方法: 登入B&W Music Club 網站登記成為會員後, 進入這一頁點擊在右下角的下載連結便可, enjoy~ (下載連結如果不是馬上顯示, 請耐心等後)

相隔十年, The Verve 重組的首張細碟

Love is Noise

曲風改變了, 但魅力仍舊

另外送上聽足十年不厭的 Lucky Man (2008 Glastonbury)

以下是我和某朋友在 MSN 中的對話

Friend 說: 我剛剛聽radiohead 的creep 哈

我說: Creep 好經典

我說: 點解無啦啦會聽 radiohead o既?

Friend 說: 好無聊的, 因為超級星光大道林宥嘉有唱.

Friend 說: 我就對比下邊個唱得好

我說: Creep 我未去 UK 讀書時已經成日聽

我說: 林XX 係乜水?

Friend 說: 你勾了.

Friend 說: 是台灣的啊

我說: HK 我只聽 Eason + Kay

Friend 說:

Friend 說: 台. 灣. 人. 黎架

Friend 說: 你聽完講我聽, 覺得點.

我說: ok, 我亦都唔聽, kakaka

Friend 說: 不過我估你唔會覺得好聽.

我說: 你唔覺得佢唱到好悶o羊?

Friend 說: 我都覺得原唱者okay好多呀.

我說: 好似懶有感情咁, 但 D 感情好假

我說: 古巨基, 側田, 小肥呢班友唱歌都係, 懶有感情但完全唔覺得係真情流露, 而且仲經常係交得太多戲

Friend 說:我對音樂沒有研究, 但我喜歡Radiohead 原唱版本.
(原文被 delete 了, 因為…)

我說: from your blog?

Friend 說: 你不要理了…

我說: kakaka

Friend 說: 你不要起我底.

我說:你聽 Thom Yorke 唱, 會 feel 到佢果種頹廢同自卑

Friend 說: Thom Yorke = radiohead 主音??

我說:呢條友完全唔入流, 而且好憎佢果 D 懶係咬字清析咁…

我說:yes

Friend 說: 但佢得滿分了. 係個次比賽

我說: 對住班台灣佬梗係啦

(sorry, 無心得罪台灣人的, 只是一般來說台灣人對英文歌的了解並不會深)

原唱版本:

先說一下近況:

由於近來上網主要都是花時間於 facebook 和 jobsdb, 寫 blog 的時間相對上減少了. 看這個 blog 的, 估計大部份都是 70 年代出生的 – 這點是翻查這個 blog 的數據, 發現大家對關於舊歌的 post 是比較注意而得出的結論. 既然寫 blog 的時間少了, 倒不如寫多一些大家熟悉多一點的, 令各位多點交流, 就算我躲懶不更新時都希望有些零星的 comments 繼續維持 ^^

“急速時裝”是純粹搞笑, 亦不是樂隊 Depeche Mode 的官方中文名稱, 只不過法文 Dépêche Mode 大概是 fashion dispatch 的意思. (懂法文的朋友發現有錯請指正) 我並非他們的忠實 fans, 近年他們推出的大碟問朋友借了回來, 大概聽了一次就把它放在一邊… 反而他們的舊歌到現在還常常聽

當時還是初中生的我在電視的音樂節目看到這個 music video, 從此十多年來都繼續深愛著這首歌, MV 的畫面到現在仍然歷歷在目. 如果你聽到這首歌都一樣覺得感動的話… 可以證明你都是老餅一名 =P

Enjoy the Silence – Depeche Mode

除了最經典的 Enjoy the Silence 之外, 另一首經典就是同樣來自 Violator 大碟的 Personal Jesus
稱得為經典的, 就是能夠抵受時間的考驗, 以下就是證據

時間: 2006 年 7 月
地點: 柏林 – 德國
Personal Jesus (Live) – Depeche Mode

以下這一首是我第一首接觸 Depeche Mode 的歌曲, 不是 fans 也會哼 chorus 部份吧
People are people – Depeche Mode

在 youtube 上找到一些尚未發行的歌曲, enjoy~

Flux – Bloc Party

Turn It On – Franz Ferdinand

Leave The Bourbon On The Shelf – The Killers

No Conversation – Boy Kill Boy

Love / Hate – Nine Black Alps

Click on the players to play online or right click on the links and “save as” to download

Roscoe (Erol Alkan Mix) – Midlake

Fake Empire – The National

Acceptable in the 80’s – Calvin Harris

Atom – British Sea Power

Click on the players to play online or right click on the links and “save as” to download

Airport Disco – Athlete

Folk Death 95 – Mogwai

Murderer – Low

Terra Nova – iLiKETRAiNS

Click on the players to play online or right click on the links and “save as” to download

Another Sunny Day – Belle and Sebastian

In Action – We are Scientists

Listen Up – The Gossip

My Party (Kenna & Chad Hugo Remix) – Kings of Leon

一年一度的 Mercury Prize 將於 2007 年 9 月 4 日舉行和公報結果

今年將會是 Arctic Monkey 再下一城? 還是現時呼聲最高的 Amy Winehouse? 難度由另一大熱門 Nu-wave 組合 Klaxons 奪得? 或者像 2005 年一樣, 爆出像 Antony and the Johnsons 一樣的另類選擇?

