United States.

A gymnasium in Los Angeles.

The American version of "I Am a Singer" is holding its annual festival here tonight.

Chen Ziang and his entourage have been in the United States for two days.

In the past two days, the band has been torn apart.

Because the songs submitted by Wang Yu are all new songs.

The band had a lot of work, rehearsing all the songs submitted by the seven singers during this time.

But it's actually okay, because the songs submitted by those singers are songs that the band is more or less familiar with.

And the three songs submitted by Wang Yu are all new songs.

The band had never heard of it at all.

Fortunately, it was submitted early, otherwise in just two days, the band would have gone berserk.

Even if it was submitted early, after Wang Yuzhen came to rehearse, the band was still very hard.

Chen Ziang and Wang Yu demanded too much.

The two sides have the most time to run in.

Other singers just go a few times and it's OK.

The rest of the time is basically for Wang Yu.

But the band was in pain and happy.

In addition to the Chinese song, they didn't feel much, and the other two English songs made them breathtaking.

"Wang, may I ask the songwriters of these two English songs, is the first one an American, how old is it, and where is it?" At the end of the rehearsal, the band's director, John, asked Wang Yu.

Wang Yu shook his head: "No, it's us Chinese." ”

"Oh, is that true? I can't believe it. John was shocked.

Look at the lyrics, it's about the United States.

Not a native of the United States, who has lived through that era, how can he write such a song?

Wang Yu smiled and didn't speak.

John asked again, "Is it a Chinese-American?"

Wang Yu couldn't help but laugh and said: "No, he is an authentic Chinese, I know what you are thinking, I can tell you something, that is, he is from a book writing background, he is very good at making up stories, and outsiders believe it." ”

John was stunned for a moment, and nodded in agreement: "Yes, I believe that he is an authentic American." God, the storyteller is amazing. ”

……

Inside the gymnasium, the lights are bright.

The American version of "I Am a Singer" is also a phenomenal program that has appeared in the United States in recent years, and it is extremely popular.

Otherwise, the annual ceremony would not have been held in a huge stadium.

There are seven singers in the annual ceremony, all of whom are world-class singers.

Wang Yu is now one of the most famous singers in the world in China, thanks to this world-class show.

The domestic "I Am a Singer" can rejuvenate outdated singers.

The American version of "I Am a Singer" can make a national-level singer rise to a world-class singer.

In the past, Wang Yu did not appear on the world singer popularity list.

The popularity list of world singers lists only the top 100.

Now, Wang Yu not only squeezed into the world's singer popularity list, but also almost squeezed into the top 90.

The other six annual festival singers, both male and female, are also world-class singers, and they all made it to the top 100.

Although Xu Jiahui has become the image ambassador of the Tinder Project in many countries, she has not yet squeezed into the world singer list.

Chen Ziang is even more miserable, and his popularity in the world is less than that of Xu Jiahui.

"Nina is the king of songs!"

"Rory is the king of singers!"

In the stadium, online, the American people, and even people in many countries around the world are watching tonight's annual ceremony.

The singers with the highest voices are Nina and Rory.

Both of them are very close to world-class superstars.

Among the seven annual festival singers, there are no world-class superstars.

can only be said to be a world-class singer.

A world-class superstar, the most popular in the world singer list is the top 20.

They are not out of breath now, they are not badly popular, and the program team can't be invited.

The singers who come to this show are not popular top-level singers.

Some are even out of gas.

Back then, almost all the world's superstars came, but the people who were eliminated by the times wanted to come back, it was very difficult.

Therefore, the singer who was once almost a world superstar collapsed on this stage and did not stay until the end.

The current stage is a stage for young and middle-aged people.

Thirty or forty years old, for singers, is still at their peak.

Wang Yu's strength is undoubted, but he often sings Chinese songs.

Cultural differences, popular factors, aesthetics, etc., have led to her low reputation as a singer.

Chinese music is not bad, the poor is the channel, and the bad is the pioneer.

It's like something new, and it's often hard for something new to be accepted right away.

People may fall in love with a song before they fall in love with that singer.

It is also possible to fall in love with the singer first and then with the singer's songs.

