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2015年9月6日 星期日

Feel Good Lost

Hello Lost,

I'm gonna embrace you and keep all the treasure pieces in my bones, blood, and heartbeat.






// miaou – Lost Souls (feat. Radical Face)

lyrics by Ben Cooper

We were never once to sit in place.
But when we travel all our roads are bent.
The straight and narrow’s never known our names.
Gettin’ lost is how we find our way.
Well gettin’ lost is how we find our way.
Yeah gettin’ lost is how we find our way.

All of them summers, we keep them in our bones, our blood, our heartbeats.
While all of the winters, have hardened our skins and sharpened our outlooks.
Yeah all of them summers, we keep them in our bones, our blood, our heartbeats.
While all of the winters have hardened our skins, and sharpened our outlooks again.

You say we’re all lost souls, so we’re never alone.
Say we’re all lost souls, so we’re never alone.
You say we’re all lost souls, so we’re never alone.
Say we’re all lost souls, so we’re never alone.

2011年1月24日 星期一

寫在DEERHUNTER之前,The Wall 裝潢感想(偏不附照片)

// 內行人才知道為啥我要放這張


The Wall Live House在2011年的1月10號進行第二階段的工程。這一波的工程最主要是針對Live House內部(不含商店街)。

裝潢公告理論上應該是輕描淡寫的一句話,但對我來說卻有種莫名的壓力感。WHY?

人家總說世事難預料,我現在覺得世事還真的是他媽的難預料。從一個客人,歷經小白兔唱片業務,再一路到逆轉工讀、當兵,繞了一圈又回到The Wall,這已經算是峰迴路轉!然而我做夢也沒想到,The Wall有史以來最大的改裝工程,竟然是在我手上完成的。

確定改裝開始後,Orbis和我就陷入了和設計師開會,工班協調,商店街溝通,內部討論的無限迴圈裡面。從樂團、客人和管理者的角度切入,每一次看表演就開始注意場內各處缺點,花時間思考如何才能用有限的預算來改善整個空間(雖然最後還是爆了預算)。壓力看起來像棉花糖一樣輕輕的,但重量卻是無與倫比!

在短短的十幾天內,我們要把The Wall翻過來幹!只要一個環節出錯,造成工程delay,sold out的DEERHUNTER就會是壓倒我們的那根稻草,變成DEERMURDERER。在開工之後,工班之間的摩擦和接踵而來的問題,造成的情緒緊繃可想而知,煙也是不間斷的抽!奇怪的是,隨著The Wall的裝潢漸漸接近完工,坐在剛鋪好地板上得我,心中也開始產生一股複雜的感觸?這邊請讓我murmur幾句。

(喃喃開始)

七年了,從我還是個青澀的新鮮人,也就是 2003年的Mogwai開幕場,中間歷經了 Mum, Explosions in The Sky, Broken Social Scene, Stars, Yo La Tengo, Four Tet, Do Make Say Think, Envy, toe...許多大大小小的表演,不同的現場表演各自在我成長的階段留下記號。很多同學忙著糾團唱歌跑趴的當下,我倒是努力的在拉人看表演。也許這樣說似乎有點矯情,但這空間寄託了很多我所重視的人事物,集合起來儼然成為我這七年的畫冊!是啊!這該死的The Wall還真的佔據了我七年的青春(幹!還我青春來)!

(結束喃喃)

而現在是2011年的01月24日,距離完工也只剩兩天,音響和燈光工程師還在日夜趕工中,準備迎接1/26號的DEERHUNTER。我不敢強求所有的觀眾都會有耳目一新的感覺,但我希望各位能夠在進場的當下,感受到我們的用心,並且祝福我們能夠有更多的勇氣與執著,繼續做著音樂這件"小"事。

以上,感謝
DancePotato

2011年1月21日 星期五

遲來的2010年回顧

其實本來沒有要寫什麼回顧的,但想想2010年對我來說其實有幾個蠻值得紀念的回憶,所以就隨便亂謅了一段,來做個紀錄。

1. 退伍

當兵的當下真的是苦悶至極,想起每天晚上站安官時,拿著小白兔筆記本辛酸的在過去的日期上畫叉,然後絕望的數著還有多少個苦日子,真是嗚呼哀哉。但拿到退伍令時,我卻突然有種茫然感(我完全沒有在規劃我的人生,儘管每個人都在提醒我,但我把空閒的時間都拿去睡覺和抱怨了!),咬牙憤恨的穿了11個月的迷彩衣,只為了這張紙,除了幹你娘我也不知道該說些什麼。但神奇的是,兩個當過兵的男人湊在一塊,卻又可以劈哩啪啦的聊個不停,這玩意就是這麼邪門,外面的世界,好似叫聲學長一切也和軍中一樣都好辦事(這倒是明顯的錯覺)。

如果要問我學到了什麼,我也說不出來!應該是面對苦悶時自我解嘲和舒壓的方法吧?

2. LTK 20週年演唱會

// 小柯生吃雞


對我來說全世界的重大新聞,都沒有比濁水溪20週年演唱會來的重要。一個樂團能夠在台灣持續了這麼久,沒有什麼商業主流的資源,憑著就是一場接著一場的Live,以及被傳頌的舞台魅力。這些凝聚起來的力量在20週年一次爆發,感動了許多的觀眾,雖然打手槍卡彈,但硬漢的眼淚在「晚安台灣」時差點潰堤。幹你娘又被小柯騙走我青春的淚滴!

這是一場會成為樂團史經典的表演,錯過的人請自己射在自己臉上。

3. Pulp Reunion



What can i say?? I Love Pulp !! Pulp的專輯我真的是越聽越愛!超期待 Pulp reunion !!

4. Up in The Air


我不是型男,但在今年看過的電影中,會列入all time favorite的只有 Up in The Air。我其實很能理解和認同Ryan的背包理論,在人生的背包裡,放入的東西越少,其實就可以越輕鬆!但細小瑣碎的每個寂寞片段不斷累積,加上女主角Vera那句心碎台詞:「You are an escape. You're a break from our normal lives. You're a parenthesis.」,隨之而來的結論就是那句感觸良多的「Life's better with company.」

我很喜歡膝關節在年度十大寫到Up in The Air的那段感想,他寫出了我想說的每句話。

另外我quote一段印象深刻的台詞:

Ryan Bingham: You know why kids love athletes?
Bob: Because they screw lingerie models.
Ryan Bingham: No, that's why we love athletes. Kids love them because they follow their dreams.

