Sting十二月來港﹐可惜身邊竟沒有人對他有興趣﹐看來我可能要一個人要享受這個音樂盛宴。
幾年前在一個下雨夜﹐電台播他的《Fragile》﹐英文版之後再播葡語版﹐我深深被那結他和弦感動﹐放下手上的工作﹐靜靜聽完這首歌。(以前也曾有類似的震撼式的共鳴﹐玉置浩二的《李香蘭》﹐感覺是歌聲穿過透明藍色玻璃的﹔羅大佑的《閃亮的日子》﹐那樸素的笛聲把我心魂攝著良久不能返來﹔巴哈的《Air on G String》﹐我當時在一間古老的學院上跳舞課﹐課前的熱身就是這曲﹐不過我是多年之後才知道它的名字﹐我記得美國西北的陽光溫柔地穿透木窗﹐洒在地上一片金黃﹐微塵輕輕地隨音符飛舞著﹐課室外高聳的松杉的獨有香味瀰漫四周﹐真是美呆了。)對於所有為人類創造更美好的精神生活的藝術家﹐我都給予最高的謝意。
接著我在youtube找到Sting其他的名曲。他原來多才多藝﹐作曲之餘還填詞﹐只看歌詞已是享受。我喜愛的包括﹕《Moon Over Burbon Street》, 《Shape of My Heart》, 《Englishman in New York》, 《It's Probably Me》, 《Fragile》....看來真的要去買票了。
"Shape Of My Heart" (Cover song for Leon the Professional movie)
He deals the cards as a meditation
And those he plays never suspect
He doesn't play for the money he wins
He don't play for respect
He deals the cards to find the answer
The sacred geometry of chance
The hidden law of a probable outcome
The numbers lead a dance
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
He may play the jack of diamonds
He may lay the queen of spades
He may conceal a king in his hand
While the memory of it fades
*I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
And if I told you that I loved you
You'd maybe think there's something wrong
I'm not a man of too many faces
The mask I wear is one
Those who speak know nothing
And find out to their cost
Like those who curse their luck in too many places
And those who fear are lost
*
幾年前在一個下雨夜﹐電台播他的《Fragile》﹐英文版之後再播葡語版﹐我深深被那結他和弦感動﹐放下手上的工作﹐靜靜聽完這首歌。(以前也曾有類似的震撼式的共鳴﹐玉置浩二的《李香蘭》﹐感覺是歌聲穿過透明藍色玻璃的﹔羅大佑的《閃亮的日子》﹐那樸素的笛聲把我心魂攝著良久不能返來﹔巴哈的《Air on G String》﹐我當時在一間古老的學院上跳舞課﹐課前的熱身就是這曲﹐不過我是多年之後才知道它的名字﹐我記得美國西北的陽光溫柔地穿透木窗﹐洒在地上一片金黃﹐微塵輕輕地隨音符飛舞著﹐課室外高聳的松杉的獨有香味瀰漫四周﹐真是美呆了。)對於所有為人類創造更美好的精神生活的藝術家﹐我都給予最高的謝意。
接著我在youtube找到Sting其他的名曲。他原來多才多藝﹐作曲之餘還填詞﹐只看歌詞已是享受。我喜愛的包括﹕《Moon Over Burbon Street》, 《Shape of My Heart》, 《Englishman in New York》, 《It's Probably Me》, 《Fragile》....看來真的要去買票了。
"Shape Of My Heart" (Cover song for Leon the Professional movie)
He deals the cards as a meditation
And those he plays never suspect
He doesn't play for the money he wins
He don't play for respect
He deals the cards to find the answer
The sacred geometry of chance
The hidden law of a probable outcome
The numbers lead a dance
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
He may play the jack of diamonds
He may lay the queen of spades
He may conceal a king in his hand
While the memory of it fades
*I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
And if I told you that I loved you
You'd maybe think there's something wrong
I'm not a man of too many faces
The mask I wear is one
Those who speak know nothing
And find out to their cost
Like those who curse their luck in too many places
And those who fear are lost
*
音樂的感覺真是好奇妙！我第一次聽 Air 應該是《七宗罪》裡的 library scene，Morgan Freeman 在圖書館的那一幕，G弦上詠嘆調，一排排的書架，那些天堂地獄的中古文學 ，很 mesmeric 的一幕。在一間古老的學院上跳舞課， Trisha 多才多藝啊，那連空氣中都散着歷史味道的老宅，有點幽暗的房間，幻想裡，G弦上詠嘆調就是這樣的氛圍。「美國西北溫柔陽的光」，是熟悉的 Seattle？還是『宜居』的 Portland？等一等，不會是 ..... Montana 吧？
回覆刪除Sting 是一個很好的音樂人，認識他是很久以前的事了， Police 的 《Every Breath You Take》，他自己個人發展後，才領略他個人的精彩，先是 《Moon Over Bourbon Street》，然後是 《Englishman in New York》，那淡然而迷人的力量。在巴士上看飛快走過的景物，聽着 《Englishman in New York》 中的哲理，一段看似空白的車程也變得豐富 ........ 有聽他的 《Live in Berlin 2010》嗎？
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刪除是微風細雨的Portland。紅磚綠瓦應猶在﹐只是朱顏改。在那裡我學懂了欣賞知識的美麗﹐真的很美。也明白浮士德對知識那麼既愛且恨的追求﹐愛其豐盛﹐恨其無窮然生有涯﹐多磨人啊。
刪除Sting的歌詞真的如詩一樣﹐《Moon Over Burbon Street》裡﹐寫一個吸血疆屍愛上一個本來是他要殺的人﹐意境非常淒美。《Englishman in New York》,如果曾在英美兩地生活過的人一定會感到會心微笑。
Trisha，我都祝願妳和家人新年進步，身體健康，今年繼續記錄着生命中的吉光片羽。
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