loveless

Depeche Mode-A Question Of Lust

Fragile
Like a baby in your arms
Be gentle with me
I'd never willingly
Do you harm

Apologies
Are all you ever seem to get from me
But just like a child
You make me smile
When you care for me
And you know...

It's a question of lust
It's a question of trust
It's a question of not letting
What we've built up
Crumble to dust
It is all of these things and more
That keep us together

Independence
Is still important for us though (we realise)
It's easy to make
The stupid mistake
Of letting go (do you know what I mean)

My weakness
You know each and every one (it frightens me)
But I need to drink
More than you seem to think
Before I'm anyone's
And you know...

It's a question of lust
It's a question of trust
It's a question of not letting
What we've built up
Crumble to dust
It is all of these things and more
That keep us together

Kiss me goodbye
When I'm on my own
But you know that I'd
Rather be home

It's a question of lust
It's a question of trust
It's a question of not letting
What we've built up
Crumble to dust
It is all of these things and more
That keep us together

上禮拜去大強店裡拿唱片,無意間聽到這個名為Exist的新團,雖然沒有以CD形式做單曲發行,但是從大強手中仍然取得了四首熱騰騰的MP3,而從拿到的那一刻起,我的電腦和iTunes似乎沒辦法停止播放他們的歌曲.

其來有自,Exist承襲了所有英倫巨星的氣質:主唱Matt很有Bobby Gillespie的韻味,同時音樂上也遺傳著Primal Scream / Stone Roses / Oasis / Kasabian等等樂團的迷幻風骨."Just Another Stranger","Spider And Saints"頹廢的有型極了,不過樂團也可以創作出像"Nothing Last"這樣美麗的慢板迷幻歌曲,優秀的表現令人無法忽視他們往後的發展!

有興趣者可至www.myspace.com/existweb下載他們的歌曲,Enjoy!

Bloc Party -Two More Years

In two more years, my sweetheart, we will see another view
such longing for the past for such completion
What was once golden has now turned a shade of grey
I've become crueler in your presence

They say: 'be brave, there's a right way and a wrong way'
This pain won't last for ever, this pain won't last for ever

Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years so hold on

You've cried enough this lifetime, my beloved polar bear
Tears to fill a sea to drown a beacon
To start anew all over, remove those scars from your arms
To start anew all over more enlightened

I know, my love, this is not the only story you can tell
This pain won't last for ever, this pain won't last for ever

Two more years...
You don't need to find answers for questions never asked of you
You don't need to find answers

dead weights and balloons
drag me to you
dead weights and balloons
to sleep in your arms
i've become crueler since i met you
ive become rougher, this world is killing me

we cover our lies with handshakes and smiles
we try to remember our alibis
we tell lies to our parents he hide in their rooms
we bury our secrets in the garden
of course we could never make this love last
i said of course we could never make this love last
the only love we know is love for ourselves
we bury our secrets in the garden




動人的窩心情歌小品
真希望我也能寫出這樣的歌呀！

前幾天收到小白兔的電子報,說進了I love you but I've chosen darkness的新專輯,推薦寫說"喜歡Joy Division又不怕吵的人可以聽",於是趁著去The Wall包艾蜜莉表演門票的時候買了這張專輯.

果不期所然的好聽啊!尤其是"Acording To Plan"這首歌,凶狠、冷酷無情的bassline更是激起我沉睡已久的熱情 (大概是我近期聽過最屌的bass演奏) ! 音樂風格泛著八零年代的闇黑氛圍的他們,彷彿是當年在Hacienda演奏的樂隊一般,更爆的是,這支樂隊居然是來自美國德州,一個和Post-Punk八竿子打不着的地方!

或許沒有來時尚之都紐約出身的Interpol來的有型,也不及Colder的摩登電氣化和病態美,不過他們的音樂内容確實緊湊,配合起這個絕望的團名,這張專輯真的讓人耳目一新!

期待許久,來自Leeds的iForward,Russia!終於出了首張專輯"Give Me A Wall",滿足了之前只能在網路上下載現場bootleg版本的我.

iForward,Russia!流著Disco-Punk,Punk-Funk的血液,主唱Tom Woodhead有著標準後叛客的歇斯底里唱功(還是嘶吼? Whatever...),這也使得他們的音樂除了熱血沸騰之外也帶著種種不安的情緒.除了稍早發表的單曲"Nine"跟"Twelve"都是舞池內跳舞的上乘之選外,專輯中"Nineteen"的狂喜合成loop,以及帶有迷幻吉他的中慢板歌曲"Sixteen"也是樂隊在發行專輯前從來沒有聽過的新嘗試.

