Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 763: Forever Young

Li Yiliang has developed a thick skin. These words are just tickling to him and have no irritating effect at all. He even thinks it's a bit ridiculous.

"Just like what Bian Lang sang in the song, the winners are kings and the losers are bandits like flowing water..." If he can get through this hurdle this time, then who will care whether it is plagiarism or not in the future.

Besides, according to Xiang Kun's plan, if the lawsuit really goes to court, as long as he sees a sign of losing, he will sit down with Rolling Stone to discuss it. It's nothing more than a matter of adaptation licensing fees. By then, he will have both popularity and benefits, and Rolling Stone will definitely increase its popularity, so they will definitely agree.

If Liang Kuan had not come to Rolling Stone, Xiang Kun would not have had such a naive idea, but now that Liang Kuan, a veteran in the circle with a stronger business attribute, has come, he feels that the set of practices they were already accustomed to may now work in Rolling Stone.

Let's go back to the live broadcast of the second episode of "Summer of the Band". Although many music fans went to other platforms to argue about previous events, they kept listening to the small broken station. When they heard something they liked, they would switch back to take a look and then go back to continue arguing. This is called relaxation in moderation. Some people who had just lost the show may have new ideas after listening to a few rock songs.

However, after Niu Bo read out the name of the New Pants band, even those who were still fiercely cursing the other party's ancestors switched back.

For no other reason than because this is also the band that Bian Lang led as the lead singer.

Although the lead singer has changed, the songs are still the same, and they are still under the Rolling Stones, which means that the fans' identification with the band will not change much. If there is any change, it is definitely disapproval of the new lead singer. Although Shan Shan has appeared in movies before, this is his first time on the screen. Everyone wants to see if he can do a good job as the successor of New Pants.

When fans saw the pants made up of social media account avatars striding across the stage, they felt that this variety show was made with real care. Now that the two episodes are almost over, no band's performance was just a casual one.

To have such a stage performance, let alone earning money and gaining exposure, is worth a ton of money for many bands, even if it’s just for the fun of it. Some bands may never perform on such a stage in their entire lives!

And some music variety shows may not be willing to spend even a dime more on these things in their entire life!

"You are so brave, standing here, your face is thin but proud..." As the goat sang, many people who heard the song for the first time were immediately immersed in the story: "This is a song about himself, and it looks exactly like him on stage now!"

Of course, this is also the epitome of many rock fans when they were young. The lyrics "Thin but proud face" translates into human language as "Hearts are high as the sky, life is thin as paper!" This is the state of most ordinary people when they were young, especially those who have just walked out of the ivory tower of campus.

This song has been sung by Bian Lang on Music, so many old music fans are familiar with it, but this time listening to Shan Yang's version really made them hear something completely new and different.

Although it is not clear, it is very likely that the mountain goat sang out the feeling of "heart is higher than the sky, life is thinner than paper!", which Bian Lang could not feel at all. Bian Lang felt that "how high the heart is, how thick the life is!"

It’s hard to say which one is better, but judging from Goat’s performance today, both new and old music fans have already begun to recognize him.

In an apartment building in a small city in China, a woman of about eighteen or nineteen was curled up on the sofa, watching TV series on a tablet. Perhaps she was bored of watching the same old female-led dramas for too long, so she wanted to go to the small broken station to watch some ghost and two-dimensional dramas to change her mind.

But who would have thought that as soon as I opened the app of the small broken station, a splash screen link would pop up directly.

The woman clicked on it without thinking too much, and then she saw the goat standing on the stage, looking at the camera with a stubborn face and singing:

"I have to go to work, in a corner of the building... The girl in the cubicle will become beautiful after a long time... I will marry her, and take me to the small town to celebrate the New Year. Forget about the rock music and the era that will never be restored..."

In an instant, tears rolled down the woman's eyes. She was the girl in the cubicle, and the man who came to the small town to live and marry her had indeed stripped rock music from his life.

Wiping away tears, the woman got up and went into the study, where she saw the man wearing headphones and facing the computer screen. She tiptoed closer and saw that the video playing on the computer screen was a continuation of the video on the tablet.

The woman came over and took off the man's headphones. Under the man's blurred eyes, she helped turn on the external speakers: "After I fell, I didn't dare to look back..."

The man looked up at the woman's tearful eyes and rested his head on her belly. The two sat and stood together, watching the show.

This sentence appears in the lyrics of a rock band. It may seem a bit incongruous at first glance, but it is a fact.

The glorious era of rock music is indeed gone forever, but fortunately, Bian Lang has now led them to usher in a new era!
But that’s not all. His final kneeling in front of the fans completely melted the hearts of the rock fans that were wrapped in an angry shell.

"Those fleeting brilliances are like exploding fireworks... That dazzling flame is burning you and me... That unforgettable love always hurts me, and that plain life is hot because of you..."

The man's tears flowed down the woman's belly, and the woman also cried. She understood that her ordinary life was so hot because of them!
Seeing that some people were still commenting on the comments that this was a script, the man's hands began to dance on the keyboard without even drying his tears. "Even if it's a script, I accept it! Thank you Rolling Stone, thank you Bian Lang, for letting the stories of little people like us be written into songs one day!"

Then there are more and more supporters:
"Haha! The script! I'm just asking if you can act in this script?"

"In order to please the fans, I think it's not too much to act out even if the script is heavily acted. Besides, I don't think the Goat is acting!"

"Really? Think about how those pretty boys and girls of yours cut you, and then look at what the rock musicians are doing! If New Pants has a special show, I will go to as many shows as there are!"

"Just for this kneeling, I accept you as the lead singer!"

If Goat were reading the barrage now, he would probably be in tears as well.

