Chapter 301 Foul
With the theme of "Thanks to Parents", there are indeed not many songs to choose from. Most of them are songs that everyone is familiar with. For the players, there is not much room for self-expression. Big, most performances are just not seeking merit, but seeking no faults.
It is also for this reason that this competition seems a little dull compared to the previous ones. Even the judges' comments are only a few words over and over again, and there are no comments that are shocking.
The judges were also restricted by the theme and could only make moderate comments. They were afraid that if they said something wrong, they would be criticized by the audience.
The key is that the talent show at this time consists of three parts: singing, commenting, and voting, and there is no storytelling aspect.
Ordinarily, it would be perfect to add a story-telling aspect to this theme. After the contestants sing the song, they will then write a story, a more touching one, in which they work hard and fail miserably, crying to the point of bursting into tears. Coupled with several shots of the audience also crying, the effect of the show will be great!
It’s just that in 2007, domestic talent shows still didn’t know how to use storytelling to make people miserable.
There is no telling of stories, so we can only rely on the performance of the contestants and the vicious tongue of the judges to create topicality.
As for this competition with the theme of "Thanks to Parents", the judges can't be harsh. The performance of the contestants alone cannot hold up the scene.
Entering the second round of PK, the contestants still sang well-known songs, and after the first round of experience, many viewers cried, missed, and were obviously strong in their hearts. A lot, and I am no longer as easily moved as I was in the first round.
The program team backstage also clearly saw that the atmosphere of the second round of PK was not improved to a higher level, but was actually not as good as the contestants' first round performance.
The program planner couldn't help but frowned. There were few songs to choose from on this theme, which naturally affected the program's effect. The ratings for this issue will probably not be refreshed.
At this time, the program planners even expected Zhang Wei to appear quickly. In this case, perhaps only the original singer can save the ratings.
"Bah, bah, bah, what am I thinking! I want to find a way to eliminate Zhang Wei, why do I still expect him to come to the rescue! I should hope that he can sing better now."< br>
In the midst of the program planning, Zhang Wei also appeared for the second time and began his singing in the second round of PK.
This time, Zhang Wei picked up the guitar again and sat in the center of the stage, playing and singing by himself.
"When you are old, your hair is white, and you are sleepy. When you are old and can't walk anymore, you take a nap by the fire and recall your youth. How many people have loved the moment when you were singing in youth and admired you. Charm, fake or sincere, only one person still loves your pious soul and the wrinkles on your old face..."
A very gentle melody, smooth and natural, without any harshness or abruptness This fluency is not only reflected in the natural transition between notes, but also in the harmonious atmosphere created by the overall melody.
This song feels like a slowly flowing stream, gently brushing through your heart, making you feel comfortable and peaceful, but also quickly. It grabs your ears and makes you immersed in it unconsciously.
And the melody does not have that rapid rhythm, nor is it too slow and dragging. It is a very moderate rhythm that runs through the whole song and sounds very comfortable.
"This time it's a folk style! This Zhang Wei can write pop songs, rock songs, and folk songs. He is really a versatile musician!" The musicians at the scene couldn't help but praise in their hearts.
As the song progressed, the audience gradually became immersed in the song.
This song is not spectacular, not even that kind of strong progressive emotion, but it sounds very comfortable. This melodious and soothing melody is like the blowing wind, immersing people in a peaceful world.
When your heart calms down and you start to listen to the lyrics carefully, you feel that every note touches your heartstrings just right, and the appeal of the lyrics will inadvertently bring you move.
This is "When You Get Old", a very simple song with a very plain arrangement and no climax. The lyrics are like a poetry recitation, describing a simple picture.
However, this song is full of sincerity, slowly conveying the youth and aging that travel through time. What comes to mind is the sadness, sedimentation and tranquility of folk songs.
It is this unique charm that made this song win the QQ Music Top Ten Hot Songs of the Year award in 2016.
This song first became known to people when the original singer Zhao Zhao participated in the first season of "Chinese Good Songs", but it became popular when Karen Mok performed a cover on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
The influence of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala is still huge, making the song "When You Get Old" popular all over the country overnight, and later even reached Vietnam and Cambodia.
Probably because people in Indochina like this folk style very much, many Vietnamese music editors or UP editors at that time sang covers of this song.
In Cambodia, this song has become a wedding march. Whenever a wedding is held, this song will be played. Its status is equivalent to that before 2010, "You Will Marry Me Today" was always played at weddings in China.
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As the song progressed, the audience was already immersed in the song "When You Get Old".
This song is not impassioned or passionate, but it does not affect the audience's attraction to the song at all.
Everyone’s expressions were not exaggerated or ups and downs. Most of them had a plain look. They were staring at the stage, staring intently at Zhang Wei.
