walk with jimmy

If the rock band is a pirate ship, usually the captain is the lead singer or the guitarist, and the captain of the planetary band is probably Lance.

It is he who formed this band, and he has always grasped every development direction of the band, and it is he who has dedicated himself to the band.

But at the same time, he also has his own pursuit.

When Baldwin was troubled by the balance of family and career, when Theo went to play tricks for the movie for no reason...

As the captain in charge of the overall situation, Lance, who should stand up and say something immediately, failed to react immediately.

Because he was also troubled by some musical matters.

This year, GrungeRock is here.

Grunge Rock is a new type of rock music that originated in Seattle, USA and is deeply rooted underground.It mixed the early rage of punk rock with the twists and detours of heavy metal rock, making the overall style 'dirty' through intense, riffed passages and heavy drumming.

At the same time, these songs, in terms of lyrics, can take on an extreme state of anxiety.This was also due to the background of the resurgence of the unemployment crisis in the United States at that time.

Therefore, the works mostly present an emotion of anger, frustration, boredom, sadness, fear and depression.

In fact, there were early signs of this.

When the Planetary Band was touring in the United States, the reason why they were not popular with American audiences was that this type of rock music was slowly occupying the American rock music market.

Now, the tide is starting to hit the UK.

Many people have said that rock music is actually like a pendulum, with Britain and the United States on its left and right sides, and the pointer always moves to the left for a while and then goes to the right for a while.

Once five 60s, the pointer stayed in the UK.

Therefore, under the leadership of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, British rock music invaded the American market on a large scale.

But this time, without a doubt.

The pointer swung back to the United States.

When the Planets toured, Lance felt the wave acutely.

It just so happened that grunge frontman Nirvana was on tour in the UK at the time, causing quite a stir.

So, when James still had the time to watch Theo make a movie curiously, Lance went to see Nirvana's performance first.

Lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with his signature old graffiti on stage, a wrinkled and old plaid shirt, and a pair of ripped jeans with holes in the knees that were washed to white, looking Somewhat scruffy.

This is the type that Lance, who has always been particular about, doesn't like the most. So far, the only person who can be tolerated by him is James.

When it came time to perform, though, he didn't give a damn about the American singer's attire.

Although from the standpoint of peer competition, he really doesn't want to talk about how incredible this person's scene is.

But in the seemingly noisy and chaotic scene, everyone can feel the lead singer's sincere and sincere singing.

That is not a shallow and ignorant complaint, but a real and almost cruel feedback on daily life. The pain, anger and struggle in my heart are all nakedly displayed through music, which is really like giving someone several slaps in the face.

Moreover, because the pain was so real, when he almost self-destructed in the second half of the performance, he dropped the guitar, knocked down the stereo, and smashed the drum kit. In short, he crazily destroyed everything that could be seen on the stage. Equipment time...

Lance had the rare ability to understand this form of expression without resentment.

He even thought about it for a while: "Compared to this wild performance style, when Jimmy smashed the guitar that time, it was like a kitten pushing a cup off the table with its paw. It's not scary at all."

Although I don't want to admit it.

But at the moment, Lance does have a feeling of being behind others, and this feeling then makes the competitive he fall into the painful bottleneck of creation, and temporarily has no time to pay attention to the affairs of other members of the band.

This tour, the Planetary Band did not have a good time.

They never got together again when they weren't performing.

Guitarist Lance often stays in the mobile recording van, smoking one cigarette after another, and at the same time, he listens to the same guitar Solo over and over again... In the eyes of outsiders, he tries to find new creative inspiration.

Drummer Baldwin is always with his wife and is juggling between his wife and band work.

Although he tried his best to balance the needs of the two, except for the legendary gypsy girl who is always wandering, there is probably no woman who likes such a touring life. There is no house, no garden, no kitchen, no enthusiastic neighbors, and no familiar friends. Relatives, not even acquaintances, and no... home.

In James' view, Puffy is not an annoying woman, because she never asks too much from Baldwin.

But many times, there is no need to take the initiative to speak, her thoughts, her emotions, and her every move are expressing her own thoughts and emotions.

And then there's Theo, the bassist...

A guest star in a horror movie actually made him go back and forth several times, and he also participated in the promotion of shit?

Of course, that's nothing.

However, Theo was not an energetic and strong-willed guy.

When he yawns on stage from running around, being overly busy...

James began to feel that something was wrong.

However, he himself was not in a good state on stage at the time, and he couldn't say anything about others.

During this time, the love of his life - Liverpool Football Club unfortunately lost the league title.

Although before going back in time, I experienced it once.

But I didn't expect to do it again, and I was still heartbroken.

All kinds of bad luck hit...

The performance that led to that day was later considered to be the scene of the most famous car accident of the Planetary Band.

no one online...

You can't even save them.

That day, it was performed in a small theater.

Bill, the tour manager, asked the staff to send them the checked playlist.

After James, Lance and Theo got the repertoire, they glanced at it, remembered the repertoire to be performed, and put it on the table beside them, hoping that Baldwin would also take a look when he came back.

At this time, Baldwin was busy talking to his wife in the corner of the backstage, probably to comfort her, and to wait patiently for a few more performances before they could go home together.

