China Entertainment 1997

"Chinese Style" is a hit!

This album quickly set off a storm called "Chinese style" during the National Day holiday.

In particular, the two songs "Blue and White Porcelain" and "Chi Ling" entered the rankings almost at a lightning speed.

F4's "Meteor Shower", Hu Jing's "Love", Sun Yanzi's "Green Light" and "Little Lucky", Jay Chou's "Chrysanthemum Terrace" and "Red Dust Inn", Wang Lihong's "Only", Leo Ku's "I Want It" "I really want to".

Including several old songs from Cao Xuan's "Bright Stars" and several popular new songs released in September.

"Wild Child" by Yang Qianhua

"Deep Breath" by Yu Quan

"I'm Really Hurt" and "If This Isn't Love" by Zhang Tianwang

【SHE】First album "Not Full of Lovers"

Na Young "Smile It Off"

Shuimunianhua "With You in My Life"

Among these people, Yu Quan is a popular singer in the mainland in the past two years, and is already considered a front-line singer. Shuimunianhua is slightly less famous and influential than Yu Quan, but he should not be underestimated.

Yang Qianhua is one of the more capable young female singers in Hong Kong in recent years.

Even when the Hong Kong music scene declines in the future, she will be one of the few people in the Hong Kong music scene who can carry the banner with Eason Chan and Joey Yung, and "Wild Child" is her masterpiece.

Naying doesn't need to say much, although she has been rubbed and beaten by Cao Xuan, which seems to be very annoying.

But in fact, taken alone, she is one of the few mainland singers with commercial performance and top names in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Although the albums released in the past two years have not reached the heights of the original "Conquest", they have always achieved stable results, sold well, and firmly occupied the position of being the most popular in the mainland.

[SHE] In fact, in terms of performance and fame alone, they are considered the weakest of this group of singers. They were almost disappointed because the album was released during the 9/11 incident.

However, he survived in the end, and not long after his debut, he broke the shackles of many Taiwanese artists and successfully attracted a certain degree of minor attention in the mainland.

So although it is not worth mentioning now, considering the subsequent commercial potential, he is the strongest among this group of singers.

As for Zhang Tianwang, to be honest, Li and Guo hardly participate in the music competition directly nowadays.

Model worker Liu Tianwang has been releasing songs steadily, and his competitiveness is considered to be in the first echelon. On the contrary, Zhang Tianwang, although he also releases songs, has little desire to compete, and his few songs in the past years have been tepid.

However, this year's two hit songs are of good quality and easily made the list, regaining a bit of the heroic demeanor that the four kings had in those days.

honestly. The quality of the new songs in September was very good. It once formed a fierce competition with the previous songs that dominated the charts. The battle was back and forth, and even had the upper hand for a certain part of the time.

However, at the beginning of October, Cao Xuan's "Chinese Style" was released.

As soon as "Blue and White Porcelain" and "Red Ling" were on the list, they occupied the fourteenth and seventeenth positions respectively at the beginning.

Then, he rushed all the way to the butt of the songs listed above.

Songs outside the top ten had no room for resistance at all. Songs outside the top five were able to hold on for a while, but they quickly failed.

The two songs went crazy, and blood flowed all the way.

Not to mention those outsiders, even Cao Xuan's own songs were not spared. He first slaughtered the songs of "Brilliant Stars" and "Broken Bridge with Remaining Snow", and then began to besiege "East Wind Breaks".

On October 4, "Blue and White Porcelain" defeated "Meteor Shower" and ranked second, officially launching an attack on the top spot "Dongfeng Po".

For the first time, there was a large-scale "split" among Cao Xuan's fans because of song rankings.

In the past three years, Cao Xuan's fans have beaten Ren Xianqi, defeated Naying and Xie Feng, competed with Wang Fei and Zhang Huimei, and competed with the four kings.

Last year's battle to destroy the charts and become gods was almost one family versus the entire music industry.

In order to do the on-demand rankings, I spent my pocket money and even my meal money on my phone bill. I bombarded radio and TV stations with on-demand numbers 24 hours a day. My voice became hoarse and I called on my relatives and friends to help Cao Xuan with the rankings.

Cao Xuan's reputation was not only created by him alone, but also by his fans who helped him along the way.

The brilliant record has made Cao Xuan's fans proudly independent in the fan group, and they are already a bit domineering.

However, as Cao Xuan's reputation becomes stronger and stronger now, in many cases, there is no need to deliberately hit the charts. Excellent results can be achieved simply by relying on the fan base and huge popularity among passers-by.

Not only did Cao Xuan feel a little like "How lonely it is to be invincible", the fans were also bored.

During the same National Day, Xiangjiang's Xie Feng also released an album, and the title song "Perfume" hit the charts.

Excited Cao Xuan fans are gearing up to focus on exporting their old enemy.

As a result, Xie Feng didn't know it was due to quality reasons, but he arranged the main battlefield in Xiangjiang without focusing on the mainland for promotion. The song performed mediocrely on the charts, and it didn't even make it into the top ten after a few days of release.

