155.Shine, Crazy Diamond (6/43)

…… After Hawking finished saying this, Yan Yunzhuo, who was still a little confident, was directly embarrassed.

It's rare for Hawking to thank someone in such a large way.

After all, it is difficult for him to say a few words.

Xu Xiangxiao said quietly: "So, it was JX who wrote the album "May You Be Here", and he also brokered this concert? ”

She turned around and asked, "How did he get to know these people and write songs for them?" ”

Jiang Xinhai shook his head slowly.

No one answered, and no one could answer.

No matter how well-known these people are present, they are only limited to the entertainment industry.

JX's behavior is like a straight with eight kings hidden in it.

How can anyone play the cards of the entertainment industry, play and play, and suddenly throw out Hawking?

This is simply a dimensionality reduction blow!

Moreover, there is no need to answer this question.

JX blatantly handwrote Chinese on the poster of "May You Be Here".

A Chinese man can write his name and Chinese on the title page so arrogantly, which must have made a Nuwa human-level contribution to this album.

And let Hawking thank him again and again, and talk to him very happily......

It's even more unthinkable.

So the people present only felt that the sky was thundering, and they couldn't say a word.

Jiang Xinhai, Xu Xiangxiao and others didn't know what to say, and He Ling, Wang Feng and others felt that they were not qualified to evaluate.

Yingzi and the others were completely sour.

In the end, Gao Xiaobai muttered: "It's shocking......"

The audience who had previously ridiculed in the live broadcast room cracked one by one after a long silence:

"So, when Chi Qi went abroad, did he pinch up these Pangus?"

"Hahahaha, I can only say, it's too awesome, it's really condescending to let him mix with internal entertainment before."

"This JX is awesome, I used to think he was too arrogant, I was too young, and the temple of internal entertainment was still too small for him, a bodhisattva."

"I just want to ask Yingzi, is it painful to be beaten in the face?"

……

The barrage in the live broadcast room can be seen by the stars through real-time small-screen feedback.

Seeing the "slap in the face", Yan Yunzhuo couldn't sit still.

Yan Yunzhuo reluctantly laughed and said:

"This kind of music is very sticky, and there is no shortage of some big old fans, and you can understand their fanaticism."

"Niche?" Gao Xiaobai looked at her in disbelief.

Yan Yunzhuo said: "Relatively speaking, it is relatively niche. No matter where it is, pop music is still a little hotter. But relatively speaking, it is definitely better to do this kind of niche music with a better reputation, and if it is popular, the audience is a little wider. ”

After she finished speaking, Gao Xiaobai and Cui Dayou's expressions were a little surprised.

"Pink Floyend is actually very popular," Qin Yunshang said suddenly, "When I was studying abroad, they still had a lot of fans......

"More than pop music fans?" Yan Yunzhuo immediately asked rhetorically.

"I don't know, maybe, maybe not......" Qin Yunshang didn't dare to argue with her, and immediately retreated.

"That's it," Yan Yunzhuo spread his hand and said, "The audience shouldn't favor one over the other, they think what if they see a Hawking platform, it's just that the niche music genre he makes is more pleasing." ”

Cui Dayou blinked and said, "Oh? So what do you think JX's 'niche music' is doing? ”

Faced with a question of a person of Cui Dayou's level, Yan Yunzhuo didn't dare to answer.

Yingzi was afraid that she would say the wrong thing, so she grabbed the conversation and said:

"Whether it's good or not depends on personal preference, after all, aesthetics is a very personal thing, some people like it, some people don't like it, if you can't like it, it's amazing, after all, everyone is not Hawking."

Cui Dayou asked: "Then in your opinion, what is good music?" ”

"I can't say, turnips and cabbage have their own loves," Yingzi said, "relatively speaking, they must be sold well." ”

Cui Dayou said: "I am a musician, I evaluate from the avant-garde and musicality of music, what you said is a bit sales-oriented. ”

"How can it be sales-oriented," said Yingzi, "just that everyone has ears and can tell for themselves." ”

The barrage in the live broadcast room has been crossed:

"This time I'm standing with Yingzi, what she said makes sense."

"Whether the music is good or not depends on the degree of singing."

"Hey, who doesn't have a few old fans, Yingzi also has a lot of big old fans, but it's just not like JX to take it out and put gold on his face."

……

Yan Yunzhuo said: "When Chi Qi was popular before, he also said the same, it depends on sales, and it can't be said that you won't look at sales after going abroad, right?" ”

She then said: "He said before that he would give the Chinese music scene ten years or something, and then go abroad, directly give up the popular old profession, and start doing niche rock, he has his excellence and courage, but it doesn't mean that the Chinese music scene will not turn without him." ”

Cui Dayou muttered: "Do you think the current Chinese music scene is developing well? ”

"It's pretty good," Yingzi took over and said, "Now making digital albums, like Li Xingliang, Xiao Zhan, Ding Zhen and some other new generation musicians, the music is selling very well, and some of them can easily exceed 3 million annual sales, isn't this good?" ”

Cui Dayou nodded, as if thoughtful.