But at the Rolling Stones' debut, Goat was as happy as a child. The Rolling Stones changed their original repertoire and were singing "Fireworks". He also shouted along: "So, I'm a little tired..." Looking back, the scene was comparable to a small music festival. Goat couldn't help but sigh: "The Rolling Stones are the Rolling Stones. Even with this temporary change of venue, they can still attract so many fans..."

"So, I began to change, becoming like a ball of violent and fiery fireworks..."

As he screamed, he felt that this song and "Life is Hot Because of You" were like twin brothers. If he had the chance, he would definitely sing these two songs together at an important performance!
After singing this song, Bian Lang picked up the Xibiqi on the water platform and took a big gulp, then said: "Okay, time is almost up, the original sixteen songs..."

Not surprisingly, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the audience's call for an encore!
Bian Lang put his guitar on the shelf, turned around and walked to the back of the cement platform. Bian Lang knew that he couldn't escape the encore, and the others had discussed it all along the way.

But the cutscenes still have to be played, otherwise how can it be called an encore song?
Di Li and Strauss looked at each other, then walked to the front of the concrete platform with their guitars on their backs, waving their hands upwards, as if to say, "With just the volume of your voice, it seems like you don't really want to listen to this encore song!"

The fans of course understood the meaning of Ce's gesture, and immediately screamed several times louder than before: "Encore! Encore!"

As a result, the two guitar masters seemed to be addicted to performing. They immediately turned around and continued to raise their hands, signaling the fans to continue shouting, but there was still no sign of Bian Lang behind them turning around, and he was still talking to the staff behind him.

About a minute later, Bian Lang returned to the microphone stand amid the cheers of fans.

Looking at the fans' eager faces, Bian Lang pressed his hands down, waited until the place was quiet before clearing his throat and saying, "Let me finish what I just said. I sincerely thank everyone for accompanying the Rolling Stones tonight to complete their first solo show. Although the venue is a bit simple and the equipment is not good enough, we feel that we have a lot of fun tonight because of your company!"

After saying this, before giving the fans any chance to speak, Bian Lang continued, "I think the probability of encountering this kind of situation is not very high in this life. Seeing that everyone is still so energetic, I just want to say one thing... people who listen to rock music will always be young and their eyes will always be filled with tears!"

"This is really the last song. All the lead singers of the Rolling Stones, please come up...'Forever Young'!"

When they heard the first half of the song, the lead singers of the bands present all thought that Bian Lang was going to choose "No More Hesitation" because that song was performed by all the members of the Rolling Stones, but considering that this was a special performance by the Rolling Stones, they would most likely not do such a thing.

But when they heard the song title "Forever Young" later, everyone understood that they were asked to sing harmony. Just hearing the song title "Forever Young" alone, many people might think: "Does Mr. Park have this song?"

But the original version of this song, "New Boy", is probably something that any Chinese born in the 80s on Earth would subconsciously sing along to as long as they hear the song: "Wear new clothes, get a new haircut...relax a little, Windows 98..."

This song is one of those songs that is remembered by people in the music library but is gathering dust here. Therefore, anyone who has access to the music library and carefully read it has basically practiced it.

It was not until the opening ceremony of the Rolling Stone Music School was scheduled that Bian Lang notified everyone in the Rolling Stone Music School to practice this song. This song is the school song of the Rolling Stone Music School and will be sung together at the opening ceremony.

When we heard that this song was going to be used as the school song, we thought about it for a while and felt that there was really no more suitable song than this.

So just as Bian Lang finished speaking, he saw the lead singers of bands under the Rolling Stones starting to squeeze out from the crowd and move towards the concrete platform.

Jin Ma and Liang Zi were the closest, and they wanted to squeeze to the front and climb up. But the enthusiastic fans lifted them up and sent them to the stage with human waves.

Seeing that people were starting to come over, Bian Lang snapped his fingers without even looking back. Then the sound of Dayong beating the rhythm with his drumsticks began to be heard... followed by the prelude to Hua Yan's keyboard solo!

There is no dazzling speeding melody played by the shadowless hand, only a soothing silence in the hustle and bustle of traffic.

After 8 bars of soothing, Strauss began to strum the strings wildly, and Dayong's following snare drum also played with an indomitable momentum.

Although it has not been enhanced by various effects, you can still tell that it is an absolutely exciting song.

Bian Lang's version of the song was not arranged using the "Unhappy" version, but the version that was the theme song of "The Flashing Band".

Although the lyrics of that version were changed, with all kinds of tones, especially the female singers and Li Dahuadan singing in order to make the song feel "scary", the song was basically sung in a "horrifying" way.

But Zhang Yadong did put a lot of effort into the arrangement, and this is also the most suitable version for unplugged playing.

As the prelude played, Bian Lang recalled the various car accident scenes when Grandpa Park sang this song. Then he waited until only the drum beat remained in the prelude, pointed at the oldest group of rockers in the audience and began to sing:
"All those who were crazy are dead, all those who were awesome are decadent, all those who were ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth have become silent..."

As soon as the first two lines of these highly colloquial lyrics come out, the flavor is enough!
"Finally, Bian Lang is willing to release this song ahead of time!"

"It's fitting tonight, after all, this premiere had so many problems, but it was finally successful. It's really not easy."

"It's great to be young!"

After the three elder brothers of the Longitudinal Line said this, they looked at the people on the stage watching them wave, raised their fists and silently shouted: "We have to be crazy again, and be awesome again..."

Then I saw Bian Lang stretching out his right index finger, shaking it and singing:
"Everything you own is outdated, everything you love is old, and everything you once laughed at, you have become them..."

(End of this chapter)