哈哈,這段真的超靠背的!

5. Music



這邊草草列了幾張我很喜歡的專輯,

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Florence and the Machine - Lungs
Yeasayer - Odd Blood
Belle and Sebastian - Write About Love
OST - Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
the xx - xx

印象最深刻的就是Florence and the Machine了,這張怎麼這麼好聽阿!?????

2010年11月1日 星期一

風雨交加的Goodbye



很多經典表演都是在雨中誕生,而這首伴隨著梅姬颱風的Goodbye已悄然成為我心中的經典之一,就算沒有Toki Asako合唱。

以下補上有Toki Asako的版本



Hope to see you soon, toe.

2010年8月4日 星期三

7/25 Broken Social Scene @ Legacy



有Anthems for A Seventeen-Year-Old-Girl就夠了..
雖然我錯過了 KC Accidental 和 Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)

my personal highlight :

1. Anthems for A Seventeen-Year-Old-Girl
2. Cause = Time
3. Fire Eye'd Boy
4. Meet Me in the Basement
5. Lover's Spit

btw, Brendan Canning is great, despite he is a LIVERPOOL fan.

2010年7月31日 星期六

無聲的所在



7/24在高雄The Wall駁二的滅火器十週年演唱會上,聽到了由楊大正和吳志寧合唱的這首歌。一開始我以為是我聽錯了,因為我真的沒有聽到有人現場翻唱過這首歌。這真的很讓人驚豔!因為我也沒有看過伍佰現場表演過這首歌!!!!

坦白說一開始沒有很喜歡伍佰早期的作品,也許是剛接觸伍佰時,年紀太輕,那種男人的絕望與滄桑感,耳朵和腦子感受不到,反而覺得歌曲本身有點悶,樂曲也不夠流暢,特別是比起牽掛、被動、浪人情歌...等,更是高下立判!然而經過這麼多年的沈澱後,倒是出現了大逆轉,最愛的歌變成了點煙、無聲的所在、和少年咧安啦...等。特別是當我聽到那噤聲下的那句:「痛這呢久...」這真的是讓人心揪了一下阿。伍佰真是唱出了那股味!

真希望有一天,伍佰能夠有場表演,全都唱早期的歌。

// 無聲的所在 - 伍佰


//點煙 - 伍佰


// 無聲的所在 - 林強(!) + 侯孝賢(!!) 這才是原唱!

2010年7月19日 星期一

Please, close your eyes, cross your hands, and listen to "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot."



遇見這張專輯,約莫發生在2003年的四月,也正是苦悶大學指考即將到來時。那時在佳佳漢口因緣際會下購入了這張專輯,卻想也沒想到它會一直陪著我,直到老舊的Panasonic隨身聽被幹走,這兩個多月間,似乎沒有換過任何一張CD。如果要說:「因為一張專輯就跟定了一個樂團」這種荒謬可笑的事情,而又正巧發生在我身上,我也願意大方承認。上述三者唯一的交集,就只有出現在Wilco這個樂團的身上。是的,Yankee Hotel Foxtrot就是我這輩子認定的那張專輯。

請讓我引用名家之語:「朋友,這是愛啊。你沒有辦法解釋愛的。」



當時我最喜歡的是I am Trying to Break Your Heart這首歌。總覺得這種游離電子和「不牢靠」的鼓有種莫名的吸引力,配上Jeff Tweedy的沙啞的聲音,細細唱著:「I am trying to break your heart. I am trying to break your heart. But still I'd be lying if I said it wasn't easy.I am trying to break your heart」,全身都起了一陣雞皮疙瘩。那一瞬間,心碎了,卻還不忘碎念:「這人未免太會唱了吧。」



半年後,也是莫名的開始在小白兔唱片裡頭廝混。當時常常在櫃子的最上方看到這張黑膠,由於我沒有黑膠,所以一直以來都沒有對它打什麼主意。很巧的是,一直也沒有客人買它。應該是05跨06年的跨年時,在the wall看完了LTK時,走到了小白兔店內,那時戴子不知道發什麼神經,一直說要把這張黑膠賣掉,經不起遊說的我,就發了狠勁買了下來,當下馬上用店裡的唱盤聽。也許是"跨年高潮後失落症候群"的關係吧,聽了一遍又一遍,坐在門口,一直到天都快亮了才離開。但我不得不提,黑膠的顆粒、那鼓點,那味道,啊~~~~~~~~~~嘶。



當我把這張專輯推薦給好友金錶時,沒有得到想要的熱切回應,我還以為他不喜歡這張專輯。心中當然有點失落,不過也認為這不能勉強。一直到有一天,我和另一位好友蛋頭在金錶家喝酒時,大家輪流放音樂,我放到"Jesus, etc"時,我聽到金錶嘴中說著:「啊啊啊是Jesus」,我才知道他也超愛這張專輯的,而沒聽過的蛋頭也因為這機會愛上了。那時候,有鑑於戴子、金錶、蛋頭和後來的Biggo,我得到的結論是:「不喜歡Wilco的我就不要跟他們當朋友了。」實在也很難想像有人會不喜歡這首歌,特別是歌後段唱著:「Tall buildings shake, Voices escape singing sad sad songs, tuned to chords, Strung down your cheeks, Bitter melodies turning your orbit around, Voices whine, Skyscrapers are scraping together, Your voice is smoking, Last cigarettes are all you can get, Turning your orbit around.」啊啊啊啊啊~~~~嘶。Jeff Tweedy你真的太噁心了。



這張專輯在歷史上有什麼意義?眾家媒體又有什麼評價?其實我都一點不在意。Yankee Hotel Foxtrot對我來說,已經不只是一張專輯,它凝聚我許多值得咀嚼的回憶,也陪我渡過許多難熬的時刻:當兵新訓的第一個夜晚,無法入睡,腦裡浮現的旋律,是Jesus, etc;和好友一同喝酒放聲唱的,是Heavy Metal Drummer;心愛的女孩去法國時,耳機裡的音樂,是Reservation。

我不知道究竟這張專輯有什麼好的,我只知道這些時刻,陪著我的就是Wilco、Jeff Tweedy,還有那張Yankee Hotel Foxtrot。

2009年12月20日 星期日

當兵亂記(三)

1. 50%!!!

