Chapter 527 527 Song of Ice and Fire

"Alternative Choice" Vincent Brook's article not only dismissed the album "Almost Famous" as useless, but also nailed the entire band to a pillar of shame. In Vincent's view, the existence of such a band as Glory to Death itself is an insult to rock, and the entire American music media's attention to the band is the beginning of rock's degeneration and destruction.

This is almost unforgivable.

In fact, this is also the consistent commentary style of "Alternative Choice". The magazine has always believed that the commercial nature of pop music has eliminated the most essential characteristics of music. The reason why underground rock is not recognized by the market is because popular music has corrupted the entire music industry. People are so fascinated by the simple and catchy melodies that they ignore the ideological attributes carried by the music itself.

The reason why rock is rock is that since Bob Dylan, the profound meaning of the lyrics and the music have become an equally important part. He gave rock and roll a soul, and also made rock into art! That's what makes rock and roll different from any other kind of music.

Therefore, "Alternative Choice" has always insisted on excavating the essence of underground rock, hoping to reproduce the glory of the golden age of rock and roll in the 1960s and 1970s, which is why "Alternative Choice" has been enthusiastically supported by die-hard rock fans. When Nirvana was born, the recommendation of "Rotation" was very important, because the admiration of "Rotation" made Nirvana widely known, but the recommendation of "Alternative Choice" also played a key role, because "Alternative Choice" ' praises for bringing awareness to the spirit of Nirvana.

However, it is worth mentioning that the "alternative choice" always has a high-level insistence on its own, and believes that rock is the most essential existence in all music. They sneered at Nirvana's first album and scolded it with blood, but praised Nirvana's second album "Never Mind"; similarly, Paul McCartney's album "Off the Ground" released earlier this year. Off. The. Ground)" was also criticized by the magazine. Although this album achieved very good results in the market, "Alternative Choice" still believes that Paul has gradually lost his unique creation during the Beatles period. force.

It can be said that the radical remarks of "alternative choice" are not surprising. If it is the music they like, even if there is no market for it with special personality, they will not hesitate to recommend it; No matter how popular or good they are, they will use every word to express their views.

Glory to Death has gained a lot of attention over the past few months with their road touring fame, but their musical style has always been the object of controversy. As stated in the "alternative" attitude, the band's style is It's shocking, it's definitely a subversion of existing rock music. Therefore, as soon as "Almost Famous" came out, the first comment was a strong attack on "alternative options", which was also expected.

"Alternative Choice" plunged the glory to death directly into the abyss of the ice and snow in Antarctica, which means that it will never be turned over; but "Rotation" shows a completely different attitude - this is relative to "Alternative Choice". , if it is relative to the "rotation" itself, then they have continued their usual attitude of support and appreciation, and paid tribute to the glory to the death.

"Giordano Bruno was convicted of heresy by the Inquisition for defending and developing the theory of the center of the sun, and was burned to death in Rome's Campo de' Fiori. Today, to the death of glory, he bravely stood up to the existing rock and roll landscape. Resist, they will undoubtedly be judged as heretics by the so-called defenders of rock and roll, and then hope to use the power of the cross to crucify the band in the square of flowers, but we must have a clear understanding: any new thing comes out is not Accepted by people, we should cast aside our own prejudices, look at this new thing with a correct and calm eye, and then we will discover the truth of the truth."

David Marches, the independent music critic of "Rotation", has written articles many times before to express his support for Glory to Death, and now Glory to Death has finally released his first official album, he is naturally the first Immediately, he stood up and wrote a professional music commentary to reaffirm his supportive position.

"The great thing about Glory to Death is that they continued the soul that Bob Dylan and the Beatles injected into rock music; but they broke the shackles of traditional thinking on rock music and opened up a new A new sky.

When Elvis Presley merged blues and country music, almost no one could have predicted that this new genre of music would become such an integral part of American life, beginning in the 1950s The rock music that has followed to this day combines different styles such as blues, gospel, jazz, and country, and has set off time and again ideological trends and cultural movements.