今年的候選大碟如下:

Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare

Dizzee Rascal – Maths and English
The View – Hats Off to the Buskers

Maps – We Can Create
Bat For Lashes – Fur and Gold

Klaxons – Myths Of The Near Future
Jamie T – Panic Prevention

The Young Knives – Voices of Animals and Men
Fionn Regan – The End Of History

Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford – Basquiat Strings
Amy Winehouse – Back To Black

New Young Pony Club – Fantastic Playroom

一如以往, 英國的各大搏彩公司當然不會放過這些大型的音樂典禮, 跟據今天 18th July 的賠率, 大熱門是 Amy Winehouse, 其次是 Arctic Monkeys, 第三和第四位分別是 Jaime T 和 Klaxons.

送上的是 Amy Winehouse 翻唱 The Zutons 的 Valerie

Valerie – covered by Amy Winehouse

www.nationwidemercurys.com

And the winner is…

Klaxons win 2007 Nationwide Mercury Music Prize
‘Myths Of The Near Future’ triumphs

Klaxons has won the 2007 Nationwide Mercury Music Prize.

‘Myths Of The Near Future’ was crowned as the best album from this year’s 12-strong shortlist at the ceremony in London this evening.

The band – tearful from their surprise at winning – took the stage and the £20,000 winners check before delivering a chaotic thank you speech.

“This really is too much declared,” James Righton, while bandmate Jamie Reynolds added “It was the worst two hours of our sitting there not knowing if we’d won. It means so much.”

He added: “Mercury is about pushing music forward and that’s what we’ve done. It great that people have recognised

Righton also explained they had been motivated by last year’s winners Arctic Monkeys.

“A year ago we were in the studio making this album and we were sitting in the studio watching Arctic Monkeys win this,” he said. “We saw that and thought we have to make a new album.”

Speaking just after leaving the stage Simon Taylor explained the band were “stunned” to have won as they paid tribute to fellow nominees Bat For Lashes and Amy Winehouse.

“None of us can really comprehend what has happened this year,” concluded Righton. “We started as a joke and now here we are!”

http://www.nme.com/news/klaxons/30896

Klaxons speak after winning Mercury Music Prize
‘We’re in shock’ band tell NME.COM

Klaxons have spoken to NME.COM after winning the Nationwide Mercury Music Prize tonight (September 4).

The band scooped the award for their debut album ‘Myths Of the Near Future’ and admitted they were surprised to win.

“I’ve never felt this way in my life. This is shock beyond any kind of shock I’ve ever experienced,” James Righton told NME.COM. “We hoped we’d win it but we really thought Amy Winehouse or Bat For Lashes would win it.

“To win this is beyond and above any expectation we ever had. We thought we made a really strong record and we wanted to win. But realistically we heard everyone talking, we heard what people were saying and we didn’t think we would win. But we kept that belief… This is just ridiculous.”

http://www.nme.com/news/klaxons/30898
非常合理的賽果, 果然沒有買錯 Klaxons 的大碟

Golden Skans – Klaxons

聽得太多流行曲, 有時會覺得很膩. 偶爾聽下其他類型的音樂也不錯

相信很多人都不知道所謂 New Age 音樂是甚麼回事, 但其實大家都應該聽過以下這首歌.

Aria – Yanni

不記得是航空公司還是保險公司的廣告歌

New Age 音樂有很多種不同的風格, 詳細的資料可參考這裡. 其中我最喜歡的是帶有塞爾特 (Celtic) 風格的 New Age 作品.

Nocturne – Secret Garden

一看歌名便知道這首是古典音樂, 而這個版本加入了 Celtic 風格
Jesus Joy of Man’s Desiring – Celtic Woman

這首歌是 Final Fantasy V 這個 TV game 的原聲大碟內, 一首很好聽的歌曲
(雖然畫面很爛)
My Home Sweet Home (Final Fantasy V)

不得不提 Celtic 風格的典範女歌手 Enya, 這首歌已經是十多年前的歌, 但甚麼時間聽也不覺得過時
Caribbean Blue – Enya