Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 856: Unexpected Early Appearance

After watching the video of the London show and being recommended by his good friend Silva, Panama's lead singer Ivo said he would come and see it this time, otherwise it would be his band's turn to be the guests and it would be embarrassing.

Although Panama is not a psychedelic artist, he, like many musicians, likes the vocal-free version of "Wish You Were Here".

He also tried to play the part that Bian Lang was responsible for at the time, but after several attempts and failing to find the feeling, he chose to give up.

Moreover, he did not come alone, but brought along his two other bands' lead guitarist friends. They also came to see with their own eyes how Bian Lang played "Wish You Were Here".

After all, they are professional lead guitarists, so they didn't give up, but they just felt that something was not right no matter how they tried. It sounded fine at first glance, but it didn't stand up to careful scrutiny.

Ivo was also an acquaintance, and as the guest band behind the Rolling Stones, the team in charge of the tour also knew him. The three of them wanted to visit the set before the show and were not stopped.

On the way to find Bian Lang, the world's 68th-ranked guitarist Ronald said, "Ivo, how does it feel to play the part of Bian Lang?"

Yiwo recalled his feelings at that time and said seriously: "I felt that the score should be almost the same, but that was not very useful. My playing was like reciting the lyrics, while Wave's playing was like real singing."

Ronald nodded thoughtfully, and Parker Maber, ranked 39th in the world, also spoke up to comment: "I feel that the score I lay down on has a % accuracy rate, but we play it with technique and no emotion."

Ronald agreed with the two's opinions, and then he expressed his true feelings: "I feel that Wave may not have prepared a score for this section, and played it purely based on the sense of sound, which is bullshit."

The sense of pitch that Ronaldo talked about is actually absolute pitch, but this thing is by no means as mysterious as the domestic media and fans of a certain singer on Earth boast about, nor is it a necessary condition to become a great musician.

Because absolute pitch also has different levels.

Most people can learn to hear the pitch of a note, or know which chord it is, what notes it has, and how to arrange it by hearing a chord. This is at most considered elementary absolute pitch or pseudo-absolute pitch.

Ordinary absolute pitch means that you can hear the pitch of any sound, whether it is snoring, talking, knocking bowls, flowing water, etc.

Rare absolute pitch, such as the son of Rick Beato from the original Earth, can easily hear twenty or thirty notes; or like Jacob Collier, a semitone can be divided into ten notes. In his opinion, notes are not a limitation at all, he can sing any frequency he wants.

This kind of absolute pitch is not something that ordinary people can develop. Talent, environment, education and personal passion are all essential.

Mozart did not have top-level absolute pitch, but that did not hinder his musical achievements.

When the three found Bian Lang backstage, Jiuli and Feimos were gone, but the person standing next to him at this moment also made the three of them slightly stunned.

Ronal: "Thor? Is it fake?"

Parker Maber: "What is this old guy doing here? Is he in such a good condition that he can even dress up?"

Ivo: "Um, is Thor going to be the substitute for the Rolling Stones?"

The three of them had their own thoughts, but no one spoke first. Thor, however, laughed when he saw Ivo: "As the guest band behind the Rolling Stones, how dare you not be there for the first show?"

Although there is no rule that this is necessary, Thor's argument is from the perspective of human relations, leaving Ivo with no position to refute at all.

Before Ivo could speak, Ronaldo sneered and said, "Mr. Thor, I remember you once said that today's rock bands are shit, and you don't even bother to go to any new band's performance in person!"

Thor posted these words online himself. People outside the circle and music fans may not pay attention to them, but the younger generations in the circle know about them, especially guitarists like Ronald who have been "evaluated" by Thor many times.

Thor probably knew the names of these younger guitarists, but there were only a few who matched their names. So after taking a glance at Ronald and realizing he didn't recognize him, he sneered, "Little guy, wait until you rank higher than me one day before you come and say something like that to me!"

The reason why he was so sure that Ronald was also on the list was because of the way Ronald spoke. If he was not on the list, the guitarist who could recognize others would not even think of arguing with him.

