Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

It took another three days to record the accompaniment of "Nunchucks", and Bian Lang left the practice of the vocal part to Helun himself.

The warm-up work for the Blueberry Music Festival has been fully launched. Although the lineup has not been completely finalized, Bian Lang has already started rehearsing.

But plans are never as fast as changes. A phone call from Guo Sichu added a trip to Bian Lang's already scheduled itinerary.

Guo Sichu originally planned to sing at the opening ceremony of the World Industrial Conference held in Qindao on March 3, but she and Liu Yao drank too much last night and she accidentally sprained her ankle. After going to the hospital for a checkup, it was found that the bone was fractured!

For China, as the host country of this World Industrial Conference, face is the most important thing.

So even if Guo Sichu insisted on wearing a plaster cast, the organizer would not agree to it. But finding a replacement became a big problem!

The reason why we chose Guo Sichu was, firstly, that there were no problems in all aspects and there would be no potential risk of bankruptcy; secondly, he was beautiful and had a sweet voice, and he had both national popularity and influence.

Now that she can't go on, it's really hard to find a replacement.

The original backup was Guan Ying, but the series of events before the Spring Festival caused her reputation to plummet.

I had thought that appearing on the Spring Festival Gala would help restore some of their reputation, but who could have imagined that this Spring Festival period would almost become the world of the Rolling Stones.

Even though she had become an ostrich, she was still being scolded by some vindictive netizens. So at this critical moment, she really didn't want to show up again, so she just found an excuse to decline.

The preparatory group had no other ideas, so they could only ask Guo Sichu for recommendation again.

Then Guo Sichu naturally thought of Bian Lang.

Although Bian Lang is from the rock circle, the general evaluation system has not yet given him the title of king of singers.

But now Bian Lang is already quite popular in China, and Guo Sichu is not as popular as Bian Lang abroad. The key is that Bian Lang has no black material, so the organizing team does not need to worry about the bad news affecting the reputation of this conference.

The second is that Bian Lang can write songs. With his production speed and quality, it is not difficult for him to customize a song specifically for the conference.

So Guo Sichu called Bian Lang directly to discuss it. It was called a discussion, but in fact, his tone was just like a notification: "Bian Lang, I sprained my ankle last night. There is a performance on March 3st. Please go in my place..."

Bian Lang had just discussed with Guo Sichu about coming over to be a super music fan, but the next moment he was asked to take over, but he directly refused. He, Bian Lang, could not do such a thing.

So, that afternoon, the staff in charge of the preparatory team sent the information over, hoping that Bian Lang could bring a new piece to perform, with the theme highlighting the rapid industrial development of China since its founding...

"World Industrial Conference? What the hell do you want me to sing..." When calling the band members together to discuss, Bian Lang began to worry about choosing songs.

No one else had any ideas either. After all, industrial development was something that was close to their lives and they could not live without it all the time. As for the distant future, among the Rolling Stones, probably only Dayong, who studied electrical engineering, had some connection with this topic.

But when it comes to song selection, the members of the Rolling Stones have always followed Bian Lang's lead, so Dayong just gave in: "Don't look at me, I'm just an electrician, you said that yourself. If you want me to oversee the decoration of the Rolling Stones LAB, maybe I can do it, but I can't get involved in such a big thing as China's industrial development!"

"Then you should popularize it for me!"

"Doesn't your old man work in the brewery? Why don't you ask him? He's also from that era. Can he tell you anything better than an electrician like me who started playing drums after graduating from college?"

After hearing that, Bian Lang felt that this was more reliable. He could talk to his cheap dad and maybe he would get some inspiration.

That night, Bian Lang went home to seek advice with his questions.

Because Luo Suping opened Nan Feiyan, she usually eats in the restaurant and rarely goes home, so Bian Hai either eats in the factory cafeteria or goes to Nan Feiyan to eat various employee meals.

Today, Bian Lang asked him to stay at home and said he had something to talk about, so he came back from the factory early in the morning, went to Nanfeiyan to make some braised dishes, and made two side dishes at home. He poured the latest craft beer, and the father and son drank it at home, which was a rare occasion.

