音樂是這世界上最美好的事

Wilco要出一張叫Wilco的專輯、裡頭有首叫Wilco的歌、周邊商品全部都叫Wilco（T恤 Wilco (The Shirt)、包包 Wilco (The Tote)）、封面還是個超大W駱駝駝峰？若事情發生在某男孩偶像團體，也許驚嚇程度會稍緩，但偏偏是嚴肅老伯Jeff Tweedy的鬼主意…呃，那就稀奇了！撇開搞笑藝人的才華，自《Summerteeth》與Pitchfork打了十顆星的搖滾歷史經典《Yankee Hotel Foxtrot》起，Wilco便始終是自己情緒低迴時的隨行旅店...

這首〈Wilco〉如此開場：「你會否覺得，這不是你要的生活…」。生命艱難，沒關係，Wilco愛你。

Wilco - Wilco (The Song)




Wilco - Wilco (The Song)
Are you under the impression
This isn't your life?
Do you dabble in depression?
Is someone twisting a knife in your back?
Are you being attacked?
Oh, this is a fact that you need to know

Oh

Wilco
Wilco
Wilco will love you baby

Are times getting tough?
Are the roads you travel rough?
Have you had enough of the old?
Tired of being exposed to the cold?
Stare at your stereo
Put on your headphones before you explode

Oh

Wilco
Wilco
Wilco will love you baby

There's so many wars that just can't be won
Even before the battle's begun
This is an aural arms open wide
A sonic shoulder for you to cry on

Wilco
Wilco will love you baby

Is someone twisting a knife in your back?
Are you being attacked?
Oh this is a fact that you need to know

Oh

Wilco
Wilco
Wilco
Wilco will love you baby




而加拿大民謠才女Feist，也展露早先與同鄉嘻哈怪傑Mocky合唱〈Fightin' Away The Tears〉的溫柔唱腔，攜手Jeff Tweedy合音的〈You And I〉，堪稱年度最動人情歌。此外，〈Country Disappeared〉、〈You Never Know〉、〈Everlasting Everything〉還曲曲動聽！

拾回了《Summerteeth》時期簡約的樸素感，《Wilco》膽敢自號「同名專輯」，在心底溫熱好幾遍後，才懂。

Wilco - You And I




Wilco - You And I
You and I
We might be strangers
How ever close we get sometimes
It's like we never met

But you and I
I think we can take it
All the good with the bad
Make something that no one else has, But

You and I
You and I

Me and You
What can we do
When the words we use sometimes
Are misconstrued

I won't guess
What's coming next
I can't ever tell
You're the deepest well I've ever fallen into

Oh I don't want to know
Oh I don't want to know
Oh I don't need to know
Everything about you

Oh, I don't want to know
And you don't need to know
That much about me

You and I
We might be strangers
How ever close we get sometimes
It's like we never met

But you and I
I think we can take it
All the good with the bad
Make something that no one else has

You and I




後記
每個人都有人生被擊倒的時候，例如前陣子的我也不免躊躇沮喪了好一會。音樂可能改變不了現狀，甚至從美好聲音回到現實時更有巨大反差。

這時候沒人能告訴你，聽音樂能改變什麼。但我想說的是，音樂無法改變什麼，但它能陪在你旁邊，像一個總是懂你心事的好朋友（因為能自己挑歌聽嘛）。每天有好多好多的音樂從身邊流過，但真正能打入心扉，陪你十年的不多。

Wilco正是我的好朋友。

這幾個月 ，我把〈Wilco (The Song)〉設成手機來電鈴聲，因為某種程度上，「Wilco、Wilco」聽起來很像「We'll Call、We'll Call」，總是心安的覺得Jeff Tweedy呼喚我接聽電話的感覺，讓接電話那種急迫性變得很溫和。

Wilco, You and I. We might be strangers.
How ever close we get sometimes.


Wilco - Wilco The Song (Lowlands 2009)


Letterman開封面的玩笑很白痴...
Wilco w/Feist - You and I (David Letterman 7/14/09)


Wilco - Country Disappeared


Wilco - You Never Know


Wilco - Everlasting Everything


Wilco - Deeper Down


專輯封面（咦～怎麼沒人？）


詞本背面（喔～跑到這裡啦！）

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