Those guitarists all wanted to gain some experience from him, so how could they be slapped in the face like this!

Ronaldo's words were also vicious. He smiled and replied directly: "But I think you may not be able to wait until that day!"

"Little guy, you are too rubbish. You will probably never surpass me until the day you die. Although I don't know your ranking, I think the Rolling Stones will surpass you soon."

"Uh..." Facts have proved that old ginger is still spicy, old mouths are still stinky, and old hooligans are still more chaotic!

Yiwo held Bianlang's shoulders, and the two almost laughed themselves into death. The two lead singers had no interest in the world ranking of guitarists, but the two lead guitarists did not continue to refute, which meant that they both agreed with Thor's statement.

Di Li was not well-known enough before, so the "Music" magazine, which is responsible for compiling rankings, did not include his name. According to the current popularity of Rolling Stone, Music will definitely include Di Li's name this month.

If DGM has good public relations, then giving it another exclusive interview wouldn't be a problem. Evelyn mentioned this to Bian Lang when the Rolling Stones landed in Europe, but it's not known to what extent the matter has been advanced now.

Others may not know, but the two on the list know it well. When they came into contact with the Rolling Stones, they paid special attention to the lead guitarist Di Li according to their professional habits, so they naturally could not miss Di Li's performance at the small broken station.

Although both of them said, "I can do it too!", they both do have the ability to do so.

But they don't have a big shot like Bian Lang around them, not only do they not have such opportunities, but they also don't have Bian Lang to provide them with these songs. They recognize Di Li's skills, and the Rolling Stones are now clearly on the rise.

Compared to the two of them, the band he was in had also passed its peak, and it was basically impossible for him to make a breakthrough by playing old works.

So it should be no problem for Dili to be on the list this month and rank higher than Ronaldo's 68th at the end of the year. After all, Bian Lang feeds Dili really well.

"Fade To Black", "Comfortably Numb"... Solo hits of this level are thrown out like they are free. As long as Ti Li doesn't commit suicide, it will only be a matter of time before Bian Lang puts him into the top ten in the world.

In this regard, neither of them can compare even if they drive rockets!

Finally, Bian Lang changed the subject: "Please introduce these two friends to me."

Yiwo straightened up after hearing this and introduced them to Bian Lang: "Ronald and Parker Maber are both world-ranked guitarists. They came here today to see with their own eyes how you play "Wish You Were Here"."

Bian Lang really didn't expect that "Wish You Were Here", the song chosen as the opening song in the previous show, would be so popular among European guitarists.

To be honest, Bian Lang himself felt that the performance of the original version of Slash from Earth was really not as good as the one who was on the stage with him.

But from the perspective of tribute, the height of the song itself, and the whole idea of ​​using electric guitar to play the vocal part, many people think it is awesome. As for the version of Shui Lanxing, Bian Lang believes that it is not that no one has done this before, but it just did not attract much attention. He himself is not optimistic about how much response this will cause.

According to the plan, we have to wait until the complete version comes out, and then everyone can go back and listen to this version with the lyrics to discover the beauty of it.

"Then I'm afraid I have to disappoint you today. This song is not in the Rolling Stones' set list today."

"what?"

"why?"

After hearing this answer, Ronaldo and Parker Meber both started to "question" at the same time!
"Because we plan to save the official version for the last stop of our tour, Berlin." There is nothing to hide about this matter. Anyone with a little basic knowledge of music can figure out what is going on.

After Bian Lang explained this, the two guitarists fell into deep thought. However, after Yiwo quickly thought of a possibility, he tentatively asked, "This song is very similar to the style of "Comfortably Numb", so you will have many more works of this type?"

“Yes, so I hope that every song has its own unique meaning.”

At this point, there is nothing much to say about the two guitarists. They are all musicians, and they respect the meaning and sense of ritual, which are dispensable in the eyes of capitalists!
So the two of them vented all their not-so-large feelings of disappointment directly on Ivo.

