"Does this band have ready-made?
Or let them compose?
Or re-create?
”"I fell in love with one of their tunes, and with their tunes, we rearranged the music and filled in the lyrics."
After a long flight of more than ten hours, the plane landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport, and the three of them dragged their luggage and chatted as they walked.After getting out of the airport and getting into a taxi, Yan Zhu sat in the co-pilot and told the driver the address in simple French.Since they had already slept on the plane, the three of them were in good spirits and went directly to the agreed place.In Beijing, Wang Ai had already contacted the people of the band Era, and the other party directly invited Wang Ai and his party to their recording studio.After a period of greetings, Wang Ai explained in detail what he meant.The other party's band is all together this time, not because of how big the business is, but mainly because of curiosity.Their music is mostly religious, soulful, and difficult to associate with a popular football team, and it is not rock music.Wang Ai carefully explained the intention and the purpose of the song, but one of the members immediately objected.Because this purebred Frenchman hates Germany very much, of course, it may also be deliberately inflated and ask for more money, which is not certain.In short, the first day of contact did not go well, and the band's leader, Eric Ravi, kindly asked Wang Ai to wait a day, and they discussed it.This time, the three of them have nothing to do in the afternoon, and it is not good to sleep, otherwise they should not be able to sleep at night, if they come to Paris for a short time and return to China, they can work and rest according to Chinese time, but after this come, Wang Ai will stay in Germany until the winter break, so it is still necessary to adapt to European time as soon as possible.Therefore, in the afternoon, the three of them really went to the Champs-Élysées, and they really looked around the famous attractions along the way.Now France is still President Jacques Chirac, and this powerful politician has also allowed France to maintain the "arrogance" it has since the time of Charles de Gaulle, and the only European power that does not join NATO has a friendly attitude towards China.At the same time, there are still relatively few immigrants in France, so the security is good and the environment is good.After enjoying a not-so-authentic French meal in the evening, the three of them returned to the hotel to rest.The next day, I reunited with the Era band, but in fact, the other party called yesterday afternoon, explaining that the member was not feeling well for a while, and did not refuse this cooperation.In fact, what musician would turn down their fans?
A group of admirers from far and wide has also expanded into new areas.This time, the two sides talked very well, and the other party also asked curiously about the situation of the young people in Tübingen.Wang Ai made a detailed introduction, and then asked them to play the recording, but the other party said that they could play directly, so the band soul Eric played a small sample on the piano.Now that the band Era has just released an album, Wang Ai is noncommittal after listening to it, so Eric took out the upcoming second album to show Wang Ai, and it was not until the song "TheMass" that Wang Ai nodded with satisfaction.Since it is a song from an album that has not yet been released, this signing collaboration is a little more troublesome.If it's already been released, it's very simple, and don't even tell the band that as long as it doesn't make a profit, it's not much of a problem.But the unreleased ones involve a copyright issue.There is a law firm downstairs in Era's recording studio, and Wang Ai directly called the legal department of the Tübingen Youth Club, which is full of Wang Ai's law classmates at the University of Tübingen, who are inexpensive and enthusiastic about their work.Wang Ai's side promised not to sell the music works of the lyrics and their adaptations until the release of the other party's new album, and after the release of the other party's album, the Tübingen Youth Club needed to state in the team song that it was composed by the band Era.Wang Ai paid a price of 5,000 euros to obtain the permanent adaptation rights of the song, but the direction could only be the team song.The price is not high, it is not low, it is completely within the range of Wang Ai and the young people of Tübingen, and it is even slightly lower.Because Era promises that if the subsequent adaptation is appropriate, they can rush to Tübingen to do their first song or hold a concert.After saying goodbye to Era, Wang Ai did not immediately return to Tübingen, because another guest he had invited was about to arrive.This is a Liverpudlian named Gerry Marsden.Not many people know this name, just an ordinary British musician, just mention a song he has adapted and everyone knows, the world's most successful team song "You Will Never Go Alone".This song was sung by both Elvis Presley and The Beatles, and it was also a classic, but it did not stand out in the ranks of team songs.Only the version adapted by Marsden was finally spontaneously selected by Liverpool fans among dozens of football match mat songs, and finally swept the world.Therefore, Wang Ai invited the veteran singer especially when he was in Beijing, intending to let him recreate the magic again, which can retain the rhythm of TheMass and the style of soul blues, and enhance some subjective lyricism.There are countless original music masters in this world, but he is the only one who can succeed to the point of Marsden, even if his reputation is not great.That's just because the club is a business after all, and in the eyes of the decision-makers, the team song is far less valued than the fans.Marsden, who is 50 years old this year, is a very imposing British fat old man, and he is a successful businessman in addition to being a musician.The success of "You'll Never Walk Alone" is the greatest pride of his life, but it is also the only work that has left a name in music history, which inevitably makes him a little unwilling.It's not that he didn't try to create for other teams, but unfortunately it wasn't very good.I was invited to Brazil this time, and I always felt a little funny along the way."
Hi, Dr.
Wang!"
As soon as Marsden arrived at the door of the hotel, he saw Wang Ai and the three."
Know me?"
Wang Ai said in surprise."
Why don't you know?
I also watched the World Cup.Oh yes, I didn't watch your game live until the second game, you know, watching the game in the middle of the night, it's hard.In short, the World Cup Silver Boot, don't underestimate your popularity, don't forget, this is the center of world football. ”"Okay."
Wang Ai smiled and stretched out his hand: "Thank you for coming." ”Marsden shook his hand, suddenly looked up at the sky, and muttered, "I remember, I remember why I think it's funny."
You see if this is the case: a Chinese investor in a German football club invited an Englishman to adapt a French song as a team song, this Chinese is still the silver boot in the World Cup of Japan and South Korea, you see, a team song that has not yet qualified, is the cooperation of seven countries. ”Wang laughed and invited him to sit in the hotel café.Musk is still chattering: "I think your fans must feel very, very strange about this process, they would never have the confidence to let an Englishman adapt an unpublished song from France to be the anthem of a German club, it's so strange, you have to know that there is a big cultural gap between our three countries, even if I am Marsden."
Truth be told, it's a very difficult task!
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