Chapter 339 339 The Power of Music

Hugo sat on the back chair and excitedly opened the gift he had just received. The impatient expression looked like a three-year-old sitting in front of the Christmas tree, which made Joseph laugh dumbly, "You really Do you like it that much? I haven't heard the name of this band."

"Joe? What a great band this is! You really should listen to this album with me." Hugo looked at Joseph with a dissatisfied expression, but he didn't stop, and quickly took the cassette came out. In fact, in the 21st century, cassettes have basically disappeared, and even the sales of CDs have been declining. As a generation in the new century, Hugo is more familiar with digital audio sources, so when he sees cassettes with a retro flavor of history , Hugo is still a little curious.

At present, the filming of "Schindler's List" is coming to an end, and there are still two irrelevant parts left for Hugo's scenes, which can be officially completed. However, Hugo did not leave the crew early, but chose to stay, waiting for the entire big crew to finish together, and then return to Los Angeles together.

As the show draws to a close, Hugo can finally relax completely, but now the more difficult problem is to get Amon Goss uprooted from the depths of Hugo's heart little by little. This is an extremely difficult task. Task. In order to distract himself, music was obviously a wise choice, so Joseph made a special trip to buy the album as a gift at Hugo's request.

"Aha!" Hugo couldn't help laughing when he saw the cover on the cassette. The cover was actually two men kissing with red tops on, and it really was the Suede band he was familiar with. Hugo couldn't wait to put the cassette into the Walkman, "Do you want to enjoy it together?" Hugo took the earplugs, gave one to Joseph, and asked.

Joseph stood there and hesitated for a long time, then sat down beside Hugo and took the earplugs.

Founded in 1989, the goatskin band, when they first debuted, many people thought that they could only release one album at most, but the fact proved that this idea was wrong. In the ten years after that, goatskin The band became one of the most influential British bands of the 1990s, making an immeasurable contribution to British indie rock music, and until 2014, Goatskin was considered one of the greatest bands since The Smiths. .

Throughout the 1990s, Britpop formed a powerful storm all over the world. The inspiration for this storm was the Stone Roses that appeared in 1989, but it was the Goatskin Band that really kicked off the storm. In 1993— - That is, the album of the same name released in March this year, "Suede (Suede)" is generally considered to be the beginning of the 1990s Britpop storm. The neutral appearance and vocals of the band's lead singer Brett Anderson, combined with the unique arrangement of the composer Bernard Butler and the seductive and smooth colorful guitar, outline the band The gloomy and decadent color of the band made the band instantly ascend to the hall of rock classics.

Goatskin Band has always been a band with distinctive characteristics in the rock wave that has revived its vitality in recent years. Its style is bold, mysterious, treacherous, sexy, lively, arrogant and popular. The first four years have not achieved any results. Newspapers, magazines, British audiences, managers, and record companies do not think they can create good results, because the performances are lackluster, uncharismatic, and the style is extremely boring. The performance was even more appalling, and the audience didn't show up at all.

However, since 1992, the development of rock music has become a situation of prosperity and decline, and the diversification of rock and roll has gradually sprung up in the underground rock circle, and bands with unique styles such as suede have gradually attracted the attention of the public. Force, their live performances began to attract more and more music lovers, and the mainstream media also focused their attention on goatskin.

Before the release of the album of the same name, the British mainstream media reported huge expectations for the album, which was hailed as sex. The Guns' most anticipated album since their 1977 album Never. Mind. The. Bolloks.

After the "Goat Skin" album was released in March, it really lived up to its expectations and received rave reviews from all walks of life. The album was a record record and easily won the championship, far surpassing the second-ranked competitor Depeche. Mode. Sales quadrupled; it also became "Welcome. To. The. Pleasure. Dome" by Frankie. Goes. To. Hollywood since 1984 Fastest-selling album since the album: The album went gold the day after its release - the UK's gold certification is 100,000.

The birth of the Goatskin Band also officially opened the most glorious decade of rock and roll in the history of music.

