Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 858: Free Bird

If someone else had said this, and the person wasn't the Rolling Stones, the two would have just thought that person was joking.

But since Thor, a guitarist ranked in the top 30 in the world, said this, they both had to take it seriously. The key is that Side Wave has two gems before it, "Comfortably Numb" and "Fade To Black", which makes this more credible.

Thinking of this, Ronald asked one more question: "Do you think the ending of "Fade To Black" can be in the top 10?"

If you ask Thor before the Rolling Stones' London show, he probably wouldn't even know the title of this song. But after the London stop, Thor made a lot of effort to catch up on the Rolling Stones' repertoire.

When asked about this, Thor hesitated: "It's hard to say."

According to Ronald's way of thinking, this answer does not mean uncertainty, but denial.

But Thor actually added: "That depends on how many electric guitar solos of this level Bian Lang can create in the future..."

"Uh..." Ronald and Parker Maber were silent.

It seems that their super limited edition stuff has become wholesale in Bianlang. This can be said to be a very desperate thing for every guitarist who aspires to be on the charts.

But how do you say this?

No matter who makes the charts on the original Earth, the solos of "Comfortably Numb" and "Fade To Black" have always been in the top 10.

However, there is no shortage of talented rock musicians on Shuilan Star. It is impossible for Bian Lang to move the songs on the list and keep the original ranking intact.

But if we take "Stairway to Heaven" out, Bian Lang feels that the controversy about this first place will not be too big whether it is on the original Earth or on the Blue Water Planet.

However, this is definitely not the song they are going to premiere today. Before Di Li has Jimmy Page's technology, this airship cannot fly.

After all, Jimmy Page was ranked third on the original Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 30 greatest guitarists. Even if Di Li died, he wouldn't be able to make it into the top .

With the emergence of a divine song like "Stairway to Heaven", everyone involved in it, especially the guitar, will definitely be deified.

After all, there are many mortals on the stairway to heaven!

Just when the noise reached its peak and everyone thought that the Rolling Stones would start directly like before, Bian Lang suddenly closed his eyes.

Looking back at the scene when this song was performed at the Ottoland Arena in 1977, more than 7% of the fans were female. The youthful and beautiful atmosphere was set off by the bikinis...

Behind the band hung a Confederate flag and a flag with Lynyrd Skynyrd written on it. The tens of thousands of white people in the audience, like a religious gathering, shouted at the same time: "Southern Rock!"

Regardless of whether there is anything special blessing this performance, the smell of sunshine and freedom is a perfect match for this song.

So, Bian Lang walked to the microphone stand and said to the fans in the audience: "If possible, I hope to let all the girls come to the front!"

"What? What does Wave want?"

"What's the implication? Why do I feel like it's a bit indecent?"

"Whoever plays rock music is a serious person? I just like his unserious look!"

Regardless of whether it was serious or not, since Bian Lang had started talking, the male fans in the front row, even if they were cursing with all kinds of dirty words that Qidian.com didn't allow them to write, still honestly stepped back with their bodies.

Some groupies in the front row began to show off their serious rock performance. Although the climax had not yet arrived, jackets and small clothes had already flown onto the stage.

Foreign musicians were not surprised at all and even followed suit: "Wave was too serious before, this is the flirtatious style that a rock singer should have!"

As for some domestic media and staff, they were excited but also worried. Can this footage be broadcast domestically?

However, none of them expected that Bian Lang's "tease" was not over yet: "Stop! I don't want you to have to use the wind as your outer coat when the climax comes!"

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Bian Lang looked at the group of fans below the stage whose pink index was about to explode, and the adrenaline in his body was also soaring. He then turned around and whistled at the piano seat behind him on the right!
The performance began with a chirping sound like a bird. The sudden orange light in front of the stage formed a light curtain, covering all the members of the band and leaving only silhouettes. The only scene left was for Hua Yan who had already started playing the grand piano.

If the Rolling Stone members were ranked according to their popularity, Hua Yan would not be among the top three in the group.