「其實在退伍後跟朋友聊起當兵的往事總是ㄧ派輕鬆,可是當初身處部隊卻不是那種感覺。好像用說的感到當兵很好玩..可是等你真的去當了,心裡只有X而已!我以前的單位說操也不操,只是事情會多到讓你心煩意亂完全無思緒可言。」

上面那句話是我在Military版上面節錄的,作者為isuuser


熬了好久好久,我總算到了這一半的門檻了!然後還有另外一半的路要走。
只要想到另一半(不是在講女人,是說另外50%...),就.......令人崩潰啊...
崩潰之餘,想到好友enno貼的一首歌,把他分享出來給大家回味一下。

//當兵好 - 林強


林強叔叔真的很強悍,這張專輯已經是十一年前的作品了。聽起來還是很前衛創新,透過工業噪音吉他,徹底的把當兵崩潰苦悶的心情都吶喊發洩出來了。周杰倫說「我就是屌」,那林強叔叔可以說「我就是大屌了」...更何況周杰倫又沒當兵...

2. My 2009 CD List



邱毛毛在ptt2上面問我說我的年終榜咧,我只想說:「榜你老師咧...」

今年大部份的心力都在部隊中消磨掉了,放假回家都在放空、打牌、吃飯喝酒和看電影中度過了,片段的聆聽和散落一地無法拼湊的記憶,兩條線找不到交集,自然無法有什麼深刻的印象。不過硬要擠出幾張專輯貽笑大方的話,還是勉勉強強辦得到。

My 2009 CD List

1. Pet Shop Boys - Love, etc
2. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
4. Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
5. Bjork - Gling-Gló
6. Lady Gaga - The Fame
7. Wilco - Wilco
8. Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence

幹,真的好貧乏,但想不到今年還有哪幾張專輯我有印象的。

值得一提的是,Bjork在1990發行的「Gling-Gló」,為Bjork和Trio Gudmundar Ingolfssonar(樂隊?請大家去查吧,我要收假了...)玩的是俏皮爵士,有著冰晶剔透的音色和辨識度高的嗓門。雖然帶點冰島的冷冽感,但聆聽起來還是趣味橫生啊!

3. those...

自私自利的混蛋,就繼續活在自己的世界吧!少在那邊說些冠冕堂皇的官話,去你媽的。

2009年10月20日 星期二

The Top 200 Albums of The 2000s by Pitchfork



pitchfork公佈了他們認為2000年以降,十年內的最佳專輯前兩百名。
榜單嘛,本來就是難以討好眾人甚至偏頗,但我是覺得看榜單總是有種莫名的快感...看看就很爽不知道為啥?

我把我覺得很棒的粗體標記,遺珠就隨意啦

//The Top 200 Albums of The 2000s by Pitchfork

01. Radiohead - Kid A [Capitol; 2000]

我覺得Kid A是張越聽越好聽的專輯,也有可能是我以前部喜歡聽電的東西,不過現在我倒是很愛這張專輯啊!

02. Arcade Fire - Funeral [Merge; 2004]
03. Daft Punk - Discovery [Virgin; 2001]
04. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot [Nonesuch; 2002]

Daft Punk - Discovery跟Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot都是我的愛啊~~~
不管多久都會拿出來聽的專輯!
我好想看他們的LIVE啊!!!!!

05. Jay-Z - The Blueprint [Roc-A-Fella; 2001]
06. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica [Epic; 2000]
07. The Strokes - Is This It [RCA; 2001]
08. Sigur Ros - Agatis Byrjun [Smekkleysa; 2000]


Strokes跟Sigur Ros入圍其實一點都不意外啦!
Modest Mouse可以排這麼前面我挺訝異的,我還以為會被Media Hype蓋光光咧!

09. Panda Bear - Person Pitch [Paw Tracks; 2007]
10. The Avalanches - Since I Left You [Modular/Interscope; 2000]

黃小依我後悔了,可以把這張賣還給我嗎?
年輕時不懂適才把她賣給你的...

11. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele [Sony; 2000]
12. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells [Sympathy for the Record Industry; 2001]
13. OutKast - Stankonia [La Face; 2000]
14. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion [Domino; 2009]

動物集合啊!!多產又好聽的團啊!

15. The Knife - Silent Shout [Mute/Rabid; 2006]
16. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois [Asthmatic Kitty; 2005]
17. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver [EMI/DFA; 2007]

液晶大喇叭!果然不同凡響!James Murphy真的很威猛啊!

18. Kanye West - Late Registration [Roc-A-Fella; 2005]
19. Spoon - Kill the Moonlight [Merge; 2002]
20. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights [Matador; 2002]

Intelpol最佳專輯,Untitled太令人驚豔了

21. Radiohead - In Rainbows [self-released/ATO; 2007]
22. M.I.A. - Kala [XL/Interscope; 2007]
23. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People [Arts & Crafts/Paper Bag; 2002]

BSS爆紅大作, Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl是我的愛歌之一啊!

24. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell [Interscope; 2003]
25. Madvillian - Madvilliany [Stones Throw; 2004]
26. Fennesz - Endless Summer [Mego; 2001]
27. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs [FatCat; 2004]
28. Kanye West - The College Dropout [Roc-A-Fella; 2004]
29. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago [self-released/Jagjaguwar; 2007]
30. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi [Warp; 2002]
31. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain [4AD/Interscope; 2006]
32. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes [Sub Pop; 2008]
33. Basement Jaxx - Rooty [Astralwerks; 2001]
34. Radiohead - Amnesiac [Capitol; 2001]
35. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga [Merge; 2007]
36. The Streets - Original Pirate Material [Warner Bros.; 2002]
37. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out [Matador; 2000]
38. Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That [Astralwerks; 2006]

