又來到老歌系列,忽然間聽到一九六九年又是來自蘇格蘭的The Marmalade 的《Reflections Of My Life》這首歌,哼,勁呢,近日知道原來當年Radiohead的《Creep》原來曽被BBC 1blacklist 過,原因係太消極。咁呢首呢?
All my sorrows, sad tomorrows
Take me back to my own home
All my cryings (all my cryings), feel I’m dying, dying
Take me back to my own home (oh I’m going home)
這就是我人生的反映,灰到呢?既然咁灰,不如死左去?唔得,最應棒一句其實係「But I dont wanna die 」,人生有多無奈才會有這樣子的想法。
不過其實想當年真係好多呢類型以The Beatles來作藍本的樂團。想當年原來溫拿亦翻唱過。
The Marmalade – The Reflections of my life
The changing of sunlight to moonlight
Reflections of my life, oh, how they fill my eyes
The greetings of people in trouble
Reflections of my life, oh, how they fill my eyes
All my sorrows, sad tomorrows
Take me back to my own home
All my cryings (all my cryings), feel I’m dying, dying
Take me back to my own home (oh I’m going home)
I’m changing, arranging, I’m changing
I’m changing everything, ah, everything around me
The world is a bad place, a bad place
A terrible place to live, oh, but I don’t wanna die
All my sorrows, sad tomorrows
Take me back, to my old home
All my cryings, (all my cryings), feel I’m dying, dying
Take me back to my old home (I’m going home)
All my sorrows, sad tomorrows
Take me back, (take me back) to my old home
關於食物,英國食物從來都是被其他國家恥笑對像,只懂一味炸炸炸,只懂fish and chips,that’s it。普遍餐廳質素都不好又是另一印象,除非好好地畀一舊錢正正常常去一個佈置良好的餐廳吧。確實,在Edinburgh裏畀錢吃的東西都難以稱得上好食,尤其係大多數「食肆」都是餐廳與洒吧的結合,食物難以兼顧也正常吧。
“Haggis is a dish containing sheep’s ‘pluck’ (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally simmered in the animal’s stomach for approximately three hours. Most modern commercial haggis is prepared in a casing rather than an actual stomach.”
噢,明天便是情人節,不只情人節,很厭倦一切節日。不過咁,為求應節,突然想到在Royal Mile的Heart of Midlothian。Heart of Midlothian的歷史要追溯到十五世紀,當時 Old Tolbooth,即時當時的法庭便在當地。而Heart of Midlothian便正正是當時犯人執刑之地。發展到今時今日Heart of Midlothian已成為社區內其中一個標誌甚至是地標。據聞Locals從不會踩這個心,因為一踩就會搵唔到你的真愛咁話。取之代之源自歷史向心心吐痰以表示對犯人的鄙視,現今流傳的民間智慧則是說向它吐痰就會為你帶來好運。
當然,Bay City Rollers只不過係隊流行樂隊,唱人地創作及COVER多。在英國最紅的作品叫《Bye, Bye, Baby》,翻唱Four Seasons。另一首就係《Saturday Night》,由神台級人馬Bill Martin and Phil Coulter寫及製作,竟然在英國唔熱去到美國就賣得一,奇。