walk with jimmy

Driven by the previous album <Starlight>, the new album <Accident> reached the top of the chart immediately.

But this doesn't mean that <Accident> is better than <Starlight>, but that when <Starlight> was released, people didn't expect Planet to do so well.Therefore, neither the media publicity nor the initial start was very high.But after <Starlight> was completely popular, most people realized 'oh my god, what did I miss'.Then, everyone started praising the band and looking forward to the next album.

Therefore, when the Planetary Band made a new album, both the media and the fans held the idea of ​​"I won't miss it this time", which is a bit similar to the mentality of "overcompensation".

People are obsessed with planets, the blonde vocalist and the black-haired guitarist's amazing guitar, and they're swearing 'that's a great album' before they even hear a note of the new album '.Later, some fans even said: "Even if Jimmy sings nursery rhymes, I will buy them and listen to them a hundred times."

Therefore, even though the album "Accident" did not exceed the level of "Starlight", it still won a very high honor.

The album was lucky enough to stay in the top [-] for a full year, selling like never before.

But Dancing Sculptures' "Rose Tree" and Clowns' "Circus" were also in hot pursuit.

If the Planetary Band hadn't seized an opportunity in advance in the Britpop wave, it would be hard to say who would win and who would lose now.

In the following days, the Planetary Band began their busy European tour.

Compared with the clumsiness of that tour in the United States, this time they appear to be more sophisticated and mature, and the typhoon is more stable.

In addition to this, there are rehearsals before each performance.

For the performance effect, James also tried to change some lyrics, for example, instead of using "Thames River" in France, he tried to change it to "Seine River" or something.Familiar place names should resonate more with the local audience and the performance will be better.

But Lance was very dissatisfied with this change.

As a songwriter, he believes that randomly changing songs is sometimes like taking all his children for plastic surgery, and it is often a failed plastic surgery.

"There's no end to pleasing the audience."

He said to James: "We have to make our own music if we want to do it. If you blindly please it, you will lose your own characteristics. For example, you changed the 'Thames River' to the 'Rhine River'. Although it seems to be a simple change, but The British feel of the whole song is gone."

"Fuck! I didn't please anyone, and I don't have to please anyone."

James replied naturally: "I just want to make the audience who bought tickets happy, not to please, this is to collect money to do things! However, since you think it is wrong for me to change it like this, why don't you fucking come over and help I'll change it to a suitable one, what are you doing standing there stupidly?"

Lance was shocked by the shameless strength of this righteous man.

But in the end, he still couldn't hold back the meaning of his lead singer, so he walked over to help.

Because of the adequate preparation, the excellent song itself, and the band's amazing live performance and appeal.

This year's tour, the planetary band swept across Europe.

Later, at the end of the year, Abel contacted them with several performances in Asia, including Japan, Korea and so on.

"Why isn't there a flower country?"

James has been obsessed with the food of the flower-growing country for a while. Every day, the takeaway must be called planting cauliflower, such as General Tso’s chicken, fried wontons, sweet and sour shrimp... At first, he thought that when he arrived in the flower-growing country, after the performance, he would just be able to eat it. If you want to go out, you can eat a roast duck again.

In the end, Bill, the tour manager, answered him: "It's impossible to get a visa from the flower-growing country."

"Why? Why can't it be done?" James was confused.

Bill smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to explain it for a moment.

Instead, Davis pushed his glasses and said the truth: "Maybe your reputation is too bad, Jimmy."

James blinked his green eyes, his expression unconsciously innocent and bewildered.

But thanks to the paparazzi and tabloid reporters in the UK who write in a mess.

In the eyes of the uninformed, he has always been a Liverpool gangster, car thief, alcoholic, drug addict, and transvestite... and, as we all know, the concert scene of the planet has always been crazy, and the lead singer and guitarist are sometimes excited It looks like a gangster on the street. Therefore, in order to protect the physical and mental health of young people in their own country, Huahua Country resolutely rejected the entry of this poisonous capitalist weed, and firmly blocked him from entering the country.

Hold!Without a good reputation, don't you even have to eat roast duck?

