"I think that focusing on lyrics and less music is probably the fundamental reason for the huge difference between Chinese pop music and European and American pop music!"

After Ye Weiyang thought about it for a while, he began to talk about the biggest difference between Chinese pop music and European and American pop music based on this idea.

In fact, his statement is not wrong, and Ye Weiyang has indeed realized something after baptizing hundreds of excellent Chinese and European and American pop music works in his previous life and this life.

Looking at European and American pop music for decades, no matter which world it is, there has never been a musician who is famous as a famous poet.

Composition, arrangement, and mixing have higher status in North American music scene than lyricists.

But there are many famous lyricists in the Chinese music scene.

And some people can be called godfathers in their status, and lyricists can serve as marketing points.

For example, Fang Wenshan, when writing songs for others, can be used as a popular publicity point, and many people will listen to it for his fame.

Various interpretations of the lyrics.

And in fact, when interpreting the lyrics of the song, there are only Chinese songs in the world.

So occasionally, there are still some songs in Japan and South Korea that can be popular in Europe and the United States for a short time, even if they don’t understand the lyrics.

Because in the European and American music scene, lyrics have never been important.

In any other country's music scene, in fact, pop music focuses on "music", rather than "sings".

Since European and American pop music discovered the mystery of African and Latin music rhythm, merged into traditional country music and initially created rock, rhythm has always been the soul of European and American pop music.

Whether a popular song from Europe and America can become popular and gain everyone's love depends on whether the rhythm can attract ears.

Melody (melody), Rhythm (rhythm), Harmony (chords) Bass, these are the four points that European and American pop music values ​​the most.

All European and American pop music are pondered on how to make these four points better and how to make the music more attractive and beautiful.

However, in the Chinese music scene, Chinese musicians only focus on melody in the music part, and even only focus on melody in the vocal part. As for chords, rhythms, etc., just put it in casual condoms.

Most Chinese music arrangements only play the role of striking vocals.

Finally, let’s play the lyrics together. Whoever’s lyrics can touch people’s hearts and whose lyrics can resonate with people, then whose song will become popular.

A universal chord can write hundreds of songs.

Therefore, the lyrics that are not nutritious are called saliva songs.

If the lyrics are well written, it is a fine song.

It’s not that there are no people in China who do not pay attention to rhythm and chords, but only those who are capable of writing good music are really a handful of musicians.

Just like Jay Chou, many of his songs are actually just as good as writing lyrics.

Songs such as "Nocturne", "Sunny Day", "Qi Lixiang", and "The Bell in the Against Direction" can be changed at will, and as long as it is still arranged, it will definitely be popular.

However, if some songs are replaced, they may not be popular. For example, if Mao Buyi’s songs are replaced with ordinary lyrics and sing them by another person, they will probably not be splashed.

Let's make the simplest example.

When it comes to Jay Chou's "Nocturne", the first thing that comes to mind in his mind is definitely the beginning melody, not the lyrics. Maybe he can't even remember the lyrics, so he can only hum, but he has not forgotten the melody.

But when it comes to "Sweet Sorrow", the first thing I think of is the four cups, "One cup to the sun and the moonlight..."

As for the song, it is actually very regular.

It’s not that Mao Buyi is not good, on the contrary, he is already a very outstanding musician in the new era of the Chinese music scene.

But he is a very typical Chinese musician, paying great attention to the expression of lyrics, and is actually not so nitpicking about the structure of the music.

But the European and American pop music is the exact opposite, and the lyrics are very rough.

Maybe it is because of the historical precipitation of English, it really has no nutrition.

I can't count on the lyrics of "The sky is blue waiting for mist and rain, and I'm waiting for you" in English.

Therefore, European and American pop music focuses on the "music". As for the lyrics, everyone is in plain language. I love you and you love me. Don't laugh at me.

Then, European and American pop music can only roll melody, chords, and rhythm.

This has caused a serious difference in the hearing between Chinese and European and American popularity.

On the stage of "THE TONIGHT SHOW", Ye Weiyang talked about the lack of nutrition in European and American pop lyrics, and it is incomparable to the beautiful language background of China.

Just pointing directly at the nose of European and American musicians and saying: "Your lyrics are really bad. A Chinese singer who can write good melodies and chord rhythms can easily enter the European and American music scene, but a European and American musician who writes the same songs will definitely not be able to absorb all Chinese pop music."

As for the lyrics level, European and American pop music is not as good as China, but even Japan, it is better than the songs of Korean idol groups.

The audience in the audience watched Ye Weiyang talk about the differences in pop music between the two countries, and they listened with relish at the beginning.

Until Ye Weiyang began to belittle the lyricist level of European and American pop music, everyone's face became ugly.

If Ye Weiyang hadn't said it fairly in the end that the composition of Chinese pop music was indeed not as good as that of European and American pop music, then the audience would probably have cursed him directly.

After all, this is in the United States. You are a foreign singer. If you don’t praise American pop music, you will belittle it. If you still belittle it, then who can stand it?

But after the audience calmed down, they thought about it seriously.

Ye Weiyang's analysis is rough and not rough.

As for the literary heritage, the Americans, who have been established for more than two hundred years, cannot compare with China.

The lyrics of Chinese people are better than those of Europeans and Americans. That is the advantage of language. Isn’t it normal for a language that has been passed down for five thousand years to write better lyrics?

As for the popular songs written by European and American musicians, this is also very normal!

At least they have produced a lot of excellent classical music. In terms of musical melody, it really makes people look at Europe and the United States.

This is also in line with everyone's impression.

There were many excellent poems in ancient China, and they always paid attention to the expression of words, so in modern pop music, they also focused on lyrics and less on music.

In Europe and the United States, music is music, and it has always focused on the expression of music. From the past classical music to the current pop music, it has always been like this. The lyrics are just carriers that assist in expressing emotions, so they are naturally more important than lyrics.

After saying this, the well-educated audiences on the scene also felt that it was indeed very reasonable.

The look they looked at Ye Weiyang became more and more acknowledged.
Chapter completed!