无病呻吟

By cminor | 2010 年 10 月 18 日 | 没人评论 In  Life, Music

其实我是有病的,我的肩膀很疼。不知道是我自己的问题,还是搞挨踢的、天天对电脑的都有这破毛病。

但是我要呻吟的和这病一毛钱关系都没有,为这病呻吟的时候那都是因为按摩的盲人师傅太狠了……

无病呻吟是说我本来没什么事儿,但是觉得 blog 空在那里实在是浪费域名和空间的钱,所以有点废话也是好的。

无病呻吟是说我又要准备拿首歌出来感慨一下歌词中的 XX 和 OO 了,就像重回中学时代对着语文卷子分析某某名家选段的中心思想。

嗯,今天准备拿 John Mayer 出来说事儿,这哥们吉他弹得好,木的电的都有一套。几张专辑水准都很不错,歌不错,吉他水准也是相当不错,不过比起他的专辑我更喜欢演唱会,尤其是他和 Steve Jordan 以及 Pino Palladino 的那个 John Mayer Trio,三个都算是牛人,乐器都玩得够牛,Blues 玩得也够劲儿够味儿,虽然他们大多唱的是别人的 cover,比如 Jimi Hendrix。看 John Mayer Trio 的演出很过瘾,就算看 John 童鞋演完一首歌就换一把琴也够爽了。

所以,下面贴一首 John Mayer 的歌,和 trio 没关系的歌……木琴弹的歌,很轻柔,歌词很通俗,不过也算有一点点意思吧。

Stop This Train from Continuum – John Mayer

No I’m not color blind
I know the world is black and white
Try to keep an open mind but…
I just can’t sleep on this tonight
Stop this train I want to get off and go home again
I can’t take the speed it’s moving in
I know I can’t
But honestly won’t someone stop this train

Don’t know how else to say it, don’t want to see my parents go
One generation’s length away
From fighting life out on my own

Stop this train
I want to get off and go home again
I can’t take the speed it’s moving in
I know I can’t but honestly won’t someone stop this train

So scared of getting older
I’m only good at being young
So I play the numbers game to find away to say that life has just begun
Had a talk with my old man
Said help me understand
He said turn 68, you’ll renegotiate
Don’t stop this train
Don’t for a minute change the place you’re in
Don’t think I couldn’t ever understand
I tried my hand
John, honestly we’ll never stop this train

See once in a while when it’s good
It’ll feel like it should
And they’re all still around
And you’re still safe and sound
And you don’t miss a thing
’til you cry when you’re driving away in the dark.

Singing stop this train I want to get off and go home again
I can’t take this speed it’s moving in
I know I can’t
Cause now I see I’ll never stop this train

梅西也爱 Oasis

By cminor | 2010 年 6 月 23 日 | 没人评论 In  Music

来自 NME。。。原文链接:http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/51606

Argentina striker Lionel Messi has said the entire squad wants Oasis to reform to play a “celebration party” for them if they win the World Cup.

Messi says he has become obsessed with Oasis since teammate Carlos Tevez, (who plays for Manchester City, Noel and Liam Gallagher’s club) forced him to listen to the band ahead of the competiton, reports The Sun.

“Ever since he has been playing in Manchester, Carlitos has told me how great Oasis was. I kept promising I would listen to them, but I never got round to it,” Messi explained.

“On the plane on the way to the World Cup Carlitos made me listen to their first two albums. I have to say I wasn’t expecting much but it is some of the best material I have ever heard. They are absolutely amazing. Their songs are incredible. I would have to say ‘Supersonic’ and ‘Live Forever’ are my favourites. I have been listening to their stuff on my iPod dock in the hotel room, on the way to the matches and in the dressing room. I can’t believe it’s taken me all this time to finally listen to them.”

Messi added that initially he didn’t realise the band were no longer together.

“I’ve been watching their live performances on YouTube and they look like they’d be amazing to see in concert. I asked Carlitos if we could go and see them in Manchester or London in concert, but he told me they have split up,” Messi said.

