Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 320 Capture the band's cover live (please subscribe and vote for the two-in-one chapter)

Of course, Bian Lang wouldn't rush to George to expose himself. He also wanted to take a good look at the Rolling Stones' first overseas cover performance.

After George finished a series of opening remarks, five tall, thin and freckled little guys with long legs came on stage and started debugging the equipment.

Although Guoli's prediction was not completely correct, it was at least a good match. According to Bian Lang's visual inspection, the drummer of the band was of Chinese descent.

While the four of them were still tuning, some people already stood up and left the table and rushed to the dance floor.

When we arrived at the scene, Bian Lang was also the type to have fun. He put on the hood of his hoodie, took a sip of the pale ale in the cup, and let the aroma of hops fill his mouth, before heading towards the dance floor. Go to the front.

The history of the Thevault of Heaven club is older than the original owner. George, who is 40 years old this year, is the second owner of the club and took over the management rights of the club from his uncle about 10 years ago.

In addition to changing the original black Bauhaus-style facade into the current disguise of a jewelry store, George has completely preserved a series of original features of the club, including its business purpose.

Among them, the one that attracts the most drinkers is the never-ending rock and roll live.

The term London rock mecca may be a bit heavy-handed for Thevault of Heaven, but there are actually quite a few big-name bands that have come out of here.

Among them, Hatter met here and formed a team to compete in the European rock music scene.

Therefore, George has quite a wide network of contacts in the industry. His relationship with DGM is probably similar to that of Rolling Stone’s campus agent, but George is the most powerful one among them. Therefore, when he said that he could go to DGM to invite the Rolling Stones to perform, he was really not at all unsure.

If the Rolling Stones were still being circulated among a small group of people in London before Hatter's performance, then after last night, the heated discussion that started in North London has swept through the entire circle of rock fans and fans in London. .

The stunning talent of "Dream Back to the Tang Dynasty" and the profound touching of "The Angel" have caused almost the entire London rock fan community to discuss this rock band from China and their music.

Except for Arsenal fans, Tottenham fans did not say sour grapes. They just spread the words that Arsenal was not worthy of the song "The Angel" to the ears of every Tottenham fan.

Therefore, the band Carmen, who will perform tonight, spent the whole day arranging "The Angel" and prepared to perform it tonight.

Looking at the five tall and thin young people on the stage, Bian Lang thought of the original purpose of coming to Oxford Street this time, which was to find the place where the original Rolling Stones made their fortune.

On July 1962, 7, on the original Earth, the Rolling Stones performed for the first time at the Marquee Club in London. Later, they determined the band's early fixed lineup of the same five people: Mick Jagger, Casey Richards, Brian... Jones, keyboardist Ian Stewart and drummer Charlie Watts.

At that time, they were also covering other people's songs. As for whose song they were covering, Bian Lang naturally didn't know.

Moreover, the Rolling Stones also became famous through covers in their early days. The band released their first cover of Chuck Berry's single "Come On", and their cover of Buddy Holly's single "Not Fade Away" eventually set a record and won the third place on the British Chart. At the same time, "Not Fade Away" also became the band's first single to chart in the United States, ranking 48th on the US chart.

Of course, they also covered the single "IWanna Be Your Man" by their "lifelong enemy" The Beatles, and successfully entered the top 20 of the British chart.

It seems to be a coincidence that the Rolling Stones from the original Earth were able to successfully enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Their relationship with the Beatles is not just as simple as covering a song in the early stage.

At that time, the world was dominated by the Beatles. This rock band originated in Liverpool and began to lead a "British invasion" of the mainstream music market in the United States after taking control of the local market. When the whole of Europe was going crazy for this group of gentle young people, Oldham, the first generation manager of the Rolling Stones, sensitively found their own position for the Rolling Stones: disheveled, careless, sharp-tongued, with all the joy, anger, sorrow and happiness on the surface. Cover up, in short everything has to go against the popular Beatles.

If the Beatles were the tender vision of the working class, the Stones were the rough voice of the middle class.

It was all these connections that led to the Rolling Stones refusing to appear at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics in 2012, allowing the remaining Beatles to create the classic song "Hey Jude" by countless fans at the closing ceremony of the Olympics. scene.

"What two great bands!" If Bian Lang remembers correctly, before he traveled through time, Mick Jagger, the lead singer of the Rolling Stones who was nearly 80 years old, and several of his old brothers were still planning a new album. matter.

Thinking about these legends of the original earth, the prelude of "FadeToBlack" began to reach my ears.