Yo La Tengo就不用多說了,Phoenix這時尚團都入圍啦!哈哈哈

39. Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun [Warner Bros.; 2000]
40. The National - Alligator [Beggars Banquet; 2005]
41. Burial - Untrue [Hyperdub; 2007]
42. Grizzy Bear - Veckatimest [Warp; 2009]
43. Luomo - Vocalcity [Force Tracks; 2000]
44. D'Angelo - Voodoo [Noo Tribe; 2000]
45. Fugazi - The Argument [Dischord; 2001]
46. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow [Sub Pop; 2003]
47. Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender [Drag City; 2004]
48. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday [Frenchkiss; 2005]
49. Antony & the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now [Secretly Canadian; 2005]
50. Deerhunter - Microcastle [Kranky/4AD; 2008]

去年我個人最愛專輯,入圍我也覺得很合適。

51. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend [XL; 2008]
52. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury [Jive; 2006]
53. Clinic - Internal Wrangler [Domino; 2000]
54. M.I.A. - Arular [XL/Beggars; 2005]
55. Animal Collective - Feels [FatCat; 2005]
56. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca [Domino; 2009]
57. The Rapture - Echoes [Strummer/Universal; 2003]
58. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime [Kompakt; 2007]
59. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak [Lookout!; 2003]
60. Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic [Dirtnap; 2003]
61. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours [Modular/Interscope; 2008]
62. Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner [XL; 2003]
63. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? [Polyvinyl; 2007]

c'mon chemical oh oh~~
朗朗上口又機掰!

64. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America [Vagrant; 2006]
65. Godpseed You Black Emperor! - Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven [Kranky; 2000]
66. J Dilla - Donuts [Stones Throw; 2006]
67. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots [Warner Bros.; 2002]

我以為這張專輯排名可以再前面一點

68. Robyn - Robyn [Konichiwa/Cherrytree/Interscope; 2005/2008]
69. Liars - Drum's Not Dead [Mute; 2006]
70. Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State [Asthmatic Kitty; 2003]
71. Portishead - Third [Island/Mercury; 2008]
72. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat [Kill Rock Stars; 2002]
73. The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2 [K; 2001]
74. The White Stripes - Elephant [Third Man/V2; 2003]
75. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale [Def Jam; 2006]
76. Junior Boys - Last Exit [Kin; 2004]
77. Missy Elliott - Miss E: So Addictive [Elektra; 2001]
78. No Age - Nouns [Sub Pop; 2008]
79. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds [Jive; 2006]
80. The Clientele - Suburban Light [Merge; 2000]
81. Hot Chip - The Warning [Astralwerks/EMI/DFA; 2006]
82. Beck - Sea Change [DGC; 2002]


Beck的民謠慘情歌系列啊!
Hot Chip這俗氣鬼06年可說是打遍無敵手啊!

83. Joanna Newsom - Ys [Drag City; 2006]
84. Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World [Epic; 2001]

個人特殊僻好!我就是愛SFA!

85. Gas - Pop [Mille Plateaux; 2000]
86. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit [Matador; 2006]
87. Kanye West - Graduation [Roc-A-Fella; 2007]
88. The Wrens - The Meadowlands [Absolutely Kosher; 2003]
89. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary [Sub Pop; 2005]
90. Jay-Z - The Black Album [Roc-A-Fella; 2003]
91. The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic [Mint; 2000]
92. Bjork - Vespertine [Elektra; 2001]
93. 2 Many DJs - As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Pt. 2 [PIAS; 2002]
94. Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas [Beggars/Too Pure; 2002]
95. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House [Warp; 2006]
96. Spoon - Girls Can Tell [Merge; 2001]
97. The Dismemberment Plan - Change [DeSoto; 2001]
98. Cat Power - You Are Free [Matador; 2003]
99. Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3 [Young Money Entertainment; 2007]
100. ...And You Shall Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes [Interscope; 2002]
101. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand [Domino; 2004]

怎麼說當年也橫掃各榜單,就算是Media Hype入圍前兩百也不算過份啦!

102. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree [4AD; 2005]
103. M.I.A./Diplo - Piracy Funds Terrorism Volume 1 [Hollertronix; 2004]
104. The Postal Service - Give Up [Sub Pop; 2003]
105. Battles - Mirrored [Warp, 2007]
106. Caribou - Up in Flames [Leaf; 2003]

107. Justice - Cross[Vice/Because/Ed Banger; 2007]
108. Sonic Youth - Murray Street [Geffen; 2002]
109. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time [Sub Pop; 2006]
110. The National - Boxer [Beggars Banquet; 2007]
111. M83 - Saturdays=Youth [Mute; 2008]
112. Feist - The Reminder [Interscope/Cherrytree; 2007]
113. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem [DFA; 2005]
114. Cam'ron - Purple Haze [Roc-A-Fella; 2004]
115. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World [Sub Pop; 2001]
116. Michael Mayer - Immer [Kompakt; 2002]
117. Low - Things We Lost in the Fire [Kranky; 2001]
118. The Beta Band - Hot Shots II [Astralwerks; 2001]
119. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP [Interscope; 2000]
120. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance [Lookout!; 2001]
121. Broadcast - Haha Sound [Warp; 2003]
122. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker [Bloodshot; 2000]
123. Four Tet - Rounds [Domino; 2003]
124. PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea [Island; 2000]


PJ Harvey這張我喜歡的程度不輸前幾張。
雖然說她洗去了本身那股黑暗的特質,可是我反而喜歡她明亮的聲音表情,
現代都會感十足,旋律又流暢不艱澀。一首Good Fortune就可以讓我repeat很多遍。



