Pulp – This Is Hardcore

Pulp – This Is Hardcore

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Hardcore,中文翻译为“硬核”,可以是一种音乐风格(金属的或朋克的),也可以是色情电影中赤裸裸的性交场面。很明显,无论形式上还是内容上,PULP的这首《This Is Hardcore》与前者完全不搭界而却与后者紧密相关。因为,它的第一句就是令人震惊的:“You are hardcore, you make me hard……”

也许只有Jarvis Cooker这样的颓废怪咖才能将如此充满感官刺激的歌词若无其事地哼唱起来。这位PULP乐队的灵魂人物,试图将这首长达6分半钟的慢板作品作为色情工业的忧郁献歌。据说,他在世界各地巡演的间隙里,为了打发无聊的时光观摩了大量的色情电影,从而刺激了灵感,完成了一场成人影片的拍摄。”It seems I saw you in some teenage wet dream.”少年时的咸湿梦境,哪一个男人没有体验过呢?在某一个燥热的夜晚,撩人的鼓点和键盘就这么不紧不慢地敲击着,韵味十足的弦乐像你幻想中的成熟情人款款走来,“I want it bad. I want it now.”你是个坏小子,自以为无所不能的男子汉,此时双眼迷离、头皮发麻、精血上涌。你期待着一场没有缝隙的湿滑触摸与纠缠,但美梦往往在这个时候不合时宜地醒来,虚汗、无力以及一塌糊涂的流泻仿佛倾空了你的身体。自我嘲弄、自我欺骗的感觉随之用上心头,你要的成人世界为何是这般景象?

PULP乐队组建于1978年,大器晚成是他们的标签。他们十多年的低调和沉默仿佛是在酝酿着没落贵族的唯美颓丧。这段灰色的时间里,戴着黑色宽边眼睛、打扮得文艺青年范儿的Jarvis,曾为了一段感情而纵身跳下30米的高楼,在瘫痪了一年之后奇迹般地康复并重组乐队。主唱自杀未遂的经历为乐队平添了一抹阴郁的伤痕,却也造就了他们的涅槃重生。1994年的《His And Hers》,1995年的《Different Class》一直到1998年的《This Is Hardcore》,他们像登梯子一样,以多变的旋律,晦涩的歌词以及夸张华丽的舞台表演,一路攀爬到了Britpop风潮的顶端。

我偏爱这张《This Is Hardcore》,也许入耳较难,但越听越有味道。不仅因为John Currin的香艳封套设计,也不仅因为它是我打口磁带末期的得意收藏,还因为它给我带来的后工业时代媚俗与绝望交织的末世感——一副活色生香的成人浮世绘。在这里,一切都像欲望一样随到随走,我们在所有经济的、政治的、文化的暧昧房间里物色着自己的目标,不停地更换着不满意的消费猎物。我们热爱纯洁也喜欢淫荡,暴露邪恶但掩埋真情,Oh, here comes the hardcore life,我们正制造着一场自我为中心的色情电影,赤裸裸地在聚光灯下尽情肉搏,期待进入也渴望被进入,背景是慢镜,雪花一样的钞票雨帘。这是你导演并主演的电影,只要你愿意,可以有无数次的NG和重拍,因为“there is no way back for you”。大汗淋漓之后,你也许还会意犹未尽地问:

亲爱的,还想再来一次吗?

You are hardcore, you make me hard.

You name the drama and I’ll play the part.

It seems I saw you in some teenage wet dream.

I like your get-up if you know what I mean.

I want it bad.

I want it now.

Oh can’t you see I’m ready now.

I’ve seen all the pictures, I’ve studied them forever.

I wanna make a movie so let’s star in it together.

Don’t make a move ’til I say “Action.”

Oh here comes the Hardcore life.

Put your money where your mouth is tonight.

Leave your make-up on and I’ll leave on the light.

Come over here babe and talk in the mic.

Oh yeah I hear you now.

It’s gonna be one hell of a night.

You can’t be a spectator. Oh no.

You got to take these dreams and make them whole

Oh this is Hardcore -

there is no way back for you.

Oh this is Hardcore -

this is me on top of you

and I can’t believe it took me this long.

That it took me this long.

This is the eye of the storm.

It’s what men in stained raincoats pay for

but in here it is pure. Yeah.

This is the end of the line.

I’ve seen the storyline played out so many times before.

Oh that goes in there.

Then that goes in there.

Then that goes in there.

Then that goes in there.

And then it’s over.

Oh, what a hell of a show

but what I want to know:

what exactly do you do for an encore?

Cos this is Hardcore.

以泪洗面

2012.03.05.

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