Nicholas Tse's divine comedy.

Nicholas Tse VS Eason Chan: the beginning and end of the dispute of "God of Songs" in Hong Kong music scene

Hello, everyone, I'm from Ma Gang Town, Guangdong, and my last name is Ma.

Yesterday, I suddenly thought of a question: Did Nicholas Tse surpass Eason Chan in musical works?

This seems completely incomparable, even a bit eye-catching. How can a "gourmet" blogger be compared with the god of songs!

But if you are a reader who has read Contemporary Music magazine and a listener who has listened to tapes and CDs, you will think about the importance of this problem like me.

Let's start with age.

Nicholas Tse was born in 1980 and Eason Chan was born in 1974.

Although there is a 6-year age gap between them, they all released their first records around 1996.

To be exact, Nicholas Tse was earlier.

1995 and 15 went to Japan to study music. It is common to wander, sleep on the street and be looked down upon.

Of course, this is not because of poverty, you know, he is the son of the fourth brother.

This "reality show" was shot by TVB to prepare for his fledgling.

While studying in Japan, he composed his first musical work, Estimation Error.

Songs are like wine, it takes some time to settle.

The criterion for judging whether a song is a good song is simple. Listen later.

For example, there are a lot of brainwashing divine comedy, which is very popular for a while, but it becomes vulgar after listening to it for a few months, so it is not a good song.

For example, some songs are still memorable after ten or twenty years, and that is a classic.

Although this song "Estimation Error" can't reach the classic level, the 27-second solo can hear the taste of beyond.

The following is a collection of information about music transformation in Nicholas Tse and Eason Chan from 1996 to 2002, and a little PK.

Eason Chan won.

Eason Chan made her debut in a singing contest held by TVB.

The first album Eason Chan was released on 1996.

But in fact, this album is not very "Eason Chan". After all, for a singer who just debuted, the record company didn't know exactly what his position was.

I can only keep trying various styles of songs to see if the popularity of this "champion" can rub some sales.

The songs of the whole album have never been popular.

It can only be said that he is Xiao Bao, a diehard fan of Eason Chan, because there are works such as Song of the Times and Letter of Mourning for the Past.

These two love songs belong to the type with slight regret and sadness, which render the man's inner monologue after breaking up.

However, Eason Chan was only 22 years old that year, and it was not particularly "intentional" for a young man to master bitter love songs just by singing.

That year, Nicholas Tse officially signed a contract with Emperor Entertainment, with the boss present and Jackie Chan present for support.

It can be seen from here that the two are not at the same starting line.

Although Eason Chan is the champion, his family is also very good. But compared with Nicholas Tse's background, I still lost.

At the same time, in face value ... it is also slightly inferior.

Eason Chan won this year because Nicholas Tse didn't release a film on 1996.

Nicholas Tse won by 1997.

This year, Eason Chan released the first mandarin album "A Drop of Tears".

In fact, this is a street album, the purpose of which is to capture the market in Taiwan Province Province and mainland China and sing Mandarin.

The songs in it are still in the style of moderate slow love songs. Although the title songs "A Drop of Tears" and "Visiting" are both good songs, Eason Chan always feels that his strength is too great when he sings.

It sounds like a martial arts expert is playing a set of tricks.

Fortunately, in that year, Eason Chan released another Cantonese album "Stay with me forever".

With the title song of this album, he finally recovered his previous decline.

Stay with me forever is a landmark work of Eason Chan style. This song is about the grievance of a lovelorn man.

I'm so good to you, I think of everything for you, and you still have to leave me.

The lovelorn man touches himself in front of the mirror. He thinks that his love for his mistress is more than victory.

Unless the hostess can put herself in the other's shoes, she can appreciate his hard-won contribution.

In fact, this song has a little bit of subtlety, deliberation and eccentricity.

But this is the most suitable ghost horse style for Eason Chan. It became popular all over Hong Kong, and also put the first label on Eason Chan's works.

