Chapter 17 Young Sisters
After the RB bubble economy burst, music became the easiest way for people to entertain, and the most direct way to get involved in music is naturally to buy records. Therefore, although the society is full of economic downturns, the business of the record store has become more prosperous. In RB, new records are usually on sale every Tuesday, so on this day, the record store is always crowded with people who come to choose records.
Following the dense crowd, he slowly walked out of the station. Ninomiya Takeru, wearing a suit, wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, while walking into the Xinxingtang Records Store next to the station.
The audio in the store is playing TRF's new single "BOY MEETS GIRL". The rhythmic dance music makes people feel the urge to release it on the dance floor. However, for Takeshi Ninomiya, who had just been in the class for a day, he only felt it was very noisy. But there was no way. His wife is a die-hard fan of TRF. Before leaving today, he specifically told him not to forget to bring her a new single from TRF, and his daughter. She is a big meal for the BEING family, and she also needs to get one of DEEN's new singles.
Take Ninomiya, who was lingering in front of the shelves, suddenly became attracted by a single placed in the corner. Because the cover of that single... was the Shonan coast of my hometown!
Just like when you mention beaches in China, you will think of Yintan and Yalong Bay, the southern Shonan coast is also a resort in the hearts of RB people. Moreover, because the southern Shonan also gave birth to a national treasure band, Nantian Stars, the entire Kanagawa Prefecture has a special feeling for the southern Shonan Shonan coast.
Take Nimiya, whose hometown is in Kanagawa Prefecture, is a fellow villager of Kasumi Mikuda, the lead singer of the Southern Star. Since he graduated from university, this has been his eighth year of working in Tokyo. Although it is only an hour's drive from Tokyo to Shonan, his busy work makes him want to fall asleep even when he is on holiday.
If I were still in my hometown, I should have a ride on the coast of southern Hunan now... With this feeling, Takeshi Ninomiya took off the CD from the shelves and took it to the cashier.
When he got home, his wife was very happy to see TRF's single, and his daughter also liked DEEN's singles very much. Looking at his happy wife and daughter, Ninomiya Takeshi suddenly remembered that he was only considering his family's feelings and did not buy what he liked. Ninomiya Takeshi lowered his head in a little frustrated. On the coffee table, the single called "Summer Color" he suddenly wanted to buy was quietly there.
At this time, the wife who noticed the single suddenly said, "Isn't that the coast of Xiangnan?" While picking up the single, she tossed and looked at it, "Huh... it turned out to be an underground single? Husband, when did you start to like underground singers?"
"No...I bought it just because the cover of this single is Shonan Coast." Ninomiya Beardo.
The wife said angrily: "It's just because of this? Really, this singer is called Ye Zhao... I haven't heard of it, maybe it's a very strange song." As she said that, she no longer had the interest to disassemble it and put it back on the coffee table.
However, their daughter is only seven years old. She is the naughtyest and doesn't let go of anything new. Seeing that her parents were not planning to open the CD, the daughter stepped forward and picked up the CD, tore open the outer seal. She took the disc out of the box and put it in the CD machine, pressed the PLAY key, and the refreshing guitar sounded with a rhythmic hand ringing. The brief prelude ended, and a young male voice sang the first sentence in a clear voice, "The cat in the parking lot yawns..."
The originally careless couple, the spirits of Takeshi Ninomiya were invigorated.
In the quiet room, only the music was flowing. "Summer Color" in the style of the folk song, even the original arrangement was not very complicated. The main instrument was just guitar and hand-ringing ring. But it was this simplicity that made the quality of the song itself more prominent, and the simple and positive lyrics were more deeply rooted in people's hearts. When the CD began to repeat the sentence "This long downhill, you were sitting in the back of my bicycle, and I held the brake tightly, slowly and slowly slid downhill...", the hands of the Ninomiya Takeshi had quietly been held together without realizing it.
After listening to this song, Takeshi Ninomiya took a deep breath and said to his wife: "Let's go back to Hunan for a ride this weekend!"
Although her daughter, who is only seven years old, understood every word in this song, she still couldn't understand the mood of taking a break from her busy schedule conveyed. For her, this was just a very nice song, and she cheered because her father suddenly announced that she would take her whole family to the southern coast of Hunan for vacation on weekends.
Until the second song started, in a strong contrast to the title song, it was a rock song with a clear rhythm. It was originally the daughter of the BEING family, and she couldn't help but be very interested.
