After listening to "Exclamation Point", Du Xinghe stayed up again to listen to Dong Chou's 12th solo album "12 New Works" released on December 28, 2012.

This album is obviously more surprising than "Exclamation Point", especially the last song, "Ukulele", which is an absolute highlight. This can be seen in the comments posted by fans.

One of the posts is written like this, called "May Your Music Not Be Listened to in Vain", specifically commenting on "12 New Works".

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Let's talk about two personal opinions about Jay Chou's record first, which are also entanglements that have been accumulated in my heart for many years and have nowhere to write.

First of all, you can't watch Jay Chou's MV. Regardless of whether others agree with this sentence or not, in short, after Jay Chou began to control the parts other than his record music from "Ye Huimei", he strongly blessed his so-called dream behavior into later albums. Of course, this kind of behavior is understandable in terms of his authority, but I think it can only be called a stubborn practice under the influence of curiosity. After participating in real movies, he became more confident in his control of film and television, and became more and more bold from creative intervention to taking over the shooting of MVs, so much so that we saw that the later MVs were all extreme personal heroism, sci-fi virtual crossing, and high school mode love three major plot types. I believe that Jay Chou loves these MVs, but in fact, the actual texture of these film and television products is too far away from the music he made, and it will even completely drag down the grade of the music works.

And there is another point - for the listener, the picture produced by any song must be diverse and rich rather than singular. Even if it is a lyric of Fang Wenshan's type, a hundred people will inevitably get a hundred kinds of picture sense of their own in their minds when they listen to it. However, Jay Chou's music videos are often full of irreconcilable narratives, which leads to the music video images created by Jay Chou to forcefully deprive and cover the imagination of the audience. This situation is either double-edged, but if you want to achieve good results, you must test the ability of the hardware, otherwise. It's self-defeating. No matter what others think, I personally think that Director Jay Chou's MV has some screenwriting and structural problems, which hinders the appreciation process, and then cannot match the artistic conception of the music, and finally the director deducts points comprehensively. Why are there many MV plots in Taiwan-Bay that are as light as water, or even no plot at all, but they still make people look quite comfortable? First. Because of the small fresh soul of Taiwan-Bay, the second is that mature directors know how to compromise the scope of influence of the MV on the music, and will not use the picture to disturb the audience's imagination space and the power of obscenity. But Jay Chou is more contrary to this point, in the author's opinion, it is the actual reason for the "repetition of Chinese style" and "no breakthrough in arrangement" and so on in recent albums - in fact, those works are not the same at all, and they are obvious. It's just that a large number of repetitive clichéd MV plots put a series of patterned complexes on these songs, and as a result, most of the listeners are disgusted and psychologically resistant.

So after the music video of "Father-in-law's Migraine" appeared, I scanned it and pulled down the page. Steer clear of biased visuals and listen only to the song itself. A brief glimpse already shows what this MV can say. The atmosphere, the tone, and the essence of the narrative he wants to create are clear. Although the main body of the story has changed, no longer being the emperor but a eunuch, it is still inseparable from the root of the spoof and unfunny. And the feeling I get from listening directly to the music is that "Father-in-law Migraine" is such an excellent electronic work, which integrates almost the advantages of Jay Chou's mature electronic music. The delicate and layered arrangement, the ingenious sentence breaks and articulations, the breaking and reassembling of traditional instruments in the arrangement, and the editing and organic connection of the chorus parts - if you can cut out the opening dialogue, it can be compared to a work of "Ninja" level. However, those who have watched the music video will inevitably be shocked by the merciless brain supplement picture, and cannot get the first impression of being in tune with the rhythm of the music or objectively evaluating the arrangement. The director has a bias against the song or gives up directly because of the failed spoof.

Another point of view is that Jay Chou succeeded as soon as he sold cute records. Back in the days when the word "moe" didn't exist. Jay Chou has been cute several times in the care of his image. It's too far away, but in terms of the moderate and pleasing shape of "I'm Busy", the additional effect brought to the record is simply five-star. The theme and shape of the album are so important, just because the Chinese pop is regularly detached from the theme, and often relies on the external appearance of a system that releases energy smoothly and makes people get a peaceful psychological effect to make the listening flow of the album tend to be concentrated. And the theme image of "Magic Jack" is too heroic, the personal tension is too large, and the endless use of computer special effects is not only noisy, but also in this resource-based world where everyone has "seen everything and is not unusual". It's hard to make a splash. The styling of "Cross Era" is also the same, and I personally think that this is closely related to the relatively poor overall ratings of the two albums in a row. In fact, this view has an intersection with the previous narrative about MV issues, but the effect will definitely be more frequent and more direct, because MV can choose whether to watch it or not, but the record sleeve can never be separated from your sight.

