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