Rebirth in America

On August 30, 1951, the United Nations troops in Korea, far away in Asia, advanced 2 to 8 kilometers to the eastern front in just over ten days, marking the official outbreak of the Summer and Autumn Campaign of the Korean War.

The war that was thousands of miles away did not affect the lives of the American people. They knew very little about this war, which was completely inferior to the understanding of the Vietnam War by later generations.

In fact, this was an avoidable war. For the United States, the Korean War was not worth fighting. If the US government had believed that ZG would intervene in this war, they would certainly not have crossed the 38th parallel.

As early as the summer of a year ago, the NSA (National Security Agency), still known as the "Security Agency of the Armed Forces", had already collected "conclusive" evidence. Intelligence proved that Chinese troops were gathering north of the Yalu River. When Director Stone handed over this information, General MacArthur dismissed it. He vowed to assure the president and policymakers: "I think the possibility of China stepping in is very small."

This misjudgment made MacArthur later have to lower his head and say: "This was an extremely wrong war at the wrong time, in the wrong place."

Regarding this war, Alex's rebirth has not changed anything. His current influence is limited to the music industry and publishing industry. Perhaps he also has a relatively large influence on electronic products.

The Carpenter Brothers' third album was still being intensely recorded, and CBS sent someone to them again, saying that they must produce a "Carpenter Brothers" program with them. The people who came this time were the head of the television department of CBS and his followers to show how much they valued the Carpenter brothers.

But their arrival was unlucky. Neither Carpenter brother was available. The person receiving the reception was Angel. As the mother of the Carpenter Brothers and the manager of the "Carpenter Brothers", it was enough for her to come forward.

"You mean, can we join in the production of the program?" Angel said to the people who came.

The director of CBS's television department is a bald, middle-aged man with a very festive face who often makes various gestures when speaking.

As for the follower, he was a tall, thin young man with a strong country accent. He might have just moved into the city and hasn't changed yet.

"Yes, we urgently hope that the Carpenter family will appear on our TV station. For the specific program arrangements, you can agree first before filming. You can also propose a plan, and we will discuss and approve it before filming." The bald director was very happy. said earnestly.

Angel lowered his eyes, thought about it carefully, and said, "We are not familiar with this type of program. Let's see what your arrangements are like first."

The bald manager was overjoyed. He slapped his thigh suddenly and said, "Then it's decided. We have already prepared a plan. We didn't invite you last time, but we brought it here this time."

With that said, the tall and thin young man quickly took out a document from his bag, which contained a program plan for an interview with the Carpenter brothers. He handed the document to Angel respectfully, with a flattering smile on his face.

Angel took the file and put it aside to look at it later. Seeing that their goal had been achieved, the two people stopped staying any longer and hurriedly left.

In the recording studio, Richard was singing happily. This morning we will be recording "Mama Said", and in the afternoon it will be Alex's turn to record "AnAngel"!

As usual, Alex was supposed to stay outside the recording studio, but this guy slipped out on the pretext of having something to do.

In terms of attitude towards music, Richard is many times better than Alex.

However, Alex's "talent" allows him to stand out when compared with Richard. At least in terms of composition, Alex's talent has been recognized by everyone.

After spending some time with their brothers, people soon discovered that Alex was lazy and casual about music, and Richard was passionate and rigorous about music.

Lazy people are lazy people. After being active for a while, Alex returned to his previous attitude. He was now bored with the life of staying in the recording studio all day and wanted to go on tour, but the Carpenters refused.

"It would be great if Alex and Richard switched positions, then our recording work would be much faster!" said the producer Mark who accompanied them to record the record.

Richard is a perfectionist by nature. He will never allow any mistakes in his music. Everything must be as perfect as he imagined.

He may have been influenced by his mother, Angel, or he may have been born this way, who knows.

It is precisely because of this that Richard will grow into a world-famous musician.

Every time Alex records, he complains that recording is too tedious and wants to be lazy. He always feels that the part he sings is the most perfect and does not need to be re-recorded. It’s just that the recording technology of this era was still very backward. Although tapes had been used as master tapes, multi-track recording technology had not yet been developed.

So Alex sneaked out on the pretext that others needed to practice.

Just as Richard was taking a break after recording once, Angel came over and told him that a New York TV station wanted to interview their family!

At this time, New York TV was still a local television broadcast and did not cover the entire country. However, New York was the entertainment center of the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. Almost all American record companies have their headquarters in this city.