But amid the dullness, there was a sense of concentration and immersion. There was no passion or fanaticism on their faces, but a kind of respect and appreciation for the music.
For a folk song, the audience's performance has already given the song full marks. Backstage, the program planner saw the expressions of the audience through the lenses of various cameras.
"The audience has already listened. In this case, how can we eliminate Zhang Wei in a while? But having said that, although the lyrics of this song are a bit bland, it sounds really good. Comfortable.”
The planner didn’t know much about music, but at this time he had to admit that this song “When You Get Old” is indeed quite good. Coupled with the aura of the original song, Zhang Wei Almost locked in a spot to directly advance to the top six.
"That won't work." The planner frowned, and then said, "Does this song by Zhang Wei have lyrics?"
"Yes, because the subtitles need to be recorded in advance, so the lyrics have been obtained. Xiao Zhang, go to the subtitles place and get the lyrics." The director said, and immediately ordered one of his men to go to the subtitles teacher and get the lyrics.
After a while, the lyrics were delivered to the planner.
"When you are old, your hair is white, and you are sleepy. When you are old and can't walk anymore, you take a nap by the fire, recalling your youth... Why do I feel that these lyrics are familiar? It seems like somewhere. I’ve heard of it,” the planner murmured.
“I think the lyrics are written like a poetry recitation.” The director next to him interjected.
"Poetry recitation?" The planner seemed to have remembered something. After pondering for a few seconds, he immediately said: "Find me a computer with Internet access. I want to check something."
"I have a notebook here. Computer, there is a network cable in the office next to it.”
Planning took the laptop and ran to the office next to it. After plugging in the Internet cable, he quickly searched and found the answer after a while.
"Sure enough, I said that the lyrics of this song are so familiar. The lyrics are similar to Yeats's poem, and the poem is called "When You Are Old". The first line of the poem It’s also when you are old, your hair is gray, and you are sleepy.”
The planner immediately picked up the lyrics and compared them with this poem.
"The lyrics talk about napping by the fire, and the poem also contains this sentence. Also, the lyrics talk about loving the wrinkles on your old face, and the poem talks about loving the sadness on your aging face. These two sentences are almost the same! "
At this time, the planner suddenly stood up from his chair, rushed back to the backstage studio, and said with excitement: "The lyrics of Zhang Wei's song "When You Get Old" were plagiarized by William - Poetry by Butler Yeats!"
"Plagiarism of poetry?" Everyone was slightly stunned, subconsciously thinking that this was a big deal.
But if you think about it carefully, it doesn’t seem to matter. Isn’t it normal to copy lyrics from poetry? Many of the lyrics are directly copied from ancient poems!
This is not a big deal!
Unless there is an infringement issue involved.
If it involves intellectual property infringement, then the program will have to follow suit.
So the on-site director was the first to ask: "Who is this William Yeats you are talking about?"
"William Butler Yeats is a famous Irish poet. Won the Nobel Prize for Literature." The planner replied immediately.
"He also won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is a great writer! How old is he? What masterpieces has he written?" the director continued to ask.
"Well, I can't remember exactly how old you are, but he seems to have been dead for more than sixty years!" the planner replied.
"I have been dead for sixty years and have passed the copyright protection period, so there should be no copyright issues involved!" the director said.
Another person next to him also reminded: "And this person is an Irish poet. He should speak Irish or English, so the poems he writes should also be in Irish or English. But Zhang Wei sang It’s a Chinese song. It’s just a translation of someone else’s poem and then used as lyrics. It shouldn’t be a big deal, right?”
After these two people sang and sang, everyone in the background lost interest.
The original author has been dead for sixty years, and he is still a foreigner. So there is no problem for Zhang Wei to use this poem as lyrics.
Many famous foreign songs are translated into Chinese and sung in Chinese. This is nothing new. For newer songs, copyright fees may be paid, but for older songs, there is no need to pay a penny.
What’s more, Zhang Wei’s song is not a translated cover, his song is still original!
Moreover, Zhang Wei's lyrics were not copied 100%, but were improved on the basis of the original poem. It would be a bit reluctant to call it plagiarism, but at most it is a reference.
I was so excited when I saw the planning, and thought there would be something huge, but I didn’t expect there was nothing!
The crowd looked at the planner with disappointment, and some even showed a bit of contempt, as if to say, what are you so excited about?
However, the planner still looked confident, and continued: "You people don't usually read, so you don't know what this poem by Yeats is about!
This poem by Yeats, It was written to a young and beautiful lady, whom he fell in love with at first sight, so he wrote this poem. It is a love poem!
What is our theme today? However, it is gratitude to our parents! Zhang Wei sang a love poem, which was inconsistent with our theme. He committed a foul!"
(End of this chapter)