He then added that the team have pledged to get the Gallaghers to put aside their differences should they win the competition – even asking them to “name their price” to reform.

“I showed the rest of the boys in the Argentina squad their stuff and I promise you, everybody absolutely loves it. A few knew a couple of their songs but for most of them it was their first listen. We have agreed that if we win the World Cup we want to fly them over to Argentina for our celebration party. We just need them to name their price.”

Messi may face some competition though, as Noel Gallagher recently claimed he was Italy’s lucky mascot when the country won the last World Cup in 2006.

Hallelujah

By cminor | 2010 年 5 月 30 日 | 没人评论 In  Music

在豆瓣上跟人灌水的时候说到 Leonard Cohen 的 Hallelujah,老爷子的这首歌到现在也算上流芳了 20 多年了,无数的 cover,有不少我觉得比原版还要好,比如 Jeff Buckley 的。

我第一次听这歌就是 Jeff Buckley 的,专辑 Grace,曾经一度在我的播放器里单曲循环。一首好听到找不到词形容的歌,伴奏里的电吉他很平静,Jeff Buckley 的嗓音很棒,很纯净,声音转换以及假声都让人叹服。这首歌(还有其他 Jeff Buckley 的歌)在脆弱的时候听真是让人很心碎……

可惜 Jeff Buckley 死得早,居然跑到河里去游泳,居然还溺水了,第二张专辑准备到一半就英年早逝了。虽然唱片公司赚死人钱把他的一些录音发表出来了,但是要是还活着的话,不知道还会有多少名作。

不说废话,贴歌词……

Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley

I heard there was a secret chord
That david played and it pleased the lord
But you don’t really care for music, do ya?
Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Baby I’ve been here before
I’ve seen this room and I’ve walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew ya
I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch
But love is not a victory march
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Well there was a time when you let me know
What’s really going on below
But now you never show that to me, do ya?
But remember when i moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Well, maybe there’s a god above
But all I’ve ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
And it’s not a cry that you hear at night
It’s not somebody who’s seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah……

例行记事

By cminor | 2010 年 5 月 15 日 | 3 个评论 In  Life, Music

周五一下了班,就找了辆公交火速奔回学校看俺们学校的弦舞音乐节。

之前我就看过一次弦舞,也就是07年那回(再后来好像就没搞过了),很是牛叉,来了好几支有点小名气的乐队,包括刺猬。

今年终于又搭起台子开演了,虽然知名乐队没有上次多(来了南无和雪总),但是校内的乐队同样抢眼,你说这咋能不去呢?

怕赶不上易总,急急忙忙地奔过去,结果时间都往后移了,正赶上好像是个本系出身的乐队 frozen summer,虽然是自己人,但是我还是不敢恭维……说是第一次演出,我觉得更像第二次排练……

后面的 insomnia fault 让我小惊艳了一下(不排除反差所致……),后朋玩得有点意思,女主唱兼吉他手范儿也挺正。我后面一哥们喊“好重塑啊”,还真是有那么点重塑的味道,可惜就是演得太少。Spark 乐队感觉还行,第一首名曲 San Francisco Bay Blues 感觉很好,后面翻唱 Oasis 的 Wonderwall,我喊了好几次来首 Blur,伊们不理我……

接下来的南无和雪总自然不用太多说,总结下来,南无很赞,雪总很赞。后面的麻辣烫当然也很赞,也是自己人的乐队,小龙还是挺有意思,台下众多本校歌迷以及本系死忠那是相当的群情激昂。我对八方乐队的歌没什么感觉,但我对唐翘楚的吉他非常感兴趣,真是不错,啧啧。

最后易总的演出被一煞风景的给搅和了,只好关了音箱大家近距离围观易总弹唱,不过感觉超级好,以这种方式结束整个晚上也算是比较完美了。

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另,俺终于败了一台50D,俺要开始玩照相了,哼唧。。。

缩水五一

By cminor | 2010 年 5 月 4 日 | 没人评论 In  Life, Music

在学校的时候还不能明确地感觉到五一缩水得如此严重,工作了发现实在是有点少,只是周末多了一天而已。不过多睡一天懒觉总是好的,所以还是知足吧。

最杯具的是到了五一发现只能自己出去玩,除了在墙角画圈圈之外,也就只能混迹于演出场所了。草莓有点远,迷笛不好玩,嗯 D22 四周年店庆演出,阵容强大,离得够近,还可以近距离观察一下守望。

