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242. Chapter 242 Strong response

Matthew Burden is a 35-year-old white taxi driver who has been driving in New York for eight years. He loves the city, although he will scold the city government and the Transportation Bureau every day.

"Feel God, I live in New York and not somewhere else." He always said to his friends.

When the disaster happened two months ago, he happened to send a guest to Brooklyn. After hearing the news from the on-board radio station, he immediately drove over to start a rescue operation and landed behind the police. It did not work, but he still helped several minor injuries to take to the hospital.

When he watched the burning World Trade Center fall down several streets, something seemed to collapse in his heart. This city, which had not had any disaster in more than a hundred years, was actually attacked like this. It was so terrible. How could God let this happen?!

For several weeks afterwards, he was in a trance, depressed and at a loss. Although Matthew had been reluctantly cheered up with the help of his friends, he could no longer return to the past. Although he had returned to work, he not only lost his smile, but also often quarreled with passengers.

"Don't tell me everything will be fine, what do you guys know! You guys are just following on TV from beginning to end. We New Yorkers will always be the ones who face this disaster!" Matthew shouted a little irritably.

"Hey, man, I just want to comfort you!" The passenger was also particularly dissatisfied. If he hadn't had a good temper, he would have been full of old fists.

Even so, the atmosphere still seemed tense when parked in this taxi on the street.

Then, the sound came from the on-board radio station that was driving: "Hey, listeners who are still in front of the radio, I am your old guy Parker Wes, it's time for us to have a song every day. Today I want to recommend a special song for you. Maybe in the past few weeks, you've heard too many songs praying for the United States and New York, but this one is very unique. I don't want to introduce this song and the singer in detail, although it's a very surprising singer, I think it's better to use music to illustrate it."

Next, a melodious melody was uploaded from the radio, light and ethereal, as if there was a force that could calm people down, so that the two people in the taxi turned their heads.

"When Iamdownand, ohmysoul, soweary..." A thick male voice sang out, and it looked so light, and the feeling of lifting heavy and light makes people's eyes lit up.

Coupled with the melody that is extremely consistent with the prelude, the loss and confusion presented by the lyrics immediately resonated with the listeners and made this feeling spread, making people unable to help but want to continue listening. Then, when the climax of the chorus came, the accumulated emotions that had been raised high were immediately fully vented.

"Youraisemeup, so Icanstandonmountains!" With this lyrics, the audience seemed to be raised to a height and then fell down, and the creepy feeling was particularly comfortable.

"Youraisemeup, towalkonstormyseas!" The thick male voice was like a thick mat, steadily catching them and sending them up and down, as if riding a roller coaster, rising and falling from time to time, and walking through the stormy waves, accompanied by the melodious Scottish bagpipes, making people feel the urge to cry.

"And Iamstrong, when Iamony'shoulders; Youraise meuptomorethara; Youraise meuptomorethara Icanbe..." Accompanied by a thick and atmospheric voice, the four-minute song came to an end, but the melodious melody that made people calm still seemed to remain in the air.

After a while, Matthew sighed in the car, then wiped his eyes. Although he did not shed tears, he still felt a wet feeling.

"Sorry, man, I just...I just..." He said to his passenger in a somewhat choked tone.

"I understand, I understand, I should apologize for my actions, I should consider your mood, and that tycoon must pay the price for it." The passenger also sighed.

Then the two hugged gently, and the tense atmosphere was swept away after the radio song was broadcast.

Similar scenes, as the song "YOURAISEMEUP" was broadcast on the radio, it has been performed throughout the United States in the past two days.

Suzy is a housewife living in New Jersey. She lost her husband on Flight 93. She has been covered in a shadow since then. She can't get rid of her and cannot take care of her two children. After spending so chaotic for several months, even though her sister warned her that she might face the danger of being deprived of custody if she continues like this, she knows that she must cheer up, but she can't cheer up, and she feels like something is blocked, making her at a loss.

