Posted by: Ling | 8 October, 2008

Rants


感想一:

對對糊  好難估

感想二:

你 他 媽 的 吃 大 便 吧

感想三:

老 娘 他 媽 的 不 玩 了

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OK on a more positive note. Yes it’s been exactly one year !!
We’ve eaten more than enough “northwest wind” that night XD
Mad people flock together. We’re gonna turn the whole Asia upside down. XD

Posted by: Ling | 10 September, 2008

那年夏天最後的那一天


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無端端,某個地方的最後一天。
好瘋癲,雞泡魚躺在懸崖邊。
手鬆開,顆顆心願飛上天。
在海邊,寂寞的人肩並肩。

Posted by: Ling | 4 August, 2008

Travis, my dear Travis



The first song by them that I came across was “Writing to Reach You”. Good song, but didn’t really get me – that was what I think back in 1999. Then a while later there came “Driftwood” – and it struck me. Whether it was because of the music or the MV or a blend of the two I couldn’t tell; I just knew that the chorus kept recurring in my mind. “So I’m sorry, that you’ve turned into driftwood. But you’ve been drifting for a long long time.” How could they be so cynical yet so warm? Think about the MV. I found two ways to make sense of it. Version 1: all you pieces of driftwoods running around senselessly looking for shelters from the rain – we can see why you are driftwoods, while we are not. Version 2: all you pieces of driftwoods, face the rain and flow with the tides; drift on until you reach your shore; but remember we’ll always be here sitting still ready to sing for you.


OK whatever. I went to HMV and grabbed “The Man Who”. I love it – btw who doesn’t? Underneath the melancholic tone is a heart most beautiful of all; beneath that cover of snow is a grassland of unfading greenness. “Why does it always rain on me? Is it because I lied when I was seventeen?” Oh lads how could you be so adorable? I can go so far to say that, I can’t really feel a sense of bittersweet-ness in The Verve’s classic Bittersweet Symphony (ok I guess it’s meant to be like that), but I can feel it in every track of The Man Who. I love “Slide Show”; I mean, love. Almost ten years have gone since I first listened to it but it still pops up in my mind once in a while. The frequency of popping-up was at its highest back then when I was in F.5, sitting in halls taking HKCEE – what da hell. “There is a slide show and it’s, so slow, refreshing in my mind…” OK stop it, out of my mind! I dun need to refresh a slide show I only need to recap my notes!


So thank god you guys played “Slide Show” plus “Blue Flashing Light” during the encore. Thank god, though I believe in none.


This sense of sweet melancholy (ok I can’t locate one single appropriate word in my vocabulary to name it) is at its fullest in the band’s follow-up to the massive The Man Who – The Invisible Band. “Sing” and “Side” are great songs, but do not have that “Wow” effect on me. Then comes “Flowers in the Window”. They did it. There are times that you hear a song, read a line, spot a photo, bump into a person, catch a scene by the sea or whatever and you know it touches heaven. You just know. And this song is one of those transcending beings. NME condemns it for being too pop, too much of a crowd-pleaser and too easy to sing-a-long. So be it. It is always such simple stuff that would last and grow in you. In this simple song I find the most profound joy of life. Can’t you hear it? “Afterglow” is so sweet, so sweet that it almost makes me cry. But then they made a twist and ended the album with “The Humpty Dumpty Love Song”. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King’s horses and all the King’s men couldn’t put Humpty back together again. I wasn’t quite able to make sense of this classic Lewis Carroll’s figure in the past, but now I got it. No mathematician can to the calculation; no physician can put a heart broken into two halves back together again; and the one who has the magic glue won’t give it out. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, and I too have a great fall – for this song.


From “The Man Who” to “The Invisible Man”; from “The Boy with No Name” to “Ode to J Smith”. I know why I love them. So huge a band they are in the music scene, but they never take themselves too seriously. Still singing for all the driftwoods out there. Still unfolding the most simple yet most profound joy of life.

(Not that I don’t like Good Feeling and Twelve Memories, just that I can’t put them into the line!)


