朋友推薦下殺到了據稱什麼都有的誠品音樂館,沒錯,我真的也找到了這張Sufjan Stevens的專輯,最近呈現被中高度毒害的狀態。附帶一提的是我CD封面上超人竟然不見了,啊啊啊啊啊,網上一查,才發現是因為版權問題,只有初版的Come On Feel the Illinoise才有超人啊啊啊啊啊!難掩失望,但不得不說這張專輯簡直酷呆了!
Come On Feel the Illinoise想必是從Slade的Come On Feel the Noise而來的名稱,然而也沒乖乖地讓伊利諾州單單就只是Illinois,愛玩關聯性的風格整個就是合我胃口到令人興奮,Sufjan的背景豐富了整張專輯的音樂性,有著近似Elliott Smith的聲線,但卻不那麼純粹和悲傷,實驗性地大玩各種樂器及合聲,不落俗套地展現另一種民謠風格。然而並非Illinois出身的他也作足了研究,將專輯從超人、殺人犯、大火等當地人事物連結到歌曲中來表達自己的想法,或許我不該那麼期待他接下來的albums of the States會是如何,但最後若是落入流水帳描述的話,那必定沒能如此精彩,如此令人回味無窮。
I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? Well, it goes like this The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Well, your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you She tied you to a kitchen chair She broke your throne, she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Well, baby, I've been here before I've seen this room, and I've walked this floor I used to live alone before I knew you But I've seen your flag on the marble arch And love is not a victory marchIt's a cold and it is a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Well, there was a time when you'd let me know What's really going on below But now you never show that to me, do you? But remember when I moved in you And the Holy Ghost was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Well, maybe there is a God above But all that I've ever learned from love Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you It's not a cry that you hear at night And it is not somebody who has seen the light It's a cold and it is a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah
8. 印尼索羅是文化小城,在很笨的理由下錯過了傍晚的火車(網咖上網忘了時間...囧),在好心的站員幫我們改劃當晚半夜的列車後,發車前我們就找了個魁儡皮影戲的戲院觀賞,但由於該戲院開演時間實在是太隨性,在外頭遇到了另一組人,是一對洋人和亞人的情侶,於是就一同想辦法問當地人弄清楚開演時間。在where're u from後才發現那女生是台灣人(囧),在這不太有人來的地方遇到了台灣人還真是挺神奇的,而也發現在台下演奏樂器的其中一人意外是旅館的員工來嘎檔的(XD),一起喝飲料後就回去趕車了,驚悚度60%。