A friend is about to celebrate her birthday, and I found 101 friends who asked for gifts in advance – asking each to recommend a favorite piece of music to her.Usually, listening to music is quite diverse, and there are many types of music, including pop, folk songs, rock, pure music, classical music, and so on.In order to choose this song, I really struggled for a while, and finally chose the following one.”Sunflower”Written by: Xie Tianxiao
Composer: Xie Tianxiao
Singer: Xie Tianxiao
This is a song that I have cycled multiple times in a single, my initiation music for rock and roll, and it has also given me strength at my lowest point.
I would like to describe and recommend this song from three parts: the arrangement, lyrics, and singer. I hope you enjoy it, too.
1. Arranger
Xie Tianxiao’s music arrangements are excellent, especially in mixing traditional Chinese musical instruments such as guzheng and modern guitar drums. This song is one of the best among many works.
I remember listening to this song for only one minute before Solo fell in love with it. It was very ethereal and special, but later on, the more I listened, the more I felt.
I don’t know much about music theory. I checked online and found out it was an electric guitar. Then I added a bit of reverberant overtones, which generated an ethereal sound through the instantaneous resonance between the strings and the Pincus. If you are familiar with the opening song of a slam dunk master, the last few notes of its prelude also use this technique.
The entire arrangement is very picturesque. After listening to it many times later, combined with the lyrics, I can imagine a seed growing and germinating in a piece of land under the sky.
2. Lyrics
There is a lot of rock music, and to be honest, some of the songs do not really sound good, and some even sound bad, such as Zuo Xiaozu Mantra.
This is also the reason why many friends regard rock as an alternative.
Compared to popular music, there are more real musicians making real music here.
One of the most attractive things to me is the lyrics of rock music, which generally contain some reflections or criticisms on life, society, ideals and beliefs, and so on.
These songs often give you some inspiration to think about.
For example, this song “Sunflower”
“If you grow in the dark, will you be afraid? Will you continue to bloom?”
If you realize that the world is dark, will you still enter the world? How will you enter the world?
The song title actually gives the answer.
Most of the time, the world is not beautiful, but it doesn’t matter. You can choose to go to a beautiful place, you can draw nutrients from the dark soil, you can try to become better yourself, and make small changes around yourself.
3. Singer
Xie Tianxiao is very talented, but also a controversial musician.
He once sang on stage so excited that he broke his guitar, was detained for taking drugs, and had some banned songs.
But what I like is not entirely him, and I still don’t have a particularly popular star or idol.
What I like is some of his music, which conveys my critical thinking through music; Not all are right, not all are suitable for me, but I really like this attitude.
In singing, Xie Tianxiao’s voice has a unique charm, and people who start listening to his music may not be able to accept it, but if you listen too much, you will become addicted.
And I haven’t heard any more of his songs than the original version. Only he can sing that flavor.
Speaking of this, I have to mention a more extreme rock singer, Zuo Xiaozu Mantra, which is also a style that I rarely accept. The songs he sings are those that can scare children into crying. If you are interested, you can search and listen to them yourself.
In short, this is a piece of music that ranks among the top in the history of Chinese rock and roll. It is a piece of music that I have loved for five years and will continue to like.
