Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 498 The swan song of the older generation
Standing on the stage to receive applause and cheers, Bian Lang felt very complicated at the moment.

The performance scene he created with his own hands naturally reminded him of the worst car accident scene in the history of the original "I Am a Singer" program on Earth...

Although it is unbearable to listen to, although time has left behind beauty and a mess, I am glad that those rock and roll veterans still have the luck to sing and can leave a footnote to the golden age.

In the original Earth China at that time, both those who sang and those who listened to songs knew very well that feelings had long been a bad marketing tool. But even in a show, as long as the prelude sounds, there will always be one or two songs that make us hum along and burst into tears.

Bian Lang can especially understand that time has passed and will never come back. Let alone the passers-by in life, even he may be completely different, let alone a time traveler like him. But even if we meet each other without knowing each other, remembering some old dreams will always touch the heartstrings.

A certain American general once said: "Memories are wonderful, because they are comforted by smiles and moistened by tears." But if fate, destiny, and mutual understanding are to be combined into a song, no song is more suitable than "The Gift".

At that time, in the "Battle of the Singers" of "I Am a Singer", Brother Lang gathered the veterans who were all-powerful in the rock circle to sing this song again.

Apart from remembering Zhang Ju again and asking: "Ju Ju, have you received this gift?" I'm afraid it's all a tribute to the rock and roll era that seems incredible now, but actually existed. Remembered!
In the VCR before the show started, Brother Lang said that "Gift" was particularly meaningful to him, and he was also a person who sang rock music in that era. Along the way, some people slowly left. This song should be used to express gratitude for the difficult years we have gone through together.

But during the live broadcast, various surprising flaws were revealed. Brother Lang's voice was a little tight when he opened his voice, and Wang Lepong's second line was basically a complete accident. The former lead singers of the band rushed to take the picture and sang the wrong lyrics. The situation continued. Time is like a rejuvenating magic, but when the effect wears off, real and embarrassing scars are revealed.

Maybe this is okay, ideals will not always be full, and life will not always be in its prime. In the face of the laws of nature, half of Chinese rock music, on a stage that is incompatible with them, used a strange way to prove that the golden age once existed.

Unfortunately, half a year later, Zhang Ju died in a motorcycle accident at the age of less than 25.

Luanshu took the microphone from Dou Wei and said goodbye to "Black Panther". In addition to continuing to participate behind the scenes, he also became a frequent visitor to equestrian competitions. Li Yanliang, who plays the guitar like flowers, has published teaching materials and recorded records, and is so skilled that he can endorse audio equipment.

Speaking of that era, Zhang Ju was indeed a very prominent presence in the industry. He is like a very long rope, weaving together the web of the rock circle.

This compilation album contains a total of 13 works, ranging from rock, folk, electronic, rap...different styles. No matter which style, each song tells the story of the happiness and memories that Zhang Ju brings to his friends and the reason why his friends The insights and expectations gained. Every song contains the deep feelings of all participants, and they use the purest hearts to make the purest music.

A full 21 years!
During this period, Wang Banbi left "No. 43 Baojia Street" and became the new godfather of Chinese rock music. He married a more famous wife and was always on the edge of the headlines. Zhou Xiaoou experienced the SD turmoil of "Zero Point Band", quit the music scene, and worked in the field of film and television dramas.

Later, Jiang Xin wrote seriously about the death of Zhang Ju in her memoir "The Days with Flying Hair".

In December 1994, the "Three Heroes of Magic Rock" set off an unprecedented climax at the "Chinese Rock and Roll Power" concert at the Hung Hom Stadium. As a guest, the bassist of the band "Tang Dynasty", Zhang Ju also participated personally.

Another eight years later, the commemorative album "Gift", initiated by BJ Sound Studio, produced by Luan Shu, and participated by many of Zhang Ju's friends during his lifetime, was released. The title song was "Gift".

"There is still tomorrow" is just "if" after all. The deep feeling of "Why don't we exchange it" is also a "gift" that cannot be cashed. Only fragments of the past are pieced together into expectations for the future: "If you can fly, you should be able to fly. The blue sea and blue sky are just waiting for the arrival of the wind."

The world has changed a lot, and many eternal things have also settled. Fate has taken away a lot, but also reminded many of the rarities in front of us.