早就对 D22 的美国老板 Michael Pettis 有所耳闻,北大教授、前清华教授等等,特意上网搜了一下,BusinessWeek 2009 年有篇关于他的文章

The bartender is Michael Pettis, a veteran New York banker who moved to China seven years ago to teach finance to graduate students. After 14 years of investment banking, the excitement of doing deals had faded, and a short visit to Beijing left him convinced that China was the place to be. "There was this sense of incredible change," Pettis says. "I could have come as a banker, but bankers work too hard."

It’s not like Pettis is slacking off. The lanky indie-music fan spends most evenings at D-22, which he founded three years ago. During the day he teaches finance at Peking University (in English—his Chinese is sketchy), and in between he tends to a blog that has made him an increasingly influential voice on China both in the country and abroad.

这位教授非常有趣,大概是我一个人坐在吧台喝酒看起来太孤单了,他就凑过来跟我聊天,叭啦叭啦聊了好一会今晚演出的乐队以及他对中国摇滚无比的热衷和看好,听说我买了很多张兵马司(他的厂牌)的唱片都快买全了,他很兴奋地翻箱倒柜搞出一张旧 CD 送给我,还免了我的酒水钱。

不过 D22 场子还是挺小的,后果就是离音箱太近被轰头,结束出来之后觉得世界好安静……

后来我还和同学去了海淀公园,不过我们不是去看迷笛,我们是出来打牌的 = =

补看了一下今年的Grammy Awards

By cminor | 2010 年 2 月 5 日 | 2 个评论 In  Music

真是很久不听现在的歌手了,好多都只听过名字没怎么听过歌,尤其是当红的那几个女人,Lady Gaga、Rihanna、Beyonce等等的专辑都只扫过一耳朵,风格不是很感冒,声音倒是都还不错。今年颁奖晚会这几个人的现场表演也不错,虽然不是我的风格,但得承认,红,是有道理的。

头一次看Taylor Swift的现场表演,很失望,演唱很不稳定,声音和专辑差很多。曲子不是那么乡村其实也无所谓,但是现场差劲的乡村那还能叫乡村么……所以还是就听听专辑吧。。

比起获奖的我还是更喜欢嘉宾,Ringo Starr和Norah Jones一起上台的时候,还让我小激动了一下,如果你不知道Ringo,请搜索The Beatles……伟大的60年代啊60年代。还有可爱地Adam Sandler,不过在Grammy显然没有放得开嘛,还是MTV电影颁奖礼上的Adam比较强大~还有Robert Downey和,昆汀!!

总之现在看Grammy就没什么强烈的感觉了,不像高中和刚上大学那会儿那么激动了,估计是和现在流行的东西严重脱节……除了玩摇滚的那部分还“跟得上潮流”之外,其他都没太听过。最近大概一年多都在迷恋上世纪50到70年代的东西,那些个老东西现在来听还是越听越有味道,让我嫉妒他们的音乐才华。

最近要听的新专辑很多

By cminor | 2009 年 11 月 18 日 | 没人评论 In  Music

这一个多礼拜下了很多新专辑,不少乐队和歌手纷纷出新专辑或者精选,最近下的这几个新砖。

John Mayer – Battle Studies
Julian Casablancas (The Strokes主唱) – Phrazes For The Young
Bon Jovi – The Circle
Brett Anderson – Slow Attack
Robbie Williams – Reality Killed The Video Star
Stereophonics – Keep Calm And Carry On
Norah Jones – The Fall
Switchfoot – Hello Hurricane
OneRepublic – Waking Up

两张精选:
Snow Patrol – Up To Now
Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits

