英倫樂團Mystery Jets新碟【Radlands】基本上首首好聽,有一貫的懷舊及的好玩外,亦有那份像回到brit pop 時期的樂團的氣質。當然,最新單曲《Greatest Hits》便係其中一首我聽得十分高興的作品,老土其實唔一定要用最老土手法玩,呢首歌就既老土又玩味又有廿一世紀guitar pop 的味道。內容就其實有d 似The Divine Comedy的《Indie Disco》,一樣好玩。
Mystery Jets Greatest Hits
You can take ‘The Lexicon of Love’ away but I’m keeping Remain in Light’
You can take away ‘It’s a Shame About Ray’ but I’m holding on to ‘Country
Life’ (Ohhh)
You can keep ‘No Need to Argue’ and I’ll keep ‘The Aeroplane Over the Sea’
But hold on to ‘The Boy with the Arab Strap’ cos I’m holding on to ‘Village
Green’
I don’t know if the knot just needs untangling cos the tapes get stuck all
The time
Either way I’m keeping ‘Double Nickles on the Dime’
These were our greatest hits (Shalalalalalalala Shalalalala)
The best of me and you(Shalalalalalalala Shalalalala)
These were our greatest hits (Shalalalalalalala Shalalalala)
The best of me and you
I still remember buying you ‘Band on the Run’ on the first day that we
Kissed
But you always did prefer ‘McCartney I’ because it reminded you of being a
Kid
No way your having ‘This Nation’s Saving Grace’ you only listen to it when
Your pissed
But when you sober up it’s always “Why the fuck are you still listening to
Mark E. Smith?”
I don’t know if the knot just needs untangling or if we forgot which way’s
Up and which way is down
But still the tape keeps going round and round
These were our greatest hits (Shalalalalalala lalalalala)
The best of me and you (Shalalalalalala Shalalalala)
The best of me and you
Of me and you
Still the tape keeps going round and round.
The tape keeps going round [repeat til the end]
These were our greatest hits (Shalalalalalalala Shalalalala)
The best of me and you (Shalalalalalalala Shalalalala)
Our Desert Island Discs (Shalalalalalalala Shalalalala)
The best of me and you (Shalalalalalalala Shalalalala)
The Fades 是以針對年輕觀眾的BBC3的產品,台齡還輕的BBC3之前的出色作品就有Little Britain,Gavin & Stacey
, Being Human,Him and Her及How Not to Live Your Life等等。繼Being Human後,The Fades再次是一套有關神鬼嘗試把傳統神鬼故事再以廿一世紀年輕人角度包裝,怎知結果是哇!我相信The Fades等全個series 1播放完畢後再在網絡世界circulate一陣後,會成為像Being Human一樣另一套international hit。
The Fades是一部集青春劇、科幻、恐怖劇、喜劇、懸疑、神鬼paranormal、殭屍⋯⋯⋯⋯等等元素集一身的犀利電視劇。故事講述一個geek(香港稱的宅男、電車男)的十七歲John是在學校不起眼、被欺凌的男生。不過同時佢又不斷發奇怪的惡夢並會驚到夜晚瀨尿,成為家姐笑柄,同時並能看見鬼魂。起初看似還不是另一套講鬼怪電視劇?對,頭一集確實是令人感到不少顧慮及不肯定的。但我敢說,電視劇一集比一集精彩,故事的野心及膽量一集比一集犀利,很多twsists的同時不是那種讓人覺得為扭而扭的橋,你只會一直感到整個劇本是十分聰明且是真正的being gutsy, reflective, thoughtful and creative。
「My Boyfriend’s dead and you’re a library monitor」
我真係笑翻了。
當然,曽為SKins及This is England 電視版的編劇Jack Thorne應記一功。而喜歡Skins或Misfits 的亦一定要睇,如果Misfits係Skins x Heroes,咁The Fades就直頭係The Skins x the Walking Dead x Misfits x Heroes,哈哈!仲有Skins的演員,第一季飾Chris的Daniela Nardini及黑人笑匠Daniel Kaluuya與及第二季的Naomi Lily Loveless(應該係stage name 掛)擔演。
我真的由Art Brut 2005推出首張專輯【Bang Bang Rock & Roll】時已經知道我同呢隊band 一定有好好發展機會。確實,當年首張專輯風頭火勢係威係馬,到慢慢已經不是音樂雜誌的寵兒,我仍然係一張又一張聽,然後一張又一張咁喜歡。聽Art Brut永遠有著說不出的樂趣,他們有的是punk rock的 骨子,卻有簡單直接的美學,又有種無厘頭的幽默搞鬼,最後就是由主音Eddie Argos 那種古怪唱法及英國口音來吐出的靈魂。
不經不覺已經來到他們第四張專輯【Brilliant!Tragedy!】。單從Pixeis Frontman Frank Black作producer已經叫人嘩左一聲。再聽,係,聽,因為已經網上流出了!哇,真係唔同了,呢張真係唔係講笑有少少The Pixies的一些鬼影,結他riff密了,樂器的層次多了(尤其呢點最有The Pixies味道)唱法亦稍稍收歛了。關於唱,Eddie Argos 咁樣講︰
so Black Francis had time to teach me how to sing. I’m very proud that I sing on it. Only took four albums to start singing, not bad.”
