主题:从Love Actually到Both Sides Now -- flashc
一次夜深难眠,偶然看到了“Love Actually”这部片子,虽说只是个结尾,却很是让人心动。后来就专门下载了来看,自己果然很喜欢。--说句题外话,有些电影无意中打乱了先后顺序来看,往往有意想不到的效果,甚至可以是“化腐朽为神奇”,不知道大家有没有过类似的体验。:)
再看的时候,就注意到了这首Joni Mitchell的Both Sides Now。淡然当中,是一种挥不去说不明的味道。mp3一时下载不到,就想到了youtube,意料之外的,原来这已经是一首30多年的老歌。
同一个歌手,两个版本,原本甜美的嗓音也可以变得如此沧桑而醇厚。30年的沧桑,就这样的浓缩在了这一首歌里。时间,又是怎么样的一种魔法...
Rows and floes of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons evrywhere
Ive looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on evryone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
Ive looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
Its cloud illusions I recall
I really dont know clouds at all
Moons and junes and ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As evry fairy tale comes real
Ive looked at love that way
But now its just another show
You leave em laughing when you go
And if you care, dont let them know
Dont give yourself away
Ive looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, and still somehow
Its loves illusions I recall
I really dont know love at all
Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say I love you right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
Ive looked at life that way
But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say Ive changed
Well somethings lost, but somethings gained
In living evry day
Ive looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
Its lifes illusions I recall
I really dont know life at all
Ive looked at life from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
Its lifes illusions I recall
I really dont know life at all
沧桑大概就是这么炼成的吧
时间流逝,一个人对于爱情或者人生的看法的改变自然也会在歌声中流露出来。
有幽默感是好的,但偶尔又何妨厚道一点。
Double Sides Nows真是好听,Love Actually是个好片子,书生的收藏中就有电影的DVD。Joni Mitchel这首歌30年后的版本有点过于感伤了,或许是我们还没有能够亲身感受其中的三味,以我对歌词的理解,这首个不应唱得如此沧桑的。
看来,“天凉好个秋”或者“Take a sad song and make it better”并非是个人人都能达到的境界。
请楼主抽空看看下面这群老家伙的演唱,40年的时间,在他们的脸上留下了沧桑的痕迹,可是音乐依旧摇滚,依然气势如宏,也算是难得了。
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多年之后仍然能拥有年轻的热情当然也是很难得的。“老而弥坚”的魅力,本来就可以有很多种的吧。
其实我自己从Joni Mitchel的声音里,听到的也不仅是一味的哀伤,更多的是一种无奈与释然交织,让人说不清的味道吧。当然,这个很大程度上是各人感受不同了。也许自己只是心醉于这种几十年时光浓缩在一首歌之中的感觉。
多谢rolling stone的视频。回花。
当时就喜欢上了,专门去下了来。
记得《滚石》或者宝丽金或者MTV之类的公司搞过一个影响最大的50首歌曲之类的东西,这首歌排第二呢。