我得把这些专辑按优先级排个序,有计划地慢慢听……

还有Kiss、Rod Stewart、Weezer、Sting、Ronan Keating等等各种风格知名乐队/歌手出了新专辑,不过暂时还没有下的欲望。有些人青葱岁月的时候很爱,现在已经退热了。

最近比较“迷恋”的是The Strokes和John Mayer,一个走garage rock revival的glamorous indie rock and roll(原谅我听了The Killers的那首歌之后就这么叫了……BTW这个和indie pop真的一点关系都没有),一个是blues、rock、pop的混合体,嗯John吉它弹得不错。话说高中的时候听过几遍John Mayer的Heavier Things,好像当时没什么感觉,也没留下什么印象,以至于多年之后才发现他的几张专辑都很不错很有味道。是我当时没好好听,还是当时太痴迷某三个翻译成中文都带“男孩”的流行组合以及某支大概在中国最流行的金属乐队……

随便写点,关于陶喆的新专辑

By cminor | 2009 年 8 月 18 日 | 没人评论 In  Music

好久没更新,更久没干的一件事儿是听音乐,一直不太能静下心来听东西,刚开始工作的人总要有一段时间进入角色,可能是这个原因?(我呸)

昨天知道陶喆出了新专辑,名字叫《69乐章》,很囧。从豆瓣上顺手找了个下载拖了回来,昨晚粗听了一下,今天又再完整地听了一下,随便写点想法吧。

总体说来感觉一般吧,亮点不是很多,感觉陶喆最近三张一直在慢慢走下坡路,不过这也难免,《黑色柳丁》毕竟是不好超越的,出10张专辑能有一张也就算挺不错了,何况陶喆的其他专辑也都是在平均之上,黑色柳丁有一张也算够了。就像某董,有一张《范特西》就够了,虽然后来想“依然范特西”,不过已经完全不是那么一回事了,相比之下我对陶喆的热情丧失的速度比对某董的还是要慢很多的。

第一首,很正派的宗教歌曲,简单又不失震撼,听宗教音乐总是会有这种感觉,前一阵听巴赫感觉就更强烈。不过整个专辑的文案除了说69是性爱姿势之外都在说这张专辑不玩R&B玩摇滚,这话倒是没错,基本是各种摇滚风格吧。昨晚粗听一遍印象最深的倒是只有一点摇滚的《关于陶喆》,歌词有一些自嘲还有一些讽刺,但是印象深是因为3分钟处开始有一段是向Queen致敬,歌词也是“那年我十七岁/每天听Queen的歌”,这段一听我就兴奋了,学得真是很像,拿捏得还是像那么回事的哈哈,不过陶喆的声音条件虽然挺好,但还是和Freddie Mercury差一些的,色泽上没那么亮。这段旋律特像Queen的某首歌,但我死活也想不起来了,真是堵得慌……

除了《关于陶喆》这首好玩的歌,还有几首歌很有意思。《中国姑娘》这首,夹带着陶喆学的各地口音,虽然不到位,但是很有生趣。《火鸟功》这个歌词和后面一小段对白也有点囧。

几首旋律还比较入耳的,有走陶式路线的,也有走流摇路线的,不过旋律上感觉还不够精致,歌词上也不比以前,不能跟《黑色柳丁》比啊。

几首摇滚的,有一些印象的,《乱七八糟》配器很厚重,有一些冷冰冰的工业味,《应征爱》,哦天哪,这咋这么像jimi hendrix的bold as love呢?不过是旋律稍微加强版和吉他技巧减弱版。

一共也就听了两遍,还不是很细致,倒是有一个印象很清楚:这张专辑里的差不多每首摇滚风格的歌都能让我联想到某首歌或者某个乐队,我可以说这是一张致敬专辑么……感觉上这张专辑陶喆是在玩,做专辑找乐子,自得其乐,不过怎么说这张专辑还是有一定可听性的,挺多歌还是可圈可点的,不过这张我就不打算买正版支持了哈~不过他什么时候出个向Queen致敬的专辑我一准买。