Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 869 Predictions for the Future
"Forever Young" is the song that Bian Lang sang at the birthday party held for him by Hoffman Company last year.

There were indeed a lot of video footage left at the time. As a famous English ballad, Bian Lang did not plan to record it after being asked several times, and no one cared about it anymore. Even Olaf would occasionally mention it, but Bian Lang always said he was not in a hurry.

Olaf thought that Bian Lang was going to save this song for his own solo album and not put it in the Rolling Stones' repertoire. So no one expected that Bian Lang would bring out this song and perform it with the band at this time.

And now, just like an unrehearsed impromptu performance, Bian Lang used it to open the show so smoothly!
Although there were 20,000 fans at the scene, there was still plenty of space in the venue for fans to sit down and listen quietly to Bian Lang telling them stories.

It has never been arranged before, but as long as it is a song that Curry has, the people on the stage have basically played it, not to mention that Bian Lang has also performed it.

Lunzi and Dayong were the first to join. Lunzi played a short interlude on the saxophone, followed by the second verse of Bianlang's lyrics:
“May you build a ladder to the stars
I wish you could build a ladder to pick the stars
And climb on every rung,

Then climb up the stairs
May you stay……

May you keep...”

Bian Lang's smoky voice suddenly stopped at this moment, just like he had just taken a puff of cigarette and wanted to circulate it through his lungs. The people who were listening also held their breath, holding their breath with him.

Then Bian Lang exhaled a light puff of "smoke", filling the entire venue with the fragrance of literature and art: "Forever young..."

In between beats, the fans at the scene have already started to applaud, in celebration of this slogan that only rock musicians are willing to keep on their lips all the time!
Bian Lang raised his head and started to tune in, following the main note played by Strauss on the mandolin. It felt like he was singing the Bible of rock people with his lifelong faith:
“Forever young…forever young…

forever young, forever young

May you stay……forever young……

May you stay young forever..."

Among the fans present today, there are fanatical fans who came here from England to watch three shows in a row. Although their number is not large, these dozens of people have formed a small group.

Listening to Bian Lang's blessing, a blonde girl sighed and said, "Those who missed this will probably feel very regretful after watching the video!"

As the first folk song to appear on this trip of the Rolling Stones, "Forever Young" will be cherished by every Rolling Stones fan!

There were also quite a few local older music fans who would not squeeze to the front like the younger fans, but would gather in groups of three or five at the back, sitting on the grass, drinking beer and listening to songs.

Baggins was one of them. At first he thought the Rolling Stones were going to sing metal or hard rock, but who knew they would sing a ballad: "Forever young...! Wave understands us. I feel like I can listen to this song until the moment I get into the coffin!"

"This song will sound even better when he's our age. If only he were Welsh, we could often listen to him sing it to us in Baggins' tavern..."

"He doesn't seem to be married yet. Strauss has a chance!"

"He's a Chinese man. Even if Strauss gets married to him, he won't be able to live in Wales in the future..."

While they were chatting, Bian Lang shouted in the gap between the doors: "Thorin, dedicated to your child..."

Thorin, who was listening to the song, was stunned. Before he could react, Bian Lang's singing voice reached his ears:

“May you grow up to be righteous,

May you grow up to be upright and selfless

May you grow up to be true,

May you be true and kind when you are sensible

May you always know the truth
May you always know the direction of truth

And see the lights surrounding you.
I can always see the light around me..."

Seeing Bian Lang's gaze, Thorin covered his eyes with his left hand and pointed at Bian Lang on the stage with his right hand. He cried and muttered, "Oh! Wave, you damn guy, how could you do this!"

Charles, who was sitting next to the fence, reached out and patted Thorin on the shoulder, comforting him like he was coaxing a child: "Okay, okay, you should be happy. When your daughter grows up, you can show her this video, and she will know how much her father loves her!"

Bian Lang had not even told Strauss about this impromptu performance, so Strauss on the stage also started to cry.

