Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 633 A Gift from God!
If these lyrics were spoken under normal circumstances, they would undoubtedly be regarded as those of a weak person or a loser, self-pitying and incompetent complaints in the eyes of those so-called successful people who have been brainwashed by chicken blood.

But at the music festival, when it was sung in the form of rock music, no one felt that this expression was offensive, even if they were in this state!

Just like what Maupassant wrote in "A Life": "Sometimes, I may be so fragile that I burst into tears at a single word, and sometimes, I find myself gritting my teeth and walking a long way."

A half-hearted life should be the real life state of many ordinary people. My poor self and painful life are just the result of every choice we make, so although sometimes I will cry and indulge in pain, in the end, most of the principles will always be on the road and will always keep recovering.

This may be the reason why rock music is not liked by the mainstream to some extent, because the truth analyzed in the lyrics is too real and cruel, and the key is that it often does not use inspirational words to encourage you to move forward.

Instead, it reveals to you a blind spot that is usually easily overlooked by yourself but has always existed.

Finally, after you reflect on yourself, you will find: "I don't want to live in a muddle-headed way like this. I must work hard to jump out of this circle that I don't like. I must work hard, I must work hard, I must work hard with my life."

A snare drum beat brought the previous section to an end.

The melody after the interlude did not continue to rise in a more exciting and explosive direction as everyone expected. Instead, it became relatively quiet after the fine snare drum.

In addition to the bass still steadily controlling the rhythm, the lead guitar melody begins to continue to find an outlet in the ethereal world.

The rhythmic guitar sounds that pop up from time to time and the snare drums that are so broken that you can't tell when they will appear or when they will be empty, but are always within the framework of the song, make the audience feel a little confused but at the same time feel that this arrangement is very advanced.

Compared to the abstract feelings of music fans, the feelings of those professionals in the circle are much more concrete.

The drummer at the foot of Lion Rock was enjoying the performance while muttering to himself: "This is impossible! How could such a broken loop be pre-programmed? It must be improvised on the spot." But at the bottom of this inner monologue, there was another voice saying: "This can't be improvisation. This is the Rolling Stones Music Festival, not a live performance in a small bar. What's more, this is the work of Bian Lang!"

Among the musicians playing on the stage, Kong Liang and Ouyang felt no less than the musicians below the stage.

When Kong Liang got the drum score, he almost wanted to find Bian Lang to ask him if he had got the wrong score without thinking about it carefully.

But after playing it patiently once, his competitive spirit came up: "Fuck, Bian Lang is a pervert. Only a half-baked drummer like him can write such a life-threatening score! I don't think he can keep his balance with this score!"

In fact, his guess was correct. Bian Lang certainly could not stay stable. It was just that he had studied this unusual drum sheet in his original Earth. After he met this band, he heard from his friends in the circle that this band originally wanted to make pure instrumental music, but in the end they were forced to start writing lyrics.

Therefore, it is impossible for a normal musician to understand Kong Liang’s triplet of drums at the beginning of the chorus of this song!

As for Ouyang, although Bian Lang never mentioned him again after mentioning him once, now he himself wants to stay.

Stability is one factor, and being able to get in touch with better repertoires at the first time is another factor. The key is the scale of the bands under Rolling Stone Music. As long as he is willing, he can still continue to be his special forces soldier.

At this time, Bian Lang in the audience was extremely satisfied with the part that the band had already completed.

Whether it was Goat's singing or the cooperation of other musicians, it completely matched his imagination of the live version of this song.

If he could hold on for a few more months on Earth, and report to Aquamarine after Summer in the Band, he would be able to proudly say, "Look, Constantine's live performance is not as stable as ours."

What he didn’t know was that Constant’s rhythm in singing on the stage of Summer of Music 3 was unstable.

The most obvious one is that the triplet of the pre-chorus "can only go forward, can't retreat, can't bear it, can't let it go" is not accurate, and the drums even have a 332 feel. Some musicians even discussed for a while whether this section is 333 or 332. As a result, the emotions are not pushed forward, and the contrast of the chorus later is not pulled apart.

