都市感

喜歡政治、特工間諜、都市感和陰謀論的大概都會喜歡這類音樂吧？(笑)

But for now -- Jamie Cullum

太多唔開心野，不如聽下歌算。
呢首幾適合同另一半一齊聽。

But For Now

Sure I know you'd like to have me
Talk about my future
And a million words or so to fill you in about my past
Have I sisters or a brother
When's my birthday how's my mother
Well my dear in time I'll answer all those things you ask

But for now I'll just say I love you
Nothing more seems important somehow
And tomorrow can wait come whatever
Let me love you forever but right now
Right now

Some fine day when we go walking
We'll take time for idle talking
Sharing every feeling as we watch each other smile
I'll hold your hand you'll hold my hand
We'll say things we never had planned
Then we'll get to know each other in a little while

But for now let me say I love you
Later on there'll be time for so much more
But for now meaning now and forever
Let me kiss you my darling then once more
Once more

But for now let me say I love you
Later on I must know much more of you
But for now here and now how I love you
As you are in my arms I love you
I love you
I love you

廿零歲

雖然我早已不是二字頭，聽到都覺得歌詞寫得幾中，講得出年輕人畢業後前途無限但又無從入手的心態
MV的art direction幾得意，值得一看。

Jamie Cullum Twentysomething
After years of expensive education
A car full of books and anticipation
I'm an expert on Shakespeare and that's a hell of a lot
But the world don't need scholars as much as I thought
Maybe I'll go traveling for a year
Finding myself, or start a career
I could work for the poor, though I'm hungry for fame
We all seem so different but we're just the same
Maybe I'll go to the gym, so I don't get fat
Aren't things more easy, with a tight six pack
Who knows the answers, who do you trust
I can't even separate love from lust
Maybe I'll move back home and pay off my loans
Working nine to five, answering phones
But don't make me live for my Friday nights
Drinking eight pints and getting in fights
Don't wanna get up, just have a lie in
Leave me alone, I'm a twentysomething
Maybe I'll just fall in love
That could solve it all
Philosophers say that that's enough
There surely must be more
Love ain't the answer, nor is work
The truth eludes me so much it hurts
But I'm still having fun and I guess that's the key
I'm a twentysomething and I'll keep being me

All: scat
[Sung freely]
I'm a twentysomething, let me lie in
Leave me alone, I'm a twentysomething

電子版愛麗C夢遊仙境

試下file sharing得唔得先。

Alice in Wonderland Paul Oakenfold

其實係Kylie Minogue 姐姐說書，Paul Oakenfold打碟襯底。每次聽都覺得超正，說書人口技神妙固然抵讚，Paul Oakenfold製作呢隻audio book，正正係針對佢當年的讀寫障礙，希望透過音樂同audio book幫到人。不過好似搞多一隻Oliver Twist之後就無左後續。

呢個專輯超罕見，我都醒唔起自己當年點樣入手。

依然迷人Sade

回港第一日，忙到趴街。
居然有緣碰到Sade的新碟，愛死第一首The Moon and the Sky。

Happy Friday 播歌仔

Chet Baker (1929 - 1988)

My Funny Valentine




Almost Blue



" Autumn Leaves " Chet Baker - Paul Desmond



最初望到Chet Baker的相片，只覺他後生靚仔，甚至有個錯覺，以為某新晉年輕天才樂手搞懷舊，每隻呣片封面都玩vintage feel。原來Chet Baker離世已經有22年。對比起成功戒毒的Ray Charles，Chet不是太幸運。

又記得約七年前第一次聽到Hey Jude，以為是某隊英國樂隊新歌，殊不知原來已新了這麼多年，所謂經典，大概就是這種感覺吧。

週末離港三數日，今日十萬樣lose ends要擺平，就此打住。

殺人音樂

Maxwell's silver hammer 呢首歌不是惡搞，確實係Beatles 經典歌曲之一
我記得好耐之前在newgrounds 睇過，早排聽返又醒起。
旋律好輕鬆，一旦俾人visualize 畫返出黎，原來係超暴力血腥。