And the power of this angle in "Twelve New Works" is bound to be gentle and restrained. It does not have the imposition of the ** silk pattern and the overly thick story, which will make people have a certain good impression of the record. Although, many people denied this white horse shape for the first time, in fact, it was the white-headed shape that bore the brunt of the white head shape - but in the clear version of the cover, you can see the artistic texture of the whole picture, and do not comment on the clothing design of Dong Chou, in terms of the center of gravity setting and tonal level of the photo, it will not give people an unforgivable sense of abruptness, and there is a bit of oil painting charm. In any case, this degree of narcissism is definitely under "Magic Seat" and "Cross Era". So I personally think this is a successful selling, rather than a generalization of the theme that is too self-rendered.

After talking about two points that seem to have nothing to do with music, he has already given a five-star evaluation for "Twelve New Works" - this should be Jay Chou's record that is really close to the level of "Fantesi" in six years, and it is a stage achievement that will step on the penultimate three albums together. From the solid atmosphere of the first song "Four Seasons Train", the polishing and matching of the strength and rhythm of the lyrics and rhyme can hear the long-lost classic feeling, and this pleasant regeneration cycle has been too long and too nostalgic. "Sign Language" is a song that gives people an inexplicable feeling of inexplicable goodwill in the prelude. Although the essence is more hodgepodge: the piano skeleton, the bottom of the R&B rhythm, and the singing sentiment is slightly showy, and the overall level of the singing section is diverse and jumpy. Most importantly, many of them are synthesized under a complete and durable melody. There is the most essential difference from "Minemine", which had a nightmare a year ago. The bridge section of this song plays the smoothest undertaking effect, and if you listen closely, you can see that the electronic sound effects that have been laid out in the ears are actually dedicated to the singing rhythm of this section. The song "Sign Language" shows the most classic Jay Chou-style three-dimensional sense of music, and also gives the audience the broadest space for situational imagination.

"Obviously", which was released in advance, and "Loving You", which was released in advance, and "Love You", which was released in advance, are both love song works with great potential for singing. Of course, this is also the benefit of taking advantage of love, eating the tofu of love. In fact, it is not false to say that a work with obvious Chinese style like "Red Dust Inn" is easy for people to grasp the handle. But what pop music listeners can't easily get tired of is still being deeply immersed in love songs. It's not like telling the "Orchid Pavilion Preface", but guarding "Happiness That Says It" is not in a daze; complaining about the old tradition of "Fireworks Are Easy to Cold", and eavesdropping on the emotional drama of "Said Goodbye" directed and acted in personal reality, this is all about the contradiction between the national style and the tolerance of love songs. It's a bit unfair to accuse Jay Chou of his talent in this way. In fact, it also reflects a simple truth - we are more accustomed to accepting music content that is closer to real life, such as the so-called love and affection that everyone is inevitably vulgar, and works that only pursue artistic effects in form, such as Zhou-style national style, once they enter the pattern slightly, it will cause unhappiness like conditioned reflex. This is why some people will immediately have a negative reaction to "Red Dust Inn". And the reason for the great affection for the same charm of "Obviously". The emotion is as deep as ever, and the resonant fuse is like the capillaries of countless tentacles, catching people off guard with the direction and speed of the melody. The piano is bright and straight into the heart, and it sings in the ear like a friend who has not relied on it for a long time. The passive love xù is pulled and can't tolerate half a point of laziness, and the chorus that turns into rock detonates the unwilling lonely, and the hysterical cry repeated in a few sentences of "obviously just" in the transition section is like a knife twisting. In the lyrics, "Obviously/He's more gentle/Maybe he can give you more/Don't have to choose/I'll automatically become a friend", which is the scar that almost everyone hides at the bottom of the growth manual, is sung fiercely, how can you not be painful and emotional. Equally. "Love You It's Okay" has a similar gradual structure, but strong emotions are added when the main song is sung. With the tight catch-up of the hourly sound effect, the chorus of the superior melody is launched, and the singing skills of high and low, true and false transposition are demonstrated. Therefore, Jay Chou's two brushes for dissecting feelings in lyrical rock are not inferior to his exploration and innovation of novel arrangement modes. This is also the reason why no matter how much he incurs endless complaints about copying classics, we are still willing to find "the love song that will definitely touch us heartily" in his records.

