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Chapter 234 "Dongfeng Po" became popular, how lonely it is to be invincible
"A piece of sadness, standing alone at the window

I'm behind the door, pretend you're still there
……

A pot of wandering, wandering the world is difficult to enter the throat

After you left, Jiunuan recalled missing you

……

Who is playing on the pipa, a song Dongfeng Breaks
The years are peeling off on the wall, seeing the childhood

……

The ancient road outside the fence, I will lead you through

In the years of smog and grass, even breaking up is very silent
......"

At the end of August 2001, the entire Chinese music scene was suddenly turned upside down by a sad, tactful, and very artistic song "Dongfeng Po".

When the song was just released earlier, relying on Cao Xuan's popularity, it reached the top five in the rankings in just one day, and entered the top three in two days.

But since then, Cao Xuan's own aura has become secondary, and the song "Dongfeng Po" itself has a light that cannot be ignored.

As early as 1999, Cao Xuan began to write songs for "Little Li Feidao", and came up with the first ancient style song "I Don't Call You a Hero".

At that time, this song attracted a certain amount of attention in the field of professional musicians in the music scene, and also attracted the recognition of some fans.

At that time, Cao Xuan did not play the concept of Chinese style, but only emphasized that more Chinese elements should be added to future songs, combining classical traditional culture with current pop culture.

Cao Xuan's words at the time were praised by many people, but in fact, not many people took them to heart.

Many musicians combine this element and mix that style, but in fact, there are only a handful of people who have really made a name for themselves.

Generally, it is the musicians who say that if they praise it, the commercial bragging is over, and no one really takes it seriously.

But in 2000, Cao Xuan released "Fireworks Are Easy to be Cold". This song performed very well on the album "Bright Stars", reaching the top two on the charts at its peak.

At the same time, it won the Best Lyrics and Best MV of the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, and was also nominated for many other awards, widely praised in the industry.

More importantly, "Fireworks Are Cold" has caused a certain scale of sensation in the music world.

Cao Xuan took the opportunity to formally propose the concept of Chinese style.

He didn't go into too much detail, but put forward "China + ancient elements + fashion" in a broad and general way. Cao Xuan even wanted to remove the word [ancient] at one point, but this covered too much, so he added it. .

The reason why Cao Xuan is like this is that he doesn’t want to make the Chinese style too detailed at the beginning. In the big framework, everyone can play freely to form a certain category of style, and it’s not too late to distinguish it.

In addition, there is also a part of the idea of ​​​​grabbing the territory, playing the slogan of a big concept, and building up the momentum first.

It's a pity that although "Fireworks Are Cold" is quite popular, it can't hold back "Bright Stars" because there are too many good songs.

This song was robbed of the limelight by popular songs such as "The Wind Rises" and "Ten Years", otherwise it might not be necessary now, the Chinese style has become popular.

However, although the new genre of Chinese style was not recognized by everyone at the time, there were indeed many people in the industry who were watching, and a small number of people waved the flag to cheer for Cao Xuan.

Everyone is waiting for Cao Xuan's vowed "Chinese Style" album.

However, everyone did not expect that just the first song shocked everyone.

The well-known musician Zhang Yadong personally wrote an article in the newspaper, greatly admiring "Dongfeng Po"——

"A good piece of music must be a masterpiece of artistic conception, melody, and style, which are all integrated and meticulously crafted.

What is extremely rare is that Cao Xuan's "Dongfeng Po" has reached an extremely high level in terms of artistic conception, melody, and style. I personally think it is better than "Fireworks Are Cold". Congratulations Cao Xuan, he may really want to Start a new genre. "

The famous mainland musician Sanbao also praised this song——

""Dongfeng Po" is Su Shi's original words, Cao Xuan's lyrics are based on the translation of the original words and certain expansions, while retaining the original meaning, it is more understandable to modern people.

What's even more amazing is that he put a lot of thought into composing and arranging the music. The ancient songs are new and especially pleasant to the ear, and they are both ancient and popular. They are the embodiment of ancient and modern Chinese culture and emotional beauty. "

Li Zongsheng, the popular godfather in Taiwan, also rarely stood up to speak out——

"Actually, I have been following Cao Xuan's movements, but the longer I observe him, the more I discover the surprises he gives me.

I like his Chinese style, and I also hope that there will be more and more new styles in the music world.I think he did. "

Zhang Yadong is one of the best musicians in the mainland, and the reputation of Sanbao is not bad, not to mention Li Zongsheng, a representative of pop music in Taiwan Province, and a figure of the godfather level.

These industry leaders praised "Dongfeng Po" repeatedly, and some other industry experts also voiced their support.

Not without objections, and even quite a few, after all, the birth of any new genre will always usher in various controversies.

Even with Cao Xuan's status in the music scene at this time, it would be "daring" in the eyes of many people to want to establish a sect.

But they objected, and they could only shout about it in the media and on the Internet. It did no real harm to "Dongfeng Po" itself.

On the contrary, "Dongfeng Po" has become more and more famous in this wave of controversy.

