walk with jimmy

Clearly, Lance was joking (maybe).

In the following recordings, they all worked in a serious manner. In order to avoid embarrassment for James, when it was necessary to record that part, everyone took the initiative to avoid it and let him play by himself.

Everything seems to be in order.

But the way they work, the producer still can't agree with it.

In his view, recording is a job that requires high precision and technicality.

There are a lot of bands that are amazing on stage but fail in the studio.Because here, there is nothing emotional, and there is no audience to listen to or interact with them. From the beginning to the end, they can only play alone, with only the producer watching them critically. The whole process seems to be going on. A tedious technical job instead of enjoying music casually.

It is said that earlier, the recording studio was extremely 'sacred'.

How holy is it?Each staff member has to wear a uniform of a different color, and the superior and inferior are clearly distinguished. Everyone must work in their own positions. Then, everyone completes the production together in a serious and silent manner.

Thank God!

There are no idiots doing that anymore.

But despite this, the recording studio is still not so pleasant for many emotional musicians.

Today, Lance is ambitious to change that.

He occupied the entire recording studio like a wild beast circle, trying to completely turn it into a base to realize all his music ideas, so that everything is in line with his wishes and carried out according to his ideas, instead of listening to others' orders do what.

So, he started.

First create a messy framework, and then let the teammates improvise, filling in different timbres and melodies little by little.

But everyone has their own way of playing, their own rhythm, their own emotions and ideas.

So, the hodgepodge effect only gets ridiculous.

Ke Lansi has no dissatisfaction and negativity about this.

He spent three days and three nights alone in the studio, working on all the material and trying to put it all together.

During this time, James, Baldwin and Theo had all recorded their parts.

They have nothing to do for the time being, so naturally there is no need to stay in the recording studio in a daze, even if they need to make up recordings in the middle, they can come over again, so they made an appointment to hang out together.

At this time, Lin De, who was not interested in music and found that he couldn't help his younger brother with anything, was doing nothing, planning to go home, or do something else, just joined in.

He acted as the driver of the three people, as well as the temporary security personnel who "helped to cover up after meeting the fans", took the three people to eat, drink and have fun, plus a three-day trip to London!

Working so long, so long...

At this moment, I can finally have fun!

So, when James finally remembered his guitarist and went to visit him in the recording studio...

Lance was already so tired that he fell asleep lying on the floor of the recording studio, his black hair hung messily on his forehead, his face was dull, and there were huge dark circles under his eyes, giving him a faint feeling of fragility.

Even though he knew that when he woke up, he was still that conceited and arrogant bastard, always picky and disgusted with everything around him.

But at this moment, as a sensitive and hopelessly romantic person, James felt a surge in his heart, wanting to get close to him, hug him, and ask 'Are you all right'?Then seriously tell him the huge urge to 'you are already great, you don't need to work so hard'.

Unfortunately, Lance didn't appreciate it.

When he found out that James was trying to give him a princess hug, he just said a vicious 'Fuckoff'.

Later, he also completely deleted this unfortunate memory from his head.

because……

shut up!

Do not comb your hair?Don't wash your face?Didn't brush your teeth?Sloppy sleeping on the floor?That would never be me!

But it's useless for him to delete it, and it's useless not to admit it.

Because James later went on a talk show and told the story affectionately to the whole world.

This bastard bastard! !

For the life of him, Lance couldn't figure out why he did this: "Are you trying to piss me off?"

In short, the recording of <She is 16 years old this year> is finished.

The record of this song is actually not very good.

There was no careful preparation, and no dozens of rehearsals to make everyone uniform. Instead, it was a bit like dancing on thin ice from the beginning to the end, and every movement was dangerous and beautiful.

"It's bound to be very bad."

Before listening to it, the producer swears by it.

But the next moment, he was shocked by the effect of the song.

Not perfect, absolutely not perfect!

But some things don't need to be perfect.

Imperfection is rock and roll.

That's a free beast, you can't put a beast in a cage and admire it.

You have to let it run as much as you want, just rush up and beat it when it strays, and force it back to the correct route.

It has to be moderately relaxed.

But only the most professional can tell what is choreographed and what is pure improvisation.

This is completely illogical. Why does it feel like a whole when a bunch of messy elements are put together?

Probably because... music is not technology.

It was meant to be real, heartfelt, soulful, alive and powerful.

After the producer listened to the whole song, he was stunned.

Then, he looked deeply at Lance and said, "You may not know it, but you made a hit song of the year."

Lance smiled slightly.

He replied calmly and confidently, "No, I know."

Listen!

Is there anyone in this world more arrogant than him?

No!

This is the second single released by the Planetary Band. Like "Rotten Strawberries", it still has two sides of AB.

Of course, this time it's a completely different style.

Both sides of AB are one song, two versions.

Side A is the whistle version, side B is the live version.

In the whistle version, James was recorded smiling in extreme relaxation, winking at his teammates while whistling.

Therefore, the melody was played lively and playful throughout the whole process, as if a young man in love was warmly sending some kind of invitation to the little girl.

As soon as this version came out, it was immediately broadcast on the radio.

Moreover, this time it is not the kind of short-lived broadcast at a fixed time, and it is only broadcast once; on the contrary, it is played in a loop for several time periods, and in one fell swoop captures the few music programs that teenagers like to listen to most.

And another live version is no less developed.

I don’t know how Lance came up with it. He perfectly copied the effect of the scene at that time. In some places, he even used the audio material of the audience screaming hoarsely as the background sound. The guest overwhelmed the host, but it brought out the atmosphere that can only be found on the spot to the extreme.If some fans bought this record, they should be able to feel at least 60.00% of the live heat from it.

From this point of view...

James was very keen to find out: the bastard had forgotten what he said before he was drunk, and it was all nonsense!

But anyway, due to some incongruities in the live version, there is no way to play it on the radio.

Lance simply took this version to the extreme, making the melody more intense and the rhythm extremely fierce. It can even be said that the only part of the whole song that is slightly relaxed may be the shocking breath and breath that James recorded alone later. The looming monophonic moan part.

After this version was operated by the Mixer record company, it was quickly sold to major clubs, bars and dance halls.

Every night, if you go to a certain street, people tend to hear a shameless yell of 'she's 16 years old, man, you know what I mean'.

This directly led to the live version being more popular than the whistle version in certain circles.

Because it replaces countless teenagers with strong hormones to express the voice hidden deep in their hearts, but they never dare to speak easily.

The world starts to feel unreal.

A group of young lads from Liverpool in the north, a lead singer who is "unable to speak, and every time he is interviewed by reporters, babbles in Liverpool dialect, and may need someone to help translate", actually set off a wave in London, the most fashionable city in the UK. A new youth storm?

But the truth is so unreal.

The good-looking appearance of the boys in the band, the rhythmic and powerful music, the frightening and staggering live performances, and the distinctive and distinctive personalities all aroused widespread attention and made them quickly become new stars. A topical figure of a generation.

At the same time, countless TV program producers also sent invitations to them.