Chapter 80: Old Boy

This "Old Boy", Li Mu is really reluctant to give it to them, because he likes the tune of this song too much, and he has really moved himself.

At the beginning, the chopsticks brothers created a miracle on the Internet with the micro-movie "Old Boy" and this song of the same name, and the number of plays of the micro-movie was nearly 200 million, and the number of plays of this "Old Boy" on the Internet and the number of calls in KTV were even higher than statistics.

Aside from the micro-movie, the song list of "Old Boy" is definitely a superb work, first of all, its composition is written by Japanese singer-songwriter Takuya Ohashi, the original version is called "ありがとう" Chinese translated as "thanks", and has won a series of awards such as the Excellent Work Award in Japan.

Not only the song is first-class, the Chinese lyrics are also first-class, the lyrics revolve around "dreams", the most sensitive and persistent topic for young people, every young and young person has their own dreams, but the vast majority of people finally have to compromise with life, pick up the reluctance in life, abandon the dreams in life, and this song is trying to wake up those who have given up their dreams, so that they can no longer be numb and continue to lose the blood of the year.

This is also the key to why the "Oldboy" micro-movie and theme song are so touching!

Although Zhang Kexuan and they have never watched the micro-movie "Old Boy", Li Mu's song still moved them.

The lyrics of this song, at first glance, the theme is a huge question: has your dream come true?

If you listen closely, it has a deeper meaning: if the dream has not been realized, it is never too late to pursue it again!

So, this is also a real inspirational song.

Some people say that "Old Boy" is suitable for those who are middle-aged, but in fact, this song can resonate in the hearts of all those who have dreams, even a teenager will still be moved by the ideas conveyed by this song when he hears it.

The four of them were even more moved by the simple plan, and after Li Mu finished singing it again, they asked him to sing it again.

Li Mu found a pen and paper and handed it to Zhang Kexuan: "I'll sing it twice, and you can write down the lyrics and chord notation by the way." ”

"Okay!" Zhang Kexuan nodded excitedly, he is the lead singer of the band, so every time he gets a good song from Li Mu, he is always more excited than the other three, because these songs are sung from Li Mu's mouth, and then they have to be sung to the public through his throat.

Li Mu sang it twice, Zhang Kexuan also remembered the lyrics and chords almost, and the tune was basically imprinted in his mind, Li Mu immediately handed him the guitar: "You sing it again." ”

Zhang Kexuan took the guitar, cleared his throat, and sang while playing.

There were a few small mistakes in the lyrics, Li Mu directly took the pen and corrected them, and there were no mistakes in the chord score and tune, which once again proved that Zhang Kexuan's musicality was very good.

After Zhang Kexuan finished singing, Li Mu pointed out: "In the main song part of this song at the beginning, you must brighten your voice, the clearer and brighter the better, this song is not disease-free**, so try not to sing with a hoarse voice." ”

Zhang Kexuan nodded lightly with an educated face, and asked, "What about the chorus?"

"The chorus has to be powerful. Li Mu said: "You understand the main song part of this song as a narrative, you are narrating your experience to the audience, and you should be peaceful; the chorus part shows the explosive power, and you understand this part as questioning, you are questioning the audience, have their wishes come true? Can it only be used as a tribute now? Are you willing to give up your dreams? At this time, the more you can show your strength, the more your 'questioning' will touch people's hearts, not only to move the audience, but also to make them ashamed. Rekindle their fighting spirit!"

In the previous life, the song "Old Boy" could actually be more popular than the movie, but later it became less and less seen in the mainstream media, and even the chopsticks brothers almost no longer sang this song in their performances, the main reason is that they did not really get the authorization of the songwriter Takuya Ohashi, and the Japanese record company licensed the Chinese adaptation rights of the song to another Chinese singer.

Now, "Old Boy" is in the hands of a simple plan, and Li Mu hopes that they can use their unique advantages to make this song even more prosperous.

As for what their unique advantages are, in Li Mu's view, the biggest advantage is Zhang Kexuan.

There is no way, people with good looks can make records even if they are out of tune, even if they are paralyzed, they can make film and television dramas, and they still capture a large number of fans.

Ye Tianming was convinced, Li Mu's song was really ecstatic, and he even envied Zhang Kexuan in his heart, he had such an opportunity to sing such a song, but after thinking about it, when he first played in the band, he chose to be a drummer, at this time, envy can be, and the mentality must not be unbalanced.

At the same time, Ye Tianming also felt that with Li Mu's song, it would be worth it even if he helped him smash the car with his own hands.

The four members of the Simple Band learned the song "Old Boy", and Li Mu also probably told the four of them about the positioning of the arrangement, making this song more suitable for the style of Simple Plan.

Li Mu said that he has too many chores at the moment, and he can't go to Jinling to supervise their rehearsals in the past two days, but because Yiting will be online soon, Li Mu will take time to go to Jinling after being busy for a while, on the one hand, he will guide them to rehearse new songs, and on the other hand, he will be the producer, staring at them to record the two songs "Li Bai" and "Sunflower".