The enthusiasm of Cao Xuan's fans was reduced to tears, and he almost lost his temper.

I don’t know if it was because Qingji was bored, but suddenly there was an internal fight. Some people supported "Blue and White Porcelain" to compete in the rankings, and some people supported "Dongfeng Po" to stay in the rankings.

There was a fight between one's own people and one's own people.

Supporters of "East Wind Break" believe that this song is the foundation of Chinese style, with lyrics, music, rhythm and sound all perfect.

Fans who like the song "Blue and White Porcelain" believe that the song, rhythm and music are all excellent, and the lyrics are even more outstanding. It is the true pinnacle of Chinese style.

Some of these fans are boring, some follow the rhythm, and some are people who really advocate for their favorite songs. There are many discussion posts on the Internet.

After all, everyone likes the same singer and the same style. Many people even like both songs, but they just prefer one of them.

This is also very common in the original time and space. Regarding who is the representative of Chinese style in "Blue and White Porcelain" and "Dongfeng Po", it is almost a daily quarrel among Jay Chou fans.

Not only fans are quarrelsome, some music critics also have different opinions on these two songs.

In comparison, most people in the industry prefer "Dongfeng Po", but "Blue and White Porcelain" has more die-hard fans.

When ordinary fans argue, they just stick to their own ideas and may not necessarily be able to output any valid opinions. However, it is different for professionals. The internal debates are more intense and the things they come up with are also in order.

In addition to fans and music critics, many people from other industries also joined in the fun.

A collector and folklore research expert named Ma Weidu singled out common-sense errors in the lyrics of "Blue and White Porcelain".

The Han li and Song dynasty inscriptions in the two sentences "The Han li inscription on the bottom of the bottle imitates the elegance of the previous dynasty" and "I copy the Song dynasty inscriptions are thinking of you" cannot possibly appear on blue and white porcelain.

As soon as these words came out, many people were dissatisfied. Some people felt that he was taking advantage of Cao Xuan's popularity, being picky, and deliberately trying to attract attention.

Some people think that Cao Xuan may have made some intellectual mistakes, but he may not be knowledgeable. Many people do not know this kind of unpopular knowledge, which is understandable.

In a large scale, this matter is not very popular, but Cao Xuan still responded positively in a variety show on Beijing Channel.

"Actually, I have checked the information on this issue and found that there are indeed cultural common sense issues. It is not only the Han Li and Song script inscriptions raised by this expert, but also the sentence "The sky is blue waiting for misty rain, and I am waiting for you." a mistake.

Blue and white porcelain does not have azure color, the azure color is greener, and it appears more in Ru kiln. If forced to compare, the title of this song should not be "Blue and White Porcelain", but Ru kiln.

And according to the actual situation, the sky will be blue after the rain, and the sky should not be waiting for the misty rain. There is a timeline dislocation here, and it is also for the effect of the lyrics.

Therefore, the reason why I still insist on creating this way even though I know there are obvious mistakes is mainly to contrast the rhyme and shape the overall artistic conception and hazy beauty of the lyrics.

Many times, when we write lyrics, we tend to be more artistic and pay more attention to imagery and connotations. The logic and plot of many words cannot be unified with reality.

Of course, I apologize if it has caused trouble to some people. In future creations, I will work harder to find a balance between music and text, and be as truthful as possible. "

In addition to explaining these, Cao Xuan also thanked Ma Weidu, thinking it would be good to point out these mistakes so as not to mislead the public, and called on everyone to learn more about Chinese traditional culture.

Cao Xuan generously admitted his mistake and explained the reason for such creation from an artistic perspective.

This statement has been recognized by many people. Indeed, as Cao Xuan said, many of these film and television, songs, paintings, literature and other creations have artistic additions, and exaggeration is normal.

If you really want to be serious, then any work will have countless flaws.

For example, the geographical location in "Water Margin", one of the four famous classics, is simply terrible. The various show-oriented plots in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" can make the historical parties angry enough to vomit blood.

No work can be perfect. If you want to get something outstanding, you will inevitably have to sacrifice something.

Ma Weidu also responded afterwards, saying that he only looked at it from the perspective of the collection industry, because they are more concerned about the authenticity of porcelain when collecting.

In a sense, he is using his own industry standards to flaunt other people's standards.

Ma Weidu recognized Cao Xuan's explanation and highly praised Cao Xuan's efforts in promoting traditional Chinese culture.

But putting this aside, after this wave of operations, Lao Ma's reputation among the public has increased several times, and he has begun to move from the collection world to the stage.

Others have also seen the benefits of this wave of popularity, and many cultural figures have also stepped in to analyze and study various Chinese-style songs such as "Blue and White Porcelain" from various angles.

It is said that some professors from the Chinese Department took several songs directly to university classes, analyzed allusions and word usage, and also picked out some grammatical errors in several songs.

Even the middle school teachers are joining in the fun and planning to use "Blue and White Porcelain" and "Dongfeng Po" to give examination papers to their students.

The concept of Chinese style has become more and more popular among people, and it has even gradually transformed from a pop music trend to a cultural phenomenon...