藝術家米蘭達.七月小姐(Miranda July)灌過唱片,出過書,拍了一部好評獨立電影,2007年她出了第一部短篇小說《No One Belongs Here More Than You》,得了獎,也獲許多年度最佳提名。重點來了,今年5月這本書終於推出了平裝版!所以窮酸鬼的我趕緊用差了近半的價格搶下。
5.5 沒有Chet Baker的〈Let's Get Lost〉和Peggy Lee的〈I Won't Dance〉還能活嗎?
結果是恐怕什麼也帶不成。不過,我那灌到一半的Black Box Recorder《England Made Me》浮現在眼前,我發現專輯裡的歌排列起來,對一個流落到荒島的傢伙頗能拿來解嘲之用:
〈It's Only the End of the World〉不過就是世界末日罷了
Your hands turn to dust, the magic is lost 你手已成灰燼,魔法已然失效 It's only the end of the world 不過就是世界末日罷了 Where is the love? 愛到哪裡去了?
〈Wonderful Life〉大好人生
Get into shape, try to lose weight 搞得有型點,試著減減肥 Regain your confidence, control you fate 重拾你的信心,控制你的命運 Victim of circumstance, look on the bright side 你只是人在江湖身不由己,往好處想想
這首呢,就留給我吧。
〈Hated Sunday〉恨死星期天
Close the windows, draw the blinds 關上窗戶,拉上百葉窗 I can't stand it if the sun shines 我受不了陽光直曬 On Sunday 在星期天 Hated Sunday 恨死星期天了
Sunday night, time stands still 星期天晚上,時間沈滯 One last drag, it still feels like school 最後的拖延,感覺仍像在學校 Tomorrow 明天 Hated Sunday 恨死星期天了
我被世界遺棄 I have lost track of the world 曾經在此,我耗盡大半時光 with which I used to waste much time
世界久未聽聞於我 it has hared nothing of me for so long 認為我已死亡 it may well think I am dead
我不以為意 And for me it is of no concern at all 倘若世界待我如死者 if it treats me as dead
我也無從辯解 Nor can I say anything at all against it 實情是我已像個亡魂 for in truth I am dead to the world
從這世界的躁動中死去 I am dead to the hurly-burly of the world 於極靜之地得到安眠 and repose in a place of quietness
獨居在我的天堂裡 I live alone in my heaven 在我的愛裡,在我的歌裡 in my loving, in my song
馬勒:5首呂克特之歌 Mahler: Funf Lieder nach Gedichten von Rückert
"Ich bin der Welf abhanden gekommen" 我被世界遺棄
Fischer-Dieskau 費雪狄斯考/ Baritone男中音 Barenboim 巴倫波音/ Piano 鋼琴
(Words by Friedrich Rückert / English translation by William Mann)
世界總是吵鬧的。 錯的是我問世界能不能給一點安靜。 因此它偏偏要叫醒我,要我醒在黑暗中。
黝黑的夜漫漫無邊, 憤怒是不累的槳, 決意不往失眠的彼岸划去。
在被逐出安眠天堂之前, 最後的寂靜留在這首歌裡。
The world is always noisy. The world is always right. It is the one who asked a little bit quiet is wrong. Therefore, it woke me up in the darkest night.
It was such a long long night. My anger paddled me across the sleepless river, but I can never see the other side.
Before I was exiled from the heaven of sleep, I heard the peace was left in this song.
Thanks for your patience and support for a month. I know it's been a long time, much too long in the blogging world. But I’m glad you all remembered me, aren’t you? Well, now I’m glad to announce that..... I'm BACK!!! Back from a hard-examination-hell. Now I’m FREE!!! Free to do anything I want, again. Firstly, it must be..... yeah, I’m right here, blogging. And eating, drinking, parting..... Oh, and I wish you all a very happy holiday. Got to dance with Santa, see you soon:)
There’s a test waiting for me. No post will be published till 12/23. My dear friends, I know you will miss me too. Therefore, just leave your messages, I will reply to you as soon as I can.