Apart from other things, just the matter of Ciel and the blessing she just gave to Thorin made her return to her hometown extremely brilliant. Again, when she followed the Rolling Stones, she never thought that she would be able to come back and hold a solo show in such a short time, and it would be a world tour!

“May you always be courageous,

May you always be brave and fearless
Stand upright and be strong,

Perseverance and strong will..."

May you stay……

May you keep...”

The next moment, the four voices on the stage sang along:
"forever young...Forever young, forever young, May you stay forever young..."

Liu Huzhou followed these few shows, and it was only now that he realized that Bian Lang took him on tour for more than just a backing vocal. He felt that just one song like this was enough for him in his lifetime.

This is the work of the original winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature on Earth. If it didn't have something real, it wouldn't have won the award.

The Nobel Prize is not the US Architecture Award, and Bob Dylan is not Jiang Yiyan...

While singing along, Liu Huzhou looked at Bian Lang's back and felt something was unreal. Although no one in the Rolling Stones wanted to explore the source of Bian Lang's vigorous creativity, every time a work that touched them appeared, they still felt that Bian Lang was unreal.

It seemed as if he never belonged to this world!

“May your hands always be busy,

May you always be busy and fulfilled
May your feet always be swift,

May your steps always be light and agile

May you have a strong foundation
May you have a strong belief and stand firm when the winds of changes shift.
When the storm comes..."

Liu Huzhou treated this piece as a gift to him, but in the next piece, he and all the musicians at the scene couldn't hold back their excitement!
“May your heart always be joyful,

May your heart always be filled with happiness
May your song always be sung,

May your songs be sung forever..."

Then there is the chorus that needs no organization:
"May you stay... forever young,

May you always be young
Forever young... forever young,

forever young, forever young

May you stay...forever young.
May you stay young forever..."

The men and women, young and old, all sang along. There was no technique involved, it was all emotion...

At this point, Bian Lang put down his guitar and stood up. After being a mascot for a long time, he finally connected smoothly. Then Bian Lang took out the HOHNER blues harmonica from his waist bag and started to play the lead melody...

Olaf had taken off his monitoring headphones and was listening to the song while tapping the beat with his hands on the side of the mixing console.

I was thinking, "You can't delay this time, can you? Even if it's a single, record it and send it out for me right away."

At this time, among the group of people including Baggins who were sitting on the grass, there was an old white gentleman in his 60s wearing a top hat. He took out a handkerchief from his coat pocket and began to wipe his tears, which were already few in number.

He was not a local music fan, but when he showed up, he was easily invited by Baggins and joined the group of senior young people. Not many people may remember his real name, but fans who are familiar with him call him Cigar.

In his 30s, he was like Gavin in the pirate radio station. His singing was like the breeze blowing into the short skirts of girls in summer, making countless girls' hearts spasm. If you accidentally knocked on the door of his hotel room during the tour, you might see the spectacular scene of a green spot among thousands of flowers.

"Grayman, you are really lucky. Such a talented guy can give him that song..."

After hearing this, Baggins gossiped, "What song did Wave write for Grayman?"

"You'll find out in a moment. Now let's just listen to the Rolling Stones' performance..."

"Cigar, I think if I sing this song to you, it should be more meaningful than Wave..."

Cigar didn't answer, he just smiled, pursed his lips and shook his head. Although he was also tempted, he also understood a truth: "Some songs allow a person to sing from youth to old age, and after years of fermentation, the fragrance is truly intoxicating."

But if he could really get one or two classic works from Bian Lang as Regman said, then he felt that his musical journey in this life would be perfect.

This should have been completed 15 years ago, but his golden producer passed away unexpectedly after leaving behind half of the album's lyrics and music and a few demos. He could have asked someone to finish the album, or just recorded the few songs he had written and released an album. According to his status at the time, it would have been a retirement album that would have been worthy of his fans.

