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6/7/2009 Damien Rice - The Blowers Daughter YouTube - The Blowers Daughter And so it is
Just like you said it would be Life goes easy on me Most of the time And so it is The shorter story No love, no glory No hero in her sky I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes... And so it is Just like you said it should be We'll both forget the breeze Most of the time And so it is The colder water The blower's daughter The pupil in denial I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes... Did I say that I loathe you? Did I say that I want to Leave it all behind? I can't take my mind off you I can't take my mind off you I can't take my mind off you I can't take my mind off you I can't take my mind off you I can't take my mind... My mind...my mind... 'Til I find somebody new ---------------
有不止一个人提起是因为这首歌才看Closer这部电影。而我则是通过电影认识了这首歌。无论如何，没有人会否认两者之间完美的契合。
爱尔兰是个盛产音乐诗人的国度，Damien Rice略带沙哑的嗓音将一个恍若隔世的故事娓娓道来。想要忘记却是徒劳，因为思绪早已被沉迷所俘。伤感的大提琴低沉又委婉，不安分的吉他情绪化地颤动，在副歌不断反复着近乎偏执的吟唱中都安静下来，最终变成喃喃自语。
也许直到下一个人的出现这一切才能终结，而那不过是另一个同样故事的开始……
4/29/2009 彼时的电影小时候很喜欢的一部电影里面印象最深的一首歌，可惜只看过一遍。那时没有这狗那狗的，很长一段时间内苦于找不到电影名称和出处，后来也就慢慢淡忘了。今天偶遇一则台湾同胞的追忆30年变迁叙事帖，终于从中获得了关于这部叫做《七匹狼》电影的一切背景，以及这个MV。那时候的王杰青春逼人，还不是现在的沧桑男人；那时候，雨生还在……
2/7/2009 再听朴树《我去2000年》，应该是99年的专辑了吧。这张朴树的处女作在学生中曾大红大紫过。当年罗汉路上的盗版音像店成天用大扬声器向对面的省常中和隔壁的二十四中播送着《白桦林》。而我就是在此声网中不幸被俘。
此时此刻，忽然感到歌中的心情甚至是歌手的声线都如此年轻。当年的朴树二十五六，不过是我如今的年纪，但为什么听他的歌，就好像回头看来路呢？依然熟悉的旋律里，那种悸动、不安分和迷茫就像一个独行旅人的背影，竟已在那条不知名的来路上转过身去，渐行渐远。 1/4/2009 You Only Live Twice
Quote YouTube - Coldplay You Only Live Twice You Only Live Twice or so it seems,
One life for yourself and one for your dreams. You drift through the years and life seems tame, Till one dream appears and love is its name. And love is a stranger who'll beckon you on, Don't think of the danger or the stranger is gone. This dream is for you, so pay the price. Make one dream come true, you only live twice. And love is a stranger who'll beckon you on, Don't think of the danger or the stranger is gone. 9/30/2007 The Rose
Quote YouTube - Bette Midler - The Rose Some say love it is a river
that drowns the tender reed Some say love it is a razer that leaves your soul to bleed Some say love it is a hunger an endless aching need I say love it is a flower and you it's only seed It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken who cannot seem to give and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live
When the night has been too lonely and the road has been too long and you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed that with the sun's love in the spring becomes the rose Love is an unfailing hope... 5/7/2007 Shakespeare's Sonnet No.18
Quote YouTube - sonnet 18 Bryan Ferry唱的。诗是大俗诗，多少电影里都引过。但我并不认为Shakespeare同学是在卖弄他的文才和他作品的不朽性（就算卖弄吧，人家也没说错不是？）。正是这么一首不知道对象为何方神圣，更不用说相貌如何身材几等的赞美诗篇，才不会在人们喜新厌旧的品味中被抛弃和遗忘——你觉得它是什么，它就是什么，一切都在读者的想象代入中重建，作者和和对诗中人的猜测也因此获得永生。
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee. 现代英语的翻译和注解看这里
9/23/2006 Songs about ... 19831983年，我出生了。关于1983，歌里唱着些什么？ 1968, Jimi Hendrix，一个伟大的吉他手和摇滚巨星，说他要离开这里，到海底去生活。这个世界是个战场吗？我们为什么总想去海边？我们为什么相信海底有人鱼存在，而且人鱼可以活很久，没有忧愁，没有不死的灵魂。Jimi总是相信，自己能够做到别人所无法做到的；是否他觉得就在1983，他应该变成一条人鱼？ 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) Hurrah I awake from yesterday
John Mayer唱着Jazz的调子说，他在1983年的时候只有6岁。他走过曾经是家的地方——如此美好。超人斗篷，彩虹房子，长得一模一样的兄弟。日子过去的时候，记忆都逃离了我们，梦境却一次次的回访。1983年的一切却很清晰，因为那时候，生活才刚刚开始…… 83 I have these dreams I'm walking home
