johnruby的部落格

很喜歡第一個女生和她的蝴蝶翅膀、以及 Erlend Oye 的大眼鏡！

MV 的淡黃寧靜色調、和恬淡輕快的旋律同樣溫柔 ...

（KoC 4/2 要來台！相關資料點這裡）











So we meet again after several years

Several years of separation

Moving on, moving around

Till we spend this time

Chasing the other's tail

Whooo oh-oh I could never belong to you

Whooo oh-oh I could never belong to you

Winter and spring (Winter and spring)

Summer and fall (Summer and fall)

Yeah the wind surfer crossing the ocean

and the boat behind

Skiffling rags (Skiffling rags)

shuffling walls (shuffling walls)

You're the up tip toe by arena

In the chorus line

Singing

Whooo oh-oh I could never belong to you

Whooo oh-oh I could never belong to you

River and sea, picking up salt

Through the air there's a fluffly cloud

Falling down as rain.

Whooo oh-oh I could never belong to you

Whooo oh-oh I could never belong to you

I could never belong to you

I could never belong to you

總覺得它正自溺而輕柔地控訴著，

傳達出了某種令人悲哀莫名的精神處境 ...













Well, I could sleep forever

But it's of her I dream

If I could sleep forever

I could forget about everything

If I could sleep forever

If I could sleep forever

If I could sleep forever ...

主唱的嗓音蒼涼而消沉、卻令人願意不斷嘗試振作 ...











I've been down and

I'm wondering why

These little black clouds

Keep walking around

With me

With me



It wastes time

And I'd rather be high

Think I'll walk me outside

And buy a rainbow smile

But be free

They're all free

So maybe tomorrow

I'll find my way home

So maybe tomorrow

I'll find my way home

I look around at a beautiful life

Been the upperside of down

Been the inside of out

But we breathe

We breathe

I wanna breeze and an open mind

I wanna swim in the ocean

Wanna take my time for me

All me

So maybe tomorrow

I'll find my way home

So maybe tomorrow

I'll find my way home

So maybe tomorrow

I'll find my way home

So maybe tomorrow

I'll find my way home

So maybe tomorrow

I'll find my way home

So maybe tomorrow

I'll find my way home ...

「當你加速前行，往昔種種將緊隨在後 ... 」



大多時候，我其實並不明白歌詞到底觸動了心底的哪個幽暗角落，

然而它畢竟觸動了些什麼，我也不奢望能在聆聽當下即扒梳清楚，

單純地讓自己陷溺在某種不負責任的心醉神迷當中 ...









I know, you love the song but not the singer

I know, you've got me wrapped around your finger

I know, you want the sin without the sinner

I know

I know

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster

I know, the last in line is always called a bastard

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster

I know

I know

I know, you cut me loose from contradiction

I know, I'm all wrapped up in sweet attrition

I know, it's asking for your benediction

I know

I know

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster

I know, the last in line is always called a bastard

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster

I know

I know

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster

I know, the last in line is always called a bastard

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster

I know

I know ...

非常清澈而堅定的一首歌；

彷彿它被創作出來的唯一目的就是使聽者平靜而滿足 ...











I want to live where soul meets body

And let the sun wrap its arms around me

And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing

And feel, feel what its like to be new

Cause in my head there's a greyhound station

Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations

So they may have a chance of finding a place

where they're far more suited than here

I cannot guess what we'll discover

Between the dirt with our palms cut like shovels

But I know our filthy hand can wash one another’s

And not one speck will remain

I do believe it's true

That there are holes left in both of our shoes

If the silence takes you

Then I hope it takes me too

So brown eyes I hold you near

Cause you're the only song I want to hear

A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

Where soul meets body

Where soul meets body

Where soul meets body

I do believe it's true

That there are holes left in both of our shoes

If the silence takes you

Then I hope it takes me too

So brown eyes I hold you near

Cause you're the only song I want to hear

A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

這幾天晚上常常聽著 The Raveonettes 聽到睡著，

它總是能含蓄地讓心情平靜下來；

它的旋律像一陣灰黑色的微風拂過面龐、

輕柔地原諒了那些年少輕狂的浮躁與錯過 ...

