. , they failed to get to the "next level". To be honest, I personally feel that (I will just make a few words, please don’t take it too seriously for netizens with different opinions...) The new brick they later sold around was not particularly good, it was a ubiquitous and quickly forgotten routine Although the consciousness is still stuck in the first few years of the 1980s, the refusal of the record company is not incomprehensible. But I don't think this can be the reason for them to fall into such a situation. You must know that there are too many bands in the world who play and sing in a mess, but are incredibly popular, and even become the brilliant "rock music" in the writer's pen. "God"...
The reason is probably very complicated, and their luck is indeed very bad. I dare not make any comments, but I think it may have something to do with their personalities: simple and kind, without aggression and charisma, violent metal Image is nothing but bluff. There is a clip in the film where they went on a TV show in the 1980s that was meant to slam rock and roll for the bad morals of today's teens, when the host read their lyrics in a playful tone, and the vindicator audience showed disgust. Anvil's smile was still peaceful and candid when he made his face. Whether they play the piano with a dildo, or write some unliterate and explicit lyrics, no matter how angry they look, they are pure and honest people in their bones. Which of the well-dressed and powerful people is not more "harmful" than them?
But what about lack of guts, or rather insidiousness, to survive in the tumultuous rock scene? Take Rolling Stones as an example: Ronnie Wood's works in Rolling Stones are almost all signed "Jagger/Richards", Keith Richards holds the power of life and death of Mick Taylor, and he can do scissors to his solo section at will, after Mick Taylor left the team Stones didn't hesitate to take all of his pictures on the reissue...and Anvil? In a situation where a lot of bands would get mad at the manager and even fight, they even comforted her and finally made her happy...
The thing that caught my attention the most in the whole movie was Lips' eyes, even though he was already married A fifty-year-old man who has been at the low ebb in his life, his eyes are unexpectedly clear. When he smiles, the corner of his mouth grins all the way to his ears, and he still has a brilliant baby face. After seeing it, I understand: he got a job as a telemarketer and wanted to make money for a new record, but he couldn't tout their junk-like products to the sky. The usual hypocrisy and hotness of the old man. Watching this tidbit introduction of the car master, you can feel what a lovely group of people they are.
Teacher Lars, who gave a friendly speech in this film, once said: "When you choose rock music, you choose forever young." Once upon a time, many music fans were deeply moved by this, and they thought that rock music could make them keep a piece of music forever. Hot-blooded teenagers' hearts can still make their faces full of spring breeze when their families are all over the wall - and the ignorant little townspeople who have no rock consciousness and revolutionary spirit are destined to be assimilated by the turbid society and completely crushed by the state machine. Time flies, time has changed, and the profiteer-faced teacher Lars is discussing tens of millions of dollars in business in the auction house, flying around on a private jet, and beating for a Napster. A potbellied beast. Many old music fans who had been beating their chests for their over-commercialization finally realized: "Hey, in the end, I'm still a boring adult." So the two sides shook hands and made peace: Why should I be so cynical when I'm old, shout out Your slogan is like a fart, the money in your pocket is what matters, and we can finally cherish each other again.
A comparison like this shows just how amazing Anvil is, one of the few dedicated and pure warriors of our age. While music is not enough to make a living, they have not considered a lifestyle other than music. There's a line in Mickey Rourke's "The Wrestler" to the effect of how good the '80s were, with so many cool metal bands, until "cobain is a pussy." I feel that the reason why Cobain is called a "sissy" should be because there are more decadent and negative contents in his music. On the whole, the music style of the 1990s is biased towards Gu Ying's self-pity, not as optimistic and domineering as the 1980s—— And Anvil, especially Lips, is an excellent representative of the 1980s. His strength and optimism are really moving.
Many people dreamed of rock stars when they were teenagers, and most of them didn't do anything at all. Some people picked up guitars or drum sticks and tried to make some music, and some people had their own bands. One or two albums that no one cares about - and then return to the original life, forget everything and be forgotten, and teach the younger generation: "Let's live the life of ordinary people!" Of course you can say that they are mixed This is due to their own lack of ability, they have to borrow their sister's money to make records at the age of 50, they have not been able to make a good life for their family, they probably have no other livelihood skills - but they went on bravely, Not to mention the truth in adversity, in a sense, when Lips hugged Robb and sniffed and said, "You are my best brother, we were together when we were teenagers", when Lips' child said, "My dad is a playboy. Band, he's cool", when Lips' family showed support for his seemingly increasingly out of reach rock star dream...I feel like he's probably better than the guy with no Roses and no Guns, doing forever. Axl Rose, who is the target of collective boos in the industry, is happier for not being on time and always likely to strike.
As Slash said in this film, "The band that has been touring for 30 years, there are Stones, The Who, and if you count, it's Anvil." This sentence made my eyes blurred, knowing that in these 30 years In the middle of the year, they became more and more down and out but never looked back. What supported them was not hundreds of millions of fans, not millions of family wealth, not the flesh and blood lying in ambush around the tour bus waiting to take off their pants at any time, but the purest love for rock music. When they bear the weight of life and the incomprehension of the people around them and bury their heads in the initial attachment, no one can deny that this is a real greatness!
Of course, it doesn't mean that everyone should break the oath to become a rock star, and make the whole family impoverished and still obsessed. After all, the world has its own rules of operation, and lucky stars can only shine on the top of a small group of people. It is not difficult to imagine that there are still thousands of bands like Anvil struggling in the world. Every piece of history is a bitter tear. When the idols of the past have long exuded a copper stench and drifted away from us, the grass-roots hero Anvil is still with us. We are together. People inevitably have to grow up, grow old, and go to their own ordinary lives, but no matter how bad the situation is, even if I can't fight for what I love, I hope that I can be like the Anvils, loving family and friends, and being loyal. own heart, and never abandon the original juvenile spirit.
THE END
PS, Anvil finally got the attention they deserved after the movie came out, the Rock Band recorded their songs, and the tour was well underway. Congrats to their dream come true!
Uh... PS again, I don't know anything about the industry, so... I kept thinking while watching the film why they didn't play a troupe while being a session player? Is it because they are in Canada...
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