In Du Xinghe's heart, the 18th place is a masterpiece among gods, I believe that because of the rhythm I like Jay Chou's song, nine times out of ten because of this song.

Next, what he gave Fang Yajun was this early classic - "Love Before the AD"!

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The ancient Babylonian king promulgated the Code of Hammurabi~

Carved in black basalt ~ more than 3,700 years ago ~

You are in front of the shop window ~ gazing at the words of the inscription ~

I am quietly admiring your beloved face~

……

Priest ~ Temple ~ Conquest ~ Bow and arrow ~ Whose former ~ I like the picture that you only belong to me in the crowd~

Passing by the side of the goddess of Sumei ~ I made a wish in the name of the goddess ~

Thoughts stretch like the Tigris~

When the ancient civilization was left with only incomprehensible language~

The legend has become an immortal poem~

……

The love I give you is written before the AD~

Buried deep in the plains of Mesopotamia~

Unearthed and discovered dozens of centuries later~

The handwriting on the clay tablets is still clearly visible~

……

The love I give you is written before the AD~

Buried deep in the plains of Mesopotamia~

Engraved forever in cuneiform script~

The oath that has been weathered for thousands of years ~ is repeated again in a qiē ~

……

Priest ~ Temple ~ Conquest ~ Bow and arrow ~ Whose former ~ I like the picture that you only belong to me in the crowd~

Passing by the side of the goddess of Sumei ~ I made a wish in the name of the goddess ~

Thoughts stretch like the Tigris~

When the ancient civilization was left with only incomprehensible language~

The legend has become an immortal poem~

……

The love I give you is written before the AD~

Buried deep in the plains of Mesopotamia~

Unearthed and discovered dozens of centuries later~

The handwriting on the clay tablets is still clearly visible~

……

The love I give you is written before the AD~

Buried deep in the plains of Mesopotamia~

Engraved forever in cuneiform script~

The oath that has been weathered for thousands of years~

……

I feel very tired~It's still far from home~

I'm afraid I won't be able to come back to you again~

……

The love I give you is written before the AD~

Buried deep in the plains of Mesopotamia~

Unearthed and discovered dozens of centuries later~

The handwriting on the clay tablets is still clearly visible~

……

The love I give you is written before the AD~

Buried deep in the plains of Mesopotamia~

Engraved forever in cuneiform script~

The oath that has been weathered for thousands of years~

Love before the A.D. ~ Love before the A.D. ~

……

"Love Before the West Century" was included in Jay Chou's 2001 album "Fantsi". The song is said to have been inspired by Jay Chou's visit to the museum, and the story is based on the story of Nebuchadrezzar II., the king of Babylon, and her wife, Mitis, who is said to have built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for her wife. The so-called slate is because the records of the Babylonian civilization at that time were all made of cuneiform slates, so when looking at the documents of that time, you can only look at the slates.

At the beginning, the quiet arrangement of "Love Before the West Yuan" was in the demo sample made by Jay Chou himself, and then the formal arrangement came in. The C section after the chorus for the second pass was added to the melody that suddenly came to mind during the recording.

The song has a strong fantasy temperament, Jay Chou integrates exotic customs, Western trends and Eastern subtlety, and the unique imagination space integrates the historical civilization of Asia into it.

Returning to the beautiful legend of Mesopotamia, cuneiform characters also appear in the lyrics. Quite creative. This song also allowed Jay Chou's music to break away from the youthfulness of the first album and create his own style.

I think that at the beginning, when this song was just popular, someone would definitely ask you like this: "Hey, who sang this song, this guy is good, he reads the scriptures so well." And while many people are asking who is singing this song, there must be a small number of friends who have been conquered by a pirated disc of "Fantesi" at the same table. When everyone is still being brothers in this life and this life, and there is no next life and the next life to think of you; When Brother Hat announced his temporary retirement from the music scene because of the top bag case. A divine comedy that relayed "Nunchuck" was born.