"Everywhere is You", "Big Ben" and "Silking" can be talked about in one line: emotional explosiveness. Although the musical composition and color of the three songs are not the same, these three songs are actually medium-board works that do everything in the short burst of singing intensity. The main and secondary characters of "Big Ben" are very brief. The focus is on the rapid rise and fall of the words, and the sentiment is quite memorable; The key to "Silly Smile" is naturally the chorus gimmick, but the frequency of male and female true and false tones is extremely high, and the repeated mirror reversal of roles is impressive; And "Where Are You" is the heaviest and most pathetic song on the record, even if you read the lyrics alone or just read the orchestration, you can understand it. The fault line between the chorus and the main song is the fuse of the explosion, and once it begins, the highs that do not fall are integrated into a uniform and balanced rock atmosphere, so that people can digest it at a uniform speed without urgency or discomfort. And "Where Are You" also has a hint of the charm of typical lyrical rock in the 90s. The treatment at the end is also very obvious.

The most talented work in the record is "The Bigger Cello" - in this song, we can hear a qiē characteristic of Jay Chou's "Fantesi" era: whimsical ingenuity, colorful visual effects, kaleidoscopic arrangements, lyrics comparable to novels, humorous atmosphere, retro jazz atmosphere, mutual assistance between male and female vocals, etc., etc., in this song you seem to find "Indian Old Turtledove", "Mr. Magic", "Perfectionism", "Free Teaching Video", " Milan's Little Blacksmith or even "Chivalry" is a chemical synthesis rather than a fragmentary splicing. Liang Xinyi is really a hero in this song, and the total chorus of the three in the second half, she and Yang Ruidai are responsible for the opposite of what was expected, and it has also become the sharpness of this song.

In fact, I also have a personal opinion about Jay Chou, that is, I miss his songs that you can't hear clearly without reading the lyrics. And in "Twelve New Works". There has been a noticeable increase in such works – although it is a joke, but it also reflects the relief and joy that the record has finally succeeded in substance, improved in quality, and has not been disappointed in expectations. It can still be said that Jay Chou's music has given us real touching and positive influences, and at the same time, it has also raised our listening taste to unexpectedly high places. You can continue to criticize him, but you also have to grow at the same time. Be brave and explore. No matter what kind of ridicule it incurs, it's like what Jay Chou did. As long as he succeeds again in one step, you should also find that you have made progress and gains instead of being lucky - then these complaints are not gray hair, these times are not in vain, and these music are not in vain.

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There is also a post, Du Xinghe also read it, and I think it is quite pertinent, the name is "Jay Chou's achievements and pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info is too high. What he needs to overcome is himself."

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With great power comes great responsibility. This is my most pertinent evaluation of Jay Chou. might as well make such an assumption, in 2000, if Jay Chou had not debuted, there would be no such person in the music world. Imagine the Chinese music scene. I dare say that it is definitely South Korea, Japan, and the United States. British-Chinese music kills domestic record 、、、、

At the beginning of Jay Chou's debut, he shouldered an unusual responsibility: to save Chinese records. Listen to his first chapter, "Jay". knows that his appearance is not to compete with a certain singer like the period of the Four Heavenly Kings, but to compete with the entire network and the entire foreign music. His pen www.biquge.info is too high, too high. So much so that he won the Golden Melody Award for Best Album as soon as he debuted. As soon as he debuted, he bought more than 1 million copies. So we all have to measure it by a higher standard. In the past, we judged whether an album was good or not, but we just expected the album to be complete, the production was excellent, and two or three songs with beautiful melodies and durable songs were considered good albums.

It's Jay Chou's place. Our criteria are: starting from the idea of the album, it should be novel, it should lead the trend, and it should be balanced and unified as a whole. To be absolutely sophisticated, it must be nominated for at least the best album every year. When it comes to singing, try your best to make people hear clearly. and then to the melody of the song, we want each one to sound good, and each one not to waste a minute of our ears. All I can say about these requirements is: high terrible. But what's even more terrifying is that from 2000 to 2008, Jay Chou magically reached ...... I dare to say that Jay Chou's songs before 2008, at least every one of them has something very good. Whether it's the main theme or the accompaniment, there are very surprising things. When "Rainbow" first came out in 2007, I always thought it was a love song with a simple melody and a beautiful melody, nothing more. But when I patiently heard the end, as soon as the beautiful accompaniment transposition came out, I jumped up with excitement. Just like watching Zhang Yimou's "Red Sorghum" before, I felt dull and had no bright spots at first, but in the end, I saw Jiang Wen coming out of the sorghum field holding a brazier, and the simple sound of the horn soundtrack remembered that the impact of life came like a spring. That's when I thought about listening carefully to Jay's albums slowly, mainly listening to the accompaniment, and each one turned out to be particularly outstanding...... I gradually realized Jay's grasp of the details and careful arrangement of the music.

