J's Heaven

樓下的Dolores O'Riordan是早期王菲的模仿對像, 但之後的更長的一段時間這個華語流行音樂天后的模仿對象是她的偶像Cocteau Twins. Cocteau Twins的名字早已是如雷貫耳, 但一直礙於聞說她們的post-punk和仙音(Ethereal)的風格而却步．直至最近知道他們在1996解散前的最後一張專輯<Milk & Kisses>一改創作風格，是我喜歡的Dream-pop，而結果也沒讓我失望．所謂的經典，我會定義為那些能創作出美麗動人的旋律，但同時又能有自己獨樹一幟的風格和保留某程度上的藝術感的Artist, 根據這定義下Cocteau Twins也可以算是一個經典．

<Milk & Kisses>里我的One Selection毫無疑問是<Treasure Hiding>, 原因是這首歌少了Elizabeth Fraser那種高音域的仙音(受不了太多仙音)，而多了如夢似霧的音牆(個人感覺很像Slowdive)．歌曲的首2分30秒是醞釀情緒，只有Elizabeth Fraser和結他烟烟袅袅的呢喃，接著才是Fraser以正常音域但同樣甜美的聲音唱出動人的旋律(加上仙音和聲)，而結重音牆也變得厚重激昂，真XXX好聽啦！

以上的嘮嘮叨叨是模仿那些專業樂評(原來要用文字描述音樂还真不容易), 現在还是聽歌吧: )

You listen hard
Fear of flying, Fear of flying
With our love
Now I am sure
You and I will(the lips, the heart)
And you and I yeah, Illuminated
The lips, the heart, Illuminated
Fear of flying(the lips, the heart)
Fear of flying
Fear of flying(the heart, the soul,
illuminated, illuminated)
The lips the heart
The heart the soul
illuminated

Heart-shaped chews and traps
Treasure hiding
Scared of temptress skill
Love I'd sold, I was trying
Deep without us
Down down and further- tears
Collective in try and stop
Fire is out
Not ready focus
Life places scars
Purify them
Constancy
Purifies new skins
In excelcius
Glee she'll use as fire
Lips spread the fire
Your heart
And you are ready

The lips, the heart
You're the fire, you're the flame
The heart, the soul
Hand in hand, hand in hand

Now Playing: <Treasure Hiding>

Blog Heading "J's Heaven" 是來自Slowdive其中一首歌, 所以順理成章Slowdive就成為這Blog的No.1. 第一次聽Shoegaze音樂是這張張專輯中的<Alison>，那時可謂是驚為天人，原來搖滾還可以這樣玩的！專輯中另一首更讓我上隱的是這首<Machine Gun> (Jimi Hendrix也有一首同名歌), 朦朦朧朧的音牆中滲透著Rachel Goswell的飄渺的歌聲，彷彿讓人置身於騰雲駕霧的夢中......這樣的形容太誇張了吧？你聽聽就知了！

see you walking and i know shes my friend, again
just the weight of the water drags me down, again
guess i'll think of the water its my friend, oh yea
it's just the way that the water makes me feel again
son of sheba i saw him drown
son of yellow i saw him drown
it's all i need yeah

Now Playing: <Machine Gun>