walk with jimmy

Chapter 166 True Glory

Although the Planetary Band has already leaped to become the so-called savior of British rock after the two albums of "Starlight" and "Accident".

But it wasn't until they won an inexplicable sales battle with Dancing Sculptures and cursed everyone with "Fuck The Crown" (Fuck The Crown) that they were officially crowned, which is a very good irony.

Under the flashing lights of the media, James and Lance proudly won all the awards they could get.

But under such great glory, everyone consciously or unconsciously ignored their rebellious, dissatisfied and angry emotions expressed in this song, especially Tony Blair, the leader of the New Labor Party, called them workers on many occasions The outstanding representative of the class, completely disregarding himself is also in the range of ridicule and invective in planetary music...

If it is said that James and Lance have not been affected by the outside world, it must be false.

Think about it, two ordinary people from ordinary families in a small town of Liverpool suddenly became the rock gods of the whole country, a huge reputation, suddenly raised countless times, and people are crazy about it, just like a star A delicious sugar ball wrapped with layers of arsenic, even though it knows it is deadly, it wants to swallow it in one gulp.

They tried their best to maintain an attitude of being neither humble nor overbearing, trying to maintain their previous attitude amidst the fire cooking oil and flowers blooming.

But the cracks are already very obvious.

During that time, Lance's public speaking skills were superb.

When he was eighteen or nineteen years old, he often revealed his true emotions and scolded him when he was irritated.

But now, people can no longer see a bit of the rebellious and immature in him.

He looks more shrewd and cunning than those who graduated from Oxford and Cambridge, or hypocritical, and he speaks a sentence of high-sounding words, what is happy to contribute to the popularity of British rock, what is the music culture of our country It is worth every musician's efforts, a bunch of nonsense, all the sharp edges and corners are tightly wrapped, so that people can't see whether he is telling the truth or lying.

But on the other hand, James still has what to say, professionally dismantling the stage for 100 years.

He disdains and does not want to cover up his true inner world.

The reporter said: "Jimmy, how do you feel about being called the saviors of British music?"

He'd say, "Oh, that's a nice stunt, the record companies must be fucking crazy about it."

The reporter said: "Jimmy, you are now the representatives of the working class..."

He interrupted directly: "The New Labor Party did not support me to run for the country's prime minister. What kind of representative am I?"

Reporter: "Jimmy, Lance doesn't mean anything when he says 'Fuck The Crown'..."

He said: "Lance is talking nonsense, this song is for you, all of you! Fuck the Great War of England. There is no winning or losing in music, only good or bad, whether you like it or not. Anyone who raises the music to the level of others People at that level are idiots and should be fucked."

Whenever such interviews were over and the two of them were alone, Lance would stare at him hard.

But James was never afraid of him, and continued to stare back with those green eyes.

Eventually it turned into a cold war.

They obviously won and reached the top, but they were not happy.

The pair were later featured on the cover of Vanity Fair together and featured in the 'Cool Britannia' feature.

They appeared in public wearing clothes with national flags, and became symbols of this era and representatives of pop culture.

Meanwhile, the Dancing Sculptures, who lost their battle miserably, can't stand a lead singer who's self-destructive and mad.

They fired Stewart and replaced lead vocals with guitarist Oakland.

In the same year, with the victory of the planetary band representing the working class (as the media hype termed it) in the Battle of England, the New Labor Party also defeated the Conservative Party in the political election as it wished, ending the Conservative Party's 18-year rule.And the leader of the New Labor Party, Tony Blair, officially entered Downing Street as a matter of course, and became the new leader of the country.He sent an invitation letter to the Planetary Band, inviting the two to a dinner that day.

When Abel showed up with the invitation, everyone in the band was stunned.

Although the leader of the New Labor Party clearly hyped and used the band to win the favor of voters in the British battle, that was all in the past after all. Now, he has become the prime minister of the country, and he still Sent an invitation...

An invitation letter from the Prime Minister of a country!

go?Still not going?

"Thank you very much, but I'm not fucking going." James squatted on the chair and smoked.

Even with his success and fame, he still looks like a street gangster.

"why are you not going?"

Lance held the invitation between his fingers and said, "Of course we're going, we're the winners."

"are you kidding me?"

James angrily took the notebook on the table and threw him: "Have you forgotten how he used us to win votes? What are we doing there? Kneeling and licking those shameless politicians? Fuck endless politics, and we what is the relationship?"

"Since the use has been made, shouldn't some interest be recovered?"

