January 16,2006
Joy Division & New Order
Joy Division -- Closer (1980)
Joy Division -- Still (1981)
New Order -- The Best of New Order (1995)
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Joy Division -- Still (1981)
New Order -- The Best of New Order (1995)

December 8,2005
Rembering Lennon
認識我比較深的朋友大都知道我最崇敬的音樂家只有兩位,一是Beethoven,另一位就是John Lennon。Lennon在二十五年前的今天(Dec 8, 1980)在紐約上西區家門口 (Dakota Building)遭遇不幸,不曉得若Lennon活到今天能否影響這個世界更多?
每年這時候把他的LP唱片與CD拿出來聽一聽似乎已經變成一種儀式,今年當然也不例外。明天下班後要去台中度個小假順便過過生日,帶什麼音樂過去放呢? 那就來點激烈前衛的Sometime in New York City/Live Jam吧,雖然不常聽,但光想像Plastic Ono Band與The Mothers of Invention的組合想必會很過癮的。也把Live in New York City帶去好了,是的,那張CD裡有那首Imagine等可以讓我吟詠許久的名曲。
"People say I'm crazy doing what I'm doing. Well, they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin. When I say that I'm OK they look at me kind of strange. Surely you're not happy now you no longer play the game. I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round. I really love to watch them roll. No longer riding on the merry-goround. I just had to let it go..."
--John Lennon
每年這時候把他的LP唱片與CD拿出來聽一聽似乎已經變成一種儀式,今年當然也不例外。明天下班後要去台中度個小假順便過過生日,帶什麼音樂過去放呢? 那就來點激烈前衛的Sometime in New York City/Live Jam吧,雖然不常聽,但光想像Plastic Ono Band與The Mothers of Invention的組合想必會很過癮的。也把Live in New York City帶去好了,是的,那張CD裡有那首Imagine等可以讓我吟詠許久的名曲。
"People say I'm crazy doing what I'm doing. Well, they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin. When I say that I'm OK they look at me kind of strange. Surely you're not happy now you no longer play the game. I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round. I really love to watch them roll. No longer riding on the merry-goround. I just had to let it go..."
--John Lennon

November 1,2005
August 31,2005
Living Colour
Living Colour
Time's Up
來自紐約,許多樂迷一直把他們定位成唱重金屬的純黑人團體,其實他們絕非池中物。他們後期真的是因為江郎才盡而淪為普通樂團,但在處女作Vivid與Time's Up時期他們則是紐約下東區頂尖的實驗樂團之一。每位團員在組成之前都大有來頭,如吉他手Vernon Reid曾是Ronald Shannon Jackson實驗爵士大樂隊的一員,也曾與Bill Laswell合作。這張專輯延續Living Colour一貫尖銳的政治態度與直言批判的歌詞,加上商業取向的流行旋律。雖然沒有當初前作Vivid所帶給樂壇的衝擊,但也是值得一聽的佳作。
Time's Up
來自紐約,許多樂迷一直把他們定位成唱重金屬的純黑人團體,其實他們絕非池中物。他們後期真的是因為江郎才盡而淪為普通樂團,但在處女作Vivid與Time's Up時期他們則是紐約下東區頂尖的實驗樂團之一。每位團員在組成之前都大有來頭,如吉他手Vernon Reid曾是Ronald Shannon Jackson實驗爵士大樂隊的一員,也曾與Bill Laswell合作。這張專輯延續Living Colour一貫尖銳的政治態度與直言批判的歌詞,加上商業取向的流行旋律。雖然沒有當初前作Vivid所帶給樂壇的衝擊,但也是值得一聽的佳作。
August 22,2005
King, Carol
Carole King是我高中以來的偶像,以前就喜歡她那青春芬芳、直言無悔的感情態度與那稍微沙啞的自然嗓音。或許跟市場上流行的甜美女聲不同,也不能算是美女,但我就愛那樣的調調,像鄰家大姐姐般緩緩地訴說自己的心情故事和人生觀。
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