Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 392: Really unplugged! vocal amplifier

Hearing this question, several people glanced at the stage again. After confirming that there was no feedback sound, the Rolling Stones were dumbfounded.

This is not a small scene in a bar. In this indoor venue of several thousand square meters, there is a delay in the sound of musical instruments being transmitted through various equipment and then through the speakers. Without ear return, it would be a disaster!

At the same time, the ear loops also have a role to take the blame. Anyway, if a singer has a car accident on set, the blame will basically be placed on the ear loops. Some celebrities can't just clarify verbally, but also take photos and give them a beating.

Bian Lang remembers Sister Lang from a certain season of the original Earth. As the number one scapegoat, Erhui's appearance frequency directly exceeded single digits.

But for the band, it doesn't mean that they can't perform without feedback equipment.

After all, whether it is ear-return or monitor speakers, they are all products of later generations. Before this equipment was available, musicians and singers still had to perform.

At that time, singers either adjusted their stage position so that they could hear the accompaniment clearly, or plugged one ear with an earplug, which could achieve the same effect as in-ear feedback.

As for the band, if they have a good understanding of each other, they can complete the performance just by counting the beats and listening to the rhythm.

Originally, the Rolling Stones planned to play unplugged, without using electric guitars and electric basses, and using a mouth organ for the keyboard, so a few people were dumbfounded not because they were out of ideas, but because they thought this directorial team was outrageous!

At this point, several people no longer have any illusions about this directing team.

They all understood that the director team wanted to use these excuses that could be excused by negligence and accident, and forced the Rolling Stones to lip-sync step by step.

But how could the Rolling Stones get their wish!

Although I have been prepared for this, I still need to do a complete set for the show.

Immediately, Dayong held the drum stick in his hand, pointed at the staff and scolded: "I have never seen such an unprofessional team like you. They are about to go on stage in a while, so why don't you hurry up and find them? We all just said this While recording, if there is an accident during a performance, not only you, but also your director cannot bear the responsibility!"

As soon as Dayong finished speaking, the staff wanted to talk back, but as Huang Kai took out his mobile phone from his pocket and shook it, he had no choice but to give in and pretend to go find someone.

At this time, Bian Lang, who had won three consecutive awards in front of the stage, had already thanked everyone. He only listened to the host and said: "Then next, we will invite our best male rock singer Bian Lang to lead our best rock band. The Rolling Stones, why did they bring the best rock song of the year "Rock and Roll on the New Long March"!"

Hearing the title of the song, Bian Lang felt in his heart, while the other four people directly opened their mouths and cursed: "Hold the grass!"

A few people felt that no matter how stupid the directing team was, they were allowed to lip-sync "People without ideals are not sad" according to the original plan, but they never expected that they would directly change the repertoire!

If you encounter other people and change the track without any notice, without providing ear monitors or feedback speakers, then you will probably have to give in obediently.

After all, in most people's cognition, the scale in their hearts will tilt toward the side that is more beneficial to them.

Compared with having a falling out at the venue and offending the organizer and local leaders, even if lip-syncing is discovered, this is not a concert. After this moment of limelight, no one will mention it again.

What's more, for a band like the Rolling Stones, which has an excellent reputation to this day, as long as they don't reveal their flaws, no one will doubt it at all.

And with the skills of the Rolling Stones, they probably wouldn't make such a mistake!

Therefore, the director also thought clearly, so although he made it too ugly this time, as long as the result is good later and Yuncun provides some resources to compensate, the matter will be fine.

But they really misjudged the Rolling Stones' attitude towards lip-synching, and also greatly underestimated the skills of Bianlang and the Stones.

Just after the applause from the audience fell, only a few members of the Rolling Stones came on stage carrying instruments on their backs. After Dayong handed him Bianlang's Ovation six-string acoustic guitar, he handed him the loudspeaker hanging on his waist, and then walked towards the drum set.