It is obvious that Kong Liang, a veteran drummer who has put all his decades of hard work into drumming, has presented this nightmare-like loop for a novice with a relatively perfect effect.

The transition between the rhythm and the next verse was very smooth, and the performance was almost completed with the same routine as the previous verse. Only after the pre-chorus did everyone burst into chorus at the same time: "Our half-hearted life does not have a future that is as favored as yours... How can we live our half-hearted life... How can we live..."

"Yeah, how can I get through?" Bian Lang muttered to himself, putting himself in the pre-Le Xia rock market. Under the strange gazes of Guo Sichu and An Feng, he climbed up the isolation fence again.

The cameraman on the jib was quite cooperative and moved the camera over again, watching him and the musicians on the stage start to sing at the top of their lungs: "We are half-hearted in our lives, and don't have a future that is as blessed as yours... How can we live our half-hearted lives, how can we live..."

In the following lyrics, behind the lead voice of Goat, there is a chorus that uses up almost all of his strength, singing the lyrics with a heart-wrenching despair on the verge of breaking his voice.

This person is Ouyang!

During the rehearsal, he actually didn't feel the same way as he does now. He just felt that the lyrics didn't have too many specific events and images as an introduction, and the emotional expression constructed by the abstract nouns at the end made it difficult for him to resonate strongly.

But at the scene today, after looking at those in the audience who were either excited or dazed, and also at Bian Lang who was roaring along with them, he suddenly felt that he could understand that feeling.

Although this song is not like the previous song "People Without Ideals Will Not Be Sad", it does not introduce very specific personal experience images and narratives at the beginning.

"Record store", "last day" and "fragments" are all specific personal experiences. Although the audience may not have the same experience, similar emotions can be quickly substituted. Because of the personal experience, the abstract words used later, "but all the dreams you once had have become blurred and invisible", have a foothold.

Finally, the golden sentence is distilled: "Uncultured people are not sad"!
Although this sentence has been used in a similar way by predecessors, such as Su Shi's "I only hope that my child is stupid and rude, and can become an official without any disaster or trouble", New Pants was able to touch people's hearts by distilling it from personal experience. He felt that this was why Bian Lang deserved to become popular.

But "We live a half-hearted life, and don't have a future that is as blessed as yours..." This is similar to the middle-aged people complaining about themselves, "I have elderly parents and young children to take care of, and it's hard to find a job at the age of 35", which will resonate with people.

It just so happens that he has reached this awkward age. In the past year, many young people have picked up guitars because of listening to Bian Lang's rock music. And many musicians who had previously faded into obscurity have also picked up their guitars again.

The passion, energy and creativity of the former are incomparable to him. It is foreseeable that if he still stands still, then he will sooner or later be eliminated by this group of people without a fixed team.

As for the latter, he might be able to return to the band as soon as he comes out and take away his job...

Therefore, his last roar might have been a shock wave that helped him break through the shackles of his mind!

Bian Lang didn’t know what the scene would be like when this song was sung at the “Summer of the Band 3” concert on the original Earth, but at this moment at the Rolling Stone Music Festival, when the climax of the chorus came out, he raised his right hand high and gave a metal salute.

The two guitars on the stage stopped playing almost at the same time, and the left hands pinched the necks and raised them high above the head, as if responding to Bian Lang in the audience!
At the same time, all other musicians on the stage stopped playing.

At the moment when all the instruments stopped, Su Kan and Mu Mian took over the lead vocal baton from the goat and sang like a church choir praying to God: "The lost soul, move quietly!"

From the beginning, the director had been cutting the shots of Bian Lang to the big screen on the right side of the stage.

So in the eyes of music fans, this scene just now, like the action of Bian Lang raising his hand, also became a part of the performance.

The metal salute he made with his hand was later dubbed "God's Salute" by music fans online.

