November 12,2008
電影Old Boy的主題音樂
今天天氣極好﹐尤其經過昨天的狂風掃過﹐滿地落葉映照難得的陽光﹐從客廳外的落地窗望去﹐風景真是好看。但是﹐我們並沒有出門。。。。。
因為我連續兩天忘記吃藥﹐心情低落不說﹐除了疲倦更是感到胸悶頭疼﹐晚上睡不好﹐午覺也睡不熟﹐我剛剛終於服用了剛病發時候醫生開的安眠藥。
白豆腐先生為了討好我﹐不斷的在網上播放好聽的歌給我聽﹐無意間發現這位來自南韓的吉它天才兒童-- Sungha Jung(鄭成河)﹐今年9月滿12歲的Sungha其實是3年前9歲時候才開始跟著奧地利出生的年輕大師Thomas Leeb學習吉它﹐我和先生在 youtube上面聽得目瞪口呆驚嘆不已。
我尤其喜歡這首韓國電影Old Boy的主題音樂﹐閉上眼睛很難想象演奏者是個10來歲的孩子。這首旋律總是帶給我很多想象畫面。。。。
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=ChpdohoLucs&feature=related
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November 7,2008
人文素養的威力
人文在國家貧窮時,是第一個可以丟棄的東西,但在生死存亡關頭,使士兵為國捐軀的意念,卻是人文素養種下的種子。有天搭高鐵時,有四個年輕人上來,熟練地把座位翻轉,相對暢談旁若無人,我只好強迫收聽,聽到他們在談最近因為五年五百億的分配都在理工而少文法,因此以文法為主的學校出來抗議。這四人異口同聲貶低人文說:無路用,還要分國家發展的錢。他們的語氣使我想起一個故事:美國緬因州有一個教拉丁文、希臘文、修辭學和宗教學的教授叫張伯倫(Joshua Chamberlain),他小時候看過《黑奴籲天錄》,認為蓄奴是極不人道的事,因此當南北戰爭爆發,他便投筆從戎,去作「一個基督徒應該做的事」。一八六三年七月二日,他已升為上校,負責保衛蓋替茨堡南邊的小山丘,這是北軍主力的左翼,如果失守,讓敵人從腹背攻入,則北軍不但失掉這場戰役,也將失掉整場戰爭。張伯倫不是軍事戰略專家,他的軍事知識來自他讀的希臘古詩,但是他了解大局,知道小圓丘的重要性。當阿拉巴馬第十五軍團衝上來搶攻這山頭時,他的緬因州第二十軍團奮力抵抗,擊退敵人五次,這時他發現沒有子彈了,彈盡援絕,敵人在望,他毫不猶疑下令:「上刺刀!」他的部下立刻了解這句話的意義:肉搏戰,以死報國了。張伯倫身先士卒,拿著刺刀大喊一聲衝下山頭,他的兵緊跟在後,喊聲震天衝下去。阿拉巴馬軍團嚇了一跳,認為一定有後援才敢這麼大膽,因此立刻後退,一退便潰不成軍,結果阿拉巴馬軍團投降。蓋替茨堡戰役決定了南北戰爭的勝負。一八六五年四月,南方投降,格蘭將軍(Gen. Grant)派張伯倫去受降接受南軍的國旗,南軍的代表是戈登將軍(Gen. Gordon),敗軍之將不可言勇,戈登惴惴不安,不知要受什麼羞辱。沒想到張伯倫在南軍進來時,下令「立正、敬禮」。他的兵跳起來立正,把手上武器伸出去對敗軍致敬。戈登也回馬,令掌旗官將旗低下回禮。整個會場肅穆,沒有勝利者的喧笑,因為死的是自己的同胞;沒有什麼比兄弟鬩牆更令人痛心的了。這件事被報導後引起爭議,很多人認為張伯倫矮化北軍的勝利。但張伯倫的古典文學教育使他的境界超越一般人的報仇心態。邱吉爾說:作戰時奮戰到底,失敗時全力還擊,勝利時心存寬厚,和平時友好親善。張伯倫顯示了他的心胸。
人文教育是人成為人的核心教育,因為人格是潛移默化的,對是非的判斷,對正確事情「千萬人吾往矣」的勇氣是從人文而來的。張伯倫在喊「上刺刀」時的勇氣與膽識是他平日人文學養的結果,勝利時心存寬厚的風度更是他接受古典教育的表現。人文在國家貧窮時,是第一個可以丟棄的東西,但是在生死存亡關頭,那個使士兵上刺刀肉搏戰為國捐軀的意念,卻是平日孕育的人文素養種下的種子。(作者為陽明大學神經科學研究所教授)
nirvana - smells like teen spirit
你不要失望﹐你不要沮喪﹔更無須找答案。
你需要的是聽歌。。。
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=kPQR-OsH0RQ
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Load up on guns
Bring your friends
Its fun to lose
And to pretend
Shes overboard
Myself assured
I know I know
A dirty word
Hello (x 16)
With the lights out its less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Yea
Im worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
Our little group has always been
And always will until the end
Hello (x 16)
With the lights out its less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Yea
And I forget
Just what it takes
And yet I guess it makes me smile
I found it hard
Its hard to find
Oh well, whatever, nevermind
Hello (x 16)
