I prefer Jay Chou. Because his changeable and melodic songs sang the main melody of this society and played the strongest voice of this era.
Chinese pop music originated in Shanghai in the 1930s, and opened a new chapter in the 1980s with China's reform and opening up. Since then, a large number of pop music and pop singers have continued to emerge. Their styles are different and refreshing, and they are deeply loved by the public, especially the teenagers in the 1980s and 1990s who are influenced by multiculturalism in the new era and have liberated minds and independent personalities. And Jay Chou is one of the representatives.
Chou has created the simple and elegant "Chinese-style" "Blue and White Porcelain" and "East Wind Break", the positive "Snail", the environmentally conscious "Terrace", and the Nordic-style "Orc" , there are "Nunchaku" that promotes patriotic feelings, "Daoxiang" that is uplifting, optimistic and positive, and "Grandma" that cares about and honors the elders and reflects on the younger ones. The meaningful "Listen to Mom", and even the American-style lively and cheerful "Cowboy is Busy" and "Mr. Magic"... I wonder where else can such beautiful, unique and positive songs for society be listed? Looking for it? ! In fact, teenagers love Jay Chou's music very much. Unfortunately, because too many Chinese people today are unwilling to understand Jay Chou in depth, and their knowledge is superficial, their knowledge is shallow, and there are too many bad qualities and too many prejudices, so there are misunderstandings about Jay Chou. . This can also explain why so many Chinese people are defaming and insulting Jay Chou online. This phenomenon is very scary.
Why do I love Jay Chou’s music? The reasons include the following aspects.
First, his music is full of creativity and emotion. He combines his mature beauty and youthful unrestrainedness in his singing, so his singing is lively and unrestrained, mature and elegant, affectionate and thoughtful, soft and exciting. He boldly innovated in his singing style, integrating European rap sounds with "Chinese style", adding hip-hop style, and creating a unique rap music form with Chinese characteristics. The content of his songs is direct and simple, conveying the true feelings of ordinary people, truly reflecting the real society, and is a portrayal of people's real life. It also shows the exploration and thinking of human instincts. His music breaks the traditional Chinese rhythmic rules, adopts the rhyming techniques of ancient poetry, and draws on elements of blues music from European and American black music, making his music more profound in terms of conception and artistic conception. His songs are fast and smooth, with bright rhythm and wide vocal range. Most of his songs describe people's mood, inner feelings and life experience, making people feel the real life situation and life status. The song also combines the beauty of artistic conception of Chinese classical poetry with elements of modern Western music, making the music both elegant and popular.
Second, his music inherits the excellent national culture and promotes the national spirit. Songs such as "Chrysanthemum Terrace", "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Huo Yuanjia" either adopt traditional Chinese music elements, are written in Chinese modes, or add Chinese musical instruments as background foil, which complement his rap style rock rhythms and make people Experience the traditional Chinese style and charm in the hustle and bustle, which shakes the embarrassing status of national music in people's minds. This has played a positive guiding role in the understanding of traditional music culture. Most of the poems adopt the traditional techniques of Chinese poetry, which are delicate and euphemistic. The poems contain understandable artistic conception and deepen the connotation of the songs. The artistic conception, implicit beauty and abstract beauty of traditional poetry are conveyed to young people through metaphors, personification and other rhetorical techniques in songs, allowing young people to appreciate the beauty of Chinese poetry in a straightforward manner and feel the charm of Chinese character culture. Much of the song content expresses the praise of the national spirit. "Listen to Mom" ??tells everyone to love their loved ones. "Fearless" is a heartfelt tribute to Chinese martial arts. "Compendium of Materia Medica" expresses a strong patriotic feeling and emphasizes and calls for the fine traditions and spirit of the nation. "Snail" illustrates a simple truth, that is, if you want to succeed, you must work hard and persevere. It can be said that Jay Chou's "Chinese style" is the guardian of China's excellent traditional culture and the inheritor of the patriotic spirit in today's society. The benefits of such music are self-evident, both inside and outside his music. All will benefit a lot.
Third, many of Jay Chou's songs reflect on all mankind and some major social issues, which is difficult for other artists to do.
