Li Zongsheng, who built Li Zonggang into his own world?

This is a good direction.

But Lee Zongsheng's style is really hard to replicate.

How to say it, there are 1.4 billion people in China, but only one Lee Zongsheng was born.

Ye Weiyang was not very confident about building Li Zonggang into Li Zongsheng's second place.

But, this is not the only way to go.

Whose songs can best capture middle-aged men in their thirties and forties?

Ye Weiyang felt that besides Leehom, there was another person.

Gao Jin.

Yes, it is Gao Jin, who became popular in KTV nationwide with the song "My Good Brothers".

How popular was "My Good Brother" back then?

It can be said that all the men who entered KTV have absolutely retained the song.

And you must sing with your brothers on their shoulders to have a feeling!

However, Gao Jin has always been said to be very vulgar and rustic.

The evaluations received by Leehom Lee can be said to be two extremes.

As for why? The reason may be complicated.

Calm down and think about it, under what circumstances will you think a song is rustic?

There is actually no standard answer to this question, and there is no style that will definitely be labeled as "earthy" by all humans.

Give an extreme example.

If you grow up listening to Chinese pop songs, and when you hear European and American pop music, you may feel that Chinese guava is very rustic.

Those who listen to rock music may think that popular music is very rustic.

Those who listen to jazz will feel that rock is rustic.

In the end, those who like to listen to classical music will think that other music is not good, and in a broad sense, they can be considered local.

But is there any difference between these music?

So it is actually not difficult to understand why Gao Jin's songs give people a "rustic" feeling.

Because Gao Jin's songs are the bottom of the popular music contempt chain.

Two main reasons.

The first is Gao Jin's voice and singing style, which is actually not much different from the first mainland pop singers in the 1990s.

So when you look at it now, of course you will feel very old-fashioned.

Just like Zhang Yu’s bitter songs and his bitter voice, it feels really great and very nice to listen to in that era.

But if Zhang Yu debuted in 2020, he would probably end up with a "rustic" evaluation.

The second reason is to Gao Jin's song. The lyrics are really too straightforward and expressive.

In fact, for popular songs, the lyrics are the most likely to cause earthiness, which is the most easily overlooked.

"The sky is blue waiting for mist and rain, and I am waiting for you."

"Brother, let me hug you and tell me what you think."

Which of these two sentences will give people a more rustic impression? It goes without saying.

Moreover, the same melody with different lyrics will have completely different effects.

Even if you use the song "Brothers Hug" to sing the lyrics of "Brothers Hug" or "Tao Ma Xuan" and "Love Sell", the beautiful song "Blue and White Porcelain" will look very rustic...

Faced with the earthy lyrics like "Betray my love and leave with me on my back", even if you write the melody of immortality, you will be unable to turn the world back.

In this way, from the literary perspective of the lyrics, it seems that it is easier to distinguish between "rustic" and "modern".

In "Men's Song", "A man stands up straight and doesn't lie down, and wipes tears inadvertently"

"We Are Different" chorus "We Are Different, Everyone has different situations"

There is nothing wrong with the things written by Gao Jin. The main reason is that the lyrics are not literary. In fact, they are just plain language, so they sound like rustic.

Regarding the "earth" and "foreign" of popular songs, many people think that "earth" is because of the scales, harmony, etc. it uses, and it actually has nothing to do with this.

If you really want to talk about the phonological scale, wouldn’t the most local pentagonal scale in China still create popular songs such as the Chinese style "Jasmine Flower" and the majestic "A Laugh in the Sea"?

The "4536251" chord routine that is most criticized and is said to be very routine every day, and people will hate it when they hear it. In Jay Chou's hands, it can become excellent songs such as "The Longest Movie" and "The Promise of Dandelion".

But what others wrote using this chord routine was "Young Master" and "Your Tavern Closed to Me" and other popular Douyin products.

Doesn’t this also prove that the scale and harmony are not divided by earth and foreign, and are simply a matter of personal ability.

Gao Jin's compositional skills cannot be described by the word "earth".

"I happened to meet you" written by Li Yugang, and I changed my personal singing. Isn't it just a word "rustic" at all?

Then why does Gao Jin's song give people a feeling of earth?

In addition to his singing style, there is another very important reason, that is, his musical audience gives the public a very rustic feeling.

The musical value of a song is determined by its own musicality and artistic nature.

However, the audience of music works may in turn affect the impression the song brings to people.

Take Phoenix Legend as an example. For a long time, they have all become representatives of "earthy flavor".

But many people actually don’t realize that they think that the Phoenix Legend is not because of the Phoenix Legend song.

In fact, they themselves don’t really hate the songs of Phoenix Legend. What they hate is square dance, and they may not even hate square dance that much. What they really hate is the aunt who dances square dance.

If it were a beautiful young lady to dance "Above the Moon", "Moonlight in the Lotus Pond" and "The Most Displeasant National Style", I am afraid that those who are talking about the legendary land of Phoenix will happily carry small chairs to the square to watch the young lady dance.

And he keeps shouting OK, OK!

Similarly, some people always hate songs marked "DJ version".

But in fact, what they hate is not the song itself, but the group of people who dance with this kind of music in the disco, which makes people hate this music.

If all hot girls are playing this kind of song, it will not be rustic, but trendy.

Similarly, Gao Jin's songs give people a sense of rusticity, mainly because a large part of his audience gives people the image of a big brother in society and a shirtless Northeastern brother.

For a long time, there were only two images of the Northeast brothers in the eyes of others.

One is a social guy wearing beanie shoes, tights, and shaking his hands.

The other type is the social elder brother who wears marten, big gold chains, and takes three young girls to peel garlic when going out.

It is interesting that most of the latter type are listeners of Gaojin's works, which naturally makes the public better.

As for why Gao Jin's audience is a big brother in society, it can only be said that when he debuted, he relied on his identity as an online singer, succeeded and failed because of his label as an online singer.

The problem of giving Gao Jin's works a feeling of "rustic" is not a fatal problem. Ye Weiyang feels that in this world, there is still hope that Gao Jin's works can be labeled as "rustic" again!
Chapter completed!