Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 24: Another display of talent and strength

Shen Lang sang the prose poem written by his father, which made him cry.

This song was written by poet Dong Yufang after he excerpted passages from his father's diary. It was arranged and sung by singer Xu Fei. It is a song praising the deep fatherly love.

The lyrics are simple but hit directly to the heart.

Such texts are a big challenge for composers.

The biggest problem is what kind of rhythm to use to make the "love" in the lyrics more full and sincere.

In the end, Xu Fei used the guitar, which she is best at, to create a unique "sense of passing" style of music.

However, because the caller was a man, Shen Lang chose Li Jian's adapted version from the "Singer" program.

The "daughter" in the lyrics became "son", which is just right to deal with the current situation.

"Tomorrow I'm going to borrow some more money from my neighbor.

The child has been crying all day and is asking for cookies.
The pain of the blue polyester shirt is drilling into my heart

I squatted by the pond and punched myself twice..."

Only the accompaniment of guitar creates a quiet narrative environment.

Shen Lang's special voice tells the most realistic life scenes of our fathers.

His vocal range is very wide.

You can use the clear and stereo high pitch to sing the heart-wrenching song "Absolutely Crazy" and evoke the stories of men and women.

He can also inject ordinary and plain emotions into the singing, making this rich "Prose Poem Written by My Father" more vivid, powerful and touching.

"Shen Lang..."

Gao Yuanyuan did not substitute herself, but Shen Lang.

Her eyes were red and tears were welling up in them.

There are no fancy words, but every line of the lyrics reveals the serious father who expresses his heavy responsibility and love for his family in his own unique way.

"I think about the future when I am old and become a pile of old paper money.
My son was already a real man.

There was a lovely girl who married him.
I wish they wouldn’t have such a hard life…”

The lyrics are not about his own father, but they sound very much like his own father.

In memory of my father,

Or when I was a kid, I rode a heavy old-fashioned bicycle to go to the market in town;
Or when I grow up, I walk for hours alone on a snowy day to pick myself up from school;

Or when you grow up, you keep loading eggs, rice and vegetables into the trunk of your car before leaving home;

Through the song, the audience remembered their father who was always busy.

“This is what my father wrote in his diary.
This is his life left
Prose poems left behind

Decades later, I watched with tears streaming down my face
But my father is as old as an old newspaper..."

"How can a 22-year-old kid like him write this? How can I not believe it?" Na Xing said in a deep voice.

"It's a bit unrealistic, but he was born in 78, so it's quite reasonable to write about his father's life in 84." Na Ying said embarrassedly.

In terms of singing style, Shen Lang is as affectionate as ever, making the song more three-dimensional, full, vivid and touching in expression.

At the same time, the helplessness of children when they realize their father is getting older as time goes by is portrayed vividly.

The melody of the whole song creates an effect of time travel.

It’s as if you were instantly dragged from the 80s and 90s to the year 2000, and your frail old father seems to be right in front of you.

Na Xing and Na Ying didn't want to admit it.

But the facts are right in front of us.

This is another high quality song.

Shen Lang is indeed quite capable.

“This is the footprint left by that generation.

After a few storms, the traces will be wiped away

This land has also made me cry
It buried so many sad memories

Oh~~~
"Woo~~~~~~"

I have to say, the song title is very well chosen.

Because this song sung to my father is more like a prose poem written for him, pure and sincere.

These stories and elegies about the father over the years make everyone's heart burst out with waves of emotions that are higher than the last.

It touched the softest part of people's hearts, and all the listeners in front of the radio were moved.

The singing stopped and then there was crying. It was the crying of the man on the phone.

It was also the crying voices of Wu Zhoutong, Zhao Xue and Zhang Zhong in the studio.

Even the singer Shen Lang had a tear slowly sliding down his face.

"You've tricked me into crying again."

Gao Yuanyuan sniffed, took out several pieces of tissue paper, and wiped her snot and tears from her face.

Her father is an aerospace engineer and her mother is a doctor, and her family is relatively well off.

I have never experienced the kind of situation described in the lyrics.

However, empathy does not necessarily mean empathy for oneself, it can also be empathy for others.

When listening to "Prose Poems Written by My Father" just now, Gao Yuanyuan put herself in Shen Lang's shoes, experiencing every detail of the lyrics from Shen Lang's perspective, and then empathizing with the emotions of the song.

Then, I was moved to tears.

At this moment, she was looking at the radio, thinking about the sunny and handsome boy, and the admiration in her eyes became even stronger.

the other side.

Na Xing felt a blockage in his chest, a little uncomfortable, and unable to speak.

Na Ying frowned.

This "Prose Poem Written by My Father" once again demonstrated Shen Lang's talent and strength in music.

As they are both singers, she understands Shen Lang's ability even better.

When a singer sings a song, he or she can imagine a story or a picture, and then use his or her own skills to interpret his or her understanding.

Some have very moving understandings and excellent techniques, and the songs they sing sound very nice.

Is this a case of “forcing sadness in order to write new poems”?
It's difficult to define.

Some singers can resonate with the lyrics and can interpret them with true feelings even without personal experience, singing in a relaxed and appropriate manner.

However, some singers have low cultural literacy and are not spiritual enough. They cannot fully understand or resonate with the lyrics. They can only interpret the songs with one-sided emotions, which makes the songs sound overflowing and too much is as bad as too little.

Many people talk about "taste".

It is said that this person’s singing has that flavor.

This is something very mysterious, but it is what separates ordinary singers from top singers.

So is this thing important?

Obviously important.

The Chinese music scene is an extremely inclusive place that allows a wide variety of singers and songs to flourish.

But in the end, there is competition, some people join and some people leave.

Whether you care about the result or not, the result is there and determines your fate on this big stage.

And Shen Lang has this thing.

1. The details are very delicate and the processing is precise;

2. The voice can be low, high, long, short, sad or affectionate;

3. Demonstrate inner strength in seemingly casual singing.

After decades of experience in the music industry, from obscurity to the top of the mainland music scene, Na Ying believes that the difference between a "singer" and a "vocalist" is whether one can integrate his luck and breathing with the inner breathing of the song.

To use acting as an analogy, it can be seen as the actor's "perfect state".

For example, Zhang Guirong in Chen Kaige's movie "Farewell My Concubine", Cheng Dieyi seemed to be growing inside his body.

Singing also has its own "perfect state", and there are not many singers in the Chinese music scene who can reach this state.

For example, Wang Jingfei in her heyday could give every song her own soul.

And this Shen Lang also began to give Na Ying this feeling, and the songs he sang were all given Shen Lang's breath.

Breathe the breath of the song, empathize with the people.

Such a singer is very "terrible".

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