Blue and white porcelain with Chinese style, Red Dust Inn, snail with classical pop style, black humor, sunny and sweet pop rock and so on. These songs all carry our memories of youth.
Teenagers who are inarticulate in the post-70s are still the king of Chinese popularity in the eyes of post-80s and post-90s. Following "Say No to Cry" last year, Jay Chou's new song mojito returned heavily on June 12.
Many people say that this "Mojito" was given to Hannah Quinlivan by Jay Chou. I think this is not only for Hannah Quinlivan, but also for everyone who wants to find love, enjoy love and pass it on. Behind the wild and gorgeous Latin customs and tipsy eyes are his blessings and prayers to fans.
I will analyze the charm of this song from three aspects: lyrics creation, music noumenon and emotional expression, and the reasons why it can sell like hot cakes.
First of all, this song was written by Jay Chou's good friend Huang Junlang. Look at the lyrics carefully. It's very graphic. String the lyrics together to show a loving couple or a couple traveling in Havana, Cuba.
When the street lamp was on, my wife and I were walking on the streets of Cuba, looking at the murals in the arcades and graffiti in the old city, walking hand in hand and smiling at each other. The scenery in foreign countries is not more beautiful than her next to her.
Walk into a bar, ask the bartender to give his lover a cup of mojito in the summer afternoon, drink his own coffee with some sugar, and look into her tipsy eyes, which is charming and intoxicating. With her company, love never ends.
This scene is like the lyrics in the sweet "Simple Love": "I want to hold your hand all the time. Can love be simple and harmless? You lean on my shoulder and you fall asleep on my chest", so being with you romantically is a lifelong happiness.
Listening to the lyrics, we will be immersed in this romantic and beautiful story, feel Jay's 10,000 deep feelings for Hannah Quinlivan, and feel and expect our dream love in this wave of "dog food". This song completely satisfies our private voyeurism and expectation for love.
Secondly, the lyrics are sung by Jay Chou, and Jay Chou is a national singer with his own flow and unique style. Before the song was released, more than 3 million people booked it in advance, and it exceeded 2 million within 12 hours after its release.
Rhymed lyrics are like humorous words through brisk singing and fast rap.
Accompanied by rhyming beats and vague words, it presents a cheerful and romantic summer music tune, which makes people unconsciously hum along with music and words, as if they have entered the exotic atmosphere of Havana, Cuba.
In addition, there are unique thoughts on the meaning of life and the poetic world in literature in the lyrics.
Hemingway, a famous writer, has visited Cuba many times and expressed his deep friendship with Cuba.
The Old Man and the Sea is his famous "Cuba" novel, which tells the story of an old Cuban fisherman fighting a huge marlin in the Gulf Stream far from the shore.
Na Pianhai in the lyrics is a metaphor for Hemingway's spiritual strength of faith, courage and perseverance.
Hemingway wrote, fished and went to bars every day when he was in Cuba. When living in Havana, he often said, "My daiquiri is in La Floridita (a famous bar in Havana) and my mojito is in Bodeguita (a famous bar in Havana)".
Perhaps he lost himself in Mojitori and wrote The Old Man and the Sea, where he was lonely and thinking about the meaning of life.
After many years, this song by Jay Chou dissolved Hemingway's loneliness in his previous life with cheerful tunes, brought us into Hemingway's poetic world with different tunes, and inspired us to rethink the meaning and massiness of life.
First of all, in terms of melody rhythm, the prelude of this song is sung by the Cuban traditional music "The Son of God", and the main part uses the rhythm of Chacha. It's all kinds of Latin music, interspersed with many popular rap.
Chacha is a traditional dance in Cuba, with a relaxed and cheerful rhythm, which is very "top-notch" and makes people want to dance with the rhythm after listening to it.
With the gorgeous red rose powder and lemon yellow classic cars in the MV, everyone is swaying in the sea breeze. The combination of antique book stalls with modern bars, traditional buildings and modern elements makes people feel wild and gorgeous Latin customs.
