In the world of music, the unique Wang Leehom will always give you a unique world of music, a unique Wang Leehom at all times, and a unique you.
The pride of Asian musicians leads the global "Chinked-Out". Chapter two: The infinite possibility of creating music from tradition. Wang Leehom's Heroes on Earth 2005 continues to be the finale, and the Chinese music scene will make its debut forever!
"People with status will go to the opera, and those who don't go to the opera are not people"-Farewell my concubine.
Wang Leehom, 1993, age 16, first came into contact with Chinese opera as an accidental film Farewell My Concubine. His beautiful figure and strange singing ... China's sad love story deeply shocked him and planted a seed in his young mind. Perhaps 16-year-old Leehom was deeply moved by Unknown So at that moment, but that moment moved 12 years ago, which has already opened the first window for this album.
There is always more than one story, one song, and there is no time to finish it. The second chapter of chinked-out, from a high-quality idol to the whole of Asia, has formed a unique "Wang Leehom phenomenon", a passionate young dream and a sense of musical mission. Even in a busy schedule where you can't have a short rest, unexpected variations are always remembered inadvertently; If Wang Leehom has any magical power now, he can lead the music world by himself. For him, it is an expression and a singing method to carry forward the popular spirit of inheriting oriental music and stick to it forever, that is, to like music and want to sing, and to continuously realize the infinite possibility of this road.
"The spirit of splashing ink is refreshing, I meet a beautiful woman in the flower field, and my dreams are fragrant, but I don't know spring with my eyes full of fragrance" —— Hua Tian Cuo, a Peking Opera drama "At that time, I was … drunk, and the amber moon was covered with frost and tears, so I will remember these years …" —— Hua Tian Cuo by Wang Leehom.
Wang Leehom, who has been educated in the West for a long time, was deeply moved by the beauty of China's poems, with gorgeous and vivid China characters, romantic and beautiful love stories, tortuous and euphemistic vocals and elegant figure full of stories. Hua Tian Cuo is a Beijing opera romantic comedy. Leehom quoted this beautiful name and adapted it into a sad love song "Hua Tian Cuo". Start this album. Wang Leehom, who is very modern and beautiful, first appeared China's classical words in the lyrics of the album. Poem-like words were sung in Leehom's mouth, and a hip-hop and unexpected surprise presented Wang Leehom's unique and advanced classical style.
In the song "Hua Tian Cuo", Wang Leehom found that Peking Opera coincides with western pop music, and the music style from the west is R&; B's free transliteration, its free singing method is just similar to the R&, which elongates a word in Peking Opera, and the beauty of Huatiancuo is Wang Leehom's ingenious fusion of R&; B and Beijing opera singing, so that listeners have classical hearts and new ideas in their ears.
The world of love is neither modern nor ancient, nor eastern nor western. Just like the music world that Leehom gave you, as long as it is beautiful, moving and pleasant, we can understand it across time and space and beyond national boundaries.
Therefore, when pop music meets the Peking Opera of "Oriental Opera", it continues the pioneering "Chinked-Out" borderless music style in the sound of gongs and drums, and Leehom brings the conflict between traditional classical and modern pop to the stage with inclusive BLACKPINK. When the form of music changes with the times, the love and hate, life and death, and sadness of human primitive emotions are all under the traction of melody.
In 2005, Wang Leehom continued to perform at the finale, expressing regret from the bottom of his heart and praising the immortality of music through the tempering of time!
Wang Leehom showed the charm of China hip-hop as a "human hero" and caused an incredible sensation in Las Vegas!
"Descendants of the Dragon" Wang Leehom's resounding reputation and great influence in the American-Canadian Chinese circle, the first solo concert in Las Vegas, the grand performance at Caesars Palace costing 300 million dollars, and "Hello Lasvegas! In Wang Leehom. At the command, the fans' unrestrained enthusiasm was immediately ignited, and it was not unusual for the audience to be in harmony. They were too tall to sit down, standing and listening to the concert, and even rushed to the front of the dance to wave the flag and shout for Leehom. Really let people see the charm of Wang Leehom. During the 90-minute concert, Leehom sang from 9: 00 to 10: 30 that night. In addition to many celebrities, he also sang Christmas songs on the spot, which filled the scene with a strong Christmas atmosphere. The scene was silent. Leehom is really the true light of China people, and deserves to be called "the hero of the world" in Chinese music!
