Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 704: Among The Living

When he heard the new song, Yiwo stood up without hesitation and followed Bian Lang out of the lounge.

Since there were no more Rolling Stones going on stage, Bian Lang went to the audience with Yiwo.

Before their identities were revealed, the pop singers thought Ivo was Silva's entourage or a backing band.

Now that they knew it was a band even more fierce than Hatter, their looks changed, especially since Bian Lang came with him, which made them take it even more seriously.

Whenever the two of them squeezed past these people, they would be greeted and shown goodwill. Whether they knew them or not, their expressions were similar.

After Yiwo found his teammates, Bian Lang greeted the musicians of the Panama band one by one and continued to squeeze forward because he saw Liu Xiaokui, Xia Yuxi and Xie Xinyan had already gathered together.

After arriving around these people, they didn't think it was a big deal. However, the 100,000 hippie members led by Guo Changxiong were very surprised.

After all, there aren't many opportunities to be an audience member next to Bian Lang in the audience. Even though we guys are a little proud of being rock fans, we put it all aside now and came forward to take photos with Bian Lang.

Bian Lang did not refuse. This was his first formal meeting with the members of 100,000 Hippies.

They were all helping grown men, and their main focus was still on the performance, so they immediately watched the performance and started chatting after the filming.

Now, the gold fans not far away were not happy. Except for the little witch, the gold fans here had no interest in Hatter's performance on the stage. Looking at the hot fight between Shiwanxipi and Bianlang, they began to feel unbalanced again.

Suddenly, someone complained loudly to the little witch: "Witch, don't you know Bian Lang? Why don't you go up and say hello?"

The little witch now just wanted to shake her head to the sound waves, but she couldn't do that when she was with this group of people. Now that she was spoken to in such a sarcastic tone, she simply chose to ignore it and pretended not to hear it.

Seeing that the little witch didn't respond, she started complaining to others. As a result, someone couldn't stand it anymore and said to her, "Are you angry because you didn't sell the tickets? If you have the guts, go up and say hello yourself..."

Tan Lian in the crowd pretended not to hear anything. She was using a trumpet at the time anyway, so she was not nervous now. And since she came in today, no one has recognized her as a former little star. But if the opportunity is right later, she will dare to go up and ask for a photo.

Because Li Yiliang, Ou Lu, Xiang Kun and others around her had conflicts with Rolling Stone, all the news about Bian Lang around her were negative news, and she didn't know whether it was true or not. As a result, when she looked at Bian Lang before, she always looked at him with tinted glasses. No matter what was said outside, she felt it was untrue.

But after watching a serious show here today, her perception of Bian Lang really changed 180 degrees.

Although she personally couldn't appreciate the heavy metal works performed by the Rolling Stones today, she could judge the level of the performance. Compared with their current band, it was like the gap between an academician and a primary school student. As for the things Li Yiliang occasionally said about Bian Lang and his past, she now felt that they were not credible.

Despite this, she was not discouraged at all. Instead, she felt that Li Yiliang's approach was indeed a good way to help the Face Band quickly become popular.

Hatter played two more songs and then came the last song of the official performance.

Silva did not rush to continue this time, but interacted with everyone. This time the target was not Yiwo, but Guo Sichu, the queen. Unexpectedly, Guo Sichu had just said two sentences when An Feng next to him interrupted him and said: "I think your state this time is not as good as during the European tour!"

If someone else had said this, there would have been boos at the scene. But everyone saw on the big screen that it was An Feng, and everyone thought it was reasonable, especially 99% of the male fans! They wanted to hear how Feimos answered...

As for the person being questioned, unless he is Hatter, he must be extremely embarrassed now, or he will just turn his face away.

But after hearing the translation of this question, Feimos actually smiled and asked seriously: "Miss, I'm glad you can tell the truth. I want to hear what you think we did not do well enough that made you think our performance was not as good as in Europe? Also, have you been to our performances in Europe in person?"

Feimos and his friends have been here for more than a month, so they naturally know An Feng's identity, but they don't know that An Feng had been to their Berlin tour last year.

Guo Sichu, who had been serving as a microphone stand for a while, directly handed the microphone to An Feng and let An Feng perform on his own. She also wanted to know what the point of An Feng's words was.

"I was in the audience in Berlin last year... You were much more passionate back then than you are now. I remember there was diving..."

After hearing this, Femos finally understood that this person was not here to cause trouble, but to liven up the atmosphere. However, he also had his own ideas...

"Thank you Miss An for your advice, but I think the person who should dive shouldn't be me. Instead, it should be your Chinese rock hero, Bian Lang!"

As soon as these words came out, the people around Bian Lang knew what to do. Before Bian Lang could react, he felt someone grab his ankle. Then the group of people around him started to lift him up by grabbing his hands, waist, and head.

At the same time, the lights on the stage began to flicker. Feimos turned around and raised his hands, and Bob and Dili stood directly in front of the stage.

The two of them were standing on one foot, one on the left and one on the right, and a dark and deep electric guitar sound rang out on the scene.

At this moment, the fans who raised their clappers began to follow the rhythm and began to send clappers like waves. And the background music seemed to have magic, controlling the ebb and flow of the human wave.

After four bars, the drum sounds of "boom boom boom boom..." came out with the root sound of the bass, venting the unique temperament of thrash metal without any concealment. The fans began to "run wild" in this radical and manic rhythm, and the musicians also became excited one by one.

Just by listening to the prelude, without Olaf telling them, more than half of the people knew that this was a new piece. And they were 100% sure that this was the song that Bian Lang wrote for them...

As the riff progressed, the side waves in the crowd were carried by fans from the VIP area to other areas of the inner venue. This was really intentional from the beginning. First, they wanted the hippies in other areas to try and feel the feeling of the side waves; second, there were many girls and people from the pop circle in the VIP area, and it was not reasonable for them to do such "hard work".

