身在何處亦避不了英倫憂愁
說到Britpop,不如說所有英倫搖滾,多是充滿著working class平民的情感,渺小,不被重視,那種無奈不安的感覺與主題,全在英國出產的搖滾裏見証。記得有個澳洲朋友沒有怎樣聽過The Smiths,他劈頭一句就是,又是你們(當時有英國朋友在場)英式壓抑傷感音樂吧?
這兩天的天氣都很陰暗,那陰暗連申到朋友的黒暗宇宙,他,仍然沉醉在他自製的煩惱當中,日復日,重覆又重覆,說起來,他已在這狀態接近半年,在同一種傷感的泡泡中翻來翻去,在想像的黑霧裏徘徊停滯。作為旁邊的我,我沒有意外,我們雖是兩個荒島,卻同樣聽見此起彼落的瘋狂鳥聲,同樣在驚濤駭浪過著每一天。我沒有意外,亦沒有意見,更加不想多說一句,因為我們都是荒島,我們在同一個宇宙,卻生活在不同的世界裏,再尖叫,還是傳不到我內心最深的一隅。這就是世界的定律,這就是世間的定理,這就是我們改變不了的現實,無奈,沉悶,重覆,但仍然繼續。
Inspiral Carpets from Manchester, 1990, This is How It Feels.
Black car drives through the town,
Some guy from the top estate
Left a note for a local girl,
And yet he had it all on a plate
So this is how it feels to be lonely
This is how it feels to be small
This is how it feels when your word means nothing at all
Husband don’t know what he’s done
Kids don’t know what’s wrong with mum
She can’t say, they can’t see,
Putting it down to another bad day
So this is how it feels to be lonely
This is how it feels to be small
This is how it feels when your word means nothing at all
So this is how it feels to be lonely
This is how it feels to be small
This is how it feels when your word means nothing at all