"Yiwo, as the guest band of the Rolling Stones, you don't even know their songs. Do you think Panama doesn't need friends anymore?"

"Ivo, so you're not the guest band in Berlin? Are you going to go then?"

"That's enough! You two are so ungrateful. Just wait and see, even if the Rolling Stones don't perform "Wish You Were Here", it will definitely make you feel that your trip is worthwhile!"

When they saw the two of them like this, they felt that since they had come from far away, it would be unreasonable not to give them some benefits.

The Rolling Stones came to Europe, but they didn't have the prosperity of HW's second princess in the domestic entertainment industry, which was completely supported by peers. She also had to rely on her peers to flatter her. Being close to Ivo and a guitarist who is ranked in the top 100 in the world, she is definitely a good target for flattering the Rolling Stones.

After checking the time, there were still 20 minutes before Green Algae and the others went on stage, so Bian Lang said to them, "Let's go, I'll sing a few lines for you on stage."

After hearing this, not only the two guitarists, but even Thor, who had already entered the reserve assessment, became interested: "I'll play the lead for you instead of Di Li..."

Bian Lang didn't say anything and went on stage with a few people.

Seeing that the instrument assistant team was still busy, Bian Lang stepped forward and said, "You take a break first, we will try..."

"Okay, do you want to turn on the effects?"

“No, we can just use an acoustic guitar!”

When Thor heard this, he instinctively felt that Bian Lang was giving him a test. But this question was not difficult for him. He could still play the guitar with the same feeling by changing the electric guitar to an acoustic guitar and changing the chords.

Bian Lang doesn’t have such an idea. If Thor, who is ranked in the top 30 in the world, doesn’t even have this skill, then it can only be said that the ranking of “music” is fake.

He also found an acoustic guitar, strummed the strings to create the rhythm, and then the prelude of "Wish You Were Here", which was already very familiar to those present, sounded on the stage.

At this moment, Tian Xiaoliang, who was chatting with other new Chinese music fans, turned around and looked at the stage.

Although no sound came out, he immediately shouted out based on his observation and understanding of Bian Lang last night: "Look, is Bian Lang on the stage?"

This shout was made in Chinese, so most of the foreign fans present didn't notice it and just thought it was the staff on the stage making the final preparations.

But the Chinese music fans who were not far away all looked towards the stage after hearing it.

Then some people exclaimed, and some hesitated.

Because no one was close enough, few people could see clearly, and the sound of the guitar coming from the speakers was too quiet and intermittent, as if it was just an unplugged acoustic guitar being played for fun.

But less than a minute later, Bian Lang's voice could be heard from the speakers: "So, so you think you can tell, Heaven from Hell, Blue skies from pain."

The singing stopped abruptly!

After the entire festival venue was silent for a few seconds, the originally sparse fans swarmed towards the front of the stage like sharks smelling blood.

And several angry voices came from the speakers:

"Why is it gone? Where's the rest?"

"Bian Lang, are you doing this on purpose?"

"I see, but why is there nothing after that?"

"Bian Lang, please be a human being, please?"

Seeing these four people in a state of frustration, Bian Lang felt quite happy, but he did not expect that the microphone was on, and the two sentences he just sang were heard by the fans.

There's nothing wrong with making fun of these four, but it's a bit unethical to make fun of the music fans.

So Bian Lang thought about it, picked up the microphone again and said to all the fans below the stage: "Sorry, it's not my performance time yet, everyone please keep order..."

"Still maintaining order? You and Bian Lang are already on the stage, and you expect the fans below to remain calm!" After seeing this scene, Olaf, who was in charge of the control, directly adjusted his intercom to Green Algae and the others:

“Exodus, come on stage when you’re ready. Leave Bian Lang on stage to sing a few lines. I really want to hear what Bian Lang sounds like singing “Whalesong”!”

As soon as the voice fell, Green Algae responded neatly: "Got it, we want to listen to it too!"

(End of this chapter)