The superstar is here

Chapter 743 Hotel California
United States.

A gym in Los Angeles.

The American version of "I Am a Singer" will hold its annual grand ceremony here tonight.

Chen Ziang and his team have been in the United States for two days.

In the past two days, the band has been tossed and broken.

Because the songs submitted by Wang Yu are all new songs.

The band has a heavy workload, during which time they rehearse all the songs submitted by the seven singers.

But this is actually okay, because the songs submitted by those singers are songs that the band is more or less familiar with.

The three songs submitted by Wang Yu are all new songs.

Never heard of the band at all.

It's also fortunate that the submission was early, otherwise the band might have gone crazy in just two days.

Even though it was submitted early, after Wang Yuzhen came to rehearse, the band was still struggling.

Chen Ziang and Wang Yu had too many demands.

The two sides spend the most time running in.

Other singers just walked a few times and it was ok.

The rest of the time is basically for Wang Yu.

But the band is in pain and joy.

Except for the Chinese song, which they didn't feel much, the other two English songs made them amazed.

"Wang, may I ask the songwriters of these two English songs, is the first one American, how old are they, and where are they from?" At the end of the rehearsal, the band director John asked Wang Yu.

Wang Yu shook his head: "No, it's us Chinese."

"Oh, is this true? I can't believe it." John was shocked.

Look at the lyrics, it's about America.

How can a non-native American who has experienced that era write such a song?

Wang Yu smiled and said nothing.

John asked again: "Is it Chinese American?"

Wang Yu couldn't help laughing and said: "No, he is an out-and-out Chinese, I know what you are thinking, I can tell you something, that is, he is a book writer, he is very good at making up stories, so that outsiders can believe it gone."

John was taken aback for a moment, then nodded for a while to express his agreement: "Yes, I believed that he is a true American. God, the people who make up stories are too good."

……

Inside the stadium, the lights are bright.

The American version of "I Am a Singer" is also a phenomenon-level program that has appeared in the United States in recent years, and it is extremely popular.

Otherwise, the annual grand ceremony would not have been chosen to be held in a huge stadium.

The seven singers in the annual ceremony are all world-class singers.

Wang Yu is now the most famous singer in China in the world, thanks to this world-class program.

The domestic "I Am a Singer" can rejuvenate outdated singers.

The American version of "I Am a Singer" can make national-level singers rise to world-class singers.

In the past, Wang Yu did not appear on the world singer popularity list.

The world singer popularity list only lists the top [-].

Now, Wang Yu not only squeezed into the world singer popularity list, but also almost squeezed into the top [-].

The other six annual festival singers, male and female, are also world-class singers, and they all entered the top [-].

Although Xu Jiahui has become the image ambassador of the Tinder Project in many countries, she has not yet squeezed into the list of world singers.

Chen Ziang was even worse, less popular than Xu Jiahui in the world.

"Nina is the king of singers!"

"Rory is the King of Singers!"

In the stadium, online, the American people, and even people from many countries in the world are paying attention to tonight's annual ceremony.

The most popular singers are Nina and Rory.

These two are very close to world-class superstars.

Among the seven annual festival singers, there is no world-class superstar.

Can only be said to be a world-class singer.

World-class superstars are among the top [-] most popular singers in the world.

They are still young and not bad at popularity, so the program team can't invite them.

The singers who came to this show are not top-level singers.

Some are even outdated.

Almost all the world's superstars came here back then, but those who were eliminated by the times, it is very difficult to come back.

Therefore, the singer who was once close to the level of a world superstar failed on this stage and did not stay until the end.

The current stage is the stage for young and middle-aged people.

At the age of 40, for a singer, it is still the peak period.

Wang Yu's strength is beyond doubt, but he often sings Chinese songs interspersed.

Cultural differences, popular factors, aesthetics, etc. have led to her low voice as a singer.

Chinese music is not bad, what is worse is the channels, and what is worse are the pioneers.

It's like something new, and it's often hard to get new things accepted right away.

People may fall in love with a song first and then with the artist.

It is also possible to fall in love with the singer first and then fall in love with the singer's songs.

Both Chen Ziang and Wang Yu understand that if Chinese artists want the world to understand China, they must first go to the countryside and do as the Romans do, so that the world can accept themselves, and then talk about cultural transmission.

