Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 634 New Possibilities
This music festival, after repeated discussions among several parties, took into account the duration of over 10 hours.

The Rolling Stones did not choose to broadcast the performance live on any online platform or satellite TV. Instead, they released a pure edited version of the video for the first time on the evening of the music festival.

Although Xia Yuxi announced that he would temporarily leave the public eye after the variety show last year, he has completely adjusted his mindset and is already considered a rock music fan, and a loyal fan of Bian Lang who slapped him in the face.

Although he has never expressed it publicly, the work he has done in private is no less than any other person.

Moreover, with the help of his connections in the industry, he was able to get the real dynamics of the Rolling Stones much faster than ordinary music fans. So he already knew about the lead singer of New Pants before the recording of "Summer of the Band" began.

Not surprisingly, like most fans, he doesn't think the new lead singer, Goat, can take over well. Even after seeing Goat's performance at the Xibiqi Music Festival, he still thinks Goat is not qualified yet.

But after watching the live performance of "Can Something Good Happen to Me", he felt from the bottom of his heart that the Goat was qualified as far as the performance of this song was concerned.

Moreover, the three musicians, Mu Mian, Ouyang and Su Kan, about whom he had little impression at the time, also gave him a feeling of being reborn.

He set a one-year recharge time for himself, and from that time on, there are only two or three months left. As for the comeback plan, he discussed with his team and decided to hold a concert different from the past.

As for how exactly it will be different from the past, he and his team have not yet come to a conclusion.

But after watching the New Pants' performance tonight, he had a bold idea in his mind. Although there was a high possibility that it would not be realized, he still wanted to try it as much as possible.

After thinking about this, he sent a message directly to his agent, asking him to help book a direct flight to Spring City tomorrow morning, and also to help him contact the admission method for the Rolling Stone Music Festival.

And the former teammates of Goat who were far away in Taiwan also saw the video of New Pants within just an hour.

Then, under Azhou's organization, a few of them sat down in a live house called He'an Message at around 1:00 a.m.

There was no performance at the Riverbank Message tonight, but there were quite a few Taiwanese musicians gathered here, which was somewhat related to Yang Yang's debut as the lead singer of New Pants in Spring City today.

After all, before the Xinlu band was in name only, it had a certain influence in the Taiwanese band circle, and their debut performance after the formation and many small performances were held here.

Seeing them come in, some familiar musicians looked at them strangely.

In the short period of time after Xinlu participated in the Rolling Stone Music Festival last year, their fame in the mainland rock circle actually increased a lot, and they also took on a lot of performances at that time by riding on this wave of popularity.

At that time, in the eyes of those musicians who had not yet made it out of the circle, Xinlu was already a band that had made it out of the circle, so it was naturally very popular. But now that Shanyang has left to become the lead singer of New Pants, and Azhou and his friends appeared on the river bank at this time to leave messages, everyone naturally began to imagine.

After they ordered coffee and drinks and sat down, a familiar drummer couldn't hold back his curiosity, so he came over with a glass of wine and asked Ah Zhou, "Ah Zhou, the first song that Shan Yang sang tonight is very similar to the style of your band's previous songs. Did he use your songs as a stepping stone for the Rolling Stones?"

Before their drinks came, Ah Zhou could only reply helplessly, "Please, are you kidding me? We haven't officially announced our disbandment yet, okay? This song was written when Bian Lang was helping us tune the music at the Rolling Stone Music Festival last year. Can you please stop being so fussy?"

Hearing Ah Zhou's unfriendly tone, the drummer who got the answer did not ask any more questions. He just left with a contemptuous smile.

Ah Zhou really wanted to go up and hit this guy twice, but in the end he held back.

While waiting for the drinks, no one spoke. It was not until they came up that they touched Ah Zhou and said, "We should call the goat back now. Do you think it's possible?"

This question obviously touched everyone's heart. After a moment of silence, the lead guitarist spoke up: "If I were him, I wouldn't want to come back. Now that good things have happened to me, I should grab them..."

