Chapter 22: What is Rock 'n' Roll
γDing!Host Obtained Wish Request Detected, Triggering Time-limited Task (3 Days 0:00:00)γ
Liu Jingxin was startled by the sudden sound of the prompt, and then he found that a new message had come out of the system task panel.
[Limited Time Mission: Peng Conan's Wish (2 days, 23:59:42)]
Note: The limited-time task is the pre-unlock task of the original scene task, the time-limited task will provide random hints according to the host's completion progress, and if the task is not completed after the time-limited end, the task will be judged as a failure. γ
Liu Jingxin is no stranger to limited-time tasks, which are the precursor tasks of theme original tasks, and the completion of theme original tasks can get the opportunity to increase the exposure of original music. It's just that why is this limited-time mission so short?
Liu Jingxin raised his hand and rubbed his temples, secretly counting the tasks he needed to complete at the moment.
Tong Wenxuan's wish has not yet been fulfilled, and there is still an original song with Tian Zheng's marriage proposal as the theme scene that has not yet been written, and now there is a new limited-time mission. Although the first task of the main story has been completed, the conditions for unlocking task 2 have not been met because the recognition has not exceeded 300 points.
When the band stabilizes, these tasks must be completed one by one as soon as possible, and they can no longer be delayed.
Peng Conan stared at Liu Jingxin with a puzzled expression and asked, "Are you really willing to help me fulfill my wish?"
Liu Jingxin nodded and said, "Of course, as long as I can help, I will do my best." What is your wish?"
When he asked this, Liu Jingxin couldn't hold back his laughter, he felt as if he had become a legendary koi, looking for people everywhere to help him fulfill his wish.
Peng Conan did not directly answer Liu Jingxin's question, but raised his finger and pointed at himself, and asked rhetorically, "Do you know why I am dressed like this today?"
Liu Jingxin shook his head and said, "I don't know." β
Previously, Liu Jingxin speculated that Peng Conan's band had a performance today, but Peng Conan's band disbanded yesterday. Since it is impossible to perform, why does Peng Conan dress up like this, isn't he afraid of being beaten up if he is not pleasing to the eye?
Peng Conan clenched his fists and said, "We often communicate with many underground bands, but I don't know where they got their sense of superiority and always look down on us. Do you know what they say about us? Say we're pseudo-rockers! All three of us in the band are very well-off, so in our music, it's more about expressing our own ideas, but they say we're not rock 'n' roll. β
"Pseudo-shake?" Liu Jingxin was disgusted by this word, and immediately frowned.
Originally, the word "pseudo-shake" was a neutral word, and there were not too many derogatory elements in it, but it just said that a certain song was closer to pop music from the arrangement, lyrics and overall style, reducing the proportion of the arrangement structure and instrumental performance skills, and at the same time giving more prominence to the lead singer.
To put it simply, after removing the lead part, if a song will only be left with the most ordinary musical accompaniment, then the song is very close to the definition of "pseudo-shake". After all, in an orthodox rock music, the lead singer is only a part, and it can't and can't be the whole thing.
But as more and more people use the word "pseudo-shake" to label music they don't like, "pseudo-shake" has changed from a neutral word to a derogatory term, and even many musicians feel that this is the most vicious slander of a rocker (rock musician), because the word has been considered equivalent to negation, and it is a total denial.
The more Peng Conan said, the more angry he became: "They said that I was a pseudo-shake, and I asked them what a real shake was, but they were good, saying that they let me listen to it myself, and that I would understand it if I listened to it more." I know that his grandmother has a leg, and it is clear that they can't answer it themselves. They just saw that our band was playing rock and roll for a short time, and bullied us!"
Liu Jingxin said: "Let me share with you my understanding of rock music, are you interested in listening to it?"
Peng Conan nodded and said, "Say it." β
Liu Jingxin lit a cigarette and said slowly in the smoke: "Rock music first appeared in the fifties of the last century, and there are three mainstream music in Lao Mei, namely rhythm and blues, Ding Bang Lane songs and country folk songs. The three music audiences are different, so there is no competition with each other, and the musicians are all honestly competing for their own charts. However, as the competition in the three major charts became more and more fierce, some musicians began to try to innovate their own styles and incorporate music elements from other styles, and they were very popular, so the same song appeared on different styles of music charts. And this kind of cross-style songs is the predecessor of rock music. β
Peng Conan blinked in surprise and said, "You mean, rock music is originally mainstream music?"
