Chapter 208: Flowers
After Tang Jinxiu's series of quick and skillful operations, Ye Luo first saw the titles of the two foreign songs of the Love War this week.
"Maya", "Flowers".
As soon as he saw the titles of these two songs, Ye Luo felt a sense of being tall, and he didn't know how powerful he was.
Yu Yiyi crawled over again, sat cross-legged beside Ye Luo, and turned her head to observe Ye Luo's expression, as if she wanted to see some frustration on Ye Luo's face.
Ye Luo glanced at this Nizi and said with a smile: "I'll test you first, Maya, what do you mean?" ”
Yu Yiyi looked dissatisfied, and pouted: "Instructor, although I am not as good as you in writing songs, I am also a genius child who can jump three levels in a row in school, do you think it is difficult for me to get the content of this kind of cultural class?" ”
"Okay then." Ye Luo nodded, and was about to let go of this little girl, but he forgot the true nature of this Nizi's talk, once he started to open his mouth, he continued to chatter, so that Tang Jinxiu's hand that originally wanted to click the play button had to stop.
"The Maya are an ancient people in North and Central America. There is a very strange phenomenon in this nation, that is, the regression of civilization.
When European colonists landed in the Americas, they found that this people was a very backward agricultural civilization, there were no metal products, and the farming method was the oldest Pamir farming method, planting a stubble and burning a stubble, and using plant ash as fertilizer, without even a wheel.
However, when the Spaniards investigated the ancient books of this civilization, they found that the Mayans had advanced knowledge of mathematics, writing, and astronomical calendars a long time ago, especially their astronomical calendar, which was amazingly accurate, and the earth's calendar was only one day away from 5,000 years. There is also a Zhuo Jin calendar that people still can't understand, and from the current astronomical point of view, this should not be the earth's calendar. Rather, it is a planetary calendar that we cannot observe at the moment.
Then the question arises: can such a backward civilization not even use bronze tools and use such advanced knowledge of mathematics and astronomical calendars? How could they build such magnificent complexes and cities without even wheels?
The only explanation is that civilization has regressed. But the reason for this regression of civilization has always been a mystery for the ages. Some people think it's aliens......"
"Alright, alright." Yu Yiyi spoke very quickly, Ye Luo just shook his kung fu, and said so much, Ye Luo hurriedly stopped Yu Yiyi from continuing, "Everyone here is either a student who has graduated, such as Brother Hu, or a student who is in school. For example, your instructor, me and your instructor. Although you are also a primary school bully, this knowledge is really not new. Let's listen to the song first. ”
"Oh!" Yu Yiyi lowered her head and closed her mouth.
Tang Jinxiu saw that the time was ripe, shook his head and smiled, stretched out his hand and pressed the play button.
Soon, a prelude with a strong R&B style sounded in the dance studio. The musical elements are very complex, and there is a bizarre combination of drums to join.
After a pleasant and special prelude. The first day of domestic R&B, Nie Hua's voice sounded.
"Going back 400 million years, the feathered serpent was hidden in the temple section.
Count the half of the string that meets you, and paints the wheel.
……”
This song, the tune is very smooth and beautiful, and the overall production level is zuò. Compared with "The Mermaid", it is difficult to distinguish between them, and in the lyrics, Ye Luo can see that Ding Shaoyang uses a lot of Mayan allusions.
This kind of allusion, Ding Shaoyang is very cleverly inlaid. People who don't understand Mayan history will not find it profound, and if you understand it literally, it makes sense, and you will have a sense of unawareness, while those who know Mayan history will know that there are other mysteries.
For example, the "400 million years ago" at the beginning seems to be an exaggeration, but in fact, a stone tablet on the top of Mount Querigua records the history of the Maya, which can indeed be traced back to 400 million years ago. This is also a mystery for the ages, because 400 million years ago, the earth was still in the 'Paleozoic Era', when trilobites were swimming in the sea, not to mention humans, not even dinosaurs.
"Feathered Serpent" refers to the wonder of the pyramid of Kukulkan "Feathered Serpent descending to earth". In the Mayan civilization, the feathered serpent was regarded as the god of the sun.
Every year on the spring and autumn equinoxes, when the sun sets westward, the shadow of the pyramid of Kukulkan forms a wavy shape like the body of a snake, and is integrated with the statue of the head of Quetzalcoatl at the bottom of the staircase, and with the change of the angle of the sunset, the image is reflected like a snake swimming.
Another example is the phrase "wheel". The Maya actually had the concept of wheels, which can be corroborated by archaeological pottery patterns. However, in the life of the Mayans, it was not applied. It is also an unsolved mystery whether the Mayans could draw the wheel, a tool that could greatly advance the progress of civilization.
After listening to the whole song, Ye Luo found that in the end, Ding Shaoyang compared the historical puzzle of the regression of Maya civilization to the phenomenon of regression of IQ when men and women fall in love.
