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October 15 Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight, Tonight 无论如何，一切已成过往。歌者如此，听者亦然。
蜗居在复旦南区后门二层小楼那段日子，没有电视，没有女人，窗外车灯整夜摇曳，Smashing Pumpkins的音乐曾在耳边飘荡。
那个时候，以为会有许多的未曾改变。
于是想起这首关于改变的歌，来自芝加哥音乐传奇Smashing Pumpkins，九十年代最成功的另类摇滚乐队。这首歌收录于1995年的超长经典之作《Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness》。这也是他们最黄金的时候，之后便是故事多过传奇的年代。
（图片来自摩登早期音乐期刊扫描，及四张专辑封面）
Tonight, Tonight
From Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Vocal, Guitar: Billy Corgan
Guitar: James Iha
Drum: Jimmy Chamberlin
Bass: D'arcy Wretzky
Time is never time at all
You can never ever leave, without leaving a piece of youth
And our lives are forever changed
We will never be the same
The more you change the less you feel
Believe, believe in me, believe
That life can change, that you're not stuck in vain
We're not the same, we're different tonight Tonight, so bright, tonight And you know you're never sure But you're sure you could be right If you held yourself up to the light
And the embers never fade in your city by the lake The place where you were born Believe, believe in me, believe In the resolute urgency of now And if you believe there's not a chance, tonight Tonight, so bright, tonight We'll crucify the incinsere, tonight We'll make things right we'll feel it all, tonight We'll find a way to offer up the night, tonight The indescribable moments of your life, tonight The impossible is possible, tonight Believe in me as I believe in you, tonight August 27 Dire Straits, Down to the Waterline Dire Straits是这样一支乐队，名头响，卖得亦极好，在摇滚圈却褒贬不一。认其乐风不够刺激的大有人在，甚至某老兄评论其灵魂人物Mark Knopfler为“并无才华，一手艺人耳”。何以如此，其一，摇滚圈反主流的潜意识使然，总觉卖到白金就不算摇滚了；其次，Dire Straits红火的年代，摇滚圈抗大旗的是Punk和实验音乐，无怪乎以Jazz和民谣为骨的Dire Straits叫旗下大爷们鄙夷其土气；最后，Dire Straits的风格确实模糊，前奏过场借鉴其他歌曲的绝不在少数——某论坛至今还分成数派在辩论这问题，可惜俚语专语过多，sou看得有些懵懂。
头重脚轻地先说了一气，还是汇报一下乐团历史。成立1977，英国代特福德郡，初期人物如下：Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass) and Pick Withers (drums)——后来乐团换人流水自然不在话下，只Mark Knopfler捧着那把炫目吉他玩到底，几乎每张专辑都大卖。好玩的是，他们的音乐在美国卖得比老家英国好很多——有人因此说，英国摇滚的实验Acid风格到底浓厚，不是美国那帮土财主比得了的，而sou认为这实在跟两国气候有关，一笑。
第一次听Dire Straits应是在1998年，Album：Sultans of Swing，1978。CD开头是Down to the Waterlin，刚好这也是sou相当喜欢的一首，在所有喜欢的歌曲里面甚至可排前五，不是自大，这大致也算个小小荣誉。Down to the Waterline胜在意境，以听觉营造电影质感，此曲独得；词亦极佳，海港，雾号，妓女，热恋男女，褴褛青春；不似国人最熟的Brothers in Arms那般动听，反有质朴的动人之处。
Dire Straits的好歌不少，临时想起来，Sultans of Swing，On Every Street，Romeo and Juliet，Mark的个人专辑Ragpicker's Dream，Six Blade Knife等等，不一一介绍了，用点对点搜，还算容易找，老外歌迷人数众多。
还是来听听Down to the Waterline，附歌词。
Down to the Waterline
From: Sultans of Swing, 1978
Sweet surrender on the quayside You remember we used to run and hide In the shadow of the cargoes I take you one at a time And we're counting all the numbers down to the waterline Near misses on the dogleap stairways French kisses in the darkened doorways A foghorn blowing out wild and cold A policeman shines a light upon my shoulder Up comes a coaster fast and silent in the night Over my shoulder all you can see are the pilot lights No money in our jackets and our jeans are torn Your hands are cold but your lips are warm She can see him on the jetty where they used to go She can feel him in the places where the sailors go When she's walking by the river and the railway line She can still hear him whisper Let's go down to the waterline August 17 Have I Told You Lately 等一会儿就可以听到，Van Morrison，又是一根老帮菜。这歌很多人唱过，这版本算不错的。