James, who always "indulges tabloid reporters, doesn't care at all, and never cares", probably realized the importance of fame for the first time: "I fucking smoke, drink, swear, and fight, but I'm really a good person ah!"

Bill spread his hands helplessly, expressing his powerlessness.

Davis suppressed a smile, and took the opportunity to persuade: "Be more careful in the future!"

So unhappy!

While preparing to set off for a performance in Japan, James asked Bill to continue to help him apply for a visa to the flower-growing country.

Moreover, he also found a new idea: "I won't perform this time, so I just go in and eat a roast duck, okay?"

Bill has always been obedient to him. Hearing what he said, he really took the trouble to help and ask.

The visa staff at the Huahua embassy were about to die of laughter, but they still refused him: "No."

But out of caring for foreign friends...

In private, as friends, some staff members kindly helped point out a way out: "Your lead singer really wants to eat cauliflower, so why not go to Hong Kong. Although there is no roast duck, you can eat authentic Cantonese food there." [Note 1]

Unfortunately, it was too late to know.

At this point the itinerary has been set, and there is no way to make any extra changes.

The Planetary Band can only go to Japan as originally planned.

In this era, rock stars like to come to Japan for concerts, because there are a large number of rock fans in Japan, and many rock stars who may not be so famous in China can enjoy the treatment of superstars after coming to Japan.

Therefore, when the Planetary Band got off the plane, they were stunned to see a bunch of Japanese fans who came to pick them up.

"Fuck! What the fuck are these people doing? Crazy?"

James was very difficult to understand: "You can't even speak English, and you haven't watched the show yet, so you rushed over and said you like me?"

Lance thought for a while and said, "Maybe I've heard you sing."

James was dubious: "Probably so."

The show in Japan also went well.

But in the beginning, the fans in Japan were crazy and scary.Their reactions were very violent one by one, and the screams were deafening. Leaving aside, when they rushed over like a tide and were still waving their arms on tiptoes, the several large speakers placed by the stage were almost covered by them. The flailing arm was knocked down.

Faced with this situation, James quickly grabbed the microphone and kept shouting "good evening" in simple English.

When the audience started to respond to him...

He immediately ran to the front to interact with the audience, in this way to give his teammates more time to prepare for tuning and inspection.

Until Lance gently plucked the strings of the guitar, reminding him that he was ready and there was no need to procrastinate...

He returned to the center of the stage and presented a wonderful performance of the night.

How wonderful is this show?

Until many years later, when this day is mentioned again, many Japanese fans will still recall that day with fascination: "When Jimmy sings, it seems to glow."

When leaving at the end of the show, James received many gifts from Japanese fans.

Among them, there was a gift that he found very interesting. It was a thin comic book that happened to be a drawing of the Planetary Band.

"Hey, I've become a comic character! Look, I've become a comic character." James excitedly showed off to the people around him.

"It's not unusual." A staff member of the tour team who knew the situation in Japan casually gave him some popular science.

He said: As a big country of animation, Japanese fans have a unique way of chasing stars - draw it down, draw it into a story!

For example, the prototype of Ren Honjo, the male protagonist in the manga "Nana" by the famous cartoonist Ai Yazawa, is Sid, the bass player of the British punk rock band Sex Pistols [Note 2].

Even though he knows that receiving a comic book featuring himself is not unusual, James is pleased.

On the plane back to England, he made up his mind to read that cartoon several times seriously.

Just a closer look...

James always felt that something was wrong: "How did you draw this cartoon? When Lance and I sang with a microphone, have we ever gotten so close? It's only a millimeter? We're almost kissing each other!"

The author has something to say: [Note 1] Hong Kong only returned to China in 97, but at this point in the article, Sino-British relations should be okay.

[Note 2] Nana was serialized in 1999. According to the timeline in the article, it has not actually appeared yet. It is only a parallel time and space. Please forgive me.Mainly because I really want to mention the communication between Japanese manga and rock at that time. It feels very interesting. I used to like manga, but when I started listening to rock, I was surprised to find that there is an intersection between the two. It feels really interesting. .