Megatron, American and Canadian "Las Vegas Concert in Wang Leehom" was held at Caesars Palace on 25th, where internationally renowned singers such as celine dion and Steve Wanda sang. The audio-visual equipment in the indoor venue is as luxurious as an opera house. Caesar Palace was originally the stage for celebrities to debut, and it coincided with the lively and warm Christmas show, which is of special significance to Leehom. Leehom said that he was particularly honored to stand on the stage where two singers he admired once sang, and he was very excited about this performance, hoping to bring the best performance to China fans. Leehom said that the performance in Las Vegas was as exciting as his first solo concert in the United States! With his amazing stage charm and singing skills, Leehom attracted many Chinese from the United States and Canada to join him. 5000 seats were packed and all the tickets were sold out. Many people still can't buy tickets, waiting outside to buy scalper tickets. The charm of Leehom can be said to be far-reaching!
On Christmas Eve, Leehom and his family were reunited in Las Vegas, which was particularly warm and exciting! As this concert in Las Vegas coincides with Christmas Eve, Leehom has deep feelings with his family. This time, except for his parents and younger brother who flew from new york to Las Vegas to reunite with him, including his grandmother who lives in California, his cousins and even college students drove to Las Vegas for more than four hours to spend Christmas with him and enjoyed his first performance in the United States, which made Leehom feel particularly warm in Christmas 2005! Leehom said that he was very excited to see so many relatives visiting him and spending Christmas together!
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Chopin in November
On the whole, it's still an excellent record, but unfortunately, I don't feel that Jay Chou has really broken through himself. The album consists of *** 12 works. If we ignore the single "Gone with the Wind" and The Journey to the West, which have been published as the soundtrack of the initials D, there is only one fast song "Blue Storm", which makes us vaguely find the surprise brought by nunchakus and cowards. In terms of slow songs, Hair as Snow is of good standard. No matter how you write or compose music, it reminds people of "direct answer". Unfortunately, this is just a reminder. Although this song is easy to sing, it does not surpass the previous similar songs, nor does it bring us fresher surprises like Nan Quan Mama's Mudanjiang. The satirical paparazzi's "Embattled" well expresses Jay Chou's dissatisfaction with the troubles in real life. Unfortunately, the whole album only has this kind of work from life.
Jay Chou is getting more and more confident, but Mr Chopin doesn't seem to keep up.
Nocturne
Score: 4
Similar tracks: Qilixiang
Nocturne is the earliest track of the whole album, and its title comes from Chopin's works. As the first title song, this song is said to be the masterpiece of the whole album. However, friends who are familiar with Jay Chou should know that it has always been Jay Chou's way to stew all styles in one pot. In fact, it is difficult for you to use a concept to direct Jay Chou's records.
Specific to this song, its classicality only uses classical guitar in arrangement. Melody is a chorus of weekly rap and pop melody. The concept of arrangement is actually pop music, both good and bad, but the concept of retro is not strong as a whole.
As the first broadcast, the melody of this song is not bad, but because of a long period of weekly rap, it is unlikely to become a KTV gold track like Qilixiang.
Spotswood
Score: 5
Similar trajectory: nunchakus,
Dragon fist, double knives, etc.
In fact, everyone has heard of this popular new metal style work. Recently, part of this music has been used in an advertisement of a beverage brand that is often shown on TV.
The opening is a short chorus similar to the European singer's class, followed by telephone dialing samples, drums and twisted guitar sounds ... marching on the basis of the new metal promoted by the standard three-piece +Scratch (which is often used by DJ of Hip-Hop), it is as exciting as "nunchaku", and the lyrics are not as interesting as "nunchaku", but the production is more elaborate than that. There is no doubt that this single will become a must-have for Jay Chou's new concert, if everyone forgets nunchakus earlier.
Although there are many singers who imitate Jay Chou now, many of them are very similar, but it seems that no one has learned his essence. Listening to the telephone dial-up sampling in "Blue Storm", you can learn his melody trend and Vincent Fang's lyrics, but you can't learn his finishing touch in details, because you don't hear as much as him, and you are not as advanced as him.
Hair like snow.
Score: 5 points
Similar track: "Direct Answer"
It is the best melody in the album, similar to the Chinese style of Answer Straight. B works. If any song of Chopin 165438+ 10 can become a radio hit in a short time and be sung in KTV, I think it should be this one, although it doesn't sound as touching as "Straight Answer".
Chinese r & amp；; B didn't start here with Jay Chou, but it was undoubtedly carried forward by him. It is said that Jay Chou didn't intend to put a Chinese-style song on this record, but vincent fang thought it should be put, and wrote the lyrics to Jay Chou in advance (vincent fang used to write lyrics). Then Jay Chou composed the best melody in this album in two hours, which shows that inspiration always comes suddenly. If this kind of two hours can come four or five times a year, this record will be much more satisfactory. Hair as Snow is very similar to Nan Quan Mama's Mudanjiang in structure, especially the beautiful ballad aria at the end. The tune is similar to Mudanjiang's. It is said that Jay Chou improvised Mudanjiang music while singing in the recording studio.
lay exposed/open to attacks on all sides
Score: 4
Similar tracks: "Grandma"
"The dog that bites the apple tells stories with a long lens, just to change a few more bones ..."
