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February 1,2007

姊妹們請注意。

Pulp靈魂人物Jarvis Cocker個人大碟自然是所有Britpop迷迫不及待瞻仰的巨作。本來有點怕Jarvis首張單飛作會尖酸刻薄難以下嚥,沒想到極易入耳。

跟最後一張Pulp新作已相隔五年。Jarvis先生,你也四十好幾了,推出作品的頻率可以短一些吧。


Jarvis Cocker, "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time"

只能說由Jarvis Cocker演出中年落魄計程車司機,真是絕妙呀。

聽著Jarvis Cocker這張專輯,腦子也不曉得怎麼搞的,老是想到去年大獲好評的Richard Hawley。


Richard Hawley, "Just Like the Rain"

嘿,還真讓我在YouTube上找到兩人合作的BBC Collective現場表演。


Jarvis Cocker and Richard Hawley on BBC Collective

我認識Pulp的年代其實有點晚,要到他們打滾多年後搭上Britpop風潮時才發現Pulp的存在。想當初Pulp的"Babies"啊……


Pulp, "Babies"

Jarvis Cocker真的完全一副英國變態糟老頭模樣。要是有長這樣的男人說想跟你一起生小孩,趕快報警處理啊,眾家姊妹。

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January 30,2007

食蛇獴狂想曲 II。

大家來來來,來聽伯恩斯坦版的<<藍色狂想曲>>

 

別再說不認識這首曲子,那你就落伍啦。

 

Royal Albert Hall, London, 1976

 

Rhapsody in Blue, 1/2

 

Rhapsody in Blue, 2/2

 

不認識葛希文,起碼也要認識食蛇獴啊。

 

 

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January 24,2007

花名冊:瑪哈莉雅福音。

俗話說,見賢思齊,見不賢而內自省。

聽完Norah Jones新曲,突然好想聽Mahalia Jackson的歌聲。

兩者之間當然沒關係,Norah Jones的歌迷甭緊張。


Mahalia Jackson & Nat King Cole, "Steal Away"

我沒打錯,Nat King Cole要到中途才會加入。耐心點。



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念奴嬌。

Norah Jones新曲。

不怎樣,我覺得。


Norah Jones, "Thinking About You"


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January 23,2007

脛骨。

大家(尤其那些看過Garden State的人們)都愛的The Shins推出新專輯了,標題叫做Wincing the Night Away。悅耳度百分百,開場曲Sleeping Lessons好聽得嚇人。自己上MySpace聽吧。

下面這首是專輯中的"Phantom Limb"。


The Shins, "Phantom Limb"

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2006.01.10 噢,世界顛倒反了!




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January 22,2007

狗尾續貂。

<<人魔前傳>>原著推出後,招致書評和讀者難得一面倒的負面評價。現在就看電影版能否扳回一城。不過似乎不大樂觀,少年漢尼拔的扮相實在不討喜。(或者應該說 -- 駭人吧?)


Hannibal Rising Trailer

這一集的倒楣探員是Dominic West。(應該是吧?)





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水銀洩地。

Subtle這支集合體2006年For Hero: For Fool專輯中的"The Mercury Craze"。MV由挪威 / 日本動畫組合SSSR操刀,概念延續自相同組合大獲好評的前作"F.K.O."、"Long Vein of the Law"及"Swan Meat"(British Animation Awards 2006最佳音樂錄影帶獎)三部曲。

好想買好想買,為什麼都要缺貨?


