Chapter 982: Wedding Vows?
"Okay, no more laughing. After the audience booed for a while, Xiao Yao waved his hand and changed his smile back to saying, "Everyone already knows the name of this song, so let's move on to the next one..."
"I don't know! Say it again!" shouted a crowd member in the front row.
Xiao Yao looked at the direction where the voice came from, shook his head with a smile, and said, "Do you want me to say that I will marry you tomorrow?"
"Ha~"
"Wow~"
Laughter and boos rang out together.
"How many times have we booed in a live music program?" Xiao Yao deliberately frowned, "How do I feel that the audience who comes to listen to my singing is a little bit in the direction of the audience who listens to cross talk?"
"Ha~" The audience laughed even happier.
"Why don't I stop singing and tell you a cross talk?" Xiao Yao continued.
"Good~" The audience cheered.
"Okay?" Xiao Yao smiled helplessly, "Can't you hear what I said? Don't you look at what kind of place this is? This is the recording site of "The Voice of Big Things", not my personal commercial performance, you can do whatever you want?"
"Our program team agreed that Xiao Yao would say a cross talk on this stage, this is a recorded program, and it can be edited in the later stage!"
"Oh~" The audience cheered.
"Director, are you playing with me?" Xiao Yao said as he turned his head to look in a certain direction behind the side.
"Here's one!" shouted from an audience member below.
"Stop!" Xiao Yao raised his hand and made a stop gesture, and said seriously, "I am a singer who talks cross talk, and if it sounds good, it is called cross-border, and if it is not good, it is not doing business." Although I often don't work properly and cross many boundaries, tonight is the recording of a music program, the performance of a music program, and it is really inappropriate to cross the border casually. ”
When the audience heard Xiao Yao say this, they couldn't help but nod secretly, and those shouts gradually disappeared.
Xiao Yao's expression suddenly changed, and he continued: "Besides, is it so easy to listen to me talk about cross talk? You all came for free tonight, and you want to listen to songs and cross talk, how can there be such a good thing?"
"There is also the program team," without waiting for the on-site boos to sound, Xiao Yao looked in the direction of the director behind the side and said, "Of course you don't mind if I talk about cross talk here, but you invited me to sing, and you didn't pay for me to talk about cross talk." You won't cut the clip of me talking cross talk into the feature film, but you can cut a video of me talking about cross talk and release it separately, then won't I lose a lot? I still expect to do cross talk performances and sell tickets to make money in the future!"
"Phew~" There was a huge boo at the scene.
This time, many staff members of the program team also participated in it and booed Xiao Yao.
Xiao Yao shook his head helplessly, walked to the back band area and took off the guitar he was carrying.
With Xiao Yao's movements, the boos at the scene also became quieter.
Although the light in the band area behind is not too bright, the audience can still see Xiao Yao's movements from his figure. However, Xiao Yao's action of carrying the guitar and putting the guitar in the back appeared more than once tonight, and the audience was not worried about Xiao Yao's picking, but Xiao Yao was not in everyone's sight in front of the stage, and everyone felt that it was not interesting.
By the time Xiao Yao returned to the microphone stand at the front of the stage, the boos at the scene had completely disappeared.
"Alright, let's continue!" Xiao Yao leaned on the microphone and said, "The next song is..."
"An old song!" said loudly from the audience.
"Because you're singing a new song in front?" Xiao Yao smiled helplessly, "You guys are so amazing~"
"Ha~" There was another burst of laughter at the scene.
"But!" Xiao Yao said again, "Am I so easy for you to guess? The previous song is a new song, and the next one is still a new song!"
"Oh~" The audience cheered and applauded.
"I sang a lot of Chinese songs just now, as an international superstar..." Xiao Yao said this, deliberately paused, and smiled proudly.
"Wow~" The audience laughed and shhhed.
"Next, I will bring you an English song. Xiao Yao continued, "The title of the song "I Swear" is a relatively gentle song, if you insist on saying the introduction, the song just now sang the word marriage, this song can be regarded as a wedding vow." Let's get the mood back to tonight!"
"Oh~" the audience cheered and applauded.
Xiao Yao adjusted his expression, brewed his emotions for a while, and after the scene quieted down, he sang directly:
“I Swear,By The Moon And The Stars In The Sky,And I Swear,Like The Shadow That's By Your Side~”
"Wow~ Is it a cappella?" an audience member sighed quietly.
There is no prelude to this song, and the accompaniment of the first two sentences is so small that it is almost inaudible, and you can't notice the accompaniment if you don't pay attention to it. The audience listened to Xiao Yao's two sentences, and it felt similar to listening to Xiao Yao's cappella.