After finishing the song, the time was almost seven o'clock, and the four of them came out of Li Mu's house impatiently and excitedly, and took Li Mu together and took Zhang Kexuan's land patrol to the ecological park.

It was still Song Liang who was the east, and the four eldest young masters came all the way, Song Liang knew in his heart that it was a trivial matter for them to help Li Mu return the favor, and they mainly came to support Li Mu for the scene, they were afraid that Li Mu would not have enough weight in front of them, so they personally came over to let themselves know that the four of them valued Li Mu's brother very much, and he Song Liang couldn't look down on him because he asked for his help.

At the dinner table, except for Zhang Kexuan, who said that he would drive back to replace the wine with tea, the other three took turns to toast themselves with white wine, and everyone would say before toasting, thank you Song Liang for helping his brother.

Song Liang sighed in his heart, with his own eyesight, he didn't need the four of them to come in person, and he wouldn't look down on Li Mu, his Song Liang's biggest ability to recognize people is to look at the potential and not look at the present, Li Mu has unlimited potential in his eyes, although he doesn't know what Li Mu has in the end.

Song Liang said: "Xiao Mu is your brother, that is, my brother, although I am a few years older than you, but since everyone is a brother, you always treat me so politely, do you treat me as a brother, or doubt my consciousness?"

Ye Tianming hurriedly said: "Brother Liang, we have been here for so many years, can we not understand your personality?" The main reason is that you and Xiao Mu have known each other for a short time, and we are afraid that the two of you will be too polite to each other and appear to be angry. ”

Song Liang nodded: "So the four of you still came here specifically for this matter, isn't it too polite?"

Ye Tianming said with a smile: "Actually, we came mainly to thank Li Mu, we won the first place in the semi-final yesterday, and Li Mu has the greatest credit." ”

Song Liang raised his eyebrows and exclaimed: "So, you're going to Yanjing to participate in the finals?"

"Hmm. The four nodded heavily.

Song Liang praised: "Awesome! However, I'm curious about who wrote your songs." ”

As soon as this question came out, the four of them looked at each other a little, and Zhang Kexuan said sloppily: "Our originals are all co-created." ”

Song Liang smiled slightly and didn't ask any more, but he felt that the four of them were a little unnatural on this issue.

Li Mu also saw the performance of the four of them, this is not good, in the future, if they really face the interview, the reporter will definitely ask them about some songs they are interested in, who wrote the lyrics and songs, if the four of them are such vague statements, then they have to be gangsters.

However, Li Mu didn't say this problem at the dinner table, he knew the intention of the four of them to come this time, and at the dinner table, he also saw that they spared no effort to treat themselves in front of Song Liang, and they didn't say much kind words, but just toasted a glass of wine with each of them.

Because they were all thinking about the song "Old Boy", the four of them were impatient to leave after the meal, but Song Liang didn't keep it, and directly asked the hotel manager to hang the bill for himself, and then accompanied the five people downstairs.

When he arrived at the parking lot downstairs, Ye Tianming said to Li Mu: "Do you take Brother Liang's car back or will we send you back?"

Li Mu whispered: "I'll go with you, I still have something to tell you." ”

"Good. Ye Tianming nodded.

Li Mu said to Song Liang: "Brother Liang, I'm with Tianming and them, and we still have something to communicate." ”

Song Liang smiled: "That's okay, then I won't send you, you have time to play with me, and the four of you, you have time to come to Haizhou often." ”

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On the way back, Li Mu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, said to the four of them: "In the future, the songwriters must have a clear candidate, and this will be taken out for the media and fans in the future." ”

The four of them are a little embarrassed on this issue, the songwriters and songwriters are all Li Mu, and they can still get through the psychological hurdles after collectively admitting it, but no one is embarrassed to come forward.

Li Mu thought about it for a while, and before he got home, he gave the four of them a very fair solution:

In this way, Ke Xuan has the most opportunities to show his face, so he doesn't give you too many opportunities in creation, and in addition, you give people the feeling that he is hanging, cool and handsome, so the songwriting of "Li Bai" will be made by you. ”

"Tianming, you are a drummer, and it is not easy to show your face and attract attention when you are on stage, so in terms of the importance of creation, you must be appropriately tilted towards you, and when the time comes, you will be declared to the outside world, and you will be said to be the creative soul of the band. ”

"Gu Wei is a bass player, and under normal circumstances, the audience doesn't quite understand the definition of a bass player, and even confuses bass with guitar, so you 'share' part of the songwriting and declare you as the second creator when needed. ”

"In the summer, you are the lead guitarist, you play SOLO, and you are also at the front, so there are more opportunities to show your face coolly, and in terms of creation, you shoulder the 'arrangement' of the band. ”

In this way, the division of labor between the four people in "creation" is all in harmony.

Li Mu so generously assigned the songwriter's signature to the four people of the simple plan, and this move moved the hearts of the four of them together to circle the earth fifteen or sixteen times......

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Ah, I want a ticket, my obsession...... Asking for tickets, asking for tickets, checking tickets, grabbing tickets, passing by this book, all leave to buy road tickets!