So that’s it. Almost ten years have past since I got hold of “The Man Who” I was finally here, standing by the fence watching my dear Travis on stage and waving my umbrella when “Why does it Always Rain on Me” set in. Almost heaven. If Humpty Dumpty was also there then it would have been complete heaven. Haha.


Damn we should have taken a photo with my umbrella.


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不行,還是說一下中文。
有些美畢竟還是要用中文才能表達,哈。


“It’s such a lovely day, and I’m glad you feel the same.”

這一句,就是這一句,這首歌觸碰了天堂。
人生百年,所求的不就是這一句話
?

就像捻花微笑,
就像張愛玲一句「啊,原來你也在這裡。」
只需要一句,只需要一瞬。

Posted by: Ling | 28 July, 2008

無題

Been falling for places that I don’t belong

Been longing for persons that would only do me wrong

Been dwelling in a wasteland with nothing but my own imagination for way too long

Yes, GET BACK!

Get back to where I really belong. Back to where I will be strong.

But girls I’ll hoard the memories of the roads we have trod and the days we sang along

Forever still those are our songs


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高中女生青春物語嗎? XD

嗯。誰都可以。 除了他。就這樣。

這場午後雷陣雨我躲不過。

Posted by: Ling | 13 July, 2008

窗外下了一場好大的雨


於是我搜索了一個又一個的板,
詩也好詞也好對白也好,

一句,我只要找出一句可以完全描述我那一刻的心情的文字。
沒有,都沒有,
荒謬,真荒謬
;
我愛或愛過的那些文字,那麼多的文字。

於是我終於讀懂那首以為早以愛上的詩。
骰子掉下來的時候我剛好去上了個廁所,
噢,大概就是這樣吧。

於是我心底裡有了一道拿不掉的風景,
房子就算不蓋在海上也注定要飄泊。


無關追逐,只是飄泊。

Posted by: Ling | 8 July, 2008

[魔音] 給那些我愛過的男孩們


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「怎麼辦呢? 我還是比較喜歡從前的他們。」

而且這句話其實是想對很多人說的。(笑)

這是一個死結。
第一張石破天驚,第二張在同樣的基礎上全速前進更深更廣,第三張平穩過渡。
然後問題就來了。
繼續做同樣的東西,就算技巧更好了製作更細緻了歌詞可能某程度上更深刻了,
就是很難比得上最初的、那初次綻放的美麗和力量。
繼續做同樣的東西但永遠無法回到當初的高度和力度,
那還有沒有繼續走下去的意義?我還有沒有繼續聽的意義?
借用一下「神笛」的概念,
就像是這個世界需要透過你的音樂去傳遞的力量和訊息都已經被接收到了,
需要你去說的話已經說完了,天賦的power已經耗盡了,
任務已經完成了,你可以下台一鞠躬了。

那麼就做不一樣的東西吧,玩實驗、玩新音樂吧。
噢,但是變了那麼多,你還是你嗎?那當初令人顫動的原素還在嗎?
你們還是你們嗎?如果你們已經不是你們我為什麼還要繼續聽呢?
(所以,如果有一個樂團以「實驗」為本體,那真的很聰明,
一切改變都變得順理成章。)

If the change goes to the very essence of your existence,
what is left with you?

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「去聽一場live吧! 一場live就可以幫你走出困局的。 我想。」

於是我想起了Oasis。 說來他們應該是我聽Band Sound 的入門。
我還是很愛他們的。但基本上呢,他們的歌我真的還會偶爾放來聽的只有前三張專輯
和 “Masterplan”這張b-side collection了。
(噢對了,再加一首 Whatever吧!希望這輩子可以聽到一次這首歌的現場。)

對他們後來的專輯基本上我的感覺就是「……嗯….」,
偶爾甚至是「……這是在幹嘛…..」。
Stop Crying Your Heart Out聽說很紅,但那時我聽完完全找不到點。
「說好聽的人一定沒有聽 “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory”,
那才是真正直擊紅心的Oasis!」 那時我想。
上一張專輯 (不計精選集)的第一首主打Lyla,那時我看著MV,感想是

