Chapter Seventy-Nine: Protein and the Middle Finger
In fact, to a certain extent, a work like "Yue Ren Song" is definitely not sung to ordinary fans - for the vast majority of normal fans, works like this, occasionally listening to it, still feel good, and even feel quite high. But in reality, they can't really like this kind of work.
Yes, even if many people will think that opera is really DIAO when they listen to it, Peking Opera is really kung fu and exquisite, but it is useless, you let them sit on a chair and listen patiently for more than an hour, they can't stand it and can't love it, but you let them stand in a stadium and listen to a hot concert - if it's a rock concert, it's even better - they will be excited and blood is surging in every capillary.
It's not that they think opera is bad or Peking Opera is bad, it's just that those things will make most ordinary people feel a sense of alienation for the first time, feeling that although that thing is good, it doesn't belong to them, and they can't enjoy it.
In a word: those things, too far from their lives. So they will reject it from the heart.
The so-called high and low is by no means a lie.
Even at the Changping Music Festival, these audiences who come to the scene should be regarded as relatively reliable, relatively high-end and niche fans in China, and they should be regarded as one of the few potential audience groups for works like "Yue Ren Song", but to be honest, there are still relatively few people who really understand and like it.
No way, set aside three thousand years ago, this is definitely one of the best and most brilliant love songs of the time. But three thousand years later...... Elder brother. What are you singing?
If we talk about the pop trend. It is a music style with the largest audience, so in China, the folk songs that belong to China are a kind of pop music direction second only to the pop style, and sometimes, when encountering some outstanding works, folk songs are not much better than pop. Compared to them, rock is really just a relatively niche category.
But even rock and roll is not many times larger than the audience of the ancient style that musicians have worked hard to create - the "Yue Ren Song" that Li Qian is singing at the moment is such a work with a very narrow audience.
But...... It's a music festival!
This is not a Spring Festival Gala that requires a family carnival, nor is it He Runqing's concert.
The audience who often comes here to listen to songs must be the audience with the strongest ability to accept various styles of music in the domestic audience group - this is a very open stage!
And Li Qian didn't plan to please his fans here.
Furthermore, the fact that the audience is relatively narrow does not mean that there is no audience.
Especially. It's a singing scene here!
When the scene was so quiet, it was so quiet that only the sound of the piano remained. With his own chanting, Li Qian knew that the purpose of his trip had basically been achieved.
Although in retrospect, there may be many fans who don't like this type of work, but it does not prevent them from sinking into this deep and distant artistic conception at this moment.
Singing the song "Yue Ren Song" requires quite high singing skills.
Vocal cords, breath, labial-dental, nasal, ...... It's complicated, and the beauty is only in the subtleties.
In short, the reason why he chose to work overtime with Wang Huaiyu to release this song, and why he sang this song at the opening ceremony of the music festival, can be regarded as a gesture of encouraging some exploration, encouraging domestic musicians to make more and richer music, and for himself, it can be regarded as a phased summary of his progress and growth in the past few years.
So, as a result, although there will be some people who can't help but show a bewildered look -
WELL, YES, THAT'S RIGHT, YES, IT FEELS LIKE HE'S SINGING DIAO!
But...... What is he singing?
However, among the 20,000 or 30,000 ordinary fans at the scene, most of them have been immersed in the remote artistic conception created by the singing, and they listened leisurely.
And some insiders, such as Xie Jinshun, Xie Mingyuan and his son, Liao Liao, Zhou Yan, Cao Zhan, Zhao Xinfu and others, were even more touched by it.
On the stage, Li Qian sang more and more emotionally.
The sound of the piano was faint, and he was half sad and half groan-
"Shame is good, not shameful.
The heart was annoyed and unstoppable, and learned that the prince. ”
On the stage, Wang Huaiyu sat cross-legged, stroking the piano with his heart, Li Qian held the microphone, his eyes were half-open and half-closed, completely forgetful, while Liao Liao and Zhou Yan looked at him in surprise, and they did not hide the love in their hearts at the moment.
And Li Qian finally sang the climax of this song-
"The mountains have trees and branches,
The heart said that you don't know. ”
This is definitely the best performance of Li Qian in recent years.
