屬於范曉萱的突破回歸

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范曉萱不願做主流樂壇下的無靈魂乖乖女已是既知事實,走向Indie的她今次玩搖滾。

組了名為100%的樂團,8月16日推出首張迷你專輯【突破】,先行單曲已於數天前面世。簡潔的編曲,結他有力得來不亂,范曉萱的演繹也是奔放得來內歛,二胡的神來之筆也點到即止,成為這首出色而不over的搖滾作品。

MV以Long Take一Take過拍好,更是玩reverse效果,整段片倒轉播,范曉萱的形態很帥,畫面的效果也配合得很好。相信是今年華語樂壇不能忽略的好看MV。

順帶一提,范曉萱聲稱這次自資出碟,如果賣不出一定數量就不能再玩了,目標好像是萬二還是二萬張,看她拍的短片宣傳也知這次銷情告急。

MV觀看范曉萱官網


OK GO GO GO


OK GO︱Do What You Want︱Director:Olivier Gondry︱2006

Michel Gondry 大哥Olivier Gondry冇細佬咁出名,但其實都有不少作品。就像來自芝加哥的Geek Pop樂隊OK GO的《Do What You Want》的這個MV,便是出自其手筆。將Panning變成極速的Camera Movement造就這隊平時怪氣非常的OK GO變成帥氣非常的樂團。

且慢,如果你不認識OK GO,那你一定要欣賞他們自資自導自拍的精彩MV,不論是「A Million Ways」中合拍的怪裡怪氣舞蹈至到在跑步機上的體操的「Here It Goes Again」都會令你嘖嘖稱奇,這班人身手太好了。

MV連結


唔抄得唔得?

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唔抄得唔得?香港台灣大陸任何中國人華人龍的傳人台灣人唔好再抄得唔得,對於主流的創作,唔係抄又係抄,點解淨係識抄?有時參考下,Inspired by 實有,但抄人條橋都唔好抄到咁核突。喂,我講緊的係女新人庭竹《喜歡你》的新MV,擺明抄我無論歌曲本身與及MV都十分十分十分喜歡的Badly Drawn Boy 《Year of the Rat》,算係點。人地又係講Love,又係講Hub,又係講Peace,人地拍到可以咁玩味但又感人又有message,帶出歌者對世界存在的敵意的不滿,希望多點簡單愛…Well,庭竹呢個呢?學人攬,卻是膚淺的彈出一個Love字,Kawaii元素,玩CG,玩公仔,但美感就…oh gosh,夠了夠了。

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雖然呢個只係擺明抄橋,而且當中自己都加左好多野,算係抄人者最有品最有道德最有誠意,只係出來效果……嬲,也感到羞恥。


Thou Shalt always kill

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來自英國的Scroobius Pip與dan le sac合作,以dan le sac VS scroobius pip的名義將會推出大碟【No Commercial Breaks 】,而首支Rap遇上Electonic的諷刺流行文化的單曲《Thou Shalt always kill》在英國電台得到高度支持,成為了大熱之作,我後知後覺,今天發現,先看MV,再看歌詞,再認識他們。

首先大家先要明白,Thou Shalt 的意思,Thou是古語的You的意思,Shalt 即是Shall的意思,Thou Shalt 即是You Shall,而Thou Shalt 的用法跟據Cambridge 字典的含義是這樣的︰

2 thou shalt used humorously in modern English when talking about people who follow rules exactly when the rules are not very important:

那這樣我們大家都會明白,這是首挖苦大眾的作品,活於這個充滿Stereotypes,不同論述的社會下,我們有多少思想是自主而不受傳媒與大眾的影響?雖然這樣的主題已是屢見不鮮,但在這麼直接了當的歌詞與及電子樂配上Rap的層次後,又是另一番新鮮感。

那麼多個指控,我最喜歡這個「Thall shalt not stop liking a band just because they’ve become popular.」

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《Thou Shalt always kill》 by dan le sac VS scroobius pip

Thou shalt not steal if there is direct victim.
Thou shalt not worship pop idols or follow lost prophets.
Thou shalt not take the names of Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer, Johnny Hartman, Desmond Decker, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix or Syd Barret in vain.
Thou shalt not think that any male over the age of 30 that plays with a child that is not their own is a peadophile… Some people are just nice.
Thou shalt not read NME.
Thall shalt not stop liking a band just because they’ve become popular.
Thou shalt not question Stephen Fry.
Thou shalt not judge a book by it’s cover.
Thou shalt not judge Lethal Weapon by Danny Glover.
Thall shalt not buy Coca-Cola products. Thou shalt not buy Nestle products.
Thou shalt not go into the woods with your boyfriend’s best friend, take drugs and cheat on him.
Thou shalt not fall in love so easily.
Thou shalt not use poetry, art or music to get into girls’ pants. Use it to get into their heads.
Thou shalt not watch Hollyokes.
Thou shalt not attend an open mic and leave before it’s done just because you’ve finished your shitty little poem or song you self-righteous prick.
Thou shalt not return to the same club or bar week in, week out just ’cause you once saw a girl there that you fancied but you’re never gonna fucking talk to.