But at this moment, he is like a black diamond in an orange halo. Even without fire, he is still a diamond!
During the preparations, no one asked Bian Lang why he didn't let Hua Yan use the keyboard to simulate the piano sound, because they knew that Bian Lang must have his reasons for arranging the music this way.

At this moment they understood that even if the problem with the sound quality was put aside, this scene would not be so gorgeous if it was replaced with a keyboard.

At the same time, Bian Lang's voice came again: "Free Bird..."

At this moment, Ekko and Jinx, who arrived at the scene on time, saw Hua Yan's close-up on the screen at a glance.

As the ten fingers flew, the notes of the grand piano gave people the illusion that they were not at a rock concert but in a concert hall.

The notes are like the gentle breeze that caresses the leaves in the forest, traveling through this rock forest made up of people, penetrating into the gaps between clothes and skin, and with that slightly embarrassing itch, begin to help you shed the fatigue accumulated in your daily life.

At 17 seconds, following the melody of the piano, Dayong's snare drum began to play, appearing from the orange halo and splashing a series of ripples. The rhythm directly raised the heart rate of the fans.

The high-pitched screams of the female fans and the waves of arms waving in the air directly fixed the lenses of the two cameras in front of the stage on the audience seats.

After 28 seconds, the orange light curtain faded away, and the three guitarists of the Rolling Stones appeared in front of everyone.

Female fans noticed the overall look of the three, but the professionals only had time to see the guitars in their hands. Bian Lang was carrying a Gibson-Firebird, Strauss was carrying a Gibson Explorer 76' replica, and Di Li was carrying a Gibson Les Paul Standard.

Bian Lang and Strauss were already playing, only Di Lu took the pianist's stick off his left hand and put it in his right hand!

This scene made the Fender executives in the audience jump up and down: "What did Gibson do? Wave is obviously our spokesperson, why are all the guitars from them this time?"

The instrument assistant who was accompanying him replied calmly: "Look, the Fender guitars are all placed next to them. They changed them after the song ended..."

Before the instrument assistant finished speaking, the guitarist started to move. He pressed the 18th fret with his left hand, held one end of the paddle with his right hand, and began to slide the edge of the other end across the strings.

All of a sudden, clear and real bird calls broke through the sunset glow, broke away from the ensemble of all instruments, like a free bird, flying straight into the blue!

This move is not the first of its kind on the Blue Water Planet, but it was created by guitarists in the past as a little trick used to show off their skills when recording videos and attract music fans.

No one has actually applied this technique to the arrangement and performance of a song. Maybe someone has used it, but it didn't make any splash, so no one paid attention to it.

But after today, the situation is completely different.

Adding this bird call to the prelude of a song called "Free Bird" made the guitarists in the audience, who used to take this technique lightly, sigh in despair:
"What kind of brain does Wave have? How else can this song be composed?"

"Oh my god, this guy must be the incarnation of the Muse!"

Only Thor looked at Ronald and the other two guys and laughed at their ignorant appearance and said, "Ha, I told you, this trip will definitely be worthwhile!"

As for the fans, no one knew who shouted “Free Bird”, and then the fans, overwhelmed by surprise, began to shout along: “Free Bird!”

Gibson, who had been unable to find a good opportunity to cooperate with the Rolling Stones, finally had an idea this time. The brand representative who had been following the audience for a long time excitedly punched the air and began to write down his thoughts in his mind:

"Free Bird, this series name is the beginning of our cooperation with the Rolling Stones. I believe Wave will not refuse my proposal..." And in terms of signing fee, Gibson will definitely surpass Fender this time!

Afterwards, Di Li quickly put the slide back onto the middle finger of his left hand, and as it slid up and down the fingerboard, a strong flavor of American country rock began to fill the venue.

Many of the musicians who didn’t understand the style of the Rolling Stones’ song at first now have a lot of questions in their heads: “Uh, this, this…”

Only Longicorn's lead singer Jiuli smiled and said, "It seems that Wave and I both have souls that are unwilling to compromise!"

