Chapter 836: Grandma said
"Thank you, thank you Xiao Yao for your performance!" In the applause and cheers of the audience, another hostess named Liu Xinxin walked onto the stage.
Xiao Yao took off the red leather jacket he had put on before singing, handed it to a backup dancer to take him away from the stage, and walked to the host at the front of the stage again with the microphone in his hand.
The Spring Festival Gala program released by Yanjing Satellite TV in advance listed that Xiao Yao would have two solo songs, and this matter was hotly discussed on the Internet, so most of the audience at the scene were not surprised that Xiao Yao did not leave the stage after singing. Xiao Yao walked to the host's side, and it seemed that he was going to introduce the next song by interacting with the host, and the audience at the scene quickly quieted down.
"It's obviously a sentence of comfort to the children who are shocked or bumped into by adults, but you have sung it as a love story between lovers, it's amazing!" Liu Xinxin looked at Xiao Yao beside him, smiled and gave a thumbs up.
"Actually, with the change of the times, this sentence has also been given a new meaning at this time, that is, when a girl is wronged, the boy touches the girl's head to express the meaning of comfort and love!" Xiao Yao smiled, "I just put it in the song." ”
"Do you mean that boys now treat girls as children?" asked Liu Xinxin with a smile.
"I think, it's not just girls. Xiao Yao smiled, "If a girl can live like a child after getting married, that is, after becoming a woman, it means that she is very, very happy!
"Wow~" As soon as Xiao Yao said this, some of the audience below shouted again.
"Oops!" Liu Xinxin hugged his arms, "It's so sweet!"
"However," Liu Xinxin looked at Xiao Yao again, "Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, it's the Spring Festival, it's not Valentine's Day, you are so sweet, is it appropriate? You must know that today's audience is not all young people, and there are still many older generation viewers on the scene and in front of the TV!"
"I'm sorry!" Xiao Yao smiled and bowed, got up and said, "Then I'll play the three strings for those older generation of audiences, and congratulate everyone on the New Year, so I should make amends to everyone!"
"Oh~" Some of the audience's exclamations rang out below.
"You can still play the three strings?" Liu Xinxin said in surprise, "Then are you going to give us a quyi show?"
"I do know how to play the three strings, but when it comes to music, I'm basically still a pop musician. Xiao Yao smiled, "Next, I will sing to everyone, but there will be some national instruments such as three strings in the soundtrack accompaniment, which is not a quyi program." ”
"I know that there is a song called "Married"!" Liu Xinxin smiled, "I remember that when that song came out, it was your father's friend XY who wrote it for your father's marriage, and later we learned that XY was you, so that song is also your work! You don't want to sing that song, are you? Is there any good news to announce?"
"Ah~" Hearing the host's words, some of the audience below laughed and shouted.
"No, no!" Xiao Yao waved his hand again and again, "The next thing to sing to you is a new song, the song is called "Grandma Said"!"
"Grandma said?" Liu Xinxin asked, "Grandpa's grandma?"
"Well, it's grandpa's grandma. Xiao Yao smiled and nodded, and his empty other hand hugged the hand holding the microphone, and bowed to the audience in a fist posture, "On the occasion of the Spring Festival, I use the previous song to bless all lovers in the world to become married, and then use this song to wish all the old people on the scene and in front of the TV a long and healthy life, to be able to tease their grandchildren, to have the spirit to tell stories to their grandchildren, and to have the strength to teach those disobedient little guys!"
"Good!" many viewers laughed and applauded.
"Okay, then we will ask Xiao Yao to bring another new song, "Grandma Says"!" Liu Xinxin stretched out his palm and pointed to the stage behind him.
Following the host's gestures, the audience refocused their attention on the center of the stage.
When Xiao Yao communicated with the host, the stage behind him was ready to perform.
There are also a lot of people on the stage this time, and the formation is also not small. This time, however, there were no dancers on stage, except for the two backup singers who stood behind the standing microphones, and the rest were musicians holding instruments in their hands or sitting behind them. Among these musical instruments on the stage, there are many traditional Chinese musical instruments, in addition to a girl holding a flute carrying a three-string that should be prepared for Xiao Yao, traditional instruments such as drums are also placed on the stage.
Seeing such a formation, the audience gave another round of applause.
Amid the applause of the audience, Xiao Yao walked back to the middle of the stage and placed the microphone in his hand on the microphone stand in front of an empty chair in front of the musicians. After putting the microphone away, Xiao Yao didn't rush to get the three strings, but first took a red robe from the staff and put it on.
"Ha~"
"Oh~"
Seeing Xiao Yao wearing a traditional long robe, some of the audience below laughed and applauded.
Xiao Yao quickly buttoned the gown, then took the three strings in the hands of a musician, and sat on the chair behind the microphone stand.
"It's quite stylish!" some of the audience members nodded secretly.
