Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 592: The Handover between the Old and New Lead Singers
At the same time, the focus of discussion among professional music fans and super music fans was the stage lighting of the event.

Commander and Rafter are also experienced rock musicians, but when they were facing the camera, they still expressed a lot of emotion when communicating with Liu Ziyang: "We have never seen this kind of format before. What were you thinking when you were planning the program?"

Liu Ziyang, who was chewing rice noodles, had no intention of hiding anything and spoke directly: "The big concepts were all proposed by Bian Lang. After we refined them into a version, we continued to discuss them in meetings. However, the other people contributed less, and it was mainly Bian Lang who started it all."

Hearing this, the commander and the rafters really didn't know what to say.

In the past, they thought that Bian Lang was awesome because of his talent in songwriting and performing, but today they discovered that Bian Lang’s planning ability is also among the best.

Do you want to say that what rock music really lacks in order to rise again is a role model like Bian Lang? That is indeed an important point, but in the many years of Chinese rock music, although there has not been a stunning one like Bian Lang, there are still some that have been popular for a while.

Take the commander for example, when he was popular, Guo'er even had a fight with him because she pulled his hair. But later he lost his creative inspiration, and when he felt that he was unable to live off his old reputation, he gradually retreated behind the scenes.

If there had been someone like Bian Lang who understood rock and had planning skills in the rock scene at that time, Chinese rock would not have declined to the point it is today.

Seeing that the two were in a daze and didn't talk, Liu Ziyang, who had already finished eating, asked again: "What's wrong? Are you regretting not agreeing to come and participate before? But it's okay, there will be plenty of opportunities next year or the year after..."

The Commander and the Rafters thought the same, but they no longer had a band. It was not an easy task to stand on the stage they longed for again, whether it was to gather their old brothers together or to form a new band.

Looking at Guo Sichu, she was communicating with several music producers.

"Chu Chu, if this kind of stage performance were put on a music festival, what do you think..."

Before the female producer finished her words, she was interrupted by another person: "This is unrealistic. There is not enough time to prepare for the music festival. If every song of every band is designed according to this, then the preparation period of the music festival will take at least half a year or a year. These bands don't have that much time and energy to cooperate..."

After pausing for a few seconds, the talented musician added: "But if there really is such a music festival, I'm willing to pay any price for the ticket."

Guo Sichu smiled and said nothing, but he was thinking in his heart: "It's impossible for a music festival, but it's not certain for a concert. Apart from anything else, if it's the Rolling Stones, they may not be able to do something like this in the future."

She also thought that if after joining the Rolling Stones, Bian Lang could personally produce one or two albums for her, then it would be entirely possible for her to organize such a concert.

Thinking of this, she said, "It's a little unrealistic to say it's a music festival, but it's possible to say it's a concert. Who knows, we can watch the Rolling Stones New Year's Eve concert next year."

After hearing this, some people with more ulterior motives began to speculate: "Is it true that Guo Sichu is going to join the Rolling Stones?"

If that is true, with Bian Lang, Guo Sichu and Dong Youbian, the Rolling Stones will have the top artists in rock, pop and folk music, and it won't take long for this to continue.

Perhaps in just one or two years, Rolling Stone will become another giant in the entertainment industry. By then, it is hard to say whether it will be able to compete with those capitals that only look at traffic.

Previously they all viewed this as a routine job, but now it seems to be a rare opportunity to build relationships.

As for Liu Xiaokui, he chatted with Zheng Zeting about the entertainment industry under the introduction of Niu Boyi.

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On the other hand, Tian Xiao did not rush to get his lunch box like other music fans. He just wanted to drink a bottle of functional drink and then call Lao Jiang.

After listening to him, Lao Jiang simply said, "Got it! You should pay more attention to the performance of those unknown bands..."

After Lao Jiang hung up the phone, his emotions did not fluctuate much. Although they are both music variety shows, they are not rivals in terms of broadcast time. He just thought that if "Summer of the Band" became popular, other programs on the station might be able to invite some bands to come and take advantage of the popularity.

As for the other ordinary music fans, they were eating their delicious lunch boxes while discussing what kind of exciting performances would be in the next shows.