This live version has also become a classic that will never be surpassed in the hearts of the fans of Water Blue Star.

The soul-cleansing "divine sound" of Kapok and Sukan continues: "O patient soul! Move in silence!"

Feeling the shock from the bottom of his heart, Xie Xinyan calmly opened his mouth and cursed: "Bian Lang, why didn't you tell me that New Pants needed to change the lead singer? I can do it!"

Although these words were said in front of several musicians at the foot of Lion Rock, none of them felt uncomfortable. After all, the former lead singer of this band was Bian Lang. Even if he was not as good as the Rolling Stones, he still had Bian Lang's bloodline.

But the original Earth Penicillin was called a small oasis, a title that is hard to tell whether it is a compliment or an insult.

At this moment, after the sound of drums and cymbals, all the musicians on the stage were resurrected at the same time, with their health bars stretched to the limit or almost bursting, and they ignited the scene again.

"Lost soul, move quietly!"

"O patient soul, move in silence!"

At the same time, after singing the last two lines of lyrics, Yang Yang, who was still sweeping the rhythm, took two steps back, allowing Ouyang, whose left hand had already reached the 16th fret, to move to the C position on the stage.

The distorted vibrato suddenly became like waves of sword energy, slashing through the strings in Ouyang's hand and into the lonely night sky.

However, the endless darkness in the night sky seemed to devour the sword energy. No matter how many moves Ouyang made, he could resolve them one by one.

But even though it was futile, Ouyang, with his feet on the ground and his body looking up to the sky, continued to pluck the strings tirelessly, as if to tell the sky: "I will continue bravely in my own way!"

The emotions had reached their peak, and at this moment, without any warning, they fell back into the sea of ​​music fans.

However, he did not retract the metal salute held high in his right hand, like a beacon floating in the crowd, giving everyone in it some guidance about courage and persistence!
The continuously distorted electric guitar sound surged with the waves of music fans, transmitting Bianlang back and forth in the front row of the stage. The pairs of hands facing Bianlang were like water molecules on the crest of the wave. Driven by the "ocean current" of the electric guitar sound, one wave higher than the other was about to push Bianlang to the top of the wave!

As Ouyang played a glissando from the 17th to the 21st fret and then returned to the 1st and 3rd frets, the song's coda finally ended with a tremolo that left people wanting more.

At this moment, the countdown on the big screen that started from 06:11:00 finally returned to zero.

At the moment when the last electronic number returned to zero, the negative film that had been flashing frame by frame on the background also shattered like cracks, and then the title of the song "Can Good Things Happen to Me" appeared on the screen from top to bottom!
The fans who were confused or bewildered before now suddenly realized what was going on and complained: "Damn!"

The role of this song title is even more prominent than the finishing touch! It further sublimates the sad and burning temperament of this song.

And it is because of this performance that "Can Good Things Happen to Me", "People Without Ideals Don't Get Sad" and "The Train Goes Beyond the Clouds, Dreams Rest in the Sky" are collectively known as Bian Lang's three sad and passionate divine songs by his fans!

The goat on the stage was like a salted fish that had been drained of most of its strength. It dragged its sweaty body and spoke in a confused voice, "Hello everyone, I am... I am the new lead singer of the New Pants Band. I hope... I hope everyone will like this old pair of new pants of mine!"

Although Shanyang's performance is completely different from Bian Lang's and there are not many points that can be used for comparison, but at this moment, the song he just sang has undoubtedly won the recognition of music fans!

"Okay! Hold on, goat!"

“Support the GOAT, start the tour now!”

Amid the endless support, the goat wiped the sweat from his face, turned around and nodded to his friends, then played "Life is Hot Because of You"!
At this time, Bian Lang had been safely sent back to the isolation zone at the front by the fans. Looking at the current state of the goat, Bian Lang said to Dayong beside him: "I think they can start the tour!"

Unexpectedly, Dayong responded with a disparaging remark: "Lang, New Pants are on tour, where are we, the Rolling Stones?"

(End of this chapter)