Unfortunately, Nicholas Tse released his first album My Attitude that year.

That year, he was only 17 years old, and his minor debut was partly because he paid his father's debts.

Record companies also took a fancy to Nicholas Tse, a cash cow. After all, the exposure and value are there.

Nicholas Tse didn't participate in the production of the songs in this album, and both the lyricist and composer are famous musicians.

But in fact, as far as Nicholas Tse's position is concerned, the record company has made it very clear that he is a somewhat bad and rebellious young boy.

The songs "Crowd of Bees", "Bad Habits", "Gravity", "Newborn Calf" and "Bad Habits" all have that flavor.

To use an inappropriate metaphor,

Nicholas Tse's early music and Han Han's literary works belong to the same category. A little boy growled at the world.

Because of its clear positioning and excellent production, this album reached the third best-selling throne that year.

With this album, Nicholas Tse won the most exciting new male singer, the most promising newcomer award, the most popular newcomer award and the silver award for all-round male singer.

In 65438+February of the same year, a Cantonese song called Silent Imitation was released.

I have to say that this is an extremely shocking work, especially in the climax, first shouting, then asking, then yelling, and handling it seamlessly.

The most representative music works of the two were Silent Imitation Voice and Stay with Me Forever, which was the first PK of the two young singers.

Nicholas Tse won by 1998.

Eason Chan released My Happy Hour.

This is the first time he has added his own opinions to the album production. He negotiated with the company and said that he wanted to appoint Liu Zhongyan as his musician.

Liu Zhongyan lived up to expectations and produced A Chinese Odyssey, which tells the story of lovers holding hands and taking care of each other like red beans.

The Golden Age, like the film Sweet Honey, reflects the young lovers in the great era.

These two songs are both nice and popular.

At the same time, Eason Chan composed "Anti-climax" himself, hoping to show his extreme dissatisfaction with the media with the ups and downs of melody.

It is worth mentioning that the cover and inside pages of this album were shot in the primary school where Eason Chan was studying, because primary school was his happiest time.

This is a very "Eason Chan" album.

That year, Nicholas Tse released the album Horizon, which translated into Chinese means horizon, boundary and scope.

He kept trying to add more rebellious elements to his music.

"Open Day" and "Back and forth, both sides meet the source" are from the movie "atrix, the boy of ancient H" starring him, and they are young and unrestrained.

"If I knew." Just like a boy who is lovelorn for the first time, he can't get out with enlarged emotions and grief.

Even for a week is like a young man asking, "What is love like?" Guess, this song was changed to the national language "This Life" and boarded the Spring Festival Evening.

At the end of that year, Nicholas Tse wrote The Voice of the Last Century.

This song is a reflection of his own heart.

15 years old, his parents divorced suddenly, and he went to Japan to study music alone and slept in the wind.

All this happened to a minor child who was considered a "prince".

And everything he has is his own silent efforts, so he has the lyrics:

This year, their music works are actually very individual and difficult to compete.

But judging from the richness of the works and the prominence of the label style, Nicholas Tse is slightly better.

Nicholas Tse won by 1999.

This year, Eason Chan devoted himself to the streets.

He released two Cantonese albums. God bless my lover and happiness.

Only "Happy Ferris Wheel" and "Twenty Years Back in Time" are well-known in singing, but in the final analysis, these two songs are just beautiful little love songs, and there is no profound shock.

He also covered two songs of Nicholas Tse in the album Happiness.

As a singer like Eason Chan, it is inevitable to sing well, but the harmony of "soul" is very important. What a good singer fears most is not meeting a good song of his own.

And this year's Nicholas Tse, there is no doubt.

The first personal Mandarin album "Thank You for Your Love 1999" topped the record sales list in Taiwan Province Province, and the total sales volume of genuine copies exceeded 1 10,000.

The Cantonese anthology Believe sells a lot, among which there is a song called I'm leaving.

The lyrics and melody of this song are like a "wandering love poem", which is very suitable for Nicholas Tse, who was born melancholy and lonely. Meeting the right person is a good song.

