The first time it's raw, the second time it's familiar, the fifth time it's no different from your own living room.
The three of them arrived neither early nor late. After sitting down in their seats, they just waited for the show to start.
Although the place is familiar, the people in the same room change every episode. In contrast, these new bands, although they are unfamiliar with the lounge of the TV station, are very familiar with the band DreamseTrue.
When they came for the first time, no one cared about the other band. When they came for the second time, the other bands looked at them in different ways.
However, after four consecutive performances, the band sitting here tonight in the same lounge, looking at them, their thoughts are much simpler and purer.
The winner of four consecutive periods is so terrifying!
While we were bored waiting for the show to start, the last amateur band arrived belatedly. As soon as they entered the door and saw Dreamsetrue sitting there, their female lead's eyes lit up and she took the initiative to run up and say hello: "Yoshida-san?"
Miwa-chan raised her head. This bold female lead singer was a tomboy with short hair. She had the same short haircut as Shinichi Iwahashi when she first met Miwa-chan. She was dressed very cool, although her words and deeds were not related to the word cool.
On the contrary, it is a bit cute like a small animal.
"I have seen all the previous performances of Dolimuzcom Tulu, and Yoshida-san is really awesome!"
Being indoors, surrounded by unfamiliar bands, the female lead singer was relatively restrained in her pursuit of stars, and her voice was kept low.
"Thank you!" Miwa-chan felt a little embarrassed when her colleagues praised her face to face.
The lead singer of the band that will compete on the same stage later is a fan of the four-term winning streak. There is a traitor in the opponent's band. Iwahashi Shinichi looks on and finds it a bit funny.
But at the same time, I also felt a little bit of the band's popularity in person.
"Reiko."
It was the musician of this band who called the tomboy, and the female lead singer smiled at Miwa-chan again and returned to her teammates.
…
At the same time, Watanabe Mayumi parked her car in the guest parking lot of the TV station.
"We're here," she said.
Haruko Akamatsu, who was in the passenger seat, took off her seat belt and said, "I'm so sorry for being so late because of me, Watanabe-san."
In the past few weeks, Watanabe Manyumi drove to pick up Akamatsu Haruko, and the two came to the TV station together. Tonight, Akamatsu Haruko had an emergency, and she turned back to the apartment midway, so she was delayed for a while on the road.
"You don't have to be so polite." Watanabe Mayumi smiled and changed the topic: "Tonight is the decisive battle of DreamseTrue. I really look forward to their performance."
Akamatsu Haruko also smiled and accepted Watanabe Wanyumi's kindness.
After getting off the car, the two of them walked to the elevator one after another.
Because Shinichi Iwahashi put on a hood and infiltrated into the band, Watanabe Manyumi and Akamatsu Haruko, who knew the whole story clearly, now know the same secret together and guard it together.
We sit together at the representatives' table every week, and we have wonderfully formed a relationship like comrades-in-arms.
Due to the delay on the road, the two of them were the last to arrive in the lounge.
Unlike the band lounge where the lineup changes every week, although the representatives are also somewhat competitive, everyone participates in the show together every week. In the industry, it is still unknown when they will work together. Regardless of whether the relationship between them is
Plastic flowers will never wither anyway.
Seeing the two of them coming in, several representatives nodded to them, while several other representatives were chatting. After listening to it, it turned out that, as expected, it was also about tonight's winner.
"DreamseTrue will surely win the king tonight, right?"
"It's really surprising to have such strength and expressiveness. Although I came here to be a representative, I was attracted by their performance unconsciously during the review."
Watanabe Manyumi and Akamatsu Haruko were the last to arrive. After sitting down, they consciously acted as listeners.
"There is another strange thing. Nowadays, it is popular for underground bands to find a girl with a good voice to be the lead singer. Of course, the musician is still responsible for writing the music.
But the songs this band has sung so far are all written and composed by the female lead singer, and the two musicians are only responsible for arranging the music. It’s rare to see a mixed male and female band led by a female lead singer, right?”
