烫观察|火热单曲,伪潮流,和消失的纯情

2012-02-03 08:33:37
文|Yoyo Ran *版权归作者和烫Town所有,引用请注明出处。


刚才点开豆瓣音乐欧美部分,十张专辑里四张都是拉拉打雷,编辑们还在放假么?

Adele和那个拉拉打雷(Lana Del Rey)都是被overrated的典型⋯⋯我不是说他们的音乐多么不好,我是在说听众们正在这数字单曲时代里被操控。广播里放太多次someone like you,微博上太多人转,终于听了看了,终于感动地流泪了!因为如果在这样的推广下你还不哭的话,可能也就是特别想笑了。一个人要火只需要一堆人跟风。iTunes和Spotify把谁放在首页谁就红了,豆瓣上出现四张拉拉打雷,虾米也上首页了,听听看,给个好评,知道谁最近比较红。可能也就是这样吧。

现在的流行音乐充满了比以前更多的钱味儿和伪潮流。复古?复古本身就是一个极其模糊的概念,把这个词用在音乐或者时尚上是不合适的,但是它是如此巧妙,贴上它火都火得很有底气。别人问,“这人在拽什么呢?”“这可是复古的啊。”很多人都说拉迪嘎嘎很具革命性。听了很多张专辑,看过好多支mv,可还是对她的音乐基本没有印象,有的话也是因为耳朵被轮太多次。对她最深刻的印象是她穿了一身肉做的衣服。这是革命?是时尚?实际上她什么都没有革,她是谈资。结果就是她圈着很大一笔钱走了。

音乐行业里的潮流早已混沌与被稀释了。八九年前兴起的复古浪潮还是有那么点痕迹的,至少标记了当时一批风格相近、推销路子相似的乐队,当时国内的乐队也跟着范儿起来了,火了一批乐队。当时正是ipod开始兴起,数字化音乐时代萌芽的时候。不过在紧接着的三五年内,随着音乐产业数字化转型,制造一首火的、性感的单曲并砸钱炒作成为流行音乐行当必须遵守的规则。我想你应该有这种经历:一首第一遍听简直想切掉的舞曲风格party song,在听过十遍之后突然发现自己居然在跟着哼唱。

不过,这些本质上并没有打动到你的音乐显然是无法真正注入你的内心的,没多久就厌倦了。最后的情况可能是变成了什么火就听什么的听众,或者就是和流行音乐渐行渐远了。其实流行音乐是好东西啊,邓丽君、王菲、张学友,一首一首流行金曲现在还被吟唱。再看现在的榜单上有几首能够哪怕是三年后再被人记得?我敢说真不太多。

有很多人说流行音乐的黄金年代已经过去了,也有一些人说数字化单曲的模式会拯救流行音乐产业。我猜想,按照这样发展下去,为数不多的幸运的音乐人能够靠着某种套路圈很多钱,歌迷也有热歌听,但很多东西也就和这个年代正在消失的纯情一并消失了。

丁抗抗
2012-02-03 09:44:23 丁抗抗 (安至)

豆瓣猜到處都是拉拉打雷,born to die……這句話倒是真相。。

吾叶神
2012-02-03 09:51:48 吾叶神 (common people)

Lana Del Rey is actually kind of interesting. She was a indie musician, but she wanna make a try in the mainstream music industry. If, in my opinion, she is trying this "getting famous" chance to make some changes to the music industry, I would say she is brilliant and responsible. And I don't agree with your comments on Lady Gaga. She is something. In the popular culture, stars like her are few to die out. We can't forget that if you really wanna make a difference, shock the mainstream! same law goes with Cai Kangyong.

◥ yoyo ran ◣
2012-02-03 10:01:20 ◥ yoyo ran ◣

LS, I appreciate your comments...
she is brilliant on getting famous, but I just don't think her music is so great.

吾叶神
2012-02-03 10:10:25 吾叶神 (common people)

hahha me either. i am hoping she will really get on it with the next album.. about Lady Gaga, her piece with Tony Bennett is super !!! it totally changes my opinion on her. you can also watch the Music Video on her official website (the one on the homepage). she is very talented like Karen O. yet the latter woman is rocking in the Rock & Roll circle. both of them come from Tisch, which definitely prove their professionalism.

◥ yoyo ran ◣
2012-02-03 10:13:13 ◥ yoyo ran ◣

ya ! I read Gaga's history, and viewed her interviews.... she is talented.. including Adele.... I just think they are overrated... but that's not their faults.. haha just cuz they are tooo lucky.... I love Karen O, cuz she's not so "tag" herself as a trend...

吾叶神
2012-02-03 10:20:26 吾叶神 (common people)

but Karen is joining the film industry. She is living in Hollywood right now, with her director husband. so we can't say for sure now. Let's just see what will happen.

◥ yoyo ran ◣
2012-02-03 10:23:02 ◥ yoyo ran ◣

wow... i love her more~~~