On the stage, there are three musical instruments.

Zhou Hexuan walked to the piano and sat down, Paul held a guitar, and Louis had a jazz drum kit in front of him.

They only rehearsed the song they were about to sing for one day. But Paul and Louis, two black buddies, spent three days rearranging the music after getting Zhou Hexuan's song score, changing Michael Jackson's original song beyond recognition.

Yes, Zhou Hexuan chose an anti-war song by Michael Jackson this time - "e've Had Enough". But Zhou Hexuan changed the title of the song and some of the lyrics, "We Are Enough" to "We Must Resist", and the lyrics "Why don't you do this?" Oh no, please don't" instead of "Stop your atrocities." Stop it! We will fight to the end".

Arranged by two black singers, the first half of the song basically retains the original style, but the second half changes from a plea to an active struggle.

Louis's drum kit and Zhou Hexuan's piano sound at the same time, and Paul occasionally flicks the guitar strings, and a typical rock prelude emerges. The prelude was 20 seconds long, and before the three of them even started singing, it had already aroused the interest of thousands of viewers in the audience.

What kind of music style is this?

The audience looked at each other.

In 1940, even rhythm and blues had not yet appeared, let alone rock 'n' roll. Some of the white audience members in the scene frowned directly because they heard the taste of blues and swing music, the former of which only lowly blacks would like.

At this time, the American music scene was in the era of three parts of the world.

Blacks and the underprivileged like to listen to blues and swing music, whites above the middle class like to listen to dingbang alley songs, and rural Midwest people like to listen to country music.

How did the future of rock 'n' roll come about?

First, blues and swing fused into "rhythm and blues". Then, the Ding Bang Alley song evolved into "pop music". When "rhythm and blues" collided with "pop music", and then mixed with some characteristics of country music, the prototype of rock music was born.

It can be said that the emergence of rock music actually means racial and class integration in the United States after the war. Whether this type of music will be accepted by Americans in the early 1940s, no one can guarantee, anyway, Zhou Hexuan is unpredictable.

"A young life is forever lost, but no one can explain why, he sees the future in the dark."

She was so victimized by this atrocity that she innocently asked Heaven why she had to bear the sorrow of losing her father. She asked the soldier in yellow uniform, what right do you have to choose, which one should be damned, and which one will be alive? And you see he didn't try to run away either, my dad was unarmed. ”

Paul was the first to speak, and he was good at black spirituals and dingbang alley songs. Under his interpretation, this piece of rock is full of religious flavors, as if the war refugees are questioning the invaders in the voice of God.

"In that far away, in the middle of a small village. A poor boy and his worn-out toys were lying there. He was too young to understand the truth. He couldn't sleep, and the earth was shaking. His father clenched his palms and cried and screamed. His wife is slowly dying, and he has to explain it all and live alone in the world. ”

Louis is known as the King of Jazz, and he has changed his past lightness and chic, and the lyrics of this passage have become low and painful.

"Why did his mother leave the world? What are these soldiers doing here? If it was really for peace, why did it provoke war? ”

Zhou Hexuan sang a short climax, and his voice became more and more sharp after several consecutive question sentences. Due to his lack of singing skills, he directly turned into a broken roar, but he showed an indescribable anger and sadness.

In the face of this new form of music, the audience gradually became receptive from the initial novelty or disdain. Young people, in particular, like it very much, simply like it, just like chasing fashion.

It wasn't until the chorus that the rock rhythm became more and more pronounced, completely different from the style of this era.

"We can no longer afford to sit on the sidelines, we've had enough of it. Why are you doing this? Stop it! We can't, we can't, we've had enough. Stop, we want to rebel. We've had enough. Stop, I have to fight to the end......"

The sound of drums clatters the sound of the piano and guitar. The staggered chorus of the trio forms an increasingly high-pitched shout, mixed with the sound of drums that hit the soul.

The lyrics of the last paragraph kept repeating, and the super rock rhythm made people can't help but shake their legs, and many young people even hummed along.

Rock 'n' roll was clearly ahead of its time, but it didn't seem to have an appreciation barrier, it was a big killer for people at the time, and its charm was irresistible.

Of course, this is also thanks to the rearrangement of the two black singers, many details and singing styles have been changed by them to be more in line with the aesthetics of the audience of this era, and their wonderful singing also adds a lot to the song.

As for Zhou Hexuan, he is undoubtedly the one who dragged his feet from beginning to end, but whenever he sang the treble part, he would inevitably be unable to hold it and cause the sound to break.

But as the pioneering work of rock music in this time and space, "We Must Resist" has since been covered in hundreds of versions, and the choral version of Zhou Hexuan, Paul and Louis is recognized as the most classic. The two black singers are responsible for skills and foreshadowing, and Zhou Hexuan is responsible for emotional venting, and his various broken sounds are instead regarded as the embodiment of the rock spirit.

"Papa

The audience stood up and applauded wildly.

This anti-war rock song appeared in 1940, giving people the feeling that it is tantamount to seeing the dinosaurs of the Jurassic era on the screen for the first time, which seems so shocking and incredible.

Zhou Hexuan calmed his rapid breathing, stood in the center of the stage and began to speak:

"I think that as long as you are a normal person, you will oppose war. Whatever the cause of war, it is bound to cause suffering. This war is different, it is a disaster that has never been seen in the history of mankind. In Europe, the German Nazis were slaughtering tens of thousands of Jews, and they were indiscriminately bombing London. In Asia, Japan caused the horrific Nanjing Massacre, in which more than 300,000 unarmed Chinese were killed. And the war crimes of the Japanese continue, in the countryside they kill peasants to steal food, in the cities they blow up schools, houses and innocent citizens! ”

"I'm in Chongqing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Kunming in China...... I witnessed the devastation after the bombing, and a baby who was only a few months old was lying in front of me. There is no innocence and joy in his eyes, there is only the dead gray of the passing of life! Just a month ago in London, a 13-year-old girl was buried for three days and three nights, and her first words after being rescued were: Mom, I want to go home! ”

"Friends of the United States, do not fantasize about staying away from war and do not try to isolate diplomatically. The axis of evil formed by Germany, Japan, and Italy has divided the whole world, and the Pacific and Southeast Asian territories of the United States have been designated as Japan's territory; The continental United States, along with Canada and Mexico, is designated as German territory. Now China and Britain are resisting hard, we are not only protecting ourselves, but also protecting the United States, once we are occupied by fascism one day, the next to suffer is the United States! ”

"It's not intimidation, it's a fact. There is only one way to stay away from war, not to avoid it, but to face it bravely, and only by defeating the invaders can we usher in peace! ”

"China is a backward agrarian country, we have resisted for three whole years, and the finances have long since collapsed. We can only use flesh and blood and will to resist fascist aggression, and we need help. We need the help of the U.S. government, and we need the help of every peace-loving friend. ”

"All the profits from today's performance will be donated to the battlefields of China. If there are friends who are willing to donate, we are even more grateful, and the China Institute has a donation box for a long time. Maybe you only donate one cent, but countless pennies can be gathered to buy an airplane, a cannon, a rifle, and a bullet for China, save the lives of countless Chinese, support China to win this war, and drag the evil wolf of Japan for the United States! ”

"Thank you!"

The audience applauded.

Suddenly, many viewers shouted in unison: "We are willing to help China, please sing "We Must Resist" again!" ”

"Sing it again!"

"Sing it again!"

Well, these American audiences are addicted to rock and roll.