"The singing skills are amazing, and the music and lyrics are well written. He is a character."
"I'm reminded of Yumi-san." The person who said this was the representative of Tokuma Records. Tokuma Records had just acquired the last champion Begin under its banner, and it was a time of great success.
When he said this, everyone present laughed.
The queen of new music, Yumi Matsutoya, is impeccable. Her shortcoming is her appearance. The female lead singer of DreamseTrue is like Yumi Matsutoya. One person expresses her appreciation for her, and the other person tactfully mentions her shortcomings.
While they were chatting, the staff came over and asked them to take their seats in the studio in front.
The representatives who had been having a heated conversation just stopped talking and stood up to leave. Watanabe Manyumi turned to look at Akamatsu Haruko and said, "Let's go too."
To witness the victory of dreamsetrue.
Witness the most important step taken by Shinichi Iwahashi’s original dream.
…
At 11:20, the commercials on the TV ended and the band's Heavenly Kingdom show started on time.
The host Yuji Miyake faced the camera and said the opening remarks that he had said countless times, "Good evening, the new episode of Band Heaven is about to begin."
The viewers who had switched to TV Asahi early and were waiting, or the viewers who had stepped on the spot to change the channel, were paying attention to this episode of Band Paradise at this moment.
"After the first few episodes of the program were broadcast, the TV station received calls from viewers asking about DreamSeTrue and sent them support."
When these words were spoken, countless viewers in front of the TV smiled like those of accomplices. Those who reacted to these words were the ones who called the TV station after the program aired.
TV viewers are very warm-hearted. They call to complain when they are unhappy and to praise when they are happy. In this era, calling is also a way to participate.
"While we are still in the competition, we have received a lot of support from the audience. It is indeed a dreamsetrue."
Miyake Yuji said, "Whether they can leap over the dragon gate with your support, or stop here after a proud four-game winning streak, depends on tonight's crucial period."
Speaking of which, as usual, he turned the topic to tonight's representative lineup and introduced the new company representatives.
After the opening remarks, on the TV screen, the stage lights dimmed, and a band consisting of a female lead singer and male musicians stood up. The female lead singer's hair was surprisingly short and looked very eye-catching.
Another "Decision Night" has arrived for Band Heaven.
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Five minutes before eleven-twenty, the owner of the restaurant "Springfield" asked the customers in the store, "Do you mind if I change the TV to TV Asahi?"
Although it was a carnival Saturday, the business of this small restaurant where ordinary people came to have a meal or have a drink was not very good. The two or three customers present were all regular customers of the store.
Because of this, the boss frankly solicits guests' opinions.
"Is there any show you must watch?" The speaker was a man in his fifties with a thin head.
"It's called 'Band Heaven'," the boss replied.
Another man in his forties with a shaved head laughed and said, "Boss, you still watch such a fashionable show?"
Both of them are regular customers who live nearby.
"Actually, there is a band that participated in the show." The regular customers did not answer "No", so the boss acquiesced to "Yes" and changed the channel to TV Asahi. "They work nearby, and sometimes they arrive very late.
Come to the store to eat."
"It's not a band for office workers our age, right?" the bald man joked.
The boss shook his head, "You're quite young. He seems to be working in a band at the same time."
As they were talking, the program opened on the TV, and Yuji Miyake appeared on the TV screen, "After the previous episodes of the program were broadcast, the TV station received calls from viewers asking about DreamseTrue..."
"That's the band," the boss said, "Dolimuzcom Tulu."
"We have won four rounds in a row. If we win again tonight, we will be the champions?" The flat-headed uncle was a little surprised, "Is this a band with such a good background?"
"If I win the championship, I can sign with a record company and debut." The boss poured out all the information he knew about the program and said, "I used to think they were the kind of unrealistic young people, but I didn't expect them to be so powerful."
On the TV, Yuji Miyake's opening remarks ended and the first band came on stage.
The balding uncle looked at the tomboy female lead singer standing at the front and muttered: "So young. My daughter is about the same age."