This song, after listening to it, ordinary people should feel a little curious and a little interesting. But if fans are willing to take a look at "Maya", there will be a sense of historical heaviness in their hearts.
Strange and heavy complement each other, love and history correspond to each other, in this regard, in the case of a tie with the arrangement of "The Mermaid", this "Maya" is still faintly winning in the lyrics.
"It's really a good song that both the elegant and the vulgar appreciate." Ye Luo nodded and smiled, "It seems that our Director Ding is getting serious this time." ”
"This song is just a warm-up." Hu Jianing said, "The next song is even more powerful." ”
"Yes." Yu Yiyi said, "I think that before "High-rise Building" and "Market", Ding Shaoyang was playing. This time, he was finally willing to write "Flowers", which is really good. ”
"Then listen to it." Ye Luo nodded to Tang Jinxiu.
Sure enough, at the beginning of "Flowers", a high-end atmosphere immediately filled Ye Luo's mind.
In the prelude of this song, Ding Shaoyang obviously used a symphony orchestra composed of more than three pipes, and the opening was magnificent and atmospheric, and the melody was beautiful, almost epic.
As soon as he heard this prelude, who was the singer of this song, Ye Luo immediately counted.
In the current Tian Lai Records, the voice can perfectly control the symphony orchestra, only Deng Qi after the first day in China, there is no second.
Symphonic orchestral music, although atmospheric, but the accompaniment of popular music, is not used much. First, the cost is high, the three-pipe symphony orchestra has more than 90 people, and the four-pipe orchestra has 110 people, not to mention the appearance fee, and the recording studio can't accommodate so many people.
Second, the symphony is magnificent and strong, and the voice of a pop singer is limited by the way of singing, and the sound is not strong enough, and it will be somewhat suppressed.
And commercial music, mainly praised people, not music, to be highlighted, after all, is the singer's voice. Therefore, pop music with orchestral accompaniment should either be a small-scale orchestra, which means that it should be tasted at a shallow level, and at the same time, the volume should be greatly reduced. Or, not at all.
So in today's domestic pop music scene, there are only two female singers who have the ability to control large-scale orchestras, in Ye Luo's eyes, one Deng Qi and one Song Yan.
Today is also a coincidence, Ye Luo and Ding Shaoyang's set of extra-fan showdowns, one is R&B vs. R&B, and the other is Deng Qi vs. Song Yan.
Deng Qi is a legendary female singer, she has a master's degree in vocal music, not long after her debut, she swept all the music awards in the Chinese music scene with a song "Phantom", and it is also the only song in Chinese pop music that has been nominated for a Grammy so far. In the past ten years in the Chinese music scene, she is a well-deserved first day after.
On the judge's bench of cutting-edge girls, Deng Qi is very low-key and humble. However, Ye Luo knew that when this female singer really stood in front of the microphone, it would still be the mountain that Chu Moer and Song Yan needed to look up to.
This song "Flowers", Deng Qi's voice came out, amazing, this is a kind of singing that integrates bel canto and popular to the realm of perfection, which cannot be distinguished: beautiful and clear, graceful and noble, which can move and capture the listener at once.
So far, the singers who have appeared in Ding Shaoyang's zone are all top singers of the three kings and four queens in China, and they are all masters.
It's just that other singers can only say that Ding Shaoyang's songs have been completed very well, and they can express what Ding Shaoyang needs to express very well with their voices, only Deng Qi, her singing skills and voice, can further add points to Ding Shaoyang's songs.
This song "Flowers", Ye Luo has only one word of evaluation: beauty.
The style of the music is very retro, like an old song from more than ten years ago, or even twenty years ago, but it is really beautiful. The tune, lyrics, and arrangement are all very beautiful, and the artistic conception is also beautiful.
This is a song intended to praise, Deng Qi's singing voice is accompanied by orchestral music, as if singing the beauty of love in the world, like layers of blooming flowers.
"Ding Shaoyang, he is really a top master, well done!" After Ye Luo listened, he couldn't help but start applauding.
In this round, Ye Luo really didn't come up with the best song, and deliberately wanted to see if Ding Shaoyang could get back a game, but this does not mean that he deliberately released the water, after all, "Mermaid" and "Suddenly Want to Love You" also have extremely high standards.
Now it seems that Ding Shaoyang is really powerful, and the two songs "Maya" and "Flowers" are indeed slightly better. And invariably with Ye Luo, Ding Shaoyang also echoed the previous song, "High-rise Building" is a criticism of reality, and "Prosperity" is a praise of love. Since it is called Fanwai, the requirements in this regard are naturally not high, but Ding Shaoyang obviously has high self-requirements.
The game is like that, there are winners and losers to be interesting. Originally, Ye Luo was still sweating for Ding Shaoyang, afraid that he would get rid of it. If Ding Shaoyang can't pull it back this time, Ye Luo will continue to beat people for many rounds, which is not suitable.
Because next Saturday, the two main songs that Ye Luo will come up with are almost invincible. (To be continued......)