May 7, 2014 大歌 - 聽文

來自Ålesund 的Tellef Raabe推出最新單曲EP《The Smith’s Friend》，顧名思義，就是一首向The Smiths致敬的作品。單聽音樂，很容易誤會這是瑞典indie pop ，因為這種淸爽的電結他風格的indie pop 明明就是更瑞典，挪威較少出產的；加上Tellef Raabe的發音咬字很較瑞典，怎知道，原來是挪威啊。

當然，作為一個heavy the smiths’ listener，我當然知道這首歌詞中的所有references 吧（不如你都試試找？有The Smiths的九首作品，十個references，大部份都很易找的，或者b side 的兩首會較難)。Tellef Raabe被問及對Morrissey有什麼意見，他說「he has beautiful hair」，去幽Morrissey一默，哈哈，可見他真的是The Smiths’s friend，沒有呃人。

當然這首由Young Dreams的Njål Paulsberg 製作的單曲，既well-produced、good mixing and well layered，而且那個結他與及那個電子聲，再加上Tellef Raabe的沉實低音，很難不喜歡的；不過，更令這作品有趣的是Kim Fjeldberg執導的MV，找了三個「Normcore(其實很討厭)」女生－其實想起Haim－來上演了一個Oslo 版本的Skins，這種青春這種反叛這種壞，確實在奥斯陸不易看見，這個MV卻呈現了這個不真實面貌，蠻有趣的。

Tellef Raabe – of Smith’s Friends (Official Music Video) from Tellef Raabe on Vimeo.

I’m of Smith’s friends
A charming man, well that depends
On a bicycle with blindfolded eyes
The smart dress was, all a disguise

How soon is now? I really can’t say
but I like it here, can I stay?

Heaven knows I’m indifferent now
But my mother told me you reap what you sow
The headmasters ritual was the anthem of the tall
But frankly, it meant nothing at all

How soon is now? I really can’t say
but I like it here, can I stay?

You told me to never forget
the songs that make me smile
But the songs that make me cry
are more of my style