After the 45-minute break, fans entered the venue again and prepared to enjoy the performance.

After Niu Boyi made a brief opening speech, the next band came on stage.

For the Shengkai band that performed this time, Ding Tong and Zhang Ting did not think much when choosing the song and directly played "Goodbye Jack".

After this song was spread at the Rolling Stone Music Festival last year, it became popular very quickly.

With the prelude of "thump thump thump...thump thump thump...", the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became lively again.

Even several super fans on the stage couldn't help but start moving along, including Guo Sichu and Zheng Zeting.

Looking at this scene, the commander sighed again: "Bian Lang gave such a song that could liven up the atmosphere. With him as the leader, how could the Rolling Stones fail to rise? With him leading the Chinese rock, it is not long before it rises again!"

Rafter sang along silently: "Goodbye Jack..." He couldn't help but think of the "Gift" special and many things in the past. Then he decided to go to his old brothers to discuss whether he could reunite the old band after returning to BJ.

If that didn't work, he would come south to join the Rolling Stones by himself.

Think about it, he is almost 50 now, and his physical and mental condition has declined greatly. If he still wants to pursue his dream, there is not much time left for him.

In the preparation room, many musicians sang along with the band's melody: "Goodbye Jack..."

Li Hao and Lao Zhao also thought of "The Gift" and past events, and quickly took out their sunglasses and put them on, trying to salvage a little bit of their image as men who bleed but don't cry in front of the pervasive camera.

The performance of Shengkai Band has ended, and the current highest number of votes of 819 points is worthy of this performance.

Since Shengkai is a reunion of an old band, Niu Boyi naturally asked more questions than other bands. When asked whether the core of the band has changed, Ding Tong and Zhang Ting looked at each other, and Zhang Ting said, "No, we just want to bring the music we like to everyone. Thank you Bian Lang for giving our band a chance to be reborn..."

Speaking of this, Lang recalled that in the original Earth Music Summer, Mr. Ma Dong, under the instigation of someone, asked Gao Hu: "Has the core of Miserable Worship changed?"

At that time, Gao Hu asked a question that confused Mr. Ma Dong: "What is that?" Thinking of this, Bian Lang felt that perhaps people's interpretation of rock works and bands was mixed with their own subjective emotions.

Just like when he sang other people's works, he always tried to enrich the emotions with some visual sense that he understood, in order to make the works he performed more emotional.

But in fact, when it comes to the actual performance, I don’t have any picture in my mind at all. I just follow the meaning of the lyrics and feel some emotional fluctuations.

Just like when he hears "Goodbye Jack" now, the most profound memory in his mind is that one time after getting drunk in the Bird Bar, he and Brother Tiger lay on the bluestone slabs on Renmin Road to bask in the moonlight.

At that time, Renmin Road had no wine stalls full of tricks and fortune tellers, no bars full of folk singers and special food from the northeastern Yunnan Province. There were only old houses with closed doors and the occasional cat's meow in the moonlight.

A golden moon illuminated by the sun's rays made the night road incredibly beautiful.

"The light of ten million suns shines on the golden moon, on the most beautiful day of life." Although there is no guitar accompaniment, the song began to loop in Bian Lang's mind.

Bian Lang is not sure whether there is a dividing line between "painful faith" and "miserable worship", and perhaps Gao Hu himself is not sure either.

But compared to the mournful worship during the time of "The Sun Also Rises", they undoubtedly nourished more souls with their singing during the later "Let Love Be Worry-Free".

Shu Village, September, Bird Bar, Bad Monkey, Traveling Horse... Memories came one after another, and Bian Lang's thoughts were interrupted only when the prelude of the next band sounded.

When the second-to-last New Pants went to prepare for the performance with the Joystick, Bian Lang looked at the time. It was almost eight o'clock in the evening.

At this time, the fans at the scene were already quite tired, both the super fans and professional fans.

In the preparation room, some musicians even fell asleep.

Lao Zhao also yawned and said to Bian Lang, "I think we should add another break tomorrow. It's okay for us, but it's hard for the fans to handle it! Look at the bands just now, their performances were obviously pretty good, but I think the votes are a little low."