After chatting for about half an hour, Bian Lang finally got to the point: "Dad, can you tell me about the history of China's modern industrial development? I've got a job..."

Bian Hai thought that Bian Lang was looking for him for life matters, but who knew that after brewing almost a liter of craft beer, he was actually looking for inspiration to write a song?

"The history of our country's industrial development is, to put it bluntly, a process from nothing to something! Our factory is better off because the beer industry has a history of a hundred years in China. When we built the factory, we already had the equipment and technology.

Let me tell you about your grandfather's youth... The hydroelectric power station in your hometown was designed and built by your grandfather. At that time, all the power generation equipment was imported, and if it broke down, we had to ask foreigners to repair it. At that time, a repairman came from abroad and was paid as soon as he got on the plane. But when he got here, he had to make various demands... When they were working, we couldn't have our people watching, and we had to ask the power station to provide them with Brazilian cigarettes..."

"What are Brazilian cigarettes?"

"It's a cigar! Don't interrupt me... Once, your grandfather was very angry after hearing about the sky-high salary. He hated that his people had no skills and were controlled by others. Then, when someone came to repair the machine again, he hid me inside..."

"Um, Dad! How old were you then?"

"Eight or nine years old, definitely no older than ten!"

"Awesome! He was already a spy at the age of ten..."

"Don't interrupt... I was just spying on how they were repairing the machine, and it almost pissed me off! After they drove your grandfather and his men away, they just smoked cigars and chatted for the entire morning, and then continued chatting after dinner. It wasn't until a little while before lunch in the afternoon that they removed the grille from a vent on the equipment, cleaned it, and reinstalled it, and that was it!"

"You are quite resistant to hunger and your kidneys are in good condition!"

"Second brother, did you hear the point?"

Why didn't Bian Lang hear the point? He certainly knew what Bian Hai meant. It was because the technology was too backward at that time and was strangled by foreigners!

After hearing what Bian Hai said, even a rock musician in two lifetimes could be confused. The problem was probably that the grille of the vents was covered with dust, and the equipment did not dissipate heat well. But in that era, the domestic technology was too backward, and we would be choked by foreigners on such a small problem.

This cannot be blamed on others being too cunning, but only on my own weak foundation.

To put it bluntly, China's industry at that time was YWSY!

Thinking of this, Bian Lang knew what he was going to sing. I hadn't decided when to go on "YWSY" yet, so isn't this the perfect time?

He slapped the table, stood up, and said to Bian Hai with a beer in his hand: "Thanks, Dad, I know what to sing now."

"Ah? You thought of it now? Sing one first, and I'll think about it for you..."

Bian Lang didn't actually sing, he just took out his mobile phone and played the recorded version for Bian Hai.

Then the sea became silent...

After a long while, he blurted out, "Then I tried to repair equipment in a power station, but Brazilian cigarettes are really hard to smoke!"

"Oh, you have a really good brain!"

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The next day, Bian Lang told this matter to several members of the band, and there was silence at first.

But after a while, Di Li said, "If you think so, this song is indeed quite suitable, but the foreigners attending the conference probably won't be happy to hear it."

Then "YWSY", which fired the first shot of Chinese rock, is undoubtedly the most appropriate choice.

Moreover, Bian Lang clearly remembered that Lao Cui once said: "In fact, the spirit of rock and roll is the spirit of human beings. There is no need to emphasize the word rock and roll too much."

To put it bluntly, the development of China's industry is due to the fact that people have become more powerful, and as a result, the industry has naturally become stronger.

Bian Lang also thinks Zang Hongfei’s explanation of rock music is very good. Zang Hongfei’s original words are: “Rock music is about facing the dissatisfaction with life, while pop music is about facing the submission of life.”

It doesn’t matter whether you are rock or not, what matters is whether you are still yourself.

The same is true for China's industrial development. It is precisely because of that group of people's insistence on not giving up and being themselves that we have the China we know today, a country that is confident in everything and will not be easily manipulated by foreigners.

