For some mentors, appreciating a song may involve considering and measuring several aspects of its lyrics and composition.
There may be some emphasis, but these three aspects are indispensable.
For them, a song is already considered good as long as one or two of these three aspects are pretty good.
And this "Wukong", Shang Feifei and Zhou Qu thought that in terms of lyrics and composition, it belongs to a superior work, so they think this is a very good song.
But for the audience, the three aspects of lyrics, melody and composition are relatively weaker in their concept. They measure whether a song is good or not, first by how it sounds, second by whether it can shock and resonate with them, and finally consider the lyrics, melody and composition.
This song is undoubtedly nice-sounding.
From the prelude to the middle part of the singing, and then to the ending, it is particularly pleasant to listen to, making people feel especially comfortable all over.
As for resonance, everyone felt it.
This is a song about Wukong, and the Sun Wukong in Journey to the West was initially full of rebellious spirit, which is also everyone's favorite part.
For many people, they like the Sun Wukong who makes trouble in heaven, but don't like the Sun Wukong who beheads demons and evil spirits. Because the Sun Wukong who beheads demons and evil spirits has become much more rounded, without any sharp edges, from his body, everyone can no longer see that kind of recklessness.
Many people who have read Journey to the West have this feeling, and this song brings out Sun Wukong's rebellious spirit again, making it seem as if they are seeing the Monkey King wreaking havoc in Heaven once more.
Originally, everyone was just quietly listening to the elegant prelude and the thrilling singing, but in the end, everyone suddenly had tears in their eyes and couldn't help but wave their hands.
Everyone was excited, as if they had seen that great sage Sun Wukong making trouble in heaven again with his golden hoop.
The singing stopped, and the entire recording scene suddenly burst into waves of cheers: "Tang Xiaotian, Tang Xiaotian..."
Tang Xiaotian...
This scream is more fervent than Zhang Long's singing of "Jian Shou".
Everyone's tears have not yet dried, and each person's face is again filled with smiles.
This enthusiasm continued until host Luo Long came on stage.
"Alright, the last performance of the top 4 has ended. I wonder how the four instructors will evaluate these two songs? Luo Da Ge, what do you think?"
Luotong is a bit tangled.
Both songs are great, but the one that touched him the most is still Tang Xiaotian's "Wukong", because he seemed to see himself when he was young again in this song.
At that time, I was probably like Sun Wukong, unaware of the height of heaven and earth, relying on my own talent to act recklessly. After experiencing many stories, I became more rounded and became who I am today, also becoming the Monkey King who escorted Tang Xuanzang to retrieve scriptures.
But in his heart, he did not reject the recklessness of his youth, and even had some longing for it. However, due to various pressures, he could no longer return to his former self.
He prefers this song "Wukong".
Zhang Long is Lin Feng's last student, if Zhang Long is eliminated, then the final will not see the shadow of Lin Feng's students, which is somewhat embarrassing.
Moreover, their company also has a lot of cooperation with Shenghua Entertainment Company. If they were to favor Tang Xiaotian, it might have some impact on future collaborations.
All sorts of things, Luo Tong was very entangled and it's quite normal.
He supported his chin in thought for a moment, before finally speaking: "To be honest, the two songs are really too good. From 'Jian Shou' we heard Tang Xuanzang's fearlessness and faith, from 'Wu Kong' we heard Sun Wukong's inner struggle - does he need to return to his former self, or does he need to temper his nature, making himself a monkey who escorts Tang Monk to retrieve the scriptures?"
"Besides sounding good, both songs are excellent in terms of lyrics and composition. Yeah, I like both songs very much."
Facing his own preferences and the company's interests, Luo Tong still chose the company's interests, or in other words, he chose to be the monkey who escorted Tang Monk to retrieve scriptures rather than the Monkey King Sun Wukong who wreaked havoc on heaven.
There's no way he can have everything go his own way.
But he didn't belittle Tang Xiao Tian's "Wukong" to elevate "Jian Shou", which is already pretty good.
Luotong finished speaking and Luolong threw the topic to Zhouqu.
"Zhou Dage seemed to have tears in his eyes when he listened to it, I don't know how you would evaluate these two songs?"
Lu Long said that, the audience was suddenly surprised for a moment, thinking carefully, fortunately Zhou Qu had indeed shed tears, just when Tang Xiao Tian sang "Wukong".
Zhou Qu smiled: "Yes, it's too good to hear. It's been a long time since I've heard such a good song. This 'Wukong' is biased towards ancient style pop music, and there are also Peking Opera tunes in between. The composition is very rich, and the lyrics have some Zen meaning, which belongs to the top level."
At this point, Zhou Qu paused slightly and continued: "This 'Jian Shou' is also very nice to listen to, both are quite good."
Zhou Qu summarized "Jian Shou" in just one sentence, and it's clear why he likes that song.
Lin Feng glanced at Zhou Qu and hummed in his heart. At this time, Luo Long looked towards Lin Feng and asked: "Brother Lin, what's your evaluation?"
Lin Feng said: " 'Jian Shou' sounds great, Zhang Long's song completely exceeded my expectations, I think Zhang Long is a very talented singer." Lin Feng praised Zhang Long, he wanted to enhance Zhang Long's image, so it would be good for the next round of voting.
Only after saying this did he mention Tang Xiao Tian's song.
"This song "Wu Kong", I'd like to talk about it from two aspects. Firstly, the lyrics of this song look pretty good, but actually they are not perfect. The whole song's lyrics are not well-coordinated. When we listen to a song, we care about whether the lyrics match well. If you want to write some beautiful phrases, you can't have too many plain words, or it will sound abrupt. The whole song is very literary, but also very plain, like two completely incompatible people being put together."
Lin Feng bluntly pointed out the shortcomings of the lyrics, and then continued: "Also, regarding the portrayal of Sun Wukong in this song, why is it that he's struggling with love and hate? I want to know what's so lovable about him, did he fall in love with that demon?"
Lin Feng said so, very impolite. The audience couldn't help but sneer after hearing him. They thought Lin Feng was really good at finding fault in others' words. While other instructors praised the lyrics, he found errors in the tone and language, which was truly laughable.
Who says a song can't use more straightforward lyrics just because it uses elegant language?
Isn't it enough that this song sounds good?
Everyone is very dissatisfied with Lin Feng's oppressive attitude. If he were to be oppressive in other matches, it would be fine, but he chose to do so when his own disciples took the stage. Isn't this clearly because he's afraid of losing?