Chapter 340: Brother Shan
The song "HotelCalifornia" can be said to be a masterpiece completed by the Eagle Band in the best state and the best combination, and it is also their pinnacle work, it is this diamond-level golden song that created the Eagle Band and also created a group of HotelCalifornia super fans.
It was ranked No. 49 on the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" and eighth on the "100 Best Rock Guitar Solos" in 2004. Ranked 11th on the list of the 100 greatest English songs by Rolling Stone. Even because the song was so good and so successful, the fans' almost adoring love for the song had caused them to ignore the other Eagles singles.
Such a classic song, placed in this world, can still move everyone. And Henry, who is a top rocker, is very sure that this song will become a classic in the history of rock music......!" Mr. Henry, can you have less strength?" Ye Zheng was so strangled by him that he was about to breathe, and said with difficulty.
"Oh!oh!I'm sorry!" Henry quickly let go, his face turned a little red from excitement, and his originally not fluent Chinese stammered even more: "Ye ...... Mr. Ye, let's ...... It's going to be used...... It's going to be the title song!" He took a deep breath to calm down, and his speech became smoother: "Mr. Ye, I decided that this is it! Let Mr. James talk to you about copyright, we have to go back and make arrangements immediately, I want to sing it out soon!"
"Mr. Henry, don't be in a hurry. Ye Zheng smiled: "I also have some ideas about the arrangement of this song, why don't you rehearse it in our time and space music?" "One of the amazing things about Hotel California is the way it is arranged, especially the double guitar effect. Moreover, rock bands generally rarely use pianos, and the addition of piano to the arrangement of this song is also a very important feature.
Ye Zheng is an obsessive with this song, and he wants to restore this song in its original form, and he doesn't want the Gray Sparrow Band to adapt it into another unfamiliar form. Henry hesitated slightly, but noticed that Ye Zheng's face became serious and serious.
Ye Zheng looked at Henry's eyes, his tone was serious, and he couldn't be ignored: "I want to make this song a classic, I hope you will make a wise decision! To be honest, I want you to complete the arrangement of this song in Time and Space Music, there are two reasons, first, I have to arrange this song myself, you can give opinions, but I may not accept it." Second, I just want you to mentor us rockers and impart some knowledge and experience in addition to rehearsals. If you can't do that, I won't give this song to you to sing. I think there must be a lot of people interested in such a song. ”
Henry's heart chuckled, he knew that if he missed this song, he would regret it for the rest of his life, and his teammates and the company would regret it a lot. So the hesitation in his heart was instantly put aside by him: "Okay, let's rehearse here for three days and see how Mr. Ye will arrange this song!" The score of this song has been taken out, and the members of the Gray Sparrow Band can't wait to arrange this song, and even when they read the score just now, everyone's brain has already arranged this song, and with the tacit understanding they have cultivated over the years, everyone has a deep understanding of other people, and all these ideas as long as they are put together, it is a prototype of an arrangement.
When Henry and Ye Zheng were talking, several of them were already talking in a low voice, exchanging opinions on the arrangement. Unexpectedly, Henry turned around and told them that Ye Zheng was going to take over the arrangement of this song. And it is possible to dismiss their opinions.
"What does that mean!" said guitarist Jerry, stunned, "he wrote the song, and yes, he's a very talented man." With this song, I can call him a master. But if he can write songs, he knows how to arrange music? Does he understand our style of arrangement? Is it that if he arranges music according to the form of Chinese rock arrangement, or any kind of arrangement that is not suitable for our gray sparrow, we should also sing regardless of our own style?"
"Jerry, you said something similar before you came. Henry said: "When I decided to come to Ye Zheng to write songs, you said that he was a talented person, but you didn't believe that he could write good English rock music, and it was even more difficult to write works suitable for the style of Gray Sparrow." But now, this "HotelCalifornia" is in front of us, and each of us admits that it is a good song that we haven't seen in years, and a song that is very suitable for our singing style in terms of lyrics and songs. In that case, why can't we trust him to make a very good arrangement that makes us applaud?"
"You should trust me. Ye Zheng's voice suddenly sounded, he didn't know when he came to their side, and said: "It's almost noon now, after lunch, I will start arranging this song, this afternoon, I will finish the arrangement, if you still feel dissatisfied after seeing my arrangement, you can propose." If you can really come up with better and better suggestions, I will never object to you changing my arrangement!"
When Ye Zheng said this, they had nothing to say, but everyone, including Henry, had some doubts in their hearts. Can Ye Zheng really complete the arrangement of this song in a few hours in an afternoon? The lyrics and music of this song already have such an artistic conception and profound philosophical thinking, what kind of arrangement will Ye Zheng use to add full flesh and blood and attractive skin to this exquisite skeleton? Ye Zheng invited them to a sumptuous lunch in a restaurant with Chinese specialties, accompanied by Zhou Ke and Xiao Qi, but James invited, he said that there were no women at the table, it was too monotonous.
Xiao Qi's character was originally a vase, but she had a cheerful personality and admired these people in the Gray Sparrow Band, so she chattered a lot. During the whole meal, it completely became her leading topic. And everyone present liked her a lot.
"Mr. Ye, your girlfriend is really interesting, it's your honor to have such a beautiful and lovely girlfriend!" James did not hesitate to praise Xiao Qi, but he seemed to have mistaken the relationship between Ye Zheng and Xiao Qi.
"This, Mr. James......" Ye Zheng was about to explain, but saw that Xiao Qi had already raised his wine glass and showed a bright smile to James: "Mr. James, what you said is not wrong at all. But some people don't want a beautiful and lovely girl like me......" As she spoke, she glanced at Ye Zheng with deep meaning in her eyes, and Ye Zheng smiled silently. "Oh?" James understood what Xiao Qi meant, and was very surprised: "Yes, Mr. Ye, in my opinion, Miss Xiao Qi will definitely grow into a world-class rock singer in the future, aren't you still satisfied with her?" Ye Zheng spoke directly to James very helplessly, and Xiao Qi also provoked the corners of his mouth, looking at him with playful eyes, he had to bite the bullet and said: "Emotional matters, it's not so simple......
"What's not simple!" James said: "You Chinese people just like to get entangled in some things repeatedly, which makes people have a headache. If I were you, I would definitely fall in love with Miss Xiao Qi! You Huaxia people don't pay attention to what kind of match, right? I think you two are very compatible!" James said this, Xiao Qi was looking at him again, Ye Zheng didn't know how to respond, he saw that Xiao Qi seemed to pout at him, and then said with a smile: "Mr. James, I'm joking, Mr. Ye is a person who has a girlfriend, you haven't seen his girlfriend, she is more beautiful than me!"
"Yes. Oh, that's it!" James nodded: "Then I have a chance to see what kind of beautiful girl Mr. Ye's girlfriend is, and he actually made Mr. Ye abandon the beautiful Miss Xiao Qi and waste a piece of Miss Xiao Qi's heart......" James's words have already determined that Xiao Qi gave up and failed Xiao Qi, Ye Zheng didn't know what to say. Speaking of which, in this matter, it was indeed he who gave up Xiao Qi.