April 11,2009
M. Ward《Hold Time》

儘管對於各種音樂類型都算來者不拒,但我骨子裡還是深愛著復古民謠、另類鄉村等適合倚靠在西岸吧台邊下酒的歌曲,為誠懇溫醇的嗓音買醉。我始終覺得老派是件很棒的事,有如 M. Ward 的歌聲,簡單、雋永地唱著對舊
時光的緬懷。
認識 M. Ward 是從《Transfiguration of Vincent》開始,若與其他民謠歌手相較,我最喜歡他所展現質樸的那面,捨棄繁複的編制,沒有效果器、沒有電子節拍,甚至有時候只用一把空心吉他,就足以負荷他所有的情感,真切地。而年初發行的第六張最新專輯《Hold Time》,同樣以他最擅長的優美旋律串起十四首草根味濃厚的民謠作品。
同名單曲〈Hold Time〉以悠揚的弦樂作為基底,期間吉他緩緩撥動,詞句
行裡更流露不可抑制的憂傷氣息:
You were beyond comprehension tonight
But I understood, I understood
If only I could hold time
Hold time, hold time
Words have failed me tonight, failed me tonight
But you knew what I meant, you knew what I meant
Yeah, you heard what I said the whole time
The whole time, the whole time
And I wrote this song about it
'Cause I didn't care about anyone in this photograph
Yeah, I wrote this song just to remember the endless
Endless summer in your life, endless summer in your life
而〈Never Had Nobody Like You〉則展現另外一種輕鬆愉悅的情懷,與翻唱自 Buddy Holly 的〈Rave On〉皆邀來去年共組 She & Him 並且大獲商業成功的 Zooey Deschanel 幫襯;已解散的前 Grandaddy 主腦 Jason Lytle 亦暢快獻聲〈To Save Me〉且大展琴藝;〈Oh Lonesome Me〉裡我們更聽見藍調女將 Lucinda Williams 將其滄桑歌喉揉合於扣人心弦的慢板曲調之中;最終 M. Ward 送上近四分鐘的演奏曲〈Outro〉,如臨荒涼寂靜的深秋,催淚度百分之百。
在 She & Him 裡,M. Ward 扮演著最佳綠葉與功不可沒的幕後推手;如今回到初始的歌手/創作者角色上, M. Ward 仍舊沒讓人失望,當眾多樂迷還在等待 She & Him 的《Volume Two》面世同時,我已先將《Hold Time》在年度最愛榜單算上一個席次。



同名單曲〈Hold Time〉以悠揚的弦樂作為基底,期間吉他緩緩撥動,詞句
行裡更流露不可抑制的憂傷氣息:
You were beyond comprehension tonight
But I understood, I understood
If only I could hold time
Hold time, hold time
Words have failed me tonight, failed me tonight
But you knew what I meant, you knew what I meant
Yeah, you heard what I said the whole time
The whole time, the whole time
And I wrote this song about it
'Cause I didn't care about anyone in this photograph
Yeah, I wrote this song just to remember the endless
Endless summer in your life, endless summer in your life
而〈Never Had Nobody Like You〉則展現另外一種輕鬆愉悅的情懷,與翻唱自 Buddy Holly 的〈Rave On〉皆邀來去年共組 She & Him 並且大獲商業成功的 Zooey Deschanel 幫襯;已解散的前 Grandaddy 主腦 Jason Lytle 亦暢快獻聲〈To Save Me〉且大展琴藝;〈Oh Lonesome Me〉裡我們更聽見藍調女將 Lucinda Williams 將其滄桑歌喉揉合於扣人心弦的慢板曲調之中;最終 M. Ward 送上近四分鐘的演奏曲〈Outro〉,如臨荒涼寂靜的深秋,催淚度百分之百。
在 She & Him 裡,M. Ward 扮演著最佳綠葉與功不可沒的幕後推手;如今回到初始的歌手/創作者角色上, M. Ward 仍舊沒讓人失望,當眾多樂迷還在等待 She & Him 的《Volume Two》面世同時,我已先將《Hold Time》在年度最愛榜單算上一個席次。



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