Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 179: Forever young, always filled with tears (please subscribe, please vote)

Hearing the title of the song, the stall owner turned his head against the wall slightly and glanced at the stage with his peripheral vision. When he saw that it was the person who bought his poetry collection for 99 yuan last night and persuaded him to go to the doctor. , besides being surprised, the sadness in my heart also slightly subsided.

He was surprised last night. The movements of Bian Lang's fingers clearly meant that he was mentally ill.The reason why he didn't get angry and refute was that he knew that he was really sick, that he had bipolar disorder...

Zhang Ting also had an expression on his face that he had seen a ghost. The reason why he lost his composure when he heard the name Jack before was because his former teammate was named Lu Jieke. At that time, the pronunciation was different from that of foreign countries. It was fashionable to have a similar name, so everyone just called him Jack.

The famous street in the ancient city is a small circle created by nature, and the people in it are basically familiar with each other. So after hearing about Jack the Dog today, he could not help but think about the past again, but now Bian Lang Tan sang a new song called "Goodbye" "Jack", he couldn't think of any other adjective except that he felt like he had seen a ghost.

Playing it on an acoustic guitar like the Martin D45, although it doesn’t have the iconic dry sound of the electric guitar in the original song that’s as catchy as it sounds, the silver-plated strings with a capo on the 5th fret and the C key tone are also completely Doesn’t lose the effect of an electric guitar.

It may sound similar to the fans, but it is clear to the industry that after using a capo, the fingering has completely changed.

When Bian Lang played the part that sounded on the original earth, countless music fans would follow the HI, and some would even sing along: "唔唔唔, 唔唔唔唔..." After the prelude, those who took advantage of the opportunity to discuss Bian Lang's The person was immediately taken flying.

I couldn't help but want to stand up and jump a few times, but the September venue was originally small, and there were a lot of people today, so most people resisted the urge to release and waited for Bian Lang to sing and lead them to the spiritual world. Hi.

"It rains continuously across the ancient city, and Renmin Road puts me in a good mood..."

As soon as the first two sentences came out, all kinds of exclamations sounded in the mouths and hearts of the audience!
Lao Meng: "Is this improvisation? But the RIff of this guitar doesn't sound like improvisation..."

Zhang Ting: "Huh, that's interesting!"

Stall owner: "In a good mood?"

Drinker: "Nothing wrong!"

"Today is like a written game, waiting for a new stamp to be affixed..."

As soon as the second sentence comes out, others may not feel anything at all, but it is completely different with Dong You. Today, the two of them just stamped the little "game" full of rituals in love and sent it out, and they spent the evening together. I wrote a song about this.

If she had known about Bian Lang's inner evaluation of her talent during the day, she would have dug her toes through the attic floor this time.

Bian Lan sang with a smile on his lips: "I would rather have no peace in my heart and forget only the good things. The past is like the turmoil in my mind, and the stars are shining in my dreams..."

The stall owner had now transformed from a child into an adult. He stared blankly at the waves on the stage, feeling the turmoil and noise in his mind.

Zhang Ting was a little overwhelmed by these two lyrics. He thought he had calmed down a long time ago, and thought that only the good things were left in his memory, but occasionally he would wake up from his dreams...

"Let me be happy, let me be happy, don't let the doubts stay in my heart...let me be happy, let me be happy, don't let the questions stay in my heart..."

When the interlude sounded again, "Thum thump thump, thump thump thump thump..." and the piano player swayed in the waves, the immersive appreciation scene suddenly turned into a sea of ​​joy.

Whistles and cheers began to fill the dark atmosphere mixed with tobacco and alcohol.

Dong You took a sip of the Cosmopolitan in the martini glass. When she felt the fruity fragrance, she felt the joy of the rhythm driving her heartbeat. She liked this feeling very much. She liked Bian Lang's hidden words in this song. , a little romance that only the two of them can understand.

I don’t know which band’s drummer was there because his hands were itchy and he was going to follow along with the tambourine.

But when his companion saw him, he immediately grabbed him: "Brother, please don't look at people playing casually, but this is really not impromptu, please don't make trouble. The tambourine is added with flowers and backbeat, and it has to be 32 cents... "

Zhang Ting is the one with the most technical say among everyone. He shares the same view as most musicians. The RIff of this piece is definitely not improvisational. Even in terms of motivation, it is not the kind of thing that can be played casually. The motive for coming.

But he was really not sure whether Bian Lang had written this word today...

After the interlude explanation, Bian Lang sang the main song again, and then continued to bring joy to the audience: "Let me be happy, let me be happy, don't let doubts stay in my heart...let me be happy, let me Be happy and don't let doubts linger in your heart..."