If it is said that the petty bourgeois love song "Simple Love" has captured the hearts of little boys and girls. Then this "Love Before the West Dynasty" must be a powerful divine comedy that captured the earliest batch of "crazy and cool hanging". It turned out that the young man who sang "Nunchuck" chanted the scriptures so rhythmically, when a vote of stupid X has openly imitated "The ancient Babylonian king promulgated the amount of the forehead", completely ignoring the sequelae of Jay Lun caused by his tongue knotting, and it is estimated that many people are silently silent in their own earphones, trying to piece together the heart that was broken into pieces by Jay. "Nunchuck" didn't listen to the next lyrics at all except humming hahe, "Love Before the A.D." appeared, and it appeared just right.

This song is a very easy song to get started with, whether it's a rap at the beginning or "Priest" at the end. Temple, conquest. Bow and arrow, whose once upon a time "hangs the melody and rhythm of the hanging, or the high-tide part is not a word inaudible but fatally attractive and mysterious. Many people will be captured in an instant. And then remembered: Jay Chou. Then I understood: it turned out that in addition to "Love Because of Love", in addition to "Tianya", in addition to "Single Love Song", there is also a song. That's how it was sung.

Many people should have grown up listening to Jay Chou's songs, and experienced "Fantaixi", "Octave Space", "Ye Huimei", "Qilixiang", "Chopard in November", ...... The same is true for Du Xinghe, he is very fortunate to have experienced Jay Chou's best era.

Thankfully, in an age when you have enough time to wear headphones every day. In the era when you are ignorant enough and simply do not have any work pressure and survival pressure, in the era when you can be happy for several days as long as you get a good score in the exam, in the era when your three views have just been formed and have not been repeatedly reconstructed, and in the era when your festival has not been stewed in various ways, you met Jay Chou.

At that time, it was like "My Territory" sang: "Youth is clean and pure white, like a green window".

Years later, when you look back, you will feel that those years were really the best years of your life.

If there was no Jay Chou in that era, would you be obsessed with another singer's song and regarded it as a classic? Maybe. Probably not.

Whether Jay Chou made that era, or that era made Jay Chou, no one can say clearly.

Back to this classic song.

The arrangement of this song can basically be summarized in one stroke, it is not a real record, and Jay Chou's song system in the early days is relatively rough himself. But none of that matters.

Many of Jay Chou's early songs were mainly inspired by himself and were written. Recorded as a demo, there is even a small paragraph of words and arrangements in it. For example, "William Castle", Jay Chou arranged the music in this style when he recorded the demo, and the lyrics were also written about vampires. It's just that it's already labeled, it's a vampire-themed song, and the rest of the arrangement and lyrics are done by someone else.

"Love Before the West Yuan" is the same, there is a small arrangement with a very soft voice at the beginning of this song, which is a small part of the demo handed over by Jay Chou at that time, you can find that in fact, this demo is basically the overall image of the West Yuan. Then the main song part of Lin Michael just extended and expanded.

In addition, Jay Chou was indeed inspired at that time, and he could feed the dogs. From beginning to end, under the arrangement of a melody, Jay Chou completed the complex AB part. And when singing, the C section was temporarily added-

"I'm tired~

It's still far from home~

I'm afraid I won't be able to come back to you again~"

The song of the whole song is simply a highlight, and the rhythm of the hanging explosion is unstoppable.

In fact, the best way to say music is to sing it directly when you see this.

Let's take a look at this paragraph again.

