Chapter 544: The Guitar Show on Eva's Show
"Ladies and gentlemen, please Jan Shaw!"
At the scene of the Eva show, the sound of English narration sounded again in the stereo. The fence in the center of the stage slowly rises again, and the stage floor, fence and background wall are lit up with sporadic lights, and the audience also sees several shadowy figures and the shadows of some musical instruments in the center of the stage.
"Oh~"
Before he could see the people on the stage, he just heard the narrator introduce Xiao Yao's name, and some people in the audience couldn't wait to make some drum noises.
"Wow~"
When the fence was fully raised and the lights were on, the cheers and screams of the audience who could clearly see the performers on the stage burst into flames. Amidst these cheers and screams, there were some exclamations.
Just like the performance of the first unit, there is also a whole band on the stage at this time. Musicians such as drums, electric guitars, bass, and keyboards were at the back of the stage, while Xiao Yao, who was carrying an instrument, was at a distance from the band and stood in the middle of the stage. At the beginning of the stage when the lights were bright and the models had not yet started the catwalk, Xiao Yao was naturally the focus of the audience. However, compared with the performer who seemed mature, steady and elegant to sit by the piano in the first unit, Xiao Yao's image at this time was completely different.
"Oh my God, what is he wearing?
"He's got the instrument that's the point, okay? It's the first time I've seen a musical instrument like this! It's so cool!"
Sitting in the front row of the audience, several foreign stars who were very close to the stage looked at Xiao Yao on the stage in surprise and exclaimed.
Xiao Yao, who appeared on the stage at this time, was wearing a set of "armor suits". On the shoulders and right chest are silver metal shoulder pads and chest guards, which are fastened to the body by leather straps. Two pieces of armor covering the upper part of the upper arm are attached to the underside of the shoulder guards, two metal shields are glued to the back of the glove and the outside of the forearm, and silver metal armor is added to the front of the knee and calf, the upper side of the boot, and the sides of the boot.
More eye-catching than clothes is the guitar that Xiao Yao carries in front of him. The whole body of the guitar is a sinuous dragon, the dragon's head, dragon claws, and dragon's tail are clearly visible, and the headstock is also a dragon's head! This guitar is Xiao Yao's dragon qinβ"Prison Cow."
At the finale of this Eva show, Xiao Yao also took out his "big killer" at the bottom of the box.
"Wow~ Xiao Yao, this is a magnifying move!"
"Hah! Those foreign stars are dumbfounded!"
Such an armor suit and that dragon qin were both shown by Xiao Yao on "Singer" last year. Although it has only been shown once, once you have seen such a cool thing, it is unlikely that you will easily forget it. So compared with those surprised foreign audiences, although the Chinese audience was also a little surprised, but after all, they had seen something once, and their response was much faster and much more enthusiastic, and bursts of cheers and screams almost immediately resounded throughout the scene of the Eva show.
"Oh my God!
At this time, the backstage waiting area is also boiling. During the previous rehearsal, Xiao Yao was wearing that armor suit, but he only took an ordinary electric guitar for rehearsal. In the fourth unit, when Xiao Yao appeared backstage in armor, the models didn't show much surprise, but when they looked at the piano, which was cooler than clothes, the models looking at the TV screen also screamed in surprise.
"What will be the sound of such a piano playing?" Whether it is the audience at the scene or the model backstage, people who see Longqin for the first time can't help but have such a question in their hearts.
Just when these people's questions just popped up, Xiao Yao, who was standing in the center of the stage, plucked the strings of the dragon qin in front of him, and a fierce electric guitar sound sounded.
It's still an ordinary electric guitar sound, but the people at the scene have a special feeling when they sound inexplicably. So, the cheers and screams of the scene rang out again.
After a dozen seconds of intense electric guitar solo, the sound of the scene suddenly disappeared briefly, and the screams of the audience were also reduced. Then, Xiao Yao plucked the strings again. This time, a less intense electric guitar solo sound rang out.
The electric guitar solo, which sounded like the prelude to the song, lasted for about a dozen seconds before the sound of the drums joined.
With the addition of the drumbeat, the catwalk model also appeared at the entrance of the passage. The models who appeared at the entrance of the passage kept walking out, and the catwalk part of the sixth unit officially began.
Seeing this, another question appeared in the hearts of all the audience.
In the first few units with performers, including Xiao Yao's first unit, the models appeared later than the performers. Whether it is a prelude or a monologue, the Eva show gives enough time for the performers to perform alone, and the models all start to appear on the catwalk after the performers start singing. Although Xiao Yao has been playing the guitar for almost half a minute now, he has not yet started singing yet, and the model's catwalk has already begun. Xiao Yao's guitar show is obviously two sections, does this mean?
Following this speculation, many viewers once again focused their attention on Xiao Yao. Then everyone was surprised to find that Xiao Yao did not wear a headset next to his ear, and there was no microphone stand and microphone on the stage!