"Goodbye Jack, goodbye my Kerouac..."

At this point in the song, the stall owner's eyes, which had been dull all the time, finally regained some sparkle. His eyes were filled with reluctance, nostalgia, and gratitude to Bian Lang.Zhang Ting suddenly shuddered. There is probably no group in China that understands the meaning of "Goodbye my Kerouac!" better than rock people.

Jack Kerouac, as the representative writer of the "Beat Generation", was regarded as an idol by the insect group on the original earth.The same work, even though it is set in different time and space, ultimately has the deepest impact on the same group of people.

In the eyes of some people, the Kerouacs of the "Beat Generation" were decadent and decadent. They drank heavily, indulged in lust, were deviant, and challenged traditional values.

In the eyes of young people, Kerouac has become a spiritual leader. "On the Road" is regarded as the "Bible", allowing countless young and confused hearts to find guidance.Only young people can understand each other.

Are they really "beaten"?They just don’t want to accept the values ​​forced upon them by reality. They just want to go out into the world and find beliefs that can support them.But the "adults" can't listen to this. They only see the way young people "do not do their jobs properly".

Isn't this Kerouac, who is "not doing his job properly," the inherent impression that "adults" have of rock people under traditional values?
Rather than a fixed impression, it is better to say that rock people have always had the shadow of Kerouac.

They rebel against mediocrity, they fight against loneliness, they are restless, and their hearts are burning.They are incompatible with the harmonious world. They stubbornly fight against life and try to carve out their own way.

And is this "Goodbye Kerouac!" a farewell?
Zhang Ting doesn't think so. He thinks Bian Lang's words are ironic. If it was really a complete farewell, there would be no song like today.

Bianlang sang like a repeater: "Goodbye Jack, goodbye my Kerouac..."

All the musicians in the bar who understood it were roaring along!

Yes, it's roaring!

Because they felt that only roaring could express the strong resonance in their hearts at this time.

Perhaps what some of them are thinking of is what Jack Kerouac said: "I will fight with life for a few more years. Either I will be destroyed, or I will be destined to achieve glory. If one day, you find me in the face of mediocrity. Lower your head and please shoot me.”

Or recall the sentence in the book: "We must go, and we will never stop until we arrive."

The wine glass in Lao Tan's hand was tilted downward, letting the wine drip onto the wooden floor of the attic. He clearly remembered that he bought the book "On the Road" in the wheat field, and later bought a new copy for Bian Lang.

The two probably haven't had any communication on this issue since then, but now he seems to understand why Bianlang was so aloof in the past few years.

Probably for the beautiful bloom from now on!

Otherwise, if he, Lao Tan, spends his whole day in drunkenness, dreaming, and greetings, even if he spends his whole life soaking in a jar of water of life, he feels that he will not be able to write the song "Goodbye Jack"!
Dong Youbian has never read this book, and he doesn’t know who Kerouac is, but judging from the state of the musicians at the scene, it must be a collective memory of rock people, and it seems to be quite amazing. kind.

Seeing Old Tan spilling wine on the floor, Dong You gave a kind reminder, and then asked curiously: "Old Tan, who is this Jack Kerouac?"

Lao Tan did not answer her directly. Instead, under Bian Lang's repeater-like singing, he pointed to the banner hanging on the stage and said, "That's the person who wrote that sentence!"

Dong You looked over and then read out: "O ever youthful, O ever weeping... forever young, always filled with tears..."

Bian Lang, who was stuck in repeater mode, sang and his thoughts returned to the memory of the original earth.

He remembers that one year in New Pants, the band was in poor shape, a mid-life crisis hit, and family chores made musical inspiration elusive and hard to find.

Peng Lei once had an inspiration. When he started playing, his daughter pulled out the effector and hit her head with a big blow. He hurriedly sent his daughter to the hospital, and the fleeting inspiration disappeared. In anxiety on the way to the hospital.

Pang Kuan's wife threw away all the hundreds of music tapes he collected just to make room for their child's crib.In their words, the situation was particularly bad.

But in the end, did they forget about rock music?Fallen?Fallen?Gone with the wind?
No!None of them fell down or left. The song "Life is Hot Because of You" was written in that state.

After singing the last line: "Goodbye Jack, goodbye my Kerouac...", Bian Lang directly pressed the strings with his palms and stopped letting them vibrate and make sound.

During everyone's brief silence and waiting, Bian Lang said into the microphone: "Forget Jack, both us rockers and ordinary people born in the 80s, 90s, and 00s were once regarded as the beat generation. . But when we grow up and become the backbone of today’s society, no one will put such a label on our heads anymore!
Therefore, we will only grow up and never get old. People on the road will always be young and always have tears in their eyes! "

(End of this chapter)