Chapter 16: The Party (4)
Until Cao Wu and the others went down, the host finished the cross-talk, and even the last sketch show began, and the audience and students were still excited.
The success of the Black Hole Band's performance put tremendous pressure on the sketch program that followed, and the actors' desperate exaggerated movements were to no avail, and there was even an embarrassing scene where the burden was shaking, and the audience laughed when the lyrical reasoning was made.
Soon, it was the turn of the band Coolboy.
After the host's introduction, the audience and students were full of expectations, this band is about to reach the finale, it should be stronger than a black hole, right?
Different from the audience's excited expectations, there is a desperate silence between Zhang Haozhe and the others in the background.
They are all playing music, so they can naturally hear whether it is good or bad, from the prelude of the Black Hole Band just now, Zhang Haozhe knew that Cao Wu was definitely deliberately hiding it during the rehearsal!
Kicking away a stone under his feet, Su Yang said irritably: "What are you doing with a sad face? A lost dog who was kicked out of the band scares you? Damn! What's the big deal? He just plays the guitar like that......" At the end, his voice became muffled, obviously, when he said this, he felt empty.
Perhaps because of some cowardice that made him angry, Su Yang said to Zhang Haozhe: "Captain, how do you get it, you say something!"
Zhang Haozhe straightened up, took a deep breath, and said as if he was cheering himself up: "Su Yang is right, I am not afraid of a defeated general. He is also an original name, and everyone just listens to it fresh, nothing remarkable. Don't forget, we're doing Horizon this time!"
At the mention of the name, the eyes of the band members lit up.
Yes, we're playing Horizon! Horizon by Daystar!
The real name of the "Daystar" band is the Valve Core Band, and fans think it's not very elegant, so they give them the harmonic name "Daystar".
As one of the four most powerful bands in the 90s, the valve core band has become an idol in the minds of most musicians today, and it is definitely one of the most important palace bands in China.
The song "Horizon" is the title song of the same name in the 2000 century album of the valve core band, which integrates the understanding and love of music by all the members of the band, and was included in the "100 Chinese Music Classics", ranking seventeenth.
This song is known for its advanced arrangement concept and difficult performance, as long as they can interpret this song, it will be a matter of minutes to put the Black Hole Band into play.
Seeing that everyone rekindled their confidence, Zhang Haozhe struck while the iron was hot and said: "We are professionals, if we are defeated by an amateur, it will be too embarrassing." Come on, let's get some fuel together!"
The five men folded their hands together and shouted unevenly, "Come on, come on!"
After filling up the gas, Zhang Haozhe found that everyone's mood was not as high as expected, but became worried again.
But there is no time to engage in mental construction at this time, and the host is already talking about cross-talk.
Zhang Haozhe helped Zhang Xinyi lift the keyboard up and put it up, but when he turned around, he found that the drummer Jiang Lianxu was carrying the drum alone, while Su Yang was waiting there with a guitar and pestle.
"Su Yang, go and help Jiang Lianxu move the drum?" Zhang Haozhe said with a frown.
Su Yang raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you moving?"
Zhang Haozhe's heart suddenly became angry, but he knew that this was not the time to get angry, so he suppressed his temper and whispered: "I still have to wiring, you go and move it!"
Su Yang shrugged his shoulders, took off the bass, and ran to move the drum in small steps.
After taking the audio cable from the side of the stage, Zhang Haozhe inserted the interface into the electric guitar.
Airplanes!
A sharp sonic boom came from the speaker, and the audience covered their ears and frowned.
The hostess, who was stringing words on stage, was interrupted by a murmur and spoke again, but she couldn't speak.
The male host on the far left hurriedly took over the conversation and said loudly: "Then let's look forward to the wonderful performance of the Coolboy band from the eighth class of high school!"
After speaking, the four of them turned around one by one, and they all stepped down.
