好聽過林一峰的挪威民謠Saint Thomas

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Saint Thomas
Hey Harmony
Label:Racing Junior︱2003

受Elliott Smith and Will Oldham啟發而玩音樂,放棄郵差一職的Saint Thomas是挪威玩Alt.Country的One Man Band,他曾與Lambchop一同在美國展開tour。而曾經推出三張專輯的他,在我手中的是這張2003年的【Hey Harmony】。

Saint Thomas的音樂沒有太多特別之處,而我就是喜歡他的平凡的Country曲目。《Long Long Time》的寫意我在其他音樂中是找不到的,Saint Thomas的聲音也是帶著多少童真,一點苦澀,也喜歡歌詞那種有苦自己知,但沒有半點埋怨心態的歌詞。其他的曲目都是清新簡單的Country作,《Heros Making Dinner》及《New Apartment》似是挪威人寫意生活的寫照「We’re having a Sunday party/Come all over and be our friends」、「If You wanna come you can have some tea/ Come to my place and have a cup with me/ So i make a dinner for myself and put on a record with the hives」,其他《Like A Big Time》、《Strengthen Your Bow》都是如此的清新可口。

再看SAINT THOMAS 的網頁,樣子與我想像的完全是兩回事,有點不夾,不過通常都是如此的不夾。
在其官網還可看到《Morning Dancer》的MV,哈哈,滿不自然的肢體動作。他還快會發新片,在Myspace處有新作聽。不過坦白說,除了這張【Hey Harmony】,其他專輯的音樂都沒有了這張的單純及舒服,沒有太大偏好。

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官方網頁Myspace

Long Long Time 歌詞

please do not think that it’s easy for me,
to come to this place so easily
i’ve been running a long long way, i’m so sorry i cannot stay
i take my guitar and contine to drive
don’t expect me back at 5,
i’ll write down a song and send it to you
bye bye love
i miss you too
and i’ve been running for a long long time X4

the weather is nice and it’s fine to be,
the sun is shining down on me
the birds are singing the prettiest song,
they all expect me to come along,
i take my guitar and continue to drive
don’t expect me back at 5,
i’ll write down a song and send it to you
bye bye love i miss you too


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