125. The Books - Thought for Food [Tomlab; 2002]
126. Mastodon - Leviathan [Relapse; 2004]
127. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods [Sub Pop; 2005]
128. Life Without Buildings - Any Other City [D.C. Baltimore; 2001]
129. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free [Vice/Atlantic; 2004]
130. Clipse - We Got It 4 Cheap, Vol. 2 [mixunit.com; 2005]
131. The Notwist - Neon Golden [City Slang; 2002]
132. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair [DFA; 2008]
133. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War [Motown; 2008]
134. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf [Interscope; 2002]
135. Sigur Ros - () [FatCat/MCA/PIAS; 2002]
136. No Age - Weirdo Rippers [FatCat; 2007]
137. Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle [Sub Pop; 2002]
138. The Libertines - Up the Bracket [Rough Trade; 2002]
139. Love Is All - Nine Times That Same Song [What's Your Rupture?; 2006]
140. TV on the Radio - Dear Science [4AD; 2008]
141. Neko Case - Blacklisted [Bloodshot; 2002]
142. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR [Astralwerks; 2000]
143. The Decemberists - Picaresque [Kill Rock Stars; 2005]
144. Andrew W.K. - I Get Wet [Island; 2001]
145. Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat [Rough Trade; 2004]
146. My Morning Jacket - Z [ATO Records/Red; 2005]
147. T.I. - King [Atlantic/Wea; 2006]
148. Erlend Oye - DJ Kicks [Studio !K7; 2004]
149. Tough Alliance - A New Chance [Sincerely Yours/Summer Lovers Unlimited; 2007]
150. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema [Matador; 2005]
151. The Walkmen - Bows and Arrows [Record Collection; 2004]
152. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein [Definitive Jux; 2001]
153. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala [Service/Secretly Canadian; 2007]
154. Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album [Def Jam; 2004]
155. Clipse - Lord Willin' [Star Trak; 2002]
156. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm [Wichita/V2; 2005]
157. Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow [Load; 2003]
158. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies [Merge; 2006]
159. Girl Talk - Night Ripper [Illegal Art; 2006]

哈哈哈,Girl Talk大雜燴耶!太炫麗了!
我超愛這張雖然被其他人說是成衣店電子!
瘋狂的經典大雜燴啊!

160. Deerhunter - Cryptograms [Kranky; 2007]

其實我覺得這張比Microcastle好聽一點。不過好像少了金曲!

161. Air France - No Way Down [Sincerely Yours; 2008]
162. Wu-Tang Clan - The W [Sony; 2000]
163. DJ /rupture - Uproot [The Agriculture; 2008]
164. Les Savy Fav - Rome (Written Upside Down) EP [Southern; 2000]
165. Ricardo Villalobos - Alcachofa [Playhouse; 2003]
166. Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance [Drag City; 2001]
167. Annie - Anniemal [679; 2004]
168. Califone - Roots and Crowns [Thrill Jockey; 2006]
169. Common - Like Water for Chocolate [MCA; 2000]
170. Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors [Saddle Creek; 2000]
171. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike [Memphis Industries; 2004]

這張是陽光開車良伴啊!

172. Constantines - Shine a Light [Sub Pop; 2003]
173. Herbert - Bodily Functions [K7; 2001]
174. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy [Jagjaguwar; 2005]
175. Various Artists - Total 3 [Kompakt; 2001]
176. The Mountain Goats - Tallahasse [4AD; 2002]
177. Broadcast - The Noise Made By People [Warp; 2000]
178. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II [Cash Money; 2005]
179. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country [Merge; 2006]
180. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus [Anti-; 2004]
181. Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs [Righteous Babe; 2005]
182. Max Tundra - Mastered by Guy at the Exchange [Tigerbeat6; 2002]
183. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not [Domino, 2006]
184. Vitalic - OK Cowboy [PIAS; 2005]
185. Scarface - The Fix [Def Jam South; 2002]
186. The Thermals - The Body, the Blood, the Machine [Sub Pop; 2006]
187. Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid [Kranky; 2001]
188. M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts [Gooom; 2003]
189. Jamie Lidell - Multiply [Warp; 2005]
190. Elliott Smith - Figure 8 [Dreamworks; 2000]
191. Air - Talkie Walkie [Astralwerks; 2004]
192. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll [Fierce Panda; 2005]
193. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands [Young God; 2004]
194. Pulp - We Love Life [Island; 2001]
195. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go [Palace/Drag City; 2006]
196. William Basinski - The Disentegration Loops [2062; 2003]
197. Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals [We Are Free; 2007]
198. Boris - Akuma No Uta [Southern Lord; 2005]
199. Deerhoof - Apple O' [5 Rue Christine; 2003]
200. Jay Reatard - Blood Visions [In the Red; 2006]

2009年10月12日 星期一

Pet Shop Boys - Pandemonium

收假前最後一貼,怎麼那麼好聽啊!!




// Lyrics

Is this a riot or are you just pleased to see me?
Why aren't we holding hands and talking sweets?
I love you really, though I know no-one believes me
There's chaos every time we meet

Oh no, look what you've gone and done
You're creating pandemonium
That song you sing means everything
To me, I'm living in ecstasy
The stars and the sun dance to your drum
And now it's pandemonium!

You're crashing everywhere, it's like you're smashing china
Skidding on an icy road
You're major trouble since you were almost a minor
I sometimes think we'll both explode

Oh no, look what you've gone and done
You're creating pandemonium
That song you sing means everything
To me, I'm living in ecstasy
My world's gone mad, what did you do?
Telling perfect strangers that I love you
The stars and the sun dance to your drum
And now it's pandemonium!

I can't make sense of anything
All I know is the party's in full swing
If we both just stopped for a minute
I declare war and then you'd win it

To tell you the truth, I thought I was shockproof
Until I saw what you get up to
When you think about it, it's quite an achievement
That after all I still love you

Oh no, look what you've gone and done
You're creating pandemonium
That song you sing means everything
To me, I'm living in ecstasy
My world's gone mad, what did you do?
Telling perfect strangers that I love you
The stars and the sun dance to your drum
And now it's pandemonium!

2009年4月22日 星期三

Julie Doiron - Snow Falls in November



when the snow falls this november
its such a great place to be
and when the snow falls this november
I see you and me
open the dark curtain
the sky is just getting light
we stay right where we are
all the way till tonight

through the window
we watch the snow
kids walking in snowpants
we dont go nowhere
not today, not tonight

won't tie up my hair
won't get dressed too
i'll just stay here next to you
we dont go nowhere
let the baby sleep
let the dogs rest too

through the window
we watch the show
kids walking in snowpants
we don't go nowhere
not today not tonight
watch the snow all night falls and stay here till november is through
watch the snow all night falls and stay here till november is through
watch the snow all night falls and stay here till november is through
watch the snow all night falls and stay here till november is through

2009年1月13日 星期二

my 2008 CD List

2008年就在不知不覺渡過了。其實我也不知道去年到底聽了什麼令人驚艷的專輯,但是每到了這時候,不寫個年終榜就會有點不舒爽。你知道的,雖然我們已經再也無法在跨千禧年聽到Blur的”End of A Century”還有Pulp的”Disco 2000”,但是音樂還是要一直聽的!(這是在說啥連我自己都看不懂了...)