With the lights out its less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Yea
November 2,2008
Needles and Pins
Needles and Pins
這首是1963年由Jack Nitzsche 和Sonny Bono (當年和16歲的Cher﹐從創作事業到婚姻1962-1975﹐62 歲逝世於1998年一場滑雪意外 )
1964年The Searchers 翻唱 Needles and Pins
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=sXUr1tXlFaQ (這個音樂檔沒有被授權可以擺上來﹐是我覺得非常代表那個披頭年代的經典影音記錄﹐請點連結﹐然後可以比較他們後來在88年﹐下面的演唱版本 )
1988年The Searchers 翻唱 Needles and Pins
1963年原唱版的 Jackie DeShannon
[NEEDLES & PINS]
[Written by: Jack Nitzsche & Sonny Bono
Performed by: Jackie DeShannon -1963
I saw him today, I saw his face.
It was the face I loved,
And I knew I had to run away,
And get down on my knees and pray,
That they'd go away.
But still they begin-a,
Needles and pins-a.
Because of all my pride,
The tears I gotta hide.
Hey, I thought I was smart,
I played his heart.
I didn't think I'd do, but now I see,
She's worse to him than me.
Let him go ahead,
Take her love instead.
And one day he will see,
Just how to say please-a.
Oh, and get down on his knees-a.
Hey, that's how it begins-a.
He'll feel those needles and pins.
A-hurtin' him, a-hurtin' him.
Why can't I stop and,
Tell myself I'm wrong,
I'm wrong, so wrong?
Why can't I stand up and,
Tell myself I'm strong?
Because I saw him today,
I saw his face.
It was the face I loved,
I can't let go, although I know,
He'll make me cry, oh-wo-wo.
Till the day I die.
But people, I gotta live, now.
And, Lord knows, I did forgive, now.
Yay, when it begins-a,
He'll feel those needles and pins,
A-huting him. A-stop it now.
A-stop those needles, stop those pins-a.
Lord when they begin-a,
Oh, won't you hear what I say?
A-somebody, a-take 'em away.
A-stop 'em now, a-stop 'em.
Stop those needles and pins-a.
[Fade.]
Yes, yeah.
Oh, when they begin, I feel...
發表於: Needles & Pins (45 RPM)-1963, Don't Turn Your Back on Me-1964, In
the Wind-1965, Good as Gold!-1990, The Best of Jackie DeShannon-1991 & 2003,
The Very Best of Jackie DeShannon-1996, Classic Masters-2002 , The Ultimate
Jackie DeShannon, et al。
曾經翻唱者: Cher, The Clovers, Herman's Hermits, Gary Lewis & the
Playboys, Chris Norman, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Ramones, The
Raspberries, The Searchers, Del Shannon, Smokie, Bobby Vee, The Ventures,
Paul Weller, et al.]
推出單曲的同年5月﹐Needles and Pins 登上全美排行榜第84名﹐但是在英國和加拿大可是久居冠軍寶座﹐紅極一時。第2年剛剛出道的英國搖滾團體The Searchers及時翻唱男生版﹐成為引人注目和披頭同期的新人團體。
我喜歡歌詞裡那個自己承認搞小聰明﹐玩弄愛情遊戲的小女生﹐看到喜歡的男生跟別的女生跑了﹐一面嫉妒一面詛咒﹐祈求上帝﹐要那對戀人也在不久的將來﹐和現在失意的她一樣的痛苦。真是把年輕的戀情說明的淋離盡至。