Hearing this somewhat shameless remark, Phimos angrily retorted: "How dare you say that? You guys changed your style and released an album because you couldn't survive. The Rolling Stones have never released a song that lost money!"

"Ha, then every album of our Longicorn should be able to sell well in the future!" Jiulizui is a man who will never admit defeat. Although he agrees with what Feimos said, but...

The melody of this light song and dance has no special features and the rhythm is average, but it has a magical power that draws the audience in the audience to sway their bodies in the evening breeze.

Sweeping the side waves of the string, he glanced at Dili from the side, and in a trance he felt Dili's figure changing, just like Gary Rossington, whose skin was glowing white in the sun that afternoon in 1977.

The breeze blew by, and his curly brown-red hair fluttered in the wind, just like the high and low melody of the slide...

Facing the phantom of the only original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd still alive, Bian Lang felt as if he had traveled back to the Oakland Coliseum in 1977, and was wearing the body of lead singer Ronnie Van Zant.

Following the progressive prelude, I watched the band member who survived to the end ask affectionately: "If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?"

Ronnie Van Zant died in a plane crash shortly after this concert!
Although this song was originally written to mourn Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers Band, Bian Lang thought that if it was Ronnie Van Zant at that time, he might have really reflected his own meaning when singing this line.

Because according to Ronnie Van Zant's widow, he often said that he would not live past 30, and the plane crash occurred 30 days before his 87th birthday.

However, after singing this line, Bian Lang immediately broke away from that emotion, switched to the mentality of a scumbag in his previous life, and sang melancholy: "For I must be traveling on, now, 'Cause there's too many places I've got to see. But, if I stayed here with you, girl, Things just couldn't be the same."

(There are so many places I want to see, because I am destined to travel the world at this moment... However, my dear girl, if I had chosen to stay here with you forever, things would not have come to this point...)
When he sang the first sentence, there was not much reaction from the audience, but when he sang to this part, the female fans in the audience were so excited.

As rock girls, groupie is not a role that everyone is willing to play, but if the target is a casual guy, then they don’t mind being dumped once.

It is definitely enough to have a stop for yourself while enjoying the scenery in Bianlang.

It's like the night before two people are about to separate, the man who is destined to never be with you for the rest of your life sits in front of your bed, playing the guitar and sharing his thoughts with you.

Every word mentioned leaving, but the purpose was to wait for the girl's last tenderness! Then smile and send this free bird away...

The ups and downs of the distorted guitar sound constantly tears at the girls' hearts, making them begin to fantasize or recall the person who once appeared in their lives or is still waiting for his arrival.

The melody and mode of this song are not difficult to sing. As long as you have a good voice, you don’t need any skills, you just need to put in your emotions.

As it happens, Bian Lang had experienced this kind of scene a lot in his previous life, so I just randomly brought in a few scenes, including A Diao who had no skills but was full of emotions:

"'Cause I'm as free as a bird now, And this bird you can not change...oh, oh, oh..." (I am now as free as a bird, and this is a bird that cannot be changed by you.)
The high and low, erratic and distorted sound produced by the slide stick is like a bird in the sky that cannot be shaken, making it hard for you to figure it out, let alone control it...

He moved closer to Bian Lang while playing the piano. When they were playing back to back, Bian Lang responded with the sound of the piano and singing: "And this bird you can not change. And this bird you can not change..."

The three female choruses are gentle and affectionate, and Liu Huzhou's bass supports the chorus, which instantly brings a sense of picture.

It was as if the boy was explaining and emphasizing the importance of freedom, while the girl was just expressing her emotions with her eyes and silent swallowing.

It could be reluctance, or relief, or even more likely the joy before liberation...

Until Bian Lang sang the last line: "Oh Lord Knows I Can't Change."
Then, the interlude that was like the autumn wind, like clear tears, like strong liquor, was like the last kiss that was thrown down, lingering and sad, but without asking about the future...

(End of this chapter)