"The ancient Babylonian king promulgated the Code of Hammurabi~

The basalt carved in black has been more than 3,700 years ago~

You gaze at the words of the inscription in front of the shop window~

I am quietly admiring your beloved face~

Priest ~ Temple ~ Conquest ~ Bow and arrow ~ Whose former ~ I like the picture that you only belong to me in the crowd~

Passing by the goddess of Sumei, I made a wish in the name of the goddess~

Thoughts stretch like the Tigris~

When the ancient civilization was left with only incomprehensible prophecies~

The legend has become an immortal poem~

The love I give you is written before the AD~

Buried deep in the plains of Mesopotamia~

Unearthed and discovered dozens of centuries later~

The handwriting on the clay tablets is still clearly visible~

The love I give you is written before the AD~

Buried deep in the plains of Mesopotamia~

Engraved forever in cuneiform script~

The oath that has been weathered for thousands of years has been repeated again~"

This piece is really not covered, and the judges of the Golden Melody Awards that year are estimated to be directly scared, and in the end, the best composition was won by "Love Before the West Yuan" without any suspense.

True fans know how much Jay Chou's ambiguity helps Fang Wenshan's lyrics, and only Sima's experts and music critics will say that Jay Chou ruined the lyrics.

Faced with such a song. Don't you want to see what the lyrics really sing? I believe that most people will be curious, or even more curious. will also kneel to learn from the lyrics, "The ancient Babylonian king awarded the ......" stammered, starting from the beginning, "passing by the side of the goddess Sunu", the "god body" homonym is forgotten, and the tongue is about to knot. Don't give up, keep learning. It's finally finished. Start backing. So why Jay Chou's biting words is a kind of help to Fang Wenshan's words, if you can't hear it clearly, you will go to find the lyric book, and you will learn the lyric book over and over again. Sing so clearly, who still cares about the lyrics, and who still reads the lyrics? Which of the older generation of fans didn't come over like this to the lyric book? It's also a lovely memory.

……

"Miss. Please ask if there are any Peninsula iron boxes for sale."

"Yes, you turn right from the front, go out, go straight along the road, go straight through three traffic lights, turn left about 150 meters, there is a station, get on the No. 38 bus, do 13 stops, get off and take a motorcycle, go to the south gate of Tianlun Infertility Hospital, there is a small alley diagonally opposite the newsstand, go in, go in the third adult product store, and go in the second row of shelves."

“WQNMLGB！”

Ranked 17th in Du Xinghe's heart, it is this song "Peninsula Iron Box"!

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Turn off the hallway light and put the schoolbag ~

Walk to the room window and look out~

Think back to the book I just bought~

One is called Peninsula Iron Box~

Put it next to the bed and pile it up a lot~

Page 1, Page 6, Page 7, Preface~

I'll never think of it~

You will have to leave with me to read this book~

No more~

I can't see it anymore~

The keyhole of the tin box~

I saw through the light that it had been rusting for a long time~

It's old, it's old~

The dust on the periphery surrounded me~

It's so dark, it's so dark~

I can't find the key to the tin box~

It was me next to the candy~

I really want to remember the sweet~

It's you who sink in the box~

Reduced to beauty~

It's you who sink in the box~

Give me pleasure~

I'd love to remember, but I can't remember~

……

Why is this so~

You pulled me and said you were a little hesitant~

How is this like this~

Before the rain stops, you will hold an umbrella and leave~

I'm used to not stopping you~

You'll be back in a while~

The love in my impression seems to be unable to withstand that time~

……

Why is this so~

You look at me and say you've decided~

I can't hold you~

His hands should be warmer than mine~

The preface of the tin box became a diary~

It became air and evolved into memories~

Love in the impression ~

It seems that I can't stand that time~

So you abstain~

……

Turn off the corridor light ~ put the schoolbag ~ Walk to the room window and look out~

