Saturday, January 13, 2007

令人感动的演唱会 @2006

Part One: Sandy Lam
我从不看演唱会,因为觉得许多歌手现场演唱的功力远不如CD水准。然而我为了林忆莲破例了。Sandy一直是我觉得在中文乐坛上唱得最棒的女歌手。我刚听流行乐的时候,她就已经是天后了。后来掘起的Faye Wong, Sammi Cheng也无法取代她。“夜色无边”演唱会上所展现的实力在一次奠定了她不可动摇的原因。

演唱会有三个令人感动、震撼的片段:
1) 伦永亮 带动全场观众一起合唱“当爱已成往事”。
2) Sandy以歌影剧方式飙高音演唱“玫瑰香”。
3) Sandy特别为新加坡歌迷献唱安哥歌曲“Almost Over You”

我很少听英文歌,所以是首次听这受感人的情歌,乍听下有点像“听说爱情回来过”的意境。

Almost Over You 歌词
“I saw an old friend of ours today
She asked about you and I didn't quite know what to say
Heard you've been makin' the rounds round here
While I've been tryin' to make the tears disappear

Now I'm almost over you
I've almost shook these blues
So when you come back around
After painting the town you'll see
That I'm almost over you

You're such a sly one with your cold, cold heart
For you leavin' come easy but it tore me apart
Time heals all wounds they say and I should know
'Cause it seems like forever but I'm lettin' you go

Now I'm almost over you
I've almost shook these blues
So when you come back around
After painting the town you'll see
That I'm almost over you

I can forgive you and soon I'll forget all my shattered dreams
You took the love that you wanted and left me the misery

Now I'm almost over you
I've almost shook these blues
So when you come back around
After painting the town you'll see
That I'm almost over you"

Part Two: Vivian Chow
除了Sandy的Concert, 我也幸运地观看了周慧敏的Back For Love Concert,不过是DVD。(要我为她飞到香港还是有点难。)令我感动的不单演唱会,而是送我DVD的人。这位住在台湾的网友知道我在新加坡买不到周慧敏的Concert DVD,便在旅游香港的同时,买了DVD并邮寄给我。严格说,我跟这位网友不算熟络,交谈了近三年吧,但次数不多,然而她却这么有善心,令我十分感动。原来世界上还是有无私的人,而我幸运地认识了她。

周慧敏的Concert论唱功、舞蹈、震撼度都不如林忆莲,但毕竟阔别十二年,依然是令歌迷感动、感慨的。印象最深的有:
1)Vivian与林隆璇在两个舞台上四手连弹并合唱“流言”
2)Vivian在安哥时叙述忠实的歌迷群知道演唱会宣传标语着“因为爱,所以回来”,都回应她说,“因为爱,所以等待”,令她感动
3) Vivian借歌表情意,面对倪震演唱“为你”。这首歌当年沦为第三、四波,不算红,我的印象也不深,现在重听,别有一番味道和感动。

“为你” 词 :蔡国权

无论是晴是阴暗无论快乐与忧心
期待漫长路有你共行
无论路程是远近无论面临是苦困
仍然只想跟你过一生

谁没被名利吸引平淡却是我所争
期待漫长夜有你莅临
奉上热诚的慰问奉上肩膊做倚靠
平凡之中都已觉得兴奋
讲不出那样吸引或是命中缘分
能相识到你太幸运
谁令我安份
讲不出那份感觉像幻梦竟变真
彼此感觉那点真

为你我情愿改变为你我愿意牺牲
为你任何事我也都应允

Sunday, January 07, 2007

Goodbye 2006, you have been good to me!

2006对我来说是个好年份。当然也不是喜事连篇,但比前几年都好多了。I wanted to write an entry on my milestones for 2006. I started writing in late Dec until yesterday, when I realised that I was boring myself with the content, and finally realised that I had no interest in finishing it. Hence I'm just going to post one portion of it.

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

入冬

入冬了。虽然这里没有下雪,最近好冷因为连绵不绝的雨。Post这首我几年前写过的两首抒情歌词,满适合冬季的意境。

这是我十七岁时写的。最早的歌名叫“雪中倩影”。后来因为音乐发表会上的同学嫌它太诡异,就被他们改掉了。气死我。这首歌的词故意写的很柔、很天真。十七的心思很珍贵,我想我再也写不出这样的歌词了。

那一年冬季

那一年冬季
我在街上碰見你
你說話時的語氣
溫暖我冰冷的心

不知道為何
心中泛起了漣漪
熱氣游遍了整個身體
此刻不能呼吸

*最浪漫的戀曲
往往喜歡乘你不注意
偷偷闖入你的心
試圖帶走你的情
遺留在這最美的冬季

熱戀中的情侶
就算身在寒冷的冬季
他們也不會在意
因為情可以暖體
把愛情當棉被般疼惜*
(一切盡在永恆記憶裡)

曾幾何時起
我竟開始想念你
雪花瀰漫的夜裡
我沒有一絲睡意

漫步在晨曦
越過喧鬧的人群
溫柔燈光下有你的影
灑在這片雪地(repeat **)

