Sampling machinery： 取樣中、製造中

這樣分類很不負責任，不過，就這樣做吧：
老楊 (Neil Young) 並不是一直都這麼老的。
所以，可以粗分為老老楊，和小老楊。



老老楊，2005年。

我很喜歡老楊。可以說從聽老楊，我才真正開始認真的 ”聽” 音樂、聽歌詞、聽進去那些以前我覺得不好 ”聽” 就丟在一邊的音樂。

這張專輯是朋友送我的，(事實上是我A的？還是他欠我500塊練團費打死都不還說好啦拿3張CD抵債的？) 是我第一次專心的聽老楊。









老楊當然做過很多糟糕的歌。
不過令我喜歡的是他一直都持續做一些不聳動、不絢爛、不點點點的東西，然後，就這麼做了下來。
老崔讓人覺得雖然仍然有婉約的一面，但是心中永遠有著一把彭派的火燒著。不是說不好，只是對吾輩而言，時間一長，就有點受不了。(那真的是你嗎？如果是，那你一定是小時候李自成看太多啦。闖王，恕李岩不才，讓牛金星那廝把你給拉了過去…)
聽老崔的音樂我文章可以一篇接著一篇寫，可時間一長，我開始感到空空洞洞的。聽老楊的音樂，我還真不知道寫些什麼好，可是，就真喜歡。

老楊則是偶而會熱血沸騰一下，譬如Freedom或是921之後那張叫什麼來著的專輯 (為什麼 Rockin’ in the Free World 會紅成那樣啊？吾輩深感難聽是也… )。
但是，大部分的時候，他就只是老楊。

廢話不多說。本格風格之108，不管怎麼繞都會繞回這樣的東西，尤其是在這樣一個颱風早晨，涼風徐徐，連那隻貓還在冰箱上睡覺的時候。

Music Arcade / Broken Arrow / 1996

Have you ever been lost
Have you ever been found out
Have you ever felt all alone
At the end of the day
Yeah I'm talkin' bout gettin' down
Take it easy - there's no one around
Just a mirror and you and me
And the TV screen

I was walkin down main street
Not the sidewalk but main street
Dodgin' traffic with flyin' feet
That's how good I felt
Took a spin in the laundromat
Played a game in the music arcade
Kept winnin' while the band played
That's how good I felt

Have you ever been lost
Have you ever been found out
Have you ever felt all alone
At the end of the day
Yeah I'm talkin' bout gettin' down
Take it easy - there's no one around
Just a mirror and you and me
And the TV sky

Have you ever been singled out
By a hungry man
You're listening to the radio
He's washin' your window
When you look in those vacant eyes
How does it harmonize
With the things that you do?
That's how good I felt

Have you ever been lost
Have you ever been found out
Have you ever felt all alone
At the end of the day
Yeah I'm talkin' bout gettin' down
Take it easy - there's no one around
Just a mirror and you and me
And the TV screen

There's a comet in the sky tonight
Makes me feel like I'm alright
I'm movin' pretty fast
For my size
I really didn' mean to stay
As long as I have
So I'll be movin' on

專輯發行那一年，1996年，老楊51歲。
同樣的孤獨，我們來看看小老楊是怎麼說的：









Helpless / De Javu (CSNY) / 1970
There is a town in north ontario,
With dream comfort memory to spare,
And in my mind I still need a place to go,
All my changes were there.

Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
Yellow moon on the rise,
Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes.
Leave us：
Helpless, helpless, helpless
Baby can you hear me now?
The chains are locked and tied across the door,
Baby, sing with me somehow.

Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
Yellow moon on the rise,
Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes.
Leave us

Helpless, helpless, helpless.


那一年，老楊25歲。



孤獨是美麗的嗎？
孤獨，會帶著一抹美麗的色彩嗎？
孤獨可以用美麗來點綴嗎？
我們可以因為看到美麗，而不再掩面哭泣嗎？

我一直都在說不灰暗不灰暗因為還有美，和所有一點一點的感動云云。
但是，這絕對是兩回事。
本來就是兩回事。

活過兩個25歲的老老楊啊。我比較聽得進去你現在正唱著的：

Yeah I'm talkin' bout gettin' down
Take it easy - there's no one around
Just a mirror and you and me
And the TV screen

這很灰暗嗎？是的。就是 這麼灰暗。對不起，以前我都誤導了你們。
不過，同時存在 的是，如同老老楊說的：

There's a comet in the sky tonight
Makes me feel like I'm alright
I'm movin' pretty fast
For my size

I really didn' mean to stay
As long as I have
So I'll be movin' on

聽到他唱完 "I'm movin' pretty fast" 之後，小小聲的說了句 "for my size..."
我忍不住大笑了起來...

So, I'll be movin' on。





Walk on，老老楊。






嗯 ... Johnnie Walker 有付老楊版權費嗎？
好好的一句歌詞突然變成slogan實在是...