Chapter 257 "Childhood"
Wu Mu drew the song "Childhood" very early on, but never sang it.
This song is an absolute classic on Earth in the previous life and a representative work of the music godfather Luo Dayou.
It's the kind of song that would definitely make it into the top dozens of Chinese music charts.
It is so widely sung that it is a golden classic in the hearts of several generations of people on Earth in the previous life.
Among all the songs he has drawn now, the song "Childhood" may be the highest rated and most well-known song in his previous life.
However, although the achievement is great, to be honest, if we use this song in a competition, it may not be as good as "Nothing".
"Nothing" is a rock song, which has a natural advantage in competitions, while "Childhood" is a folk song, which sounds soothing and does not show techniques or singing skills at all.
This kind of song, if it fails to immerse the audience in the atmosphere and touch them, then it will be given low scores by everyone.
If it weren't for the skills, and if it weren't for the first round of just ranking and not elimination, it wouldn't be appropriate to sing this kind of song.
Of course, there was a reason why he temporarily changed to this less advantageous song.
Wu Mu held the microphone, looked at the camera, and said with a smile, "This is a song that a friend wanted to hear, but I didn't sing it before. I sang it on the show today. I wish she can always be as happy as she was in her childhood."
Singing to your friends at a competitive show?
Are you giving a concert?
The audience was impressed by this man's unrestrained attitude and at the same time, they were whispering, who was the friend that Wu Gou was talking about?
Why does it sound like something is happening?
Zhou Min was also curious, so he turned to Lin Qingyue and asked, "Who is Wu Mu giving this to?"
But she stopped midway through the question.
Because, the childhood friend next to her was smiling at this moment, with curved eyebrows and eyes, and was visibly happy.
Okay, no need to ask.
Zhou Min curled her lips, "Being a singer is good for picking up girls. Hey, stop it, stop it. Don't let someone trick you into falling head over heels for just one song."
Lin Qingyue smiled and nodded, "It's easy to deceive."
At the show, Wu Mu, after announcing the show, did not hesitate any longer.
He took the microphone and walked to the center of the stage, where the stool had been prepared for him by the program crew.
He will also have to play some accompaniment for this song later, so that he can benefit from the skill of playing and singing by himself, and the on-site effect will be better.
Sitting down on the stool, placing the microphone, he picked up the guitar.
The lights on the stage went out simultaneously, and the stage was plunged into darkness.
After a simulated heartbeat, the accompaniment sounded.
Then a warm light shone on Wu Mu, and Wu Mu's voice sounded along with the accompaniment:
"In the banyan tree beside the pond, cicadas are calling out for summer."
"On the swings by the playground, only butterflies were resting on them."
"The teacher's chalk on the blackboard is still chirping away furiously."
"Waiting for the get out of class to end."
"Waiting for school to end."
“The childhood of the waiting game.”
The lyrics of "Childhood" are very simple, without any complexity, but in fact this is the part that Luo Dayou spent the most time on when writing the song. He spent five years pondering the lyrics of this song.
Simple, easy to understand, and rich in imagery.
It has the flavor of a heavy sword without an edge, and great skill without refinement.
When Lin Qingyue had his birthday, he was asked to sing a song he had written, and the first song he thought of was this one.
His childhood was undoubtedly different from the childhood that Lin Qingyue had shown in previous photos.
There are no paintings, no cars, no director father, and no big family with many stars in the crowd.
He was born in a rural family in a small country town. During his childhood, he mostly went swimming in the river, fishing, and stealing oranges from the neighboring village with other children from the same village.
Bury orange peels outside your house and wait for one to grow in your own home.
I often stared at the teacher on the podium in a daze during class, my mind distracted by the plots in the little man drawings. During the last class, I looked at the electronic watch, counted the seconds, and rushed out of the classroom with my classmates.
It was time for class at noon, but I was still lingering in front of the TV, wanting to finish watching this exciting part before leaving. Then when my friend called me outside the door, I quickly put on my backpack and ran to school together.
The lyrics of Childhood may not match his childhood completely.
But while singing these, the scenes of his childhood naturally appeared before his eyes.
The experiences are different, but the feelings and emotions are the same.
Although his childhood was not as glamorous as Lin Qingyue's, it also had all kinds of happiness and troubles, and various little thoughts.
“It’s always before bedtime that I realize I’ve only done a little bit of my homework.”
"It's always after the exam that I realize I haven't read the books I should have read."
“Time is money.”
"The teacher said that time is more valuable than gold."
