walk with jimmy

For many simple young people, as long as the strength is there, everything will become simple.

But in many cases, strength is indeed a key to success, but it is only a key.If you want to walk to the locked door, you need to pass through multiple obstacles, and these obstacles are often impossible to pass by relying on your own strength.

Stewart can be called an idealist and a purist.

In his view, as long as everyone works together to create enough and good enough British music.Then, the wave of foreign grunge rock will naturally be curbed, thus, music belonging to England once again boarded the throne of rock music.

But the problem is that pop music has always been a barometer of social change.Music never exists in isolation, and often needs to be rooted and grown in the soil of society.

In Britain at that time, because of the political philosophy of the leader of the Conservative Party, Margaret Thatcher, she refused to let the government be the nanny of the people, and everyone should be responsible for themselves and handle their own affairs well.

Therefore, she used an iron fist to slash numerous high-welfare policies, including the aforementioned primary and secondary school milk supply benefits.

This idea is opposed by many.

But in terms of long-term benefits, it has indeed prevented the British economic system from being dragged down by huge expenditures in the future of high welfare.

But on the other hand, this concept has made the entire social environment extremely deteriorated, the strong are stronger, the weak are weaker, the polarization between the rich and the poor is severe, and the unemployment rate remains high.

Under such a social background, although there is nothing wrong with the strong and the elite, the lives of the middle and lower classes are terrible.

As a result, grunge came into being. The decadence and depression in the music truly reflected the emotions of many people and satirized the social reality, so it was able to serve as the strongest background sound of this era.

However, due to the limitations of the times, even as smart as Lance, it is difficult to analyze these issues thoroughly.

James is relatively better, and has some vague understanding. This kind of understanding is a little bit of his own class, but it is also difficult for him to explain things clearly.

However, at least one thing the two of them can absolutely understand, that is: "You can't get things done by shouting slogans like Stuart."

not to mention……

In terms of their personalities and their dismal popularity with many of their peers when they debuted, shouting slogans is not very suitable.

Therefore, Lance said to James: "To make troubles is to make troubles, but we can't be stupid and go on our own. We have to find a way to pull more people on this British ship."

James rolled his green eyes slyly and had an idea at once.

"No problem, it can be done." He patted his chest to assure, but at the same time said: "However, no matter how good the method is, there must be a premise. Our premise is that you have to come up with something that can beat the crowd. Music is the only way to do it, or else we finally got those guys onto the boat, but who is the boss?

Lance had what one critic once described as a "pretentious smile."

Obviously, he already has an idea.

At this time, he had a new inspiration and wanted to make a story album, which consisted of several interlocking and clear-cut group songs.

The specific content of the album is about an Englishman's life from birth to death.At the beginning, it was a prelude to <New Students>, followed by this person's family life, school life, social life...

In the specific life process, various social changes and social hotspot events in Britain over the past few decades will be involved. The rapid development of urbanization has led to the transformation of rural green spaces for playing in the past into high-rise buildings; there are also schools. incidents of school violence.Then, after entering the society, the society discriminates against and ignores some minority groups and so on.

To be honest, this album is just hard to listen to.

Because the theme is big, numerous, complex, and broad.

Abel's studio has signed many artists in the past few years, and its scale is gradually growing.

But he still pays attention to planets habitually, so after learning about this, he hurried over to confirm, and jokingly asked: "Are you sure this thing can be sold? Can't we continue to make some hit songs? "

Lance frowned and replied impatiently, "I've done enough before."

James has no objection to this.

Big hits do always bring in big bucks.But when people earn money to a certain extent, they naturally want to pursue something else.

So, like Lance, he couldn't wait to explore a new musical path.

Of course, when there is new music, other British musicians should also be brought on board.

So, he simply grabbed the idea that Abel had just thought of after discussing: "I remember you know the editor of <Crossroads> magazine?"

"It's just acquaintance." Abel looked at him and replied.

"After a while, can you convince them to publish a special issue of the British band?" James asked with a smile.

Lance understood instantly.

Abel didn't react at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly understood: "You want to call names publicly!"

That's right!

Since Stewart shouted loudly and the call was useless, he might as well do a public roll call and directly classify people into the British band to see if they responded. In fact, it doesn’t matter if they don’t respond, since they will be classified anyway.

Seeing that they all understood, James smiled and said no more.

But he has bright green eyes, two sharp canine teeth, and he came up with the idea of ​​"pulling people onto the boat". He really looks like a little devil with horns on his forehead and a fork.