Seeing him nodding in approval, Yingzi became more confident:

"I know there must be a lot of people who say JX is great right now, but he's putting these here with great pride, deliberately showing them, and having a celebrity effect, which will definitely have a shocking effect.

"However, in fact, whether an album is good or not, whether a song is good or not, depends on the popularity and album sales, and of course doing niche music can be sticky, because people will always prefer those niche songs, and they feel more individual.

"But seeing him here is so shocking, such a big celebrity has come out, but the country doesn't know at all. To be honest, I didn't even know there was this band if I hadn't watched this today.

"So, you have to have a little bit of confidence in your music. Then again, has anyone ever heard of Pink Floyund? ”

After she finished speaking, some barrages in the live broadcast room were immediately convinced.

"Well, today is the first time I've heard Pink Floyd, and I've never heard of it before."

"I don't understand, I played a song just now, and the prelude was played for half a day, and I didn't sing for half a day."

"Everyone around me doesn't know about this band, and they haven't heard the songs, but no one has never heard Yingzi's songs, and they don't understand what there is to slap their faces just now."

On the way to Yingzi saying this, Gao Xiaobai and Cui Dayou kept looking at her.

Gao Xiaobai was still a little speechless, and Cui Dayou looked at her with a somewhat sympathetic gaze as if he was looking at a fool.

She was finally seen a little weak-hearted.

Cui Dayou waited for her to finish speaking, and then said slowly: "Pink Floynd has no popularity in China, is it possible that the music distribution channel is completely controlled by several large companies, and it is difficult to access their music in China when they have not entered domestic entertainment?" ”

Yingzi frowned.

It's not that Cui Dayou is wrong.

It's that he's right.

No one knows this better than Yingzi. Because the current music distribution channel is either controlled by others or by her behind-the-scenes boss.

In the past, Jiang Xinhai and Chi Qi, as well as the sword wolf, paid for a batch of albums by themselves, and they could still dominate the music world, and that era is gone forever.

Now that various approval and distribution systems are becoming more and more standardized, it is impossible for a wild musician like that to become popular on his own.

Unless they are excellent enough to a certain extent, explode into a hot spot, or participate in some drafts, they can stand out in public.

All in all, it's hard for wild musicians to survive.

What she just said is implicit, as if Pink Floynd is not popular in China because of their own music quality problems, but in fact, there is indeed a lack of channels.

The mainstream music channels are in the hands of those companies, and those more popular European and American music have not entered, how can they be an old-fashioned rock band so easily?

Yingzi thought for a while, and quickly thought of a rebuttal, and said:

"Teacher Cui, what you said is a bit of a reversal of cause and effect, it's not that there is a lack of channels so they don't catch fire, but that they must become popular, and the channels will slowly give volume.

"Domestic channels are all about making money, and if there are other more profitable music, they will definitely give priority to those music with more potential, otherwise, it's also very unfair, isn't it?"

There is a long barrage floating in the live broadcast room:

"I support Mr. Yingzi's point of view, I am a practitioner in the industry, Pinker is not popular and can't blame the channel, they have also tried to operate some small stations for some time, it turns out that rock is indeed niche and not suitable for mass promotion."

Cui Dayou nodded again and said, "So all in all, Pink Floynd is not popular, and the sales are not enough, right?" ”

Yingzi nodded: "There is such a reason. ”

Gao Xiaobai next to him was a little afraid of Cui Dayou, and when he saw Cui Dayou saying these words seriously, he was anxious for Yingzi.

In fact, Cui Dayou is very interesting, he looks serious, but he is actually old enough to fish.

As a result, Yingzi suddenly didn't realize that she was being fished, and thought that Cui Dayou was persuaded by herself.

In the end, she finally said again and again, "Pink Floynd sales are not good", Gao Xiaobai finally couldn't help it and shouted:

"Yingzi-sensei!"

Yingzi reluctantly turned her head and asked, "What's wrong?" Am I not right? ”

She frowned at Gao Xiaobai, thinking that you have something to say quickly.

Gao Xiaobai tilted his head and sighed.

He really can't say anything more.

Finally, Cui Dayou used his deep voice to say slowly:

"Actually, if you only talk about album sales, no one is qualified to talk about sales in front of Pink Floyund, because they are the second best-selling band in the history of music."

Yingzi turned her head reluctantly, a little stunned.

"Their album, The Dark Side of the Moon, sold 45 million copies, the second best-selling album in music history." Cui Dayou said slowly, "By the way, the number one is Michael Jackson's "Trembling". ”

Yingzi and Yan Yunzhuo opened their mouths slightly.

"That's a total of 50 years of sales, right?"

"Indeed, the sales figures up to 2015." Choi Dae-woo said, "But it's not 50 years, this song was released in 1973. ”

Yingzi breathed a sigh of relief and calculated in her heart.

If Xiao Zhan is also popular for 50 years, his albums can sell ......

"The Dark Side of the Moon, once released, topped the U.S. album charts," Choi added, adding, "and then it set an unprecedented record: 741 consecutive weeks on the chart." ”

"By the way, the song with the longest time on the list in China is Xinhai's "Invisible Wings", which has been on the list for 74 weeks."