When accompanying Sun Tingting, Xiao Yao's upper body was a dark red sweater. Seeing Xiao Yao wearing a long shirt on stage, many audience members understood why Xiao Yao had to take off the red leather jacket he had just put on after singing "Hu Lu Hu Scoop" just now.
Singing punk wearing leather clothes, playing the three strings and wearing a long shirt, Xiao Yao won the favor of many audiences just for this kind of behavior of acting and wearing.
Seeing Xiao Yao sitting in a precarious position, the audience quickly quieted down.
Xiao Yao waved his hand and plucked the strings, and the sound of the three strings sounded. At the beginning of the prelude to this song, there is only the sound of a musical instrument, and a close-up of Xiao Yao playing the three strings is cut on the big screen at the scene. Seeing Xiao Yao nodding slightly and playing the three strings, there was some applause at the scene.
The three-string solo lasted for seven or eight seconds before the sound of the flute joined in, and the melody of the whole prelude was enriched. After another seven or eight seconds, the sound of the big drum sounded, and the prelude ended, and Xiao Yao also came to the microphone and sang.
"It's already dark, kid, don't run outside. There is an old demon outside, with sharp horns on its head. It has a bad temper and will snatch your firecrackers, so when you see it, you throw away your schoolbag and run home~"
In the first part of the main song, as soon as Xiao Yao's voice came out, the audience obviously felt that it was not the same as the previous two songs, and there was a smell of hutong in the voice, which seemed to be a special match with these national instruments.
What makes the audience feel even more pleased is that Xiao Yao's lyrics in the first paragraph are exactly what the old ladies used to say when they scared their ignorant little grandchildren, and the word "grabbing firecrackers" is very suitable for the time and atmosphere of the Chinese New Year. Coupled with the light three-stringed sound, high-pitched flute sound, and strong and powerful drums, it seems to hit the hearts of the audience reminiscing about their childhood, which makes people listen to it with a special sense of intimacy.
After this section, there is a short interlude, in which there are still the sounds of several national instruments, such as the three strings, the flute and the drum.
"It's already dark, kid, go to bed quickly. If you don't sleep again, there will be a thousand-year-old demon in your dreams. It has a bad temper, it will gnaw and bite, and your toes will be bitten off by it~"
The melody of the second paragraph is similar to the first paragraph, and the lyrics are different from the first paragraph, but the meaning is almost the same, and it is the same words of the old ladies to scare the little grandchildren, which gives the audience the same feeling of being very cordial, and the audience is just as interested in listening to it.
After the same short interlude, Xiao Yao did not open his mouth to sing, but a child's loud shouting voice suddenly sounded at the scene:
"The little fart child who sucks the snot, the little red face with cracked skin, the big sweet and sour hanging skewers, the cold yogurt jar!
"Wow~" The big screen at the scene quickly cut to the picture of the two backing singers. Only then did the audience find out that the rap of this children's voice was actually sung by two older girls who looked to be in their twenties, and some people couldn't help but exclaim.
"Ha~" In addition to exclaiming, many viewers also laughed out loud.
Originally, this very picturesque children's rap was very interesting, and it was found that this children's voice was actually sung by two adult girls in their twenties, and the audience felt surprised, but also felt that Xiao Yao's song was more interesting and fun.
After the children's rap of the two backing singers, it is still an interlude.
So far, the song has had a dozen seconds of interlude between each stanza. However, since the soundtrack of this song is played by traditional instruments such as shamisen, flute, and drum, and the music played by these instruments, the audience does not feel bored or impatient at the moment, but happily responds to the melody played by this traditional instrument.
"It's already dark, kid, don't run outside. There is an old demon outside, with sharp horns on its head. It has a bad temper and will snatch your firecrackers, so when you see it, you throw away your schoolbag and run home~"
After the interlude, the song returned to the main song of the first paragraph, which was still sung by Xiao Yao. Although the melody and lyrics have not changed from the previous one, most of the audience has been aroused by this song and listened to it more happily.
After repeating the second main song, it was the children's rap of the two backing singers. When I heard those raps with a strong sense of picture for the second time, some viewers not only listened happily, but also heard some "New Year's flavor" from those lyrics.
This song is indeed a very youthful song, but it is not obvious in the previous lyrics. Except for firecrackers, not many people associate the so-called "thousand-year-old demon" in the lyrics with the New Year. There are a lot of joyful scenes in children's rap, but they don't have to be new to the Chinese New Year. What really makes the flavor of the year in this song fully reflected is in the closing paragraphs.
"Chinese New Year's Eve set off firecrackers, be careful of being bitten off your fingers!
Don't shave your head in new clothes and new pants, eat and drink to welcome the New Year!
Set off firecrackers in the Chinese New Year's Eve, be careful of being bitten off your fingers!
Don't shave your head in new clothes and new pants, eat and drink to welcome the New Year!"
