Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 523 The Big Rolling Stone Project and "Hometown"

When they heard the title of this song, those musicians who rarely looked at their music library were a little confused. They couldn't tell whether this was a completely new song or a song waiting to be released in the music library.

Those who are familiar with it of course know this song. This song was uploaded by Bian Lang at the same time as "Blue Lotus" when he was deciding the track list for Di Li's "Between Fingers".

No one paid much attention to it at first, until "Blue Lotus" became popular on Bilibili and the Rolling Stones' New Year's Eve concert. Dili studied the songs uploaded before and after and found that the styles of the lyrics and music were exactly the same. He then began to figure out the guitar arrangement of "Perfect Life" on his own.

After about a week of hard work, he went to compete with Bian Lang, and as expected, he was crushed by the original version of Bian Lang.

According to him, although the solo created by Bian Lang is not as complicated as his, he can hear a memory of youth in it.

This idea of ​​"di Li" actually has no theoretical basis to support it. It is all subjective conjecture of each person, or the picture formed in the mind when listening to the song.

For many Chinese people born in the 70s, 80s, and 90s on Earth, as long as they hear the song “thump thump thump… thump… thump thump… thump…” together, they basically know what the song is and what to do.

I remember when Wu Bai first started to be a conductor, people in the circle were talking about who in mainland China could be as good as Wu Bai, and Xu Shao Nian was the champion of internal voting in the circle.

Moreover, the names of their bands are very similar. Wu Bai's is called China Blue, and Xu Shaonian's is the famous Blue Band.

The Blue Team is so great that Xu Wei even directly calls them musicians. Of course, everyone in the Blue Team deserves the title of musician.

The four guitars belong to Xu Shaonian himself, Li Yanliang, Jin Song and Liu Tong.

From a technical perspective, the captain, a top figure among China's current guitarists, is a benchmark.

Although some people joked that he was a public musician, the fact that he was the main player in Overload and Blue Band was enough to show his importance. According to Xu Shao Nian himself, since 95, the captain has never missed any of his concerts.

The two of them shared a house when they were the poorest, and the name Xu Shaonian was given to him by the captain.

Jin Song used to only compose film scores. It is said that he was abducted. In the prelude of "City in the Sunset", the part he played with the slide sounded like he had become an immortal.

Liu Tong is also a technical expert and is often invited by many big names in the circle to compose music.

Bian Lang had listened to their live performance before. The four guitars played different things. Xu Shaonian was still playing the rhythm guitar, and he got full marks in stirring emotions.

The captain played the lead vocals, mainly responsible for the solos in the interlude and the ending; Jin Song played the split electric guitar, mainly responsible for the split chords. Liu Tong played the acoustic electric guitar, also playing the split chords, but in different parts.

If they want to achieve the configuration of the Blue Band, the Rolling Stones only need to add one more guitarist. After already having two metal warrior-level guitarists, Di Li and Strauss, if they want to add Nian Lang, they want to find one according to Jin Song's standards.

Find someone who plays blues, country and jazz really well, and the Rolling Stones would have it all covered.

No matter what song Bian Lang comes up with, the Rolling Stones can catch it and play it well!

The two keyboardists used to be Bei Bei and Zang Hongfei, but now they are Qi Qi and Zhang Yu on tour. Lao Zhang is also Xie Tianxiao's keyboardist and music director.

As a talented keyboard player, Beibei could basically play any song after just one listen. And at that time, they were a husband-and-wife team in the Blue Group, and his wife Dou Ying was Dou Xian's biological sister.

There are two keyboards. Beibei in the front and Qiqi in the back are usually responsible for simulating the timbre of other instruments in the prelude, interlude and coda. They are very good at playing trumpet, flute and other orchestral instruments. Zhang Yu's keyboard is responsible for breaking down chords.

The current Hua Yan of Rolling Stone is a talented player like Bei Bei. She is definitely enough for them. If they want to add more, they can only bring in Brother Hu, the veteran.

Of the two drummers, Sheng Xiongxuan was the one pulled back from the brink of retirement by the Captain. Later, he not only became a regular member of the Blue Group, but also a drummer shared by several bands.

The other drummer seemed to be Long Jianghao before Bian Lang crossed over. He had worked with Liu Huan, Li Quan and others.