我的2008年年終榜,跟以往一樣,不分發行年份,依字母排序。

Architecture in Helsinki - Places Like This
Belle & Sebastian - The BBC Session
The Bug - London Zoo
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
Deerhunter - Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
Great Lake Swimmers - Bodies and Minds
Hercules And Love Affair - Hercules And Love Affair
Jason Collect - Here’s to Being Here
Juno - Juno OST
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
Portishead - Third
Stereolab - Chemical Chords
TV on The Radio - Dear Science
The Tough Alliance - A New Chance
椎名林檎 - 我放電
濁水溪 - 藍寶石

who is my best choice at 2008?



如果要我挑第一名的話,可能會在B&S、Deerhunter兩者是全然不同基調作品之間做抉擇。然後我會在經過一番痛苦掙扎後,把第一名給Deerhunter。這張實在是太好聽了,主唱Bradford Cox延續前作大玩迷幻噪音,不過曲子之優美真的令人吃驚。尤其是從第一首“Cover Me(Slowly)”到“Agoraphobia”這段,讓我不斷的repeat。另外一個原因是不給Deerhunter的話,我怕“神經病”Bradford很快就會自殺以後就沒機會給了。

B&S這張BBC Session為收音極佳的雙CD,雖不是新專輯,但是依然喚起那種年少青澀的回憶(明明就很小還要裝老...),回憶當然有苦有甜,但往往都會讓人更加惆悵,無怪乎Jack Black會說他們的音樂是“sad bastard music”。說真的第一名給不給他們是無所謂啦,反正他們也不需要什麼證明了。

unexpected surprise...



想特別提一下英國傳奇電子大廠Warp所發的Flying Lotus - Los Angeles,會知道Flying Lotus還得感謝siegfy的推薦,在他家聽黑膠時一整個被殺到。那種有如Boards of Canada的氛圍和許許多多的小聲響在夜晚時聽真是趣味橫生。不過可惜的是平常沒有黑膠可以聽,這張的黑膠實在是好聽的不像話。btw,Flying Lotus的網站首頁是一個射擊遊戲,一邊玩Game還可以聽一下復古的8-bit音效,還頗有趣的。

美國的MGMT跟Hercules And Love Affair(又是一個DFA發行的團)與加拿大的Crystal Castles可以說是今年我比較常聽的流行電子搖滾,正好這三團今年也被炒作的亂七八糟,堪稱今年的Media Hype,可我個人認為,當你寫的出類似這種歌時,就算是成為One Hit Wonder,無法突破甚至每況愈下,其實也不重要了。不過有沒有人可以告訴我為什麼我越聽越多電子阿,碎拍神經質又摸不著頭緒的Crystal Castles耶,以往我根本就不會愛的阿!難不成真是顆粒絲釘在作祟嗎?

those familiar names....



我思考了很久,才把Oasis的新專輯放進我的年終榜裡面。已經分不清楚究竟是因為喜歡這張專輯而買,還是單純因為知道Oasis發專輯很自然而然的買了呢?不過這張專輯也算不錯聽,Liam那爛掉的嗓子恢復了許多,而且先行單曲“The Shock of The Lighting”也挺catchy的。但等到風潮一過,嘴巴上會哼的仍然會是一、二張專輯的歌曲,只能說Oasis對我來說真的只能追味了。

Tv on The Radio的新專輯其實對我來說不是那麼滿意,前兩張那種爆炸深沈的聲音著實讓人難以忘懷,特別是一曲“Staring At Sun”,直接衝擊了我的耳朵。話說回來,這張專輯其實也很好聽,不論是帶電的流行金曲“Crying”、“Golden Age”,或是抒情作品“Family Trees”,都是一聽就會停住手邊工作的好歌。我好想看他們的LIVE啊!!!

i know there are still some good works didn't be mention yet...


這份拖拖拉拉的年終榜總算寫到一個段落,裡面有很多文字根本就是在喝醉或是想睡覺時所寫下的(不過名單倒是沒什麼好懷疑的)。本來想要重寫一次的,但是考量到再不po就要失去意義了,所以才急急忙忙的貼上去,希望不要寫錯太多啊...可惜的是我有幾張很愛的專輯還沒寫到,像是Architecture in Helsinki 、Juno、 Girl Talk...etc,以後有機會在慢慢寫review吧!

2008年11月20日 星期四

i look at california stars

聽說今天戴子準備夥同ENNO唱California Stars這首歌!

well...
戴杏芳,妳暫時不要跟我說話!



// Lyrics

I'd like to rest my heavy head tonight
On a bed of California stars
I'd like to lay my weary bones tonight
On a bed of California stars

I'd love to feel
Your hand touching mine
And tell me why
I must keep working on

Yes I'd give my life
To lay my head tonight on a bed
Of California stars

I'd like to dream
My troubles all away
On a bed of California stars

Jump up from my starbed
Make another day
Underneath my California stars
They hang like grapes
On vines that shine
And warm the lovers' glass
Like friendly wine

So I'd give this world
Just to dream a dream with you
On our bed of California stars

I'd like to rest my heavy head tonight
On a bed of California stars
I'd like to lay my weary bones tonight
On a bed of California stars

I'd love to feel
Your hand touching mine
And tell me why
I must keep working on

Yes I'd give my life
To lay my head tonight on a bed
Of California stars

I'd like to dream
My troubles all away
On a bed of California stars

Jump up from my starbed
Make another day
Underneath my California stars

They hang like grapes
On vines that shine
And warm the lovers' glass
Like friendly wine

So I'd give this world
Just to dream a dream with you
On our bed of California stars

So I'd give this world
Just to dream a dream with you
On our bed of California stars

(Dream a dream with you)

2008年9月22日 星期一

椎名林檎 - 我.放電(廢話好多)


椎名林檎 - 我.放電
「EMI」
這張專輯讓我重拾對椎名林檎的熱愛...

