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Chapter 170 Holy crap! There's this too?!

As for why it's never possible to sing the entire song live, the reason is quite simple.

Putting everything else aside, the first chapter alone consists of a full 24 tracks of vocal harmonies.

This kind of thing is destined to only be shown on cassette tapes.

Therefore, on-site, we can only proceed from the second chapter.

However, even if the second chapter cannot fully showcase the song, it is still enough. The song still has high artistic and technical value, and it is even more suitable for live performance.

At this point, you can switch to a different singing style and perform the song in a more functional way, without using a recording tape, but with a light and gorgeous singing style that incorporates classical opera singing techniques.

Xia Shen estimated that the original author of this song in the other world had already considered this issue when writing it.

“Mama, oooh~”

mother!

"Didn't mean to make you cry~"

I don't want you to cry.

"If I'm not back again this time tomorrow~"

If I am not back by this time tomorrow.

As Xia Shen played and sang, the venue quieted down.

These two songs are not energetic and do not focus on the live atmosphere like traditional rock music.

They won't lead people to nod their heads and get hyped up.

But it has a kind of magic that makes people listen quietly.

Rock music that can make people calm down and listen or watch.

Many people even have a certain feeling when they listen to it.

In other words, they don't know how to sing the new song, otherwise they would at least sing along for a couple of lines.

These two songs are very special.

If the aspirin mentioned earlier showcased a very authentic British rock sound, belonging to the true heyday of British rock music in the 7s and 80s.

So what they're hearing now is a voice of Hall of Fame caliber!

You can tell the difference between ordinary works and those that truly reach a high level of artistry, and whether they will be remembered by the world.

This has nothing to do with whether you understand the profession or not. Good music, while being professional, should not only be appreciated by professionals. Rather, it should be technically impressive and also appealing to people who don't understand music.

This is the difference between a truly good work that can be passed down through the ages, remembered by the world, and not buried by time, and a work that is merely technically good.

Clearly, that's exactly what the two songs they're hearing now are.

Later on, even in the live stream chat, very few people were talking anymore.

However, the number of viewers in the live stream increased instead of decreasing.

What does this mean? It means that everyone is actually listening attentively and appreciating the music.

Xia Shen sang repeatedly, calling out for her mother again and again. The singing, expressed with an extremely high vocal range and resonance, gave many people goosebumps.

This includes Xia Shen's die-hard fan, Xiao Zhongge!

For Xiao Zhongge, he was truly a die-hard fan of Xia Shen, and had even formed his own fan group, reaching the level of an absolute staunch supporter, because he had added Xia Shen on WeChat.

You could say that this is because he frequently spends money on his live streams, but doesn't that show how much Xia Shen values ​​his fans?

Only after getting to know him can you understand that Xia Shen is truly down-to-earth. Even if you are just a fan who occasionally goes to chat with him, as long as he is there and has free time, he will chat with you.

This is what truly impressed Xiao Zhongge.

Talented, humble, and not arrogant.

This is Xia Shen!
"Is he singing himself?" Xiao Zhongge murmured as he looked at the program on the screen.

He had watched Xia Shen grow up, so he naturally knew a lot about Xia Shen. He knew the efforts Xia Shen had made and the hardships he had endured to get to where he was now. He didn't have the wealthy family background and connections that people in the entertainment industry typically think are essential.

Now that Xia Shen is so famous and well-known, this is no secret anymore. It has already been thoroughly investigated and exposed, unlike when she first debuted, when she was the subject of all sorts of speculation and doubt.

Since Xia Shen became famous, many people who have been associated with her have revealed some information.

For example, from childhood to adulthood, classmates, teachers, neighbors, and other acquaintances.

There is too much evidence to suggest that Xia Shen is a typical test-taker from a small, third-tier city, and his family are ordinary working-class people.

Then, relying on his love for music, Xia Shen worked hard step by step, walking the path where other competitors had rocket accelerators behind them, while he only had his own two feet to run alone to catch up with them.

Every step was difficult.

In the beginning, Xia Shen had no resources, no connections, and no money. In his own words in an interview, he used all the savings he had accumulated from two years of part-time work to make his first song.

However, the high-quality music that was painstakingly created ended up with dismal data due to a lack of operation.

So the path he was forced to take was that he first had to consider whether he would starve to death.

This is also why Xia Shen gradually embarked on the path of becoming a producer of popular songs.

He embarked on a path where he was disliked and insulted, which led to many misunderstandings, rumors, and slander.

Just like the lyrics say.

Mom, I killed someone. I pulled the trigger myself, and the bullet went into my brain.

This person is himself.

Wasn't it when Xia Shen faced that kind of predicament that he killed himself?

To fill his stomach, he had to temporarily give up his dream.

Just like the line Xia Shen sang at this moment, filled with sorrow and struggle.

I don't want to die.

In other words: I don't want to die.

The overwhelming sense of resentment begins with this line, revealing that his earlier conjecture was correct: the protagonist in the song who shot and killed himself was actually himself.

This is an abstract death, not a sign of a person's death, but a sign of the death of the old self, killed by the new self.

"Wow, this song is amazing." Xiao Zhongge felt he was speechless.

Although he is an audiophile, he also studies music and knows a lot about it.

However, it is clear that the artistic level of this song has exceeded his understanding.

All I can say is that this song is like taking aspirin.

That's like using a nuclear bomb to kill a mosquito.

Absolutely not an exaggeration.

It was at this moment, after the guitarist finished his solo, that he thought the song should end there.

As it turned out, right then and there, something completely unexpected happened to him!
Xia Shen suddenly touched a piano key, and the melody of the song changed again.

A cheerful and rhythmic melody, completely different from the one just now, began to play.

He changed his singing style and tone, leaning back slightly and keeping a distance from the microphone.

"I see a little silhouette of a man~"

Then, all the band members behind Xia Shen leaned close to the microphone and started speaking at the same time.

In an instant, the next moment, in perfect unison, multiple vocal parts sang directly into the ears.

"Scaramouche, Scaramouche will you do the fandango——"

"Holy crap! There's even an opera!?" Xiao Zhongge was dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)