Almost everything, the control of the voice, the control of the breath, the emotional devotion and restraint, have reached the best state he can achieve so far.
There are only a few lyrics, a long and slow rhythm, almost a song and a mourning!
When he finished singing, he held the microphone, lowered his head, closed his eyes, and listened to the sound of the guqin.
Everyone thought that there would be a second time, but no, after Li Qian closed the sound, about twenty or thirty seconds, the sound of the guqin had stopped. When the last note lingered inside and outside the venue, Wang Huaiyu took a deep breath and stood up with the piano in his arms.
The audience was slightly confused.
Li Qian nodded and thanked him.
The scene was extremely quiet.
But Li Qian was not ready to wait for the applause of the audience, he chose to go directly without hesitation.
Seeing his movements clearly, many people came back to their senses, and applause followed.
Of course, some people applaud sincerely and like it so much, while some people simply echo it, or rather, to give Li Qian face.
Hearing the people who are satisfied, they will naturally not ask for anything more at this time, and the people who understand and like it seem that the song just now is like a small order. But it has a long meaning. Come over this time. It's satisfying to be able to harvest such a song!
However, there are many more people, but it has been a long time!
From the beginning to the present, Li Qian has only sung a song "No Land for Self-Respect", is there any!
Although Liao Liao sang, Cao Zhan sang, and Zhou Yan also sang, it already made everyone feel that the trip was worthwhile. But everyone still wants to listen to Li Qian even if he sings one more song - I don't know if the song just now is good or bad, it doesn't count!
So, someone shouted with their heads, "One more song!"
And then more people shouted, "One more song!"
However, it was useless, only Liao Liao said when he got up, "Thank you." ”。 Li Qian even nodded at the audience area when he walked down the stage, and made a gesture of folding his hands. Other than that, there is not the slightest hint of turning back.
So, some people are confused, and some people are resentful.
The audience chattered -
"Damn, did you understand that song...... How do I feel ......"
"Actually, that song is pretty good, but ...... I want to hear the lead singer rock 'n' roll!"
"It's okay not to sing rock and roll, like the last time I sang a ballad at He Runqing......'s concert! I don't even think I can understand that song. Suddenly I feel like a turtle!"
"You can't say that, in fact, that song is quite good, you probably didn't listen to it carefully, right?"
"Oh, the song of the sect leader, and he said it so solemnly, can I not listen to it? But I really don't like it! I love to listen to folk songs, and I also love to listen to contemporary folk songs, and it's strange that he made a folk song from 3,000 years ago, and I can like it!"
“……”
Wang Xiaodao, who was also a little confused, had already hurried onto the stage, first vigorously praised Li Qian's singing skills, and then hurriedly announced the next guest to appear.
And when Li Qian and the others left the stage and came to the backstage, the reaction of the backstage side was diametrically opposed to the front.
As soon as he walked off the stage, Cao Zhan couldn't help but complain to Wang Huaiyu and Li Qian, "I said that you two are hiding too deeply, right? No wonder I recently asked Lao Wang for a drink and said that he was not free, so he never came! It turns out that you two are holding this back! But I have to say, this song, DIAO!" Wang Huaiyu laughed, and Li Qian's face was calm.
When he entered the backstage, Zhao Xinfu was the first to run over to say hello and said, "Qian Shao, the height of this song is really not something that ordinary people can do, admire, admire!"
Li Qian's polite two sentences, more people ran over, and almost every one of them looked amazed - the layman looked lively, and the insider looked at the doorway. It is normal for ordinary audiences to not understand and dislike, if professional singers can't understand or appreciate it, then to a certain extent, it can be said that his love for this profession is not yet in place.
Because the composition, arrangement, and singing skills contained in this song have almost reached an excellent level!
Of course, when Xie Mingyuan also came over, the first thing he said was, "Humility, be cautious! I admit that you have done a great job, but this way cannot be sold in China!"
On the contrary, Xie Jinshun thanked the old man, and retorted to his son with an excited face: "Music that can't be sold is not necessarily not good music! How many people can understand Van Gogh's paintings? Kafka's novels were not unknown during his lifetime?" Then, the old man looked at Li Qian with a straight face and said loudly: "Boy, you have done a good job! This song is also well written! It's all good!"