Then let's talk about Lao Cui. He talked seriously about why rock music is a niche in China and whether it is necessary to emphasize the word "rock".

Rock music has become mainstream in the West. It is popular music, but it may be niche music in China.

This may not be important. What is important is whether everyone will continue to ask questions when facing their own compromised self in reality.

This kind of thing does not necessarily have to be reflected in rock music, but also in pop music and classical music. Now there are a lot of questioning voices in some hip hop and hip-hop music.

Of course, these all fall into the broad category of pop music, but they do not exist in the form of rock music as people understand it, so there is no need to emphasize the word "rock".

Lao Cui has written two songs to compare Chinese rock music and Western rock music. One of them was "Like a Knife" written thirty years ago. At that time, Chinese rock music was really like a knife.

"Rolling Egg" released ten years ago was actually a response to Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone".

This is Lao Cui's response to Western rock music while standing on Chinese soil. He feels that Chinese rock is more like a rolling egg than a rolling stone.

Although it was a rolling egg, it did not break. The ground after the rain seemed a little soft, and it was protected while rolling, but it was indeed kept in a very dangerous state.

But when the egg is broken, it becomes life.

And when Bian Lang comes with these classic songs accumulated by the original earth over decades, it is no longer a rolling egg, but an indestructible rolling stone.

A rolling stone that moves forward and no one can stop it!

In the past, on the original Earth from thirty years ago to ten years ago and then to now, Chinese rock did not go global, and the same was true for the Blue Water Planet.

Lao Cui thinks that it really doesn’t matter whether one goes out or not. Such comparisons themselves are utilitarian and treat rock music as a commodity.

But the existence of rock music is not to go global or to flow to China. It exists for the entertainment of body and mind. This entertainment will naturally bring about interaction with the market, and this interaction leads to its dissemination.

Therefore, a large number of people in China have been influenced and can learn about Western culture, and they can easily buy these records. This is a positive reaction brought about by a normal cultural foundation.

So we should listen to these positive music!

Every era needs a form to express itself. Rock music emerged when the West developed to the 1960s and 1970s and people needed to express themselves in new forms. At that time, the existing music forms could not express people's ideas, so rock music appeared.

Like now, many young people choose to express themselves in their own way, and there is nothing we can do about it.

This is a natural law. In the process of economic development, cultural development, and globalization, people will easily find the way they most want to express themselves.

Therefore, in the social reality where red songs were everywhere in the world, as soon as the new form of expression such as rock music appeared, it immediately became an unstoppable trend.

They are unyielding and unwilling to settle for the status quo. They want to change their living conditions through hard work and make the country stronger.

In this respect, the history of the development of China's modern industry is basically the same as rock and roll.

Rock is not just a concept of music, but a concept of attitude and outlook on life.

This song first appeared in 86 at the International Peace Year Singers Concert hosted by BJ.

Bian Lang doesn’t know whether Lao Cui, who was only 86 years old in 25, already had the rudiments of these ideas, but in that era, it took a lot of courage to sing songs that broke the ideology. In fact, Lao Cui paid the price for it later.

What rock represents is fundamentally contrary to the ideas and concepts left by the Chinese ancestors, so it is difficult to become popular and it is destined to be a niche.

"YWSY" can be said to be the first song that brought out the idea of ​​rock spirit.

It is impossible for a work like this to have exactly the same birth environment on the Blue Water Planet, so this kind of big stage with China as the core, showing the achievements to the world, is the most worthy way for this song to appear.

The key point is that many of the older generation present at the time will definitely be able to empathize with this expression.

It happened in a flash. Although Bian Lang thought so much, it actually took less than the time to smoke a cigarette.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Dayong thought that Bian Lang was thinking about it himself.

He changed the subject and asked, "Then you have to provide them with an English translation? Otherwise, people won't understand what they are saying. Isn't that a pity?"

Bian Lang thought for a moment and then said with a smile: "I will sing an English song for them then..."

Bian Lang took out his acoustic guitar, strummed the strings and sang: "How does it feel, how does it feel? To be without a home, Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone..."