Lance lit a cigarette, and there was a hint of longing in his expression: "That's No. [-] Downing Street, Jimmy."

"Yes, the prime minister's official residence is full of high-level officials in this country, a place enough to satisfy their ambitions."

"Do you have to talk like that, Jimmy?"

"Then what do you want me to say?" James sneered.

He jumped out of his chair, his green eyes were burning like an angry cat: "I've been fucking with you for a long time! Have you looked in the mirror lately? Do you even know who the hell you are? Do you know what you do? People outside are talking about a savior, and you really take yourself seriously? Let me tell you, Lance, we're nothing! I'm just a singer, you're a player Guitar guy, it doesn't matter how much water is out there, it doesn't matter to us, fuck off politics! Keep singing when you have to sing, keep playing guitar when you have to fucking play guitar!"

"Enough!" Lance threw away the cigarette in his hand.

He also stood up and looked down at his lead singer and his lover angrily: "Why the hell do you accuse me? Do you think I am willing to do this? What have you guys done since the fucking band was built? The contract is I'm talking, I'm dealing with the media, before the show, I'm the one who directs all the crew to check the amps, check the lights, check everything the fuck! Theo yells it's not fair, but does nothing, even the bass I'll play it; Baldwin was fine before, but then he thought about how to coax his stupid wife every day, and finally walked away; what about you? Drinking and swearing, causing trouble? Since you don't do anything, it's naturally me Do it! But when I do everything, you guys keep on fucking me. Accusing me of being utilitarian and manipulative! How can you be so shameless, Jimmy! Is there anything wrong with being utilitarian? If a band doesn't Heart, how can it go forward? You tell me! How can it go forward?"

James laughed.

He asked softly, "Go forward? But where do you want to go? No. [-] Downing Street?"

Lance stared at him silently, without saying a word.

The corner of James' lips couldn't help evoking an extremely sarcastic arc: "What the hell do you want, Lance? Name, we have it; money, I can't fucking count the numbers in the bank account, what more do you want?" What do you want?"

The two parted ways again.

But the strange thing is that James didn't feel anything this time, not even the pain and struggle of the past.

But in his diary, he dissected himself almost cruelly: [Compared to Lance, the more hypocritical person has always been me. ]

[Whether it's Theo, or Baldwin's departure, I haven't done anything substantial other than bickering and drinking because I love Lance more than they do.I gave up friendship for love.I didn’t do anything on the surface, but I actually put myself on Lance’s side long ago...]

[If a person does nothing, he will never make a mistake; but if a person takes the initiative to do something, no matter whether it is good or bad, others can always pick out a lot of problems from it. ]

[While I complain about Lance being cold, ruthless, and controlling, he's just trying to do things all the time.He has been doing what he thinks is right with a clear goal... It should be my failure to make him realize that he has gone astray, and even let him close himself into a world of isolation and helplessness. ]

[Now, he continues to walk in the direction he thinks is right, but I don't know how to pull him back. ]

[what do I do? ]

Here, he wrote in confusion: [I became a fucking star, so many people looked at me on the stage and screamed, looked at me like worshiping God, as if I was omnipotent, but why do I still feel helpless? ]

Then, he asked himself and wrote: [Yes, I sing well, and it is impossible to become a genius overnight.I'm actually... I'm still the same person I was many years ago, the idiot who huddled in the corner and couldn't even pronounce the fucking ABC! ]

That night, James wept, clumsily and earnestly wrote a letter to Lance, and wrote in the letter what he couldn't say in person...

He sneaked over and stuffed the letter under the crack of Lance's bedroom door in a last-ditch effort:

——I don't want a lot of fame, as long as you play the guitar, I will sing.

——I don’t want a lot of money, as long as I have food to eat, clothes to wear, and a ceiling above my head, I can be with you.

——So, can you go back to being 19 years old?

——The 19-year-old Lance who doesn't even want to sing a popular song "Happiness is Good" to make ends meet, insists on not compromising with the world, and insists on singing rock and roll.

—Lance, my favorite person!

--Do you forget it?

——The glory of music has never been the praise of the prime minister, nor the so-called recognition of entering No. [-] Downing Street.

——The glory of music is just that the listeners clap their hands or stomp their feet excitedly, and then, with sparkling eyes, say, 'It sounds so good! '

The author has something to say: From Jimmy's point of view, Lance is selfish, indifferent and ambitious; but from Lance's point of view, he has been maintaining the operation of the band and helping the band reach its peak.

PS. I don't have any opinions on the British leaders. The article is made up and made up. Please don't substitute reality.