Chapter 560 I Believe I Can Touch the Sky (1/2 Monthly Pass)
Since Cai Huahong strongly requested Yang Qian to try singing again, Song Guanglin and Chen Yanxi also showed strong interest, so Yang Qian returned to the piano and sat down.
However, when Yang Qian was about to start singing, Song Guanglin stopped him.
"Xiao Yang, wait a minute, does your song have lyrics?"
Song Guanglin can speak English, but after all, unlike Cai Huahong, he often went abroad and had a cross-border marriage, so his English level is very high.
Song Guanglin is a leader, he is old, his English level is limited, and his spoken language is relatively poor. It is more convenient to hire an interpreter for foreign affairs activities.
Now that Yang Qian was going to sing an English song, Song Guanglin was worried that he wouldn't understand it.
Of course, this is normal. Most young students don’t read subtitles, so they probably can’t understand English songs or dialogues in English movies and TV shows.
Speaking and listening have always been pain points for Chinese students.
"There are lyrics to the song "I believe I can fly", but I didn't prepare them before. They just exist on my phone. Director Song, can I send them to you?"
Yang Qian took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket.
"I can't stand the sight of a cell phone. If you send it to me like this, I'll have someone call and send it over. It only takes two minutes!"
Although Song Guanglin has followed the times and used smartphones, and he likes to watch short videos on them, he still prefers paper when it comes to reviewing text. On the small screen of the mobile phone, the words are all shrunk, and it is difficult to see with presbyopia.
Gotta be clear?
It didn’t take long, and someone quickly sent over the printed lyrics.
"Xiao Yang is very careful in his work. It not only has English lyrics but also Chinese translations."
Song Guanglin took it and distributed it to Chen Yanxin, Cai Huahong, and Dai Yuni. Finally, Song Guanglin took a portion and sat down, looking at it and praising Yang Qian.
When everything was ready, Yang Qian began to sing "I believe I can fly".
"I used to think that I could not go on..."
(Translation: I originally thought I couldn't hold on.)
Although it is just a simple piano accompaniment, lacking the support of jazz drums, which is as important as the soul, and the melody sounds relatively monotonous, Yang Qian imitated the singing voice of black singers and sang with a very obvious sense of rhythm.
Therefore, just from the first sentence, Cai Huahong felt excited!
"The style of R&B! This is interesting!"
Cai Huahong shook her legs according to the rhythm and praised enthusiastically.
She had listened to some of Yang Qian's R&B-style Chinese songs, and it was clear that Yang Qian could master this style of music.
However, the R&B song Yang Qian sang now gave Cai Huahong an even stronger impact.
Because they are too "like" foreign songs, especially those masterpieces on the American charts that Cai Huahong often listens to, Yang Qian's lyrics and singing style give Cai Huahong a sense of time travel - as if
Suddenly I traveled to a foreign country, and it was like listening to a foreign singer!
“And life was nothing but an awful song,
But now I know the meaning of true love…”
(Translation: Life is just a bad song, but now I understand the meaning of true love.)
The first few sentences are relatively bland.
Of course, plain just refers to the calm and depressive meaning of the lyrics, which is similar to "Dream it Possible", both of which are suppressed first and then elevated.
In fact, just by looking at the lyrics, you will feel that the beginning of this song may be boring, like nagging memories. In contrast, the beginning of "Dream it Possible" is even more progressive.
However, the R&B singing style of "I believe I can fly" makes this song sound particularly interesting.
It's like tasting a glass of strong wine in a graceful environment. Before the wine is even stronger, the rhythm in Yang Qian's singing already makes people want to twist along with it. If the wine is not intoxicating, everyone will get drunk!
“If I can see it, then I can do it,
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it..."
(Translation: As long as I can see hope, then I can succeed,
As long as I believe I can do it, then there is nothing impossible.)
It was still a slow and casual singing, but Cai Huahong listened very fascinated.
She even had a look of surprise in her eyes!
Where did Yang Qian learn this singing style?
It's rough, free, lazy, and has a strong sense of rhythm. It really resembles the singing habits of black people.
Of course, learning is not necessarily a bad thing. Cai Huahong’s own singing method is also improving through continuous learning. This time she sang "Wind, Rain, Rainbow, Sonorous Rose" under the guidance of Yang Qian, and she felt that her understanding of singing style has improved.
One step forward.
It’s just that black singing is really difficult to learn. What’s difficult is not just the sense of rhythm, but the most important thing is the charm.
Needless to say, Yang Qian's ability to sing at this level must have been aided by systematic singing guidance.
But Cai Huahong didn’t know that in her impression, there were very few singers singing like this in the Chinese music scene. There might have been some in the early years, like the first "Chinese Voice", but singers singing like this were too niche.
Soon I was caught up in the trend of the times and I don’t know where I was photographed.
Fortunately, Yang Qian is not a singer with a fixed singing method. His ever-changing style also makes Cai Huahong appreciate and value this junior more.
"Could it be that there will be an international music superstar in China in the future?"
Cai Huahong has long been indifferent to fame and fortune, but when she thinks about the emergence of such a figure in the Chinese music scene that she loves and hates, she can't help but look forward to it.
Of course, now is not the time to think about this.
“I believe I can fly,
I believe I can touch the sky..."
It seems that the previous suppression has become a natural explosion here!
Although the explosion here is not as powerful as "Wind, Rain, Rainbow and Sonorous Rose", the unique melodious tone of R&B makes people feel that they really have the smoothness to soar in the blue sky and the urge to touch the sky!
Song Guanglin, a leader who is also interested in music, grinned when he heard it, as if this convoluted feeling had penetrated directly into his heart!
"I think about it every night and day,
Spread my wings and fly away…”
(Translation: I have been thinking about this scene day and night,
Spread my wings and fly to the vast sky...)
Although Yang Qian is not like Cai Huahong before, he directly sings in high notes, but this strong sense of desire still comes from his singing.
This can't help but make the audience feel inspired and feel the enthusiasm to really spread their wings and fly!
I don’t know why, but in everyone’s mind, a figure leaping high with open arms appears!
Is it basketball?
Is a superstar dunking?
Or the Olympic high jump?
Because it has always challenged the limits of human jumping!
Or maybe football?
In another world, there is such a great football superstar. He leaps high, almost straddling his opponent, and smashes the ball into the goal frame!