21st Century Schizoid Man

說到U2,無論他們(或Bono)風格怎麼變,這幾年來也收了六七張專輯了,個人favorite是1988年Rattle and Hum,現在聽到"Van Dieman's Land"與"All I Want is You"還會感動地起雞皮疙瘩. 雖然最優秀專輯應該還是Achtung Baby,而且可能還是九十年代最偉大之一,但情緒上的偏愛倒也勉強不來就是了. 再提一下紀錄片Rattle and Hum裡頭片尾曲"All I Want Is You",高中有段時間很愛,會邊放邊照歌詞本大聲唱,相當耐聽的ballad. 1994年有部Winona Ryder主演的Y.A.電影"Reality Bites"也有用到這首當插曲,雖然最後紅的單曲是"My Sharona"與"Stay".

BTW,我也喜歡U2/Bono的創作當年被用在溫德斯幾部電影時的蒼穹味道,影像與音樂竟能搭配疏離到如此迷人,現在回想起片段仍歷歷在目:

1991 Until the End of the World 直到世界末日
1993 Faraway, So Close 咫尺天涯
2000 The Million Dollar Hotel 百萬大飯店


"All I Want Is You"
Bono/U2

You say you want
Diamonds on a ring of gold
You say you want
Your story to remain untold

But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You say you'll give me
A highway with no one on it
Treasure just to look upon it
All the riches in the night

You say you'll give me
Eyes in a moon of blindness
A river in a time of dryness
A harbour in the tempest
But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You say you want
Your love to work out right
To last with me through the night

You say you want
Diamonds on a ring of gold
Your story to remain untold
Your love not to grow cold

All the promises we break
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

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