（文末附上了原始版本，不過我比較喜歡這個：P）











I fell out of heaven

to be with you in hell

my sin's not quite seven

nothing much to tell



lust I haven't craved

a sainted boy I'm not

I take it to my grave

a side cursed on rot



I ride these ropes alone

beneath the sulfur sky

everywhere I roam

life is one big lie

when the fireball goes down

out by LA waste

I come into town

but only for a day

if starving in bed means

I pray for you to understand

the man sure is sleek

but lost was my hand

I struggle and I cry

I pounce with no revenge

at least I never lied

or took the truth to rail

我並不是特別偏好那些憂傷而隱晦的曲子，

但它們往往太過深沉、又太過神秘難解，

以致於你總能發現它們身上正映照著你最渴望和最害怕的事情，

彷彿那些不定型的渴望和害怕，在其中都得到了各自的詮釋和驗證 ...

（文底附了英文維基 Thom Yorke 對這首歌的感想：P）











Rows of houses, all bearing down on me

I can feel their blue hands touching me

All these things into position

All these things we'll one day swallow whole

And fade out again and fade out

This machine will, will not communicate

These thoughts and the strain I am under

Be a world child, form a circle

Before we all go under

And fade out again and fade out again

Cracked eggs, dead birds

Scream as they fight for life

I can feel death, can see its beady eyes

All these things into position

All these things we'll one day swallow whole

And fade out again and fade out again

Immerse your soul in love

IMMERSE YOUR SOUL IN LOVE ...









Thom Yorke ：



Street Spirit is our purest song, but I didn't write it. It wrote itself. We were just its messengers; its biological catalysts. Its core is a complete mystery to me, and, you know, I wouldn't ever try to write something that hopeless. All of our saddest songs have somewhere in them at least a glimmer of resolve. Street Spirit has no resolve. It is the dark tunnel without the light at the end. It represents all tragic emotion that is so hurtful that the sound of that melody is its only definition. We all have a way of dealing with that song. It's called detachment. Especially me; I detach my emotional radar from that song, or I couldn't play it. I'd crack. I'd break down on stage. That's why its lyrics are just a bunch of mini-stories or visual images as opposed to a cohesive explanation of its meaning. I used images set to the music that I thought would convey the emotional entirety of the lyric and music working together. That's what's meant by 'all these things you'll one day swallow whole'. I meant the emotional entirety, because I didn't have it in me to articulate the emotion. I'd crack... 





粗糙翻譯：



Street Spirit 是我們最純粹的一支作品，但並不是我創作出它的，而是它創作出了它自己。我們只是為它傳達訊息的信差。它像是某種催化劑，而它的核心意義對我而言非常神祕難解。而且，你知道的，我絕不會試著去創作令人絕望的事物。即使是我們最最悲傷的作品，仍然會至少蘊含一線希望與不屈不撓。但 Street Spirit 沒有希望可言。它像是一座終點處看不見亮光的漆黑隧道。它表現出來的情緒實在過於悲劇性，以致於它的旋律本身成為了它的唯一定義。我們有個辦法可以面對它，那就是抽離。尤其是我；我必須將情緒從這首曲子中抽離，否則我沒辦法演奏它。我會承受不住，我會在舞台上崩潰。這就是為何它的歌詞並不是對它自身意義的連貫解釋、而是一連串殘破的描述和視覺意象。我意圖藉著這些意象，讓整首歌的情緒整體和旋律能相互配合。這就是「all these things you'll one day swallow whole」所要表達的；我指的是那情緒整體，因為我沒有辦法讓自己完全地投入、並清楚地將之描述出來；我會崩潰的 ...