Feeling the powerful sound waves and watching the waves rising and falling among the crowd, these people in the pop circle had a nonchalant expression on their faces, but they were extremely envious in their hearts.

On the one hand, they think that this industry is a bit too crazy, but on the other hand, they also want Bian Lang to be so loved by music fans.

This may be the difference between popular pop music and rock music...

Perhaps for most of the pop singers present here, the driving force that supports them to continue creating and performing is money.

Most rock musicians still adhere to the idea that music is supreme. There is actually no difference between the two, both are the result of market selection, but in the minds of real musicians, the difference between the two is as great as heaven and earth.

About 50 seconds into this prelude, the drums and guitar began to accelerate for the first time.

Bian Lang was finally let down from the top of the crowd, and he felt a bit dizzy. But before he could even stand firmly after landing, he was immediately pulled into the head-bobbing crowd by the fans in the front row!
Driven by the powerful drum beats, the atmosphere on the scene had reached a point that could only be described as chaotic.

As for the musicians on the stage, each one of them was extremely excited. It felt like the music was full of criticism mixed with banter, and anger was erupting in the absurdity. The energy contained in the music made everyone almost crazy!
Especially the rhythm guitar riff played by Dili, which began to spread in everyone's brain like a virus. It sounded nothing at first, but gradually it began to seep into the blood and tendons from the brain, and finally controlled the body to become irritable unconsciously!
Looking at the rock music, everyone was shocked and began to measure the difficulty of the riffs of these two guitarists.

"I feel like this is the kind where the rhythm is harder to play than the lead. This foreign player has been frustrated all night, and now he's finally had enough of the show!"

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"We think that Phimos got hurt on purpose. If he were to play this rhythm, he probably wouldn't be able to keep his balance!"

"This is thrash metal. I think it's a waste for Bian Lang to be in China. The audience for such good stuff is too small in China. No wonder he gave such a good song to Hatter. I really don't know what to say!"

Yivo now feels like he's having a brain orgasm. Although they're playing glam metal, which is very different from thrash metal, how many people can withstand riffs of this level?

But in Bian Lang's heart, "Among The Living" is Anthrax's entry song. Among the four giants of thrash metal, Anthrax may be the most underrated band.

This is also an attempt by him. After all, these are still too niche in China, and the larger audience is still abroad. But if the first release is in China, it may reshuffle the world rock music landscape. As for how long Hatter can cooperate and how far they can go together, this is also something that Bian Lang needs to verify.

But at the moment, it seems that Femos and the others have no objection!
As the prelude accelerated twice or three times, the frequency of the brush heads in the audience obviously could not keep up with the rhythm, but they did not stop.

After a drum interlude brought on by the high-speed drum beats that were almost inaudible, Phimos knelt on the ground and began to roar towards the sky above the stage: "Disease! Disease! Spreading the disease. With some help from, Captain Trips, he'll bring the world down to his knees..."

This kind of singing style with almost no ups and downs in the melody line is the first time it appears in Bian Lang's work. Even when Feimos got the score for the first time, he felt it was very strange.

But when he saw the lyrics, he was extremely excited!

His understanding is that this song is about a fictional virus, but it depicts the cold and cruel behavior of the powerful, and makes people feel as if everything is a joke. Moreover, the strong anti-war and anti-NC sentiments in it are definitely the best spiritual nourishment for rockers like them who are unwilling to succumb to power!

After Bian Lang demonstrated it to him once and explained to him the techniques of reciting the lyrics and singing, Feimosi finally mastered the correct way to express the song, which led to his outburst today:

"Power, yes Power! He'll show them all his power. It pulses through his ice cold blood, a whole world to devour! He's seeing, he's calling, his legacy he's spawning. He's coming, corrupting, among the living... "

"Among the living...power is like a germ..." Bian Lang, who had already left the crowd, recalled the meaning of the lyrics and couldn't help but pay his respects to Anthrax.

Some people in the original Earth might question Anthrax's status as one of the four giants of thrash metal, but no one can cover up the glory of the gold record of "Among the Living". Unconsciously, he sang along: "Murder! Murder! Commit cold blooded murder..."

As the verses continue to change speed, the song's pre-chorus finally arrives: "I'm the walkin' dude, I can see all the world!"

Twist your minds with fear，I'm the man with the power.Among the living， follow me or die!
Those who understand the meaning of the lyrics are shocked, while those who do not understand the lyrics are physically and mentally shaken by the notes and rhythm.

Although there are bands of these rock genres in China, listening to their works is just scratching the surface. The lyrics of those with strong riffs cannot keep up with the intensity, and the arrangements or performances of those with strong lyrics are either disappointing!

To give a not-so-good example, let's take the drums of "Among The Living" for example. With the current level of drummers in China, there are no more than 10 who can become as stable as Hatter's drummer within a month!
Of these 10 people, more than half were present tonight, and each of them either had their mouths open or were shaking their heads and chuckling!
Only Dayong and Kong Liang were eager to try, and they were thinking of going back to ask Bian Lang for the music score to practice.

After the chorus, the interlude that everyone has been looking forward to arrives as expected.

Bob, who finally got the chance to perform, knelt on the ground and held his guitar upright, forming a posture of playing the guitar in competition with Di Ru, who was bending over and playing the rhythm quickly. After a riff was transitioned in the vibrato, a section of fast tapping came instantly.

The speed attribute of thrash metal is brought to its extreme in the form of solo.

The guitarists in the audience were all very excited. Anyway, now no one was arguing about who had the riff of the song.

They all had the same thought in their minds: "After all, it was written by Bian Lang, so Bian Lang is still the best!"

(End of this chapter)