Think back to the book I just bought~

One is called Peninsula Iron Box~

Put it next to the bed and pile it up a lot~

Page 1, Page 6, Page 7, Preface~

I'll never think of it~

You will have to leave with me to read this book~

No more~

I can't see it anymore~

The keyhole of the tin box~

I saw through the light that it had been rusting for a long time~

It's old, it's old~

The dust on the periphery surrounded me~

It's so dark, it's so dark~

I can't find the key to the tin box~

It was me next to the candy~

I really want to remember the sweet~

However, it filtered you and me~

Reduced to beauty~

It's you who sinks in the box

Give me pleasure~

I'd love to remember, but I can't remember~

……

Why is this so~

You pulled me and said you were a little hesitant~

How is this like this~

Before the rain stops, you will hold an umbrella and leave~

I'm used to not stopping you~

You'll be back in a while~

The love in my impression seems to be unable to withstand that time~

Why is this so~

You pulled me and said you were a little hesitant~

How is this like this~

Before the rain stops, you will hold an umbrella and leave~

I'm used to not stopping you~

You'll be back in a while~

The love in my impression seems to be unable to withstand that time~

Why is this so~

You look at me and say you've decided~

I can't hold you~

His hands should be warmer than mine~

The preface became a diary~

It became air and evolved into memories~

The love in my impression seems to be unable to withstand that time~

So you abstain~

……

This "Peninsula Iron Box" is included in "Octave Space", and the lyrics, songs and arrangements are all arranged by Jay Chou alone.

The "Peninsula Iron Box" in the song is a box full of lover's memories and is also the title of the book. The most prominent instruments in this RAP are acoustic guitars and cymbals. The lyrics are half sung and half rapped. Previously, the Chinese territory published a novel called "Peninsula Iron Box", and Jay Chou got inspiration from the novel "Peninsula Iron Box", and then wrote the song "Peninsula Iron Box".

Arguably. "Peninsula Iron Box" is a romantic and fantasy romantic drama, where is the fantasy? Whether it is a MV or lyrics, Jay Chou wants to present a different world, with obscure lyrics and weird MVs. When everything is blurred, many years later, people only remember Jay Chou's thoughts over and over again: "Why is this like this~" over and over again.

This song is a collection of literary phrases. Any paragraph taken from the lyrics is very literary, although the two sentences may be unrelated.

"I would never have imagined that you would have to leave with me reading this book"

"What sinks in the box is the pleasure you give me"

"I'd love to remember, but I can't"

"Why are you pulling me like this, and I said you were hesitant"

"The love in my impression doesn't seem to be able to withstand that time"

"I can't hold you, his hand should be warmer than mine"

"The love in my impression doesn't seem to be able to withstand that time, so you abstain"

…… And so on and so forth.

For a long time, "Peninsula Iron Box" has been like a fragment for Du Xinghe. We don't have to dwell on the story of this song, it's enough to have these words. What are memories? Memories are fragments. The peninsula is also fragmented. These fragments of nothingness can easily occupy your mind. Yes, it's like a lullaby.

"Peninsula" is a dream song from a dream.

Why does Du Xinghe like Octave Space? Because Jay in Octave is the purest. Different from the fantasy of "Fantesi". is different from the extreme gorgeousness of "Ye Huimei". "Octave Space" is integrated from the overall concept, the overall singing, and the timbre of the entire Jay Chou.

Jay Chou's vague thoughts have reached the extreme in "Octave Space", "Ye Huimei" is a watershed in Jay Chou's reform, why many people can't even accept "Ye Huimei". It's because of "Octave Space" that caused trouble.

Jay Chou's timbre in "Octave" is too perfect. Whether it's "Back to the Past". "Peninsula Box", "Train". "Little Blacksmith", "Secret Number", Jay Chou did it in one go. The dreamlike chant left a deep imprint on "Octave".

Fortunately, the wind blowing from the other side of the sea and the gorge was a year slower than "Fantesi", and "Octave Space" was also half a year slower. Only "Ye Huimei" does not. At that time, all the people felt the whirlwind of "Ye Huimei" for the first time. Fortunately, the poison of "Octave" is not deep, otherwise it would be a lot less fun.

At the same time, it is even more fortunate that in the days when the "Octave" is cycled in the future, the toxicity still attacks. But it doesn't matter, this does not prevent people from accepting the gorgeous retro "Ye Huimei", the romantic poet "Qili Xiang". and the classical nocturne "Chopin in November".