The stage is more than one meter high, and Bian Lang's height can just show his head. Wei Qian, who shuttled to Bian Lang's side, had to stand on tiptoe to see the specific situation on the stage.

But thinking that the original singer was by her side, she didn't care so much about the five big boys on the stage. Originally, she only came here because of the Rolling Stones' songs, and she wasn't interested in the five people on the stage.

After all, the Carmen Band is still a campus band, and Bian Lang has not released the score of "Fade To Black", so this prelude can be said to be about 7% of the reproduction of the Rolling Stones at the music festival, but it is only 7%, or The drinkers at the scene were already swaying when they heard it.

There was an old gentleman in a top hat standing next to the booth, with one hand on his cane and the other hand shaking the ice ball in the classical cup. He pursed his lips and said in a critical tone: "Can you write this prelude?" This guy must be a devil that captures the heart of the devil!"

The companion in the booth laughed after hearing this: "Carlson, the other side of him must be an angel, otherwise he would not have written a song like "The Angel"."

The prelude came to an end, and the lead singer, with everyone's high expectations, tried to imitate the despair in Bian Lang's original voice with the voice of a young man who didn't know how to feel: "lifeitseems, willfadeaway.driftingfurthereveryday..."

At the same time, many people at the scene started singing along, and Bian Lang also sang along, but naturally the first sentence he started with was: "Lao Zhang opened his car and went to the Northeast..."

Wei Qian next to him was in a daze: "Is there a Chinese version of this song? Why does it smell like dirt..."

Fortunately, Bian Lang corrected his mistake immediately and started reciting the English lyrics silently.

When it came to the interlude, George, who was already huddled in the booth drinking with a group of familiar drinkers, commented: "This song is really well written, but it's a pity that these little guys are too young, and they probably don't have any Experienced real despair..."

"George, there are many dark corners in this world that I don't often see. People who live in those places may be able to truly empathize with this song. Those of us are just amazed by the music itself..."

"That's when you have always lived in the middle class. When I was very young, I lived in the East End. You know, it was full of dilapidated old houses and huge gas tanks. The market on Cheshire Street was full of workers. The supplies they stole from the factory, and... well, there are also old tapes from various rock music..."

As the memory deepened, George felt a little dazed. He recalled the garbage floating on the dirty Regent's Canal, and the scene where he and his friends kicked cans on the roadside.

"Louis, it's been a long time since you came to sit with me..."

When the singing started again, the lead singer happily handed the microphone to the dance floor after seeing the fans in the audience singing along.

"yesterdayseemsasthoughitneverexisted.deathgreetsmewarm, nowiwilljustsaygood-bye..."

Although the singing was not very neat, the words came out accurately from most people present.

"When this English song premiered at the Rolling Stones Music Festival, if there were this proportion of fans singing along in the audience, the scene would be incredible..."

When Bian Lang was on the original Earth, he often participated in music festivals with a large number of Chinese people.

But compared with those superb concert scenes abroad, it is still not enough. Thinking of the original Rolling Stones' multiple concerts in Hyde Park with more than 10 people, Bian Lang couldn't help but feel swayed.

Especially in 2013, 44 years after the death of band member Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones reopened a concert called "Sweet Summer" in Hyde Park.

Accompanied by a guitar solo, the 70-year-old Mick Jagger wore a sequined suit with butterfly patterns engraved on the shoulders and walked to the stage at sunset. The prelude of "Miss You" flowed out, and the 12 music fans present saw countless blue butterflies spreading their wings lightly on the huge screen between two ancient trees, with a sense of unruly casualness and a bit of the charm of old times, just like many years ago The big dream before that could not be fulfilled properly.

At that time, their combined age was 278.

Watching the video of hundreds of thousands of people humming together: "Ooohoooohooohoohoooohoooh...", Bian Lang had only one thought at that time: "If I can hold such a show in my lifetime, then I will be willing to die..."

If it didn't work in my previous life, it must be possible in this life!

After "Fade To Black" ended, several people on the stage did not continue. The lead singer, bassist and lead guitarist stepped aside one after another, allowing the Chinese drummer who was firmly seated in the Chinese army's tent to become the focus of the stage.

Then the drummer pulled the suspended microphone towards him and said in English: "Next, we plan to cover a Chinese song by the Rolling Stones. If there are any Chinese friends here who can sing, please follow us."

At this time, the dozen or twenty Chinese figures present immediately became the focus of the scene.