One of the funniest lyrics in the album is dedicated to satirizing paparazzi. The creative thinking is reminiscent of Grandma in the last album: they are all the same things around us, telling stories with music and expressing the little troubles encountered in work and life. The lyrics are very interesting: "If it is your nature to hurt me, then pity is my motto. If you need me to light your way home, I will send you a flashlight ... Come on, the dog wagging its ass, though not my opponent, can still be my dog ... "
There is nothing special in music, but the lyrics of life add a lot of color to the work. If Jay Chou can't write a good melody for the time being, he might as well work on the lyrics.
maltose
Score: 4
Similar trajectory: simple love
A fresh and cheerful love song of a young man, just like Jane Eyre in those days, is sweet and sunny. Although the lyrics and songs are nothing new, composing music with keyboard is still very interesting. Singing Jay Chou's two funny rough voices can also make people smile. A very comfortable song.
Inverted scale
Score: 4-
Similar track: "In the Name of Father"
A rap song of Zhou, with the same gray tone as in In My Father's Name, is not a good song compared with In My Father's Name. Musically, it is not as fancy as "In the Name of the Father", and the theme of the lyrics is a bit empty and not implemented. However, Jay Chou's rap style in this work is slightly different from the past, which is worth mentioning.
We don't know where Jay Chou heard the mainland hip-hop work, but this work has several ways of rap collapse, which is obviously imitating the underground rap in the northern part of the mainland (mainly in Beijing and Northeast China). Associated with the pronunciation of "er" in my website, Jay Chou is obviously looking for a new way out for his weekly rap.
Coral Sea
Score: 3+
Similar track: "Roof"
Since the duet with Wen Lan on the roof, Jay Chou has never recorded a duet between men and women in official publications. This time, apparently to promote Lara, a new member of Nan Quan Mama, Jay Chou sang a duet on the record. The song itself is very ordinary, and the melody is not as good as "Roof", but Lara's singing skills are amazing. By the way, if you like Jay Chou-style pop music, please start with Nan Quan Mama's new album No.2 Meal.
Chopin in Jay Chou 1 1 this year is certainly better than other pop music records in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but if we consider our expectations of Jay Chou, the standard is not satisfactory. In the same style, June Chopin 1 1 is not even as good as Nan Quan Mama's second album No.2, no matter the quality of the main single or the overall level of the record.
Generally speaking, this is a record that continues the standard style of Jay Chou, but it has not become an "elegant and retro" record to pay tribute to the piano poet Chopin, as stated in the pre-album publicity. Piano, elegance and retro are not particularly reflected in the album. On the contrary, there is less life in the album, and Jay Chou's busy work has separated him from the living environment of an ordinary young man. We didn't find real troubles, real happiness and real love in the album. The boy who loves to play basketball and nunchakus, plans to take his girlfriend to watch baseball, and drives his grandmother for a ride in a retro sports car, is slowly retreating; The musical urchin who dares to try any style and doesn't even care to sing the lyrics of other songs in the chorus of official publications is slowly disappearing. It's irreparable.
Instead, it was speculation about fans' aesthetic taste, and the whole album became a propositional composition: four or five unremarkable pop love songs that took care of fans' emotions (in fact, Jay Chou had written well before, but the problem was that he seemed a little tired of writing such songs for so many years), two songs about racing that the movie wanted, and two songs that cooperated with advertisers (a beverage manufacturer and a mobile phone manufacturer). Let's have another chorus song to promote new people ... When a talented singer's record is stuffed with too many commercial factors, even if he doesn't complain about his professionalism of "when I get to the top of the mountain, no one can hurt me", his creation will inevitably be affected. The simplest example is, can you still hear so much "fun" music in his new record? Even if he has courage, does he still have time to hang out with musicians all day?
Of course, we don't know the actual situation of Jay Chou's creation, which is just a musical speculation.
The final evaluation is: Chopin in 1 1 is lower in quality than the first two songs, Ye Huimei and Qilixiang, lower in appearance of Fan Texi, and lower in imagination of octave space, which has always had a bad reputation. Of course, the production level is much better than the debut record "Jay", but the lack of freshness and naturalness revealed in "Jay" is very fatal. Chopin of 1 1 is not the worst record in the history of Jay Chou, but it is definitely the one with the least surprises.
Too busy work still affected Jay Chou's creation. As a fan of Jay Chou, I'd rather watch his Asian tour a few times less, and I'd rather never have an "e" or "f" from now on. We look forward to Jay Chou's next excellent record. To some extent, Jay Chou is a rare genius in Chinese pop music. Genius's body needs protection, and so does its mind. God bless, the next one will not be Schubert in 65438+ February.