After seeing clearly the instruments in the hands of the Bianlang people, the director panicked: "What do they want to do? Use electric pianos to perform this song like this? Isn't this obvious..."

Then he looked at the staff member who had just come to report to him, and then roared: "Why do you look at people and let them carry these useless instruments up there like this?"

The staff was also aggrieved and immediately repeated what they had just said to Rolling Stone with the director: "Huh? I'm not from the equipment team!"

Seeing the equipment in Rolling Stone's hands, especially the wooden bass in his hands, people in the traffic area started to talk about it:

"Can Huang Kai still play the guitar? Why doesn't the acoustic guitar in his hand have a round hole in the middle?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen it either. But the Rolling Stones are all great people, so it's not surprising at all to have such a strange instrument!"

"But, using these uncharged devices, doesn't that expose the secret?"

At this time, a fresh meat from Rolling Stone that he liked privately sighed and said: "The neck bones of Rolling Stone are different from ours. They would rather die standing than kneel down to beg for food!"

If Bian Lang hears this, he must pat this person on the shoulder and say one of Zhang Mazi's famous sayings: "I just want to stand and make money!"

At this time, in the studio rented by BJ TV, Liu Xiaokui and Wang Yunfei, who were waiting for the rehearsal, were chatting with Zhang Ting.

While they were chatting about participating in a variety show with Bian Lang, his assistant hurriedly ran over holding a mobile phone: "Brother Xiao Kui, something happened with Teacher Bian."

Among the three, Liu Xiaokui and Wang Yunfei have good relations with Bian Lang. Zhang Ting is now directly from the Rolling Stones. As soon as he heard that Bian Lang was in trouble, he immediately asked in unison: "What's the matter?"

"The host of the Yuncun Awards Ceremony asked to sing "Rock and Roll on the New Long March Road", and several teachers from the Rolling Stones came up with acoustic guitars."

Liu and Wang didn't understand what was wrong with this, but Zhang Ting, an old rocker, understood it as soon as he heard it: "The organizer forced him to lip-sync, and then the Rolling Stone brothers wanted to overturn the table!"

Upon hearing that it was such a cool thing, Liu Xiaokui took the assistant's cell phone and immediately called the other two people to come over and take a look.

And those rock people who had figured out what was going on and were waiting to see what the Rolling Stones were going to do, saw this scene and they all exclaimed:

"This is going to be a fight! Rolling Stone is awesome!"

"Well done, let these people who only care about money listen to what music is!"

"This is about playing unplugged. These Rolling Stones are real men!"

Listening to the cheers in the bar, Bian Lan, who didn't know what was going on, felt that everyone was cheering for the Rolling Stones, so he stood up and cheered.

At this time, the sound engineer was really panicking. Seeing that it was already the right time, he didn't dare to push up the original track, and of course he didn't dare to pull Bian Lang's microphone!

According to the original plan, if the Stones gave up on the spot, he would pull the mickey, and then the host would come to the rescue.

If the Stones were going behind a normal guy's back, he would play the original sound.

But now that the Rolling Stones have chosen the third path they were unprepared for, he doesn't know what to do.

At this moment, the director's voice came from the intercom: "Teacher, don't pull the mic, listen to what he has to say first. If the situation is not right, just pull the mic."

Now that he had a backbone, he was no longer so panicked. He dragged the walkie-talkie with one hand and put the monitoring earphone on his ear with the other hand, listening intently to Bian Lang's words.

Bian Lang's voice came clearly from the headphones: "I'm very happy today that our Rolling Stones can stand on this stage and perform for everyone.

Since we won the award for Best Rock Band, I think we, the Rolling Stones, should represent all of us Chinese rockers and express some of our thoughts as rockers. We didn’t speak much before, that’s because we didn’t speak well and sang well! "

Hearing this, there was applause and laughter from the audience.

At this time, the tuner felt that if he continued with the rhythm of these words, there would be no table-turning scenes.

