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。
當Rolling Stone滾石雜誌在Blog上放上「Most Annoying Songs」的選舉,然後便得到四百多的提名回應,大家各自爭相說出最令人煩擾的廿首歌曲。觀看最後廿首名單,實在認同,其中廿首之最我選James Blunt《You’re Beautiful》實在令人煩擾。若選遺珠之作,必有Avril Lavigne的大部份作品,近作《Girlfriend》首當其衝、在歐洲生活九個月其間日日被炮轟Nelly furtado的那首連名字也是現在才知道的《Maneater》、還有遠比《Livin’ La Vida Loca》難頂的《She Bangs》,還有就是《Oops I Did It Again》、《I believe I can fly》…
1. Black Eyed Peas, “My Humps”
2. Los Del Rio, “Macarena”
3. Baha Men, “Who Let The Dogs Out”
4. Celine Dion, “My Heart Will Go On”
5. Nickelback, “Photograph”
6. Lou Bega, “Mambo No. 5″
7. James Blunt, “You’re Beautiful”
8. Spice Girls, “Wannabe”
9. Sisqo, “The Thong Song”
10. Cher, “Believe”
11. Aqua, “Barbie Girl”
12. Chumbawumba, “Tub Thumper”
13. Rednex, “Cotton-Eyed Joe”
14. Eiffel 65, “Blue”
15. Crash Test Dummies, “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm”
16. Meatloaf, “I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)”
17. ‘NSYNC, “Bye, Bye, Bye”
18. Ricky Martin, “Livin’ La Vida Loca”
19. Semisonic, “Closing Time”
20. Wham!, “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”
新音樂呢,當然也有很多不錯,最近喜歡聽簡單直接的,適合夏天。來自瑞典Stockholm的Shout Out Louds 的新專輯【Our Ill Wills】便是一張適合夏天的爽快專輯。若然之前Shout Out Louds 對你而言不夠衝勁,主音的聲音不夠大不夠放,那這次他們的表現你一定會合心得多。這次在Björn Yttling(Peter Bjorn & John)監製下,這張專輯如同Peter Bjorn & John的音樂一樣充滿懷舊味,更簡直像the Cure上身,當然是那些愉快的Pop的那個The Cure,連之前較陰聲細氣的主音Adam也像Robert Smith附體,比以往的演繹更放。整張專輯在出色的錄音與混音下造就的剔透音色,而且Chamber Music的大量運用下配合多變的美好Percussion,重拾7、80年代Post-Punk之餘,更打造了一張高格調的愉快搖滾專輯。
首支單曲《Tonight I Have To Leave It》每次聽也像踏入了舞池一樣,身不擺動不搖就不舒服,其餘《Parents Livingroom》、《You Are Dreaming》都是承繼著這樣的爽快血脈;《Suit Yourself》更讓我想起Echo & the Bunnymen的頹廢憂鬱味道;《Blue Headlights》由唯一女團員Bebben獻唱,卻成為了一首laid-back的結他小品,我說聯想起The Velvet Underground 會過份嗎?《Impossible》由Percussion 帶起的接近七分鐘曲目,捲起Melancholic的氣旋,專輯之最;《Normandie》的前奏與《Close to me》幾可亂真,一樣好聽跳脫。
夏天沒有爽快的音樂,就不叫夏天啦;你還未找到好聽的夏天音樂,來啦,聽下啦。你再看看Shout Out Louds的art works 的話,也許你會更喜歡他們的。
Amnesty International’s 將會推出Tribute to John Lennon的compilation【Make Some Noise】,六月廿五日發售。當然,對於雜到包含Pop到反胃的人名的這個陣容,我沒甚興趣。最有興趣聽R.E.M.與a-ha同時玩的《#9 Dream》,其次當然對The Cure與The Flaming Lips 的也有所期待,其他,聽聽啦。Avril Lavigne唱Imagine?當發場惡夢囉。
Disc 1:
1. U2 – Instant Karma
2. R.E.M. – #9 Dream
3. Christina Aguilera – Mother
4. Aerosmith featuring Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars – Give Peace A Chance
5. Lenny Kravitz – Cold Turkey
6. The Cure – Love
7. Corinne Bailey Rae – I’m Losing You
8. Jakob Dylan featuring Dhani Harrison – Gimme Some Truth
9. Jackson Browne – Oh, My Love
10. Raveonettes – One Day At A Time
11. Avril Lavigne – Imagine
12. Big & Rich – Nobody Told Me
13. Youssou N’Dour – Jealous Guy
14. Eskimo Joe – Mind Games
Disc 2:
1. Green Day – Working Class Hero
2. Black Eyed Peas – Power to the People
3. Jack Johnson – Imagine
4. Ben Harper – Beautiful Boy
5. Snow Patrol – Isolation
6. Matisyahu – Watching the Wheels
7. Postal Service – Grow Old With Me
8. Jaguares – Gimme Some Truth
9. The Flaming Lips – (Just Like) Starting Over
10 Jack’s Mannequin featuring Mick Fleetwood – God
11. Regina Spektor – Real Love
12. A-ha – #9 Dream
13. Tokio Hotel – Instant Karma