduo is already one of the group who knew Li Qian relatively early. She still clearly remembers that when she was doing "Sister and Sister Stand Up", Li Qian, who was still in the third year of high school, wanted to say Singing skills, in fact, can only be regarded as average, and they are more able to use the voice, but they can't be said to be outstanding.

Later, when he made "The Boy Opposite Look Over", his singing skills were already quite impressive, but not top-notch. Until just now, when listening to the song "Kiss Goodbye", Sima Duoduo had already vaguely felt that In recent years, Li Qian's singing skills have improved, but now, as soon as the song "Dark Fragrance" came out, it was only the first sentence, but Sima Duoduo felt very clearly: He really has improved again!

This is a slow song, the lyrics are subtle and profound, and it has an endless aftertaste. Of course, this kind of song is a good song. It is impeccable from the words to the music, but it is easier for ordinary singers to sing it well. Kitsch, and this song is sung by Li Qian, it is deep and tactful, even the explosive C section has a lingering lingering sound!

…………

After listening to the whole album, Sima Duoduo was stunned.

I was speechless for a long time and didn't know what to say.

From radical rap and rap, to this kind of superb singing skills accumulated over time, from extremely cult lyrics, to pure classical composition plus extremely poetic lyrics...

This is Li Qian's first solo album!

She had no choice but to turn around and listen to it again from the beginning!

And just as she savored this album with changing styles over and over again, at this moment across the country, with the comprehensive listing of "The First Experience of Love" in the whole country, countless fans who got the new album at the first time , are also feasting their ears.

Of course, there are mixed reviews.

For those good works that are already within the aesthetic range of the vast majority of people, of course everyone will listen to them immediately, but for those works that Sima Duoduo considers "too risky", even the most Even the most die-hard fans have mixed feelings.

At this time, in the female dormitory of a higher vocational technical school in Chang'an Prefecture, Yang Jinye, who was called down from the rooftop, was listening to "The First Experience of Love" with a few good sisters in the same dormitory. After finishing a song, they chatted endlessly.

Some people love "Jiangnan" very much. After listening to the first song, they already want to go back and listen to it again. Some people especially like "The First Time" and are intoxicated by the soft and heart-warming singing voice. It was the next few songs, which Sima Duoduo considered to have "classic" qualities. In comparison, they were not so much loved by the girls in the first place.

Compared with this, among many male fans, "The First Experience of Love", a song that Sima Duoduo thought was "simple to the point of being childish", made those boys' eyes shine in the first place , Many people only listened to it once, and subconsciously ranked its pleasantness in their hearts, putting it above "Jiangnan"!

It’s just that the similarities are small. At the first listen, two works such as “Old Indian Turtledove” and “William’s Castle” are more or less weird. Some violations.

Only a very small group of fans, after hearing Li Qian's rap works, after hearing these two songs, they were immediately fascinated, and they were so excited that they couldn't control themselves!

What's more strange is that when Sima Duoduo listened to this album several times in a row, in the end, she actually started to play back and forth these two rap songs that she thought were "too risky" at first!

…………

Unknowingly, it was past one o'clock for lunch, but Sima Duoduo didn't feel hungry, he was already fascinated by listening.

Suddenly, the phone rang, startling her.

When the phone was picked up, it was Miss Zhenzhen again.

"Hey baby, did you buy the album? ... Oh, I'm listening, how do you feel?"

"I feel... I can't say it well. Although I think his two rap songs are quite interesting after hearing it now, I still think he is a bit risky! Fortunately, the selection of other songs is very safe. , plus he releases an album again...the sales should be no problem, right?"

"Well, a lot of people in the company have listened to it just now, and a few of us touched each other. Everyone is a little confused what Li Qian is doing! Listening to his other songs, his level is still as high as ever. Especially "Dark Fragrance", it is definitely impossible for ordinary people to write and sing so well! In addition, a few love songs and folk songs are very good, even the song "Jiangnan", everyone thinks it is good, but There are a few of them, the two rap songs you mentioned, and the title of his album, which is the title song, which makes people a little confused. You have more contact with him, what do you think? Does it mean that Li Qian judged that this style will be popular in China soon? Rap? Or "The First Experience of Love"?"

Sima Duoduo was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then couldn't help asking: "Uh, Sister Zhen, are you...researching his album?"

Zhen Zhen gave a "hmm", then sighed again, and said with a smile: "I have to study it! You are a singer, of course you are free, but you don't know how tired we producers are. In recent years, the trend of the music industry has been changing. It’s too stable, everyone is not very sure, and there is no Li Qian to guide the way, so of course we need to listen more, hold more meetings, and analyze more! In addition, the overall market situation is not very good, so it is even more important to Be careful!"