A cappella singing is a very expressive way of singing, and at the same time, its expressiveness and appeal are also different from singing with the accompaniment of the soundtrack. As soon as Xiao Yao's two sentences similar to a cappella came out, he felt that he immediately grabbed the ears of the audience.
The song "I Swear" sung by Xiao Yao is a song by a male singing group All-4-One in the United States in his previous life. The biggest feature of this singing group composed of four black American men is the beautiful harmony of the four people, and in the beginning and chorus of this song, the beautiful harmony of the four people can be described as vividly exerted.
Xiao Yao performed this song alone tonight, and the chorus part arranged for a harmony singer to sing harmony with him on the spot, but in the final round and the chorus at the beginning, Xiao Yao changed it to a one-person interpretation. Judging from the reaction of the audience, at least Xiao Yao's cappella-like solo at the beginning is definitely not bad.
After the first two sentences, the accompaniment became louder, and Xiao Yao also began to sing the main song.
The rhythm of the song is soft and slow, Xiao Yao's expression is gentle and affectionate, and the audience listens to Xiao Yao's singing, and their hearts feel gentle and warm.
Since this is an English song, and Xiao Yao said before singing that this song can be regarded as a wedding vow, some viewers also paid attention to the lyrics. Then, some viewers discovered that the lyrics of the song really resembled wedding vows.
"I see the doubt in your eyes, I know what is going on in your head, you can be sure that I know my heart, because I will be with you for many years, you will only cry because you are happy, and even if I make mistakes, I will never make you sad.
I swear, in front of the moon and stars in the sky, I will be around you. I swear, like a shadow by your side, by your side. For better or for worse, until death separates us. I will love you, with every beat of my heart. I swear that I will give you everything I can and will use these hands to build dreams for you. We will hang good memories on the wall. When the two of us are alone, you don't have to ask me if I still care, because no matter how time passes, my love will never grow old.
I swear..."
This can be directly used as the lyrics of the wedding vows, so that the audience who can understand it on the spot is intoxicated. Even those who didn't translate all of them at once and understood the lyrics completely could see the connection between the lyrics and the wedding vows from the common wedding vow sentences such as "For Better Or Worse, TillDeathDoUsPart".
"When we get married, I want you to sing this song to me!" In the audience, the girl in several couples whispered to the boy.
At the end of this song, the audience may still be immersed in the atmosphere of Xiao Yao's song, and there was only a burst of applause at the scene, and there was no cheer.
"Thank you!" Xiao Yao bowed his head in thanks, raised his head and continued, "The next song is still a new song!"
"Wow~" There were some exclamations below.
The audience at the scene knew that Xiao Yao was talented in music creation, and he often came up with new songs during public performances, but the number of new songs Xiao Yao has come out so far tonight has surprised them. Although Xiao Yao didn't say how many songs he would perform tonight, according to Xiao Yao's trend, there will be more new songs tonight than old songs. Could it be that Xiao Yao has released an album of love songs, and he wants to turn tonight's show into his new album launch?
"Yes, it's still a new song. Xiao Yao smiled, "If everyone listens to the song just now as a wedding vow, I want to say that the English song is a Western-style wedding vow, and the next song is a Chinese song, and everyone can barely regard it as a Chinese-style wedding vow." ”
"Chinese-style wedding vows? Do we have a bride and groom saying vows in our traditional Chinese weddings? Isn't it just a church?
"Our traditional Chinese wedding does not have a couple's vow," Xiao Yao seemed to know the audience's doubts, and explained with a smile, "When we hold a wedding now, the newlyweds say their vows, which are in accordance with the rituals of Western weddings." So this song, in fact, is a translation of English!"
"Ah, is it the same song?" said one viewer in surprise.
"Woo~" Although the audience knew that Xiao Yao's so-called new song was definitely not a Chinese version of the previous English song, many viewers still booed Xiao Yao.
"Well, no kidding. Xiao Yao smiled, "The next song is called "The Rest of My Life". The original soundtrack is a bit melancholy folk that doesn't really fit the theme and atmosphere of tonight. However, the lyrics are very good, and I have made some changes to the soundtrack in order to put it in this chorus tonight for everyone to hear. So..."
Speaking of this, Xiao Yao paused, then waved his hand and said, "Hey, why am I telling you this, anyway, you haven't heard what the original version is like." You should think that this one I'm going to sing tonight is the original!"
"Ha, that's casual!" said an audience member laughing.
