Chapter 131: Entertainment on the Spot
Yang ascends to the gentleman, and yin fades to the villain.
As a public figure, no matter what you do, you will always attract the dissatisfaction of some people, some people dislike your opinions, some people hate your looks, and even some people just can't see that others are better off than themselves, simply put, you never know how dirty some people are inside.
Under the watchful eye of thousands of pairs, your actions will be criticized, your words will be distorted, your image will be discredited, and even your family will be viciously attacked.
However, the irony is that in the entertainment industry, many times, the more people who attack you, the correspondingly, the more well-known you are.
The band chose not to disband in the face of public opinion, which made Shen Yiran, the lead singer of the band, gain a high degree of attention after being exposed, although he has never admitted his identity, but the more this is the case, the more the audience will sit on this point.
What kind of phenomenon will the exposure of identity bring? You can see it from the premiere of today's concert.
On August 26, in front of the Zhongxi Grand Theater in Xuanzhou City, there was still more than an hour before the start of the performance, and at this time, hundreds of people were already holding light signs in their hands and lined up here.
"Hello audience friends, welcome to watch "Entertainment on the Spot", I am the host Xiao Ke, what we are going to report today is related to a band that has been very hot on the Internet during this time, I don't think I need to say more, everyone also knows the name of this band, so next, let me take you to explore the scene of Shen Yiran's solo concert, the lead singer of the band!"
After speaking, Xiao Ke took the microphone and walked excitedly towards the Zhongxi Grand Theater, standing there were all the people he wanted to interview.
"Hello, excuse me, I'm Xiao Ke, the host of "Entertainment on the Spot"!"
"Hello, my name is Wang Yujia."
After a brief self-introduction, Xiao Ke picked up the microphone and said, "Miss Wang, I want to ask, what are you waiting for here now?" ”
"Needless to say, of course it's this!"
Waving a poster similar to an advertisement for an old military doctor in his hand, Wang Yujia shouted with a smile: "The wanton band, I love their music to death." ”
"It is understood that the concert will not officially start until seven o'clock tonight, and now there is still more than an hour before the start, why did you come here so early."
Hearing this question, Wang Yujia looked at Xiao Ke with an idiotic look, and said impatiently: "With so many people queuing, I don't want to delay until the end of the venue, who knows if there will be a hot performance before the concert starts, what if I accidentally miss it!." ”
"It's only been a little over a month since the band broke up, and this one is just a solo performance by the lead singer, have you ever worried that the overall quality of the songs in the concert will not meet your expectations?"
"No, as long as you can hear "Exaggeration" on the spot, it's enough!"
After speaking, waving her hand, Wang Yujia continued to line up, she was about to enter the venue, she didn't want to be preempted by others.
"Well, this lady must like the song "Exaggerated", okay, let's move on to the next interview."
Xiao Ke then walked up to a man wearing sunglasses and combing his dreadlocks.
"Hello, this buddy, I'm Xiao Ke, this is "Entertainment on the Spot", I want to interview you with a few questions."
Looking at the time, the man hesitated for a moment before saying, "You ask, but it's not too long, I'll have to queue up later." ”
"OK, first question, are you here to listen to Shen Yiran's concert?"
"Of course, everyone here is here for him."
The man nodded, then raised his middle finger and said, "See this tattoo?" The Band, my totem. ”
Although Xiao Ke felt that this middle finger was a little awkward, he still smiled and asked, "Totem?" Why? ”
Without waiting for the man to answer, an uncle standing beside him with a keyboard took the initiative to interject:
"Because of rock 'n' roll! Because they're real rockers! Xie Yinli was killed by public opinion, the Fly Band fell, Zhao Qiansun Li withdrew, everyone left, and let rock and roll become the so-called spiritual poison, those who dared to speak in the circle could not come up with weighty works, and those who had works all chose to compromise with the market, but at this time, they stood up....."
The middle-aged uncle holding the keyboard said that his eyes were a little red, and he sniffed and continued:
"I've been playing rock and roll as a team since I was 17 years old, and we used to play music, but then all of us died! Everyone is talking about the connotation and the spirit there! A song or even a melody, if you don't criticize something, you are pseudo-rock, you are not worthy of saying that you are a rock singer!
I don't understand, the blues style of the American Commonwealth can be said to have influenced the whole world, spread to England, and the Beatles and Rolling Stones carried it forward; Passed on to Delman, they had the legend of the Scorpions; When it came to Dongying, Glay was also a national band.
Only after it was transmitted to the Han Kingdom, everyone was complicating this kind of music, and little by little rock and roll completely turned into a label! ”
It seems that this passage has been suppressed in his heart for many years, and the uncle patted the keyboard in his hand and continued emotionally:
"I couldn't say these words before, because the mainstream voices in our national music scene are reminding everyone all the time that music that lacks connotation is tarnishing rock and roll, and I wanted to refute it when I was young, but no influential musician dared to stand on the opposite side of the mainstream voice, after all, even Xie Yinli committed suicide, and who dares or has the ability to change these prejudices?"
"I know that many people are now known as the new leader of rock music, but how do you feel about Shen Yiran's concert poster, which clearly states that the music is mainly folk songs?"
Xiao Ke kindly added, although he couldn't understand the uncle's mood, but from the other party's emotions, he could experience the paranoia and love for rock music.
"What does it matter about ballads? People who really listen to rock and roll are inclusive, rock and roll is a shell, let's just say that the most popular song "Exaggeration" by the Wanton Band, that is a pop music, right? But it is driven by a rock rhythm of eight or six beats, and at the same time adds some Theremin timbre, and anyone who plays rock knows that this is the style of English art rock in the 70s. ”
In the end, the man waved the keyboard in his hand and sang loudly:
"Rock and roll, let the storm come harder!"
For these crazy fans in front of the theater, Xiao Ke is no longer ready to continue the interview, and through the answers of these people, he made a final summary:
"We just interviewed a few random audience members waiting in line at the concert site, and we can see that some of them came to listen to the live scene of "Exaggerated", some of them are big fans of rock music, and of course they are all fans of the band.
Unlike most concerts, this performance did not have a repertoire to be sung in advance, so we did not know the quality of the music selected for the entire concert until the end of the performance.
Here, I can only hope that Shen Yiran, as the lead singer of the band, can not forget his original intention and bring a good night to these enthusiastic and lovely fans!
This is "Entertainment on the Spot", I'm Xiao Ke, and we'll see you next time for a follow-up report on the concert. ”
Shen Yiran already knew about the situation where fans came to the theater early to line up, and he didn't have too many surprises about this, as early as two days ago, all the tickets for five performances in three days were sold out.
That's right, there is not a single superfluous one!
Saturday and Sunday plus a Qixi Festival, at this point in time, coupled with the blessing of the identity of the wanton band, it is all expected that the tickets can be sold so hot, in the final analysis, this is only a theater of more than 2,000 people, not the kind of stadium of 70,000 or 80,000 people.
"It's about to start, Shine, how are you feeling right now?"
In the dressing room backstage of the theater, while sorting out Shen Yiran's clothes, Xu Lingyi asked in a low voice, from the graduation party to the present more than two months, she has accompanied her boyfriend to experience a lot of things, sometimes think about it, during this time, everything that happened looks so dreamy.
"It's not bad, I hope I can have a good performance tonight!"