Dogwood在一个乡村般的引子之后，吼出了他的心声：时间逃走了，而将我们丢在害怕之中。时间仍然在从我们掌心滑落，如同倾盆大雨，能带给你平静的不是荣誉或地位，而是对生命的领悟…… 1983 When we were kids, our dreams were invincible,When we were young, our whole lives ahead of us, And it was well understood we'd all become astronauts, And firemen, Let's not pretend, we all become famous, Let's not pretend, there's more to this then we hoped for, For we knew the rules when we were still children, You blow it, You fail it, Disappointment. It's well on it's way, well understood, And you have a place, to be (when we were young), Time on our hands, Still out of our hands, just like rain (it rained so hard), Time ran away, and left us afraid, Your parents are proud, You've got everything, No passion at hand, You'll be Ivy League, It's more probable, We all become salesmen, You know it, You fear it, Mediocrity. It's well on it's way, well understood, And this is your life, Don't apologize for what you are, Because you're a star. I hope you find contentment, I pray you find an answer, 'cause life is better than your occupation, Revelation. When we (when we were young) were, Time on our hands, Still out of our hands, Just like rain (it rained so hard) Time ran away, and left us afraid. 9/9/2006 Try to RememberTry to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh, so mellow. Try to remember the kind of September When grass was green and grain was yellow. Try to remember the kind of September When you were a tender and callow fellow. Try to remember, and if you remember, Then follow. Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow, Follow, follow, follow, follow. Try to remember when life was so tender That no one wept except the willow. Try to remember when life was so tender That dreams were kept beside your pillow. Try to remember when life was so tender That love was an ember about to billow. Try to remember, and if you remember, Then follow. Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow, Follow, follow, follow, follow. Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow, Follow, follow, follow, follow. Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow, Follow, follow, follow, follow. Deep in December, it's nice to remember, Although you know the snow will follow. Deep in December, it's nice to remember, Without a hurt the heart is hollow. Deep in December, it's nice to remember, The fire of September that made us mellow. Deep in December, our hearts should remember And follow. Music: Harvey Schmidt
Lyrics: Tom Jones Premiere: Tuesday, May 3, 1960 It's September, the best season of Beijing. The world is on the move-- blue sky, low-hung white clouds, and leaves only one more night rain from falling-- are circling according to the rhythm in this song of autumn. Ephemeral beauty. 6/4/2006 All I Ask of You --半夜突然想起来的歌从实验室一路边哼边想到宿舍，总算想起来是什么歌了，深情款款的好听~
No more talk of darkness,
Forget these wide-eyed fears. I'm here, nothing can harm you My words will warm and calm you. Let me be your freedom, Let daylight dry your tears. I'm here, with you, beside you, To guard you and to guide you . . . Then say you love me every winter morning,
Turn my head with talk of summertime . . . Say you need me with you, now and always . . . Promise me that all you say is true That‘s all I ask of you . . . Let me be your shelter,
Let me be your light. You’re safe: no-one will find you Your fears are far behind you . . . All I need is freedom, A world thats warm and bright And you always beside me To hold me and to hide me . . . Then say you‘ll share with me
One love, one lifetime . . . Let me lead you from your solitude . . . Say you need me with you here, beside you . . . Anywhere you go,let me go too That’s all I ask of you . . .