Bian Lang pressed his hands down, and after the scene was quiet, he continued: "So, let's use this song "Please Don't Stop My Music" to talk about our thoughts with everyone!"

When he heard the title of the song, the director was stunned for a moment, then took out his phone and started looking up information about the song. When he saw the lyrics in Bian Lang Chao Hua's sand pit post, he felt his face began to hurt.

He immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and said to the tuner: "Teacher, please cooperate with us!"

Hearing the words "full cooperation", the tuner immediately became energetic, but when he thought about the instruments on the stage, except for the drum kit, he did not take over the audio track from the amplifier.

But looking at the four microphones on the stage, he finally understood what the Rolling Stones were trying to do: "This time it's really... unplugged!" Then he looked at the box containing the microphones next to him, and then looked at the box next to him. The staff member said: "Hurry up and send four more microphones to the teacher of the Rolling Stones! Look at the numbers on them and tell me which one of them uses which microphone number!"

On the stage at this time, Bian Lang was seen tying the loudspeaker to the microphone stand, and then glanced at the people behind him, and saw that they all adjusted the position of the microphone to the most comfortable position for recording the instrument. Bian Lang rushed to Dayong at the back and snapped his fingers.

After receiving the instruction to play Dayong, and just as he was about to start, he saw several staff members carrying new wheat racks.

So he waited for a while to ensure that everyone's instruments and mouths were equipped, and then he counted four numbers silently in his mind. Then he raised the drumstick and dropped it. After a series of added flowers, he said: "Dong dong." "Da...dah...dong dong da" Loop began to output steadily.

Then two guitars and one bass started to follow.

Rock fans who are accustomed to listening to electric guitars and electric pianos, now suddenly hear this primitive piano sound, as if they have a beautiful memory in their hearts that has not been remembered for a long time, awakened by this primitive piano sound.

These beautiful memories are like little beasts that were hibernating before, but are now awakened by this primitive sound. Now they are struggling to get up from their hibernating nests and prepare to clean up the sealed shack entrances. of ice and snow.

In the chat group of White Horse and Zilong, the four people who were discussing the burial of people in Yuncun have now turned the conversation to discussing the prelude to Unplugged:

"The sound of the electric piano is so nice! I thought the Rolling Stones were used to playing with electricity, but I didn't expect that their skills were still so good even after the electricity was unplugged!" As soon as Bai Dao said these words, Liu Ziyang He immediately added: "If I had known that something like this would happen, I should have gone along and kicked the tuner away, and I would tune the Stones myself!"

Ma Yuan went on to say: "I thought Rolling Stone came up to fight them to the death!"

"Lao Ma, you want to see Rolling Stone and Yun Cun fall out so that you have a chance to repair their relationship, right? Then I tell you, there is absolutely no chance for you."

If Pan Xiulong said this before, Ma Yuan could still hit him with a few words, but now that he has left the magic saucer, it is inappropriate to say this again.

So Ma Yuan put down his phone and listened carefully.

Looking at the CEO of Yuncun below the stage, he was covered in cold sweat and his eyes were stealing glances at the expressions of the leaders next to him from time to time.

Seeing the leader's excited look, he felt a little relieved.

Others cannot understand the difficulty of making this decision.

He was thinking about what he had said in advance, that the Rolling Stones would definitely leave. If the Stones left, then their awards ceremony tonight would become a joke.

So let's "cut it first and tell it later", and then use various resources to calm the anger of the Rolling Stones.

But he never expected that the Rolling Stones could be so serious about lip-syncing. And this way of handling it, there was no lip-synching, and it also saved their face. He didn't even know what words to use to describe it. In the end, it should be said that I would rather break than bend, or something else.

If he had known this, he should have believed in the strength of the Rolling Stones.

Now that he was doing this, he knew that if he didn't cut off the meat after coming down, he might not be able to get the new song Yuncun from the year after the Rolling Stones.