「……我妖……」 (關電視)

我不可能再喜愛他們了,我想。

但迷妹如我,在他們去年來香港開演唱會的時候,當然還是乖乖去朝聖了。

夢中的場面終於出現,Noel 和 Liam就在眼前,
Live Forever、 Champagne Supernova、Don’t Look Back In Anger一首首經典響起。
夠了,這就很夠了。但這次我還有一樣意外收獲。

「原來Lyla也不是那麼難聽呀!」
「這兩首歌原來好正!」 說的是新專輯裡的 Turn Up The Sun和 The Importance of
Being Idle。
甚至是完場後,場地的廣播系統播出這次沒有唱的新歌 Let There Be Love,
也有讓我的心震了一下。

懂了,懂了。

聽著live,我才明白那些音樂好在哪裡,
我才發現那些原本以為已經聽不入耳的新歌原來還是能打動自己甚至比從前更好,
我才再次明白自己當初為什麼會為這些人的歌感動。
我才明白,他們沒有錯,錯的是我﹔錯在我自以為是,錯在我沒有用心聆聽,
錯在我沒有發現不同的歌中那一顆同樣的心。

是的,我找到了,我找到你們了,也找到那個被感動的自己了。

~~~~~~

「但我已經不可能不愛他們了啦!」

也許Live的氣氛表演者的氣息觀眾的情緒加在一起會讓人意亂情迷愛上
或重新愛上本來不愛的或不值得愛的東西。所以你可以當我之前的一段是屁。

但以下這一大段,是在我腦袋裡經過千迴百轉才終於想透千錘百鍊才終於寫出
的肺腑之言,我想應該會比屁好一點。

也許他們真的回不去那種高度了,也許我也沒辦法用同樣的力度去喜歡了。
也許他們真的腐朽變壞了,也許他們就真的要往我不喜歡的那個方向走下去了。
OK, let it be.

我發現曾經的喜歡是那樣的足夠,足夠到可以支撐著我面對那些不美好。

我已見過我心中的燦爛,他們已用力帶來過屬於他們的光芒。
夠了。很足夠了。說真的,我還沒見過可以一直燦爛的東西。
U2不會有第二張 Joshua Tree; Radiohead 不會有第二張 OK Computer;
Oasis不會有第二張 What’s the Story (Morning Glory) ;
Travis 不會有第三張 The Man Who 或 The Invisible Band
(偏要多說一張,Travis is my darling)。
而且我看來的腐朽可能就是別人眼中的燦爛呢。

「但我已經不可能不愛他們了啦!」

我想就是這種感覺了吧。

偶爾讓我在Live裡跟著你們大叫大跳一下;
偶爾我又拿出來聽了那些歌一下;
偶爾我又期待了一下,你們又再更偶爾地乎合了我的期待一下;
偶爾你們讓我驚喜了一下。

我想那就挺足夠了吧。

讓我知道你們還在用力的活著,我想那就很足夠了吧。

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Posted by: Ling | 23 May, 2008

夏夜晚風

誰都不准走,我們要一起玩,一起唱歌,一起長大。

其實走到了今天,我已經不太能夠對老大們的表演下什麼客觀的評語了。燈光音響舞台設計歌曲編排演奏水準聲音狀態,要寫我當然還是可以天花亂墜的寫一大堆,但心知肚明,這些通通都不是重點了。一首意料之外的歌,一個超級有誠意的安可,一個眼神一個動作一個微笑。其實這才是真的會留在心裡的東西。

愛情的模樣果然是要在夏夜晚風裡聽的。轉過身來,倚著前面那一排的椅背,遠遠的看著你,頭頂上月正圓滿還有星星數顆。下午才被太陽曬得肩膀發痛,一入夜那些悶熱卻都立即被蒸發掉了; 微風吹過,夾雜一些沙土; 手裡那罐heineken好像還剩下一點,真好。 沒想到還可以在這樣的夜裡這樣的聽這首歌的現場呢。很安靜,都掉進各自的回憶裡了吧。

是的,都已經不太能夠將那一場場的演唱會清晰的分隔開來去回想了; 已經不知道是表演很棒,還是只要我們聚在一起就會很high; 已經不知道那一次次的旅程是為了那些音樂,還是為了重遇那一張張溫暖的臉; 真的,是「我們」自己的演唱會了。

所以旅程歸來,印象最深的也許不是舞台上的你你你你你; 而可能是「想要執著 反而蹉跎」響起的時候我們幾個驚喜大叫跳來跳去的蠢模樣,摔下來就摔下來好了; 可能是散場後用僅餘的聲音大喊一聲叫住朋友,然後隔著環型舞台嘻笑; 可能是半夜裡躺在地板上看DVD,互相笑謔看誰先中獎; 可能是圍在電腦旁不小心聽到新歌,然後大家臉上都升起了「好聽耶」的微笑; 可能是八個女生嘰嘰呱呱的塞進一台車子裡這「雜技表演」。