This consolation was so comforting that when he was about to go on stage, Baldwin returned to the dressing room and responsibly wanted to take a look at the playlist.

Although it sounds like time is short, in fact, this is not a problem for him at all.With his technique and the tacit cooperation of the band as a whole, even improvisation can still hold the scene.

Otherwise, according to the previous frequency of James and Lance flying at every turn, the band would have collapsed countless times.

But when Baldwin took the playlist, the playlist on the table fell to the ground...

He asked Theo, "Where's the playlist for this show?"

Theo said casually, "Let's go to the table."

Baldwin looked around, but couldn't find it.

Finally, he opened the drawer of the desk, found a playlist inside, and took a quick look at it.

But that playlist was from a long, long time ago.

For example, the first opening song written on it is <She is 16 years old this year>, but according to the requirements of promoting the album, the opening song of this episode should be <God's Spell>.In the former, the drum sounds loud and controls the rhythm of the whole song; in the latter, the guitar comes first, creating a mysterious sound effect, and the drum sounds later, and the sound is relatively small, which is the role of background embellishment.

So, when the band came on stage and the guitars and drums came up, there was a crash!

Lance turned his head in disbelief to look at the drummer who had always been stable, with a murderous expression on his face.

It was too obvious, and the audience below naturally noticed it too.

Immediately there was a din of noise.

Baldwin made an apologetic gesture.

The experienced drummer was still stable at this time, he calmly played a drum solo for tens of seconds, skillfully covered it up, and then signaled Lance to continue...

Because on stage, Lance couldn't care less.

He gave Baldwin an annoyed look before continuing to play the guitar.

At the same time, James also retracted his gaze, lowered his voice to the vertical microphone, and read the opening words of the song: "Hundreds of years ago, when people suffered from illness..."

At this time, the bass sound that should have sounded did not sound again.

Theo hurried back from the set of the horror film in the early morning, exhausted both physically and mentally, and lost his mind by accident.

When it was time for Bass to come in, he gave a big yawn on stage.

James looked back at him and said nothing.

If Lance could explode at this moment, he would probably bring the whole team to die together immediately.

But on the stage, he couldn't rush over immediately and beat the bass player and drummer violently. He continued to play the guitar with a sigh of relief.

James was already in a low mood, and after the band made two mistakes in a row, he was also a little distraught.

So, he went on to read: "The god of football in the dark will bring us peace, courage, and the power to overcome illness..."

Wait, what?

Lance turned his head suddenly, almost twisting his neck: Dude, what the hell are you talking about?Football God? ?

Individual viewers below were a little confused when they heard this slip of the tongue.

But they thought it was the lead singer who was just playing around, so they laughed.

James hadn't even noticed that he had mispronounced the word.

He was at a loss, unable to understand why the audience was laughing, nor why Lance suddenly gave him that annoyed look.

Next, some things may be like dominoes. When the first domino is knocked down, the rest of the dominoes will have a chain reaction and fall one after another!

Therefore, when the drummer, bassist, and lead singer made mistakes one after another, although the guitarist passed the intro steadily and entered the singing stage smoothly, in the end, he was still angry and annoyed, and played the wrong tune.

Reinvigorated, Lance, bent on fighting the threat of grunge, accidentally plays a new melody...

Well this time, James couldn't sing anymore.

He turned to look at everyone reproachfully.

Lance stared back at him, then stared coldly at Baldwin and Theo, and opened his mouth: "What the hell is going on with you?"

Baldwin has always been good-tempered and made mistakes first. Although he didn't know about the problem with the repertoire, he still said helplessly, "Stop talking, let's start over."

Theo belongs to the type who can't wink at people.

He came up with a very angry sentence: "It's not all my fault, isn't everyone wrong?"

Fuck you killer bass!

Lance wanted to show him a killer guitar on the spot.

If it wasn't for the whistling and booing from the audience, at this moment, there might be a real fight on the stage.

James hurriedly stood up to save the scene, discussed into the microphone and said, "Stop arguing, I will sing for you again."

He knew in his heart that he had to say something in order to buy some time for the teammates behind him to adjust their state.

But the problem is that he is also in a period of depression, and he doesn't know what to say for a while.

In the end, he simply said what he thought: "Liverpool lost the championship not long ago, I was very sad, can you comfort me?"

After this sentence was finished, the audience below fell silent.

Everyone looked at him strangely.

The blond lead singer blinked her beautiful green eyes for no reason, with a puzzled look on her face.

After waiting for a few seconds, he thought dully: "Hey, where is the performance today? It seems to be... Manchester? The base camp of Manchester United?"

The author has something to say: [Note 1] Grunge is not garbage, it’s just a name, and it’s also a great rock in rock history, but I really don’t listen to it very much, please forgive me for mistakes.

[Note 2] After much deliberation, I don’t want to write about the Hillsborough tragedy in Liverpool, so I’ll pretend it never happened.

[Note 3] Nirvana is a very good band, and Kurt is also a little angel, but I thought about it, because I was afraid of writing collapse, so I only wrote them as the background, and will not participate in the plot.I find that I am like this every time. I want to write about the interaction between the same person and the band I like, but because I like it too much, I am worried that the writing will not be good, and I don’t want them to set off the protagonist, so I have no choice but to give up.