Liu Jingxin nodded and said: "Think about it, those rock bands that are popular all over the world, which band doesn't have songs that dominate the charts? I have to say that each country has a different culture, different music aesthetics, and different living soils. If you take someone else's yam and come back, you have to say that your own potatoes are fakes, which is not very rock 'n' roll. What do you think?"
Peng Conan nodded, then leaned forward, and asked with a serious expression: "Seeing that you understand so well, I want to ask, does real rock music have to be rebellious, must be anti-social, must depict the negative environment of society, and vent negative emotions? Is rock music really only poverty and anger?"
Liu Jingxin asked rhetorically, "Do you know rock and roll gestures?"
Peng Conan raised his index finger and little finger and said, "Is this this?"
Liu Jingxin said with a smile: "You are a metal salute, which is the most commonly used rock gesture now, but it has evolved gradually. There are two of the earliest rock gestures. β
As he spoke, Liu Jingxin first compared a scissor hand, and then compared the classic three-finger gesture of "I love you".
"What do you mean?" asked Peng Conan stunned.
Liu Jingxin said: "Love and peace, this is the core idea of rock music. Speaking of which, have you noticed that electronic music, hip-hop music, etc., also regard Love & Peace as the core of music. Do you know why?"
Peng Conan said tentatively: "They plagiarize?"
Liu Jingxin was amused: "Because this is the core idea that mainstream music wants to convey." Now that you look back at the question you just asked, do you need me to give you another answer?"
Peng Conan lowered his head and pondered for a while, clenched his fists and said indignantly: "They fooled me!"
Liu Jingxin said: "Maybe they themselves can't tell the difference between rock music and rock spirit." One of the most important things about the spirit of rock and roll is tolerance, and people who don't have tolerance talk about rock 'n' roll, which is a very ironic thing in itself, and only children do it. β
Speaking of this, Liu Jingxin suddenly thought that the topic seemed to be running away, so he hurriedly said: "I'm sorry to interrupt you, you go on." β
"Ahh Those people have always said that we are pseudo-rock, of course we are not convinced, so we made an appointment to PK on the spot today to see who wrote the song more rock. But our band disbanded yesterday, so I had to go to the appointment by myself. And guess what?"
"What's wrong?"
Peng Conan slapped the table and said angrily: "They say that I pretend to be very punk, and the music is very folk, and I don't even count pseudo-shake! If I hadn't seen that there were so many of them, I would definitely have done it!"
Liu Jingxin encouraged: "You can go to the appointment alone in this situation, which in itself is the embodiment of the spirit of rock and roll!"
Peng Conan didn't continue the topic, he was silent and entangled for a while, and asked with anticipation: "What style of your band is? If you can also play punk, I want to ask them to fight again at another time!"
Liu Jingxin smiled faintly and said: "It's just a few bands getting together to exchange music, why do you feel that the smell of gunpowder is so heavy?"
Peng Conan hurriedly said: "What kind of music is exchanged? We are really at war! Not only do we have to fight originally, but also fight the piano and drums, and the losing side will lose its own instrument." β
Liu Jingxin's brows furrowed tightly: "You mean, you bet on musical instruments?"
Peng Conan sighed, "yes, my bass is what I lost today." β
Liu Jingxin said with an angry face: "Do you know what is most important to a musician? You want to treat your bass as your life, how can you lose casually?"
Peng Conan smiled bitterly: "My band has disbanded, why do I still keep the bass, what's the difference between losing and selling?"
What's the difference between losing and selling?
This short sentence, like a heavy hammer, smashed Liu Jingxin's heart, making his breathing stagnate.
After bowing his head and being silent for a while, Liu Jingxin slowly raised his head and said in a resolute tone: "I will help you with this matter, if you lose, let's go and win it back together!"