The song is in 4/4 beat, and the main chorus has a lot of syncopation rhythm, which extends from the weak to the strong part behind, and then changes the original relationship between strength and weakness.
Use uncertain rhythms such as weak syncopation and dotted lines to attract the audience's attention and express their feelings. At the same time, the tunes are patchy, giving people a feeling of lightness and leisure, and unconsciously dancing with the rhythm.
Secondly, in terms of music features, there are mainly cross-rotating performances such as Konka drum, sand hammer, cucumber, guitar, piano, trumpet and trombone.
Konka drum and sand hammer are Cuban musical instruments and the standard of Latin percussion. Generally used to play accents or octaves, the sound is more prominent, but it only highlights the key points in the music and has a strong Cuban flavor.
There is also an unusual musical instrument in the soundtrack, that is, when playing, you need to scrape a wooden stick on a special hollow wood to make a subtle sound and make a "click" sound.
Percussion score is the feature of this piece, along with guitar, piano, trumpet and trombone. Although there are many kinds of musical instruments, they are patchy, miscellaneous and not chaotic.
Bold Cuban music combines Spanish folk music and black song and dance culture, and traditional music style and modern music elements form a unique tune.
In the collision between tradition and modernity, show the inherent tension of the song, let the audience plug in headphones, and follow the rhythm of the melody, you can feel the gorgeous and unrestrained life enthusiasm and free and wild primitive customs.
Twenty years have passed, and now Jay Chou has formed its own unique pop music style. Especially in the eyes of the post-70s, this inarticulate teenager is a superstar idol in the eyes of the post-80s and post-90s.
First of all, unclear articulation is an important feature of his unique "Zhou's singing style", that is, at the expense of pronunciation, emphasizing melody and rhythm, emphasizing a rhythm of melody, and driving the atmosphere to realize interaction with the audience.
In addition to the Cuban customs, the rap part in the middle of this song is also the highlight of this song, and it is also the place to express the charm of the song and the core of expressing emotions.
In this rap, the emotional core of the song was sublimated: colorful old cars waved their palms, eloped aimlessly with sea breeze, took you to see noisy posters, and lay on the lazy attic balcony. You in front of me, like the sea written by writers, are also eternal spiritual strength in my heart.
Mojito directed by Jay Chou, written under the name of Cuba's most famous cocktail, has romantic feelings when meeting love. The rap of this song highlights the slightly drunk love atmosphere under the "Zhou Singing Method".
Mojito cocktail is the most famous cocktail in Cuba. Not strong, fresh taste. After drinking, the face will flush, much like the shyness and shyness of young girls when they are in love. This is the love fragrance we feel when listening to songs, and it is also the charm that attracts us.
Secondly, Jay Chou is the memory of post-80s and post-90s youth. From Qilixiang, sunny to sweet, waiting for you after class, every song carries our beautiful memories, about you at the same table, about youth, about deep affection for love. ......
So is this intoxicating Mojito. Although Jay Chou is 465,438+0 years old, he has a good grasp of the mood of songs. Although the theme is the same, the emotions conveyed by the songs are subtly different.
Many people say this song is for Hannah Quinlivan, but I think this song is for you and me.
Jay Chou is the youth of our generation. Like a time machine, every song of his always brings us back to memories of youth, full of beauty and romance with pink bubbles.
Now is the 20th anniversary of Jay Chou's debut. Every year, people are waiting for Jay Chou's new song. On the one hand, they are waiting for him to bring more beautiful music. On the other hand, they want to retrieve our lost youth from his music.
Some people say that Jay Chou is the ultimate version of ordinary people, while others say that he is the Jay Chou of the times. In my opinion, he is the dream island in each of us, bearing the youth and dreams.
Strolling on this island, we can find ourselves, see the beautiful dreams when we were young, see the blazing heart, gain new hope and strength, and start over.
From which song did you fall in love with Jay Chou?