"Day after day, year after year."
"A confused childhood."
Zhou Min was originally looking at the screen with a critical look, and now he was a little absent-minded.
She sighed and said, "Wu Mu's song is quite good. Listening to it reminds me of our childhood. I still remember when you beat someone up in kindergarten and made me cry."
Lin Qingyue looked at her, "Before I hit you, did you forget something?"
Zhou Min was at a loss, "What did you forget?"
It's okay, as long as you are happy.
"This song seems a bit unsuitable for the competition." Zhou Min also noticed.
Lin Qingyue nodded, "Yes."
It's a bit inappropriate.
But she likes it.
Lin Qingyue looked at the glittering figure on the computer screen with a smile, her eyes squinting with joy.
She seemed to have seen his childhood through his songs.
It was a little different from hers, but it was also a childhood with its ups and downs.
She undoubtedly had a very high liking for Wu Mu.
It would be a lie to say that these favorable impressions were not due to Wu Mu’s outstanding looks and talent.
But the main factor is still Wu Mu’s personality and inner heart.
He has such a light-hearted and happy personality.
It seemed as if there was never any heaviness about him, and the atmosphere and vibe when chatting with him was always pleasant and relaxed.
It’s as if the closer you get to him, the world seems a lot brighter.
Who doesn’t like to be with people who are easy and fun to be with?
And in addition to his personality, this person's inner world is also very attractive.
Warmth, peace, understanding, respect.
Just like the pictures in his song, beautiful and warm.
Although she is not so obsessed with her lover's past, she is actually as cautious as Mo Mo when it comes to relationships.
And compared to Mo Mo's cautiousness and hesitation, her caution also contains some rational choices.
When dealing with a person, besides looking at her feelings, she will also rationally judge whether that person is suitable for her.
Wu Mu has undoubtedly always been a little inconsistent with her rational judgment.
It’s not that the families are unequal, she doesn’t care about that.
The main reason is that Wu Mu is an insider.
Just like Zhou Min said before, she never planned to find a boyfriend in the same circle.
She has seen all kinds of problems in the circle with her parents, and she doesn't believe that there are people in the circle who can keep their original intentions under the influence of various realities.
Especially someone like Wu Mu's appearance and personality. She could just count on her fingers and come up with a lot of people who felt something special about him.
So all along, she has maintained a friendship with Wu Mu and has no plans to go further.
But after her last visit to Spring City, she wanted to give it a try.
"No one knows why the sun always sets on the other side of the mountain." "No one can tell me if there are gods living in the mountain."
"There are always so many days."
"A person stares at the sky in a daze."
"Just curious."
"Just fantasize about it."
"Such a lonely childhood."
Again, if this song doesn't resonate with people and they don't get into the emotions and images of the song.
That's it, it's just a song with absolutely no highlights.
But if you substitute it in.
Deng Sheng looked at the person singing on the stage, his thoughts a little absent-minded.
As a music critic in the circle and one of the professional jury members invited by the program team, he has always had a mediocre impression of Wu Mu.
He had to admit that some of Wu Mu's songs were of very high quality.
But he was never used to Wu Mu's style of doing things.
In his opinion, for a gifted and talented young singer like Wu Mu, why not just focus on making music? Why does he always have to do things that attract attention?
The composer's identity and face have been completely lost.
So, influenced by his senses, and the fact that Wu Gou's songs were not quite to his taste, he could never really listen to Wu Mu's songs.
Just now, Wu Mu had directly made faces at the same contestant before going on stage, which made him have a very bad impression.
So he originally thought that if Wu Mu’s singing was not good, he would definitely give him a low score later.
But now, it's obvious that this song doesn't fit the style of the competition at all.
It's so flat and slow, and there's no technical content at all.
But the more he listened, the more fascinated he became.
He recalled his childhood. His family was very poor and he had six or seven brothers and sisters.
What I remember seems to be scenes of people not having enough to eat and yet having to help with housework.
When people are in class at school, they stare at the blackboard and all they think about is food.
What I look forward to most seems to be going out with a few brothers at night to catch eels and toads so that I can have a good meal.
Oh, and there was also the matter of lining up with a girl from the next class when doing morning exercises every day.
He worked hard to get out of their little place and escape from everything that happened during his childhood.
He thought he wouldn't miss these things from his childhood.
But now, listening to this song, his nose felt a little sour.
Childhood.
Brother, I really want to go out and catch eels with you again at night.
I really want to go back to that old school.