It's just that Wang Yu doesn't want to miss the opportunity to sing Chinese songs on this stage, and we'll talk about it later.

The backstage of the annual ceremony.

The seven singers sat in their respective rooms, and the program group reminded the singers to watch the display screen.

"I don't know what song they chose?"

Nina, Rory and other singers stared at the screen one by one.

Soon, the program team exposed the songs that other singers would sing tonight.

"'Hotel California'?"

The other six singers were a little surprised when they saw the first song Wang Yu was about to sing.

Nina's room.

"Who is the original singer of 'Hotel California'? Why haven't I heard it?" She looked at the screen curiously.

Rory's room.

"Have you heard of it?" Rory also looked puzzled, and asked the assistants and managers around him.

Everyone shook their heads.

……

"No matter what song it is, the king of singers must be ours." Nina thought to herself.

"We must not let a Chinese get the King of Songs!" Rory was very confident.

Other singers, American nationals, also have a sense of national honor, and don't want to be robbed of the limelight by foreign singers.

The United States only has a history of more than 200 years, and it is still a country of immigrants.

It can accept many things, but it does not have its own national soul.

It preaches a sense of freedom, independence, and a little bit of indulgence.

In Wang Yu's room.

As a result of the lottery, she was the first to play.

Xu Ran and others were speechless.

"It's so unlucky to be the first to appear!" Lan Yeqing was a little helpless.

"It's okay, everything is ready. The live broadcast, the time between the first song and the last song is not very long." Chen Ziang was the most excited.

When recording a show, there may be hours between the first song and the last song.

But live broadcast, but at most 10 minutes.

"Why are you still so happy?" Several people walked out of the room and went to the stage passage, Xu Ran had a headache.

Chen Ziang smiled and said, "You don't understand American music, the past and present music scene in America, just wait."

He didn't say much, for fear of affecting Xu Ran and the others.

There is a band in the program group, but Chen Ziang, Xu Ran, and Lan Yeqing are in charge of some musical instruments.

Wang Yu was a little puzzled. She felt that "Hotel California" seemed to be alluding to something, but she couldn't tell.

Indeed, after the song "Hotel California" came out in the previous life, it immediately attracted a lot of doubts and criticisms.Although no one dared to boast that their understanding was the correct version, the obvious hints of drug abuse, promiscuity, and cults in the lyrics still aroused the dissatisfaction of moral defenders, and were suspected by religious groups in the United States.However, the classic guitar melody, weird and inexplicable lyrics content, and touching sadness in its songs make it a favorite of music fans.

on the stage.

Chen Ziang, Wang Yu and others took their positions.

The stadium was packed.

Tens of thousands of spectators cheered.

Known as the king of singers, although Wang Yu's voice is not high, there are still many fans.

The prelude is a bit long, and the guitar accompaniment is the main theme.

This is the second time Xu Ran has accompanied Wang Yu on stage, appearing as a guitarist.

It was the first time for Chen Ziang to be Wang Yu's singing guest.

The audience is curious.

They don't know this person.

In the annual grand ceremony, fans are looking forward to the singing guest status of each singer.

Wang Yu sang: "On a dark desert highway"

Cool wind in my hair"

The voice is a little lazy and decadent.

Chen Ziang: "Warm smell of colitas (strong marijuana taste)
Rising Up through the air
Up ahead in the distance
I saw a shimmering light (I saw a shimmering light)"

Wang Yu: "My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim

I had to stop for the night (I had to stop for the night)"

Chen Ziang: "There she stood in the doorway (she stood there waiting for me)

I heard the mission bell (I heard the church bell in the distance)
And I was thinking to myself (I was thinking to myself)
This could be heaven or this could be hell (this could be heaven or this could be hell)”

Wang Yu: "Then she lit up a candle (she lit a candle)
And she showed me the way

There were voices down in corridor

I thought I heard them say... (I think I heard them say...)
Welcome to the Hotel California for you”

People in the music industry were shocked when they heard this.

American love is unabashed.

But their music expresses very subtle content.

The song "Hotel California" is really surprising.

In the previous life, it had many interpretations.

