2024-02-17

意外先來的時候

我是一個骨子裡冷淡且嚴肅的人,對言語的表達苛刻,在我很喜歡的語言之下希望能夠盡量用字精準,所以在和除了自己以外的人溝通時,我習慣詢問來自朋友問題裡的各種定義,以確保我們在同個頻率。我厭惡裹著蜜糖的虛假言詞,尤其對於已經認識一段時間、持續在溝通的熟悉的人。


當意外先來的時候,就會覺得每每在面對選擇權的時候,沒有把握時機的人都不值得被原諒。既然評估了在每個當下所有事情的重要性,就好好承擔、接受。


不要抱怨,因為我也不會對你心軟。


Timing is everything.

Sometimes later becomes never.


作個能夠好好承擔自己選擇的大人。

2015-07-11

I'm just another person in the bar: Elliott Smith


深夜歌單之一,也可隨著個人喜好搭配酒品讓自己更沉醉在裏頭的分類項目。
在電影心靈捕手(Good Will Hunting)中我很喜歡的一首歌:

Drink up baby, stay up all night
With the things you could do
You won't but you might
The potential you'll be
That you'll never see
The promises you'll only make

Drink up with me now
And forget all about
The pressure of days
Do what I say
And I'll make you okay
And drive them away
The images stuck in your head

People you've been before
That you don't want around anymore
That push and shove and won't bend to your will
I'll keep them still

Drink up baby, look at the stars
I'll kiss you again between the bars
Where I'm seeing you there
With your hands in the air
Waiting to finally be caught

Drink up one more time
And I'll make you mine
Keep you apart,
Deep in my heart
Separate from the rest,
Where I like you the best
And keep the things you forgot

The people you've been before
That you don't want around anymore
That push and shove and won't bend to your will
I'll keep them still

「對於歌曲內涵裡的感傷用巧妙的作詞手法操作處理,其實對一個歌手兼作曲者是有點負累的,彷彿唱歌人在唱的時候是為了讓所有人聽起來也能感到相同的感傷。但這又跟單純描述有很大的不同,譬如拿一張紐約的照片,一個人看了覺得很沮喪甚至害怕,另一個人看了可能會想到所有可以在紐約做的好玩有趣的事。」Elliott Smith 說道。

民謠史上傑出的星星因長期憂鬱而殞落,在他字句呢喃間痛苦,令人無法脫離,然而他卻拋下我們先行離去了。

Sad beauty, beautiful sadness.
Sweet painfulness, painful sweetness.

Elliott Smith的音樂總會帶來這樣的感受,既矛盾又真實,叫人分不清也無法抽離的墜入情緒之中,不知道你們是否也偶爾也有這樣的心情,當憂鬱籠罩時,反而更想淋久一點的雨,是苦痛的甜蜜亦或是甜蜜的苦痛呢。



Peace of minds, from his to yours.


2014-02-17

Why you disappear always


Pull the blinds
all the black dreams I've had
well they don't mean much now

When I rise at noon
I'm missing someone I don't know
and I don't want to be alone

And this house is now a grave
I've been sleeping here for days
I'm too hidden to awake
so i disappear always

Call someone up
just to have a drink
let's talk about anything, I don't care

Get out of the house
for an hour or two
but it's missing something I can't explain

And this house is now a grave
I've been sleeping here for days
I'm too hidden to awake
so I disappear always

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American indie rock/dream pop
原以為是個老樂團,沒想到僅成團四年的Wild Nothing
第一次聽見這首歌就深深墜入那個曾經到過或不曾到過的美好年代。


2014-02-14

音速青春


昨晚我認識了Mazzy Star,今日認識了Hope Sandoval。
 
從小電腦裡最多的就是音樂,夢想很簡單,開一間是甚麼也無所謂的店,客人聽著店裡播放的歌曲然後驚喜的問我這是誰的音樂?
高中以前喜歡跟著爸媽聽屬於他們年代的歌,巫啟賢、齊秦、張學友等等。後來受朋友影響而認識了前衛花園,才開始接觸大家所說的非主流、獨立音樂。花了三年的時間談了一場以青春為名的戀愛,在結束的那時,除了世界崩塌之外,我更是栽進了好似能安慰我的音樂中。剛進大學的我認識的一個朋友每天分享一首歌給我,還認識了一個之後在學校創辦了搖滾節的少年,才了解甚麼才是真正能夠給予陪伴的事。
以前的我通常只聽音樂,不太關心他們背後的事,膚淺的聽著。近幾次閱讀訊息時搜到音速青春,於是覺得自己好像終於能夠踏入給明日所有的聚會裡了。