哈哈。其實Frank Black在當年Pixies唱法亦一樣是隨意派了
這次的主題是︰
“This time the album is more about how I think I’m psychic, songs for my funeral, the principality of Sealand and Axl Rose. Weightier topics I think. I’m also sexier now”。
Explaining the record’s themes, Eddie Argos continued: “Bang Bang Rock & Roll did what it said on the tin. It’s A Bit Complicated was a bit complicated. On Art Brut vs. Satan we had to fight Satan. This one follows the same pattern, it is a ‘brilliant, tragic’, record. If it was a TV show you’d define it as a dramedy.”
哈哈,真係吹佢唔漲。呢張專輯歌詞依然生活依然搞笑。例如《Sexy》一曲便昃講︰「Everyone wants to feel sexy sometimes」。又例如Axi Rose便是給Gun’N’Rose的Axi Rose的歌。不過咁,大家不如先聽有免費下載的《Unprofessional Wrestling》先啦。
這幾天都在不斷在聽David Byrne and Brian Eno相隔【My Life in the Bush of Ghosts】接近廿多載再次合作的【Everything That Happens Will Happen Today】一碟。Brian Eno貴為20世紀裏最重要的音樂人的座上客,年屆六十的他當然仍然能交出一張不會令人失望的專輯,由The Roxy Music到Talking Heads或是由「搖滾」的Brian Eno到「實際/環境」的Brian Eno,都不曾讓人失望過。
以前合作的一碟玩實驗,這張專輯則主調玩民謠與Gospel,首首都以人聲作主導,混雜豐富的音樂元素有時像聽David Sylvian有時似The Beach Boys,當然你都一定聽到Talking Heads的丁點味道。再細看Davyd Byrne的歌詞,原本我是打算送上【Strange Overtones】的一曲,但最後打算改送《MY BIG NURSE 》或《LIFE IS LONG》,因為David Byrne的歌詞,像前者寫混沌的現世
「When the past becomes the now
When the lost becomes the found
When we fall in love with war
When the angel fucks the whore 」
或是後者寫生命的艱澀
「Soul to soul- A kiss and a sigh
Sawed in half- by the passage of time
Halfway home- from a window you see
Chains and bars- but I am still free 」
Ev’rybody says that the living is easy
I can barely see ‘cause my head’s in the way
Tigers walk behind me- they are to remind me that
I’m lost- but I’m not afraid
Soul to soul- A kiss and a sigh
Sawed in half- by the passage of time
Halfway home- from a window you see
Chains and bars- but I am still free
People on the outside- I remember sweet times
This old rose- is always in bloom
Ev’ryone is happy- to be a baby daddy
Stone love- with nothing to lose
Life is long- if you give it way
So stay, don’t go- ‘cause I’m fading away
Soul to soul- between you and me
Chain me down- but I am still free
Now I can say- those three little words
And ev’ry day- I’m dreaming a world
Soul to soul- a kiss and a sigh
Holding back- the waters outside.
Life is long- if you give it way
So stay, don’t go- ‘cause I’m fading away
Soul to soul- between you and me
Chain me down- but I am still free