Chapter 204: Let Them, Burn
Jazz, country, hip-hop, and pop are the four kings of the American music industry, and the rock circle is relatively small.
In the United States, rock is often seen as a musical form derived from rhythm and blues, and is also a branch of jazz.
Jazz, as a music that originated from blacks, was considered a relatively vulgar form of music for the masses in the United States, which was bent on pursuing forced style, as the blues and p of the son of jazz; p; b. Hip-hop and rock are also regarded as music that cannot be put on the table, and only poor and ignorant children will like it.
People above the middle class preferred orthodox country music and pop music, which was dominated by white people, while the wealthy class followed the European ancestors and followed the symphony.
In the eyes of Europeans, Americans are rough people, the descendants of criminals, so after the economic take-off, Americans urgently need a sense of cultural identity, so they began to desperately develop the cultural industry, but in the eyes of Europeans, they still can't get rid of the image of the nouveau riche.
Even if it is so despised by Europeans, in the minds of Americans, Europe is still tall, many people think that people with a British accent or can speak French are very attractive, representatives of high IQ, and many celebrities will also ask teachers to learn to speak an authentic London accent.
This is also one of the reasons why, although rock 'n' roll was considered vulgar, the s from England were wildly sought after and brought a wave of rock 'n' roll fever in the United States.
S also became one of the initiators of the Woodstock music festival in this time and space.
Woodstock is an American town located in the northern part of New York State.
Today, Woodstock is one of the most famous music festivals in the world, and it is also the largest, highest and most influential rock theme music festival.
With the slogan "Combining Music and Art", it calls for "fraternity and equality", which is also the spirit of rock and roll in the minds of many.
The Woodstock front of this time and space is not stretched for decades, but is held every five years, and this year happens to be the sixth.
It invites bands from all over the world, and they are all the most outstanding or distinctive bands in the local area in the past five years.
Gradually, being able to appear on the stage of Woodstock has also become the dream of rockers all over the world.
After receiving the invitation, Niu Li replied to the organizer as soon as possible, and before that, no Chinese had ever appeared on the stage of Woodstock!
As a once-in-a-quinnique, fans from Western states have been driving to New York since mid-July. Their journeys span the entire United States, often with several like-minded friends on board, and countless stories are told and future rockers are nurtured.
Xinghai Culture's work in the third quarter was very busy, while preparing for the second Singapore Electronic Music Festival, the bn concert was also scheduled for the month, the company was very short of manpower, Niu Li couldn't get out, so she asked Zhang Rong to lead the team and accompany the black hole to the United States with the assistant team.
Black Hole arrived in New York State at the beginning of the month, and they met with Michael Dan, the head of the festival's organizers.
"Hey, my young friends!" Michael, who was almost seventy years old, and although his hair was all gray, his whole face was still red and very energetic.
"Hello, Mr. Dan. Cao Wu and the others shook hands with him and greeted him.
"Call me Michael. Michael laughed, "I love your music, Francis recommended you to me, and after hearing your first album, I decided." Hey, they're the ones I'm looking for, aren't they? haha!"
Michael did not hesitate to express his affection for the Black Hole Band, especially Cao Wu, and he praised him even more, putting his arm around his shoulders and asking him how he wrote those beautiful melodies.
According to Michael, they are already a relatively early band, and now only more than 30 bands have arrived in the United States.
Woodstock brings together some of the best rock bands from around the world and attracts rock fans from all over the world.
In the past, the number of audiences at each festival has never been less than 300,000, and the highest is even close to 500,000!
With only three days and 10 hours of performance time per day, each band only has 20 minutes of performance time, so you can imagine how many bands will participate in this event!
Twenty minutes, you can only sing a maximum of four songs, and if you want to stand out in so many bands and be remembered, you have to come up with something ruthless.
There was still half a month before the opening of the festival, and the band had almost rehearsed before they arrived, and a few of them had a tour in New York State.
The landmark Statue of Liberty, Central Park, and the Empire State Building all went around.
Under Michael's introduction, they also met a lot of friends who make music, including some big-name singers and big-name music producers.
Bob, an old friend, had also come from California, so how could he not attend such a five-year event?
It's just that his little band isn't qualified to be on Woodstock, he's here as a fan and vlogger.
Accompanied by him, they went to the site of the festival, near the White Lake Resort in the town of Bessel.
Although there is still nearly half a month before the opening of the music festival, it is already crowded here.
Fields of purple alfalfa flowers are covered with tents of all kinds, and the roads are full of cars parked, and many more are parked directly on the grass.
Huge groups of young people are partying in the fields, on the hillsides, and beer** and cigarette butts can be seen everywhere.
The embers of the campfire were scattered in the middle of the tent area.
Under the sun, naked people can be seen everywhere.
No one recognized Cao Wu and them, walking in the boundless sea of people, looking at the girls who were only wearing a pair of bikini panties and walking past them casually, even Cao Wu couldn't help but shake his head, the evil capitalist society!
It's so violent!
The festival did not start, but already countless bands began to sing, they were lovers of music, unknown small orchestras, but here, as long as the guitar was raised, there would be an audience.
But it's not them who are the most popular, it's tattoo artists.
Each tattoo artist is surrounded by young people waiting to get a tattoo, and they are passionate about some unique patterns.
One of the most popular is a Chinese tattoo artist who specializes in tattooing Chinese for people.
Cao Wu saw a stunned white guy frowning and hesitantly choosing a "stupid" tattoo on his shoulder, while his companions cheered and applauded him for daring to challenge such a complex pattern.
"That's not a lot of people, only about one-third, and two-thirds of the audience hasn't arrived yet!" Bob said with a smile, holding the gimbal and laughing, "When the festival starts, from here to there, it will be full of people, just like your firecrackers in China." ”
"And you, light their flames, let them burn!" 11