The laughter at the scene disappeared, Xiao Yao turned his head and signaled in the direction of the band, and when he turned around, the sound of the prelude immediately sounded.
The song sung by Xiao Yao is "The Rest of My Life" by Ma Liang in his previous life. Xiao Yao liked the lyrics of the song very much, but felt that the overall atmosphere of the song was rather sad and not suitable for tonight's theme, so he made some changes to the arrangement and soundtrack. In the original soundtrack of Ma Liang's songs in the previous life, several musical instruments such as acoustic guitar, harmonica and tambourine were the mainstay, and Xiao Yao's adapted version added electric guitar, synthesizer and some electronic drum beats, making the whole song sound gentle and affectionate at the same time less sad and a little lighter.
This change in arrangement and soundtrack begins with the intro of the song. The intro of the song includes electronic drum beats and synthesizer sounds, so that the song doesn't seem too sad at the beginning.
"Find the sun in a windless place, make a warm sun in your cold place, there are many people, you are always too naïve, for the rest of your life, I only need you!"
At the end of the prelude, Xiao Yao began to sing the first main song. With the change of the soundtrack, Xiao Yao's singing is also different from Ma Liang in his previous life, there is no sadness in the song, but a kind of pampering tenderness.
"For the rest of your life, the wind and snow are you, the blandness is you, and the poverty is you~ Ronghua is you, the tenderness in your heart is you, and the sight is also you!"
The main chorus of this song is not long, and after a short main song, the song moves on to the chorus. And as soon as this chorus came out, the audience also knew what the lyrics in the song Xiao Yao said they liked were. Because of the chorus of this lyric, they also liked it very much.
After the chorus, the song has an interlude. Many times, the interlude part of Xiao Yao's singing is when Xiao Yao performs a certain instrument, but when he sings this song, including the previous song, Xiao Yao does not have any musical instruments on his body, so this interlude part, Xiao Yao is also rare that he does not have any movements, just listens to the interlude of the song with his eyes slightly closed.
"I want to take you to see the clear skies, and I want to tell you out loud that I'm fascinated by you. The past is rushing, and you will always be moved. For the rest of my life, I only want you. ”
After the interlude, the song comes to the second main stanza. The second main song is still not long, only two sentences, but Xiao Yao's voice is thicker and more affectionate than when he sang the first main song.
"For the rest of your life, the winter snow is you, the spring blossom is you, and the rain is also you~ Autumn yellow is you, the four seasons are cold and warm is you, and the eyes are also you!"
The second main song is followed by the second chorus. It's still the rest of your life, and everything is you. From the blandness of wind and snow, poverty and glory to spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the four seasons of cold and warm, every sentence of "it's you" still makes the audience like and move.
After another interlude, the song comes to the end.
"For the rest of your life, the wind and snow are you, the blandness is you, and the poverty is you~ Ronghua is you, the tenderness in your heart is you, and the sight is also you!"
The last stanza of the song is a repetition of the first chorus, but in this stanza, there is an extra woman's voice. This female voice is slightly lighter than Xiao Yao's singing, some like a harmony singer singing to a performing singer, but this voice is not from the harmony singer invited by Xiao Yao tonight, but from Sun Tingting.
In her previous life, there was also a chorus version of this song by Ma Liang and Sun Qianru, Xiao Yao originally wanted Sun Tingting to sing this song with her, but Sun Tingting refused on the grounds that she, the guest, already had two choruses at the beginning and two soloists in the middle, and she didn't want to show up too much. Xiao Yao was not reluctant, so he retreated and asked Sun Tingting to sing harmony for him in the last section of this song. Maybe she wanted to say those few "oaths" with Xiao Yao, but Sun Tingting did not refuse Xiao Yao's request again.
This part of Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting singing together is very much like the two newlyweds talking about the same wedding vows, and the program team will definitely not let go of such picture material. When Sun Tingting was singing, there was a camera on the scene to shoot Sun Tingting in close-up.
Because of Sun Tingting's request, the on-site director did not cut the picture of Sun Tingting opening her mouth and singing with Xiao Yao to the big screen at the scene. Because Sun Tingting was still standing behind the live band in the darker area, and it was a chorus, which was combined with Xiao Yao's voice, most of the audience did not find that this voice came from Sun Tingting.
Since the program team has filmed, Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting naturally can't let the program team release it, at most, they can only ask not to let it out on the spot, so this picture will appear in the edited feature film, which can be regarded as a small surprise left by the program team to the audience who will watch the program in the future.