366: Playing with Flowers (2)
The lyrics of this song were written by the famous lyricist Zheng Guojiang. His songs are as classic as those of Huang Zhan, Gu Jiahui and others.
When writing, it was based on the story of one of his elementary school students. It is said that this student moved to Canada in his early years and married a girl he liked for a long time. It can be said that his dream came true. However, the two divorced because of some things, but the boy could not forget his ex-wife, so he opened a flower shop near her workplace, just to see her going to and from get off work every day.
Zheng Guojiang once said in an interview: "This story reminds me of Xi Murong's "A Flowering Tree" - how to make you meet me at my most beautiful moment. For this, I have prayed to the Buddha for five hundred years, asking the Buddha to let us have a relationship. The Buddha then turned me into a tree that grows on the road you must pass."
So Jiang Ge integrated his understanding into this story and used the simplest and most straightforward way to tell the emotions expressed in this song "I Just Like You".
And this MV was shot in just five hours.
The so-called high-quality song MV only needs to completely dissolve the song into the video, with a high degree of consistency, and then make the layers clear and the picture three-dimensional, that's enough.
"Love is a burden, loving each other is like suffering
My heart is now full of bitter tears
The old love is like intoxicating, I am afraid to chase it again
I just want to see you
Why do I think about the past every second
Why don't you remember it at all
The friendship is lost, the love is lost
Why do I just like you."
After listening to the two sections, Liu Ronghua suddenly felt that singing in Cantonese had a different taste. Could it be because he was from eastern Guangdong that he would not feel uncomfortable?
At this time, he thought of English songs. In fact, whether the lyrics can be understood or not does not affect the appreciation of a song. In the style of the song and the interpretation of the singer, we can hear the singer's singing skills, the rhythm of the song, and the emotions to be conveyed, and we will be infected by the song.
In fact, it is also related to the particularity of Cantonese. There are four tones in Mandarin, namely Yinping, Yangping, Shangsheng, and Qusheng, while Cantonese has nine tones, namely Yinping, Yinru, Yinshang, Yinqu, Zhongru, Yangping, Yangshang, Yangqu, and Yangru. The first six tones are Shusheng tones, and the last three tones are Jusheng tones, which are more lingering than Mandarin and closer to ancient Chinese.
The story comes to the end. The boy comes to the girl's city and opens a coffee shop that is exactly the same as the one when they first met in the place closest to her.
A person is immersed in the memories of the past, and all of his heart is you. He is so conflicted deep in his heart that he just wants to stand on the empty street and let the rain wake me up, so that he doesn't have to think about the past from now on.
Why don't you remember our love at all? The friendship is lost, the affection is lost, but why do I like you.
The MV ends and the singing stops.
Liu Ronghua takes off his headphones with a complicated look.
After so many years, Zhang Liming's voice has hardly changed. It is still the same as that time, delicate and graceful, affectionate and like a gentle gentleman, with the magic of falling in love at first listen.
This song is about the word "crazy", but Zhang Liming uses his moving voice to interpret this feeling of infatuation. The sad but not sad melody and the affectionate singing can resonate and move everyone who is crazy about love.
Liu Ronghua felt bad. Although he was reluctant to admit it, the fact is that his new song is obviously worse.
However, there is still a glimmer of hope, that is, whether the audience can accept singing in Cantonese.
Thinking of this, he quickly jumped to the comment area to check everyone's views on this song "Like You".
[Midsummer Grape]: I refused at first when I heard it was a dialect, but I couldn't resist the temptation of the combination of "Zhang Liming + Jiang Ge". As a result, the more I listened, the more I liked it.
[Yibin Nezha]: I obviously don't understand, but I have a lot of thoughts. It's a strange feeling.
【37℃ Moonlight】: When I listen to it with the lyrics, I feel sick. There is an emotion that cannot be expressed. It is a story about time.
【Heart Tired, People Still Sleeping】: The pronunciation is interesting, but the song is not so interesting. It brings back sad memories.
【Hand of Justice】: Whether it is Cantonese or English, a good song will not be buried because of the language it is sung in.
【Tolerance】: .
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Unexpectedly, everyone is so tolerant. Just because it is Zhang Liming and Jiang Ge?
But objectively speaking, this song "I Just Like You" is really good. It is well sung, well written, and well filmed.
Liu Ronghua smiled helplessly. Has the Chinese music scene in the new era been involved in "language"?
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An hour later, the headlines and hot searches of major news platforms were occupied by the new songs of the two Four Heavenly Kings.
But…
The first keyword is "Cantonese".
The second keyword is "I Just Like You".
The third keyword is "Zhang Liming".
The fourth keyword is "Jiang Ge".
Liu Ronghua and his new song were ranked fifth and sixth.
This was an unexpected result.
Who would have thought that the competition between Zhang Liming and Liu Ronghua's new song would make "Cantonese" steal the limelight.
At the same time, music critics rushed to work and professional music reviews were freshly released.
A music editor of NetEase Cloud Music wrote this: [Listen once to "Green mountains are like old friends, rivers are like fine wine, words are shallow, but meanings are deep", listen twice to "Love stops at the lips and teeth, drowns in the years", listen three times to "Don't think about the past, don't mix the present, don't fear the future". ]
What is a good song?
This may be a matter of opinion, and everyone has their own preferences.
But you must want to listen to it again after listening to it once, and you will never get tired of it after meeting it once.
A big V with 3 million followers on Weibo wrote this: ["I Just Like You" is a song with a story. Love will eventually return to trivialities, and passion will eventually lose to life. Even if all feelings can no longer be turned back, the only remaining pain and suffering is still to remember that I love you deeply. ]
What is a good song?
This question cannot be finalized. In different scenes, different ages, and different emotions, our favorite songs are different.
However, you may also find some songs that you have heard before but have no interest in. Suddenly one day when you hear them again, you will have a feeling of listening to old songs in a new way. When you can't remember the name, you quickly take out your mobile phone to search for what song it is, or you can't help but hum along quietly.
The next day, the ranking of the hit song list changed.
1. Zhang Liming's "I Just Like You", popularity 1521454.
2. Liu Ronghua's "Every Day We Spent Together", with a popularity of 1216654.
3. Qin Shiyue's "A Laugh in the Sea", with a popularity of 1021219.
4. Gu Yao's "Only Remember Today's Laugh", with a popularity of 878401.
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Although that man is no longer on the list, three of the top five songs are related to him.
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