The year 2000 was evenly divided.

This year is the most important year for Eason Chan to sing the song of God.

Joined a new record company and released an album "Hot Fight", in which the song "King of K Songs" established his unique position in the music world.

As mentioned above, Eason Chan's musical styles are ghost horses and other styles.

He is not suitable for gentle love songs, but for the whispers of lonely patients who are a little eccentric and a little "refined".

The king of karaoke is something that only he can control, but others can't, and so is the later "exaggeration".

The audience enjoyed listening to the deep feelings in A Trace of Evil, which made him popular.

But Nicholas Tse did just as well this year.

Three albums, Zero Distance, Understanding and Viva, were released.

"Love for love's sake" and "People who think too much will never understand"

"Long live" and "Young people should be as simple as wafer"

Nicholas Tse's music is very attitude, not popular, a bit like Pu Shu and Han Han.

And many of his songs, such as the two mentioned above, are composed by himself, so he is more controllable in "attitude" music.

In other words, Eason Chan needs to rely on the output of Lin Meng, Huang Weiwen and others to help him sing a successful song.

Nicholas Tse, although he can fight alone, is doomed to die in his own personal design. You can only take a niche, a specific type of rock.

At this time, their music has embarked on the Feng Shui Ridge.

200 1 split equally.

Eason Chan released Shall We Dance? Let's talk, shall we? "The album" Let's Talk "will be more popular.

His songs are no longer the field of love songs, but increase the deep thinking about life.

Deeper and deeper, it completely opened the distance between him and other singers.

On the other hand, Nicholas Tse continued to be himself and released two albums, Jade Butterfly and Century Prophecy.

His super popularity won the award of "World Music Award" (Chinese name: World Music Award) "Asia's best-selling singer with the highest sales volume in the world".

It is also the youngest record holder among Chinese singers who can win such awards.

At this point, the two major schools of singing gods in Hong Kong's music scene are beginning to emerge. They have their own style, one who can sing atmospheric songs and one who can give music the coolest and truest attitude.

Unfortunately, I met the unlucky year of 2002.

Eason Chan won in 2002.

That year, Nicholas Tse was beset with negative news and announced his withdrawal from the entertainment circle because of the "top package case".

Although a year later, he came back.

But since his comeback, his music works have entered a bottleneck period.

The main reason is that his music has become very miscellaneous. On the one hand, influenced by his on-off girlfriend Faye Wong, his songs have a strong Beijing flavor.

Secondly, he has grown up, 22 years old, and his wet experience is getting deeper and deeper. The record company helped him come back. He had to listen to the record company, and many of them were very cautious in their creation.

In addition, his talent is actually comprehensive. Besides music, movies are also good.

At that time, the recording industry was affected by piracy and the financial tsunami, so he simply went to play more movies and TV series.

New Never Falls and Little Fish and Hua Wuque have gradually become movie stars.

Eason Chan continued to sing steadily.

"Your Backpack" in the album "Special Thanks" has expanded the popularity of Mandarin.

On this day next year, people will come in and out of the album.

No one can beat him when he completely grasps the "big mainstream love song".

Since 2002, Eason Chan has gradually become the king of Hong Kong music, and Nicholas Tse has become the best actor.

In the first seven years of development, Nicholas Tse has been in a leading position.

Nicholas Tse has always had an advantage in the uniqueness of appearance and music.

Silently imitate the voice, I have to go, because I love for love, live VIVA.

Eason Chan met top lyricists and composers, and with the input of many martial arts experts, he reached the peak.

He can sing everything, and he is lucky to meet his own peerless songs all the way.

King of karaoke, exaggeration, let's talk about it, next year today, the best friend, under Mount Fuji.

These songs have a wide audience and resonate with everyone who listens. More people like them, and everyone falls in love with Eason Chan.

Of course, Nicholas Tse and Eason Chan are equally successful today.

Talent and luck are really frustrating and enviable things.