The current situation of the New Road Band cannot be explained in just a few words. Whether they stayed or left, they all felt helpless...

Finally, at the bar where the message was left on the river bank, four drunks, with the help of the boss, called the goat on video. On this side of the video, the four people sang a song that was out of tune: "We are living a half-hearted life, and we don't have a future that is as favored as yours... How can we live our half-hearted life, how can we live..."

While this side was laughing heartlessly, the goat on the opposite side was already crying like rain!

He remembered that at that time he and his friends had agreed to tour in mainland China and then in Europe...

Now the tour plan of New Pants has been finalized, but the partners are no longer around.

Although he didn't know if it would work, he wiped away his tears and sent a message to Zhou Ketong: "Ketong, when planning the tour, can you please arrange for a performance in my hometown?"

As for those fans who were unable to attend the event, many of them directly scrolled to the New Pants performance as soon as the video came out, following the marks on the progress bar in the video.

When they heard the new song, in addition to being excited, they were also a little worried. They were worried whether Shan Yang could perform the new song to the level of Bian Lang.

But after listening to everything, all these worries disappeared.

"This goat is good. I think even if Bian Lang were to sing this song, he might not be able to do it as well as him!"

“Yes, Bian Lang’s sense of dejection is completely different from that of Yang Shan. If it was Bian Lang who had just become popular, I think there would be nothing wrong with him singing this song. But if it were to come true, I think I might not be willing to believe it…”

"Yes, yes, yes. If Bian Lang were to sing it, I would feel that it was a bit like forcing sadness into new lyrics."

In a sense, the fans' thoughts are very accurate. Although Bian Lang did not have this idea when he composed this song, it just so happened that the goat, which is not well known to the majority of fans, just fits the image of the broken and sad in their minds.

In fact, this is very easy to understand. It's like taking an actor who is used to playing the role of a domineering CEO and asking him to play a small person at the bottom of society, no matter how good his acting skills are, he will not be able to perform well.

To give a more intuitive example, when Fatty Ma from the original Earth first started singing "Nanshan Nan", everyone had a great feeling for his lyrics.

But as the folk song became popular, his fame grew, and his life became better and better. When he stood on the stage wearing an expensive casual suit and sang this song again, "You are in the bright sunshine in the south, and the snow is falling..." Not many people are willing to empathize with this kind of poetic lyrics used to express the gap in their hearts.

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Back to the festival, when New Pants was still performing, Hatter had already got all its members. Last year, Bob came to help the Rolling Stones, and this year, Dili went to help Hatter, which seemed like a way of reciprocity.

Hatter and his friends were watching the crowds surging across the square. Feimos looked at his bandaged hand and said to Dili, "Brother, if it takes a long time for my hand to heal, can you finish the tour with us in China?"

Without even thinking, Di Li replied, "It depends on the schedule. If there is no conflict, I have no problem with it."

After getting a positive answer, Feimos asked something else: "Since Bianlang has formed so many bands, why doesn't he give all his songs to the Rolling Stones?"

Before Di Li could answer, Bob asked a follow-up question: "What if he doesn't write songs for New Pants anymore?"

Faced with these two questions, Di Li thought for a moment and then replied: "If Bian Lang only gives all his works to the Rolling Stones, then I think fans may never see the Rolling Stones live in this life, because we can only focus our time and energy on rehearsing and recording songs.

As for whether Bian Lang will continue to write songs for these bands, I really don’t know. We still have more than 200 unpublished works in our music library. There are many English songs in it..."

The last sentence was definitely intentional, because he knew Bian Lang's thoughts very well. He was not as generous to foreign bands as he was to domestic bands. However, the quality of those English songs was not inferior to those Chinese songs written by Bian Lang.

The quality of the product is clear to them and they definitely approve of it, but the quantity...

Bob: "Di Li, how many English songs did Bian Lang write?"

Phimos: "My brother, I know that you Rolling Stones have very tight schedules and time. You can leave the English songs to us. Even if they are not metal, we can find a suitable band..."

Di Li: "Fimos, I think the Rolling Stones should keep these English songs for themselves..."

