Chapter 336

In the history of billboard single charts, there are not only the most popular single released in the first week, but also the popular single that stayed in the top ten for more than 30 weeks, as well as the slow single that slowly gained attention and finally achieved a breakthrough.

In 2008, little-known female singer Lady Gaga released the first single of her first official album, "just dance.".

At the beginning of the single's release, no one cared about it. Miss Gaga had to keep running around in major nightclubs and clubs to publicize it. Slowly, the popularity of the song was spread by word of mouth. Finally, "just dancing" was released 22 weeks later, more than five months later, The success of the top billboard single ranking champion, the achievement of Miss Gaga's first single champion.

Such inspirational stories are common on billboards. Compared with explosive power, the music market in the United States has always been famous for its long-term durability. It is common that an album can sell well for five or six years.

In the current billboard single charts, the record of taking the longest time to win is held by the Spanish duet Los del Rio, whose 1995 single "Macarena" took 33 weeks to reach the top, And in the champion's position on the mighty stay for 14 weeks - this data is also the history of the billboard tied for the second data.

This time, it's Cleopatra's turn to make history.

From its release in March last year to its debut on the list in May, "Cleopatra" has been on the list for a full 41 weeks, including 32 weeks, which makes it into the top 20 of the billboard singles list!

Compared with a number of historical singles, "Cleopatra" has not been sent to Taiwan or publicized, or even signed a contract.

No matter Ms. Gaga or riverside people, they were all unknown independent singers at the time of making history, but they all signed up with record companies. No matter the scale, at least the record companies can provide resources and carry out publicity.

In the music system of the United States, there is no support from propaganda resources and no blessing broadcast by radio. This is equivalent to that in a tour de France, other cyclists ride bicycles, but there is a man running with his feet.

But under such circumstances, "Cleopatra" wrote history, relying entirely on the spread of word-of-mouth, relying on the hot spots around lenley, relying on the excellent quality of the song itself, relying on the indomitable tenacity of independent music, creating its own history in an extremely strange and absurd way.

Maybe, some people will say that it's just ranked in the top 20, not to mention winning the championship, even the top 10 are not counted, but considering that this song is still under the name of the song CASS, and no company has signed a contract, this feat is far more terrible than the original record of "Macarena" which took 33 weeks to finally win the championship!

This is definitely another folk miracle in the 21st century.

Rock and roll is dead, which is the consensus of people since the millennium. The rock and roll that once prevailed in the 1970s and 1980s, and the rock and roll that was once invincible and annihilated, has gradually declined. Except for Lincoln Park, no rock band has sold more than 10 million albums. The golden age of a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending is gone forever, accompanied by the prosperity and noise of the music market.

But people forget that disco, which has been brilliant for a whole decade, has been neglected, jazz, which has been supporting for half a century, has survived, and folk songs, which once flourished, are dying.

In the peak period, folk singers were known as modern poets. They used melody as a bridge and lyrics as a weapon to express their aspirations for society, for the country, for politics, for literature and for life. Once upon a time, folk songs were modern poems. Just like Shakespeare, those singers left precious artistic wealth in the long history with their talents and made indelible contributions to society, culture and the times.

But now?

What is a folk song? It's just an old, old, ignorant, backward, feeble, tasteless past that belongs to my grandparents. It's full of dust, and even unwilling to understand. Even Bob Dylan is a strange name for a new generation of young people.

In the 21st century, can anyone like Bob Dylan win the Nobel Prize for literature by virtue of the literariness of ballads? Is there anyone who can give ballads the same profound literary and artistic quality as Bob Dylan, even comparable to those masterpieces handed down from generation to generation? Can anyone else, like Bob Dylan, make music a part of social progress, use his guitar as a weapon, and become a pioneer of society?

No, No. In the trend of pop music, even Bob Dylan's place is gone.

Jason mayez's "I'm yours" stayed on the billboard singles list for 76 weeks, breaking the record of single length on the list and reawakening people's good memory of ballads; But it was just a flash of inspiration. The quality of several singles released by Jason after that was not inferior, but after all, they did not have such energy.

But today, "Cleopatra" has slowly entered the top 20 of the billboard single charts without any publicity. In a trance, people once again see the glory of the golden age of folk songs - the era of national Carnival and national pursuit.

After the mixer, billboard's official magazine reported Cleopatra for the first time this week.

"It's hard to imagine that in the era of pop and hip-hop, a singer has returned to the embrace of folk songs so boldly. This is not a ballad mixed with other styles, nor a ballad catering to the contemporary taste, nor a ballad conforming to the trend——

With a simple guitar and a simple sand hammer, it reproduces the most simple, purest and sincere arrangement, and makes the moving and wonderful of every musical symbol blend into the melody; Poetic lyrics, like the whispers of a minstrel, the exclamation of history, the perception of life, the memory of life, and the literary details that can awaken Shakespeare's memory, bring the charm of the lyrics to the extreme, just like a lack of poetry, meaningful and profound.

This is the folk song.

Even if it's an independent singer, even Bob Dylan, even in the 1960s, it's an admirable song, infatuated

As the leader of American pop music, the authority of "billboard" is no doubt comparable to "rolling stone". They define this week's hot topic as "return of folk songs", which introduces "Cleopatra" and contemporary noteworthy folk songs instead of Langley. This once again gives "Cleopatra" enough affirmation.

Forty one weeks ago, if someone said that a folk song would be in the top 20 of the billboard, it would be sneered at by everyone. Even as a joke, it was not funny; Thirty two weeks ago, if someone said that "Cleopatra" would be in the top 20 of the billboard in eight months, it would have laughed off a group of people's big teeth and burst into tears.

But that's what happened.

Even Ellen DeGeneres did not expect that a temporary idea actually created the emergence of history; Even Andy Rogers, he did not expect that the original purpose was to promote the "buried alive" program, actually achieved the glory of "Cleopatra"; Even the "Ellen show" program group did not expect that a video edited by them suddenly developed on the pipeline and became a hot spot.

"Your bone" came out, detonated the focus of the topic, and finally achieved the glory of "Cleopatra". For most ordinary audiences, this single is a new track that just appeared in 2011; But for the old guys in the Pioneer Village, this is what they expect after a year's hard work.

"Hudson! Hudson! Hudson

At the other end of the phone, the voice of Neil Tucson's shouting came clearly, and the uniform echo behind him could also be heard. It was estimated that all the people in the Pioneer Village came out to roar together, which made Langley dumbfounded.

When Cleopatra first entered the list, he and Neil made a bet that if this single could make it into the top 50, he would take Neil for a ride on the Hudson River in New York. Who would have thought that the original joke really became a reality. And it's not just the top 50.

When Lan Li saw the billboard list, he still felt that it was absurd and unreal. Even in novels, he didn't dare to write like this, but it was happening in real life.

"Hudson! No problem! " Lenley raised his voice and then added, "it's not just Neil, everyone in the bar. If you want to go, we'll go together. I'll rent a private yacht and have a look on the Hudson River!"

The sound spread out through the microphone speakers, and attracted the deafening cheers of all the people in the bar. Everyone was pounding on the table one after another. The clanging sound was so lively that it reminded people of the grand occasion of watching football every Thursday night.

"Stanley! You are not allowed to escape. If it were not for you, it would not have happened, so you must go. " Lanli seems to have anticipated Stanley's refusal, preempted and blocked his way. Sure enough, a burst of laughter came from the receiver. Lanli can even depict Stanley's embarrassed and helpless expression in his mind, which made him smile from the corner of his mouth.

Hang up the phone, outside the window that snow capped, quiet Zhiyuan Valley scene to lay out.