Looking at the Rolling Stones on the stage, even though they were unplugged, they had no intention of fooling around at all.

When playing the lead tone, the various techniques of bending, vibrato, and scratching are used in turn, and the effect is no worse than when playing the electric guitar. Huang Kai, who plays the wooden bass, is not sloppy at all!

As for Bian Lang, who was sweeping the rhythm, he looked like he was enjoying himself.

It wasn't until the prelude of more than 20 seconds was almost over that the sharp-eyed people at the scene noticed that several people were not wearing earphones:

"This, this can't be lip-syncing, right?"

"Uh, I didn't see the feedback speakers either. Really... Bah, how could the Rolling Stones lip-sync!"

Such remarks also appeared on the barrage in the live broadcast room, but as long as someone raises such a question, hundreds or thousands of times of firepower will immediately cover it:

"The Rolling Stones lip sync? Are you right? There was a video of this song that Bian Lang recorded himself. I have never even seen the Rolling Stones perform it live. Where can I find the sound source?"

"Even if there is, is it possible for the Rolling Stones to lip-sync? With the skills of these people, the stage is not big, so what if there is no ear loop?"

"If there was a handicap and I bought the Rolling Stones to lip-sync, I don't think I would have any hope of winning any money in my life!"

At this time, Bian Lang used his chest voice to take a breath, and deliberately pressed it at the bottom of his vocal cords, singing in a grainy alto: "Some people are happy, some are dancing, some are crying loudly... some are unhappy, some are unhappy Unwilling to be reconciled and unwilling to leave silently..."

As soon as these two lyrics came out, it can be said that they captured the mood of all the guests in the audience.

As long as they come here to get the prize, there will be no one who won't win.

They were naturally overjoyed after winning the award. The male and female groups danced on the stage. There was even a rapper who was so crazy that he dissed his fellow rappers on stage after winning the award!

On the surface, I haven't seen anyone crying so far, but it is estimated that when the popular wave of awards is held, those in the traffic area, whether they have won or just missed out on the award, will start to perform.

As for the words "Some are unhappy, some are unwilling, and some don't want to leave silently..." at least it touched the hearts of more than half of the people in the audience.

Not to mention that tonight is the occasion, but most of those people in the rock circle who are still persisting must be unwilling to leave quietly, so they persist until now.

If the scope is further expanded to include the entire entertainment industry, as long as those who have entered it and have not made a name for themselves, who is willing to leave quietly.

Including Bian Lang, he was very unhappy now.

However, the following lyrics seem to be enlightening these people who are unhappy, unwilling and silently leaving.

"This is just a game, it doesn't matter if you don't care! Even if it doesn't go your way, it will eventually pass..."

As soon as these words with profound meaning came out, the faces of those who had taken the position began to become ashamed.

Those who reacted quickly, thinking of the unusual unplugged performance of the Rolling Stones today, knew in their hearts that the Rolling Stones were attending an award ceremony in the inner circle!

Now Liu Yao finally understood. At this time, she was sitting in the first row and stood up directly. She made a metal gift with both hands from the rolling stones on the stage!

"Oh, the promise is not the promise I want...oh, the doubt is the doubt I don't want..."

As soon as these two sentences came out, everyone present in Yuncun lowered their heads one by one!

Faced with such a stable performance of the Rolling Stones, the director just wants to slap himself twice!

At this moment, Bian Lang turned on the loudspeaker switch and held it in front of the microphone with one hand.

Then there was a burst of electric noise, as if traveling back to the radio decades ago or the high-frequency sound coming from the loudspeaker at the entrance of the village reached everyone's ears:

"All the gorgeous clothes will fade away, but please don't stop my music! But please don't stop my music..."

This song is like a cry when hitting rock bottom, and it also sounds like the singer has been put on a mask or has his mouth covered.

It feels a little unreal, but you can still feel the emotion that the singer wants to express.