Subtle, "The Mercury Craze"

When last we left him…
our hero yes was recently diagnosed as last haver
of a most unusual sort of blood.
quite surprised by the news himself,
(and still the genuinely unlucky man)
he now wields his one and only body bag
of this, his now very rare blood.

and so, we find him seated not starved but smalled,
before a really rather serious spread…

his evening's eats have been copped and bequeathed
by the richest of rich who's only child is especially sick…

their fair scared parent eyes reading weak…
yelling help across a good 200 feet of set table
yours far full of edge... perfectly still like straight teeth

It seems so few would know just what to do as the new and improved lucky you,
to be courted and prized as someone else's very own personal blood mine.

b-l-o-o-d
I mean…What if your o-so unique blood… then became the latest craze…

would the dear disparate world not get the wrong/right idea,
You…now owning all your ever so happening blood…
You…sole proprietor of all that priceless red wet…

What if…
What if your blood were then all the rage…
What then…
What if your blood weren't you…

What would you give
in order to get your hands
on the utmost in luxury blood…
only to have yours flushed out completely
and replaced with that of a nice bright white

Would you later pay extra
for your old red tide to be glassed,
sat down, beside your occupied hospital bed.
so that when you were well,
and in your right mind of redwets
and new whites. You just might
indeed, spill your own & old blood.

is there a terrible time to your life that never seems to let up…
is it a terrible time of the great nothing much…
what say you leave your past life's luck in the dust…
and let the miracle most of modern day at your blood…
you know you want it

2006年待望專輯,現在就剩Subtle、Joanna Newsom和The Decemberist沒到手。

言下之意是……








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January 19,2007

花名冊:雪莉。(或,慘綠少男之歌)

本來想找出Anita O'Day版本的"The Ballad of the Sad Young Men",可惜YouTube上沒有。

不過倒是找到Shirley Bassey分別在1976於1979年留下的兩個版本。


Shirley Bassey, "The Ballad of the Sad Young Men." 1976.


Shirley Bassey, "The Ballad of the Sad Young Men." 1979.

Anita O'Day的<慘綠男孩>版本老是讓我想起<<玻璃動物園>>The Glass Menagerie裡頭那個每晚跑去戲院的兒子(每晚上戲院幹啥呢?不管幹啥都行吧……)。Shirley Bassey的版本,無庸置疑,一定是獻給Drag Queen的謳歌。

不管哪個版本,這首歌實在Queer得緊哪。

也會讓我想起許多沒出櫃的劇中人。




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January 18,2007

花名冊:海倫。

最近挺喜歡的女歌手Helen Humes。這位大姊的歌聲甜美可人 -- 似乎噸位越大的黑人女性嗓音越嬌嫩?

史上有天份、有才能、有風格、有特色的歌手多如繁星,但有多少人能登上Ella等三姝的天后地位?

更令人納悶現在那些打混的歌手到底都是怎樣拿到唱片合約的?


Helen Humes, "I'll Cover the Waterfront"。1978年Peter Appleyard的電視節目現場。

Helen Humes於1981年上天堂當仙女去。



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January 17,2007

人類的黎明。

無庸置疑,影史震古鑠今的偉大片段。

我最崇敬(或說是敬畏)的導演Stanley Kubrick曠世名作,2001: A Space Odyssey開場部分。真是高啊,令人寒毛直豎地高啊。迄今依然無人能出其右。


2001: A Space Odyssey

音樂自然是Richard Strauss的Also Sprach Zarathustra <<查拉圖斯特拉如是說>>。這音樂與影像已無法切割。

本篇重點其實是,本人活了好幾十年,到今天才突然醒悟,「查拉圖斯特拉」Zarathustra原來就是教主「瑣羅亞斯德」Zoroaster大人。真是白活了,我。

下面這段就是骨頭變成太空船後的延續,影像同樣經典:外太空的華爾滋。音樂還是由姓史特勞斯的人擔綱,不過這下換成了小史特勞斯Johann Strauss the Younger的<<藍色多瑙河>> An der schönen blauen Donau op. 314 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube)。



所謂文明與蠻荒啊……

同場加映,2001: A Space Odyssey的預告片。


2001: A Space Odyssey

對了,曉得裡頭那台發狂的電腦主機為啥叫Hal嗎?

知道答案者,我的ThinkPad裡頭精采影片借你看……



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