After the second children's rap, the song concludes with Xiao Yao and two backing singers.
In just four sentences repeated, as soon as the lyrics related to the traditional customs of the New Year, such as "Chinese New Year's Eve Firecrackers", "New Clothes and New Pants, Don't Shave Your Head", and "Welcoming the New Year Beast", came out, the taste of the year almost completely overflowed from the song and flowed into the hearts of all the audience at the scene.
When Xiao Yao finished singing this song and got up to bow to the audience, the scene resounded with the warmest applause and cheers of the night.
The old man's rhetoric full of childhood memories, the happy childhood life scenes, coupled with the full flavor of the year, this song is really suitable for the Spring Festival Gala on the stage, all the audience deeply liked this song and were moved by Xiao Yao's song. Some viewers even think that it is a pity that Xiao Yao's song is sung on Yanjing Satellite TV's Spring Festival Gala, and he should go to the bigger CCTV Spring Festival Gala stage to sing this song so that more people can hear it!
In fact, Xiao Yao didn't have the idea of taking this song to the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala to sing it, but after some consideration, he gave up again.
The rules of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala are big, the preparation cycle is long, and the programs are determined after several rounds of review, and the earliest program registration and primary selection began as early as September and October last year. At that time, Xiao Yao was still filming in the Northwest, and he had no idea of participating in the Spring Festival Gala at all.
Around January, Xiao Yao determined the release schedule of the movie "Donkey Gets Water". Because of the release date of the movie, Xiao Yao had to promote the movie during the Spring Festival, so he decided to show his face at a gala like the Spring Festival Gala. In order to go to the Spring Festival Gala, Xiao Yao decided to take out this opening song composed by Hao Yun for the animated movie "Year Beast War" in his previous life.
Xiao Yao decided to take out this song from his previous life to participate in the Spring Festival Gala in mid-January. At this time, the program of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala has been basically determined, but the final review and joint rehearsal have not yet been carried out, and the program team has not determined the final list, and Xiao Yao is not completely without a chance.
When Xiao Yao was still in high school, he used a very New Year's song "Play" to let Chen Chen, a not very famous rapper, temporarily replace the performer of the program with problems on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala that year. Although there is no problem with the performers of the program this year and need to be temporarily replaced by other programs, with Xiao Yao's current fame, past performance in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and of course, the most important thing is that this song full of New Year's flavor is very suitable for performing on such occasions as the Spring Festival Gala.
Xiao Yao did not win the opportunity of CCTV Spring Festival Gala in the end, on the one hand, because he did not go through the previous rounds of review and assessment. After several rounds of review, they finally survived to the last round, and they temporarily went up to top other people's programs, as if there was a feeling of "cutting in line".
Of course, this statement was said by Xiao Yao to some people around him, such as his parents. The real reason is that Xiao Yao feels that the rules of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala are too big and he can't have a lot of fun.
If you don't let the real sing, the atmosphere will be tense. Even if CCTV finally lets him go to the Spring Festival Gala, can he be on three programs alone? Take a step back and say, even if CCTV agrees to let him go on three programs, can he arrange his three programs together? Can he talk so much with the host, and by the way, sprinkle dog food in public? Can he be so "nonsense" to put on and take off his clothes on stage?
The status of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala is indeed unshakable, but over the years, the influence of local satellite TV Spring Festival Gala is not too far behind.
The ratings on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve are definitely dominated by CCTV's Spring Festival Gala, and the ratings on the night of the first night of the New Year are basically the competition of several local satellite TV Spring Festival Galas, and there is really no comparison in this regard, but in terms of the excitement of the program, the Spring Festival Gala of local satellite TV is not necessarily worse than CCTV's, and may even be more popular. At least in terms of the number of replay broadcasts on the Internet, the CCTV Spring Festival Gala is not necessarily as high as the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. From the perspective of movie promotion, Xiao Yao feels that this kind of occasion of the local satellite TV Spring Festival Gala is enough.
Xiao Yao participated in the Spring Festival Gala mainly to show his face to promote the movie, and secondly, to have fun. Therefore, he did not choose the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, but only participated in the Spring Festival Gala of Yanjing Satellite TV.
The recording time of the Spring Festival Gala of several local satellite TV is not the same, Xiao Yao only participates in one, because he is lazy, and he feels that it is enough to participate in one. As for why he chose Yanjing Satellite TV, on the one hand, Yanjing Satellite TV is not ranked too high among these people, and Xiao Yao can win more voice and personally participate in the program arrangement and design. The more important reason is that the latter two songs are related to Yanjing's dialect and the traditional New Year's scene, and the Yanjing Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala is the most suitable stage for these two songs.
Judging from the reactions of the audience at the scene, Xiao Yao felt that the effect of this performance was very ideal, and he also felt that his choice was very wise.