walk with jimmy

On the second day after the show, almost all the newspapers reporting on the show used the same photo.

In this photo, in a slightly empty venue, Stewart on the stage is alone and persistently waving the Union Jack.

Obviously, Stewart did not hesitate to do three days of performances at his own expense, just to call on all musicians to work together to reawaken the British people's love for British music, so as to resist the massive invasion of American grunge rock.

Therefore, in the follow-up interview, he first explained some misunderstandings of others about himself: "I am not saying that the British are more noble than people from other countries, nor do I object to singing with an American accent, and I don't think that the British accent has any advantages. How lofty. If I made people feel that way, then I would like to apologize for it."

Then, he talked bluntly about his own views with a childish tone: "But what I want to say is that Britain originally had its own unique culture. But now, we must admit that our culture is being invaded by foreign cultures." , even facing the tragic fate of gradually losing it. And I am British, I am proud of my country, I love London, I love the Thames, I love our afternoon tea... So, I hate those nasty Coke and Fast food! They are invading my country and turning my country into a nasty cola country."

As for standing on the musical level...

Stewart's remarks were sharper, and probably only at this time, can it be seen that he is also a rock star with a strong personality: "Grunge is all garbage, they should get out of the UK!"

"No, I'm not scolding Nirvana, Nirvana's music is good, but let's admit it, they did give the UK a bad start. Too many bands that imitate them are terrible. No way! For example, that group of people only heard similar lyrics like 'Let's have fun', and then started to learn to play this trick, and spread all kinds of negative and low emotions around, instigating everyone to be depressed , to indulge and squander youth and money, but never consider the true connotation of the song. From the perspective of melody, it also makes people only focus on strong sensory stimulation, but ignores the appreciation of true art and beauty.

He paused, then continued excitedly: "I don't know the difference between listening to that music and watching [Jaws] in Hollywood? But at least one thing I do know is that American bands are sweeping the UK. We What we have to do is to try our best to prevent it. Whether we can do it or not, we should and have the obligation to do it. Music has no borders, but musicians have their own motherland. I can't let the United States only echo in the sky of England decades later It makes the next generation of young people in the UK lose their confidence in their motherland, leaving them with the inherent impression that the United States is good and the cultural hegemony of the world, but they forget that the UK itself has a long and glorious history. 2000 years of history. I have to tell them that England is very beautiful... very, very beautiful!"

However, unfortunately...

His performance did not achieve the desired effect.

Because the album "Beautiful England" itself was a failure of commercial competition.

Failure also means - it is not popular with the public.

A work that is not popular with the public lacks realistic persuasiveness.

What's more, the dancing sculpture band is not a highly respected role.They were also originally regarded as a pop music team, and a pop music team suddenly jumped out and advocated that everyone should love the motherland. There is always a strange feeling.

Therefore, some people think that they are using this to carry out commercial hype to recover the loss of the album hit the market; some people recognize Stewart's philosophy, but do not think he has the qualifications to call on the British music scene;

The remaining part of the people, in the menacing external environment of grunge rock, thought that Stewart's approach was unreliable at all.

Therefore, the final result is not as Stewart imagined, allowing all British musicians to stand together in unity to resist the invasion of American rock music.

On the contrary, it is like throwing a stone into the water. After a few splashes and ripples, the water surface returns to calm.

Stuart was troubled by this, but he was not willing to give up.

Fortunately, the three-day free performance made his teammates see the belief in his heart, and they finally stopped complaining about the lead singer's insistence on going his own way, but provided him with support, and encouraged him to create songs that could prove himself. music.

Only then did Stewart regain his strength.

While creating his own music, he contacted his friends in the music world again, trying to get more people's support and help.And among the people he contacted, the Planetary Band was naturally included.

In fact, James and Lance also discussed this topic.