Bian Lang, who was standing in the front row, had the hood on his head pulled back by the swaying just now, and his long hair tied into a bun made his already heroic face look even more handsome and extraordinarily Chinese.

Then, the Chinese drummer said the name of the song in Chinese: ""Dye the Night Black"!"

Then the American dry-sounding phonetic guitar sound, combined with the dim lights in the club, created an atmosphere that was instantly in place.

Standing at the corner of the stage, Guoli found a good camera position and instantly saved the side profile of Bian Lang and the same frame on the stage in the SD card.

After looking back at the effect, I couldn't help but praise it: "The original singer is listening to the cover in the audience. This scene is really rare."

<divclass="contentadv"> Driven by something called a sixth sense, Guoli checked the storage capacity of the SD card and then switched the camera to video mode.

At the end of the prelude, the drummer, who has also become the lead singer, sang: "Open this window that has not been opened for a long time, and dust is scattered on the ground left and right..."

Not only was the Chinese drum's singing voice quite accurate, but the Chinese people in the audience also basically started singing. This song was the first to make waves abroad, leading Chinese rock music to break through many obstacles and sail overseas, so the overseas Chinese present were relatively familiar with it.

Bian Lang naturally followed suit. Compared with the indignation when he first recorded this song, he now felt more proud and proud!

"Lao Xie, this scene is a bit awesome!"

When they were about to get to the chorus, the lead singer felt that the atmosphere was up, and wanted to imitate Bian Lang's showy behavior at the Hatter concert last night. He glanced down the stage, and Bian Lang in the front row naturally became the best. Candidate.

The moment the microphone was handed to Bian Lang, the lead singer's pupils widened and he almost shouted out Bian Lang's name.

Bian Lang never expected that he would catch Xie Tianwang at Hatter's concert, and the next day on the "Saint Search" tour, he would be caught at the scene by a band that covered his own songs.

But he didn't hold back, he was not the fat guy with four missing notes in Dai Penny's concert. He took the microphone and continued the chorus directly: "Why does the thick ink dye the night black, smear it arbitrarily, smear it arbitrarily , around the moonlight..."

As soon as this sound came out, the drummer who was still singing with abandon immediately turned his head and looked at the front of the stage. His face instantly turned red and he didn't even care that there was a chorus behind it, and he exclaimed with a high pitch comparable to that of an E6. Voice: "Oh! Bianlang! Guys, it's Bianlang!"

Bian Lang was very calm, holding the microphone calmly and perfectly complementing the following chorus: "Why does the thick ink dye the night black, smear it arbitrarily, smear it arbitrarily, around the moonlight... oh..."

In an instant, exclamations began to come out one after another in the entire club, first from the Chinese, and then a series of screams that were as high as E6 echoed in the club.

The host, who woke up from his daze, quickly pulled Bian Lang onto the stage and gave up the C position of the stage.

"OMG, I actually, I actually handed the microphone to the original singer!"

Several other musicians were also severely shaken, but after a slight lag, the playing in their hands continued to play the interlude.

It was my first time singing a cover in public and I met the original singer. I was so lucky!

Just now, there were only a few mobile phones shooting in horizontal screen, but the proportion instantly increased to more than 90% of the entire audience!

At this time, George was also looking at the stage dumbfounded, and the wine glass in his hand almost fell to the ground. Having taken over the club for more than 10 years, he has seen a lot of live covers and original singers, but he actually knew all of them before he went on stage. A sudden attack like today without any warning, he was exactly First time encounter.

Moreover, before the show started, he also asked the Chinese drinkers at the scene to send a message to the Rolling Stones, but the real host was sitting in the bar.

"Hey, George, what about this..."

"George, looking at you now, I know this must not have been arranged by you! However, we like this kind of surprise very much..."

"George, take out the bottle of 78 Macallan Red that I have here. I want to buy Wave a drink..."

Being teased by the old drinkers, the sluggish George immediately came to his senses, and then thought of the little ingenuity he had set up on the door opening question and password today, and an indescribable emotion suddenly came to his mind: "I don't know the secret of the password. Didn't he see through it? Do you think my boss is quite interested..."

Without answering the drinkers' questions, George stood up and walked towards the bar.

At this time, Bian Lang had already sang the last chorus, and George said to the bartender at the bar who had forgotten that the faucet was still on: "Hey, don't be stunned, the water bill on Oxford Street is not cheap. By the way, What did Wave just order?”

After regaining consciousness, the bartender turned off the faucet, recalled the previous scene, and then slowly said: "He used the ticket to exchange for a glass of light ale..." After thinking about it, the bartender continued He said slowly: "I also bought a glass of milk!"