Say you will share with me one love, one lifttime
Say the word and I will follow you... Share each day with me, each night, each morning . . . Say you feel the way I do That's all I ask of you . . . Anywhere you go let me go too . . . Love me -thats all I ask of you . . 5/31/2006 在北方-《北方的歌谣》许多年前一个夏夜，不知名歌手抱着吉他的吟唱，勾勒出了我对北方的最初想象。
这首歌的背景大约和《小芳》类似，格调却要清新得多。不知为什么，时间却将他的歌声和词作匆匆埋藏。这里默记下来的是短短的歌词，记在我心里的是许多个冬日里旋律的回响。
在北方 有我们绿绿无边的草原
在北方 有我们朝夕相伴的牛羊 在北方 白雪轻拂着我的脸庞 在北方 有我等待已久的姑娘 在北方 我们穿过爸爸的军装
在北方 我们走过无边的荒凉 在北方 我们扛过爷爷的钢枪 在北方 我们一起打过豺狼 在北方 我们用泥土筑起高墙
在北方 我们搭起了高高的棚帐 在北方 寒风吹乱了我们的长发 在北方 我们还在朝思暮想 ----
2009.06.11 update：经过搜索，发现此歌名字应该是《北方的歌谣》，演唱者张骁
MTV找不到，只有拿个音频凑数了
5/1/2006 New York MinuteHarry got up
Dressed all in black Went down to the station And he never came back They found his clothing Scattered somewhere down the track And he won't be down on Wall Street in the morning He had a home The love of a girl But men get lost sometimes As years unfold One day he crossed some line And he was too much in this world But I guess it doesn't matter anymore In a New York Minute Everything can change In a New York Minute Things can get pretty strange In a New York Minute Everything can change In a New York Minute Lying here in the darkness I hear the sirens wail Somebody going to emergency Somebody's going to jail If you find somebody to love in this world You better hand on tooth and nail The wolf is always at the door In a New York Minute Everything can change In a New York Minute Things can get a little strange In a New York Minute Everything can change In a New York Minute And in these days When darkness falls early And people rush home To the ones they love You better take a fool's advice And take care of your own 'Coz one day they're here; Next day they're gone I pulled my coat around my shoulders And took a walk down through the park The leaves were falling around me The groaning city in the gathering dark On some solitary rock A desperate lover left his mark, he said, "Baby, I've changed. Please come back." What the head makes cloudy The heart makes very clear The days were so much brighter In the time when she was here But I know there's somebody somewhere Make these dark clouds disappear Until that day, I have to believe I believe, I believe In a New York Minute Everything can change In a New York Minute Things can get pretty strange
In a New York Minute
Everything can change In a New York Minute
Everything can change In a New York Minute Things can get pretty strange
In a New York Minute Everything can change In a New York Minute ------------------------------------------------------
Another top 3 EAGLE's song in my mind. The other top 3 member, as you all could guess, is Hotel California. A song everybody loves, a place everybody once stays.