OP: Warner-Chapel Taiwan

这是我二十二岁时完成的。写了很久因为我一直酝酿不出歌曲的气氛。可能是因为我没有思念人的原因吧。哈哈。不过,这后来成为我填的最满意的词之一。很多朋友蛮喜欢这首歌。

最后一句是我在美国写的。那时也是冬天。好像也差不多快下雪了。

冬眠

這個冬天的气溫再冷
也仿佛感覺到你的體溫
眷戀的意味 鎖不進任何箱子里
送不走我的懮郁

整片天空的顏色再暗
也隱藏不了回憶的傷感
眷戀的意味 我不想鎖進箱子里
舍不得送走懮郁

選擇冬眠 在無法惊醒的時候
想念 蔓延在空气的四周
等你 等到白霜卻上心頭
仍不見你的影蹤

冬眠 在無法惊醒的時候
心情 寫在朦朧玻璃窗口
好讓我的滿腔思念蒸發
并飛向你的天空

容許我沉溺于童話里
冬天結束時 我自然會清醒

OP: Warner-Chapel Taiwan

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

《大长今〉特辑:印象最深的十场戏 (Part4)

4. 长今,你也是我的女儿

韩尚宫和长今被奸人陷害,背上逆谋罪的黑锅。大牢中,长今失去了求生的斗志。长今:"我不想再背负这个包袱了。这一次,如果娘娘您走了,我一定要跟你一起走。我时时刻刻都在恨丢下我离去的娘,因为活著实在好累。现在我再也不愿意,真的不想这么活下去。"
  
韩尚宫:"你不要再说这种话,如果你再这么说,以後就不要再叫我娘娘了。长今,不行呵,这样叫我怎么去见明伊呢?你不只是明伊的女儿。长今,你…你是我的女儿,是我的女儿。有哪个母亲明知这是一条死路,眼睁睁的带著女儿一起去死呢?要活著,你要活著。"

长今听了,泪如雨下,默默地答应了。

***
我认为是本剧写得最出色的角色是韩尚宫(其次是今英)。郁闷的她,自好友的死就不敢与人建立感情,因为害怕再经历失去的痛。然而长今却打开了她封闭依旧的心怀。个人不喜欢她死去的戏,嫌它煽情。反而认为这场以母女相称的戏更叫人感动。饰演韩尚宫的梁美京演技富层次,时而内敛,时而具爆发力。难忘她受害时,看到崔尚宫,又是恨又是求饶,那咬牙切齿的表情。一流的演员。

3. 难产

连生受到太后恐吓所以早产,然而因为先天 病例导致难产。长今负责接生,连生多次晕厥,大量出血,处于生死一线的状态。长今担心不已,徘徊于奴婢、医生、和挚友之间,先是唤“娘娘”,最后绝望地唤 了许久都不曾叫过的“连生”。连生大难不死,长今请求原谅,连生不怪她,反而谢她说“没有你,我早就死了。”

***

长今 一生遇到许多贵人,连生也是其一。连生是善良到了极点的人。印象很深,令路死时,连生是唯一为她流了眼泪的人。连生看似柔弱但她对长今的忠诚常令她使出令 人出乎意料的勇气。长今面粉被盗、受冤被囚、被流配等,都由连生来说情。后来,连生更因为协助长今与皇上私谈,导致后来难产的这场戏。看这幕时,虽然早知 道结局,依然惊心动魄,深怕连生会香消玉殒。然而连生终究是典型的傻人有傻福,没死并诞下女儿,也因为生的是公主,所以没有跟皇后树敌,反而后来以姐妹相 称。

Monday, December 04, 2006

Little Miss Sunshine

Watched this little gem on the airplane and I was entertained. There was no boring scene in this movie, and several times I felt moved and laughed out loud. First time screenwriter, Michael Arndt, shows us how a simple plot is able to say so much about the themes of family togetherness and success/failure of dreams. The popularity of this movie stems from the fact that anyone can emphatise with this movie. There will be scenes where you feel you're looking into a mirror, and seeing your own family in it. That's how real it is. Of course, there's melodrama. This is a dramatic film after all, not a documentary. But my point is, Hollywood doesn't make movies like this anymore. And it's a pity, cos movies are ultimately about plot and characters, but these days special effects rule the big screen.

If indie movies have it their way, Little Miss Sunshine has what it takes to make it to the Oscar podium, but from past experiences, it will at most master a screenplay nom. I'm secretly hoping that the little girl, Abigail Breslin, will somehow receive a supporting actress nom. She won't win, of course, but some day I think she will.

My fave scene in the movie is when everyone is at their wits' end when the brother, Dwayne who refuses to get on the bus after a major discovery that sees his lifelong dream go up in smoke. No amount of words from the adults will console him. Then, the little sister and heart of the family, Olive, walks gingerly down the slope where her brother sits alone, moping over his sealed fate. She sits down beside him, puts an arm around his shoulder and weeps with him. In like less than a minute, Dwayne gets up and says, "Okay let's go."

Incredible scene. Marvellous movie. Catch it if you can.