Being on TV means that they will be known to more people, and their popularity will soar.

In fact, there were several TV stations that wanted to interview them before, but Alex and Richard were busy recording records at the time, and the Barts were a little hesitant about the impact of this sudden fame, and the time was too tight, so they Pushed away.

Now is a good time. It can be well promoted on TV before the third album is released.

By the time Alex learned the news, it was already afternoon.

At first, he was a little excited. After the excitement is over, start thinking about how to prepare.

The New York radio station was very efficient and the interview was recorded a few days later. Today's TV programs are basically pre-recorded, and their interview is no exception.

The person who interviewed them was a man in his thirties, with bright eyes and a very friendly attitude. He said his name was Jane Murray!

The TV interviews began quickly, giving them little time to prepare. The staff at the radio station are very diligent and seem to be in a hurry.

The Carpenters arrived with their parents and little sister Karen. At this time Alex was 9 years old, Richard was 6 years old, and Karen was 2 years old.

"Today, the guests on our show are the Carpenter brothers and their families that everyone has been talking about recently." The host talked to the camera, and he said seriously: "Now, we have the opportunity to see it with our own eyes. Come to them. See if they are what they are said to be. Invite the Carpenters!"

Amidst the applause, Richard walked up first, followed closely by Alex, followed by his mother, Angel, who was holding Karen, and finally his father, Bart.

They were all dressed in suits, and even the little sister Karen was wearing a pink suit. Bart is the tallest. He wears a pure white suit, trousers, and white leather shoes. On the contrary, Angel wore a pure black suit, trousers, and black leather shoes.

Corresponding to their parents, Alex is white and Richard is black. Originally, Bart and the others planned to wear some common clothes, but Alex strongly objected. Finally, they came out wearing this outfit. Compared with what ordinary people wear in this era, it looks very distinctive.

When the whole family stood in front of the camera, they immediately caught everyone's attention. People have never seen such a cool family, as if the whole family is not ordinary people.

"Wow! Wow!" The host was also shocked by the appearance of the Carpenter family. He also did not know these details in advance.

"It's so dazzling, it's like a god descending to earth!" the host said exaggeratedly.

He added: "Where are your clothes made? I will buy a set for my whole family when I go back. Wearing them for a walk on the weekend will definitely shock people's attention."

Everyone laughed after hearing this. After laughing, Bart said deliberately: "Then you will be disappointed. My wife made this suit. You can't afford her fees. Really, brother, you Can’t afford it.”

The host opened his mouth and said, "Ah? So you also make the leather shoes yourself?"

Bart laughed and said: "Oh, that's not the case. I dyed them with paint. Originally they were not this color."

"Haha!" The audience laughed again.

The host also laughed. After everyone laughed, he said to the Carpenters: "I heard that you wanted to give your mother a special gift. Why did you think of burning a record for her?"

Alex shrugged his shoulders and said calmly: "That's because it costs the least to send a record!"

"Ah? Is this really like this?" the host shouted in a fuss.

Angel covered his mouth and smiled: "Of course not. It took them and Bart two days to burn this record. It seems to have cost more than 200 US dollars."

Bart nodded and confirmed: "Yes, we spent so much time and money to burn the record. A total of two songs were recorded, one of which was written by Alex. UU Reading www. uukｎshu.net The other song is a cover.”

"That's really amazing. Alex was only 8 years old at the time! In this way, he is a musical genius." The host said in amazement. He turned to Alex and said: "Can you perform a little bit? Sing whatever you want. Let’s sing a song.”

Alex smiled and said, "Any song can be ok?"

"Any song will do!" the host said affirmatively.

"Then what if I want to sing a new song? I want an accompaniment!" Alex said deliberately embarrassed.

When the host heard it, he wanted to sing a new song. It was really great. He quickly signaled the staff to get ready, and said to Alex: "No problem, we have the best accompaniment band here!"

Alex shrugged his shoulders and explained: "I brought my own band here, it's better to get used to cooperating with them."

The host immediately said: "That's no problem, you can use your own band."

So Alex had his band come up. When this band appeared on stage, it caused a commotion!

It turns out that Alex's band was mostly black, with only one or two white people. This was intolerable to the white society at that time. The apartheid policy has not yet been lifted. Black people will be driven away by white people when they go to public places. Segregated areas are set up in buses, schools, and living areas.

In this era, even radio stations dare not play black songs, let alone TV shows. If these black people hadn't come with the Carpenters, they might not even be able to get through the door of the TV station building.