用心去歌唱,哪怕是奇怪的歌唱

这一刻我只想这样来形容他
Robert Smith是个神奇的人。想想二十几岁的他把自己化妆成他妈妈的样子,在花园里和他的女朋友踢足球会是什么样子。
他一直在歌唱他的心,然而他的心太不同寻常,许多人不会理解。
这是一张听了很久的合集。有什么能比它更好的概括the cure的十年呢?
经典之作如Just Like Heaven,Lullaby,Lovesong,Firday I'm in love不用赘述了。我只想花很大很大的篇幅说track 16: Strange Attraction.
这首歌最近让我着魔,不仅因为唱腔,不仅因为旋律,精致的编曲,而是因为...Robert Smith这首歌里写的确确实实就是自己的故事。这太让人疯狂了。他就以这样诗化的方式把自己的心捧出来给人检阅。
它写的是Robert Smith自己作为一个著名歌星,和一个女歌迷的感情纠葛。。。。
歌词写得很灵巧。文学性,诗化。修辞用的很美。关于红色的意象很有意思:女孩名字是blossom,信是红色(red, blood) 的笔迹,吻也是crimson的;还有翅膀的意向,"wings":她信上的蝴蝶翅膀拼出他的名字(猜想是Smith这个词,很容易做成翅膀的形状);还有一直唱的那句话, strange attraction spreads its wings. 似乎是双关的。
好吧,下面字面对照着分析一下(跟玩侦探似的。。。我喜欢玩文字的侦探游戏)
STRANGE ATTRACTION (BY THE CURE)
it started with a dedication
"lost in admiration - happy birthday - i'm forever yours - blossom"
faded red inside a tiny book of butterflies
i smiled surprised at how when flickered through
the wings flew by spelled out my name...
一个女孩,他的歌迷,崇拜他,非常崇拜他。最开始她写信给他,在他过生日的时候(Smith的生日是4月21号,维基百科告诉我们的),她说"我迷失在对你的崇拜和爱慕之中,生日快乐,我永远是你的"。
six months went by the summer lost
obsessively the letters dropped into my life
the same soft blood smooth flowing hand
"please try to understand - i have to see you - have to feel you -
tell you all the ways i need you - yours forever in love... "
过了6个月,夏天过去了。(当然了,4月之后就是夏天了)。
即,直到10月份,她不停的给他写信,说"请你理解我怎样的想见你,想向你解释我怎样需要你..."
strange attraction spreads its wings
it varies but the smallest things
you never know how anything will change
strange attraction spreads its wings
and alters but the smallest things
you never know how anything will fade
这一段是重复的chorus,最后再分析。
the year grew old incessantly she wrote to me
she'd started smoking poetry!
i laughed in recognition of a favourite phrase
she'd pulled me in...
i answered her
a christmas card in sepia
arranging when and where
and how the two of us should meet...
接下来到了年末。她的信里引用诗歌。当Smith看到她用了他自己最喜欢的一个语句之后笑了。
他写了一张圣诞卡给她,安排了见面的时间和地点。
her opening so well prepared
a nervous smile
i couldn't take my eyes from her
she whispered
"can i use some of your lipstick?"
it was perfect so believable
i couldn't help but feel that it was real
and kissing crimson fell into her waiting arms...
他们见面了(歌星和歌迷的见面耶!)时间应该是圣诞节之后。
在Smith看来,她的开场是经过精心准备的:"一个紧张的微笑"。Smith无法把目光从她身上移开。她小声说,"我可不可以借用一下你的口红?"
这个细节可见,之一,这真的是Smith大叔本人的故事;之二,这个叫Blossom的女孩对他的obssession到了什么程度。
Smith大叔觉得这一切是真的(爱恋,etc),他的亲吻流入她期待的怀里。。。注意,用的是省略号。歌星和无比爱慕他的女歌迷见了面会发生什么事情,大家可以自己去猜。
strange attraction spreads its wings
it varies but the smallest things
you never know how anything will change
strange attraction spreads its wings
and alters but the smallest things
you never know how anything will fade
so alone into the cold new year without another word from her
i wrote to ask if we could maybe meet again before the spring
but weeks went by with no reply until once more my birthday came
and with it my surprise but this time nothing was the same...
他孤独的度过了新年,再没收到她的一个字。他写信给她,问是否春天开始之前再见面。
过了几个星期,没有回音。直到4月份,他的生日又到来了,她来了消息,内容出乎他的意料。
"i'm sorry - blame infatuation - blame imagination -
i was sure you'd be the one but i was wrong -
it seems reality destroys our dreams - i won't forget you - blossom"
faded red inside a tiny book of old goodbyes...
她写道,"我很抱歉,都怪我愚蠢的迷恋,怪我的想象。我曾经确信你就是那个我需要的人但是我错了 。
现实破坏了我们的梦。我不会忘记你的。"
strange attraction spreads its wings
it varies but the smallest things
you never know how anything will change
strange attraction spreads its wings
and alters but the smallest things
and you never know...
