Text | Cong Rong
May 21, 2018
In the early morning of May 14th, Xu Song's new song "Old Antique" was officially released.
Let’s talk about this song first.
The lyrics and music are still by Xu Song.
Suddenly, his previous song "Why Not" comes to mind.
"Hello everyone, I am v-a-e.
This is a recommended track from my upcoming first original album "Custom".
The lyrics, music, and arrangement are all my own. I hope this song can bring you a warm feeling in this cold winter.”
But it’s very hot now.
I digress, back to the song "Old Antique".
He fused blues and rock music and reproduced the classic sound effects of Rock and Roll in the 1960s.
In addition, China's "old antique" musical instrument guzheng was also added.
It can be said that it expresses the charm of "Old Antique".
When "I'm Happy" was released, I paid attention to Xu Song's birthday and his new single.
However, for "Old Antique", I realized that this new song had been released when I opened NetEase Cloud the next day and received a message from NetEase Cloud.
When I saw this song title, my first instinct was that Xu Song was writing about himself.
#老 antique, you have also been supported by thousands of people. #
In 2009, Xu Song released his first album "Custom", of which "On the Qingming Rain" and "Why Not" were popular for a long time.
When he made his debut as an online singer, the click-through rate of his songs was the highest in the same period.
In 2010's "The Fog-Seeking Enlightenment", the lyrics of the song "Luzhou Moon" were written on the composition text by multiple people. The teacher even took it out alone and copied the lyrics on the blackboard. Everyone memorize it.
What I must say is "gray avatar".
In the past period of time, I have forgotten Xu Song’s appearance, but I can always hum the tune of this song, which is full of girlish thoughts.
As soon as I entered someone else's QQ space, the background music was almost all the song "Gray Avatar".
The "Great Rivers and Mountains" in 2011's "Socrates Has No Bottom" awakened thousands of otakus and otakus.
The 2012 "Sleepwalker" made Xu Song the Best Creator of the 20th Oriental Billboard.
In the early years, Xu Song was called an "Internet singer".
At that time, he was popular in our youth.
Just, later.
People who like him are called non-mainstream.
Including me, because it was said to be non-mainstream, I only listened to his songs silently for a while.
#Young expert suspects that your allusion is half true and half false.
Maybe it is still a fake and old antique. #
In 2014, Xu Song released a new album "It's Better to Have Tea".
The lyrics and sentences in the album are very beautiful, but the most popular one at that time was:
"Xu Song can only make the rhetoric gorgeous, but it has no meaning at all."
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However, who knows how much thought he put into the creation of these songs?
Xu Song is also the music director and producer of the album.
He handles everything from songwriting, arranging, producing, to the coordination and integration of various musical instruments.
What a great album.
The origin of the name "It's better to have tea" is from Zhao Puchu's five-character Zen saying: "Seven bowls of taste, one pot of true enjoyment, empty holding of hundreds of verses, it is better to have tea" "
The "Qixi Festival" in it is intended to build confidence for long-distance lovers, just like the love between the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
The story of "In a Snap of a Finger" comes from Su Wu's classic story of shepherding sheep. The emotional tone of the song is the longing and separation of Su Wu and his wife after nineteen years of separation.
The lyrics are so beautiful.
This is part of what happened in a blink of an eye:
The rain and frost leaves fell all over the ground and the clouds covered the autumn geese and covered the moonlight for ten years/
I opened the window/my hands were full of rustling memories/
The pillow was cold/the candle was still shining/I felt melancholy/
The sorrow of separation is the ulcer of the heart/
At that time, people always said that Xu Song could not compose lyrics, but he liked to compose lyrics himself.
It’s those people who don’t understand, just like the young experts in the lyrics pointing fingers at old antiques, standing aside and questioning.
#The outside world is changing with each passing day,
Your glory is trapped under the buyers who don’t understand,
Hey, I don’t understand at all#
Xu Song's "Tear Down the Eastern Wall", "Illegal Animals", and "Global Cooling" seem to show people a series of social phenomena.
In the MV for "Illegal Animals", the people who set up stalls on the roadside were beaten by urban management, and their wealth was lost.
People at the bottom of society are still at the bottom, and the big shots at the top will not stand on their side.
"Global Cooling" was written after the Little Yueyue incident.
In this indifferent metropolis, what we need is to take care of each other. There are so many people coming and going, but few are kind enough to help.
Xu Song mentioned in an exclusive interview that the songs he writes are always criticized.
He said this:
When making music, your own feelings are also very important.
In the end, it is you who express your true self, and thus attract the friends you like.
Instead of just trying to please everyone.
If I cared about fame, I would do something about it.
But there is nothing I can do. "
In my impression, Xu Song never participates in variety shows, and usually sings.
He said that if he encounters a relatively quiet variety show, he may Go and participate.
I remember that he sang "Luzhou Moon" and "Swallow Returns to the Nest" at the 2016 Anhui Spring Festival Gala.
It caused a big sensation. >
The feeling at that time was that of "Xu Song is enlightened"
#About my memories of Xu Song #
The age when love first emerged. At that time, the cool boy's MP3 was full of Xu Song's songs.
In order to have something to talk with, I listened to Xu Song's songs at that time.
The most familiar ones. It's the song "Gray Head".
Countless nights, I listened to the boy singing this song.
He walked along the road humming, and I followed quietly behind. Listen quietly, and then sing together on the street.
But now, the boy has forgotten that time.
In 2013, Xu Song had a song called " If you become popular."
I remember that every evening after school, a group of us girls would meet at a classmate's house.
We would put the CD into the DVD player and click on it several times. Press the fast forward button to jump to this song "If You Become the Wind"
We rushed to sing it, once, twice, three times...
Now we are all going our separate ways, it is difficult. See you again.
Next is the album "Socera Has No Bottom"
I remember it because of its special name.
A friend gave her a birthday gift, and I would go to her house every Saturday to play the song in it on a loop with her. "Audio Hallucination".
Years later, a classmate whom I had not contacted for a long time recommended this song to me.
Later, we played this song all the time in KTV. But I dare not sing.
Because of Xu Song’s songs, we can’t grasp the rhythm.
When I used to listen to songs, as long as the melody was good, I would listen to it all the time.
When listening to music now, what you see is the story and the lyrics.
I would like to end today’s tweet with what Xu Song said:
“Music is too subjective. Those who understand will naturally understand you. Those who don’t understand, I have not tried to make you understand.” I think the scariest thing is to have only a little knowledge. It is best to not understand it at all. If someone understands, it will be very comfortable.”
Good night.
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Picture: Weibo
Music: Xu Song, Old Antique
Review: Shan Rou, Cong Rong
Editor? | Cong Rong
I want to own a wooden house with a recliner
A room full of books, a cat, and a cup of tea
One sitting lasts an entire afternoon