At that time, it had been 21 years since Zhang Ju said goodbye without saying goodbye.

The scene in Hung Hom became Zhang Ju's swan song. Many people will remember Zhang Ju who stood in front of the stage like a warrior and played the prelude to Flying Birds.

In the late 80s, Zhang Ju and Ding Wu, who were only 18 years old, jointly formed the band "Tang Dynasty" and served as bassists. In a relatively underground atmosphere, the rock music scene was closely aligned, and Zhang Ju, who was extremely popular, even had close personal relationships with Dou Wei, Xu Wei, Wang Feng, Zhang Chu, Gao Qi, Ding Wu and others.

Few people still remember that the well-known film and television music producer Mao Zedong was once the main force of the rock bands "Water Stick" and "Red Army". Ding Wu of "Tang Dynasty", Gao Qi of "Overload", Chen Jin, the bassist of "Red Army" and former "Secondhand Rose", are still weaving the dream of rock and roll with great strength and high spirits.

Time has left beauty and chaos behind. Fortunately, the old brothers back then still had the luck to sing this tearful song. Bian Lang thought that maybe that was the mood of many people on the field at that time!

Under circumstances that no one could have predicted, the three-and-a-half-hour concert fell into an incredible state almost the entire time. The historically strict regulations of the Hung Hom Stadium could not stop the tens of thousands of spectators who were determined to stand up. They danced and roared with their hands and throats, stamped their feet on the ground, and jumped. Even the media and security personnel who were accustomed to seeing performances were also caught in the trap. In the excitement, there is almost no concert like this in Xiangjiang. "

"There is no concert like this day. There are no familiar idols, no gorgeous clothes, and no one even brings the whistles and light sticks that are commonly seen in Hong Kong performances. They come empty-handed. This is something no one has ever seen before. Not sure what happened to the show.

Although Liang Mang and Luan Shu wrote the lyrics, each person sang it as if they were a personal message to their brothers...

Two years later, the album "Goodbye Zhang Ju" was published, which included valuable audio and video materials including "clips of Tang Dynasty band performances and Zhang Ju's conversations during his lifetime." Dou Wei, Zhang Chu, Zang Tianshuo and others also contributed original works.

Zhang Peiren, the "younger brother" in Li Zongsheng's mouth, the founder of Magic Rock Records, commented on that milestone in the history of Chinese rock music:

Brother Lang replaced Zhang Chu and Xu Shaojun, who failed to come, and recreated those passionate years on a pop music stage. No matter how the performance is, this moment is a gift to Zhang Ju and to everyone who loves rock music.

The rock veterans awakened their youth in the song, and every listener received a similar feeling. Cheers to the past and say goodbye to old friends. Memory is the heaviest luggage, half sadness and half hope.

A derived detail is that when "Gift" was recorded in 2005, the drummer was the famous "Gu San'er" Zhang Yongguang. In December 2014, he committed suicide due to depression. Perhaps, singing "Gift" now is also a way to send sincere greetings to him in heaven.

After Zhang Ju passed away, He Yong once wrote: "Your tombstone brought me into adulthood where I have lost my true self."

It can be seen that the impact of Zhang Ju's death was not only on the band, but also on the original group of people.

The performance of "I Am a Singer" may, in the eyes of some music fans, open a new chapter for the rise of Chinese rock. Unfortunately, this was the swan song for these rock veterans to get together.

In this scene of Jingwei's reclamation of the sea, Bian Lang felt that he should just hope and not become the swan song!
When Bian Lang came to his senses, Lao Pan was already organizing a group photo. Those who are close to the stage are basically invited or squeezed onto the stage by themselves. Poor actor Liang Mocheng, although he was forced to go on stage by the crowd and squeezed in with Luo Lin, after the photos came out, it felt like he had been squeezed into a passerby.

The center C seat was reserved for Lao Pan and Commander, and Bian Lang and the Rolling Stones. Li Hao and others were lying in the first row in a mess.

Since there were a lot of photographers trying to grab a spot, when this photo was a hot search, no less than 20 high-definition pictures could be found on the entire Internet, and netizens started to find fault together.

Then topics such as celebrity movie king, celebrity queen, celebrity celebrity, etc. began to occupy the popular entertainment section of Weibo.