A bit like a request, but not humble at all, and more firm; a bit like a complaint, but not at all sad, and more sincere; a bit like a shout, but not at all angry, and actually a bit open-minded …

It felt like Bian Lang's singing through the loudspeaker had raised the score that was originally only 100 points to 150 points!

Coupled with his expression of singing with his eyes closed, the more emotional audience in the audience began to sniff.

Pan Jianhu, who was present at the scene, was not as happy as he was when he won the award just now. All he heard in Bian Lang's singing was sadness! And he also knows very well that this is the true background of this song.

If he were put in Bianlang's position, he probably wouldn't be too angry now. After all, after experiencing so much, he understood that anger would not solve the problem in this situation, but he would definitely feel very uncomfortable. !

For those of them who play rock music, as long as they are scolded at the scene if they play wrong, sing wrong, or go out of tune, they can only hold it in and continue to perform!

But when it comes to lip-synching, everyone will feel that this is a bottom line that cannot be crossed!

In the hearts of these rock people, this is not a matter of professional ethics at all, this is the most basic belief!

But now Bian Lang, the winner of three consecutive awards one moment, will be forced to lip-sync the next moment, who would not feel uncomfortable!

In this sadness, there is disappointment with the organizers, and even more disappointment with the entire music scene and the entire entertainment industry environment!

After thinking about this, Pan Jianhu suddenly felt that he also had a big responsibility for today's matter.

After Nanyin merged with the Rolling Stones, he had become accustomed to what Bianlang said. Therefore, when Bian Lang said it could be settled before, he could safely leave it to Bian Lang and the others.

But in fact, if it were in the past, after discovering that something was wrong, he would take the initiative to find someone to implement the situation...

"Pan Jianhu, you are not old yet! You can't do this again..."

Just when Pan Jianhu was reflecting on himself, Lili started playing solo on acoustic guitar.

The great special gift given by the photographer made many music fans who had never heard of solo acoustic guitar say that Lili was a real god!

Although there is no distortion, no overdrive, and no timbres such as fuzz, the most primitive sound of using a pick to tease the strings is like the most primitive tease of human desire.

It doesn’t have those, but it can make people’s hearts flutter the most!

After the 8-bar interlude, Hua Yan’s mouth organ also joined in, adding another level of three-dimensionality to the arrangement!

Seeing this, Pengcheng's leader whispered to the Yuncun CEO beside him: "The Rolling Stones put so much effort into their performance. I want to thank them personally when it's over!"

Hearing this, Yuncun CEO's cold sweat broke out again: "Leader, this is really a gift from you! If those people under you hadn't done things like this, they wouldn't have been able to force Bian Lang to use his big moves to ridicule. !”

Although he thought so in his heart, he didn't dare to say it with his mouth. I can only nod lightly in agreement...

The interlude ended, and Bian Lang, who was sweeping the rhythm, continued to sing: "Behind the sadness, the fickle excuses, let me hold your hand... The power to continue is always colliding, and the night is still around... You said This is just a game, it doesn’t matter if you don’t care! Even if it doesn’t go your way, it will eventually pass!”

As soon as the perspective of the lyrics is switched, the underlying tone of the song changes slightly.

If the previous verse was all negative, then we can see hope in this negative undertone now.

Bian Lang seemed to be telling those who were still immersed in emotions: "It doesn't matter, let me hold your hand... You are not facing this alone!"

When the chorus came and Bian Lang picked up the loudspeaker again, the other four members of the Rolling Stones put their mouths in front of the microphone and sang along softly: "But please don't stop my music, but please don't stop my music..." "

However, not only on the stage, at least one-third of the singers and guests in the audience started singing along.

Although there is no overwhelming momentum like the music festival scene, these are all professional singers. The chorus in this uncontrollable state has become the best vocal amplifier in the Rolling Stones scene!

It’s the kind with invincible reverberation and 360-degree stereo surround sound!

(End of this chapter)