按這裡看原文：〈Street Spirit (Fade Out)〉

可以在午休剛結束、日光燈尚未回神的時候，

趁著某種不穩定的寧靜未被破壞之前悄悄哼著；

噢，這或許是高三值得記憶的一個橋段XDD






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我寫不出來像樣的情歌

也演不好一個浪漫的人

就算妳嘲笑我那麼笨

就讓我癡癡地等 

永遠 永遠 

海邊的彩虹

妳看見了沒有

那是誰又淚流成河的結果

妳永遠不懂

我是多麼地妄想妳的溫柔

空留了許多遺恨在作夢

我寫不出來像樣的情歌

也演不好一個浪漫的人

就算妳嘲笑我那麼笨 

我不該再說怎麼辦

這一點兒也不悲慘

當我老去的時候

喜歡讓海風吹乾了眼眸 ...

我寫不出來像樣的情歌

也演不好一個浪漫的人

就算妳嘲笑我那麼笨

我寫不出來像樣的情歌

只能夠默默為妳浪費青春

漂洋過海的美夢難以成真

無盡永恆

永遠 永遠 ...

這首青春之歌太深沉、太迷幻了，

歌詞充滿了各種無法避免的狂放和悲傷；

MGMT 真的非常值得注意：〉

（Youtube 停用了原始 MV 的嵌入，要看原始 MV 按這裡）













I'm feeling rough, I'm feeling raw, I'm in the prime of my life.

Let's make some music, make some money, find some models for wives.

I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin, and fuck with the stars.

You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars.

This is our decision, to live fast and die young.

We've got the vision, now let's have some fun.

Yeah, it's overwhelming, but what else can we do.

Get jobs in offices, and wake up for the morning commute.

Forget about our mothers and our friends

We're fated to pretend

To pretend

We're fated to pretend

To pretend

I'll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms

I'll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world

I'll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home

Yeah, I'll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone.

There's really nothing, nothing we can do

Love must be forgotten, life can always start up anew.

The models will have children, we'll get a divorce

We'll find some more models, everything must run it's course.

We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end

We were fated to pretend

To pretend

We're fated to pretend

To pretend

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah  ...

KKBOX 的中文翻譯是「保齡湯樂團」...

聽起來非常歡樂XDD！

久久聽一次嗨歌的感覺超棒：D

The leader singer:

Thank you for each everyone of you.

(The audience boo.)

The Judge:

Guys, don't give up your day jobs!

(Football team boys laugh.)

Football team boys:

Man, you guys suck! Boo!

The band boy:

Don't worry. After high school, everything will be better. Let's go!







Four years you think for sure

That’s all you’ve got to endure

All the total dicks

All the stuck up chicks

So superficial, so immature

Then when you graduate

You take a look around and you say HEY WAIT

This is the same as where I just came from

I thought it was over

Aw that’s just great



The whole damn world is just as obsessed

With who‘s the best dressed and who‘s having sex,

Who‘s got the money, who gets the honeys,

Who‘s kinda cute and who‘s just a mess

And you still don’t have the right look

And you don’t have the right friends

Nothing changes but the faces, the names, and the trends

High school never ends



Check out the popular kids

You’ll never guess what Jessica did

How did Mary Kate lose all that weight

And Katie had a baby so I guess Tom’s straight

And the only thing that matters

Is climbing up that social ladder

Still care about your hair and the car you drive

Doesn’t matter if you’re sixteen or thirty-five



Reese Witherspoon,

She’s the prom queen

Bill Gates,

Captain of the chess team

Jack Black, the clown

Brad Pitt, the quarterback

I’ve seen it all before

I want my money back



The whole damn world is just as obsessed

With who’s the best dressed and who’s having sex,

Who’s in the clubs and who’s on the drugs,

Who’s throwing up before they digest

And you still don’t have the right look

And you don’t have the right friends

And you’re still listen to the same shit you did back then

High school never ends



High school never ends



The whole damn world is just as obsessed

With who‘s the best dressed and who‘s having sex,

Who‘s got the money, who gets the honeys,

Who‘s kinda cute and who‘s just a mess

And I still don’t have the right look

And I still have the same three friends

And I’m pretty much the same as I was back then

High school never ends



High school never ends



High school never ends



Here we go again ...