Compared with the arrangement of "Summer Color", the arrangement of this song "Secret Base" is much more complicated. The arrangement now included in the CD is a version modified by Ye Shoghwa Watanabe and three musicians. It has been slightly modified in the use of rhythm and instrumental music, making it more suitable for male vocals to sing. Although it may still be a bit rough compared to the original version of ZONE, after all, none of them are professional musicians, so it is difficult to achieve that level.
In contrast, the song that my daughter prefers is obviously this song "Secret Base". The song slowly unfolds, and she quickly finds the rhythm, and her little head sways, with an expression of enjoyment.
After all the two songs were played, the daughter rolled her eyes and ran to her father with her legs and discussed: "Dad, I like this CD very much. Can you give it to me?"
"That won't work," Takeshi Ninomiya touched his daughter's head, "because this is also the CD that his father likes."
"Hey~" the daughter raised her tone with some dissatisfaction, "Dad is so stingy!"
"But," Ninomiya Takeshi changed his mind, "Since we both like it so much, let's listen together."
"Then I want to listen to it again now!" said the daughter, pressing the play button again.
Like most people in the world, RB people also have their own regional complex. In addition to being very friendly to their fellow villagers when they go out, they even pay special attention to things related to their hometown. Therefore, Ye Zhao, who accidentally chose the Xiangnan Coast as the cover of the single, invisibly aroused the Xiangnan complex of some people.
Of course, it's only a small part. If the regional complex works so well, then the singers might as well make singles such as Mount Fuji and Lake Biwa.
Generally speaking, those who bought this single can be summarized as one word: on a whim. When they buy this single, they may put it on the CD machine and listen to it, or just throw it aside. But even so, there is still a "anomal" hidden among these people.
On Saturday morning, Ye Qing and her friend Shizuka Shizuka Shizuka walked into a record store in Yokohama.
The person who came to buy the CD was Shizuka Shizuka Shizuka. After entering the store, she quickly went to the new product area to choose, but what she wanted to buy was neither TRF's single nor DEEN's single, but a single by Johnnie's idol.
That's right, if she is twenty years later, she will be the kind of fan who pursues her idol and calls her husband.
Compared with Shizuka Shizuka Shizuka who had her eyes lit up at the CD, Ye Qing's reaction was much more dull. Although she was born and raised in RB, she could immediately make jokes about homophones on variety shows on TV, but she was not interested in RB's music. If she hadn't been to accompany her friends, she would probably not have entered the record show once a year.
The record shop on weekends has always been crowded, and people who cannot buy CDs on the release date due to work and study are basically gathered in the past two days. When another group of customers flocked to the store, Ye Qing was finally separated from Shizuka Shizuka Shizuka and was squeezed into the corner of the record shop by this crowd.
"It's just buying a record, don't you have to be so exaggerated..." Ye Qing complained silently in her heart. Seeing that Shizuka Shizuka Shizuka could not finish choosing for a while, she did not rush back to her friends, but chose to wait in the corner.
The waiting time was very difficult. In order to find something for herself, Ye Qing began to look at the records placed on the shelves. Then, she saw a familiar cover in the corner where the eighth-rate singer and unknown newcomers gathered.
The cover of this single, called "Summer Color", is a photo she took on a whim when her family went to the southern coast of Hunan for vacation the summer before yesterday. Following the word "Summer Color" in the title of the single, it is the name of her brother Ye Zhao.
When Shizuka Shizuka Shizuka, who had selected the record, the first thing she noticed was the record she was holding in her hand. Shizuka Shizuka Shizuka, who had always known that Ye Qing didn't like to listen to music, was a little surprised that she wanted to buy a record for the first time, and asked curiously: "Ye Qing, what record did you choose?" Without waiting for her to answer, she went up to take a look.
"Suma...Ye Zhao?!" Shizuka Shizuka Shizuka opened her eyes wide, "Ye Qing, I remember that your brother who plays a band in Tokyo is called Ye Zhao? Oh my God, is this his record?"
Ye Qing shook her head, "I don't know either."
Ye Qing bought the single. When she got home, her mother You Xiangrong was preparing lunch in the kitchen. Her father Ye Chong sat on the sofa and read the newspaper. After saying hello to her parents, Ye Qing went to the second floor. However, between going back to her room, she quietly went to her brother Ye Zhao's room and took away his CD player. Ye Qing, who doesn't like to listen to music, did not buy her own playback equipment.
Back in the room, Ye Qing opened the CD box, took out the disc inside and stuffed it into the player, then put on the headphones, pressed the PLAY button, and when the familiar sound rang in her ears, Ye Qing covered her mouth in surprise.
Chapter completed!