專輯由樂隊自創廠牌Dance To The Radio出版.另外很有趣地,他們的歌曲都是由數字來命名,不知道大家有沒有發現?

Brian Eno的確是大師中的大師,在我高中三年級的時候,為了麻痺考試所帶來的種種壓力,總是喜歡在Eno的音樂裡尋找一種寧靜和解放,尤其是"Another Green World"這張專輯最深得我心.

而在2005年,Eno出版了一張名為"Another Day on Earth"的新專輯,碟中的歌曲沒有著他一貫的靜溢的ambient聲響,而是將downbeats鼓聲和各式各樣的環境音效共冶一爐.

開場曲"This"有著漂亮的鼓點和肥厚的bassline , "And Then So Clear"緩慢的節拍和讓人馳放的祥和共唱, 就彷彿是宗教為人們帶來希望一般,我始終相信Eno是一位先知, 我願意持續地跟隨他, 讓他溫暖甜美的風琴鍵音撫平生活中的一切苦痛......

這張專輯,就像我高中時代聽的"Another Green World"一樣 , 像是迷幻藥般的讓人上癮,卻也達到了醫治心靈的作用.

就是這樣的歌聲!能夠讓我感到如此的欣喜若狂的不過就是這樣的唱腔!
從這幾年紅到不行的Paul Banks ( Interpol ) , Tom Smith ( Editors ) , Justin Warfield ( She Wants Revenge )一路下來,這樣的聲音永遠不嫌多!

來自英國雪菲爾德的"Letters & Colours"的處男單曲"Confrontation / Bigger than life"有著清脆明亮的吉他和那源自於Ian Curtis焦慮的乾扁嗓音,說什麼都要搶一張來聽聽!先前在myspace上,主唱Gerry還跑來敝團的小版上稱讚了一番,除了80年代的病弱美男子風情,親切的作風也讓人難忘,所以本人一定要強力推薦一下的!

http://www.myspace.com/lettersandcolours 在此可下載三首demo.

在曼徹斯特獨立廠牌Akoustik Anarkhy去年所發表的合輯中,除了Nine Black Alps出道前的作品"Over The Ocean"讓我十分喜愛之外,Autokat的"The Driver"怪異奇趣的風情也深得我心.

無論是好聽的吉他泛音,憋腳可愛的刷扣和對於歌聲的處理,Autokat的手法都有種令人耳目一新的感覺.一向鍾情較為黑暗音樂的我,也被這個充滿童趣的新團所吸引.同時我也辭窮了,因為真的不知道該用怎樣的形容詞來形容這樣好玩的東西,總之是種會讓人心情頓時開朗很多,感染力強又快樂的好音樂!

Autokat的新單曲"Dish Out"即將上市,同時根據我和該團在Myspace的聯繫,首張專輯會在下半年出版!

http://www.myspace.com/autokat

身為另類搖滾樂團,永遠讓聽眾感到新鮮的實驗態度是非常重要的,這一點在精神導師Sonic Youth的第一張同名ep即可看出.

早先這張專輯的入手相當困難,已成為忠實樂迷心中的夢幻逸品.不過好在Geffen唱片將其重新混音加上Bonus Live並以CD型式再度發行.Thurston Moore的無調性吉他和弦和Kim Gordon那乾枯的bassline在這個時候已經略有雛形,但是比起日後的"Goo","Daydream Nation","Dirty"這幾張專輯較為容易入耳的作品起來,這張作品聽起來非常生澀卻帶著幾分英倫後龐克的漫不經心,神經質直逼The Fall和Section 25.而碟中收錄該團在1981年珍貴的現場錄音,蓄勢待發的即興演奏令人難以喘息!

雋永的音樂通常都有著美麗的旋律,但是像Sonic Youth樹立的這種粗糙的實驗美學,在將近25年後的今天聽起來仍然是那樣的有啟發性.

倫敦樂隊Battle號稱是Bloc Party的頭號敵人,除了都擁有黑人主唱的編制,主唱/鍵盤/吉他手Jason Bavanandan唱的根本是Robert Smith的超級翻版!樂隊剛發行的新單曲"Tendency"除了流暢編曲更是泛著一股黑暗的美學.Interpol出道後似乎每年都會選出我心中的低調黑暗Art-Punk最佳樂團,而在Letters & Colours尚未推出處男單曲前,我已經忍不住將今年心中黑暗之王的名號給Battle冠上.

官方網站和Myspace可下載前三張單曲.
http://www.myspace.com/thisisbattle
http://www.thisisbattle.com