"If it were a program like "Star! Birth", I would still find it interesting," said the flat-headed uncle, "but watching a band perform is just fun."
The three of them chatted and watched the show on TV.
For the boss, what he saw was a bustle. Young people who often ate in the restaurant suddenly appeared on TV and became a band that seemed to have a promising future. This change was very new.
He is so enthusiastic about this program because of the idea of having a relationship with a "celebrity". As for the program itself, he actually doesn't care much.
However, while the three people were chatting and waiting for the band of young people who often ate in the restaurant to play, the fourth person in the restaurant, the customer who had never spoken, was silently staring at the TV and looking inside.
performance.
This man looked to be about forty years old, and he looked like an ordinary office worker. He didn't say anything when the boss asked the customers for their opinions just now, and he didn't seem to mind changing the channel in the store.
Band Heaven…
When I heard the word "band", Nakai, this was the man's surname, and I thought, "I really miss it."
Nakai, who worked at an accounting firm, formed a band with his college friends during the GS boom when he was young. At that time, the left-wing youth were still very popular, and Nakai's band also participated in the activities of the left-wing youth.
However, when graduation was approaching, he and his friends all cut off their long hair, put away their musical instruments, put on suits and went to find jobs. After getting jobs, they got married and had children, and their lives were on the upswing.
Time passed by quickly after that, and even if Nakai occasionally thought of things from his student days, he would immediately put these old memories behind him. Regardless of the oath or declaration, the past was just over.
He is over forty and is not very sensitive to trends. Nakai does not know that time has passed and today's young people are picking up musical instruments and starting to perform again.
Nakai watched this music program with a bit of nostalgia.
One band after another came on stage and then left, some who gave beautiful performances, and some who were fooled by the three-minute complete performance mechanism. Wonderful performances may not win the approval of restaurant owners and diners.
Applause, and the band that is being fooled around will often be able to get them to smile.
While watching the show, Nakai thought to himself that although today's young people have picked up instruments to form bands, in this fast-paced golden age, their music is full of confidence and has a kind of optimism about carpe diem.
It was completely different from the era he lived in at that time.
Even so, Nakai did not have the idea that "this generation of young people is hopeless" in his heart. On the contrary, watching the performances of the bands, his past memories collided with what he saw and felt now, and he unexpectedly came up with
A small spark.
This is the so-called era. Nakai thought to himself.
Friends who have formed a band together in the past, if they watch this show now, I don’t know what they will think.
I really want to have a drink with them, just like what is written in the classic song "Watch Strawberry White Paper Again" by the band called Banban, and watch this show together.
While he was thinking about it in his mind, Nakai heard the boss's voice, "It will be Dolimuzcom Tulu soon."
On the TV screen, DreamseTrue, who had won four consecutive games, was already on the stage.
"These three people just look like this." The balding man said, "...why is there one wearing a hood?"
"It's the band's 'setting'." The boss said this word again, which sounded a bit out of place to people of his generation.
What the crew-cut man thought of was another thing, "Since they often come to the store to eat, then the boss always knows what the man wearing the hood looks like, right?"
"Could it be that he is too ugly to be seen in public?" the balding man speculated.
The boss thought for a while and said, "That's not true. He is a very impressive young man. If he had been born twenty years earlier, he would have been a leading actor in a fantasy film at Toei."
"So he's still a handsome guy." The crew-cut man teased.
Just as he was about to say something weird, DreamseTrue's performance started on TV, and the female lead singer sang the first line of the song they were going to sing tonight.
"It's pretty awesome."
The crew-cut man took back the witticism he was about to say and replaced it with this sentence.
Nakai, who had watched the show from beginning to end, smiled when he heard the crew cut man's words, and said his first words tonight since he came in and ordered:
"A band that can win four consecutive events is certainly not an ordinary band."
This guest who had been silent until now suddenly spoke to them, which surprised both the boss and the two guests.
However, this accident only lasted for a moment. Immediately afterwards, the attention in the small restaurant was attracted by the performance on TV.