Deng Sheng held up his forehead with his hand, covering half of his face, not wanting people to see his slightly red eyes.
But with his hands on his back, he heard someone whispering behind him.
"Wu Mu's song seems to be even worse than Tsai Wan-hai's. It's too bland."
"Yeah, it does feel a bit flat. Why did he think of using a folk song in the competition?"
Not as good as the one by Tsai Wan-hai?
Deng Sheng couldn't help but straighten his back and stared at the back, "If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. Wu Mu's song is much higher than Cai Wanhai's song."
"It's a disadvantage to sing folk songs in a singing competition, but that's for ordinary people. People like Wu Mu can get high scores by singing folk songs!"
"The singing is explosive, the scene is exciting, it's a sensory stimulation, you know? Songs like Wu Mu's can be called real songs, they can soothe people's souls, they are good songs that can really touch people's hearts!"
what?
The two audience members behind him looked in a daze at the professional judge in front of them, who had a professional jury sign and tear marks on his weathered face.
But it’s not just Mr. Deng.
Even Tsai Wan-hai doesn't dare to say that his songs are better than Wu Mu's.
His face was serious, "Wu Mu's song is quite powerful."
Ordinary audiences just listen for the feeling and the sound, but these professionals can hear more.
This song sounds slow, without any showy techniques, and looks simple, but in fact, in his opinion, it shows off his exaggerated skills!
"Each of the four melodies Wu Mu has created so far uses a main melody, and then makes some modifications to this main melody, which directly makes the emotions of the melody progress."
"Then his songs all matched the melody, and the four verses were all different, expressing completely different emotions and meanings!"
For most singers, the song is divided into the verse and the chorus. The verse has two or three sections, and the chorus repeats the verse with only slight changes at most.
But each section of this song is different, and there are small changes in the melody.
When Tsai Wan-hai thought about the difficulty, he felt that it was a bit exaggerated.
And there are more than four paragraphs, there is also a fifth paragraph.
“Looking forward to the holidays.”
"Looking forward to tomorrow."
"A childhood that looks forward to growing up."
"Day after day."
"Year after year."
"A childhood that looks forward to growing up."
After singing the fifth paragraph, Wu Mu slowly put down the microphone.
There was silence in the audience.
Then, some people on the stage burst into enthusiastic applause.
Another group of people looked around and then clapped out of respect.
The applause lasted for more than half a minute until Wu Mu left the stage, when the applause stopped and a heated discussion began.
"Noon Dog's song is pretty good. It sounded a bit plain at first, but after I got into the song, I found it very touching."
"Yes, at first I was thinking that what Noon Dog said before was so full of confidence, and as a result, he brought out a song like this. But after listening to it, I felt that this song was just right. You don't have to have a song with very strong skills to win. This kind of song that returns to nature and emphasizes emotion can also win."
"Wu Gou was so emotional just now. I guess it was all because of his personal experience. It reminded me of my childhood. The more I think about it, the sadder I feel."
Those who were able to put themselves into the story had high praise for Wu Mu's song and felt it touched their hearts.
Although it is a folk song, the singing technique seems a little unclear.
But isn’t the essence of singing to express people’s inner emotions? Wu Gou’s song perfectly fits the bill.
But some people think it’s not a good idea.
Although they could hear that the song seemed good and Wu Gou sang it with great emotion, it just felt boring.
At least it doesn't quite meet their previous expectations of crushing Korean singers.
Not only the live audience, but also some people in the lounge were disappointed and felt it was not satisfying enough.
Lu Yao looked at the comments and became a little nervous. "Xiao Wu, why don't you use the song you sang before?"
She was talking about the song "I Have Nothing". She had heard that song before, and she felt that if Wu Mu used that song, there would be no doubt at all.
Wu Mu looked at the comments on the big screen and smiled slightly, "I think the singing is okay."
"But" Lu Yao wanted to say something.
Wu Mu laughed, "It's okay, I can't lose."
Judging from the feeling he had just had on the stage, most people were still affected by his skills, and once they were affected and had this kind of heartfelt involvement, they would definitely give him a high score.
Others who were not too affected would definitely not think that the quality of his song was that bad and would give it a medium score at most.
Taking this into consideration, his final score will not be too bad.
And even if it's bad, it won't have much impact. For a song of the level of "Childhood", it won't be disgraced by the score of a competition.
On the contrary, a song that did not win first place in a competition might be remembered more.
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ps: This chapter has 4,400 words, which is the revised word count. The lyrics are not counted and there is no useless lyrics.
(End of this chapter)
