January 5,2007
Sparklehorse:帶走陽光的夢幻低迷

在誠品聽到〈Don't Take My Sunshine Away〉的第一個片段,沒騙你,真的有種眼淚要奪眶而出的感覺,lo-fi呢喃低語、pop爽朗鼓擊,推陳至中段再予以哀戚弦樂,煽情的恰到好處的時候,更來了醒腦的noise回歸lo-fi作結。實在太銷魂了、太黯然了!他們是Sparklehorse(天馬樂團),這是他們的第四張專輯《Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain》。

以Mark Linkous為首的Sparklehorse,基本上就是真的以他為主,再找來其他樂手作歌的單人團體。1995年發行專輯名超長的《Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot》後即獲得各界讚譽,但卻在在巡迴演出時,Linkous因為酗酒問題而差點掛,曾一度心跳停止兩~三分鐘,還差點丟掉兩條腿。
或許也因為這樣的瀕死經驗,Linkous於98年發表的《Good Morning Spider》有著「鬱悶卻帶有希望的痛調」,更受大家喜愛;2001年聽起來Life一點也不Wonderful的《It's A Wonderful Life》發行,包括Tom Waits、PJ Harvey、Nina Persson(羊毛衫女主唱)都名列助陣行列。
以上我都來不及參與,幸好今年趕上了《Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain》,這張請來(嘻哈)音樂製作人Dangermouse開發不同樣貌的專輯,從首曲低喃希冀情人別離開的滿地心碎,到〈Ghost In The Sky〉〈It's Not So Hard〉的草根暴烈...聽著聽著,無論如何峰迴路轉,再怎樣都無法忘懷Linkous的夢幻低迷,往外走出,嘴裡仍輕哼著:Please don't take my...sunshine away...
試聽:Sparklehorse @ myspace
Sparklehorse / Don't Take My Sunshine Away
Your face is like the sun sinking into the ocean
Your face is like watching flowers growing in fast motion
All your kisses i swallowed
Brightened mornings and hollows
My vines and tree knots will come unwound
Baby you are my sunshine
My sunshine
Please don't take my sunshine away
The grounded fireflies are little stars that are dying
Returning to the earth i can hear them crying
Like christmas bulbs that i swallowed
Slept in a tree that's gone hollow
And never a brittle wintertime
Baby you are my sunshine
My sunshine
Please don't take my sunshine away
Sunshine
My sunshine
Please don't take my sunshine away
歌詞來源
圖片來源:Sparklehorse官方網站
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當週遭好奇的人群趨前看究竟是哪張專輯讓你如此動容的時候
看見Sparklehorse
大家應該都心領神會的默默點頭吧 :)
當週遭好奇的人群趨前看究竟是哪張專輯讓你如此動容的時候
看見Sparklehorse
大家應該都心領神會的默默點頭吧 :)
Posted by bow
at January 5,2007 10:06
有沒有人也一齊點點頭的
Posted by Elvis
at January 9,2007 01:20
點頭
Posted by ClouD
at January 31,2007 19:38
點頭
Posted by 阿咪
at June 3,2007 00:12
當那聲電吉他劃破寂靜時
猛力點頭
猛力點頭
Posted by Sparklehorse愛好者
at June 18,2007 17:21