But before him, the drummer for this position on tour was not fixed. Bian Lang remembered that one year when Xu Shao Nian was on tour, the first 10 shows were from the top in the United States, and the last one was Jeff with a goatee, who was a legendary drummer in Scotland and even Europe!

This guy's achievements are a bit scary. He has participated in the recording of 50 champion records in Europe.

The performance that Bian Lang watched by Jeff was purely on the drum set, while Xiao Sheng used electric drums and percussion instruments to fill in multiple timbres.

For example, in "Perfect Life", Xiao Sheng was waving his hands and carrying things in front.

At the end of the song, when the two drummers played the fill together, Bian Lang couldn't help but swear when he watched the video playback later: "This coordination is so fucking smooth!"

It is very easy for the Rolling Stones to achieve this achievement now. In Bian Lang's opinion, Kong Liang's skills are not much different from Jeff's. The difference may be the understanding of music and the environment. After all, Jeff listened to "Let It Be" at the age of 10 and started practicing drums.

And the insect swarm of the Blue Water Planet is still waiting for Bian Lang to form it himself!
However, if Kong Liang could listen to Chongtuan’s album at the age of over 40 and then be completely enlightened, his future achievements would definitely be better than Jeff!

As for Dayong, Bian Lang's opinion of him is that he has not yet seen where his ceiling is! It should be that during the time when he was a public drummer, he was exposed to too many bands and styles, and his basic skills can be said to be several times better than those of other drummers of the same period.

Now that he has met Bian Lang who has traveled through time and space, and has come into contact with these classics from the original Earth, he has begun to rush towards becoming a master.

Chen Yue, a folk musician, is responsible for the performance of flute and Xiao. She has been working with the Blue Band since the recording of "Out of Print Youth". Why do we call him teacher? It's not the kind of thing where we don't know how to address him, and then we just call him teacher to show respect.

That’s because he is the youngest professor at Album of Music!
As for folk musicians, Lao Wu can be used for internal recordings, and the chief musician Tang Qiao is basically available on call outside.

As for the bassist Zhang Sailong, it is rumored in the circle that this guy used to play rhythm and blues with Lao Hei, so his damn sense of rhythm and groove is really amazing.

Just like Mr.WooHoo, drummer Boodhoo Yan and bassist GRENADE Lei in the first season of Original Earth Summer of Music, the rhythm section formed by them is the most powerful and dynamic among the 31 bands I heard live. As a result, they finally became the "public enemy" of the first season of Summer of Music!
Brother Kaizi can't compare with Laohei in terms of rhythm, but as long as he has enough innate conditions and has the music library of Bian Lang, he can definitely become the number one in Asia!
As for the blue group's chorus, the four behind are Zhao Chen, Zeng Rong, Liu Fang and Song Hao. The one standing in the front is Dou Xian's sister, Dou Ying!
If the Rolling Stones really start a tour, they will have to look for them carefully. Like the variety show "Peach Blossom Spring", when Guo Sichu and Dong Youbian sang the chorus, they would be drowned by the spit of fans.

This was part of the Big Rolling Stones band plan that Bian Lang later made for himself according to the configuration of the Blue Band.

Although the Rolling Stones are not yet at the level of having musicians per capita, Bian Lang hopes to spend a few years polishing them so that the final Rolling Stones can become

If after the Rolling Stones Music School is built, they take advantage of their own faculty and student resources to set up a small symphony orchestra, folk music band and choir, and then the Rolling Stones go on tour, it will be truly the best in the country!
Let’s get back to the song itself. The reason why Xu Shaonian was able to write this hit song was that a lot of the inspiration came from his experiences before he suffered from depression.

When he was about 18 or 19 years old, he began to travel around the country to perform and make money. In order to stick to his musical dream and to "fly" the band, Xu Shao Nian even gave up the place in the sports special recruitment of the Fourth Medical University.

But later, with the disbandment of the band, the young Xu who sang "Kuafu" could no longer be found, and was replaced by "Blue Bird" and "Two Days".

It was these two songs that allowed him to gain a firm foothold in BJ's music circle and become a musician of the same level as Zheng Jun and Zhang Chu at the time.

Later he wrote "Persistence", which became a big hit all over the country!
Then there was "My Autumn", a song that was filled with despair to the core, yet full of strength and hope.