Jay Chou used the number of six albums to create a music kingdom that is ancient and modern. To this day. Many people still miss the broken "Octave", because of "Back to the Past", because of "Secret Number", and because of "Peninsula Iron Box".

The song of "Peninsula" is perfect, Jay Chou does not play traditional R&B, but that does not mean that he can't. Jay Chou during the "Octave" period was like a 40-year-old Dugu seeking defeat, and grass, trees, bamboos and stones can be used as swords. Timbre is Jay Chou's sword, who said Jay Chou is only suitable for behind the scenes? Responsibly speaking, many people used to like Jay Chou's songs, and a big reason was Jay Chou's timbre. To put it mildly. It's the early voice.

Jay Chou not only sings his own songs, but any song he sings can be "a sword", whether it is his own song or not. Jay Chou's spirituality is not only in composition, but also in singing, Jay Chou was also perfect at that time, he sang "The End of the World", sang "Disintegration", sang "Why can't you even speak clearly", and even sang other people's "Red Beans", which can become a song with its own unique label.

Jay Chou in the early days had aura, and Jay Chou in the later period lost not only the aura in lyrics and composition, but also in singing. If you have to say specifically what the spirituality of this singing is, then I can answer you, it is like "Peninsula Iron Box".

Back to the song itself-

"Turn off the hallway lights ~ put the schoolbag ~ Walk to the room window and look out~

Think back to the book I just bought~A book called Peninsula Iron Box~

Put it on the bed ~ a lot of piles ~ the first page ~ the sixth page ~ the seventh page preface ~ I never~ never thought that you would have to leave with me to read this book~

No longer ~ no longer ~ no longer visible ~ now not seen ~

The keyhole of the iron box ~ through the light ~ saw it ~ rusted for a long time ~ It's old, it's old~The dust on the periphery surrounded me~

It's so dark, it's so dark~ I can't find the key to the iron box~"

The rap in the first half is very strange, not pure rap, with a faint melody flavor. Between speaking and singing, the simple fast, slow, ups and downs, combined with Jay Chou's soft words, make people have the illusion of entering a dream. At first, many people will think why this paragraph is so non-rhyming, but the more you listen to it, the more you will feel that this paragraph is extremely rhyming.

"The one next to the candy is the sweetness that I ~ want to remember ~ However, it filtered you and me ~ reduced to beauty ~ Sinking in the box is you~the pleasure I gave~

I'd love to remember, but I ~can't remember~"

From rap to singing, Jay Chou's unique voice is more ambiguous than the transposition of Guò R&B, but it is extremely comfortable. The final line of the song is simply stunning, and there is nothing more perfect than this way of turning to the B section.

"Why is this happening~

You pulled me ~ said you were a little hesitant ~ How is this like this~ The rain hasn't stopped yet~ You just hold an umbrella and leave~

I'm used to it~not going to stop you~

After a while~You'll be back~

The love in my impression seems to ~can't withstand that time~

Why is this so~

You look at me and say you've decided~

I can't hold you~

His hands should be warmer than mine~

The preface of the iron box ~ became a diary ~ became air ~ evolved into a memory ~

The love in my impression seems to be ~ can't stand that time ~ so you abstain ~"

The perfect melody, smooth true and false sounds, with Jay Chou's fresh and simple, unadorned timbre. Make this song last a long time. I've been listening to it all these years, and the more I listen, the more sad I feel, but I don't know where the sadness comes from.

For Du Xinghe, this song has become the best memory of his youth, and now when he listens to the song, he still remembers many warm stories. Although it sounds like this song no longer has the excitement and warmth it once had, it is still worth looking forward to. It was as if the song was already a part of his life.

In fact, in many of Jay Chou's songs, our years are more or less engraved in their melodies. And those who are related to us, when they listen to Jay Chou's songs, will they also think of us quietly? (To be continued......)