What is Jay Chou’s music taste? Let us analyze it in detail through Jay's original song "Grandma".
What is Jay Chou and his music taste like? After reading the story behind this song, many people were stunned
Foreword: A paragraph written to "Jay fans"
Some people say that Jay Chou is the youth of a generation. I believe that after seeing this The people who clicked on this work should all be "Jie fans". The story behind Jay Chou's success is very inspiring. He also experienced many ups and downs in the music industry (in the early days of Jay Chou's fame, he wanted to write songs to earn some money for his family, which shows that Jay Chou's financial conditions were tight at the time). The song "Grandma" The song is included in Jay Chou's album "Qili Xiang" released in 2004. Jay Chou wrote the lyrics and composed the music. ?2004? It was the era of repeaters and tapes. Many people were chasing Jay Chou's new album. We listen to Jay's songs without delving into the meaning of the lyrics. Jay Chou's music style was novel, avant-garde, and became very popular. There was once a song "Hello, Jay Chou" in which a singer used music to pay tribute to Jay Chou, which demonstrated Jay Chou's influence in the music scene at that time. However, Jay Chou's music style and singing skills were also controversial in the early days. For "Jay fans", Jay Chou is a talented musical talent. Chou's father also claims that Jay Chou is a pop music magician. So what is going on with Jay Chou and his works? Let’s take a closer look at Jay’s early works.
(Attached is a photo of the Qilixiang album, full of youthful memories)
Creative background: The song creation originated from the grievances suffered by Zhou at the "Golden Melody Award". Dong's own real experience.
The story of Jay Chou's growth and fame is very inspiring. He was also wronged in the early days of the industry, such as the famous "Golden Melody Awards" incident. The inspiration for the song "Grandma" came from this "Golden Melody Award" event.
In 2000, "Jay" was born.
In 2001, "Fantasy" was released. With this album, Jay Chou won the Best Album Producer Award and other awards at the 13th Golden Melody Awards.
In 2002, "Octave Space" was shortlisted for five Golden Melody Awards, but won none?
In the lyrics, "It seems that they can completely deny my work as they please. The decision depends on my mood. I want to stick to the style. They think it is very European. No surprises. No changes. I have been listening to it for three years." Has it been revealed? The reason for winning the award is that Jay Chou has always insisted that his music style has not changed. Jay Chou firmly believes in his music style, but the subsequent album market and the support of Jay's fans speak for themselves.
Lyrics: "I told grandma that I didn't lose and don't need to change."
As for whether the judges' views are correct or not, Jay Chou proved his strength with his own results.
The filial Jay didn't want to see his grandmother disappointed, and at the same time showed Jay's confidence in his own work (grandma is old and doesn't understand the rules of the music market).
Lyrics "I'm sad, but not because I didn't win the award. I'm sad because I saw my grandma lost."
What's the reason for the title of the song "Grandma"?
2002's "Eight Dimensions of Space" was Jay Chou's third and more controversial album.
In 2003, JAY's grandmother's birthday happened to be the Golden Melody Awards. So JAY took his grandma there and asked her to see how many awards he could win. This time he didn't get a single award. Jay felt very sorry for his grandma. ?So I wrote this song to express my grievances and guilt towards my grandmother. At the same time, I also called on everyone to care for the elderly at home and spread the culture of filial piety.
Lyrics "My cousin took me and my grandma to attend the award ceremony that she valued most, but we couldn't win half the award."
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What does the song MV want to express?
The song "Grandma" Jay Chou called on everyone to give more care to the lonely elderly through his music work. The reason for his work was Jay's disappointment at the "Golden Melody Award". Most of Jay Chou's music is very positive. For example, works such as "Daoxiang" and "Listen to Mom" ??use lyrics to subtly influence fans with positive energy. Although the singing style of JAY's works is related to hip-hop culture (rap, articulation), the content of the lyrics is different from other singers' rap works. For Jay's music works, the lyrics are more important than the listening.
"I have lost my love and only hope to make up for my family affection. Adults think that putting six hundred on the table before going out is considered filial piety? What's the point of working hard all day long to make money and less care?" This lyrics is very well written. To put it bluntly, we care more about the elderly. Family love is far more heart-warming than money. The lyrics of many of Jay's songs are a bit like a diary and are easy to understand, because the number of words in the lyrics is sometimes not very symmetrical, and a large part of them are more suitable for rap singing. This is also Jay's free and bold attempt at music style.
During the show, Jay Chou also said that grandma actually likes to be lively. In the MV, Jay Chou invited many friends to make the atmosphere lively and warm, and personally planned grandma's birthday. There is a plot where the old grandmother brings back memories of love in her youth when Jay celebrates her birthday. The lonely old man has no one to accompany him. After losing love, he can only look forward to family affection.
Lyrics "Drive to Dadaocheng Pier and quietly recall all the past events with grandpa. The ripples on grandma's face are beautiful, but she can't hide them. She has lost her love and only hopes for family affection to make up for her response."
Grandma felt warmed by Jay Chou's considerate care, and he used family affection to make up for her lost love. In order to let his grandma, who likes fun, be on camera, sometimes Jay takes his grandma on the show. Jay Chou even took his grandma to shoot the MV for the song "Grandma" by the Tamsui River, which is enough to show Jay's filial piety.
The lyrics "What she wants is companionship, not six hundred dollars, and it's simpler than what you give me." It has always been simple, repetitive, and appealing. Jay Chou used this relaxed and pleasant melody to make music that teenagers love, which is more conducive to the spread of the work.
Author's message:
Pop music has changed from Teresa Teng's era (pop music was not recognized by the mainstream) to the current pop music market, which has become younger and gradually accepted by the public. Most of the early pop music The background theme of love makes many people mistakenly believe that pop music culture can only be limited to love and love. Many pop music works such as beyond music are actually very inspirational. Many of Jay Chou's works also promote Chinese traditional culture. He has publicly stated many times that Chinese music is the most powerful music and that the Chinese music scene should unite.
Pop music is just a style of singing, in which the content materials and the cultural values ??advocated depend on the creator, rather than the attributes of pop music itself. One of the purposes of writing this article is actually to show more of the positive side of pop music so as to change some people's prejudice against pop music. Pop music can be very inspirational and positive, and it can also advocate the excellent traditional culture of our Chinese nation.
PS: ?Recently busy with the foundation construction of NW (3D design project) internal testing, UGC (original user content) in the later project can support background music DIY, graphic information, and character image DIY,? After the project is launched, we will build a pop music-themed music town to welcome friends who love music to come and join us.
About the author: Zhang Qidong? "Music Morning Star"? Self-media author
"Music Morning Star"? Self-media works are based on more than ten years of professional audio engineering and popular music practice Summarized during training.