Just like Xu Shaonian himself said, he basically writes whatever he thinks of, so he wrote from the age of eighteen or nineteen to his thirties, and this song "Perfect Life" was included in his third album.

At that time, many people who had not listened to Xu Shao Nian’s songs before classified the album "Time, Stroll" as folk style, but who could have thought that a year later this album won the Best Rock Album on the Music Billboard, and the song "Gift" in it won the Best Rock Song and one of the Top Ten Golden Songs of the Year!
Bian Lang remembers that a music critic commented on the song "Perfect Life" in this way, so I'd like to say it out loud today, just as a simple explanation to those who listen to this song as a new song!
"Each of us has our own passionate moments when we were young. At that time, we were fearless and set out on the road with our dreams, just for the ideal world in our hearts. Years later, we may have achieved some success or give up with pain, but we have left precious and unforgettable memories in our youth.

Time always opens a door for us and closes a window for us, but no matter what, this is the youth that life has given us that cannot be replicated. No matter whether it is sad or happy, this is the "perfect life" that we can never repeat. "

After hearing what Bian Lang said, the audience burst into applause and cheers.

When people are framed in these words, such as youth and dreams, they will be moved or will move themselves, let alone rock musicians. Even if they are just ordinary literary youths, once they are framed in these words, they will be moved.

What’s more, these rock musicians devoted their entire youth to rock and then left the scene in loneliness.

After all the Rolling Stones members came on stage, they first gathered together and said a few words, then several people nodded, and then returned to their respective seats to start tuning their instruments.

Then Bian Lang summoned Kong Liang through the microphone.

Kong Liang was excited as it was his first live performance in public after signing with the Rolling Stones.

Whether it was percussion or drums, being able to perform new songs with the Rolling Stones right after arriving was a privilege not afforded to other drummers under the Rolling Stones. After quickly checking the beat with Dayong, Kong Liang took the percussionist's position.

At this time, the setting sun had already completely fallen behind the opposite mountain, but the red clouds in the sky had "burned" the sky and the lake into a scorching heat.

I don't know which family member was mesmerized by the beautiful scenery when he looked back, and he said unconsciously: "It's so beautiful!"

Then many people turned around to look, and some took out their mobile phones to start recording videos or taking photos.

Some of them even raised their wine glasses to take photos with the beautiful scenery.

But there was a small problem on the main control side of the stage. There was no sound from Hua Yan's keyboard, and the sound of Liu Ziyang and Olaf communicating was still heard in the earphones of several people.

The musicians in the audience who were full of expectations were suddenly embarrassed. They didn't want to make a fuss, nor did they want to stop their family members' behavior.

If it were a regular performance, this would have been considered a performance accident.

The show was delayed in starting, and the wine, food and beautiful scenery below the stage completely drew away the audience. If they were a more sensitive person, they might have just smashed their guitar and walked out without continuing the show.

But at this moment, Bian Lang, who was facing the sunset, was just like those people taking pictures, and was immersed in the emotion of the natural beauty of Fuxian Lake.

He remembered that on the original Earth, his real hometown, he had watched the sunset and the afterglow many times among the various famous mountains and rivers in Yunnan Province.

It’s just that the people around me back then have all changed now, not even one is the same.

The only things that still accompany him are the music from the original Earth in his mind.

Every time he brought these works from the original Earth to Water Blue Planet and sang them here, his sense of belonging to this world would increase.
As for his real homeland, the original Earth, probably only these works can keep him missing it for a long time and prevent him from forgetting it.

At this time, a new verse emerged in Bian Lang's mind, also from Xu Shao Nian...

Then Bian Lang instinctively pressed a D chord with his left hand, and began to sing before his right hand began to strum the strings: "The setting sun in the sky once again reflects on my face, and once again reflects my uneasy heart. What kind of place is this that is still so desolate, and the endless journey is so long..."

As soon as this song came out, all the Rolling Stone members on the stage were stunned.

Dayong wanted to follow suit, but he was hesitant to put down his drumsticks: "Bian Lang has jumped to another station, right? What song is this?"

Huang Kai: "Is this "Perfect Life"? Did I remember the lyrics wrong?"

Di Li: "This is definitely not "Perfect Life"! I know that song well, this is definitely a new song written by Bian Lang!"

(End of this chapter)