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Chapter 380 - 378. Forever Guns N’ Roses (Third Update)_1
Chapter 380: 378. Forever Guns N’ Roses (Third Update)_1
The song by Guns N’ Roses was originally created to comfort a crying girl, yet they themselves couldn’t have imagined that when war broke out, all across America, people would spontaneously sing this song to comfort their loved ones and mourn their departed friends.
Its vocals are so mournful, deep, and wild, yet surprisingly, they have the power to give strength to people.
Ren He chose it as the seventh song for a reason; as one of the most dazzling songs on the charts in his previous life, it was fully capable of being the last number on Yang Xi’s album.
Like a grand and splendid stage where countless people have cried, laughed, recklessly spent, and extravagantly lived, the end must come eventually, and this song is the perfect prelude to that closure.
Ren He no longer took shortcuts, no longer indulgently played with whatever he wanted. He chose four classic songs from the most iconic ones to serve as the closing performance for Yang Xi’s album.
While others’ albums only featured a finale, Ren He, along with Yang Xi, gave everyone a perfect listening feast. Since everyone was looking forward to it, Ren He didn’t want to let down their expectations for Yang Xi and "Knight".
If Yang Xi sang this song with her androgynous voice alone, and even with the huskiness displayed through technique, it would certainly not suffice. That’s why Ren He didn’t let Yang Xi sing "someone.like.you".
So this time, he still planned to provide harmony in the song, no, calling it a duet might be better.
For this reason, Ren He deliberately used a Perfect Level reward to elevate his vocal skills to Master Level, when he was previously at Advanced Level. He moved up to Master Level not just because Advanced Level was insufficient to interpret this song, but also out of respect for the song itself.
Guns N’ Roses is Guns N’ Roses, forever Guns N’ Roses. Those young men were wild all their lives, and even when they eventually withered away into the soil, they remained the most proudly arrogant rock musicians.
There is a saying that I like, God favors guns and roses, for they possess immortal souls.
Guns N’ Roses is possibly the world’s most famous, most fan-adored hard rock band. They set a record for the highest sales of a debut album in music history, with "Desire for Destruction" being one of the greatest rock albums of all time, and they created the myth of having two albums simultaneously topping the Billboard 200 chart as the first and second best. When Guns N’ Roses first broke into the mainstream pop music market, they were like rebel warriors in mainstream rock music, sounding the death knell for the era of unhindered glam metal.
It was the most fretful and indulgent era in rock history, where the most talented rock singers emerged both domestically and internationally until they left the stage and the spotlight returned to other pop music genres.
Such was its glory.
That’s why Ren He was worried Yang Xi couldn’t interpret the song well on her own, so he decided to take on the crescendo himself!
Ren He never refused to sing with Yang Xi, previously to make her shine even more and now to ensure that the music he produced now shone even brighter, but either way, it would greatly benefit Yang Xi’s entertainment career.
Some have said that Yang Xi’s songs still lacked a bit of power, yet Ren He now brought out the most powerful hard rock.
At this time, Ren He still had four Perfect Level rewards left. He used another to achieve a Master Level performance on the bass guitar. The drums could be processed with electronic sounds, but capturing the essence of bass guitar play was tricky, and in Guns N’ Roses’ "Don’t Cry", the most dazzling instrument is actually the bass, not the guitar.
Now, only three Perfect Level rewards remained, but Ren He didn’t regret it at all. Better to do something he wanted than keep the Divine Punishment System thinking about it.
He used a pardon as well! Ren He still had two pardons and three Perfect Level rewards left!
Thinking about bringing Guns N’ Roses’ classic work to this world, Ren He couldn’t help but feel a surge of excitement, so much so that even at 1 AM, he had to drag Yang Xi back to the recording studio to start recording again!
Yang Xi had no idea what kind of song could make Ren He so thrilled; to be honest, it was becoming increasingly rare to see Ren He this excited.
The two of them sprinted through the nighttime streets of San Francisco, the boy pulling the girl’s hand just like the first time they skipped class in Luo City, passing through buildings of concrete and steel, with the tranquil neon lights reflecting off them like the waves of the sea.
Suddenly, Yang Xi felt that this was the charm of Ren He, who time and again, touched others with his most fervent soul.
Yang Xi was grateful to have met such a lover in her lifetime, neither too early nor too late, neither too fast nor too slow.
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With Ren He around, recording songs was always incredibly simple.
Recalling the hardship of recording her first Mandarin album, Yang Xi had to do take after take. There were always issues with the instruments, and her own voice kept causing problems; it seemed as though not doing dozens of takes was not considered recording a professional level album.
But with Ren He, norms were always overturned.
He didn’t even need to look at the score; his guitar was a one-take wonder, so was the bass, the drum beats, and the keyboard – all in one take!
The rises and falls of various instruments, their harmonious interplay, were all in his head; his accompaniment was never too fast or too slow, perfectly syncing with the other instruments, and he played all of them himself.
If this were Yang Xi’s album release, the world would be amazed to find that, within that top-level accompaniment, the guitarist was Ren He, the bassist was Ren He, and the keyboard player was also Ren He.
This was too frightening; one instrument might be fine, but having all instruments played by one person was just too unbelievable.
When Ren He played the mix he had prepared using the studio’s top-quality speakers, he laughed, "I’ll demonstrate for you once, to help you find the feeling."
Ren He’s planned schedule was to take just one night, wanting Yang Xi to quickly get the feel of it by using his current Master Level singing ability and the Master Level accompaniment to guide her into the right state.
"Talk to me softly
Whisper softly to me
There’s something in your eyes
Your eyes are hiding a thousand words"
The moment Ren He began to sing, Yang Xi felt an uncontrollable, heart-wrenching pain. What a piercing voice! Tender yet proud, innocent yet weathered by time. It was gentle, yet passionate; filled with despair for life, and yet hopeful for the future. This was true punk music!
It was so paradoxical yet harmonious.
Yang Xi had never heard Ren He perform a song with such sincerity – it was so sorrowful, yet it soared through tears.
"And don’t you cry tonight
Don’t cry tonight
There’s heaven above you
Heaven is right above you"
When Ren He’s voice reached its climactic, exhaustion in the high-note section, the glistening tears in Yang Xi’s eyes finally fell, yet as they hit the ground, her heart felt a sudden and immense relief as if liberated.
It was hard to imagine that such a heartrending song could heal the listener’s soul after all the madness.
After hearing Ren He sing, Yang Xi began to worry that she could not perform the song herself.
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