"I'll go!, is Xiao Yao's last performance not singing, just purely playing the guitar?!"
"Xiao Yao dares to play like this on the Eva show?!"
"There's never been a purely instrumental performance in the history of the Eva show, right?"
"Does Xiao Yao regard himself as a master performer?
"This is a show!"
After discovering this, not only the foreign audience, but even the Chinese audience felt incredible and shouted in their hearts!
Xiao Yao's second performance is really a pure guitar performance.
At the beginning, Elbert's request for Xiao Yao was that the two performances should preferably be in different styles. Xiao Yao's first performance "Thingking Out Loud" is a folk song, which is more gentle and soothing, and after making a piano-based adaptation, it is more elegant and feels more gentle, so in the next performance, Xiao Yao naturally has to choose a more intense and intense performance.
The stage of Eva Show is not suitable for performing Chinese songs, and Xiao Yao has also written several powerful and intense English rock songs and electronic music songs, but these songs are either written for others or cooperated with Chinese stars like Chen Chen who are not yet Eva Show's coffee position, which are not very suitable. It is not appropriate to perform a new English song that is not well-known on the stage of the Eva Show, and when he doesn't want to cover it, Xiao Yao thought of a simple instrumental performance.
Xiao Yao's choice of performance is based on "Soothsayer" by Brian Caroll, a former guitarist from "GunsN' Roses", who also wore a mask and performed with a KFC barrel. The original song was more than nine minutes long, and Xiao Yao deleted many of the repetitive parts and made some other modifications, adapting it into a song of more than four minutes to suit Eva Xiu's performance.
Except for the deleted repetition, Xiao Yao has not changed much in the melody of this piece, so strictly speaking, this is not a completely new piece. Although the original song was not included in Xiao Yao's pure music album of guitar music that was all played by acoustic guitar, it was also performed by Xiao Yao before and had a certain degree of popularity.
The first time Xiao Yao played this piece was when he broadcast anonymously on the live broadcast platform. At that time, netizens who watched the live broadcast did not know that this newcomer anchor called "Guitar Brother" was Xiao Yao, but he was exclaimed as "Guitar God" by the sailors, which was enough to show the shock of this song to the sailors. At that time, some guitar enthusiast water friends also deliberately uploaded this live video to some foreign music video websites in the form of video.
Such a great song not only shocked the sailors of China, but also shocked many foreign netizens and guitar lovers. Once these videos were uploaded, they quickly became popular on foreign video websites and netizens, and their popularity and influence were very good.
Xiao Yao was a guest in Chen Bella's live broadcast room a few days later, and it was revealed that he was a "guitar brother". Although Huaxia netizens all know that the "guitar brother" is Xiao Yao, they may feel that making foreigners think that an amateur in Huaxia can create and play such a tune is more awesome for foreigners than a star singer in Huaxia.
Therefore, although the popularity of this piece abroad is very good, and there are many foreign music fans who know YS and Jan Xiao, there are not many foreigners who know that this piece was composed and played by Xiao Yao. However, this piece is not only well-known, but also meets the requirements, and it is actually his own work, and in the end, Xiao Yao chose this piece as the second performance track on the Eva show.
When Elbert heard that Xiao Yao's second performance was going to be performed purely on an instrument, he also had some doubts in his heart, and it was not that he did not persuade Xiao Yao to dispel his thoughts and choose a song to perform again. But after watching Xiao Yao's performance during the rehearsal, he almost didn't hesitate to agree to Xiao Yao's first pure instrumental performance in the history of the Eva show.
"Soothsayer" is a piece with a lot of rhythmic attention, with a small solo repetition followed by a gradual progression to the climax. Xiao Yao's adaptation cancels a lot of repetitive parts, but this gradual overall trend remains the same.
On the stage of the Eva show, there will be no wires that are both obstructive and eye-catching. Whether it's a connected device or a microphone for a variety of instruments, it's all wireless. In the first unit, Xiao Yao sat at the piano that could not be moved, and there was a sense of constraint, and at this time he was carrying an electric guitar, and the whole person was much freer. In the relatively gentle stage at the beginning, Xiao Yao also came to the edge of the performance stage and interacted with the passing catwalk models.
Although Xiao Yao's hands are not idle, just by virtue of some eye contact and facial interaction, it can also have a very good effect, not to mention that Xiao Yao's feet are still free, and occasionally he will walk two steps with the model's steps.
The models also have great enthusiasm for interacting with Xiao Yao, and almost every model who passes by Xiao Yao at close range will turn their heads and smile to look at Xiao Yao, and do some eye and facial interaction with him. Some of them were more lively, and they would even reach out curiously to gently touch the dragon head at the head of the dragon qin that Xiao Yao was carrying. After all, it was the first time they had seen such a cool instrument.
However, Xiao Yao didn't have a long time to run to the edge of the performance stage to interact. Almost halfway through the performance, the whole piece progresses to a more intense part, and the technique and speed required to play it are much improved compared to the beginning. Xiao Yao returned to the center of the stage, focusing all his energy on the performance, and did not interact with the models again.
