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Published at 3rd of November 2021 09:48:59 AM


Chapter 1148: 1148

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"It doesn't matter who you are, what matters is that you are a part of this wave of folk songs."

This is the original intention of the Coen brothers in creating the "Drunk Country Folk Songs". Through this story, they present a picture of an era, and every character and every ballad in the play was not randomly selected. This is also the past few times. After listening to the original soundtrack over and over for days, Lanly came to a conclusion.

Stark-Sands (Stark-Sands) played Troy-Nelson (Troy-Nelson), he sang two songs in the movie.

One is "The-Last-Thing-On-My-Mind", the original song is from the folk singer Tom-Paxton in the 1960s; the other is and "Five-Hundred-Miles" sung by Jim and Jane is a widely circulated classic.

In fact, Stark's voice is clear and translucent, and the final processing is lively and joyous, which cannot fit the true meaning of the original song. The same is true for Troy in the story, he just joined the wave with enthusiasm.

In the singing of the two songs, Stark failed to show the essence of the original work; but this is precisely the deep meaning of the Coen brothers, because the Troy played by Stark represents a school of folk singers at that time.

In the wave of folk songs, simply joining them because of love and liking may just enjoy the happiness brought by music with the mood of playing tickets; although they lack a deep understanding of music, they can love it carefree; They didn't think deeply about the meaning of music, but it became simpler because of simplicity; coupled with the pleasing appearance and gratifying personality, they have more commercial value.

Simply put, it is the opposite of Levine Davis.

As a result, in the movie, Troy was recognized by Bob Dylan's agent Albert-Grossman and became popular in bars.

The same goes for "500 miles".

The original work is very touching, vividly showing the nostalgia and yearning of the wanderer for his hometown, but it is close to the homesickness and hesitant.

Under the interpretation of Troy, Jim, and Jane, they revealed more refreshing briskness. The faint sorrow also evolved a hint of happiness and sweetness. It seems that you can feel the call from home and the waiting of your lover; the folk song is lost. His own wandering and vicissitudes of temperament gradually coincided with the development direction of the mainstream market, becoming more and more commercialized, and more and more popular, but in the end it evolved into a featureless saliva song.

In addition to this, "The-Auld-Triangle" appears in the form of a four-person choir, attracting attention with Akabella's gimmick; "The-Storms-Are -On-The-Ocean)” added inexplicable alternative musical instruments in an attempt to create new ideas.

There is also the incompatible song "Please-Mr.-Kennedy", which is completely reduced to a slobber song, lacking connotation, lack of arrangement, lack of lyrics, and even lack of one. The theme is just to create a relaxed and cheerful entertainment effect in a bunch of rhythms.

All of them are confirming one thing. The folk songs of Greenwich are losing their essence. The pursuit of skills, soul and core has disappeared. For the sake of reputation, profit, and success, they are gradually merging towards fashion trends. , Completely lost the essential color at the beginning of the birth of folk songs, reduced to a part of the market assembly line products.

In the film, Levine’s only compromise was "please, Mr. Kennedy". In order to make quick money, he had to participate in the recording process, but he seemed out of place from beginning to end, so that he gave up the copyright without hesitation. I just hope I never existed in this song.

Ironically, the song later became a huge commercial success.

This is true for both Levine Davis and Dave Van Runck: In order to include his own humanity and creativity in art, he always insisted on it, but never got what he deserved.

Further irony comes from reality. After the movie ended, "Five Hundred Miles" became the most popular track in the entire soundtrack. On the one hand, because of Justin Timberlake's strong influence, he has gained a group of additional fans; on the other hand, because the arrangement and re-creation of this song is the most popular trend in the market.

It's not that business is bad, nor that popular is wrong. In fact, this is precisely the most helpless part of life. The compromise between art and the market is a subject that every artist must challenge, and then make his own choice. High art is not necessarily noble, and low art is not necessarily boring. In the final analysis, art is higher than life, but it comes from life.

Therefore, art has never distinguished between high and low.

It is ironic because this is exactly the opposite of the artistic spirit that Levine and Dave insisted on, or the ridicule and ridicule of the film "Drunk Country Folk Songs". I have to say that the real world is also different from the movie. The ridicule of the Zhong Coen brothers coincided with each other, and once again gave Levine-David a slap in the face.