趕飛機的趕高鐵的飆車的,大家都拚了。 (好忙喔 ; ) 也許我還是太晚認識你們,沒有真的「一起長大」到。 但是我期待,一起變老。

Posted by: Ling | 21 May, 2008

這世界有多大我就有多徬徨

之前電影節的時候看了Triage: Dr. James Orbinski’s Humanitarian Dilemma,以無國界醫生 (Medicins Sans Frontieres) 前主席 Dr. James Orbinski 為主角的一部紀錄片。散場後在旁邊的Starbucks坐下,我要在自己忘記前把幾句quotes寫下來。

- It’s not about building up a better future or what; it’s reacting to human beings who are suffering.

- It’s not heroic. It’s not a rational choice; it’s a human choice.

- Perhaps it’s because it forces me face my own weakness; makes me face the fact that how hypocritical I am.

- What our culture is capable of doing, what I am capable of doing – in a horrifying sense. (Read: murder, massive murders. Killings with no reasons.)

- Complicated with all those political analysis with all those “but”, “but”, and “but” and then you go idle.

感受特別深,是因為我就是唸IR的。 “Somalia as a vivid example of a failed state.” Every IR student knows; listed on hangouts as example; one sentence, end of the story. 我們知道了,然後呢? 在象牙塔裏討論著,然後什麼也沒有做。已經爬上最頂端可以直接提出建言的,可能就是列出了一推 “but-s” 然後說一句「什麼也不要做」。

我好軟弱,我好虛偽。

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我愈來愈不了解所謂追逐夢想是怎麼一回事了。我以為我的夢是在文字,但有天我真的寫出來了又怎樣呢? 也許比不上直接交到受困者手上的一杯水一塊麵包一個帳篷。曾經我是個絕對的自我主義者,生命的意義當然是自我的實現追尋自己的道,反正世界太多生生滅滅一切本是平常沒什麼可以做,但現在的我似乎不是這樣想。

不只這次了,很多次很多次對著電視對著報紙只覺慚愧,為什麼我什麼都做不了,又或者應該說,我什麼都沒有做。

曾經也有機會擔任比較直接從事人道支援或公共政策的崗位的,但是在最後關頭又溜走了。是我長得太娃娃臉太小隻看起來不怎麼成熟不怎麼吃得苦嗎? 哈。我的心可比外表老得多了。現在是過得還不錯,但這些東西絕大部分都是給腦筋發展到極端複雜的小數人的工具,我愈來愈覺得「與世界何干」了。

很老了,沒有藉口在原地不動了。還記得自己當初為什麼會選這一科嗎? 嘴上是說「純粹因為它比其他東西都有趣」,但其實心裡是知道的,是曾經那個看著就Kosovo, Palestine Chechenya等的報導眼淚滴下來的自己。不是同情和傷悲,而是生氣。氣「人生而平等」絕對是屁話,氣這個世界是多他媽的狗屁。

要記著那些眼淚,也許會帶著我找回自己。

我不要夢想了,我只希望有天我可以說一句我對得起這個世界對得起自己。

Posted by: Ling | 11 May, 2008

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