Pop music is popular music. Compared with the music of Mozart and Beethoven, it is more integrated into public life. It can be said that it is the mainstream music in the life of students like us. Pop music refers to some popular songs, film and television songs, popular instrumental music, jazz music and blues music, etc. The content of popular music is close to the reality of life, with simple lyrics, vivid language, straightforward expression of emotions, and is easy to understand and accept. For example, Westlife's "you raise me up" starts with the lyrics. It is a simple statement that is easy to understand and can be understood by anyone who knows a little English. The feelings it expresses are also very sincere and touching. This kind of gratitude to our parents for their upbringing has always been the most mainstream in our thoughts. Although Chinese and Western cultures are very different, they all treat "filial piety" the same. I think this should be the reason why this song is so popular all over the world. Westlife's other albums "coast to coast", "back to home", etc., these thoughts and feelings teach people to treat love, home, life, etc. correctly. The song has a brisk and natural rhythm and a simple melody, which is especially suitable for students to sing. In the pop music market, these are all excellent works, but there are also many inferior works. The teacher cited some examples in class. The main manifestations of these inferiorities are: the tune is too simple, or even repeated for a long time, which is not only boring but also meaningless; the lyrics misinterpret the correct social and moral values, or violate common sense. But these are secondary. The important thing is that we should be able to distinguish these works and absorb the essence of popular music.

We appreciate pop music not only for its catchy, brisk rhythm, friendly and natural nature, but also for its form of expression. Those well-produced MVs allow you to blend into the style of the music. Sometimes its strong rhythm makes our bodies dance with it, and sometimes its gentleness makes us feel like someone is whispering in our ears. This is the best way to relax after busy study and work. Because of the pressure brought by exam-oriented education, we students are always trying to find spiritual relief. Especially in middle school, we were always struggling with rankings and scores, and our young minds were scarred with countless painful traumas. Fortunately, we who started to come into contact with pop music at that time found catharsis in music. We grew up with pop music, especially the singers who debuted at that time. There is truly no generation gap between their music and our ideas. I really should thank pop music for accompanying me through so many difficulties. Maybe it's a silent night, maybe it's an empty classroom, listening to our own hearts in music and savoring the ups and downs of life, they are like old friends, always able to capture your heart. When we all grow up, we will never forget our old friends. Just like our parents have always loved singers such as Li Zongsheng, Luo Dayou, Teresa Teng, etc., but they still can't understand what's so good about Jay Chou's songs. There should also be a generation gap in the music of different eras.

This is music. If you capture the emotion, the music will have a soul. We are familiar with blues and jazz in American popular music. Blues is commonly known as blues. Blue represents melancholy and melancholy in American culture. In the early years, most immigrants came to the United States from all over the world, generally speaking out of their own free will. They were basically willing to integrate their own culture with American culture. Except black people. They were forced into this country as slaves. They had “nothing but chains, but they kept in their minds the rich tradition of African dance and music.” While working on the farm, black slaves were not allowed to speak, but they could sing. They relied on labor chants and songs that they did not understand to communicate with each other and exchange feelings. Through this method of expression, they vented the pain and injustice stagnated in their hearts, thus gradually forming black music with black characteristics. Black music is also constantly changing during its formation process. This change includes absorbing elements of white music and producing forms such as blues and jazz. The original rock music was the black music "rhythm and blues". Some people in the West also call rock music "a form of resistance of the lower class to the authorities." Regarding rhythm and blues, I found the answer by searching on the Internet: This is a music style evolved from blues.

At the beginning of the last century, if you walked into a tavern in the United States, you would see a black man holding a broken guitar on the small stage playing distorted notes, using his untuned voice and a very superficial-sounding The lyrics speak to the experiences of black people in America. This is blues. As the times progress, this music becomes more musical. Music that was once out of tune became rhythmic and, by extension, more melodic. So early R&B (Rhythm and Blues) was formed.

It was Tao Zhe who really introduced R&B to China. Some people call him "the father of R&B in China." Although I can’t tell the R&B style in his songs, when we go to KTV to sing his songs, we always find the wrong feeling, and it is also very difficult to sing, which requires a lot of singers. As far as I know, R&B is the most difficult music to sing at the moment. , the singer must skillfully use the throat and vocal cords to push and squeeze, and must be able to be both ambiguous and accurate. Although Tao Zhe's songs are very popular, there are not many singers who sing his songs. Because of cultural and physiological differences, American R&B is not easily accepted by Chinese people. Until Jay Chou released his first album, we didn't understand what kind of music it was at first, but it sang smoothly. This is Jay Chou's rhythm and blues with local characteristics. He abandons some American elements in R&B and uses local singing methods to interpret the blues more easily. Therefore, some people say that no matter how outstanding Tao Zhe's previous solo albums were, Jay Chou's appearance definitely put a lot of pressure on him.