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31-10-2008

Tigertail Touching Tone (September & October 2008)

 
在经历了反应冷淡的头三期demo之后,虎尾惊叹调(Tigertail Touching Tone)最终变成了第四期的双月刊。既然从一开始就是不折不扣的个人推荐榜,我想真正能做的,就是把那些曾经打动自己的好听的音乐,借由imeem电台以播放列表的形式呈现给大家。分享这些精神上的愉悦,毫无保留。之所以改版成双月刊,主要考虑是希望能从容一些,不致因为流于形式而降低了榜单的可听性。而之所以是英文歌曲,可能觉得相对中文歌曲,英文歌曲具有更为充沛的原创性,形式和风格也更为多样。
 
如同气味之于嗅觉,音乐通过听觉与人的情感相连。好的旋律甚至能跨越年代而传世。即使是流行音乐,在特定的岁月融入我们的血液,也会成为个人弥足珍贵的记忆。有故事的音乐才是真正活的音乐,音乐因为渗透灵魂而不朽。生命中总有一些歌曲,当再次听到的时候,会带你走入那些被遗忘的时光。
10-09-2008

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.
28-08-2008

Tigertail Touching Tone (August 2008)

“虎尾惊叹调(Tigertail Touching Tone)之英文流行单曲个人推荐榜”第三弹(Volume 1, Issue 3)姗姗来迟,诸位看官先请听歌,歌曲介绍随后奉上。
 
02-07-2008

Tigertail Touching Tone (July 2008)

“虎尾惊叹调(Tigertail Touching Tone)之英文流行单曲个人推荐榜”第二弹(Volume 1, Issue 2)于2008年7月2日如期绚丽登场。比起首期的榜单,此次的遴选更为严苛,由于imeem电台曲库的问题,Balloons(The Orange Lights)、Where's my love(Caroline Lufkin)以及Savin' Me(Nickelback)三首歌曲都无法上榜,实属遗憾。希望真正喜欢英文流行音乐的朋友继续支持这个榜单,协助推广同时不吝发表您的评论,以后我会努力多写一些与音乐有关的文字。Viva La Vida(Coldplay)和Can You Hear Me(Enrique Iglesias)是两首激情四射的作品,关于荣耀,关于汗水,在这个七月让你感受生命的热度。
 
24-06-2008

Apologize

 
I'm holdin' on your rope got me ten feet off the ground.
I'm hearin' what you say, but I just can't make a sound.
You tell me that you need me, then you go and cut me down. But wait.
You tell me that you're sorry, didn't think I'd turn around and say
that it's too late to apologize. It's too late.
I said it's too late to apologize. It's too late.
 
I'd take another chance, take a fall, take a shot for you.
I need you like a heart needs a beat, but it's nothin' new. Yeah!
I loved you with a fire red, now it's turnin' blue. And you say
sorry like an angel heaven let me think was you. But I'm afraid.
It's too late to apologize. It's too late.
I said it's too late to apologize. It's too late.
 
It's too late to apologize. It's too late.
I said it's too late to apologize. It's too late.
I said it's too late to apologize. It's too late.
I said it's too late to apologize. It's too late.
I'm holdin' on your rope got me ten feet off the ground.
 
02-06-2008

Tigertail Touching Tone (June 2008)

值此空间开创三周年即将到来之际,为了将平时所听英文歌曲与大家共同分享,同时在紧张忙碌的生活中搞搞新意思,特设立“虎尾惊叹调(Tigertail Touching Tone)之英文流行单曲个人推荐榜”,于2008年6月2日震撼首发第一弹(Volume 1, Issue 1)。
 
“Tigertail Touching Tone”每月初为广大“英乐”迷推荐八首英文流行单曲,非冠军曲目排名基本不分先后,榜单完全依据个人偏好遴选,与Billboard如有重叠现象,纯属巧合,亦不排除“某某所见略同”之可能。空间置顶区imeem电台可同期收听。从参与各期榜单的评论者当中,按照质与量兼顾的原则,评选出三名“年度热心听众”,每年6月24日公布,得奖者将获赠每月冠军歌曲合辑CD及神秘礼物,欢迎广大博友积极参与。