The hippies in the 1960s, punk and no wave in the 1970s, the new wave after punk, the rave culture in the 1990s, the cultural influence of rock and roll is too powerful to express in words, only people who have experienced this half century Only those who have changed can feel the impact of rock and roll on life.

So, what is rock! Cumbersome and gorgeous arrangements? Long and complicated guitar? Brave and tyrannical roar? No, not at all. Rock and roll is an attitude towards life, an attitude towards life. It opens its own arms and embraces a variety of different musical styles, and then through the band's performance, it truly shows the band's outlook on life and values. And worldview, this is an art that comes from life, but because of the different bands and styles, it interprets the colorful spiritual world.

Glory to Death is such a rock band.

Glory to the Dead has injected a new breath into rock. They broke the shackles of rock and roll on cumbersome arrangements, and made everyone qualified to enjoy rock with concise and catchy melodies; they let the guitar lead the way The situation has returned to the state where all members of the band work together, and the abilities of the bassist, drummer, and guitarist play together to form a collective; they boldly join the keyboard to soften and impact rock, and use the keyboard's timbre to enrich the sound of rock. color, and allowed more ways to express emotions; most importantly, they injected endless ideas into rock and touched the heartstrings.

Discussing 'what the hell is rock and roll' isn't rock at all in itself. What is the spirit of rock and roll? Youth autonomy, love and peace, opposition to religion, hedonism, pessimism... these are the spirits of rock and roll. So, love life, love family and friendship, breaking dogma, emotional catharsis, social problems... Are these the spirit of rock and roll? Yes, of course!

The spirit of rock has never been an outline or a dogmatic spiritual idea, but is based on each independent band and specific works. All these ideas come from life, from the life experience of the band members, every spirit They are all so special and cannot be replicated. This is the charm of the rock spirit.

Glory to Death, on his debut album 'Nearly Famous', carried that thought through, showing all the keys a band needs. After listening to the album 'Almost Famous', it is hard to imagine that this is a band that has not been established for less than a year, because their musical maturity and ideology have reached the top level, as if they were born this year. Like Goatskin and Radiohead, Death to Glory also has such a high level, which is admirable.

The attitude to life shown in 'Second. Chance' is full of hippie wanderlust, but at the same time it is not pure decadence, on the contrary, it is full of hope and expectation for life; 'Don't feel sorry for the past (Don') t.Look.Back.In.Anger)' is full of a kind of flamboyant decadence, but it also brings out the freedom and persistence of breaking the status quo and bravely running towards the future; 'Kill. Your. Heroes' is dreamy and The misty positive spirit brings out the band's boundless courage to break the status quo; 'Lithium' outlines the broken souls under the enormous social pressure, and the unreserved catharsis pushes the band's spirit to a climax!

In the album 'Almost Famous', the band conveyed a positive attitude towards life. The atmosphere of decadence, darkness, depression and collapse is the main theme, but the love for life is conveyed in the lyrics and melody, including friendship, The support of family and love fully interprets the spirit of the band.

This makes people involuntarily think of the band's name, 'Death. Or. Glory', Glory or Death, which shows the band's unshakable belief in moving towards the dream of rock and roll, no matter what the destination is waiting for. Whether it is glory or death, they will not give up easily. This is the true spirit of rock and roll.

It is worth mentioning that Lancaster, the lead singer and album producer of Glory to Death, showed his dazzling talent during the production of the entire album. The entire album's eleven songs are very complete, and the album The positioning has reached a high degree of unity. Lancaster's creative talent and production ability can undoubtedly be called the leader in the current rock field. This can definitely be called the best album of 1993!

The common impression many people have about rock is fashionable dress, radical thinking, decadent attitude... but it's all just prejudice. Rock is not alternative, but it is not popular; rock is not long hair and leather jackets, but it is not guitar and drums; rock is not a hoarse voice shouting! What is rock? Rock is the attitude to life, this is the true meaning of rock. If you must add a frame to rock, then the act itself has lost the spirit of rock.

The album 'Almost Famous' will tell every listener that real rock is: Glory to death! "