If Lao Zhao hadn't mentioned this, Bian Lang would not have paid much attention to it. Now, looking back carefully, it is true that the fans' mood began to decline from around five or six o'clock. Except for two bands that made obvious mistakes, the votes for the other bands that performed later were a bit low.

"Let's talk about it tomorrow. It's impossible to be absolutely fair in this kind of thing. The new pants and the joystick are still there at the end. I think they can bring the atmosphere back to normal!"

Hearing this, Lao Zhao yawned again, stood up and took a bottle of functional drink and handed it to Bian Lang, saying: "This thing was somewhat useful at first, but now that I drink too much, it feels like I'm drinking flavored water."

Bian Lang, who was infected by the yawn, waved his hands, patted Lao Zhao on the shoulder and said, "Go out and use the toilet."

While the two were smoking, Yang Yang, who was already preparing for the performance, said to Mumian nervously, "Mumian, what if the fans boo us later?"

If it was a problem with his back, Mu Man might pat him on the shoulder, light a cigarette for him, and chat with him for a few minutes and it would be over.

But this question is a bit difficult to answer.

After all, the former lead singer of New Pants was Bian Lang, and New Pants had to sing the lead singer just because of some messy things. In her opinion, what Bian Lang did was like carrying on a kind of inheritance.

If the goat can’t catch it, what will be the future of New Pants?
If you ask Bian Lang about this, he will find it difficult to answer.

As far as he could remember, there were very few bands on the original Earth that became more successful after changing their lead singers. Nightwish was considered a success. As long as the iron-clad goatee was there, the achievements of the three female lead singers were not low.

AC/DC is also considered successful. This famous band needs no introduction. The lead singer of the band in the early days was Bon Scott. AC/DC was also very powerful at that time. Who doesn't know "Highway to Hell"? Unfortunately, Bon Scott died in 1980. The official explanation was excessive drinking.

Such a blow did not stop the tough AC/DC from moving forward. They found a new lead singer Brian Johnson and immediately recorded what later became AC/DC's most successful album, "Back In Black". The new lead singer was tougher both in singing skills and image and temperament, and matched AC/DC's musical style perfectly. It can be said that this was a famous blessing in disguise in the history of rock and roll.

As for China, Luo Qi was replaced by Liu Zhengrong's Compass, which was indeed popular for a while, but then gradually became quiet. As for the reincarnation, Tiehua Jie was replaced and slowly went downhill.

Let’s talk about Black Panther. Although Black Panther has not disbanded without Dou Xian, it can only rely on its old capital…

Mumian thought for a while, and finally said: "Don't worry too much, New Pants is not the Rolling Stones, we have a chance."

Kong Liang saw it very clearly. These sub-bands of Bian Lang would have to be handed over one by one eventually. Whether he could grasp them depended on his own ability.

"Sing well, these songs of New Pants are not worse than those of the Rolling Stones, the only difference is the style. Since Bian Lang chose you, it proves that you are suitable. Bian Lang has a sharp eye, look at the songs he gave to Golden Horse, Liangzi and Xi Que, as well as other bands, they were not given casually. Display your strength normally, we believe you can do it..."

After hearing that, both the goat himself and the Kapok and others who had been a little worried before, felt a lot less stressed.

For them, changing the lead singer of New Pants may not be a bad thing.

With Bian Lang's current schedule, it would be very difficult for New Pants to go on tour. And even if the tour was held, those loyal fans of the Rolling Stones might still come out to make trouble.

Now if Shanyang Nen can take over smoothly, then the tour can be arranged naturally after the recording of Summer of Music is finished, taking advantage of the popularity.

Thinking of this, Mu Mian stretched out his hand and said to the others, "Come on! Let the fans see that even without Bian Lang's New Pants, we won't disappoint the fans!"

At her call, several people also stretched out their hands, put them together, and shouted loudly: "Come on!"

When Bian Lang and Lao Zhao returned to the preparation room, Niu Boyi had just finished reading the name of the new pants.

As the big screen slowly rose, Bian Lang looked at the spirits of the people on the stage, just like the lyrics he was about to sing: "Brave you, standing here, your face thin but proud..."

(End of this chapter)