Guillemots – Sao Paolo
Guillemots – Sao Paolo
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这是一张野心勃勃的处女专辑里最具野心的一首作品。
其野心,用较为时髦的说法是,基于“混搭”;其“混搭”,则首当其冲乐队的跨国组成。Guillemots(海鸥乐队)于2005年组成,主唱Fyfe Dangerfield来自英国,精于古典钢琴演奏,吉他手MC Lord Magrao从巴西来,鼓手Rican Caol是苏格兰人,还有来自加拿大的唯一女性成员Aristazabal Hawkes,她的低音提琴(Double Bass)弹奏成为乐队现场演出的一大亮点。这样的一个拼盘组合,风格的多样、元素的繁杂自然便不可避免,从而造就了庞大而迷人的作品《Sao Paolo》。
Dangerfield的钢琴主导了这支长达12分钟的歌曲。凝重的一段独奏之后,一位满面风尘的羁旅之人开始讲述他梦幻般的记忆,关于他走过的许多地方,关于他遗失的爱情,关于古老的圣保罗大街……这一段的叙事性和抒情性都很强,展示着怅惘的失落和不堪的往事,但是,穿插其间 “sometimes I could cry for miles”的多次重复,预示着这将不只是一次淡淡的失意回忆。潜藏的情感终于5分钟过后找到了宣泄的突破口。大量弦乐的突然涌入又突然沉寂,唱歌的人低声地问了三遍:“Have you ever been thrown across the water?”像一块石头穿越水面——“打水漂”这个古老的游戏成为歌曲后半部分的迅疾而痉挛的意象,一种徒劳而又切肤的疼痛撕裂着身心,在激越不安的弦乐声中,在快速跳跃的钢琴声中,在失控烦躁的嘶哑歌声中,各种各样的解脱方式轮番尝试,最终掉进了“疲倦与疏离”这个现代人的普遍困境中——“因为我累了”,“因为我不属于这里”。
似曾相识?《Sao Paolo》让我想起了QUEEN的《Bohemian Rhapsody》和RADIOHEAD的《Paranoid Android》,如果再往前回溯,还有Pink Floyd、King Crimson这些偏好铺张编曲的英式前卫摇滚元老。从成就上看,Guillemots自然还是稚嫩的学步者,但他们从遗产中吸取的养料无疑已开始渗透自己的创作细胞之中。《Through the Windowpane》这张专辑,两年前从泉州老胡家中那最底层的纸箱中翻出,没拿。回家想想,觉得不妥,又赶了过去把正在午睡的他叫起来,问多少钱。“十块,要就拿去吧。”难得他在价格上爽快一回,对我来说,也难得赚了一回。值啊!
Sit down my love of open spaces
and greet my love that’s all been spent
I’m going to tell you both a story
about some memories that I dreamt
see I’ve lost love in many places
not least the streets of san Paolo
one friend especially, I didn’t make them
a tenth floor window took her home
sometimes I could cry for miles
but I don’t
so hush the shadows in the oak tree
be still you curl upon the moor
my heart has fallen by the wayside
I cannot claim her anymore
so don your duffel coats quite slowly
and this sad jury has adjourned
while on the streets of old san Paolo
I watch my baby being burned
sometimes I could cry for miles
but I don’t
sometimes I could cry ah sometimes
drop my bags and run for miles
and sometimes I could live my life
but I won’t, but I won’t
have you ever been thrown across the water
till there’s no skin left on your bones
thrown across water like a stone
get me a doctor
who will get rid of my bones
get me a lover
get me a lover
who will leave my head alone
get me a soldier
get me a soldier
who will fight me point this war
get me an exit
I need an exit
I need a window or a door
thrown across water like a stone
get me a lawyer
get me a lawyer
who will sue the world for me
get me a person
who isn’t me
cuz I’m getting tired
I’m getting tired
of my stupid little face
cuz I don’t belong here
I don’t belong here
don’t belong in this horse race
thrown across water
thrown across water
thrown across water
like a stone
以泪洗面
2011.05.25.
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