"What?" George couldn't believe his ears. Bian Lang, who had become one of the focuses of North London from last night to today, actually sneaked into his club to listen to other bands covering his songs.

Even though he came here secretly, he actually used the coupon that comes with tonight’s ticket to exchange for a cup of pale ale!

Even if he drank a glass of wine, he actually bought a glass of milk!

"What kind of stomach-nurturing rock is this?"

Thinking of this, George patted the Carkara white marble countertop and said in an urging tone: "Help me find the ticket and give it to me. I will take it to him for his signature later."

The reason why The Vault of Heaven Club has been able to maintain its existence in the streets of London for so many years is that George and his uncle's storytelling skills are first-rate.

Not to mention, at least 5% of the regular drinkers present came here inexplicably because they heard the stories about rock and roll told by George and his uncle, and then became witnesses of new stories.

Since we want to tell stories, these precious materials that support the authenticity of the stories are essential collections for the club.

Over the years, drunkards rushing away may not notice it, but when you become friends with George, he will definitely tell you these stories and show off these collections. .

He collected the picks used by a well-known band before they became famous, the remaining parts after smashing the piano, and even the teeth that were knocked out after being drunk.

It was sealed in a glass frame and hung on the wall of the club!

If you walk into the club when it's closed and all the lights are on, it should be considered a small rock history museum.

And today, a new collection will be added to his museum!

At this time, the song ended, and Bian Lang responded in Chinese to the various cheers and screams from the audience.

"Thank you everyone for your love of the Rolling Stones..."

People in the audience, whether they understood or not, besides cheering and screaming, were shouting words like "encore".

Bian Lang glanced at the members of Carmen's band. The Chinese drummer quickly stood up and walked to Bian Lang's side. He said in fluent Chinese: "We have practiced many songs of the Rolling Stones. If you don't mind, Master Bian, can you do it live?" Sing me another song and let us study hard."

Speaking of this, Bian Lang nodded and asked, "Which song are you most familiar with?"

Before the drummer could answer, the lead singer rushed to speak with a Chinese dialect thousands of miles away: "Sunflower!"

"Okay, Lao Xie, it seems that people understand you! I choose songs in a set way." After muttering in his heart, Bian Lang faced the audience again and said: "Then let's play one, Xiangyang flower!"

As soon as he finished speaking, lead singer George came on stage with an electric guitar: "Wave, please forgive me for not noticing your sudden visit. Thank you for leaving your work in Thevault of heaven."

Bian Lang took the red fender handed over by George, looked at it and thanked him: "I didn't expect such a coincidence. To be honest, I only walked into The Vault of Heaven to buy an accessory for my girlfriend. ,did not expect……"

Hearing this, the expression on George's face was wonderful. He immediately leaned into Bian Lang's ear and said: "Wave, after the performance is over, I am willing to return the goods to you at twice the price. If you have time, I can take you around a real medieval market.”

"Thank you for your kindness, George, but your old employee has betrayed you to me... When this is over, I think we can sit down and have a drink."

After saying that, Bian Lang put on the electric guitar strap, plugged in the cord, turned on the pickup and started adjusting the tone.

After a while, Bian Lang's tuning-like guitar intro began to play out from the speakers, followed by drums and lead guitar...

"The beautiful sky is always boundless, and there is a seed buried under the clouds..."

Seeing Bian Lang singing this song easily on the stage, Guoli knew that today's hit video was available, as well as the one she recorded before coming in...

"Well, will the sales of luxury goods in China..."

This complete hand and mouth performance is the same as above. Naturally, Carmen's cover is a bit unsatisfactory. Whether it is the control of the emotions and skills when singing the song, or the technique of playing the guitar, both of them surpass Carmen and the others by a large margin. exist.

The most nervous one is the Chinese drummer. If he is unstable, Bian Lang will also be affected.

If Bian Lang is not affected and just plays according to his own comfort, then as long as his beat speed is slightly wrong, it will sound like he won't play with anyone.

Of course, Bian Lang knows how to cooperate, and it is impossible to treat young people like Carmen as required by other Rolling Stones musicians.

Hurry up, slow down, he can catch it with ease.

During the chorus, Bian Lang, the lead vocalist, deliberately stepped back, leaving the chance to perform to the musicians who were supposed to be the protagonists tonight!

Looking at the scene on the stage that he would probably never see again in his lifetime, Wei Qian felt that he was just dreaming, and hoped that he would never wake up from this dream!