Interpretation [-]: Drug rehabilitation center
The many allusions to drugs in the song are the source of the saying that "Hotel California" was originally a drug rehabilitation center.According to this statement: Hotel California is a voluntary drug rehabilitation center next to the highway in Southern California. The experience of the Eagles' drug use and admission to the hospital is the source of the lyrics.

The lyrics hint at colitas at the beginning, the heavy hair that is characteristic of marijuana smoking. "Lit up a candle" is a common term for drug use, and dancing in the backyard is a phenomenon of out-of-control seizures after drug use.

This kind of voluntary drug rehabilitation center is mainly for the middle class, between the sanatorium and the drug rehabilitation center, and the phenomenon of prostitution is a normal state after the middle class debauched in the 70s.The addiction to drugs allows people to recover for a certain period of time and leave the drug rehabilitation center, but they can never get rid of the shadow of repeating the old track. This is the portrayal of "you can pay for a while, but you can never leave".

Interpretation [-]: Mental Hospital
The weirdness of the lyrics may be the source of the mental hospital theory.The hints associated with it in the lyrics are: hallucinations and imaginations with constant distant voices; heaven and hell refer to some evil humanity like demons and pure insensitivity like angels in mental patients; in the backyard, patients dance like demons ; mind distortion is the literal language of psychosis; prisoner of one's own mind is also codeword;Of course, mental illness is the same as drugs. You can feel that you are normal for a while, but there is no guarantee that you will be normal in the future, and you will never be able to leave the shadow.

The 70s was a time when horror films were popular in the film industry, and this lyrics is the outline of such a story.The lonely person on the remote desert road, the beautiful woman holding a candle in front of the gate, the mysterious foreman in the bar, the demon dance in the backyard, the demon who intends to kill but can't kill, even if it ends, someone will always come behind to remind you that there is still an end to the sequel .All these make the lyrics have a ghostly feeling, and in horror movies, mental hospitals are more often the main background places.

Interpretation [-]: Alluding to the corrupt music industry
The 60s when "Hotel California" was born was a period of free creation in the American music industry. The popularity of rock music became a symbol of freedom and rebellious thoughts in the 60s.Drug addiction and promiscuity almost became the same degenerate road that every American rock musician walked in the 70s, and money and pleasure became the new image of rock music in the 70s.

The Eagles, who are also musicians, saw this fact, but could do nothing.Musicians have regarded this obsessive life as the norm in the music industry, and rock musicians are always surrounded by beautiful girls and corrupt lives.For doubts from the outside world, they always forgive themselves: "Relax, we are born to be easily seduced. The music industry has been unable to kill the demon of money. Even if some individuals can end it temporarily, they will never get rid of it."

Interpretation 70: American society in the [-]s

The 1969 Woodstock (woodstock) music festival is regarded as the peak gathering of rock and roll.And the "Hotel California" lyric "We haven't had that stuff here since 1969" suggests that after Woodstock, the spirit of rock and roll no longer exists.Those who think this song is a symbol of American society understand it this way: 1969 was the last year of the 60s, and there has been no spirit of freedom, peace, and equality since then.As soon as the United States entered the 70s, it encountered the Middle East oil crisis, the failure of the Vietnam War, and Nixon's Watergate incident.Just overnight, the spirit of the United States changed from struggling young people to vulgar and decadent middle-aged people.

Stanley Kubrick (Stanley Kubrick) once filmed a movie called "Eye wide open". Audiences who have watched this movie can find the lyrics related to this song in the content of this movie. Lots of similar plot content.It is also the same drug addiction and depravity, the same lewdness and sexual promiscuity, the same demon worship complex, and the same inescapable shadow.This movie is like a commentary on "Hotel California", telling about the unbearable state of American society.

"Such a lovely place

Such a lovely face

There's plenty of rooms at the Hotel California
Any time of year (any time of the year)
you can find it here (you can find a room here)

......"

Wang Yu and Chen Ziang were singing, as if they were singing about a past era.

Tonight's judges are no longer public judges, but more professional people.

Hearing this song, the musician fell silent.

Needless to say, the melody is mainly what it insinuates and wants to express. Isn’t it a problem faced by many Americans, especially those in the music industry?
(End of this chapter)