Chen Ziang and Wang Yu both understand that if Chinese artists want the world to understand China, they must first follow the local customs, let the world accept themselves, and then talk about cultural communication.

It's just that Wang Yu doesn't want to miss the opportunity to sing Chinese songs on this stage, and I'll talk about it later.

Backstage of the annual gala.

The seven singers sat in their respective rooms, and the program team reminded the singers to watch the display.

"I don't know what song they chose?"

Nina, Rory and other singers stared at the display screen one by one.

Soon, the program team exposed the songs that other singers were going to sing tonight.

“《Hotel California》？”

The other six singers were a little surprised when they saw the first song that Wang Yu was going to sing.

Nina in the room.

"Who is the original singer of 'Hotel California', and why haven't you heard it?" she looked at the screen curiously.

Rory's room.

"Have you heard?" Rory also looked puzzled, and asked the assistants and agents around him.

Everyone shook their heads.

……

"No matter what the song, the king of singers must be us American. Nina said secretly in her heart.

"You must not let a Chinese get the king of singers!" Rory was confident.

Other singers, American nationals, also have a sense of national honor and don't want to be stolen by foreign singers.

The United States has a history of more than 200 years and is still a country of immigrants.

It can accept many things, but it does not have a national soul of its own.

It preaches a sense of freedom, independence, and a bit of indulgence.

Wang Yu's room.

As a result of the draw, she was the first to play.

Xu Ran and the others were speechless.

"So unlucky, the first to appear!" Lan Yeqing was a little helpless.

"It's okay, it's all set. Live, the time between the first song and the last song is not very long. Chen Ziang was the most excited.

Recording a show, there may be hours between the first song and the last song.

But the live broadcast is a maximum of forty minutes.

"Why are you still so happy?" Several people walked out of the room and went to the stage passage, Xu Ran had a headache.

Chen Ziang said with a smile: "You don't know American music, you don't know the music scene in the United States, you have and now, wait." ”

He didn't say much, for fear of affecting Xu Ran and them.

The program group has a band, but the positions of some instruments are held by Chen Ziang, Xu Ran, and Lan Yeqing.

Wang Yu was a little puzzled, she felt that "Hotel California" seemed to allude to something, but she couldn't say it.

Indeed, after the song "Hotel California" came out, it immediately attracted a lot of doubts and criticism. Although no one dares to boast that their understanding is the correct version, the obvious allusions to drug use, fornication, and cults in the lyrics still arouse the resentment of moral defenders and are suspected by religious groups in the United States. However, the classic guitar melodies, eerie and inexplicable lyrics, and touching pathos in its songs have made it a favorite among music fans.

on stage.

Chen Ziang, Wang Yu and others are in place.

The stadium was packed.

Tens of thousands of spectators cheered.

Known as the king of singers, although Wang Yu's voice is not high, he also has many fans.

The intro is slightly longer and the guitar accompaniment is the main theme.

Xu Ran has accompanied Wang Yu on stage for the second time and appeared as a guitarist.

Chen Ziang is the first time, and he is Wang Yu's guest singer.

The audience was curious.

They don't know this person.

At the annual ceremony, fans are looking forward to the singers' guest status.

Wang Yu began to sing: "On a dark desert highay"

Cool ind in my hair"

The voice is a little lazy and decadent.

Chen Ziang: "Arm Smell of Colitas"

Rising Up through the air

Up ahead in the distance

I sa a shimmering light."

Wang Yu: "My head gre heavy and my sight gre dim"

I had to stop for the night)"

Chen Ziang: "There she stood in the dooray (she stood there waiting for me)

I heard the mission bell

And I as thinking to myself

This could be heaven or this could be hell."

Wang Yu: "Then she lit up a candle"

And she shoed me the ay

There ere voices don in corridor

I thought I heard them say…… (I think I heard them say...... ）

elcome to the Hotel California for you)"

People in the music industry were shocked when they heard this.

American love is unabashed.

But the content of their music is very subtle.

The song "Hotel California" is really amazing.

In previous lives, it had many interpretations.