We found that as soon as Jay Chou debuted, everyone called him Little Heavenly King, and at the beginning, he compared with Tao Zhe and said that they were both R&B. After that, he compared with Wang Leehom, spelled the king of songs, and spelled the best album. Then there is Huang Lixing, who is a maverick...... Then to Fang Datong, they are all creative talents. Finally, Lin Junjie, Luo Zhixiang, Wu Kequn, Cao Ge. Record and Mayday, Jolin Tsai comparison. income and Andy Lau and so on. Influence and Jackie Chan, Andy Lau comparison. and then to Xu Song in the mainland. Say something like that to replace Jay. has been twelve years, and Jay Chou has had many more opponents than he has released albums.

Now look at the situation in the music scene, Jay Chou is still the same Jay Chou, those opponents, maybe a little outstanding in a certain aspect for a while, they were taken out of the book. Take it to surpass Dong Chou and the like. But in fact, Jay Chou is still standing at the highest point. No matter what music event you attend, it's always the finale. Other celebrities are all in their mouths: legendary, unsurpassable, unrepeatable.

Tao Zhe can't get an album, Wang Leehom can't get an album, and he can't get a movie. If you want to say that "Love Notice" is good-looking, I have nothing to say. Movie: I think "The Secret That Can't Be Said" is better than the movies made by those academic directors many times. I'm telling the truth...... Lin Junjie is still the little king, Luo Zhixiang continues to jump around on the stage, you have to ask him to take out a past song that can be sung with one hand, or is it difficult to write "Self-Hypnosis", composed by Jay Chou.

Jolin Tsai changed his style, and dance music became popular, but people who really listen to music are still listening to "Rewind", listening to me 72 times, and hearing that I love you and so on. I feel that Jolin Tsai's highest peak in music was before he broke up with Jay Chou.

Fang Datong is the most durable and good-sounding song among the singers later, but I only think that the new album released in the past few days is good, and some people say that "McConley" is good, but the prelude in front of McConley is really bad. The first few sentences are a bit too crowded. And only this one thousand paper cranes have the best integrity and hearing resistance, take a closer look, the lyrics are still Fang Wenshan...... Recently, Xu Wei also released an album, a singer I like very much, but I really don't have any new songs that I can handle.

Let's take a closer look at the music that Chinese have listened to recently: the most dazzling national style, Jiangnan style. I really want to curse, you professional music fans, professional musicians, can't you come out and say something, what else are these songs besides vulgarity?????

Whether you believe it or not, I believe in that sentence, there will be no next Jay Chou, and this era of Jay Chou is far from over. Also, please treat Jay with a normal heart. Don't go dark at every turn. Jay's own songs reward classic songs created by others, both in quantity and quality, which are unprecedented and unprecedented. Please be respectful. If you don't like it, avoid him. But please don't be black, many people are really congenitally unreasonable black. And it's been dark for 7 years, and Jiang Lang has been saying it for seven years. What now. There are also unscrupulous media, who strip naked every day to report. Jay's brilliant achievements are never reported, and he only talks about gossip to slander Jay. It seems that whoever can find Jay is inferior to others is the most powerful. Your mother's Leslie Cheung and Jackson were both killed by the media. Now it's Jay's turn. I'm really speechless......

12 new works are about to be released. 12 songs, I believe in Jay's ability, at least three or four good hands.

Coupled with the fact that there are still seven or eight songs on the soundtrack of the movie in March next year, I can only say that Jay Chou will rule the music scene for a long, long time. I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint those people who are black Jayren......

"Obviously" is really good, if you don't believe it, you can listen to the songs on the music charts first, don't listen to the European and American already very classic, just compare with the current Chinese songs, I think you have to listen to this one last.

The Red Dust Inn is honestly nothing new, but the melody is still okay.

The fastest decline is definitely not Jay, Wenshan is the fastest, the second is the arrangement, and Jay's song is still very catchy. How do you have to do electronic music in the arrangement. The accompaniment to "Ukulele" was fantastic, but as soon as the electronic music came out, I collapsed...... Find a way to get a version without electric music and listen to it, Internet gods......

In short, look at Jay Lun objectively. Don't expect him from God's eyes all the time, because he is a man, and he thinks he can't do it.

The iron-clad Jay, the opponent of the flowing water. That's what I want to say.

The following is supplemented.

In recent years, Jay's songs really haven't been listened to enough. So I've been fascinated by singers.

The most fascinated is Faye Wong, the classic air singing, no matter what song you sing, at least the voice is charming. And Faye Wong's classic songs are really comparable to Teresa Teng. So it's also the longest to be obsessed...... (To be continued......)