從高中時代開始,我就是椎名林檎的死忠粉絲。收集她所有的單曲作品(大家都知道日本人有多會坑錢,單曲發一堆)、DVD影像作品,零零總總加起來應該有逼近20張左右。然而這段瘋狂的粉絲行為大約從椎名林檎的第二張作品「勝訴的新宿舞孃」開始,一直到東京事變的「教育」結束。why?因為我實在是很不喜歡東京事變的第二張作品「大人」,儘管我還是買回家了,但才聽一遍便束之高閣。

我以為從此只能在回憶裡感受椎名林檎魅力了,一直到前幾天在唱片行看到這張「我.放電」。

先來談談椎名林檎作品中我最喜歡的兩張,一是2003年發表的「加爾基.精液.栗子花」,另外則是於2000年發表的「絕頂集」。「加爾基.精液.栗子花」可說是椎名林檎個人音樂創作上的大突破,大膽的採用日本古樂器,編曲上的繁複奇詭的變化,時而華麗磅礡時而輕快小品的安排,竊以為是其個人音樂成就的顛峰(不過賣的有夠爛倒是真的...)。絕頂集則是總結其前兩張作品,在02年發行的Live收音作品。它包裝的像是藥盒,裡頭則是三張8cm小CD,作品大抵還是以早期的偏搖滾風格為主,我特別喜歡「メロウ」「はいはい」兩首歌,尤其是「メロウ」,應該是椎名林檎最催情的歌之一了。(介紹可看這邊)

// (左)「加爾基.精液.栗子花」 (右)「絕頂集」


廢話真的說很多,讓我回到這張「我.放電」上面。

這張精選之所以讓我毫不猶豫就買下來的原因之一,是她收了大部分椎名林檎的單曲b-side,而這些作品幾乎都沒有被收錄在專輯裡面(即便有也是不同版本的),諸如「藍天」、「17」,甚至是翻唱的經典名曲「Can't Take My Eyes off You」(不得不說椎名林檎真的很會唱)。而另外一個主要的原因,便是他有收錄絕頂集的歌曲!!雖然我早有了絕頂集,但是難得看到這種好康,還是忍不住就買了下去。「我.放電」嚴格來說只能算是張B-side作品集,但由於椎名林檎有許多優秀的B-side作品,使得這張作品的水準頗高。可惜的是,若是當做專輯來審視,曲風稍嫌紊亂了點,不過大抵上還是瑕不掩瑜啦!如果還沒有這張作品的朋友,倒是真的蠻推薦可以買的。

特此附上MV試看!

// Shena Ringo - メロウ

2008年4月29日 星期二

Wish You were Here



How I wish, how I wish you were here.


So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade
Your heros for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.


啊...好想看他們表演啊....orz

2008年3月3日 星期一

俗氣的LCD Soundsystem


LCD Sound System - Sound of Silver
「DFA」


How to be SO 俗?
最近聽音樂的習慣大變,如果一張專輯沒有肥肥的Bassline,金光閃閃瑞氣千條的吉他聲響,馬上就會被我丟在一旁冷落個數把月有。顯然我和Biggo(硬要拖下水..)最近都得了一種愛聽俗氣音樂的病,越是俗氣越是令我眼睛發亮。如Hot Chip就是我之前的寵兒,只要一聽心情就會好得不得了。年節轉換之際,趁著EMI的特價活動,讓我購入了去年橫掃歐美各排行榜的LCD Soundsystem。

the following 3 key points of LCD Soundsystem are...
1.DFA:紐約這兩三年來紅翻天的label。
2.Disco Punk & Dance Music:就是嗨到翻掉跟Groove清楚還有一顆顆一道道肥肥BASS的帥氣跳舞搖滾音樂。
3.James Murphy:the owner of DFA,同時也是LCD Soundsystem的主腦,有著一副適合唱跳舞音樂的嗓子跟囂張狂妄的發言。

不是很想廢話介紹這張專輯的俗,貼幾首連結聽了就見真章了。

// All My Friend


有鄉民說James Murphy的特寫鏡頭有點像George Bush,我也這麼覺得..XD。

// North American Scum


北美渣很讚耶!有點歇斯底里的嗓音最令人受不鳥了~

2008年1月6日 星期日

07年推薦清單




My Album List of 2007..
照字母排序,不分排名
(*表非07年發行)

*Amy Millan - Honey form The Tombs
Cocorosie - The Adventure of Ghosthorse and Stillborn
Do May Say Think - You, You're A History in Rust
*Electric President - Electric President
*Girl Talk - Night Ripper
*Hey Willpower - PDA
*Hot Chip - The Warming
The Loose Salute - Tuned to Love
Mice Parade - Mice Parade
*Minotaur Shock - Maritime
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
*Mojave 3 - Puzzles Like You
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Travis - The Boy with No Name
Tunng - Good Arrows
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
*Wolf Parade - Apologizes to The Queen Mary
OST - I'm Not There
滅火器 - 衝啦



看完自己列出來的List,發現自己對於聽音樂的態度,其實並不是想要走在最前端的那類人,也非人云亦云的那款種。因此總是忽然間才會發現某張舊專輯很好聽(Ex:Hot Chip,去年紅的亂七八糟的樂團我到今年才發現他好讚);或是倏地發現某張以前不喜歡的CD重聽後又改觀(Ex:Girl Talk,去年顆粒給我聽的時候我只覺得這好亂七八糟)。可是我很喜歡這種感覺,雖然總是慢人一拍,但是那種發現至寶的感覺或許是一直驅動我聆聽音樂的主要動力,重點不在於聽的多不多,真正喜歡才是重點,and it will become a part of your soul。

廢話說多了,還是得講一下我這份list。

對照去年的list來說,今年算是稍微轉性的一年,多聽了一些董疵的電子音樂,Hey Willpower是個油不拉嘰的時尚抒情R&B電子小舞曲,儘管那孔雀開屏的封面真是讓人羞到不敢直視。Girl Talk的Night Ripper則是非常值得玩味的一張好專輯,光是衝著他一張專輯取樣了200多首歌共100多個知名artists的音色合片段,就夠令人咋舌了,在音樂性來說,Girl Talk將這些東西做得十分高明流暢,整張專輯一氣呵成毫無冷場(詳細的list,雖然他本人認為這份名單是錯的,因為連自己也忘記了,不過應該也有蠻高的參考價值)。Hot Chip我想就不用提了,光是一曲琅琅上口的Over and Over就可以稱霸去年舞池了,跳動的groove下偶爾還會有神來一筆的俗氣吉他solo。

