为了把“我爱你中国”的旋律从我脑袋里赶走,我连上youtube想找支旋律复杂的歌。以前看过一篇关于心理辅导的书,说某段旋律卡在脑袋里的解决办法有二:一是把这首歌从头到尾唱一遍,二是另找一首旋律复杂的歌,把这一首冲出去,人家并且推荐莫扎特的曲子(想起Amadeus里奥皇对莫扎特说:too many notes),我觉得第二个方法对我更有效。
找到这首100 years--好几年的歌了,刚出来就很喜欢,那时好像还开车,每天上下班就可以听到. 这个男声我猜一般人要么很喜欢,要么很讨厌,我是很喜欢那种,而且这首歌胜在歌词很有意境,短短几分钟好像一个人的一生在面前流过。有个chase的信用卡广告就用的这首歌这个意境,很合适。
youtube上有好几个版本的录像,我先看到小鹿斑比那个版本,很喜欢,决定买张dvd来看。另一个版本,看上去是歌手本人的,荒原上一个黑色的剪影在那里弹三角钢琴。前十秒的录像,是一个希腊神话里的神一样造型的美少年坐在那里弹琴,我并没有看过five for fighter本人的录像,以为那就是他,惊为天人,结果镜头从钢琴上滑过去,出来一个头发蓬乱胡子拉碴的中年男人才是歌手他本人,真让人份特啊。整段录像看下来,歌词每到一个年纪,弹琴的人就换一个,那么这个美少年应该是15或22岁那个阶段的,后来还出来白发苍苍的几个,让人顿生无限感慨。
后记:看了后面那段录像的一些留言,还发现了出演希腊美少年是Matthew Jordan, 他自己也是个蛮有成就的歌手钢琴家,可惜找到的照片都没有在这个录像里那么帅而且有灵魂。
斑比版:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSDELVkcxcM
歌手版:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmoE8_U-JTw
I'm 15 for a moment
Caught in between 10 and 20
And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
I'm 22 for a moment
She feels better than ever
And we're on fire
Making our way back from Mars
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to lose
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live
I'm 33 for a moment
Still the man, but you see I'm a they
A kid on the way
A family on my mind
I'm 45 for a moment
The sea is high
And I'm heading into a crisis
Chasing the years of my life
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy, Time to lose yourself
Within a morning star
15 I'm all right with you
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live
Half time goes by
Suddenly you?re wise
Another blink of an eye
67 is gone
The sun is getting high
We're moving on...
I'm 99 for a moment
Dying for just another moment
And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
15 there's still time for you
22 I feel her too
33 you?re on your way
Every day's a new day...
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to choose
Hey 15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live