據聞有人問過Paul McCartney到底首歌係乜意思，對方只笑而不答。

Eminem Public Enemy no1

I sense someones tapping into my phones why do
I got this feeling in my bones I might die soon
The F.B.I might be tryin to pull my file soon
I might be walking blind fold into a typhoon
I might be seeing rockets light up the night sky
Right outside of the window of my living room
And if they do you can say goodnight and bye bye to them itunes
If I don't try to record as much before I do
The plan is to have as many in the can as I can
As I stand before you in this booth a walking deadman
Blank stare dead pan look as my face as I gaze into space
As I wait to be scooped up in that van
Mysteriously disappear into thin air
And they gon' say a sniper just appeared out of no where
And I'll go down in the history as the blood sucking leech
Who hid behind the freedom of speech
Tryed to take the fifth amendment use it, twist it and bend it
And ended up dying the villain, not the hero, splendid.
The business way to end this I can feel the tremors tremendous
In remembrance of september 11
Flash back to september 7th
When Tupac was murdered in Vegas
He said that he predicted his own death
Let us never forget it or should we ever live to regret it
Like the day John F Kennedy was assasinated in broad day
By a craze lunatic with a gun
Who just happened to work on the same block in a library book depository
Where the President would go for a little friday stroll
Shots fired from the grassy knoll
But they don't know or do they?
Whos they for them to say Touch©
Where all vunerable and it's spooky
This is about as cookey as I've ever felt now
Count down to Nuclear Meltdown
7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
You can run you can do what you want to
But you know you aint gonna do nuttin
When its time its your time
You are the prime target
You have become Public Enemy Number 1


播下歌仔先。

王菲：幽蘭操

蘭之猗猗　揚揚其香
眾香拱之　幽幽其芳
不采而佩　於蘭何傷
以日以年　我行四方
文王夢熊　渭水泱泱
采而佩之　奕奕清芳
雪霜茂茂　蕾蕾於冬
君子之守　子孫之昌

小弟對中文歌有極大偏見，唯獨王菲加韓愈的文字真係要投降。
唔知孔子今次在電影中會否爆無雙，變成橫向卷軸格鬥game：上大人，孔乙己，戰三千，七十段。

關於高鐵、世代問題等有話想說，但陣間開會，後補。

What I am to you?

網上有人用「簡約詩人」形容Damien Rice實在應棍，連official video都無花巧在錄音室搞掂，簡單的樂器和vocal繯轉不止，好比剪不斷理還亂的孽緣。

砌稿時被個客左改右改，腦海中就是那句chorus: what I am to you? is that all you need...

警匪追逐戰

最近連晚通頂，孤家寡人對住隻稿砌到天光，好易抑鬱。好彩遇上Jason Mraz既陽光音樂，先至可以笑住做野。幾鍾意呢首Cop chase，就係大家平日睇電影電視聽慣的追逐場面配樂，兩個dancer 一個兵一個賊，幾過癮，提神一流。

不過又咁，聽聽下覺得熟口熟面，可能因為以前睇Cowboy Bebop已經聽過菅野陽子有相類近的作品。

如何將事實扭曲

答案是一首好配樂，再加適量的剪接。

(未看過魔戒的人會一頭霧緒，喜歡 Wetwetwet 的人會屌晒鬼，腐女們會嗅出強烈腐氣息)

31

I can be loud man, I can be silent.
I could be young man or I could be old.
I can be a gentleman or I can be violent.
I could turn hot yeah or I can be cold.
I could be just like the calm before the storm boy,
Waiting for all hell yeah to break loose.
I could be innocent or I could be guilty.
Doesn’t mean that I don't believe in the news.

So I’m singin’ ....la da da di da budom
budom la da da di di bi boa bi boa {repeat}

play that funky hip hop(trio solo)

(african beat)

I could be rich like a wandering Gypsy.
I could be poor like a fat wallet lost.
I could be first man or I could come last.
It's not who breaks the ribbon boy it’s how you get across.
I could be red, blue, black and white,
Sunset darkest at day boy, brightest at night.
I could be the sun boy or I could be the moon.
I'm made up from the stars boy I'm shining so bright.

So I’m singin’ ....

I could be asleep boy, or I could be awake.
I can be alive man or be the walking dead.
I can be ignorant or I could be informed. (Yes sir)
I could lead my life man or I could be led. (That's right)
I can be anything I put my mind to boy,
All I gotta do is give myself a half a chance.
I could bring love back into my life.
Share it with the world if I got some balance.
and bio da

*******

I can be many things next year, yea!

