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    9/10/2008

    Please Shine

     
    如果听完整张《Fear and Love》再来回味《Please Shine》的时候,不知道是否还能记得第一次听到这首歌的感动。专辑所有曲目中最为soft & sweet的声音,少了很多bass的嘶吼,多了一些温暖的piano,这样一首最不rock的rock毫无理由地在瞬间俘获我们日渐麻木的脆弱心灵。是旋律、唱腔还是编曲抑或配器,面对音乐本身带给我们的真切感受,这些客观的描述还是少说为妙。
     
    作为来自加州San Diego的一支独立摇滚乐团,We Shot the Moon走过的道路还不算太曲折。主唱兼键盘手Jonathan Jones,曾经带领过现已解散的乐团Waking Ashland,兼具创作天赋、迷人嗓音和执着精神,是整个组合的灵魂人物。组建初期,We Shot the Moon有一段名为The Honor Roll的短暂历史。2007年8月,在朋友的帮助下,乐团进入位于橘郡的录音室着手专辑的制作,2007年12月完成了首张名为《The Polar Bear & Cougar》的EP,期间在美国本土和日本进行巡演;随后于2008年4月正式推出乐团首张LP——《Fear and Love》。值得一提的是:《Fear and Love》的封面产生于由乐团主办的设计大赛的获奖作品,充满童真的涂鸦与乐团率性洒脱的风格相映成趣。兴许出于对音乐的追求与坚持,组团以来,We Shot the Moon的成员几经更替,只有Jonathan Jones和鼓手Trevor Faris保持稳定,现任吉他手和贝司手分别为Jason De La Torre及Adam Lovell。2008年8月,前主音吉他手,就是那个右胳膊半臂彩纹的Paul Wheatley由于个人原因离开乐团,在新一轮巡演中临时顶替他的是Nate Miller。
     
    客观而言,尽管风格类似的流行摇滚乐团其实并不少,除了《Please Shine》,We Shot the Moon确实给我们带来了一张可听性极强的专辑。关于这颗冉冉升起的明日之星,有限的了解中暗藏了无限的创作潜力以及无法预料的变数,除了期望Jonathan Jones能够为我们带来更多更好听的音乐之外,只能默默祝福We Shot the Moon未来的道路能越走越久,宽阔而踏实。
     
    You shine, I shine. So please shine, please shine so bright.
     
     
    Fly away on a plane just like you came to me. Take a bow, you take a bow. Your spirits left with me.
     
    Watch the clouds making shapes and picture me with you. I'm so alive, I'm so alive. You color up my world.
    Halleluiah was all that I could sing. Halleluiah.
    You shine, I shine. My dear, my life is washed up like a seashell longing to be dry.
    So please shine, please shine.
     
    Reverie, your reverie is full of all of me. Walk around my town all day. We pretend to run away.
    Hallelujah was all that I could sing. Hallelujah.
    You shine, I shine. My dear, my life is washed up like a seashell longing to be dry.
    So please shine, please shine so bright.
     
    You're over there and I was nowhere near.
     
    You shine, I shine. My dear, my life is washed up like a seashell longing to be dry.
    So please shine, please shine.
    If you shine, I shine. My dear, my life is washed up like a seashell longing to be dry.
    So please shine, please shine.