On the fourth day on the list, "Little Lucky", "Green Light" and "Meteor Shower" were firmly under the pressure.

The song "Dongfeng Po" is like its name, like a strong east wind, with the force of a bamboo, it quickly became popular all over the country.

Even the loudspeakers in the streets and alleys, which prefer popular and sad songs, put aside the melody of you love me and I hate you, and played "Dongfeng Po" with pipa.

Everyone was shocked by the performance of "Dongfeng Po".

After all, even with the foreshadowing of "Fireworks Are Cold", the Chinese style has not formed a widespread influence, and the Chinese style is still a novel style.

This new style has such a dominant performance, which only shows one thing, and that is that Chinoiserie has won wide recognition from the public.

The media reporters were all crazy.

Last year when Cao Xuan became a god, everyone said the rainbow fart and the words almost, I thought there was nothing to say this year, it was nothing more than the continuation of the glory.

But unexpectedly, Cao Xuan is worthy of being a leading figure in the Chinese music scene today, and he directly came to establish a sect.

Look, the rainbow fart material is here again.

Due to the large-scale media reports, coupled with the internal quarrels in the music scene, the word "Chinese style" has become a hot word nowadays just like "Dongfeng Po".

On the Internet, countless netizen fans who know or don't know how to do it, have sent praises to "Dongfeng Po" without hesitation.

The three major portal websites and related sections of Tianya are full of comments and compliments praising "Dongfeng Po".

"It sounds good, it sounds good, it sounds good, it sounds good, it sounds good!"

"It's such a beautiful piece. I especially like the erhu in it. It's sad but not sad. I'm drunk after listening to it."

"The dead Cao thief hastened to release the album, I will buy it and play it at home."

"Can you imagine? My dad is the most rigid. He never let me listen to those pop songs, but this time he even praised "Dongfeng Po". I was so stupid."

"Haha, my grandma also likes to listen to it. She moved a small stool to the street and listened to it several times. She said it was delicious."

"Who is playing Dong Feng Po on the pipa, the song is really good."

"Chinese style, songs with Chinese elements, Cao Xuan really did it, and the song is still so popular, it's amazing."

"Really, I don't want to praise him anymore, but I can't help it."

"I love Chinese style, and I must buy the new album."

"........."

Even the people who don't listen to songs know vaguely that Cao Xuan wrote a very powerful song, leading a new trend. Although they may not understand the truth of it, they remember three things.

"East Wind Break" is awesome!
There are so many people praising the Chinese style, it must be awesome!
Cao Xuan is awesome!
.........

The outside world is disturbing, Cao Xuan himself is still calm, after all, "Dongfeng Po" is one of the pinnacle masterpieces of Chinese style, and it belongs to the most "standard" Chinese style songs.

If this song fails to establish and start "Chinese Style", everything under Cao Xuan will be half the effort.

Fortunately, "Dongfeng Po" lived up to high expectations and made a good start.

It's hard to say the genres of other songs, but if a pop song wants to establish a school, it must have a fan base.

With a wide range of fame, and a corresponding stable output of new songs one after another, forming a genre style, and continuing to spread its influence, this genre will become more and more prosperous.

When those music experts were still arguing about whether Cao Xuan was qualified to start a school, the name of Chinese style had already been imprinted in the hearts of countless people. In a sense, this was considered a success.

"Dongfeng Po" reached the top in late August, and under its own excellent quality and media publicity, it firmly secured the top position.

"Meteor Shower" dominated the charts for two months, and Sun Yanzi's two songs were all kinds of killings in July. Now there is nothing to do with "Dongfeng Po", and it has not even reached the so-called threat.

To be honest, Cao Xuan felt a little invincible and lonely at that moment.

In 1998 [Southern Ren Beicao] peak battle, he and Ren Xianqi fought in the dark, the sun and the moon were dark.

In 1999, he fought against all kinds of masters by himself. He first settled Shuangtian, then fought against Zhang Yu, and finally fought hard in "Huan Zhu Ge Ge 2".

In 2000 last year, he dominated the entire music scene by himself, and the battle of killing the charts and conferring the gods seemed to be pushing horizontally, but the competition behind it was also very fierce.

But this year, Cao Xuan clearly felt that these singers who competed with him for the rankings were so short of breath.

In fact, it is also understandable that Cao Xuan's fame and status are now at the peak, and the background of this new generation is not as good. The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, against the flourishing Cao Xuan, must be three points before the battle.

On the contrary, it is not as good as those old singers who have fought before. Although they have not won against Cao Xuan, they have fought in serious battles, and they have no fear of fighting.

However, most of these old singers have gone downhill, their commercial attributes are not that strong, and their rankings are also weak. Few of them can directly compete with Cao Xuan.

It may be a good thing for others that Cao Xuan easily dominates the charts, but he is used to fighting with other singers on the charts, so he always feels uncomfortable.

This is also a rare time when Cao Xuan wants Xiao Zhou to grow up quickly.

After all, in the Chinese music scene, only Xiao Zhou is the only one who can compete with his "bad guy"...

(End of this chapter)