In the end, Cheng Gong bluntly expressed his opposition.
He objected to using "Road", a tweaked version of "Sunset Boulevard", as the band's title song.
His reasons are very good.
"This song is indeed good. In terms of arrangement, soundtrack and lyrics, it is definitely a good song. But a good song does not mean it will be popular. I have been an agent for so many years, and I have seen so many
Even good songs can’t succeed, and in the end bad money chases good money.”
"The song "Road" can be played out after our band becomes popular, but it can't be done now. We are worthless now. The title song we need must have a simple melody, catchy, and be heard as soon as it is heard.
Something that can catch people’s ears!”
"Isn't that just popular?" Yang Shuangshu frowned.
As mentioned before, rock people look down on pop people because of the differences between the two.
From a music theory point of view, rock music emphasizes the whole and the arrangement. In rock music, the musicians usually write the riff and make the arrangement first, and then add the melody and lyrics on it; while pop music emphasizes the main melody and vocals, usually first
Once you have the vocal melody and lyrics, you can then find someone to add the accompaniment and chords and arrange the music.
Therefore, rock music often has more musicality and advanced aesthetic sense than pop music.
In terms of content and spirit, most people who play rock music make music according to their own ideas and preferences. It carries their own dreams, preferences and ideas. The rock music may not be the best, but it must be what they want to express the most.
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Pop music, on the other hand, mostly conforms to the market and does whatever the market demands. Moreover, excessive commercialization has turned music output into an assembly line, and most pop music tunes are simple and boring. Except for a very few musicians with attitude,
The emergence of pop music is just for business, and its motives are not sincere and pure.
Therefore, if a rock band wants to move closer to popularity, it is like a person giving up the bottom line that he has always adhered to.
Cheng Gongdao: "Old man, the Broken Guitar Band was so popular back then, why did it suddenly die? It's because they weren't popular! They weren't popular enough!"
"If you break away from the masses, the masses will kill you without a burial place!"
"So we must combine rock and pop, and use the skin of pop to package the core of rock."
"Well, I also have a song. I will license it to our band for free. Let's sing this first!" Cheng Gong suddenly waved his hand and said as if he had made a lot of determination.
Then he picked up the pen and wrote quickly on the whiteboard.
It was exactly his song "Choose C".
In the end, Cheng Gong came up with this song.
Su Yi frowned tightly.
There is no doubt that "Choose C" is undoubtedly a good song from a popular perspective. It has feelings, melody, rock and roll bones, and pop genes. It can easily be sung by the public.
It is not as artistic as "Loneliness" by Yang Shuangshu, not as talented as "Sunset Boulevard", and even not as attitude as "Songs Written by Ding Jianguo", but anyone with some discernment can see that it will be popular.
Su Yi didn't doubt the song, but he was now more and more suspicious of Cheng Gong's motives.
If the original plot is that the band was in a hurry and couldn't come up with a song to rehearse, so Cheng Gong came up with "Choose C" as an emergency response, which is reasonable and reasonable.
So now, when there are already three songs of quite good quality, it is very suspicious that Cheng Gong still persists in coming up with this song "Choose C".
Cheng Gong's reasons were high-sounding and impeccable. If Su Yi hadn't known in advance what this man had done behind his back and what he would do in the future, he would have really thought that he was being selfless for the future of the band.
But now, Cheng Gong's move will only make Su Yi confirm that there is something fishy about this guy.
Is he doing this to promote his song?
Just when Su Yi was thoughtful, Cheng Gong wrote the song "Choose C".
"Come on, you guys try, Hu Liang, can you understand?" Cheng Gong turned around and asked.
"What's the point? Tsk, I can't even understand the simple music. Why are you playing rock and roll..." Hu Liang sneered and started trying to play.
On the other side, Yang Shuangshu also started playing accompaniment. Ding Jianguo glanced at Su Yi and followed suit on the bass. Xixi was a little at a loss, but soon started playing paddling.
Su Yi shook his head, then let’s sing it again first and then talk about it.
Dong dong dong dong...
The drumbeat enters.
"You always ask questions with ABC behind them. I fill in ACDC, but you call me mud..."
"...I burn myself for my dreams, and don't take a breath of mediocrity. What I want is not here. The answer you gave is meaningless. How can I lose to you at this moment? So I choose C for each one, and use the lightest and easiest way."
It’s a loose stroke that will destroy all your problems. I’ll choose C, I’ll choose C..."
After singing the song, everyone felt a sense of exhilaration, even Su Yi felt it.
"Awesome, this song is great! This is it!" Hu Liang said excitedly.
"As far as I know, the retro style is popular in the music world recently, and this song is very likely to become popular." Ding Jianguo looked at Su Yi, and she meant this to Su Yi.
"I think it's very good too. This song is the best." Qiao Meixi clapped her hands and smiled.
Yang Shuangshu said nothing, obviously acquiescing to this conclusion.
"The melody and riff of this song are very familiar." Su Yi frowned deliberately, "The intro and verse, and some of the accompaniment are very similar to Nirvana's "E as you are", and the chorus accompaniment is like Guns N' Roses' "
"Sweet Child O' Mine", the riffs of the intro and outro are exactly the same as Linkin Park's "Paper Cut"."
"Isn't it?" Hu Liang frowned, "So this song was copied?"
Cheng Gong's expression changed, but he immediately laughed and gave Su Yi a thumbs up: "Good ears!"
He immediately turned around and asked Yang Shuangshu: "Old man, did you also hear it?"
Yang Shuangshu nodded: "Yes, I heard it."
"The old man didn't say anything when he heard it. Eleven, do you know why?" Cheng Gong asked Su Yi.
Why else? Because everyone in the music world is doing this now, and they call it tribute.
As long as the person paying tribute is from abroad, no one will come to file a copyright lawsuit. You can pay tribute casually, and it’s not a big deal.
"Let's learn from it and pay tribute to the classics. I don't need to say more, right?" Cheng Gong looked at Su Yi with a smile, "Everyone here is capable, but you point it out, it seems that you are very inexperienced."<
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Su Yi raised his eyebrows and said: "This is so un-rock and roll!"
"What the hell, let's survive first!" Cheng Gong waved his hand disdainfully, "Don't pretend to be arrogant with me. You will know how childish you are today when you can't even eat."
"No, Brother Gong, if we really pay tribute, we will pay tribute in the future. We can't pay tribute to the title song. We will be laughed at by our peers." Hu Liang said, "How about..."
"How about what?" Cheng Gong interrupted him rudely, "How about I go back to Kyoto and you guys can play by yourselves?"