So, I went back and continued to watch the little people, poor, failed, mediocre, and despised all kinds of life, whenever I saw the people in the film who had the same failure and embarrassment as myself, I secretly praised in my heart: good film. The documentary "Spirit of Metal" is such a film. The first half of the movie is even a bit boring: I started talking about how this Canadian metal band called Anvil became popular in the 1980s. It seems that they even performed on the same stage as Bon Jovi. They were young and heroic. In addition, the music was prosperous back then, and the digital age was not yet. When they arrived, the audience under the stage went crazy with them. Now, it is almost unknown.
Anvil is known as the "God of Canadian Metal". A group of famous musicians stand for them: Yes, Anvil is great, they have influenced many bands, why are they not popular? Is it because of nationality? Or because of insufficient publicity?
The camera moves to the home of the Canadian band members. The lead singer is Dazui, an old man in his 50s who seems to be working in a certain cafeteria? Tell the camera to make this dish today, make that dish tomorrow, and change the order of the dishes next week. Another band member worked on renovations, hitting cement with an electric drill. Then the two said, "Fuck, I planned to play a band when I was a teenager, but I just played hard for more than 20 years! Rehearsal is cool! It's cool to hear the stage sound! Then what? I don't know why they have been writing and practicing songs, but they have never been popular.
Interview the family members of the band members. Some wives still have a nutty dream of "I'm a woman from the Metal God Band", some wives think that they have not been popular for more than 20 years and have already stated that they are losers, and some firmly say "I just love him. , I love him whether he plays music or not."
The band occasionally entertained themselves in local taverns in Canada, and there were a few diehard fans, very few. That's how life is. A European music fan of Anvil (with no experience as a band manager) planned a 40-day European tour for them, and a few people decided to come back, and if they wanted to do a tour, maybe a record company would like them.
but. Not only no, this trip to Europe was a complete failure: language barrier, missed train, unable to exchange tickets, late for the show, tavern owner not giving money after the show, almost got into a fight with people, strikes, and sometimes less audience It was pitiful, the money was not earned, and the enthusiastic European girl was so frustrated that she couldn't help but started to cry.
Several people went back to Canada, still didn't want to give up, wanted to record, and asked for thousands of pounds, they wanted to find a top producer in London to help them record. What if I have no money? The lead singer went to a sales company as a telemarketer, made 3 calls in 8 hours a day, and didn't sell any farts. He said very sadly: This job is not in line with the education I received, and the education said that we should be polite. How can you do telemarketing if you are polite?
In the end, his sister couldn't stand it any longer and decided to sponsor them to record a record. When the sister and brother talked about ideals, dreams, and persistence, they both burst into tears. I took my sister's money to London, and when they were recording a record, two band members (still young) started to argue, one said the other had always been jealous of him, and would vent at him at every turn: I can't figure out why the fuck Still loyal to you? I want to live a life that I am proud of without recording or playing in bands. I am gone and quit.
Speaking of which, the producer came forward to mediate, saying that this is such a big deal, so he said it so harshly? The lead singer took the initiative to apologize: I always quarrel with you because I fucking love you! Because you are my fucking best brother! I'm so stressed. If I don't ask you to vent, who should I go to? What should I do if I don't ask you to vent? I love you! I'm sorry, bro! Crying with his brother who played in the band together since childhood, the fifty-year-old man couldn't help but be moved when he cried.
After spending money to record the record, no one helped them release it, so they pulled it home by themselves. Sent everywhere, got a bunch of rejections: sorry, this isn't the record we were looking for, good luck. He wanted to sell himself directly to music fans. When he was disheartened, the lead singer Dazui received a call from a Japanese music festival and invited them to perform. Several people set off excitedly.
It was a bit silly when they arrived at the performance site. The performance time was arranged as the first one. The opening performance was at 11:30 in the morning. They looked at the gymnasium, so the boss was afraid that there would be five people or no one, and of course they were afraid to take it. No money. Seeing this, my heart was seized, I was afraid that if no one came, I would be embarrassed to die.
Probably Japanese music fans are disciplined, and when the band came on stage, they still couldn't hear a little sound. The lead singer was probably stupid at the time. It was not until he got to the stage that he saw the crowd below, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief. The first song, "Metal on Metal," one of their most popular songs, had the fans going crazy and the band members going crazy.
At the end of the documentary, several people said happily: Fuck, this is metal, this is the metal spirit we insist on! Who knows when they'll have an offer for the next show? Who knows if the next show will just happen to have such a large audience? You don't know, so you sigh in your heart: The Canadian metal god is so hard. After the sigh, there is of course full of love and blessings: gentlemen, I wish your records will sell well! You must come to China to tour in your lifetime!
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