After the performance that day, the two were really overwhelmed by the dancing sculpture.

totally unexpected……

While they were still busy making infighting and finding someone to replace the bass player, Stewart had already promoted music to the country and society, and the ideological realm of the two parties was instantly separated, almost not on the same level.

After Lance returned home a little frustrated, he played the guitar for half an hour.

This is also his consistent way of thinking and expressing emotions.

James sat and listened for a while at first, then decided not to keep silent.

He took a step forward, grabbed Lance's hand, first threw the metal pick between his fingers on the table, and then lowered his head to kiss the thin calluses on his fingers: "Are you going to keep silent?"

"I do not know what to say."

Lance replied honestly, "What do you think?"

"To be honest, I have no idea."

James frankly gave an unexpected answer: "I admire Stu, but from my point of view, I think he is sometimes too arrogant and self-important."

"Too arrogant? High self-esteem? Why do you say that?" Lance was slightly taken aback, chewing the word subconsciously.

He didn't expect to get this answer at all: "I thought you were good friends."

"We are good friends, but as I said earlier, he and I don't get along in many ways."

James sighed, he didn't want to speak ill of his friend, and instead defended his shortcomings as always: "However, since we have become good friends, I don't mind helping him! Isn't it just playing some British music? ? It's not like we haven't done it before. Besides, you like it too..."

"How do you know I like it? When did I say I liked it?" Lance asked again in puzzlement.

"I said a while ago that I wanted to make some music like grunge. You didn't want to, and you still quarreled with me?" James replied.

"You misunderstood, I don't want to not because I hate grunge, but because I don't like to follow the crowd!"

Lance couldn't help emphasizing: "Listen, Jimmy! Times are always changing. First, blues rock was popular, then glam rock, then heavy metal and punk, and now it's grunge. But next year? You know next year Will something be popular? We can’t do whatever is popular, we can only follow others! We must have something that belongs to us, something essential, instead of following the trend all day long, this is my music philosophy. "

But James didn't want to pay attention to his many explanations, and asked directly: "So, your decision is also in response to Stu, did you make British music together? Is this the essential thing you want?"

Lance couldn't help being silent for a few seconds.

He withdrew his hand again, took out a cigarette, lowered his head and lit it, took a deep breath and said, "Jimmy, do you know? The rise of new gadgets is not so easy, and it is easy to fail."

James smiled angrily, snatched the cigarette in his hand, took a puff, and asked casually, "So what if you fail? How bad can the situation be?"

Lance looked into his eyes and replied, "Maybe... from now on, it will become an outdated band that is no longer accepted by the public."

"Oh, that sounds good. It seems that I don't need to wear a mask when I go shopping in the street!" James made a nonchalant grimace.

But then, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and suddenly raised his flexible green eyes, narrowed his eyes and carefully looked at the expression of the black-haired guitarist several times, and then a smile slowly broke out on the corner of his lips: " are you……"

Lance looked over blankly.

He also pretended to be stupid and asked, "What is it?"

There was a smirk of 'I caught it' on James' face: "Lance, Lance."

He muttered the name of the black-haired guitarist, but didn't answer directly. He leaned over and bumped the other's shoulder, whispering softly: "You said you failed, but what if we succeed?"

Lance stared at him deeply, his eyes were deep and strange, like an unfathomable deep sea.

After a long time, he smiled slowly and expressed his true thoughts, and his tone also revealed his true ambition: "If we succeed, we will become the leader of new music and the savior of the British music scene."

James suppressed his smile and said calmly, "So..."

Lance smiled and stretched out his hand, his slender fingers gently stroked James' forehead, eyebrows, cheeks, ears, and finally stayed on his lips.

Then, he put his face close, and after kissing James' lips, he said softly: "So, we will fight side by side again! Bet everything, Jimmy."

But the blonde lead singer was not reconciled to such an understatement of kisses.

He put his arms around the brunette guitarist's shoulders and offered to exchange a deep kiss.

Then, the two villains looked at each other and smiled.