The following is a compilation of "Old Wine Newly Brewed Mayday".
Old Wine Newly Brewed Mayday
It's been a long time since I've written anything about Chinese music, and to be honest, the Chinese music scene is becoming more and more scarce, and as my experience grows, I can't be attracted to the music of the flashy shells in vain, and I'm more inclined to appreciate the music that's rooted in those roots, or that's uniquely creative. Well, talk about this album, Mayday's song I do not listen to much, but also can not talk about like, at best, is K song point a few open voice, Xin's duck voice since there is no need to talk about, Mayday wrote the lyrics of the commercial value, not only smooth and pleasant to the ear, but also can cause the majority of teenage friends of the **** Ming. The album is less of a tribute and more of an interesting business project, similar to Utada Hikaru's "13 Groups of Musicians On 13 Unraveling", where old wines are brewed into new ones, and the 10 tracks are of varying standards, some revitalized, some below.
Qu Wanting's "There is an Absolute in Life": I seem to have a bias against the northeastern sister, and I always felt that she sang some ? I'm not sure if I'm a good person.
Lin Yilian "Summer Light Years": the continuation of the "Gaia" period of alternative pop style, still often Shi Lei plus Gong Shuo Liang's combination of piano with synthesizers, completely deconstructed the song into another look, as if a want to run out of youthful flames of the crazy people, in the cage, desperately trying to break free, trying to break down the barriers of all the world. The second half of the chorus is awesome, space, full of sense of presence, Lin Yilian super flexible voice, interpretation of what is strong and soft, interpretation of stubbornness and tenderness of the direct collision.
SHE "leave the surface of the earth": this song seems to be produced by Wang Zhiping, his old man is really very? tide? Jump!", exactly the same as the magic, it happens to be Brazaki for a period of time is very fond of doing this kind of old age disco dance music.
Xu Jiaying "suddenly miss you": this song at first listen to feel flat, the arrangement is simpler than the original version, piano plus orchestral music, very common Ballad configuration. But the more you listen to it, the more flavorful it is. LALA is truly a master at handling delicate emotions, showing the restraint in thoughts, the outbursts after repression, the silky smoothness, the treble part with her unique determination and sincerity, and "Finding People" is also a masterpiece of her finesse to the point of death.
Fish Leung "tenderness": fish sister is really old, this song can feel the satisfaction of her resting on her laurels, no longer the girl who sang "Courage", "worship" dare to rebel against the world, there is a kind of see through the world of the pale pale of the light and peace. The song's arrangement and soundtrack is still a little thoughtful, not mushy, and somewhat refreshing.
Deng Ziqi's "You're Not Really Happy": probably my least favorite piece of work in the whole album, and I can even say that G.E.M. has changed the song to a different flavor, and I don't hear any helplessness and compassion, nor do I hear any defiance and vulnerability, and she's still got a strong Live vocals voice, which is only put on and not put off, with all kinds of ascending keys and show-off, and then later on, she added Everybody of those messy things, made into a concert support song, no delicate part.
Jia Jia "I don't want to let you alone": this singer is not familiar with, the voice is good, the arrangement is very cold jazz, compared to the original version of the melodrama, this version is more romantic and enchanting, but this piece of work how can't like it, always feel that a little bit of what's missing, probably like Murakami said, less something like the heart of the unending shade.
Ai Yiliang "like smoke": a very, very good adaptation, simple guitar arrangement but never simple, excellent set off the emotional delivery, which is similar to Zhang Zhang's "Children of the South". The vocals are extremely graphic, as if an old man is narrating, stripping away the layers of youthful memories and transforming them into smoke. The sublimation of the middle section is the finishing touch, bringing the listener's emotions to the high point, and finally, returning to the calm.
Wei Ruxuan "Long Live Love": Waa live to change this song into Trip-Hop, erotic to the extreme, and Madonna's "Erotica" is the same, the original youthful budding into the prodigal daughter of the flirtation, and only Waa this kind of play with the tone and breath of the masters to do. Waa's vocals are varied and treacherous, and at times quirky, such as the "roar, yo", and at times psychedelic not to eat! Waa's vocals are varied and tricky, like "Roar", psychedelic like "Flower Weaving", and erotic like "Seduce", which is the song he sings on.
Huang Yunling, "The place in my heart that has not yet collapsed": a jazz arrangement in the style of a big band, sounding very relaxed and happy, Huang Yunling's voice is not prominent, relatively low, and Chun is quite similar, but not lost.
First echelon: Sandy Lam, Ai Yi-liang, Wei Ruxuan
Second echelon: Xu Jiaying, Fish Leong, Jia Jia, Huang Yunling
Third echelon: Wanting Qu, SHE, Deng Ziqi
The best covers in my mind are the ones that completely overthrow, deconstruct and reshape the original, and label them with their own unique labels of sincerity, like the Michelin 3-star Molecular strawberries, like strawberries, but has long been not the original strawberry, such as Tori Amos's "Strange Little Girl", Patti Smith's "Twelve", Shiina Ringo's "Chanting ひ hand medley", Aretha Franklin's "Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics" by Aretha Franklin and "KABA" by UA. Domestic cover albums can reach this level of a handful of it.