As for the hot searches and the celebrities that Fanhua spent a lot of money to buy, it feels like meeting a sizzling Bobo Chicken on the way to dinner, and then just taking a look at it and leaving.

After the performance, the scene was naturally a big carnival for music fans and musicians. Today, several major sponsors paid the bill. Hu Chen's declaration of sovereignty was a complete victory.

Although the performance here is over, there is still a huge crowd. Those who don’t want to leave will naturally not leave, and there is still an endless stream of people who want to get in.

As for Fanhua, who is still performing well on the stage, he can still only attract his "high-end" audience.

There are many veterans here tonight. Although some of them are still in the industry and are in BJ City, they haven't seen each other for many years, so it is inevitable that we can let go and drink after the performance.

After Zhang Ting and the others arranged to send Xiu Jieke's parents away, they returned to the bar and reunited the core group of people from various music fans and their own small circles.

In addition to commemorating Xiu Jieke, tonight's event also has the purpose of expanding Bian Lang's network in the circle.

Everyone knows that during the best years of Chinese rock music, a very important factor was that everyone was very united, and there was no such thing as what Magic Disk did later.

Another important reason is that the distribution channels at that time were very single. Whether it was rock, pop or pop, only the best of the best could get the opportunity to release records.

It won't be like now, where you can become an online singer without revealing your true voice with just one sound card.

Then, under the control of MSN, we began to create a multi-platform account matrix. As long as one of them became popular, all kinds of resources and money would be available overnight.

It is this kind of extreme marketization and assembly line operation that has turned the music industry into a business, and music works have become a kind of "fast-moving consumer goods", further and further away from the artistic attributes it should have.

Now that Bian Lang has given Chinese rock a new start at this point in time, as long as these rock people still have some energy, they want to contribute!

Half an hour later, the introductions and acquaintances were almost complete, and Bian Lang deliberately controlled the drunken and confused Bian Lang before calling Chen Shuting over.

Chen Shuting's cell phone contained the data sent to her by Chen Bing, which was also a matter of concern to the leader.

If the results are not good, then everyone will treat it as having a big party, and they will have no choice but to have fun in the future. If the results meet or exceed expectations, everyone will have the motivation to keep moving forward.

"The highest number of people online at the same time is 167 million!" When Chen Shuting said this number, a few people were a little confused and stretched out their fingers to count how many digits there were.

When Chen Shuting reported that the show had accumulated 732 million hits, even Luo Lin, who was still active, became uneasy: "No, how many music festivals is this equivalent to?"

Dayong counted on his fingers, and then said vaguely: "More than 100 Rolling Stone Music Festivals!"

As soon as this intuitive metaphor came out, a group of big guys who never liked to argue on the Internet suddenly seemed to have an opportunity...

But after they thought about it for a moment, they realized that the high popularity of this game was the result of the right time, place and people. Moreover, it was impossible to calculate how many emotional cards there were in Guo Sichu and Bian Lang's traffic cards.

If we really want to let these old guys organize it themselves, no one can tell what the final situation will be like. Especially the first-generation rock musicians like Commander, who are all rushing to reach 60 every age.

"Bian Lang, the effects have come out now. How do you think the money earned this time should be used?"

The commander discussed the feasibility of the previous fund with Bian Lang in private. After being told by Bian Lang, he really felt that his thinking was a bit simple.

The key thing about tonight's scene is that they feel that if the Rolling Stones hadn't intervened, they don't know what it would have turned out to be in the end.

Everyone wants to participate in such a performance again in the future. As long as the quality can be guaranteed, they don't want this one to be the swan song for the older generation of rockers!
"Listen to Bian Lang. The Rolling Stones contributed the most to this performance, and are now the most successful in the industry. It doesn't matter what you say to me!" After Rafer also expressed his attitude, the others had nothing to say. .

After all, everyone can disagree with each other in terms of music, but when it comes to band business, they really admire Bianlang.

Bian Lang didn't expect that the answer to this matter would be given tonight. He also knew that the longer this matter was delayed, the more confusing it would be. It would be great if we could set a general direction tonight.

"Then... we will set up a new rock label with this money, and it will be used specifically to revitalize the old band's performances. What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)