于是故事结束了。这首歌的大意,用最直白的语言概括一下呢,就是,这种奇怪的吸引力,偶像光环,是很不靠谱很虚无缥渺的很多变的。
不过这也是废话,而Smith居然要以身试法之后才有体验。呵呵。也许这也是他和常人不一样的地方之一。
Robert Smith是个神奇的人。想想二十几岁的他把自己化妆成他妈妈的样子,在花园里和他的女朋友踢足球会是什么样子。
他一直在歌唱他的心,然而他的心太不同寻常,许多人不会理解。
这是一张听了很久的合集。有什么能比它更好的概括the cure的十年呢?
经典之作如Just Like Heaven,Lullaby,Lovesong,Firday I'm in love不用赘述了。我只想花很大很大的篇幅说track 16: Strange Attraction.
这首歌最近让我着魔,不仅因为唱腔,不仅因为旋律,精致的编曲,而是因为...Robert Smith这首歌里写的确确实实就是自己的故事。这太让人疯狂了。他就以这样诗化的方式把自己的心捧出来给人检阅。
它写的是Robert Smith自己作为一个著名歌星,和一个女歌迷的感情纠葛。。。。
歌词写得很灵巧。文学性,诗化。修辞用的很美。关于红色的意象很有意思:女孩名字是blossom,信是红色(red, blood) 的笔迹,吻也是crimson的;还有翅膀的意向,"wings":她信上的蝴蝶翅膀拼出他的名字(猜想是Smith这个词,很容易做成翅膀的形状);还有一直唱的那句话, strange attraction spreads its wings. 似乎是双关的。
好吧,下面字面对照着分析一下(跟玩侦探似的。。。我喜欢玩文字的侦探游戏)
STRANGE ATTRACTION (BY THE CURE)
it started with a dedication
"lost in admiration - happy birthday - i'm forever yours - blossom"
faded red inside a tiny book of butterflies
i smiled surprised at how when flickered through
the wings flew by spelled out my name...
一个女孩,他的歌迷,崇拜他,非常崇拜他。最开始她写信给他,在他过生日的时候(Smith的生日是4月21号,维基百科告诉我们的),她说"我迷失在对你的崇拜和爱慕之中,生日快乐,我永远是你的"。
six months went by the summer lost
obsessively the letters dropped into my life
the same soft blood smooth flowing hand
"please try to understand - i have to see you - have to feel you -
tell you all the ways i need you - yours forever in love... "
过了6个月,夏天过去了。(当然了,4月之后就是夏天了)。
即,直到10月份,她不停的给他写信,说"请你理解我怎样的想见你,想向你解释我怎样需要你..."
strange attraction spreads its wings
it varies but the smallest things
you never know how anything will change
strange attraction spreads its wings
and alters but the smallest things
you never know how anything will fade
这一段是重复的chorus,最后再分析。
the year grew old incessantly she wrote to me
she'd started smoking poetry!
i laughed in recognition of a favourite phrase
she'd pulled me in...
i answered her
a christmas card in sepia
arranging when and where
and how the two of us should meet...
接下来到了年末。她的信里引用诗歌。当Smith看到她用了他自己最喜欢的一个语句之后笑了。
他写了一张圣诞卡给她,安排了见面的时间和地点。
her opening so well prepared
a nervous smile
i couldn't take my eyes from her
she whispered
"can i use some of your lipstick?"
it was perfect so believable
i couldn't help but feel that it was real
and kissing crimson fell into her waiting arms...
他们见面了(歌星和歌迷的见面耶!)时间应该是圣诞节之后。
在Smith看来,她的开场是经过精心准备的:"一个紧张的微笑"。Smith无法把目光从她身上移开。她小声说,"我可不可以借用一下你的口红?"
这个细节可见,之一,这真的是Smith大叔本人的故事;之二,这个叫Blossom的女孩对他的obssession到了什么程度。
Smith大叔觉得这一切是真的(爱恋,etc),他的亲吻流入她期待的怀里。。。注意,用的是省略号。歌星和无比爱慕他的女歌迷见了面会发生什么事情,大家可以自己去猜。
strange attraction spreads its wings
it varies but the smallest things
you never know how anything will change
strange attraction spreads its wings
and alters but the smallest things
you never know how anything will fade
so alone into the cold new year without another word from her
i wrote to ask if we could maybe meet again before the spring
but weeks went by with no reply until once more my birthday came
and with it my surprise but this time nothing was the same...
他孤独的度过了新年,再没收到她的一个字。他写信给她,问是否春天开始之前再见面。
过了几个星期,没有回音。直到4月份,他的生日又到来了,她来了消息,内容出乎他的意料。
"i'm sorry - blame infatuation - blame imagination -
i was sure you'd be the one but i was wrong -
it seems reality destroys our dreams - i won't forget you - blossom"
faded red inside a tiny book of old goodbyes...
她写道,"我很抱歉,都怪我愚蠢的迷恋,怪我的想象。我曾经确信你就是那个我需要的人但是我错了 。
现实破坏了我们的梦。我不会忘记你的。"
strange attraction spreads its wings
it varies but the smallest things
you never know how anything will change
strange attraction spreads its wings
and alters but the smallest things
and you never know...
于是故事结束了。这首歌的大意,用最直白的语言概括一下呢,就是,这种奇怪的吸引力,偶像光环,是很不靠谱很虚无缥渺的很多变的。
不过这也是废话,而Smith居然要以身试法之后才有体验。呵呵。也许这也是他和常人不一样的地方之一。