【Part 2】Chapter 53 "Bohemian Rhapsody"(1/2)
Since Cheng Cheng scored a low score in the last round, he had to perform on stage first in the final decisive battle. ⊙
And this handsome and professional guy will challenge a very difficult song in the final - "bohemian-rhapsody"!
The Chinese name of this song is "Bohemian Rhapsody" and is sung by the Queen.
Du Xinghe heard the Hua Shao Newspaper and said that Cheng Zicheng wanted to sing "bohemian-rhapsody", even though he was shocked! Because this song is not the first competition song at all! Moreover, this song is too classic and extremely difficult, and most singers dare not challenge it easily. Unexpectedly, Cheng Zicheng challenged such a difficult song in such a critical competition. This courage is really commendable!
Like Du Xinghe, people with a little musical literacy know the status of "bohemian-rhapsody" in the history of Western pop music, especially in the history of rock music.
This song, written by Queens lead singer Freddie Mercury, was originally included in their album "a-night-at-the-opera" (1975). This song is quite well-known in Western society and is often commonly known as "bo-rhap" or "bo-rap".
The musical structure of this song is extremely special. There are no repetitions in the song. Instead, it is composed of many fragmented parts with very different styles and paces, including opera, heavy metal, a cappella, etc., and is full of violent streams of consciousness and nightmare colors. This is incredible in pop music.
However, after its single was released, it achieved unusually great success!
The song won the UK singles chart for nine consecutive weeks. It sold more than 2 million domestically in the UK, setting a record for the highest singles sold in British history at that time. (now the third in history, second only to "do-they-knoas?" and "candle-in-the-wind-1997").
This song is arguably one of the greatest works of Queens.
Brian-may said that the song reflects Mercury's personality and how he treats life.
The 6-minute single "bohemian-rhapsody" includes four parts. It started with a painful confession of freddie-mercury under the piano accompaniment, and then a duet of freddie-mercury using opera arias and background opera. Then there was a thrilling heavy metal, and finally freddie-mercury under the piano accompaniment.
This song became the largest single in the UK at that time, and its influence was so great that songs with complex structures in bands are now called "bohemian-rhapsody" in the xx era!
Cheng Zicheng chose this song in the ultimate pk, which is really hard! If this song is to be sung well, it will definitely be amazing, but if something goes wrong, the effect will be very bad. Moreover, for these younger fans on the scene, most people may have never heard of this song. They have never even been exposed to such a strange musical style. They can hear Cheng Zicheng's version as soon as they start, which is definitely a huge challenge for Cheng Zicheng!
Cheng Zicheng, who calmed down, bowed to Wang Xiaodong and the others, and then began his solo.
At the beginning, Cheng Zicheng opened a fantasy dream drama with a graceful high notes—
...
is-this-the-real-life~
Is life really like this?
is-this-just-fantasy~
This is just a fantasy ~
caught-in-a-landslide~
Landslides and cracks~
no-escape-from-reality~
Can't escape from reality ~
open-your-eyes~
Open your eyes ~
look-up-to-the-skies-and-see~
Looking up at the sky-you know~
im-just-a-poor-boy-i-need-no-sympathy~
I'm just a poor kid - but I don't need mercy -
Because-im-easy-e-easy-go~
Because I'm going to do it simply - just leave ~
a-little-high-little-low~
Life is a little exciting - some helpless ~
anyway-the-atter-to-me ~
It doesn't matter if the wind rises and falls - for me ~
to-me ~
For me ~
...
Compared to the melodious sound of the original singer freddie-mercury, Cheng Zicheng's expression on this song is less profound. After all, he is not the original author of the song. When grasping the true meaning of this song, he will not be so thorough, but Cheng Zicheng's perfect high notes still give this song a moving side at the level of pure music.
Later, as the accompaniment increased, Cheng Zicheng's performance became better and better. A top student like him, a master of singing big songs, can be said to be a big song among big songs, and only a singer with sufficient aura can control it. Fortunately, Cheng Zicheng has such a aura. In this unpredictable divine song, he can fully release his charm of high range.
If you don't listen deeper, Cheng Zicheng's performance on this song can be said to be very perfect, and he can be on TV without any sound editing.
...
mama-just-killed-a-man~
Mom-I just killed someone~
put-a-gun-againsst-his-head~
My gun aimed at his head ~
Pulled-my-trigger-now-hes-dead~
Pull the trigger-now-he's dead~
...
mama-life-had-just-begun~
Mom-Life has just begun~
but-now-ive-gone-and-thrown-it-all-away~
But I've left - I've got everything off~
mama-ooo~
Mom-Oh~
didnt-mean-to-make-you-cry~
I don't want you to cry ~
if-im-not-back-again-this-time-tomorrow~
If I won't come back tomorrow ~
carry-on-carry-on-as-if-nothing-really-matters~
Please continue, everything remains the same~
...
Wang Feng nodded to Cheng Zicheng while listening. To him, Cheng Zicheng's performance was good enough, at least a few points better than during rehearsal. He was also weighing in his heart whether to let Cheng Zicheng enter the final championship night or to let Huang Ting advance to the final championship night.
This season's Voice Championship Night will be held in China as one of the largest large-scale event venues, which is the Bird's Nest Stadium, which can accommodate 90,000 people! In addition to the audience in the venue, it is estimated that 100,000 people will be present that day!
To be honest, Cheng Zicheng's voice like this can have a certain advantage. Cheng Zicheng's voice has explosive power. As long as he chooses the right song, he can sing very shocking and infectious music. At that time, the audience will also participate in the scoring process, and it is the most important part. A super shocking performance will win important weight for the final championship. Wang Feng was optimistic that Lu Heng could set off a miraculous frenzy on the championship night. Unfortunately, Lu Heng has been eliminated now. If it were Cheng Zicheng, he felt that it was very likely to create a miracle.
But thinking about the three champions in the other groups are all men, Wang Feng feels that choosing Huang Ting, who has a versatile voice, may have a better advantage. If Huang Ting advances to the final championship night, she will be the only female student who competes for the championship, which is a bonus.
But he was worried that Huang Ting's thin body could really suppress the huge scene like the Bird's Nest. As a singer who held a concert in the Bird's Nest, he sincerely said that singing there is a difficult thing. The designer of the Bird's Nest has a slightly gathering sound effect. Tens of thousands of people shouted together, and that aura was amazing! Singers who are not brave enough will be stage frightened there, and stage frightened can be said to be the biggest taboo for new singers. If a singer has the ability but cannot play it out, then it would be better to leave opportunities to those singers who are not very capable but can fully play out.
If you look at it this way, Cheng Zicheng, who dares to choose a song like "bohemian-rhapsody", may be a singer who is more suitable to go to the Bird's Nest.
Listening to Cheng Zicheng's dreamy singing, Wang Feng became more and more inclined to this.
...
too-late-my-time-has-e~
It's too late - my time has arrived ~
sends-shivers-doy-sine~
Makes me creepy ~
bodies-aching-all-the-time~
All over body ache ~
...
goodbye-everybody-ive-got-to-go~
Goodbye everyone - I have to leave ~
gotta-leave-you-all-behind-and-face-the-truth~
Leave everyone behind me - face reality ~
...
mama-ooo~
Mom-Oh~
i-dont-want-to-die~
I don't want to die ~
To be continued...