For example, "The Last Battle" has the feeling of war from the beginning, with enemy planes circling overhead and machine guns firing. And it compares childhood games with cruel reality. The sand sculpture castle of my childhood was destroyed and rebuilt, but your military jacket, which was stained with blood and full of bullet holes, could not even raise your hands in prayer. This contrast is profound and at the same time makes people more sympathetic to the deceased. The care among comrades and the sadness of losing their comrades are all vividly displayed, giving silent shock to the living and vocal humanistic care to the dead. This accusation of war appeals to humanity and expresses the accusation of war by all peace-loving people. It can be said that this is the only song I have heard in China that describes war from a human perspective. Its lyrics are touching and its melody can be described as sad, indignant and desolate. No less than beyond's "AMANI", its practical significance obviously cannot be ignored. I think probably only Jay Chou in China can create such profound songs. There is also "Coward", which reflects the life of drug addicts, and at the same time accuses drug addicts of being cowards. It has a clear stance and clever techniques. It can be regarded as a good anti-drug song. "Dad, I'm Back" is a song that reflects domestic violence. It is so tearful that it makes people feel the real indignation for the perpetrator and sympathy for the abused. Among similar songs, this song can be said to be the best. "Terraces" reflects environmental protection. Perhaps only Jay Chou could write such simple words into a song. "Listen to Mom" ??is full of childlike innocence, but it is also persuasive and instructive. It is positive and touching. The easy-to-understand lyrics reveal Jay Chou's childlike and playful humor. The most unique and warm style, sincere and moving without being pretentious, may be the reason why his songs can touch the world. "Grandma" is a profound reflection and emphasizes the theme of "filial piety"; "Daoxiang" uses simple words to create a highly imaginative Zen realm. This is a heartwarming and inspirational song. After listening to it, everyone can find the simplest and most sincere feelings in their hearts. .This song mainly tells everyone a very simple and easily forgotten truth, that is, contentment. We turn on the TV every day and see many people working hard and bravely for life. Should we be content and cherish everything in front of us? In addition, this song also writes about many memories of childhood. These carefree memories are the most precious and beautiful. This simple and cheerful song conveys the message of "live life hard and cherish it". Everything, contentment is the happiest." So many songs with profound meanings, subtle meanings and timeless meanings are all written by Jay Chou, which shows his charm.
Fourth, and especially valuable, is that Jay Chou’s songs have a strong patriotic spirit. In such an era when local culture has lost national consciousness and lacks national consciousness, this point is particularly important, and its social role will be limitless. And like "Dragon Fist", a song that reflects the aspiration and pride of the Chinese nation's dragon waiting to take off, fully embodies this point. "Dragon Fist" integrates China's representative cultural and natural scenes into it. Dunhuang, the Great Wall, the Mongolian Plateau, the Yellow River, Mount Tai, and Chinese characters, which one is not a symbol of my Chinese nation? What is not the pride of our Chinese nation? Moreover, the national integrity of the Chinese nation is particularly prominent. Because he shouted from the Chinese perspective: There is only one expression left in the world, waiting for the hero, I am that dragon! For the first time, it was clearly pointed out that Chinese talents are the heroes of the times. In the future development, the Chinese people will play an irreplaceable role and make great contributions to world peace and development and the liberation of all mankind. Napoleon once said: "China is a sleeping lion, but once it wakes up, the whole world will tremble." Now many foreign political analysts and economists have also made predictions: the 21st century will be dominated by the Chinese century. It is against this historical background that Jay Chou's "Dragon Fist" has even more demonstrated its great practical significance. Moreover, he said that there are countless brothers who long for blood connection, which shows that compatriots in Taiwan and mainland China are connected by blood. It reflects the great determination of the Chinese nation to seek unity and the blood connection of the same enemy. Therefore, its practical significance is not unimportant. At the same time, it also profoundly educates the majority of young people who are establishing a correct outlook on life, and provides a clear answer to whether we should worship foreigners and favor foreign countries, and whether our destiny is controlled by Americans or by us Chinese ourselves. There must be a reason why Jay Chou's songs are so popular on today's campuses, and it should be said that they must have practical significance.
When it comes to "Dragon Fist", we have to mention the other two songs; the popularity of "Nunchaku" has made people aware of a traditional Chinese culture, especially the "sick man of East Asia" sung in the lyrics. The signboard has been kicked away by me." As a Chinese, when you hear such strong shouts, don’t you feel passionate and excited? There is also "Double Knife". When Chinese people were bullied overseas, he finally let out an angry roar in the song: "The answer to the previous generation's solution was to smile and not resist. I can't stand that families with injured dignity are so miserable." It is no exaggeration to say that Jay Chou's songs sing the main theme of this society and play the strongest voice of this era. In today's China, is there any singer who can compare with him? Simply "unparalleled"!
I admit that Wang Feng’s songs do sound or sing very domineering, but his singing style, style, and theme seem too single. The high-pitched and passionate singing voice may be very domineering, but it seems that he only I can't praise you for singing in this way. Moreover, Wang Feng's songs are all rock and roll, unlike Jay who can write songs of various styles. The most important thing is that Wang Feng’s songs almost only focus on people’s ideal world and real confusion. Although there is depth, the subject matter is too narrow. Unlike Jay Chou, who can write from ancient times to modern times, from China to Europe and the United States, it can not only inspire It encourages people's hearts, expresses filial piety at the top, teaches children at the bottom, and can even carry forward China's extensive and profound traditional culture and increase my Chinese aspirations! Wouldn't it be a pleasure? !
Maybe people have different aesthetics, but I support Jay Chou’s songs!