Speaking of this, she smiled "hehe" and said: "It's not just us, if I guessed correctly, hey, in fact, there is no need to guess, this is almost a certainty! Now, other large and small record companies , must be listening to Li Qian’s album, or discussing this album in a meeting!”

Speaking of this, she sighed with a smile and continued: "There is no way, Li Qian has a good grasp of the pulse. In the past few years, every album released by Minghu Culture is something that everyone must study, let alone this time. Is it Li Qian's first album?"

While Zhen Zhen was talking, Sima Duoduo felt that her mind was stuck for a while.

But thinking about it again, it's right... The name "Guru" is not for nothing. Since his debut, Li Qian has almost become a representative of success in the music industry. Now his first album is on the market. Come on, this probably represents Li Qian's judgment on the next development direction of the music world!

At this time, not only must research, but the more thorough the research, the better!

Then, get ready...follow the trend!

In the music world, you say that Li Xinru and Huang Yuqing are all famous singers of this level, and they are at the level of big names. Of course, they will be ridiculed if they go to other singers, and they will even be disdainful. Talking about them, even Sima Duoduo would feel disdainful, but if the person who followed suit and imitated was Li Qian, that would be a different matter!

Follow his style, no shame!

But after hesitating for a while, Sima Duoduo still said sincerely: "I have listened to this album several times, and the overall is of course very good. It is at the level of Li Qian as usual, but... it is the few songs you just mentioned. Song, my opinion is similar to yours, and I'm a little uncertain."

After a pause, she specially emphasized: "Actually, we are professionally engaged in this after all, and the scope of listening to songs is much wider than that of ordinary fans, so after I listened to it several times, I really started to slow down. I’m slowly falling in love with his two rap songs, but I think it’s not easy for ordinary fans to accept this style. After all, this is China, and we naturally don’t have the soil for rap!”

On the other end of the phone, Zhen Zhen gave a "hmm", seemed to think for a while, and then said: "Yes, this is probably our opinion, I called just now and wanted to ask Li Qian personally, but unfortunately it was not him The phone I answered, it is said that he was recording someone in the recording studio, so I called Lao He again, where is Lao He... Hehe, she is full of confidence in Li Qian, alas, so, you and Wang Jingxue Xie Bing, you all know each other so well, find time to make an appointment to have a meal together, ask around, see what they say, and try to get some of Li Qian's real thoughts from them, okay?"

Sima Duoduo hesitated for a moment, but still didn't have the nerve to directly refuse, and said, "Well, then I'll ask them to go shopping together some other day! But they're all working on new albums recently, so it's probably hard to say."

"Success!" Zhen Zhen replied, and then she couldn't help telling, "Also, don't take what I told you just now, don't take it seriously, let alone save face! Tell you, I'll just attack you In the previous friendship, you asked him for a song, it’s really not a big deal! Friendship, you have to have so many contacts to get deeper and deeper. If you don’t deal with people all the time, you will gradually lose your friendship! "

After Sima Duoduo agreed, she hung up the phone.

Putting down the phone, Sima Duoduo was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the CD player again, grabbed the CD case and lyrics book on the coffee table in front of him again, looked at it, and couldn't help muttering to himself, "This lyrics, really yes……"

Shaking her head with a wry smile, she picked up the remote control and pressed the play button.

"The fat witch who can't ride a broom,

Saying spells in Latin...la la woo...

Her black cat laughs like crying, la la la la woo,

Divination with a crystal ball.

She said the angle of the sun shining into the church at three o'clock in the afternoon,

Can you know if you were a werewolf or a bat in your previous life,

The owner of the castle, William II, has a beard all over his face,

Get used to snoring after sucking blood

..."

It’s so strange. After listening to it a few times, I gradually felt that the sense of disobedience in singing and singing in Chinese disappeared. I don’t know if this song combines the rhythm of Chinese with music like rap. The reason is that I have listened to a lot of European and American rap before, so I am more familiar with rap music?

Moreover, after listening to it, I somehow feel that this song is... quite nice?

This is really strange!

Chinese rap hey!

…………

There is almost no decent publicity, and "The First Experience of Love" is so unremarkable but highly anticipated.

On such a day, I don’t know how many people all over the country hold their own CD players and cassette players and listen to it fascinatedly. At the same time, music critics, musicians, and freelance writers one after another, After listening to the new album N times in a row, and answering a lot of calls to remind and ask for a draft, I either turned on the computer, or took out the manuscript paper, took a deep breath, and started to write!

It is foreseeable that in the next period of time, it may be difficult for the domestic music scene to calm down!

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A chapter of seven thousand characters, don't tear it down, just make up for your character!