Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 830 Master
"Just tell me whether you want to gamble or not?" That was all Grayman kept saying.

Thor chose to ignore this topic and started a new one: "I think Wave is not like the musicians of this era, but more like the musicians of our era. Who among the rock players nowadays would write about this kind of subject matter, except for those who play black metal..."

Grayman followed up on his topic: "The entire industry is like this. Nowadays, few of us are willing to face our own fears and dark sides, so no one wants to write such works. Even if they are written, not many people will listen to them... Of course, good works like Wave's don't count..."

This wave of analysis by Grayman is quite good. Just like writing online articles, this thing needs to be supported by exciting points. If the scar literature that was popular in China decades ago were to be published now, few people would have the patience to finish reading the work.

But the difference is that the excitement of rock music is not only about the lyrics, but also about the instrumental performance. Just like the solo string tapping of this song, many people in the audience were so excited that they wanted to take off and break through the ceiling!

"take my hand, we're off to never never land..."

At the outro after the chorus, Bob goes straight into rampage mode, with one foot on the return, holding the guitar upright and tapping the strings so fast.

"Take my hand..." Phimos followed the rhythm and entered a two-bar interactive cycle.

Now, fans, inspired by Bian Lang, began to shout at the right time: "Roar! Roar!"

As he was shouting, Bian Lang recalled Metallica's various live performances, from the 91 people in the outskirts of Moscow in 71 to the Lisbon later...

"Hatter, I hope you guys can bring Metallica's songs and have a big show in the future! Let me be a little fanboy for once!"

After singing the first song, Hatter made a transition with one of his own classic old songs, and then entered the Metallica hard control time again.

"Fade To Black" was the Rolling Stones' first performance at the Rolling Stones Festival. Later, Hatter covered it so many times that some fans who didn't know the "history" thought that Hatter sang it first.

But none of this matters. What matters is that Bian Lang has led them down the road of no return to Metallica. One day, it would be great if they could switch between the main and secondary accounts like Miserable Worship.

Of course, the big name here is Metallica!

As the prelude of "Fade To Black" started, Thor's interest was aroused again. He didn't need anyone to introduce it to others, he could tell that it was of the same origin as "Enter Sandman".

He nodded along with the drums and closed his eyes to listen for a while before he slowly asked, "How many songs in this series did Hatter get from Wave?"

"An album!" Grayman didn't know the exact number, but he wouldn't have to pay taxes if he lied, so he decided to fool this stubborn old man Thor first.

"Are you serious?" Thor obviously didn't believe it.

But Silva suddenly turned around and said, "I think it's at least one album. Even if he wasn't given that much, Wave can definitely write more than one!"

This statement was obviously more credible than Grayman's, but Thor did not respond and continued to listen.

"If that's the case, then this guy is definitely a genius, a thrash metal genius! But why don't they perform it themselves? Is it because of the skills of the band members, or is it a problem of acceptance in China?"

Although he has already accepted Bian Lang and Rolling Stone in his heart, Thor still finds various problems in his mind.

Even another round of climax from music fans couldn't calm his mind.

It wasn't until Phimos's speech before the last song that he interrupted his thoughts: "Wave, what do you think of our performance today? How does it compare to the Rolling Stones?"

Before the microphone was even brought to his lips, Bian Lang said seriously: "Compared to the Rolling Stones, it's still a little bit worse!"

After hearing this, Feimos took two steps back and excitedly repeated what Bian Lang had just said: "Wave said that our performance is still a little bit worse than the Rolling Stones!"

"What do you think?" While shouting this, Femos also pointed the microphone towards the audience.

Faced with this kind of situation where people are ready to fight, the fans have only one stance, which is to add fuel to the fire. Anyway, everyone knows that the relationship between the two bands is not ordinary, so they will not turn against each other even if they push to the death.

"Fimos, fuck with the Stones!"

"Hatter, the Rolling Stones are just newcomers in front of you, don't be scared!"

