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斧爺一直相當擔心，我拼命聽樓下那張米先生的專輯，人生會變成黑白的。

於是今天，終於把這位帥阿伯轉檔放進小小白，振作了一點點。

小綿喜吱吱笑咪咪強力推薦的是第三首：I'm Your Man，當然是好聽得不得了。

If you want a lover
Ill do anything you ask me to
If you want a boxer
I will step into the ring for you
Im your man


不過倒還驚喜地發現，Joan Baez這張我愛到不行的專輯裡有一首 Famous Blue Raincoat，原來就是Cohen填的詞。

Its four in the morning, the end of december
Im writing you now just to see if youre better
New york is cold, but I like where Im living
Theres music on clinton street all through the evening.

I hear that youre building your little house deep in the desert
Youre living for nothing now, I hope youre keeping some kind of record.

Yes, and jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?

Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
Youd been to the station to meet every train
And you came home without lili marlene

And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobodys wife.

Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see janes awake --

She sends her regards.
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
Im glad you stood in my way.

If you ever come by here, for jane or for me
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.

Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried.

And jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear

-- sincerely, l. cohen

好啦帥阿伯，禮拜五見啦！
（雖然我還沒研究清楚到底要去哪裡取票？還有到底要去哪裡看電影？？？）

嘿嘿嘿，小綿，臥斧，這可不是BOSSA NOVA了吧。

當然是因為＜CLOSER＞這部電影買的，而且還發現音樂館的樂評還真是具有促購魔力（賈西亞這不會是你你你搞的鬼吧）。

最迷的當然還是＜CLOSER＞的片頭片尾曲了，也是一首可以把三魂六魄全給吸出來的歌啊。


The Blower's Daughter
Damien Rice

And so it is just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time

And so it is the shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky

I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you...

And so it is just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time

And so it is the colder water
The Blower's daughter
The pupil in denial

I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you...

Ooh - did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to leave it all behind?

i can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you...

My mind...my mind...
Til I find somebody new

週末回家，試聽新裝的大喇叭跟環繞音響。

好好好，我承認啦，我真的不太講究這個，咦說到這有人不是要買喇叭給我？

老爸老媽的等級當然不同凡響，聽這張從國中聽到大，早就刮到花的CD，首先要把窗簾先都拉上（免得窗外路燈礙了眼，或是小松鼠楊繼青跑來探頭探腦）；接著要關上大燈，只開立燈，調到半暗，才是剛好的情調；再來，還要點上蠟燭，讓燭火增添一點溫柔的氣息。

然後，就是PAVAROTTI登場了。

怎會有如此絕美的歌喉呢？飽滿，從容，莊嚴而富有感情，每一首，彷彿都要唱到靈魂的最裡面，把心吸出來。

我好久沒聽歌劇了，這一首，後來一直在腦子裡轉：

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

I can think of younger days when living for my life
Was everything a man could want to do.
I could never see tomorrow, but I was never told about the sorrow.

And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again.

I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees
And misty memories of days gone by
We could never see tomorrow, noone said a word about the sorrow.

And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again.

這是我愛了半年多的超級經典專輯，
放在MP3裡，上下班我百聽不厭。

聽說，這場演唱會，是在西班牙的鬥牛場演出，
當時剛好有暴風雨，狂風暴雨下，
聽眾們仍熱情地擠滿了鬥牛場，
那畫面，光聽光想像就很讓人熱血澎湃。

讓我想到在愛丁堡看TATOO時，
也是穿著雨衣，熱情用力地鼓著掌，
大雨澆不熄觀眾的熱情，
反而襯著微紫的天光，
織出一幕浪漫之極的景象。