Jiang Xinhai was suddenly cue, and was used as a background board, and the whole person was "uh-uh".

Yingzi didn't come up in one breath, and Cui Dayou said again: "741 weeks, from 1973 to 1985, that is, more than thirteen years. ”

"However, in 2009, the American album chart was calculated, and it was found that the previous scoring rules were not very objective, so the calculation method was modified, and at this time they found that "The Dark Side of the Moon" entered the chart again, and it has been on the chart for more than 900 weeks."

"In addition, the sales of all albums of Pink Floyund, as of the band's disbandment in 2015, totaled 250 million copies."

250 million.

After speaking, Cui Dayou was deeply silent.

Everything that needs to be said has been explained.

There's not much more to say.

The sales of an album can be worth a hundred Yingzi.

The length of an album on the chart is more than 3 times that of Yingzi's debut career.

Such a band, you actually say that it is not popular?

Some barrages in the live broadcast room that have been held back for so long finally can't hold back:

"Good fishing! Teacher Cui is good fishing! ”

"I peed with laughter, Yan Yunzhuo had been talking about niches just now, I thought I was living in a parallel world."

Romance

"After so many years, Yingzi has not grown at all, and she doesn't listen to music types that she is not familiar with at all."

"Good voice, pig brain, these words will never go out of style on her."

……

Gao Xiaobai added a little self-defeatingly:

The album "May You Be Here" won three Glammy Awards that year, and after the concert, the band was once again collectively inducted into the British Music Hall of Fame, and at the same time, the album has now sold more than 12 million copies.

"That's why I'm so surprised, such an album is actually ...... It's unbelievable that a Chinese person did it......"

The crowd collectively ignored his Muyang dog speech.

After the music of "May You Be Here" end, the central screen in the room changed again.

This time, a line of words appeared on the screen:

Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Below the music, handwriting Chinese handwriting appears again:

Roger Waters says being a star comes with a burden. I don't want to be in the limelight, I just want to write my own songs and play music.

Some people are different from him, and some people, they want to be in the spotlight more, and they want to make money to earn cramps.

However, such people, as others lose their attention, often become a fast-decaying wood.

Those who are loyal to music, but because of the eternity of music, by mistake, have become eternal shining diamonds.

This song is dedicated to our friend Sid Barrett.

He used his loyalty and love for music to inject diamond-like strong genes into this band. ”

Music flutters.

Long music fluttered.

The guitar strings are moving, the notes are simple, but there seems to be sadness in the air.

Everyone was infected by the emotion of the music and was silent for a while, and then Cui Dayou suddenly said:

"Yingzi, you know what."

Yingzi turned to look at him.

"The album "May You Be Here" is to remember a person."

He points to the album cover on the screen, and the person on the left reaches out to shake hands, while the person on the right is on fire.

"As mentioned earlier, Shui Ye is the second-generation helmsman of the Pink Floyd Band, and the founder of the band is someone else, his name is Sid Barrett."

"He was at the helm of the band for only three years, but he dedicated his whole life to music, writing songs as if his body was burning, creating the legacy of Pink Floyund."

But he himself burned out. He became seriously ill and unrecognizable, eventually leaving the band. ”

"This song is in his honor. You see, the name of this song contains the letters 'SYD', which is his name, Sid (syd). ”

"Although his talent was insufficient, he burned himself hard, so that a moment of brilliance was born, even if it was only for a short time."

"He also worked hard to etch himself in the history of music."

Choi Daewoo didn't say anything anymore, because the screen had changed again.

What he wanted to euphemistically convey to her was that in this world, music is not just a traffic game.

With loyalty to the music itself, you can make yourself immortal.

Otherwise, it's just a fast food.

Yingzi thought for a while, and suddenly became angry.

She thought that Cui Dayou was hinting that she was not capable and talented enough, so she was beaten home by Jiang Xinhai a few years after her debut.

Yingzi secretly held a grudge.

But what she didn't know was that the good intentions in Cui Dayou's words were understood by others.

A Japanese manga artist was so moved that in his comics, in his comics, he named the fourth generation of the protagonist's stand-in ability "Crazy Diamond".

This avatar's ability is to "heal everything except himself".

When he conceived of this extraordinarily gentle stand-in, he thought of Sid Barrett, who was already physically damaged, of those who had the power to heal all, but who burned their dedication to music.

This manga artist is called Hirohiko Araki, and his manga is called "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure".

……

Everyone stared at the screen, and at this time, the picture on the screen was another interview.

The camera is on the back of a man, and in front of this man, is a reporter.

"Mr. JX," the reporter said with a smile in pure English, "that during your time in the United States, you have turned the entire European and American music scene upside down.

"You've regrouped the Beatles, you've reunited with Pink Floyend, you've had a short relationship with Taylor Swift, and now you're on the cover of Time magazine, and I'm curious what you want to do?"

"What ...... me," JX's voice was extremely familiar to Jiang Xinhai and Xu Xiangxiao, "At first, I just wanted to build a private music museum......

At this point, the words were cut off.

The whole picture went dark.

Then, a white line appears in the center of the screen:

"Music Collection: Prologue, End."

"Click to go to the next act."