155. Shine, Crazy Diamond(2/2)
"Teacher Eiko!"
Yingzi suddenly turned around and asked, "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
She frowned at Gao Xiaobai, thinking that if you have something to say, please tell her quickly.
Gao Xiaobai turned his head and sighed.
He really couldn't say anything more.
Finally, Cui Dayou used his rich voice and said slowly:
"Actually, if we only talk about album sales, no one is qualified to talk about sales in front of Pink Floyd, because they are the second-largest single album sales band in the history of music."
Yingzi suddenly turned his head, a little surprised.
"Their album, "The Dark Side of the Moon," sold a total of 45 million copies, ranking second in music history." Cui Dayou said slowly, "By the way, the number one album is Michael Jackson's "
trembling"."
Yingzi and Yan Yunzhuo opened their mouths slightly.
"This, this is the total sales volume in 50 years, right?"
"Indeed, it is the sales data as of 2015." Cui Dayou said, "But it is not 50 years ago. This song was released in 1973."
Yingzi breathed a sigh of relief and did the math in his mind.
If Xiao Zhan had been popular for 50 years, his album would have sold...
"As soon as the album "Dark Side of the Moon" was released, it topped the U.S. album chart," Cui Dayou added. "Then, it set an unprecedented record: it stayed on the chart for 741 consecutive weeks."
"By the way, the song that has been on the charts the longest in China is "Invisible Wings" by Xin Hai, which has been on the charts for 74 weeks."
Jiang Xinhai was suddenly cueed and used as a backdrop, and his whole body went "Uh-huh".
Yingzi didn't come up for a breath, and Cui Dayou added: "741 weeks, from when I was on the list in 1973 to when I left in 1985, that is, more than thirteen years."
"However, when the U.S. Album Chart was calculated in 2009, they found that the previous scoring rules were not very objective, so they modified the calculation method. At this time, they discovered that "Dark Side of the Moon" was on the list again, and its total number of points on the list was
It’s been over 900 weeks.”
"In addition, the sales of all albums of Pink Floyd, as of the disbandment of the band in 2015, totaled 250 million copies."
250 million.
After saying that, Cui Dayou fell silent.
Everything that needs to be said has been made clear.
There is nothing left to say.
The sales of one album can be worth a hundred British dollars.
One album has been on the charts for three times longer than Yingzi's debut career.
For such a band, you actually say it’s not popular?
Some of the barrages in the live broadcast room that have been held back for so long can finally be suppressed:
"Good fishing! Teacher Cui is good for fishing!"
"I laughed so hard. Yan Yunzhuo kept talking about niches and niches just now. I thought I was living in a parallel world."
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"Yingzi has made no progress at all after so many years, and she doesn't listen at all to music types that she is not familiar with."
"She has a good voice but a stupid brain. These words will never go out of style when it comes to her."
…
Gao Xiaobai added a little self-deprecatingly:
"The album "Wish You Were Here" won three Grammy Awards that year. After the concert, the band was once again inducted into the British Music Hall of Fame. At the same time, the sales of this album have now reached more than 12 million copies.
"That's why I'm so surprised. Such an album is actually... made by a Chinese. It's simply unbelievable..."
Everyone collectively ignored his Muyang Dog speech.
After the music of "Wish You Were Here" ended, the central control screen in the room changed again.
This time, a line of words appeared on the screen:
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
Under the music, handwritten Chinese characters appeared again:
"Roger Waters said that being a star comes with a burden. I don't want to be in the spotlight, I just want to write my own songs and play music.
Some people are different from him, and some people want to be in the limelight more, want to make money and make their hands cramp.
However, such people often become rotten trees as others no longer pay attention to them.
Those who are loyal to music, because of the eternity of music, accidentally become eternal shining diamonds.
This song is dedicated to our friend Sid Barrett.
He used his loyalty and love for music to inject diamond-like strong genes into this band."
The music is flying.
Long music floats.
The guitar strings are vibrating and the notes are simple, but there seems to be sadness in the air.
Everyone was infected by the emotion of the music and remained silent for a while. Then Cui Dayou suddenly said:
"Yingzi, do you know."
Yingzi turned to look at him.
"The album "Wish You Were Here" is to commemorate a person."
He pointed at the album cover on the screen. The man on the left was reaching out for a handshake, while the man on the right was on fire.
"As mentioned just now, Mr. Shui is the second-generation leader of the Pink Floyd band. The founder of the band is someone else. His name is Sid Barrett."
"He was at the helm of the band for only three short years, but he devoted his entire life to music, writing songs as if his body was on fire, and created the foundation of Pink Floyd.
.”
"But he himself burned out. He became seriously ill, changed beyond recognition, and eventually left the band."
"This song is to commemorate him. You see, the name of this song contains the three letters 'SYD', which is exactly his name, Sid (syd)."
"Although his talent is insufficient, he burns himself hard, and thus a shining moment is born, even if it is only a short and short time."
"He also worked hard to engrave himself in the history of music."
Cui Dayou said nothing more because the screen changed again.
What he wanted to express to her tactfully was that in this world, music is not just a traffic game.
Only by being loyal to the music itself can you become immortal.
Otherwise, it's just fast food that goes bad.
Yingzi thought for a while and suddenly became angry.
She thought that Cui Dayou was implying that she was not capable enough or talented enough, so she was sent home by Jiang Xinhai a few years after her debut.
Yingzi secretly held a grudge.
But what she didn't know was that the good intentions in Cui Dayou's words were understood by others.
A Japanese cartoonist was so moved that in order to pay tribute to the band, he named the fourth-generation protagonist's stand-in ability "Crazy Diamond" in his cartoon.
The Stand's ability is to "heal everything but himself".
When he conceived this extraordinarily gentle stand-in ability, he thought of Sid Barrett, who was already physically disabled, and of those who have the power to heal everyone, but only burn their hearts to devote themselves to music.
This cartoonist is called Araki Hirohiko, and his cartoon is called "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure".
…
Everyone stared at the screen. At this time, the picture on the screen was another interview.
The camera is looking at the back of a man, and in front of this man is a reporter.
"Mr. JX," the reporter said with a smile in pure English, "during your stay in the United States, you turned the entire European and American music scene upside down.
"You reunited the Beatles, reunited with Pink Floyd, had a short-lived relationship with Taylor Swift, and now you've successfully appeared on the cover of Time magazine. I
I’m curious, what exactly do you want to do?”
"Me..." JX's voice that was extremely familiar to Jiang Xinhai and Xu Xiangxiao sounded, "At first, I just wanted to build a private music collection..."
The words were cut off at this point.
The whole picture turned dark.
Then, a line of white words appeared in the center of the screen:
"Music Private Collection: Prologue, End."
Chapter completed!