喜歡清新電子派的,Tunng、Minotaur Shock就是屬於比較輕盈的電子。不過Tunng雖然聽起來明亮,但是總是給人一股神秘不可解的氛圍;而Minotaur Shock可以參考之前寫的那篇review。差點漏了Morr廠的Electric President,任何喜歡Postal Service的,我想一定都會喜歡他們的。(之前所寫的review)那Cocorosie,ㄜ,她們不清新,不過這張新專輯還是挺讚的啦(review在此)。

Spoon、Shins、Wolf Parade、Modest Mouse的都是緊褲子派的帥氣搖滾,光聽音樂就可以聯想到團員們緊緊的皮褲在眼前搖擺。我特別喜歡Wolf Parade那種類似燒啞的嗓子,最後一曲This Heart's on Fire更是讓我愛不釋手。至於Modest Mouse的新專輯個人喜歡遠勝於上一張,而且還有類似Missed the Boat之類的超芭樂流行曲。

The Boy with No Name比想像的還要耐聽,個人以為是Travis自The Man Who以來最動聽的一張。Of Montreal的三八tone調是我旅途上的最佳伙伴,每次聆聽心情都會好的不像話。至於Wilco,well...Wilco不管好壞只要有新專輯就直接保送年終XD。

總體上來看,去年還是如雜食動物般的亂聽,但是覺得算是豐收的一年,希望2008年也能夠聽到許多好音樂。


2007年8月14日 星期二

Before she was a star


Amy Millan - Honey from the Tombs
「Arts & Crafts」


<本文同步發表於小白兔橘子Blog>


當CD不斷的在播放器轉動時,腦海中總是會想起鄰家的那位女孩。
很多人可能不認識Amy Millan,但我相信大部分的人都會知道Stars與Broken Social Scene這兩個正火紅發展的加拿大樂團。Amy Millan正是Stars裡的那位女vocal,同時也是Broken Social Scene三姝之一(另外兩位是Feist跟Emily Haines)。

而「Honey from the Tombs」,是她在早期的創作作品,專輯走的是country和folk ballad路線,除了Amy甜美簡單的聲音依舊,與Stars的indie-pop或是Broken Social Scene的無差別大亂鬥搖滾風格並不相似。Amy Millan在接受訪問時提到,在她成為Stars的團員前,其實過著一段頗為寂寞的生活,而在那段孤單的日子裡,藉由不斷的創作來淡化時間消逝的感覺;這個習慣一直在她加入了Stars(或是如她所說的army of musicians..哈哈)後其實也沒有改變。可能是受到那段孤單寂寞日子的洗禮,「Baby I」舒服流暢的旋律下才會唱著regret和whisky;「Blue in Your Eyes」俏皮的拍子下卻是訴說著blue。原來Amy Millan予人的直率是帶有點苦澀味道的Melody。

鄰家的那位女孩依舊是十分迷人,但是此刻我並不寂寞,因為我有Amy Millan。

// 註:標題Before she was a star是取用Prefixmag,如果有興趣深入瞭解Amy Millan的人,也可以看一下Prefixmag所做的專訪。


// Baby I


// Skinny Boy


2007年7月12日 星期四

Electric President - Electric President


Electric President - Electric President
「Morr Music」


Electric President的音樂令人想起Postal Service。
Electric President是由Ben Cooper與Alex Kane兩位成員所組成,兩人原本同屬於Helicopter Project樂團,期間未有任何作品發行。但奇妙的是,反而在樂團解散後,兩人開始進行著斷斷續續的合作,一直到04年才確立Electric President這個Project,並且開始進行錄音。(其實專輯早在05年五月便以錄製完畢,但卻遲遲等到06年初才發行。)

事實上,將Laptop和原音樂器結合的手法其實並不罕見,除了眾所皆知的Postal Service外,德國Morr廠下也有許多的樂團採用相同的概念(如Ms. John Soda);而將Laptop融入創作的概念也非創舉(至少Bjork是更前面的),那Electric President又有什麼特別的地方呢?

整體上Electric President揚棄了Morr廠一向過度精準缺乏變化的節拍,反倒是擁抱了Postal Service般流暢活潑的樂曲,當可愛清新的樂器音色和Ben Cooper陰柔聲音交融時,耳朵就在不知不覺中被抓住了。專輯中的歌曲調性也大有變化,前段有少不了的流行金曲” Good Morning, Hypocrate”、” Insomnia”和” Ten Thousand Lines”,雖為流行歌曲,但偶爾也會來個歇斯底里的吉他橋段;中段需要休息時也可以有簡單可愛的歌如”Grand Machine No. 12”、” Hum”,輕鬆愉快空心吉他為底folky ballad;而專輯後段則是帶點實驗元素的樂章如”Snow On Dead Neighborhoods”、”Metal Fingers”,不止是在編曲上較深,也利用更多的吉他效果和聲響來營造出整體氣氛。專輯最後”Farewell”走著中慢板的節拍,繪出了夕陽的畫面,也做了最好的ending。

任何喜歡電子民謠的人,千萬不要錯過這張精彩的作品。


// Insomnia

2007年5月22日 星期二

The Killers - Mr. Brightside

Killers的處女作Hot Fuss其實我並沒有很愛,CD也在當時借人不知怎的只剩下殼,不過Mr. Brightside真的是太好聽了,光是今天我就已經聽了快20遍了!!!!

呴,中毒了....
我也想當Mr. Brightside



// Lyrics

Killers - Mr. Brightside

I'm coming out of my cage
And I’ve been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I’m falling asleep
And she’s calling a cab
While he’s having a smoke
And she’s taking a drag
Now they’re going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it’s all in my head
But she’s touching his—chest
Now, he takes off her dress
Now, let me go

I just can’t look its killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it’s just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
‘Cause I’m Mr Brightside

I’m coming out of my cage
And I’ve been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I’m falling asleep
And she’s calling a cab
While he’s having a smoke
And she’s taking a drag
Now they’re going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it’s all in my head
But she’s touching his—chest
Now, he takes off her dress
Now, let me go

'causeI just can’t look its killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibi
But it’s just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
‘Cause I’m Mr Brightside

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