Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 455 Chapter 453 "Oh, Be Good"

This movie is the theme song in the original time and space.It was Dou Xianer who wrote the song "Oh, Be Good", but it was sung by Tan Weiwei and another male singer, and it was also used as the promotional song for this movie.

The lyrics fit the theme of this movie very well, but Yu Dongqing feels that the cover is not as good as Dou Wei's original singing.

Dou Wei's voice is really recognizable, and this song is in the style of reggae music, and few people in China play it.

Now that Yu Dongqing heard Mingmei ask this, he pondered for a while: "I thought of a song, but the music style is quite special, and it's not easy to sing."

"Don't you sing yourself?" Mingmei looked at Yu Dongqing.

I?
forget it.

In the spring of the year before last, I was invited to sing Dou Wei's "Advanced Animal" at the Helan Mountain Music Festival. Although it received a lot of response on the Internet, Yu Dongqing felt that he didn't have the flavor of singing this song.

Perhaps only Dou Wei himself can sing it.

"I don't think I'm suitable either. We'll talk about it when we go back." Yu Dongqing replied, and the two went down the stairs.

Dinner was eaten at the old man's house. After dinner and chatting, the couple went back to their own home. Of course, they had to take a walk by the Qianhai Lake. It was already eight o'clock in the evening when the two returned to their small courtyard.

As soon as she got home, Mingmei couldn't wait for Yu Dongqing to write a song.

"I want to hear it, is it really difficult to sing?"

Ok
Yu Dongqing came to the recording studio next to the study, picked up an electric guitar, and made a cup of Longjing tea with a bright smile.

"Actually, the drum accompaniment is the best for this song, but it's a pity that Yimin is not here." Yu Dongqing said to Mingmo with a smile, and began to play.

The linting is relatively long, and they are all simple chords.

Yu Dongqing began to sing.

Mom and dad
did you ever forgive him

原谅 他 总是 不 多 说话

也 不 说 什么 想法

It's hip-hop!

Mingmei heard it right away.

He rarely uses this form of music, except for the song "Beside the Plum" written a few years ago, but that song is full of strong Chinese style.

Clearly this song is not.

没有 一 个 能 感到 的 家
从来 都 是 担心 和 从来 是 害怕

You want me to obey you
Be obedient
Yu Dongqing suddenly sang.

It's reggae!
Domestic musicians rarely play this style!

Wow.
Ming Mei originally thought that Yu Dongqing would write a youthful and sad song like "To Youth", but she didn't expect to use reggae music!

It sounds pretty good though.

After Yu Dongqing sang a song, she smiled and asked Mingmei: "How is it?"

"Sure, the lyrics fit the theme of this movie very well, and the genre of the song, although reggae is rarely used as a movie theme song, but it's quite fresh, husband, why don't you sing it yourself?"

"Forget it, I really don't like this style, so don't waste it." Yu Dongqing smiled.

But no matter who sings, the song has to be written.

After Yu Dongqing wrote the lyrics, she sent it to Yang Liuchu to register the copyright with the Music Association, and asked her to post a message on the official Weibo of the studio:
Mr. Yu Dongqing is writing a new reggae-style song, looking for a suitable male singer to sing it. If you are interested, please contact our studio. If you have singing history in the past, you can attach the work Yunyun.

Yu Dongqing unexpectedly hired a singer to sing his new song!
If it was someone else, people would scoff, you don't even release the songs you write publicly, who knows what the hell you write?

But the other party is Yu Dongqing.

Brother-in-law makes a move, it must be a fine product!
What's more, this is Yu Dongqing's first public recruitment of singers.

All of a sudden, record companies, professional, amateur, rock, folk, and even popular, all those who feel that their singing is similar to reggae have signed up according to the contact address, and attached the songs they sang Or award history.

There are even female singers signing up.

Who says female singers can't sing reggae?You are sexist!

Some female netizens even ran to Yu Dongqing's Weibo to protest on the studio's Weibo—but they were all ignored.

After only a few days, Yu Dongqing suddenly realized that she was just looking for something wrong for herself.