Almost all songs I know involving New York are great ones, such as Famous Blue Raincoat. Learn to Be StillIt's just another day in paradise
As you stumble to your bed You'd give anything to silence Those voices ringing in your head You thought you could find happiness Just over that green hill You thought you would be satisfied But you never will- Learn to be still We are like sheep without a shepherd We don't know how to be alone So we wander 'round this desert And wind up following the wrong gods home But the flock cries out for another And they keep answering that bell And one more starry-eyed messiah Meets a violent farewell- Learn to be still Learn to be still Now the flowers in your garden They don't smell so sweet Maybe you've forgotten The heaven lying at your feet There are so many contridictions In all these messages we send (We keep asking) How do I get out of here Where do I fit in? Though the world is torn and shaken Even if your heart is breakin' It's waiting for you to awaken And someday you will- Learn to be still Learn to be still You just keep on runnin' Keep on runnin' ---------------------------------------------
This is one of my 3 favorite EAGLE's Songs, especially the lyrics. 3/29/2006 The Shape of My HeartHe deals the cards as a meditation
And those he plays never suspect
He doesn't play for the money he wins
He doesn't play for repect
He deals the cards to find the answers
The sacred geometry of chance
The hidden law of probable outcome
The numbers lead a dance
I know that spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that clubs are weapons of war
I know that diomands mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
He may play the jack of diomands
He may lay the queen of spades
He may conceal a king in his hand
While the memory of it fades
I know that spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that clubs are weapons of war
I know that diomands mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
And if I told you that I loved you
You'd maybe think there's something wrong
I'm not a man of too many faces
The mask I wear is one
Those who speak know nothing
And find out to their cost
Like those who curse their luck in too many places
And those who fear are lost
I know that spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that clubs are weapons of war
I know that diomands mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape of my heart
变幻莫测的牌局，如生活般充满了偶然与玄机。
用四种花色看透人情世故，也试图参悟自己的命运和感情。
虽然众人看我始终如一，这却依然只是一张面具。
那些夸夸其谈、怨天尤人或是畏缩不前的人，我和他们都不一样；
勇气、力量和金钱，其实都不难加以掌握。
这一切都无关紧要，如果你知道我的心是何样。 3/10/2006 如果我现在今天上了一下trueice，发现这首老歌居然在单曲点播10大里，不由得想起了高中时候听某赠品CD后满世界找高旗的（盗版）CD的经历。结果最后找到了，买了，双CD，末了脑子里，还是只有这首。 所有被热情浸透的夜晚
3/7/2006 Here with MeI first heard this sung by Sarah Brightman, in La Luna; later, it was performed by Dido, in No Angel.
It didn't catch me at the first time, but it turned out I cannot get it off my mind either... It's a song of time.
I didn't hear you leave
I wonder how am I still here
And I don't want to move a thing
It might change my memory
Oh I am what I am
I do what I want
But I can't hide
And I won't go
I won't sleep
I can't breathe
Until you are resting here with me
I don't want to call my friends
For they might wake me from this dream
And I can't leave this bed
Risk forgetting all that's been
Oh I am what I am
I do what I want
But I can't hide
And I won't go
I won't sleep
I can't breathe
Until you are resting here with me I won't leave
I can't hide
I cannot be
Until you're resting here
And I won't go
I won't sleep
I can't breathe
Until you are resting here with me
I won't leave
I can't hide
I cannot be
Until you're resting here 3/3/2006 Best and Worst Albums in the Eyes of CriticsWonder how critics get their reputation in jokes? Just watch this list of best/worst albums (mostly published after 2000) scored by critics.
And try to find some popular artists you know.... Where are they? Of course, at the bottom rather than near the top, just to name a few:
Worst Albums:
A Day Without Rain by Enya (11) It Had to Be You... The Great American Songbook by Rod Stewart (14) Charmbracelet by Mariah Carey (18) Forever by Spice Girls (25) More Than You Think You Are by matchbox twenty (55) And there are many, many more.......
However, I notice that despite their poor "official" rank , users score them at least 6.5 out of 10, some of which even receive a score as high as 9.2.
So... next time you look at a critic's favorite/hate list, which end should you follow??? 2/15/2006 Windmills of Your Mind (and some numbers)Round like a circle in a spiral like a wheel within a wheel Like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its own When you knew that it was over Like a circle in a spiral
它的曲调，用数字写下来是这样地（不考虑节奏，只考虑音调，按半音12进制记用记号0-b） (9)445544994400b9b (b)445544bb44220b0 (0)990099449977545 (5)779977227755424 (4)557755005544202 (2)445544bb44220b0 (0)9b00b9b 89bb989....
除去第一行的话，每一行的第一个音和最后一个音都绕了一圈回来，最后一行最后一个音虽然没有参加循环，但是回到了第一行的第一个音，简谱似乎好看一点……
(6)334433663311767 (7)334433773322171 (1)66++66336655434 (4)556655225544323 (3)445544114433212 (2)334433773322171 (1)6711767 -6776-6....