At this moment, in the Hatter band's tent, Evelyn was talking about the new song with Liang Kuan who had just arrived.

DGM knew Bian Lang's bottom line on copyright, so they didn't bother with this issue at all. The two talked about whether it would be possible to continue this cooperation model in the future if "Enter Sandman" was a big success.

Liang Kuan knew what Bian Lang was thinking, so no matter what conditions Evelin offered, her attitude was still very ambiguous: "Cooperation is no problem, but the song matter can only be decided by Bian Lang. We do have some English songs in our music library, but we will only take them out when Bian Lang thinks it's appropriate!"

Before Evelyn could finish her "refutation", Liang Kuan continued, "You saw what happened just now. The new lead singer of New Pants is suitable enough for the new song. If someone else were to sing it, do you think it would be suitable? So how about we wait until the effect of "Enter Sandman" comes out today and then talk about the follow-up?"

Seeing that Liang Kuan refused to give in, Evelyn thought of the pop singers present today. She was of course aware of the album "Songs of the Past", and her position this time was not entirely on Hatter. The interests of the entire DGM company were also a point she had to focus on.

Thinking of this, she paused and continued, "Ms. Liang, I feel that your choice of singers for the album "Songs of the Past" may encounter some resistance due to the relationship between the music platform. So I have a suggestion, can you ask Bian Lang to consider it?"

Hearing about this, Liang Kuan also wanted to hear what suggestions this person had: "Please tell me!"

"I suggest adding a few English songs to the album. As for the singers, we at DGM can take care of it. I can assure you that the company will recommend our best singers! I believe that Bian Lang will have songs suitable for them, right?"

"Hmm? This..." Although his tone was a little hesitant, it was obvious that Liang Kuan agreed with this proposal.

Just the fact that foreign singers don't have to worry about the Edan platform is much better than those hesitant domestic ones.

Although some first-line singers came this time, in her opinion, most of them were just there to take advantage of the popularity, and except for Liu Chuang, the possibility of them being able to stay is not very high.

But if foreign singers get involved, the situation will probably change all of a sudden.

For European and American pop music, both the insiders and the fans still look up to it. As long as the first-line singers from Europe and America are willing to join the recording of this album, then even if the domestic kings and queens of singing are reserved, the companies behind them will not be able to hold back.

What about those first-line singers?

Thinking of this, Liang Kuan asked directly: "If we release a song next month, we need a female singer. Do you have any recommendations?"

Evelyn was stumped by this question. She had just come up with this proposal. Although she knew that there would be no problem in implementing it, Liang Kuan only gave two conditions for this question, and it was really difficult for her to give an answer.

"Ms. Liang, if you can be more specific about the conditions, perhaps I can give you a range. But if that's the only premise, I don't know if my recommendation can meet Wave's requirements!" After saying this, Evelyn spread her hands and showed a helpless expression.

Liang Kuan knew that this question was a bit abstract, but she said seriously to the helpless Evelin: "Then I think you can choose the best one in the range and let her come to China. You know, Bian Lang will definitely give her the most suitable song!"

After these words came out, Evelin really didn't know how to refute them, but she couldn't let Liang Kuan think that this was too easy.

She shook the water in the paper cup for a while, took a sip, and then slowly said, "Then let's see the effect of "Enter Sandman" together. If the effect is good enough, I can also use this result to convince more and better singers!"

In fact, this matter has already had a certain basis for discussion within DGM. After all, Bian Lang's song "Yellow" has already made many singers within DGM very interested in working with Bian Lang.

If "Fade To Black" and "Comfortably Numb" are the Western music scene's recognition of the creative ability of edge rock, then "yellow" is undoubtedly a recognition of the more popular nature of edge rock's creations.

"Okay, I hope you can settle this matter during your time in China. After all, with you here, I believe our negotiations will go more smoothly!"

Evelyn stood up and gestured for an invitation, and said, "Then let us witness together what kind of incredible chemical reaction the cooperation between Wave and Hatter can produce!"

(End of this chapter)