Until one day, two well-behaved children turned on the radio and wanted to play some music to make their mother happy. When the song rang, a gap was suddenly opened in Susie's heart. All the previous pains swarmed out, and the lost feelings rolled down, and she immediately hugged the child and burst into tears.

Alex is a young street artist. On the day of the disaster, he performed near Wall Street and saw the plane crashing into the Twin Towers with his own eyes. The terrible and shocking scene always bothered him. So even though it had been two months since the incident, he still went to Times Square every day. Like many people who cannot forget, he found a corner to light a candle to mourn. Then on that day, after lighting the candles routinely, he also sang while talking with the guitar. The song he sang was a song he had just learned from the radio station.

When he first heard it, he was hit like an electric shock. The tumultuous feeling seemed to show all the things he wanted to say over the past few months but didn't know what to say. The upward spirit swept away the haze in his heart, so he tried his best to listen and learn, and finally sang in public at this time. Although he still lacked some things and missed some words, the deep and devoted feelings still brought applause from many people who stopped and listened, and many people were dragging him to ask for the name of the song.

Elena is a white-collar worker living in Boston. Her best friend was on the plane from Boston to San Francisco that was hijacked on September 11. Although she finally got out of the shadow of losing her friends, she never knew how to commemorate her. They were her best friends. When her life was the most difficult, the other party pulled her and encouraged her to persevere.

When Elena heard this song, her feelings that had already been vented all over and rolled up the rolling waves again, making her unable to help but want to scream out loud. So, at the public gathering commemorating the victims in the Municipal Square that night, she used her identity as one of the initiators to connect to the radio with a loudspeaker, and then called the radio to on-demand the song. When the beautiful melody sounded, thousands of listeners on the venue were moved.

A nice and touching song swept across North America, which everyone - including radio, music critics and producers - did not expect, and the singer's identity was even broken.

"Music as beautiful as a hymn is both peaceful and uplifting, just used to heal people's hearts." This is what Rolling Stone magazine said.

"Billboard" also praised it: "The melody and lyrics are perfectly combined, this is a perfect work, and this is the best comfort we give us at this time."

"YOURAISEMEUP", which is so sought after, has reached a well-known point in just a few days, and has not surprisingly topped the Billboard rankings, trampling on all the big names. The popularity of Michael Jackson's "What MoreCanIGive" is now released, I am afraid that it may not necessarily snipe the opponent's momentum.

Interestingly, neither "Rolling Stone" nor "Billboard" mentioned the name of the singer who sang this song. As for the reason... just look at the New York Post.

"There is no doubt that "YOURAISEMEUP" is a beautiful song that warms everyone and inspires people's hearts. However, no one expected that after producing a low-cost and high-box office movie, Sean Tang began to enter the music industry and also produced a very perfect song. He seemed to be gradually drifting away from the actor industry. It would be better if he used his talents in the right place, that's what he should do, right?" This is part of the report of the New York Post.

First, he affirmed the shock and influence brought by "YOURAISEMEUP", and then changed the subject and began to secretly sarcastically sarcasticly at Sean, saying that he was not doing his job properly, saying that he threw his acting career aside and did something else, and also implying that he was not suitable to be an actor at all. I really don't know where Sean offended them, but as long as there was a topic, they would write articles with masterpieces.

"To be honest, you have snatched a woman from an editor or even editor-in-chief of the New York Post, right?" Frederick asked in such a joking manner when Sean looked at the New York Post depressedly.

"Do I look like that kind of person?" Sean asked immediately.

"Okay, you're not." The agent laughed and didn't bother him, "Okay, be happy, man, your single is getting a lot of popularity."

"I know, but...why are you so happy?" Sean rolled his eyes, "Aren't you worried that I will shift my focus to the music because of the huge popularity of "YOURAISEMEUP"?"

"If you move to other aspects, I may have to worry, but the music is absolutely impossible," Frederick with a proud expression of "I know very well". "Not every time you encounter songs that suit the situation - to be honest, your luck is too good, how can you find a melody fit the social environment."

"Well...my luck is so good." Sean shrugged.
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