—— 一首蜿蜒曲折峰回路转的歌，前三句升调结尾，后三句讲调结尾，最后完全回到第一句，就像一个环，怪不得叫windmill.... 11/1/2005 Wishful milenio (performed by Yu ChyiCome milenio let there be doors to beauty
Come milenio let there be cure for spite No more disguise , simplicity thrives Be weightless so we can fly Right under the stars , a voice from afar A key I have placed in your heart Come milenio , the answer lies in the question
Come milenio , beyond the despair there is hope The desert may bloom , bewilder the fool So much is left unrevealed You haven't a clue , a womb or a tomb Look into a flower you'll see fruit Come milenio , may fire make peace with water
Come milenio , a fist ends with open hand Remember the flames , forget not the pains Let's not make the same mistake Surrender the grudge , embrace the unloved The curses no longer beheld Come milenio , may tears shed not out of sorrow Come milenio , may we cherish what we've borrowed 10/31/2005 At Seventeen (performed by Yu Chyi)I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear skinned smiles Who married young and then retired The Valentines I never knew The Friday night charades of youth Were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen I learned the truth And those of us with ravaged faces
Lacking in the social graces Desperately remained at home Inventing lovers on the phone Who called to say "Come dance with me" And murmured vague obscenities It isn't all it seems at seventeen A browneyed girl in hand me downs
Whose name I never could pronounce Said "Pity please the ones who serve, They only get what they deserve" And the rich relationed home town queen Marries into what she needs With a guarantee of company and heaven for the elderly Remember those who win the game
Lose the love they sought to gain In debentures of quality and dubious integrity The small town eyes would gape at you in dull surprise When payment due exceeds accounts received at seventeen To those of us who knew the pain
Of Valentines that never came And those whose names were never called When choosing sides for basketball It was lyng ago and far away The world was younger than today And dreams were all they gave for free To ugly duckling girls like me We all played the game and when we dared
To cheat ourselves at solitaire Inventing lovers on the phone Repenting other lives unknown They call and say "Come dance with me" And murmur vague obscenities At ugly girls like me at seventeen 9/27/2005 最近觉得还不错的新专辑X&Y by Coldplay... 从第一次听到trouble开始就决定fan他们了，撇开地域赋予他们气质的不同，他们总让我想起Savage Garden(是不是有人要给我做西红柿炒蛋了?) 主唱的声音是我喜欢的那种男声，比较忧郁，但是不沉重，配乐不落俗套。不过现在fan他们的人越来越多了，千万别变坏啊……
Wild Flower by Sherl Crow... 和Shania Twain的新专辑比，可听度和创造性都要高。
Jagged Little Pill Acoustic by Alanis Morissette... 风格又变了，汗……不过貌似她一直在变。但是好像那种听到Uninvited时候的震撼没了，毕竟看过电影再听电影插曲在营造气氛上还是更加立体一点。
Home On The Highways by Alison Krauss And Union Station... Alison Krauss 同学的Now that I've found you真是惊艳，她的嗓子几乎是完美的，又松弛，又有质感，甜美却不腻，而且还是个金发的ppmm，啧啧。Union Station的bluegrass和alison早期风格的搭配真的蛮好玩的。
K.D.Lang的一些……早期是个很成功的乡村歌手，后来改pop了，喜欢这样的声线，中声区很宽，很温暖。不过一开始没看出来她是女的，再汗....
The Gentle Giant by Don Williams... 都是老歌，Don Williams出品，品质保证，纯正乡村感觉。
Guilty Pleasures by Babra Streisand... 一直觉得她的个人魅力>歌曲魅力。她的专辑最大的特点，就是永远拥有一种情调，至于听完了记不记得住，倒是次要的了。
最后，顺子的新专辑快出吧，齐豫献声给佛教后，剩下港台就她比较耐听了，拜托拜托~ |
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