上班族的音樂口味

聽到這一首，望到唱碟封面Jamie Cullum一身jacket加條打得很hea的領帶，實在很難不想起80年代超級巨星Billy Joel。
(其實開碟聽到第一句已經被迷住了)

歌藝絕頂，年輕，仲需要問when I ruled the world? Haven't you already?

有時我心諗，樂壇死，賴完mp3 / bt，都要諗諗個demographics，好多上班族忙到睇唔到電視，公司唔開收音機，聽歌的口味停留在大學甚至中學年代。

出來做多幾年野，除非好刻意update，否則好易脫節。就算唔脫節，通常都只係follow追開果幾位歌手，可以sell到幾多碟呢？跟住果d惡性循環不多提了。

朋友介紹這個網站：蝦米網，全靠它才聽多了許多新歌。
Jamie Cullun 的新碟 Pursuit
暫時用它代替電台音樂節目，效果不錯。碟就不會買了，等iTune store有售之後上去download吧！

CSI: NY 配樂: See it All / Fink

未睇過CSI，但係只聽歌都想像到紐約的畫面，幾適合大城市警探片。
另一個acoustic版本節奏一變，又可以變成完場出credits的配樂，可惜找不到youtube版本。
昨晚趕稿就是不斷loop佢隻acoustic碟，聽到好似老僧入定般工作。

值得一提係呢段live在德國某唱片舖發生，本來想寫幾句潤下香港乜乜物物，諗諗下，人地阿麥書房搞live 搞drama演出我有去過嗎？又好似無喎，是但。

迷幻北歐女聲 Club 8

趕野趕到好迷幻，聽住歌先。

Grandma's Hands

我阿麻對手織冷衫仲好靈，不過佢早兩日蛀牙，無晒所有牙，宜家只能吃粥仔。
唯有買d牛奶朱古力俾佢「梅」下

星期日雜談

雜誌

在Starbucks溫習日文功課，休息時被兩本雜誌的封面吸引。一本是瑪利膠兒，標題大概是50年(還是100年？忘了)香港銀幕女性。最近受Madmen劇集影響，對女權歷史格外留意，也就翻來看看。

全文水準及格，當然先得假設我是中學老師，寫手是中四通識學生。

任何稍有心力的學生，只要拿著一堆資料，上上網，即使提及的電影一套也沒看過，仍可寫出差不多的文字，內文只有一堆年份、戲名和女星名字，勉強稍作串連。

至於50年來的女性有甚麼特點？除了阿媽係女人的「女性權利開始抬頭，經濟開始獨立」之外，一切欠奉。

另一本，是以黃偉文做封面的噴射雜誌，其中一條標題是村上春樹1Q84，當然是不容錯過的。
假如上一份功課的評份是B，這份是 A-，噴射雜誌的同學找來很多精美插圖，列舉村上春樹作品內常見的symbolism。

村上春樹有甚麼好？好在那裡？為甚麼我應該認為他的作品是鉅著？是不是因為雜誌有一篇排版精美的資料搜集專題，我就自動要同意這是好東西？

我很驚訝一直覺得村上春樹很「正」，卻從沒反思以上問題。

我不怪雜誌淺薄，因為那兩本雜誌主菜是消費，文化和文學只是伴碟那幾條椰菜絲。尤其見到孰輕孰重被編輯文火慢燉，變成熟輕熟重的時候，我更加明白這兩本雜誌重點是看產品圖片，不是文字。

對，是我又懶又膚淺，沒有買印刻文學，我錯。

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集團

雜誌沒法看得太深入，內容固然是原因之一，另一理由室外氣溫十餘度，與此同時 Starbucks的冷氣溫柔地吹著頸背。我跟多數沒有選擇的消費者一樣，穿上大褸，邊哆嗦邊喝著熱飲，勉強暖著身子。