Thou shalt not put musicians and recording artists on ridiculous pedestals no matter how great they are or were.
The Beatles… Were just a band.
Led Zepplin… Just a band.
The Beach Boys… Just a band.
The Sex Pistols… Just a band.
The Clash… Just a band.
Crass… Just a band.
Minor Threat… Just a band.
The Cure… Just a band.
The Smiths… Just a band.
Nirvana… Just a band.
The Pixies… Just a band.
Oasis… Just a band.
Radiohead… Just a band.
Bloc Party… Just a band. [ed.’s note: this is debatable] The Arctic Monkeys… Just a band.
The Next Big Thing.. JUST A BAND.

Thou shalt give equal worth to tragedies that occur in non-english speaking countries as to those that occur in english speaking countries.
Thou shalt remember that guns, bitches and bling were never part of the four elements and never will be.
Thou shalt not make repetitive generic music, thou shalt not make repetitive generic music, thou shalt not make repetitive generic music, thou shalt not make repetitive generic music.
Thou shalt not pimp my ride.
Thou shalt not scream if you wanna go faster.
Thou shalt not move to the sound of the wickedness.
Thou shalt not make some noise for Detroit.
When I say “Hey” thou shalt not say “Ho”.
When I say “Hip” thou shalt not say “Hop”.
When I say, he say, she say, we say, make some noise… kill me.
Thou shalt not quote me happy.
Thou shalt not shake it like a polaroid picture.
Thou shalt not wish you girlfriend was a freak like me.
Thou shalt spell the word “Pheonix” P-H-E-O-N-I-X not P-H-O-E-N-I-X, regardless of what the Oxford English Dictionary tells you.
Thou shalt not express your shock at the fact that Sharon got off with Bradley at the club last night by saying “Is it”.
Thou shalt think for yourselves.

And thou shalt always… Thou shalt always kill!

Scroobius Pip官方網頁Myspace


從Panasonic到瑞典Tobias Fröberg

記得來自瑞典的José Gonzales歌聲下那個Sony Bravia的七彩波波靚到震廣告,畫面靚,但我對José Gonzales卻沒有起到多少熱度。另一邊廂,Panasonic Lumix cameras又用同是瑞典唱作人Tobias Fröberg的《Somewhere In The City》作背景音樂,畫面當然不及Bravia的震撼,那只有三十秒鐘的音樂片段也未叫我真正著迷。然後,細聽他的作品才真正入迷。

Tobias Fröberg已經推出了兩張專輯,與好友Linus Larsson(The Concretes 及更多瑞典樂團的監製)一起包辦兩張專輯的所有音樂製作品位。首張專輯【For Elisabeth Wherever She Is】是在簡樸的編曲及優美的旋律
的出色作品,有些你會必然會想起鄰家挪威的Kings Of Convenience,又或是準確一點Simon&Garfunkel的脫俗音樂,有些自然是瑞典名牌的清新民謠,然而,最叫我動容的是《Grace》在鋼琴下的吟唱,加上那些Harmonies,你不會想不起是屬於The Beatles 又或是John Lennon 又或是Badly Drawn Boy的靈氣曲目吧?「 I don´t think I´m gonna die I just want her to remember I don´t want to lie I want to keep her and love her」,實在是陣陣的心痛。

第二張專輯【Somewhere In The City】還未能拿到整張專輯聆聽,不過MV的高飽和色彩以及捕捉的歐洲街頭景像,已經很美。《When The Night Turns Cold》中「Take Me Higher」的一句即Sharp cut到玩機動遷秋的畫面,像心情一樣七級跳狂飆。

《Somewhere In The City》的幽靈遊走也是有趣,讓我不知道他是用投射背景拍攝還是怎樣。而且,這樣的遊走實在很有flânerie的感覺。

《Grace》試聽︰

[audio:http://www.tobiasfroberg.com/A_Grace.mp3]

Tobias Fröberg網頁Myspace


瑞典唱作女生Britta Persson

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後知後覺,讀(OR)才認識06年八月推出了首張個人大碟的瑞典女唱作人Britta Persson。Britta Persson04年已推出首張EP,不過頭三張demo/ep 走民謠清爽路線,06年的新專輯【TOP QUALITY BONES
AND A LITTLE TERRORIST
】卻換上型格的包裝,走在alternative pop 的範疇。封套在硬硬的燈光下玩黑底紅外套白衫的高對比顏色,十分有型格。不只,其中一單曲《You Are Not My Boyfriend 》找來Robinovich作導演,在歌曲本身硬橋硬馬兩輕一重的鼓聲下,畫面也簡單直接,Close up 大頭加上男士在狂舞已經很有壓迫感。Britta Persson那個神經質造形與演出也是讚。好看。

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You Are Not My Boyfriend

You are not my boyfriend, well a lot of people ain’t
The fact that you do not want me makes me not wanting you
Next time I make out it won’t be with you
I could not have done it different, I always have to say it all
How could love be hidden? In a way I am proud
I want you to feel something, if not love, hate will do

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有趣的是她2004年【DEMO 1】,竟讓我想起楊千嬅【直覺】的封套,很似。不過聽回她的舊作品,她那比較倔強的音質在Acoustic 簡約編曲下效果一般,還是最新的專輯的音樂編曲適合她。

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