Li Qian smiled when he heard this, and said half-explaining, half-self-deprecatingly: "I just want to try it, but in fact, the ideas are not too mature." And...... The market is also immature. I just felt that it was still necessary to do this kind of thing, so I did it. Somebody has to do it!"
Old man Xie Jinshun nodded again and again when he heard this, but Xie Mingyuan was speechless.
But after a pause, he said: "Or, if you want, Sony has channels all over the world, you know that." I think you can consider cooperating with Sony for this album, and I'll help you push it around the world, this kind of authentic Chinese taste may not be popular in China at the moment, but it's hard to say when it comes to the world!"
Li Qian only smiled when he heard this, thought about it, and said, "Push it internationally...... That's what I'm definitely going to do. But not now, not with Sony, and ...... It's not just this number. ”
After a pause, he smiled again and said, "When you don't work at Sony anymore, how about we do this together?"
Xie Mingyuan was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but say funny: "Good guy, I'm still persuading you, but you're ready to dig me?"
Li Qian laughed when he heard this, "There are no absolutes in the world!"
…………
Night, villa.
Liao Liao worked hard for a while, and finally after finishing his work, he ran to the bathroom and vomited and rinsed his mouth, and then ran back, and saw Li Qian still squinting and lying there, looking like he was out of the world after being refreshed, so he leaned over and snorted at Li Qian, "Smell it, smell it yourself, is it a commotion!"
Li Qianyi retorted to her sternly: "That's protein!"
Liao Liao sighed and said disdainfully: "Next time it's over, I'll come over and feed you, okay?"
Li Qian raised his middle finger without hesitation.
Liao Liao also used the middle finger!
Perhaps in the eyes of many people, the performance of the four beauty bands at the Changping Music Festival can be regarded as anticlimactic, but that is obviously not Liao Liao's opinion. On the contrary, in her opinion, the song "Yue Ren Song" is simply unwanted.
Otherwise...... Without being involved in the competition for favor, how could Da Liao Liao be the kind of person who would easily agree to Li Qian's bite!
When she also lay down, the song was still spinning in her head, so she couldn't help but stand up again, looked at Li Qian, thought about it, and asked, "Hey, why don't we make today's song?"
Li Qian nodded, then shook his head again, "Do it." However, this one is not being done at this time. I'll consider making something classical in the future, but what about this song...... The market is still too narrow! Whoever wants to go back and make soundtracks for those film and television dramas!"
Liao Liao blinked, wanting to say that it would be a pity, but after thinking about it again, Li Qian has always been very disciplined in doing things, since he planned to do so, he must have his reasons, so he didn't say more, but couldn't help but ask curiously: "I know about you, since you have a song, you must have something else." How's that, you still have to have this style of work, right?"
Li Qian looked at her with a smile and said, "You, don't fight this idea." I'll help you make another album when I go back, well, anyway, it's going to be a very DIAO album!"
Liao Liao snapped his fingers, "That's it!"
But after a pause, she was still curious, and couldn't help but say: "What kind of album to make, even if you hum a few words to me first?
Li Qian opened his eyes to look at her, and when he saw her hopeful face, he couldn't help but smile and said, "So, I'll tell you a story!"
Liao Liao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said, "Okay! What story?"
Li Qian thought for a while and said, "Somewhere, of course, it's our country, there is such a little girl, her sister, is mute, but the sisters have a good relationship." Then one day, her sister suddenly disappeared, that is, disappeared completely. She chased after many people, and her father, mother, and neighbors, but no one answered her, so, gradually, she only knew that her sister had gone to a far away place to serve the gods. It wasn't until she grew up that she found out that her sister was dead, but the death was sacred, because she was dedicated to the gods, and her skin had been made into a sacrificial drum ......"
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Push another song, called "Sister Drum".
In a real sense, this is the first work to achieve international fame for the domestic music scene.
Then, OK, Wenqing is finished, this plot related to "Yue Ren Song" is really not written randomly, just look at it later. (To be continued.) )