"They're old!" The woman sniffled and cried as she leaned on the man's shoulder. "The first time I heard their songs was when you played guitar and sang to me downstairs in my dormitory."
Zhou Yiyang and Hu Die shuddered, and they were about to offer some words of comfort to the crying woman, but who knew the other party would just throw a bowl of dog food at them.
"Yeah, it's been twenty years now, right? I can't even play the guitar anymore. They're old, and so are we."
But this dog food still has a hint of sadness.
The first song was Geek Boy's hit. As soon as the prelude started, the whole audience could sing along.
The lead singer's voice is not as good as before, but his hoarse voice adds a sense of sadness of the passing of time to the song.
"I don't know why," Wang Xingrui suddenly rubbed her eyes, "listening to their songs, I suddenly felt like crying."
For geek kids, this song means a lot to them.
Before this, Geekboys was just an underground band, expressing their anger with their roars and fighting against injustice with their lyrics.
Until one day, they suddenly released a love song. A few rock youths known for their radicalism suddenly sang a gentle love song, which caused a huge controversy at first.
However, the song became a hit and brought Geek Boy into the mainstream music circle.
The lead singer sang lyrics that had been sung thousands of times, but what appeared before his eyes were his youth.
"If this song doesn't get any response, the company will consider terminating your contract."
Five big boys squeezed on a big bed, plucking the instruments in their hands, confidence in their eyes.
"It will definitely succeed this time." The drummer back then was not this fat.
"Nonsense," snorted the bassist, who still had long hair back then. "But our souls are dead!"
"If we don't do this, our bodies will starve to death!" The lead singer stretched. He hadn't slept for almost three days in order to write this song.
The next scene was them standing on the Golden Melody Awards stage and winning the Best New Artist award.
They succeeded, from an unknown underground band to becoming the new idols of the public.
However, the few fans who supported them at the beginning have also left them.
When the song ended, everyone burst into tears.
Zhou Yiyang glanced at the comments, and it seemed that everyone was reminiscing about their youth.
The second song was the most popular song during Geek Boy’s peak period.
That year, their album not only won the annual championship in Taiwan, but also became popular in mainland China.
The radio was playing Geek Boy's songs on repeat, and wherever they went, the place was always packed.
This is a disco song.
It is actually difficult for the new generation like Hu Die to resonate with the music style that is no longer popular when it is played now.
Zhou Yiyang, on the other hand, shook his head as he listened.
But for fans of Geek Boy, this song is all too familiar. They would always hear it when they were hanging out in discotheques.
The music remained the same, but the five men on the stage could no longer dance like they did in the past.
When it came to the high notes, the lead singer's voice broke.
He could see the fans below, who didn't mind the flaw, but he felt bad.
He still remembers that they performed on the Spring Festival Gala with this song. Although they sang it with several popular actors, it was also their highlight moment.
That year, whenever he closed his eyes, all he could hear were the cheers of his fans.
He was troubled by why there were so many announcements that he didn't even have time to rest or spend money.
Just like now, they are still the last to appear on stage, but it is not because of their seniority, but because they have the most fans.
And now, looking around, except for less than one-tenth of the fans in the front row, the rest are new generation fans like Bai Yueguang.
Tang Yue picked up the phone and heard her mother's voice on the other end: "My daughter, remember to ask your mom for an autograph from one of the geek boys later! Yes, your mom was a fan of theirs back then!"
When the second song ended, Zhou Yiyang looked at the comments again. This time, there were many more comments from passers-by.
"It's really hard to hear..."
"Why are they the last ones to perform? Their breath is unsteady and their voices are broken. Besides, they are all old men. Who among the young people knows them?"
"Who still listens to disco? It's so unfashionable! No wonder the Chinese music scene is dead, it's because Chinese people have no musical aesthetics!"
Fortunately, Geek Boy can't see the barrage, so it won't affect their performance.
For the third and last song of the night, Geek Boy chose a song that almost no one had ever heard of.
"This song was the first song we wrote together when I met the four of them in college. We released it that year, but unfortunately it didn't make any waves. This should be our second time to perform it publicly."
The first time was in a small bar, which has now been sold to a milk tea shop.
It was the first time for the five people to perform in public. They were very nervous and almost stuttered as they finished singing the song.
The bar was very noisy that day and no one was listening to them singing.
But they still sang the song with great devotion, and at that time they didn't care whether there were fans or not.
Just like now.
These five old men know they are out of fashion. Although they are respected as teachers on TV shows, no young people listen to their songs anymore.
Last year they held a concert, and the first show was packed with old fans. But for the second show, only one-third of the seats were occupied.
This time they are the finale of the Raspberry Music Festival, and they understand the reason: the price is low and the status is high enough.
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