冬天開冷氣無論在人道或環保上都不合理，可惜Starbucks只是一個上市集團，櫃面的都是part time，店子用中央空調。想要人性，那是奢求了。

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超級巨猩

雖然是馬騮戲，歌是好的，收視平平，郭繾澂慨嘆港觀眾有好貨不懂欣賞，同意。

想到很多原因去解釋：例如無了期的復活制、亂來的評判(及評語)，以及華語流行曲其實有個流行斷層，古時候家中的爺爺知道譚詠麟的「朋友」，三叔愛播來聽，我會跟著唱。

後來的流行曲，首先老一輩的人不愛聽，然後中年人開始覺得脫節，當年反叛期的黑人覺得無taste，一斷就是十幾年，雖然間中仍然會聽到陳奕信或薜凱琪，但早已不聽多年，超級巨星上的人哼甚麼歌，九成半都未聽過，餘下半成也不是太親切。

而且太講求唱歌技巧和很虛浮的評語(你是台上的女皇，應該想著怎樣跟觀眾們交流)，有時甚至逐粒字去執，在友人家看過大半集，十分辛苦。American Idol的評語是另一個極端，MadTv 串得好應棍。

反而近期因為看劇的緣故，特別喜歡6,70年代的oldies，是為小弟近期的「流行曲」榜。

廣告狂人 Madmen

單看tagline就知這套劇情充滿精警情節
where the truth lies，除了直譯「真相大白」之外，語帶雙關可解作「真相都會說謊」
而後者，比較貼近劇集的風格。

這套劇集美指和編劇都一流，沒有prison break的長命地拖編劇，也沒有supernatural 後期因經費所限導致劇力淡薄的問題，Madmen的人活在衣香鬢影的華麗世界裡，男人西裝頭髮燙貼光潔，女人賢良淑德嬌媚柔順，大家每天的生活就有如一條完美的廣告片。

Madmen 透過60年代美國，重演當年所謂的美國夢、對世界末日的恐懼，以及從故事中的女角帶出女權運動出現之前，男女在社會上的遭遇。

有一集，主角Don Draper向希爾頓酒店創辦人Conrad Hilton講解廣告文案概念，甫開始他提到美國人的生活水平放在全球，只有少數皇親國戚可以媲美，美國上下紙醉金迷，煙酒不離口，自信美國是世界中心，套入現今中國崛起的精神面貌，居然頗有吻合之處。

故事提及古巴核導彈危機，世界滅亡全繫赫魯曉夫一念間，甘迺迪遇刺對國人衝擊也非同小可，對於活在四十多年後的我，完全不覺陌生，另一個時空眾生的hopes and fears，原來跟我們也非常相似。

Madmen選曲也是一流，除了第一季第一話用上The Cardigans 的歌之外，其餘均沿用6,70年代經典名曲，例如最近第三季季尾，主角決定兵變重新開始，劇終選用Roy Orbison 唱的 Shahdaroba，曲子本身已有點占士邦的獵奇味道，歌詞也是關於忘掉過去探索將來之意。第三季正好是監製 Matthew Weiner 大刀闊斧將故事「重設」的轉捩點，襯托恰到好處。

我只記得Roy Orbison 又老又肥跟 K.D. Lang 合唱crying，想不到他年輕時也頗為瀟灑。



(1960年也沒有sexual harrassment這個概念，在公司以權謀私向女同事抽水，是合法合理的事情...天堂 @o@)

本地鬼佬音樂組合: Celestial

睇完官網的簡介，我都未分清楚到底Celestial係一個人，一班人還是無特定某個人的組合，總之就係鬼佬將亞洲民族音樂同電子音樂mix 埋，係少數fusion 得黎唔失禮的作品。中學時愛聽Enigma的return to innocence，都係電子beat再加個山歌佬依依呀呀地唱，現在年紀大d，又覺得d歌詞多餘兼夾over左，反而Celestial呢隻無歌詞，聽起黎舒服d。




夜上海，呢首真係mix得不錯，段video亦幾好睇。我以前好憎中文歌，對國語歌亦無乜好感，呢隻係少數例外，可能係鬼佬mix的緣故？仲有一首叫Skooldaze(讀書郎)，連youtube都冇，可以上官網聽。

Celestial 官網
自問少留意音樂資訊，睇佢地的press section，似乎都無乜本地傳媒留意過，Asia's Answer to Massive Attack，我覺得呢句幾中喎。