This back-and-forth interaction pushed the atmosphere on the scene to another high point.

Feimos looked at Bian Lang with a smirk on his face and said, "Wave, so are we going to compete?"

This scene was not included in the rehearsal. If we followed the procedure, the next song would be Hatter's last song "Master of Puppets", which was also prepared for them by Bian Lang.

But a rock concert would be incomplete without some unexpected situations.

"How do you want to compete?" Before Bian Lang could open his mouth, Di Li, who had taken the microphone, spoke first.

Then, Feimos was pushed aside by Bob: "Di Li, come up..."

Faced with this provocation, Dili jumped onto the stage without any hesitation.

Before Bob could continue speaking, he walked directly to the Rolling Stones' instrument stand and picked up the G-Force he was using today.

"This is how a duel between guitarists should be, tough and talkative!" Dayong commented below.

Huang Kai also nodded and said: "Indeed, if you want to compete with others, you have to have two drums on the stage!" As a bassist who has been humiliated for many years, Huang Kai finally stunned the drummer with one sentence today!
"Kaizi...you..."

The two guitarists on the stage had already started their duel before their argument was over. Without saying a word, Bob just started playing.

While the fans were still cheering, Bob had already played the prelude and main melody of "Wish You Were Here".

The guys who were confused at the beginning all reacted after four sections:

"Oh! This is possible!"

"Bob is such a man, he actually uses this to compare with Dili, so strong!"

"Bob knows it's hard to win, but I want you to win!"

Only Grayman, Thor and the other three were completely confused by the discussions around them.

Silva once again acted as the commentator: "The first song played by the Rolling Stones, Bian Lang did not sing, but directly used the lead guitar instead of the vocals."

"Hmm?" The three old men asked this question in unison.

Grayman was probably thinking: "There's actually a way to play it?" Thor was probably thinking: "I haven't seen anyone play it like this for a long time, what an idea!"

As for the other old keyboard player named Pirta, he thought: "The keyboard is the way to play it!"

But before anyone opened their mouths to ask the next question, the main voice of Di Li came...

Bian Lang in the audience couldn't help but sing the lyrics: "So! So you think you can tell, Heaven from Hell, Blue skies from pain..."

Just as the sharp-eyed Feimos was about to pass the microphone over, Bian Lang shut up. He would not change his determination to sing in Berlin!

Thor was already mesmerized by the song, and he certainly didn't think it was too outrageous like most people. But he was more curious than anyone else about what the lyrics were about.

Also, when Dili reproduced this with the guitar, was it just the tune or did it also show some of the tonal characteristics of the lyrics' pronunciation?

Of course, the two did not finish playing the whole song, but when the main song ended, they stopped and hugged each other. In this kind of occasion, the fans felt the atmosphere, which was the most important thing.

So Feimos didn't ask the fans who they thought was better, but just looked at Bian Lang in the audience and said, "Wave, do you think we are in a good state to play "Master of Puppets" now?"

Bian Lang gave his thumbs up without hesitation!

When the song "Master of Puppets" was released on the original Earth, it had a profound impact on the entire heavy metal music, and became a source of inspiration for many subsequent bands. Its guitar playing techniques and arrangement methods were widely studied and imitated.

The album of the same name was released in 1986 and is Metallica's third studio album. This album achieved better results than the previous two albums and pushed Metallica to the pinnacle of heavy metal.

Afterwards, the band accompanied Ozzy Osborn on a nationwide tour. Through Metallica's high-speed guitar chords, fast guitar solos, and varied drum beats, more and more people began to recognize the power of Thrash Metal, and Metallica became one of the most popular heavy metal bands.

This album ranked 500th among the 167 greatest albums of all time selected by the original Rolling Stone magazine. It can be said to be one of the must-listen albums for every metal fan.

Since we are talking about this album, we have to mention the lyricless song "Orion" in this album.