As the melody and rhythm of the song became more and more intense, the emotions of the audience became more and more high.
By the time the catwalk was almost three-quarters of the way through, many of the audience couldn't help but get up from their seats and raise their hands. However, the celebrity viewers in the front row were still relatively reserved because of their identities, and the audience who stood up at this time was mostly ordinary viewers in the back row.
The performance is going on here, even if you don't talk about Xiao Yao's cool performance clothes and even cooler instruments in his hands, just the piece played by Xiao Yao and the state of performance he showed sounded and seemed to many people to feel no worse than listening to the scene of those god-level rock guitarists.
Those god-level rock guitarists are somewhat arrogant and lofty, and it is generally difficult to appear on a stage with such a strong commercial atmosphere as the Eva Show. Except for concerts and some special rock festivals, it's generally hard to see them live. This is one of the reasons why Elbert agreed to Xiao Yao's performance in the last unit. Judging from the performance of the live audience, Elbert undoubtedly made a very correct decision.
However, this is not yet the climax of the whole show. Even though some audience members have already stood up, the intensity of this piece is still climbing step by step.
When the last model finished the catwalk and disappeared at the back of the passage, Xiao Yao's performance not only did not end, but came to the climax.
With bursts of fierce sliding and strumming, Xiao Yao's various body parts suddenly shot out red laser rays. These laser rays did not appear at the same time, but quickly appeared one by one with Xiao Yao's playing movements and the rhythm of the music. Such a scene made many viewers open their mouths in surprise, and those Chinese viewers who had seen Xiao Yao's performance on "Singer" broke out into a huge cheer and scream again.
In the last melody with a very fast rhythm, the red laser rays shot from various parts of Xiao Yao's body began to flicker continuously, and the lights of the entire scene also flickered violently. Experiencing such a violent double impact on both visual and auditory aspects, even the celebrity viewers sitting in the front row were not calm, and they got up from their seats, raised their hands and screamed. And backstage, the models who finished the catwalk and watched the live broadcast were also screaming.
In the sound of the explosive drums, Xiao Yao raised his hand to complete the last strumming. When his arm was raised, all the red rays on his body disappeared, and when his arm was swung down, the red rays all over his body lit up again at the same time, as if the whole person exploded, and a field of electric sparks also exploded near several headlights above the stage. At this time, the screams resounded throughout the scene, and the atmosphere of the scene reached the climax of the night.
The electric spark near the light was apparently pre-arranged, not some electrical fault. Because after the music completely fell, the scene was still bright. And as Xiao Yao bowed to the audience, the red rays on his body disappeared again.
The huge cheers of the audience sounded again, and Xiao Yao also straightened up in the cheers, turned around and walked towards the entrance of the passage. It was only at this time that the lights at the scene dimmed again, and the fence above slowly lowered.
"Jan, you're acting fantastic!"
When Xiao Yao walked backstage, a group of excited and excited models greeted him with open arms.
"Thank you!"
In order to avoid hurting the other party, Xiao Yao quickly took off the dragon qin on his body, held it in his hand with one hand, hugged the models with one hand, and kept saying thank you in his mouth.
After dealing with those enthusiastic models, Xiao Yao hurriedly ran back to the lounge and put down Long Qin, and then immediately ran back to the backstage. After the end of the sixth unit, the whole Eva show has not completely ended, and there is a final collective appearance curtain call. Not only will all the models appear, but all the guests will also appear collectively. After coping with the hugs and congratulations of the last model, Xiao Yao heard the sound of collective curtain call music outside.
When Xiao Yao reappeared backstage, most of the models had already appeared, and Liang Xueying and Jamie Smith were already waiting behind the passage, Xiao Yao quickly stood up and accepted a hug and congratulations from the two.
The three performers were the last to appear.
When the three of them walked out of the aisle and walked onto the stage side by side, three sides of the stage were already filled with models. Golden confetti fluttered above the stage, and the models all applauded the audience to the sound of music.
The three performers also walked forward with a smile and applause. When they came to the front of the stage, several models at the front of the stage also took the initiative to give way to the middle position, allowing the three of them to stand at the front.
In addition to applauding and thanking, Jamie Smith and several models next to Xiao Yao were also banging and groping on the various armors on Xiao Yao's body with great interest, as if trying to figure out why Xiao Yao's performance costume emitted red rays. And Xiao Yao, who was squeezed in the crowd, had very limited space to dodge, and while maintaining a smile, he had to block and dodge the hands that suddenly reached out to him from all angles.
Such a picture fell into the eyes of the audience in the front row of the scene, which naturally caused a burst of laughter from the audience, which added a little more to the already joyful atmosphere.
However, the collective appearance curtain call was very short-lived, and such a scene did not last long.
Under the command of the on-site director, the three performers and all the models took turns to leave, and the Eva show officially came to an end.