That's why I am in the mood for this October I plain to love him all I can
我為何而生? Why Was I Born? by Dinah Washington
我為何而生?為何而活?為何我奢望不可能實現的心願?而我又能希望什麼?我為何而哭?你根本聽不見
我是可憐的笨蛋,但我還能怎麼辦?為何,我生而愛你?
Why was I born, why am I livin'? What do I get, what am I givin'? Why do I want a thing I daren't hope for? What can I hope for? I wish I knew Why do I try to draw you near me? Why do I do I cry? You never hear me
I'm a poor fool, but what can I do? Why was I born to love you?
Monday nothing Tuesday nothing Wednesday and Thursday nothing Friday for a change a little more nothing Saturday once more nothing Sunday nothing...January nothing February nothing March and April nothing...Reading nothing Writing nothing...Allen Ginsberg nothing...Flesh and Sex nothing...nothing nothing nothing
事情漸漸好轉 It's Getting Better by Kevin Rowland
一度我相信當愛情找上我 愛會與煙火、鈴聲與詩同時降落 但碰到我和你 它只是悄悄的來,逐漸茁壯
然後越來越好了 變得越來越強大 溫暖而狂野 每天都更好一點 每天都變得越來越好
Once I believed that when love came to me It would come with rockets, bells and poetry But with me and you It just started quietly and grew
And it's geeting better Growing stronger Warm and wilder Better every day It's getting better every day
我們會活個千萬年 We're Going To Live For A Very Long Time by Heaven 17
我不在乎生命 或圍繞在身旁的世界 因為我有地方可去 我不在乎你怎麼說 話語傷不了我
來吧,邁向快樂的天堂之路 如果你不屑,我們也不要你 我們會活得很久很久
I don't care about life Or the world around me I've got a place to go I don't care what you say Words cannot harm me
Come and join the fun on the way to heaven If you can't be bothered, we don't need you We're going to live for a very long time
My daddy would go crazy If he knew what his baby Was spendin' his life doin' I know I'd be in trouble He would cut out on the double At the lifestyle I'm pursuin'
I wanna be a toy I can't be treated Like no ordinary boy (No!) I wanna be a toy I can't be treated Like any other boy that you see
It's a very happy day We are at lots of fun fun fun And it's ice-cream and jelly How much can you throw over the walls?
And see how his face glows It's a bike! what a surprise. It's a big bike. What a big surprise. It's a red bike. What a red surprise. But the best thing there Was the wonderful dog chair Was the beautiful dog chair That could count right up to ten It went woof, woof, woof, woof, woof,woof, woof, woof, woof, woof
注意:九首歌將在滿月後移去。 Note: The 9 songs will be removed a month latter.
10週年以來Bonnie Pink動作頻繁,先是化妝品廣告曲『A Perfect Sky』爆出超人氣,又和M-flo合作,還有《令人討厭的松子的一生》電影歌曲『Love is Bubble』等。最後,在7月25日才剛發行的全新專輯「Thinking Out Loud」達到活躍巔峰,全新進化般的,迎向創作生涯的下一章。
Inspired by
Bonnie Pink "Anything for You" 初回限定單曲 附2006年沖繩露天音樂會現場DVD
電影結束,真正催淚的是隨演職員表而出的片尾曲,K.D. Lang翻唱Neil Young「Helpless」,選自她向加拿大作曲家致意的歌曲集「Hymns of the 49th Parallel」(頌讚北緯49度)。為什麼?因為這是一部非常加拿大的電影,廣闊無邊的雪地、沈緩的步調,更重要的是,它改編自加拿大作家Alice Munro的短篇小說《The Bear Came Over the Mountain》(熊過山來了)。
閱畢多年的Munro短篇集仍靜靜躺在書架上。毫無意外的,看完整部電影我都沒想起來…
Helpless by K.D. Lang from the album "Hymns of the 49th Parallel"
Blue, blue windows behind the stars, Yellow moon on the rise, Big birds flying across the sky, Throwing shadows on our eyes. Leave us Helpless, helpless, helpless