After that, Lance began to prepare for the new album with all his strength.

James was as supportive as ever, and they spent a lot of time together discussing ideas and trying to work through any issues that came up, sometimes with advice from Baldwin and new bass player Sanderson .

But after the general framework of the album took shape, Lance did another thing.

He was extremely shrewd in recruiting lawyers and accounting firm employees, and planned ahead before the album officially started production, and let everyone come in advance. A discussion about songwriting credits and song releases.The ultimate goal is to let everyone sign a royalty contract, excluding the publisher's commission and a part of the team management's money, to formally delineate their respective share, so as to avoid disputes in the future.

It was done right.

After the terms and conditions are formulated, it will help the entire team to follow the rules and avoid troubles in the future.

But the problem is that when Lance divides the share, apart from himself taking the bulk and acknowledging James' contribution to the album and giving a part of the royalties, he thinks that Baldwin and the new bassist Sanderson are not very involved in the album. The official operation, therefore, should not get more, only a high employment fee.

This incident hit Baldwin to a certain extent. On the one hand, he thought it was Lance's denial of his band member status; on the other hand,...as a veteran of the band, he was treated the same as a newcomer?

So, when he saw the contract, his expression was very bad, as if Jesus was about to be crucified.

Rookie bass player Sanderson signed the most neatly.

He just came here not long ago, he didn't have the ability to challenge Lance's authority, and he didn't expect to get much, so he signed it neatly.

James was unaware of Baldwin's problem.

With the help of a lawyer, he looked at his contract and found that it was no different from before, so he signed it casually.

In the end, only Baldwin remained unsigned...

The drummer, who knew the general situation, thought for a while, but still didn't make a fuss, but raised his head and asked Lance, "Shall we talk alone?"

James, who had just signed the contract, looked at the two suspiciously.

But the two of them had absolutely no intention of explaining to him.

They walked together into the inner room and closed the door behind them.

The sound insulation is so good that even if James put his ear against the door to eavesdrop, he didn't hear what they were talking about.

But after such a secret conversation...

When Baldwin came back, he signed that contract with a deadpan face.

James didn't know how many bastards Lance had done until a long time later.

Baldwin probably didn't care after all these years.

So, he casually mentioned this matter in a TV program: [Lance said to me at the time, no, I did not take you seriously, old Bao!You are my good friend, my best friend forever.If you are short of money and ask me for it, as long as I have it, I can give it all to you without saying a word.However, this album is mine, and these songs are also mine, and I cannot give them to you. ]

—Can't give it to me?Don't these songs belong to me?You mean I'm in the band and don't contribute anything?

——But apart from drumming, you really didn’t contribute much.

——What do you mean besides drumming?Hehe, do I still need to play the guitar?

--That was not what I meant……

——In your mind, apart from Jimmy, I, like Theo, can be replaced by anyone, right?

— not really... Well, actually, there's no one in the band that's irreplaceable except for me... You mean Jimmy?Well, Jimmy is good, but Jimmy can also be replaced, maybe someday I want to work with a female lead singer.

—Lance? !

——Whoever stipulates that there must be a band to create music, I can definitely make the music first, and then find the right person to play it.So, only me is the band, everyone else is replaceable.

When Baldwin said this, he was already laughing angrily.

He later commented with a smile on the TV show: [That's a jerk!Still, a talented jerk. ]

But at the time...

Lance's arrogant and almost conceited words really made Baldwin speechless with anger.

If his temper was any more violent, he would probably turn around and leave the band since then.

But this drummer, who has been in the team since its establishment, has long regarded the Planetary Band as the most important pillar in his life. He was reluctant to leave the band, so he still chose to compromise.

Lance's explanation later was: "Many people's ideas are constantly changing, and I was arrogant at the time. But that album is my blood, similar to my own biological child, and I urgently want to protect it. Let it be taken away. I did use the wrong word though, because I was too proud. But what can I do? I was in my 20s, you can't ask a young man in his 20s to be tight-lipped, a bit Make no mistakes, right?"

But after James learned of this, he simply ignored any of his excuses.

He is not as stupid as Theo, and he is not like Baldwin who swallowed his anger and rushed over to find someone to settle the score on the spot: "Replace me? You fucking want to replace me! Believe it or not, I will bite your throat! Blast you!" Dog head!"

The author has something to say: Lance didn't want to change Jimmy, he was just too proud, bragging