The goatskin band represents a brand-new decadent and coquettish rock style, with gorgeous and popular arrangements, and the lead singer Bright's morbid coquettish and arrogant poignancy has won applause. Their music is deeply loved by British punk and gorgeous Influenced by rock, the combination of hardness and softness, in the album "Goat Skin", the eleven songs can almost be said to be the first classics, and they have also become an indispensable and important member of the brilliant decade of rock.

Listening to the familiar music coming from the earplugs, Hugo only felt comfortable all over his body. After arriving in Los Angeles in 1992, Hugo was very uncomfortable without the company of music. There are thousands of songs that can be immersed in music anytime, anywhere, and now those classics have not even appeared, which is quite frustrating for Hugo.

The music of the suede band is not only excellent, but also represents a period of time. Almost every rock band has experienced a stage of decadence and confusion. This is like the yellow and yellow memory in the memory of youth. It will always be the most special in life. imprint. Hugo is no exception, just hearing the first song on the album "So. Young", a clear picture emerges in Hugo's mind.

It was a stage built with a small mound. In front of it were three children playing in the mud and two idlers watching the fun with their hands crossed on their chests. The guitarist Zhang Xiaoye, who was taken away by the product, broke out immediately, pointing at the two idlers and roaring, "Do you know what rock and roll is?" The two middle-aged men shook their heads innocently, then turned and left in despair.

"At least our performances can be watched by all age groups." Hugo's answer at that time appeared in his mind, making the rest of the band dumbfounded.

Hugo closed his eyes involuntarily, savoring Brett's coquettish and gorgeous voice dancing lightly on his eardrums. The passage of time has become irrelevant. The beating and concatenation of the musical symbols makes the fine sand of time fall slowly, and then disappears silently between the melody. After the A side is finished playing, the quiet enjoyment will come. was interrupted.

Hugo turned to look at Joseph who was sitting next to him, and said with a smile, "Well, this is called enjoyment." Because of the role of Amon, Hugo has not seen such a clear smile between his brows for a long time. , and the pair of eyes full of evil aura even regained the original look.

Joseph's serious expression could not help but relax a lot, "Are you sure about your current state and go to the remaining two scenes, is there any problem?"

Hugo pouted, "Don't worry, the remaining two scenes are long-range scenes, and the expression requirements are not so delicate."

The performance experience of "Schindler's List", strictly speaking, is a breakthrough in the true sense of his past four films. Too deep to be difficult, the inner struggle and entanglement penetrated into Hugo's marrow. Although Hugo is laughing happily now, he knows that it will take a long time for him to truly get out of the influence of this drama. Therefore, it is estimated that Hugo will not accept a new script for a while, and he needs to make some adjustments.

It turns out that acting is also a physical activity.

"I think I know why you like this album so much." Joseph took the earplug off his right ear and handed it to Hugo. "I can enjoy this album alone while you're filming." This made Hugo chuckle, and Joseph went on to say, "Their music has a kind of contagious power, although I can't say anything specific, after all, I'm not a music guy, but I like it very much, yes Yes, I like it."

Hugo immediately smiled triumphantly. Sharing music with friends is also a happy thing. Music has this ability. This is why Hugo and Neil, Pedro, Green and others have such a good relationship now. one.

"I also heard this kind of power in your music, and now I really feel that you should become a singer." Joseph nodded slightly and affirmed.

Since last year's "Scent and Knowing a Woman" audition, Hugo composed "Second. Chance" for the first time. This is the first time Joseph has such a firm idea, because he can feel Hugo's passion for music. The fervor that Hugo felt when he put his heart into his performance, and when he listened to the Goatskin Band just now.

Hugo shrugged, the smile on the corner of his mouth full of confidence, "I'm working on it, aren't I?"

"But I don't think your band's progress seems to be very good." Joseph remembered the band that Hugo had been tinkering with in the past two months, but there seemed to be no further news.

Hugo Tanshou expressed his helplessness, "We have never found a suitable drummer and keyboard player, so it can't be considered a band at all."

"I know that drummers are indispensable. You know, guitars, basses, drums, etc." Although Joseph doesn't know much about the band, he still knows the basic things. After all, the rock and roll trend has swept the United States in recent years. " But the keyboard player?"