However, he sought out many producers, and even tried to do it himself, but none of them were able to continue writing those unfinished demos to satisfy him. He also felt regretful about releasing the songs he had already written, so since he had no shortage of money, he kept the matter on hold.

Over the years, he occasionally felt inspired and wrote one or two demos that he thought were pretty good, but in the end he was never able to complete a work that satisfied him.

At this moment, he was really moved when he saw Bian Lang playing the blues harmonica on the stage. When Greiman gave him this suggestion, he went to find all of Bian Lang's English works and listened to them.

He thought it was good, but it was too far from his style as a folk singer. So he didn't hold out much hope, he just came to support the Rolling Stones because they were at his doorstep.

But he never expected that the release of "Forever Young" would make him regain the feeling of working with his old partner!

"Great! These lyrics..."

After listening to the entire song, these special people in the special area were most deeply touched.

The opening sentence:
"May you always do for others
May you always help others

And let others do for you.
And accept the kindness of others..." It seems like this song was written specifically for them.

They don't have many opportunities to help others, so when they accept favors from others, they feel a little ashamed. They don't think that others' help is their due, and what they want more is respect like today.

They can have an area on the scene where they don't need others to carefully guard them, and everyone can enjoy the performance in their own comfort zone.

Especially for the blind people, they don’t have to worry about their personal safety or causing trouble to others, and can enjoy this area.

One of the blind women asked Tariel, who had talked to her a lot before, "Can you describe to me what Wave really looks like? I think based on my imagination, it should be..."

Tariel didn't know how to describe it so that the blind woman could understand. Finally, he suddenly had an idea and said, "Whatever the angel in your heart looks like, that's what Wave looks like..."

But Bian Lang on the stage was thinking of some things from Bob Dylan's Original Earth.

In 2011, Dylan's concerts at BJ Workers' Stadium and Shanghai Grand Stage will be packed. Even people who have never listened to Dylan will cry and shout that they want to go to "witness the legend". Even if veteran music fans don't have much feeling for Dylan, they will think of going to fulfill their wish. And rich people will treat it as attending an upper-class banquet, just like a luxury brand opening a flagship store in Beijing and Shanghai. If they don't show their support, it seems that they have no sense of existence.

Bian Lang went to get the ticket from Third Brother and paid for it. He even suspected that Third Brother had fooled him with the fake ticket.

As we all know, the ticket prices for performances in mainland China are generally higher than those in Europe and the United States and higher than those in Hong Kong and Taiwan. It is said that Dylan specifically requested that the ticket prices should not be raised, so although Dylan's status is supreme, his ticket prices are much lower than those of the Eagles.

Whether it is the Rolling Stones or the Eagles, they are often considered aphrodisiacs for middle-aged and elderly people in the West, but Dylan has always hated his concerts becoming nostalgic parties for rich old men and women. But in China, due to the huge historical time difference, Dylan's concerts are not only not nostalgic parties, but can even be said to be just a new lesson, or a lesson that needs to be learned.

The media should be the first to catch up on their lessons, because their statements are often the first step in misleading ordinary Chinese music fans!

One year, a famous weekly magazine was following the trend of Woodstock, but unexpectedly forced Dylan, who did not participate that year, into the 1969 Woodstock.

Another famous weekly magazine followed the trend of criticizing artists for having sex, and used the pop singer Man's sex incident to inexplicably and self-indulgently build up a Dylan memorial: saying that Dylan never feels empty, never has sex, and so on.
But! Allen Ginsberg sent a letter to Dylan, and Dylan sent a letter to the Beatles. This is already a well-known story from the 1960s.

Perhaps it was not until Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature that China began to take this artist seriously, and various educational authorities began to praise him. But after reading about his experiences, many parents began to worry that this old "rogue" who had seen countless girls would affect their children.

Bian Lang felt that if Dylan was a Chinese, these parents would definitely report it to the United Nations and ask the United Nations to cancel the Nobel Prize!

This is the reasonable prediction that Bian Lang made about the situation he might face one day in the future!
(End of this chapter)