On the stage, Zhang Haozhe hurriedly combed the audio cable, and heard a clang, Su Yang behind him didn't hold the bottom drum firmly, and fell directly to the ground, fortunately, the drum was not broken.
Zhang Haozhe glared at him, but he couldn't attack, so he could only bury his head and continue to wiring.
Without the host delaying time, the attention of the audience and classmates was focused on Zhang Haozhe and others, who were busy on the stage, and several people were indeed a little slow, so there were bold students hiding in the audience and coaxing.
"Isn't it okay?"
"Hurry up!"
"I really can't let the Black Hole Band come back and sing another song!"
……
The teacher who maintained order in the front row shouted to stop it, but it had little effect, and the song "Stubborn" by the Black Hole Band seemed to awaken the rebellious cells of the students, and they were all bold.
Leaning on the backstage passage and drinking ice Coke, Cao Wu looked at Zhang Haozhe and the others who were flustered on the stage and shook his head.
After the host finished speaking, it was not uncommon for the actors who were not ready to be hung on the stage to happen, Zhang Haozhe and they were also unlucky, and they just happened to bump into it.
However, it is not enough to sympathize with them, and the reason for this is that after all, it is because of insufficient level and lack of experience, which leads to being in a hurry, wasting time, and complaining about others.
Finally getting the instrument right, Zhang Haozhe wiped the sweat on his head and stood in front of the microphone panting.
He felt that the sweat in his leather coat was sliding down his skin, and he had soaked through the upper half of his pants, and the whole person was extremely uncomfortable.
At the moment, he regretted a little, why should he rent this leather coat, wouldn't it be nice to dress comfortably and cool like Cao Wu and them?
Zhang Haozhe adjusted his breathing, showed a charming smile that he had practiced countless times in front of the mirror, and said: "Hello everyone, we are the Coolboy band from the eighth class of high school, and the track we bring to you today is "Horizon" by the valve core band. ”
The famous song finally received a round of warm applause from the classmates, Zhang Haozhe was a little settled in his heart, he turned around and nodded at Su Yang and the others, Jiang Lianxu beat the drumstick to the rhythm, and after four beats, the music sounded.
The familiar prelude excited the students, and some of them were already singing the chorus aloud.
The prelude of this song is quite difficult, and the focus is on whether Su Yang's lead guitar can handle the opening SOLO.
Playing the riff rhythm, Zhang Haozhe beat in his heart, but I don't know if it was nervousness or what the reason, he was in a trance, and after two notes of the fifth fourth beat, he suddenly woke up and continued to sing.
"Far away in the sky, a light appeared. ”
In the first line, he did not sing "far away", but started with "the edge of the sky". As soon as this sentence came out, some people in the audience already noticed that something was wrong.
Realizing that he had made a mistake, Zhang Haozhe was a little panicked, he wanted to calm down, but the more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, and the more anxious he was, the more he made mistakes.
Soon, at the end of the first measure, his riff bounced a note, and then Su Yang's main note also played a wrong note, and now, even some students who had only heard it but couldn't sing it could hear it, and it was out of tune.
"Wow!"
Someone began to coax, Jiang Lianxu on the stage heard the coaxing, and his heart panicked, and the rhythm was chaotic all of a sudden.
No way, this song is too famous, too many people have listened to it, and the mistakes they made are too obvious.
After singing the first verse, I don't know if it was because the boos were too loud, Jiang Lianxu actually stopped.
Everyone was caught off guard, and Su Yang played four notes before he realized and stopped.
Zhang Haozhe gritted his teeth, and wanted to turn around and scold Jiang Lianxu immediately, but he couldn't.
With an idea, he shouted into the microphone and into the audience, "Can you sing with us for the next part?"
He counted the beats, and the band started playing again, but most of the audience saw his trick and few opened their mouths to sing along.
In the aisle, Cao Wu shook his head and walked to the backstage.
There's nothing left to see, they collapsed, and they were so embarrassed that they couldn't even watch it.