There was another very important person in the early days of Metallica, bassist Cliff Burton. He died in a car accident while on tour in the same year this album was released.

"For me, 'Orion' is Cliff Burton's swan song," James once said.

Kirk also said in an interview: "This is definitely an excellent piece of music. Cliff created the middle part of this piece. He showed us his foresight and awareness in music."

James also got the bass notes of "Orion" tattooed on his left arm to commemorate the bassist.

Of course, Bian Lang had memorized this song, but he hadn't played it for Hatter yet. Thinking of this, he felt that maybe he should give Brother Kaizi a chance to shine more brightly...

After getting a thumbs-up from Bian Lang, Femos blew a whistle and called on his brothers to get started.

But what everyone didn't expect was that the prelude of this song actually started with a quick riff without any delay!

It's like you're in a sports car, and before you even fasten your seatbelt, the driver steps on the accelerator and pins you to the back of the seat.

As Thor listened, he felt that he couldn't keep up with it. This was because the rhythm guitar and the lead vocals were speeding up together, making it difficult for him to keep up.

According to a behind-the-scenes account of the album's recording, producer Flemming Rasmussen tuned the band members' strings slightly lower than standard pitch in order to make each guitar track sound tighter than the other bands' guitars.
Then, during post-mixing, the tape playback speed is sped up to make the strings sound like standard pitch.

So when it comes to the live performance, the speed you see is even more exaggerated.

It is said that Lars once complained that the live version of this song is often quite different from the recording engineer's version! The first is that the tightness of the guitar tone is not as good, and the second is the speed of the live performance.

Of course, this was a complaint he made after performing this song for more than 20 years. After all, as a drummer, he was not the one playing the guitar.

Anyway, in Bian Lang's impression, in the prelude of this song, not only the lead guitarist Kirk became a shadowless hand, but James was the same! Of course, the most classic part of this song is not just this.

But so far, this alone has captured the hearts of all music fans!

Thor was thinking: "Which band's song inspired this arrangement and this wave?" So the question is...

Of course, Bian Lang didn't know. The original owner's knowledge of metals was not very rich. After Bian Lang was sure that there would be no car crash, he no longer had the heart to review.

So if you ask Bian Lang himself this question, he would probably tell the truth: "Drawing inspiration? No, this song is the originator!"

While Thor was still searching through his memories, Phimos's singing came like a war cry: "End of passion play, crumbling away, I'm your source of self-destruction..."
The first line of the lyrics made many people confused! Of course, some people were even more excited because of it!
Suddenly, someone in DGM's camp discovered a serious problem. This person was Coldplay's manager...

Although Coldplay had performance plans and were unable to attend the event, their manager came specially for them.

Looking at Hatter now, he felt deeply puzzled: "In the past, new songs were only sung at concerts after the album was released. The worst case scenario was that the songs were recorded but not released yet. But how come after the Rolling Stones started this, Hatter also started to sing new songs before recording in the studio?"

He did not speak out this idea, but just wanted to go back and study it to see how acceptable this operation would be to music fans.

As for the content of the lyrics, he, an atheist, doesn't care at all!
“Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear, Leading on your deaths construction…” (The pump is cracking with fear, the cracks are absorbing the darkest clarity, leading you to the death zone)

But after hearing this, those who reacted quickly like him began to make some guesses!

As Thor is thinking right now: "Wave, are you being metaphorical?"

As soon as he had this thought, Bian Lang gave him the answer: "

Taste me you will see
Come on, just eat me and you'll see
More is all you need
I am everything you want

You're dedicated to
You will announce to the world

How I'm killing you
How I buried you
Come crawling faster
Climb to him quickly.

Obey your Master
Obey Your Master
Your life burns faster
Your destiny is like the burning of fire

Obey your Master
Obey Your Master
Master...

Owner……"

Thor, who felt that he had guessed the answer, sang along directly after this line: "Master!"

(End of this chapter)