Furthermore, it gave all stubborn art creators a slap in the face.

Art is extremely important, but life is even more important. After all, not every general public can get rid of the shackles of life and pursue the influence of art; however, everyone values ​​life. When the material level reaches a certain level, the spiritual level is empty. What about boring? What about the development of art and the inheritance of culture?

Perhaps, most artists must be like Vincent Van Gogh, walking towards the end of self-understanding in distress; or like Levine Davis, spinning around in place like a headless fly, trying to change , But there is no way to start or know what to do.

This kind of helplessness and loss is precisely the aftermath of the "Drunk Country Folk Song".

On the flight from London to New York, the original soundtrack was played over and over again, but Renly could not help but have an idea: Once again, can "Don Quixote" still be successful?

What is absurd but realistic is that Lanly's answer is no.

Missing that point in time, "Don Quixote" will also be destined to be submerged in the era of fast food culture, just like the album "About Levine Davis"-or, " About the album "Dave Van Runck".

Some clues can be glimpsed from the choice of actors of the Coen brothers. They consciously got close to the character's temperament and selected actors who are closer to their true qualities.

They chose Stark Sanders to play Troy Nelson instead of an actor whose voice is closer to Tom Paxton.

They chose Justin Timberlake to play Jim, because in real life, Justin is the top pop star. Among the two albums Justin’s solo solo, the first album’s artistry was unanimously recognized, but the sales volume was slightly lower; the second album was more popular and more popular, reaping generous market returns, but The artistic level took a step back.

They also chose Adam Driver as Al-Cody (Al-Cody), the singer who sang "Please, Kennedy" with Jim and Levine. He has his own persistence and his own characteristics. Between Jim and Levine, struggling. The same is true for Adam in real life.

This is not a bad thing, nor is it a criticism.

It is just a game between art and business contradictions. Some people choose the former and some people choose the latter. In the tide of the times, it is often the latter that succeeds and the former disappears in obscurity. For art creators, it is inevitable to be a little embarrassed.

For the same reason, they chose Renly Hall to play Levine Davis.

Because in real life, Lan Li is an incompetent art creator, both in the fields of folk songs and performances. Even if the Oscar actor is selected, Lan Li’s career choices can often create unexpected surprises and make people Stumbled. It seems that Lanly is more like Bob Dylan, but in his bones, Lanly is always Dave Van Runck.

It was discovered that Bob Dylan’s agent, Albert Grossman, was the prototype of the Chicago bar owner and agent Bud in the movie. In reality, Bole, who has a unique vision, became Levi in ​​the movie. Well the last chance.

Bud had heard Levine's graceful and moving "The-Death-Of-Queen-Jane", but the reaction was, "I can't hear the business opportunity of this song."

This sentence comes from the ridicule of the Cohen brothers, because Alberg is a well-known "pure merchant speculator" in the industry; it also comes from the endless debate between business and art ~www.novelhall.com~in the old one In the eyes of the generations, folk singers are like believers, who believe in ideals, refuse to compromise, live in poverty, and are defeated by reality in the namelessness. But for businessmen and outsiders, they can’t see the meaning. .

The cruelest part in reality is that these folk singers have to make their own choices in the face of the oppression of life, and slowly lower themselves in front of those stubborn and stupid, powerful and realistic music publishers. His head gradually learned to find a balance between the public's aesthetics and self-consciousness.

Therefore, Troy Nelson has a future; therefore, Jim and Jane have a stable life and become a middle class; therefore, Levine Davis is a loser who cannot see tomorrow.

Therefore, it didn't take long for Bob Dylan to successfully sign the label; therefore, Dave Van Runck, a pioneer of folk songs, was unknown.

It is not easy to persist in dreams, and it is even more difficult to persist in art.

Only when we truly understand the tide of the entire era, and only when we truly understand the confrontation between art and commerce, can we truly give each character a soul. For example, Troy must be simple and fresh, not only in the arrangement, but also in the way of singing. So; for another example, Jim and Jane must be trendy, and the song "Five Hundred Miles" must weaken the emotional richness and become more relaxed.

At the end, Levine Davis, who performed multiple tracks.

In the whole movie, Levine performed a total of six tracks, but they were scattered in different passages of the movie, and formed a circle at the beginning and the end.

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