Singers sent messages every day, and some of them attached their own works, public ones and unpublished ones, and Yu Dongqing read them all.

more importantly.

unreliable
The reggae style I want is neither rock nor rap nor pop. Do you know what it means?
"Short for vocals in upbeats"?
"Up-slapping guitar strums"?
The most basic characteristics of these reggae music do not have, are you kidding me?

Simply, Yu Dongqing handed over the work of the preliminary review to Li Wei: You help me check it first, listen to the singers, read their previous works, and then report to me if they meet the requirements.

All of a sudden things are much less.

It's the beginning of June, today is the weekend, daughter Yu Tongtong came back from vacation, and immediately went shopping with her aunt Mingmei.

Now Mingmei has been pregnant for more than four months, her lower abdomen is slightly swollen, and the vomiting in the early stage of pregnancy is gone. Now she has a big appetite, and eating more is just good for the development of the fetus.

But there is another trouble: constipation.

The doctor said that this is a common phenomenon for pregnant women during this period, and they should eat fresh vegetables and exercise moderately.

The weather is fine today, it was not too hot after it rained just yesterday, so the mother and daughter went shopping happily, of course, they didn’t go too far to play in Xidan Joy City, and bought some maternity and baby products by the way.

Yu Dongqing and his buddies went fishing.

Since returning to Yanjing, Yu Dongqing has to spend time with Mingmei besides film editing every day, so she hardly has time to go out to play.

Yesterday, my daughter came back, and she took the initiative to go shopping with her aunt today. Yu Dongqing rarely had some time for herself, so she asked a few buddies to go fishing in the WeChat group.

Naturally, there is a response.

Zhang Yang still didn't forget to joke, your conceiving husband is finally on vacation today.

The place they went fishing this time is called Roman Lake, which is located in Shunyi.

The origin of Lake Roman is not as romantic as the name, because it is named between Luogezhuang and Matouzhuang.

The water quality is clear, the surrounding environment is beautiful, and the scenery is charming. It is a good place for people to fish and relax.

Moreover, there are still hundreds of artists living here, and there are many taverns. It has become the first choice for urban white-collar holiday gatherings, known as BJ's "little back sea".

But Yu Dongqing and the others are not interested in these, the purpose of coming here is to fish for entertainment.

Fishing here is free, there are crucian carp, carp, black fish, Ga fish and so on.Hand pole, sea pole, Luya greets you casually.

Yu Dongqing didn't have that ability, unlike Du Hui and Liu Yimin who used sea poles directly, he and Zhang Yang still used hand poles, and were satisfied with catching a few crucian carp.

Mainly just for fun.

Wearing a sunhat and sitting on a pony tie, the breeze blows, and the mood is comfortable. At noon, the four of them ordered a pot of braised chicken and braised fish at a nearby farmhouse, accompanied by a few cold dishes, and chatted while eating. It was very pleasant.

"Holly, is the movie you made almost finished?" Zhang Yang asked with concern.

"Basically, it's almost there, except for the dubbing." Yu Dongqing said.

"By the way, have you found a suitable singer for that reggae song you wrote?" Liu Yimin also interjected.

"not yet."

"Reggae music is inherently niche, and there are fewer people playing it in our country."

Yes
It turned out that in that time and space, there were very few people playing this kind of music.

Luo Dayou's "Zhi Hu Zhe Ye" can be regarded as the pioneering work of domestic reggae music.

In the early 90s, the Beyond band wrote a song "Continue to Intoxicate", which is called the No.1 that brought reggae into Hong Kong Philharmonic.

Ai Jing's "My 1997" perfectly combines Chinese and Western music elements such as folk songs, reggae (rock, Pingju), and expresses concern for the social, political and cultural environment.

Of course, there are also the three masters of Moyan, Zhang Chu's album "A Heart That Refuses Kitsch", the reggae work "Bpmf" appeared.There is also "Ant Ant" from the second album "Lonely Man Is Shame".

The most powerful one is Dou Wei. The song "Oh, Beloved" from the album "Black Dream" achieved good results in the first attempt at reggae.

After the millennium, it was mainly Xie Tianxiao who produced a reggae special with Chinese characteristics "Guzheng Reggae".

In this time and space, perhaps due to ignorance, Yu Dongqing really doesn't know much.

At this time, Du Hui, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said something.

"I heard that there are quite a lot of people singing this style in Yunnan."

Yunnan?

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