單看名字，別以為El Perro Del Mar是法國樂團，她是來自瑞典Gothenburg的one man band，成員只有Sarah。2006年已經推出了首張專輯【Look! I’ts El Perro Del Mar! 】，在數個月前我才剛認識，透過其廠牌Hybris 的試聽，當中《God Knows (You Gotta Give To Get)》成為了不斷播不斷播的作品，原來El Perro Del Mar這法國名字是源自其六七十年代音樂元素，甜在心頭，色彩滿瀉的音樂。
再來這首由Åsa Arnehed的法國Retro簡約動畫MV，重覆的動作，卻不單調，由音樂填滿想像與顏色。
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。
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。
終於趕及了Graduation Thesis的死線，算是暫時「完成」了。雖然，現在的我還是每一天在更新這個thesis，但總算交差了，然後再funrish ，待完成這學期所有作業便將它完整地完成。
在工作天裡，坐得屁股也痛痛，眼睛昏花。不過愛錫身體的陳大文沒有通宵趕工過，也許我是比以往更懶吧，或是太愛惜身體了，要我通宵草草完成這樣重要的作業，我不依。
在這樣沒間斷的工作過程裏，音樂當然重要，在這一星期裡，我竟然一下子聽了來自瑞典的瑞日混血兒 Maia Hirasawa 多達一百次，這是我極度極度少有的狀況，我真的很少會一下子聽那麼多。
先介紹這首單曲《And I found this boy》，聽得我心情躍動，Intro中Maia的呼叫聲已經叫你醒神過來，然後跟著這爵士節奏在哼著這個走遍這個Sweden找遍這個「this boy」的少女故事，到Chorus位的男聲和音更是對勁。然後，就是連MV也是驚喜地好看…
配合歌曲的Oldies歌舞劇味道，這是一個融合50,60s 的音樂劇元素的MV，在廁所裡作了一場歌舞劇表演，一大班人載歌載舞，廁所也能長出花呢！
而且Maia的帶點神經質表現加上整首歌曲的熱鬧氣氛，怎會不讓我想起Bjork的《It’s Oh so quiet》的MV？
Maia Hirasawa整張專輯也是誠實地動聽的，遲些再寫寫整張專輯。
不用多說，Pelle Carlberg最新專輯【In a Nutshell】，《I love you, you imbecile 》MV簡單的Slideshow配合這首簡單的輕鬆快歌。希望Zoo Record快點入到來香港。
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.」
《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!
如果Pelle Carlberg與Ida Maria 的二重唱《I love you you imbecile》讓你聽得心癢，還想聽更多清新的男女對唱的話，那我即時想起來自同是瑞典的Peter Bjorn and John在2006年與The Concretes 的主音Victoria Bergsman合唱的《Young Folks》，一定能滿足你。
《Young Folks》在2006年時一首在瑞典頗流行的作品，單是Intro及Motif 於一身的那口哨哼出的旋律已經叫人聽得愉快，加上帶著青春羞澀的歌詞，像Peter Bjorn and John其他作品一樣，讓你重新感受五六十年代的簡樸生活的質感。
MV的動畫也是簡單可愛，那些跟著節奏木納的擺動，很襯，無愧奪下2006年瑞典MTV選出的最佳MV。
Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks
if i told you things i did before
told you how i used to be
would you go along with someone like me
if you knew my story word for word
had all of my history
would you go along with someone like me
i did before and had my share
it didn’t lead nowhere
i would go along with someone like you
it doesn’t matter what you do
who you were hanging with
we could stick around and see this night through
and we don’t care about the young folks
talkin’ bout the young style
and we don’t care about the old folks
talkin’ ’bout the old style too
and we don’t care about our own faults
talkin’ ’bout our own style
all we care about is talking
talking only me and you
usually when things has gone this far
people tend to disappear
no one would surprise me unless you do
i can tell there’s something goin’ on
hours seem to disappear
everyone is leaving i’m still with you
it doesn’t matter what we do
where we are going to
we can stick around and see this night through
and we don’t care about the young folks
talkin’ bout the young style
and we don’t care about the old folks
talkin’ ’bout the old style too
and we don’t care about our own faults
talkin’ ’bout our own style
all we care about is talking
talking only me and you
and we don’t care about the young folks
talkin’ bout the young style
and we don’t care about the old folks
talkin’ ’bout the old style too
and we don’t care about our own faults
talkin’ ’bout our own style
all we care about is talking
talking only me and you
(repeat)
talking only me and you
talking only me and you
talking only me and you
MV in Youtube︱Peter Bjorn and John官網
來自英國的Pleasure將於2 月中推出第二張專輯【Pleasure 2】，我不清楚Pleasure在英國得不得到注目，只知道簽下EMI NORWAY的他在挪威電台播得火熱。Pleasure的Gig地當然順理成章變為挪威。
首支單曲《Back to You》找來Brett Anderson 聲援，電音下展現頹廢的感覺，雖有幾分Suede 【Head Music】的味道，還未算驚艷。還好，第二支單曲《Out of Love》找來Cicada樂團來自冰島的女主音Heidrun Bjornsdottir 獻唱，曲式充滿著90s Kylie Minogue那些女歌手的Catchy Pop，一首好玩的電子作品，好得。兩支MV也好看，自己到Myspace 欣賞。