每次听到Van Morrison的消息，就想起同姓的Jim Morrison，两人崛起于同一个年代，甚至曾经合作，但最终选择了不同的路，结局也不同。Jim Morrison曾经帅得那么令人吃惊，而死的时候，他躺在浴缸里，胖得像只猪；Van Morrison却安全地活到今天，在他的演唱会上常常有人落泪。 疯狂追捧过Jim和他的The Doors，今天，外头下着雨，静静听起Van的情歌，感觉也蛮好的。
Have I Told You Lately by Van Morrison
Have I told you lately that I love you July 28 Patti Smith_Dancing Barefoot
一直很欣赏Patti Smith的歌声，是难以用语言清楚表达的，一种纯粹的力量。所有好的音乐，甚至可以说，这个世道上所有好的货色，都有这么一种纯粹的精神，以目不斜视的态度，直杀而入。 介绍两首歌，一首是1979年那张著名的Wave专辑里的，Dancing Barefoot，比较有名的一首，因为U2在1989年曾经有一个很不错的翻唱版本；还有一首1959，出自1997年的Peace & Noise，有些政治意味的怀旧歌。在听觉上，这两首算是她比较舒缓的作品。背景音乐用的是Dancing Barefoot（已更改），顺便提供了下载和歌词，但是因为空间和尊重版权的关系，大约不会保留很长时间，需要的朋友请尽快下载，毕竟这种不太主流的歌曲在网络上并不那么容易搜到，甚至点对点都不太好找。 作为非主流歌手，Patti Smith实在是过分出名了一点，因此不论中文或英文，都有不少介绍她的页面。而我最近也很忙，没有时间来作介绍和翻译传记的工作，请有兴趣的朋友自己搜寻。 Dancing Barefoot
Written by Patti Smith & Ivan Kral
From Wave
1979
She is benediction
She is addicted to thee She is the root connection She is connecting with he Here I go and I don't know why I fell so ceaselessly Could it be he's taking over me I'm dancing barefoot Headin' for a spin Some strange music draws me in Makes me come on like some heroine She is sublimation She is the essence of thee She is concentrating on he Who is chosen by she Here I go and I don't know why I spin so ceaselessly Could it be he's taking over me I'm dancing barefoot Headin' for a spin Some strange music draws me in Makes me come on like some heroine She is recreation She intoxicated by thee She has the slow sensation that He is levitating with she Here I go and I don't know why I spin so ceaselessly 'Til I lose my sense of gravity I'm dancing barefoot Headin' for a spin Some strange music draws me in Makes me come on like some heroine Oh, God I fell for you Oh, God I fell for you... The plot of our life sweats in the dark like a face The mystery of childbirth Of childhood itself Grave visitations What is it that calls to us? Why must we pray screaming? Why must not death be redefined? We shut our eyes we stretch out our arms And whirl on a pane of glass An affixation A fix on anything the line of life The limb of a tree The hands of he and the promise That she is blessed among women 1959
Written by Patti Smith & Tony Shanahan
From Peace & Noise
1997
Listen to my story
Got two tales to tell One of fallen glory One of vanity The world's roof was raging But we were looking fine 'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings In 1959 Wisdom was a teapot Pouring from above Desolation angels Served it up with Love Igniting strife like every form of light Then moved by bold design Slid in that thing and it grew wings In 1959 It was blood Shining in the sun First Freedom Speeding the American claim Freedom ... China was the tempest And madness overflowed The Lama was a young man And he watched his world in flames Taking glory down by the edge of clouds It was a crying shame Another lost horizon Tibet the fallen star Wisdom and compassion crushed In the land of Shangri-La But in the land of the Impala, honey, well We were lookin' fine 'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings In 1959 'Cause we built that thing and it grew wings In 1959 It was the best of times It was the worst of times In 1959 1959... It was the best of times
It was the worst of times In 1959 *下载链接已删除
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