Interpretation 1: Drug rehabilitation center

The many allusions to drugs in the song are the source of the saying that "Hotel California" was originally a drug rehabilitation center. According to this statement, the Hotel California is a voluntary drug rehabilitation home next to a Southern California highway, and the Eagles' experience of drug abuse and hospitalization is the source of the lyrics.

The lyrics at the beginning of the colitas suggest that the head feels heavy is characteristic of marijuana smoke. "lit up a candle" is a common phrase for drug use, and dancing in the backyard is a phenomenon that goes out of control after drug use.

These voluntary drug rehabilitation homes were mainly for the middle class, between sanatoriums and drug rehabilitation centers, and fornication was a norm after the debauchery of the middle class in the seventies. The addictive nature of drugs allows people to recover for a certain period of time and leave the drug rehabilitation center, but they can never get rid of the shadow of repeating the old track, which is exactly the portrayal of "you can settle the bill for a while, but you can never leave".

Interpretation 2: Psychiatric hospitals

The eerie nature of the lyrics may be the source of the psychiatric hospital narrative. The allusions associated with the lyrics are: auditory hallucinations with constant distant sounds, heaven and hell refer to the evil humanity of the mentally ill like demons and the purity and ignorance of angels, the sick dancing like demons in the backyard, the distortion of the mind is the direct language of the mentally ill, the prisoner of his own mind is also the code word, and the psychotic hallucinations of trying to kill the demons but never killing them. Of course, mental illness is the same as drugs, you can feel that you are normal for the time being, but there is no guarantee that you will be normal in the future, and you will never be able to leave the shadow.

The '70s used to be a time when horror was popular in the film industry, and these lyrics are framing the story. A lonely person on a remote desert road, a beautiful woman holding a candle in front of the gate, a mysterious foreman in a bar, a summoning dance in the backyard, a demon who intends to kill but can't kill him, even if it's over, there is always someone behind him to remind him of the end of the sequel. All of this gives the lyrics a ghostly feel, and in horror films, mental hospitals are more often the main backdrops.

Interpretation 3: Allusions to the erosive music industry

The '60s, when Hotel California was born, was a period of free creation in the American music industry, and the popularity of rock 'n' roll became a symbol of freedom and rebellion in the '60s. Drug abuse and fornication became the same path of depravity that almost every American rocker took in the seventies, and money and pleasure became the new image of rock music in the seventies.

The Eagles, who are also musicians, saw this fact, but could not do anything about it. Musicians have come to see this addictive life as the norm in the music industry, and rock musicians are always surrounded by beautiful girls and a rotten life. They always forgive themselves for doubts from the outside world: "Take it easy, we are naturally susceptible to temptation." The music industry has been unable to kill the demon of money, and even if some individuals can end it temporarily, they can never get rid of it. ”

Interpretation 4: American society in the 70s

The 1969 Woodstock festival was seen as the pinnacle of rock and roll. And the lyrics of "Hotel California", "We haven't had that since 1969," imply that after Woodstoker, the spirit of rock 'n' roll no longer exists. Those who think that this song symbolizes American society understand it this way: 1969 was the last year of the '60s, and there was no spirit of freedom, peace, and equality since then. As soon as the United States entered the 70s, it encountered the Middle East oil crisis, the defeat of the Vietnam War, and Nixon's Watergate scandal. Overnight, the spiritual outlook of the United States changed from struggling youth to vulgar and decadent middle-aged.

Stanley Kubrick made a movie called "Eye ide open," and viewers who have seen the film will find many similar plot content to the lyrics. It is also the same drug addiction and depravity, the same sexual immorality, the same demon worship complex, and the same shadow that cannot be shaken off. This film is like a commentary on "Hotel California", about the already unbearable state of American society.

"Such a lovely place

Such a lovely face

There's plenty of rooms at the Hotel California

Any time of year

You can find it here

……”

Wang Yu and Chen Ziang were singing, as if they were singing about a previous era.

Tonight's judges are no longer public judges, but more professional people.

Hearing this song, the musician was silent.

Needless to say, the melody is mainly what it alludes to and wants to express, isn't it a problem that many Americans, especially those in the music industry, have faced and still are?