小言詹詹
Song of this Valentine
Pinchme 发表于 2010-02-15 12:29:53
Pink真的是一個值得更多關注的歌手，原本我更喜歡她的boy-bashing upbeat 的音樂， 但是越來越發現她的ballad是現今女pop歌手中最好的，歌詞和唱腔的細膩和深度與她的公眾形象真是反差強烈。這首Gliiter In the Air 對我來說是今年最完美的情人節音樂，勾起我翻譯的沖動。
GLITTER IN THE AIR
空中閃亮的碎片
Have you ever fed a lover with just your hands?
你是否曾只用手喂過你愛的人
Close your eyes and trust it, just trust it
閉上眼睛，只有信任
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
你是否曾將一把閃爍的碎片拋向空中
Have you ever looked fear in the face
面帶恐懼
And said I just don't care
但對自己說我不在乎
It's only half past the point of no return
現在才過了這不歸旅途的中點
The tip of the ice burg
這是冰山露出水面的尖角
The sun before the burn
這是灼傷前的煦日
The thunder before lightning
這是閃電前的警雷
The breathe before the phrase
這是說辭前的深呼吸
Have you ever felt this way?
你是否曾感受如此？
Have you ever hated yourself for staring at the phone?
你是否曾痛恨自己盯著電話傻等
Your whole life waiting on the ring to prove you're not alone
仿佛一生是為了等那鈴聲來證明你不是孤單一人
Have you ever been touch so gently you had to cry?
你是否曾被小小的細節感動到流淚？
Have you ever invited a stranger to come inside?
你是否曾邀請一個陌生人回家？
It's only half past the point of oblivion
已然過了麻木的底線
The hourglass on the table
這是桌上不停的沙漏
The walk before the run
這是奔行前的慢走
The breathe before the kiss
這是親吻前的喘息
And the fear before the flames
這是點火前的恐懼
Have you ever felt this way?
你是否曾感受如此？
There you are, sitting in the garden
你在那里，安坐在院子里
Clutching my coffee,
緊握著我的咖啡杯
Calling me sugar
叫我Sugar
You called me sugar
你叫我Sugar
Have you ever wished for an endless night?
你是否會希望世界永夜？
Lassoed the moon and the stars and pulled that rope tight
緊緊牽著月亮和星星
Have you ever held your breathe and asked yourself will it ever get better than tonight?
你是否會屏著呼吸問自己明天是否會比今夜更美麗？
Tonight
比今夜。。。
Telephone
Pinchme 发表于 2009-12-07 01:18:46
上贴说我不喜欢Lady Gaga的新EP《Fame Monster》。在近日重听之后终于还是被Gaga感召，幡然悔悟。Gaga，你还是我心中那女神。。。换的背景音乐是她新作中和beyonce合唱的telephone，近日大爱。lady gaga这首歌原本是为britney spears新专辑写的，不过britney居然没有用这首歌，真是蠢到家的女人。。。话说录在beyonce的新EP的那首与Lady Gaga 合唱的video phone也不错，mtv里面beyonce的身材真是秒杀了gaga。。。
Club Dance Music @ November 2009
Pinchme 发表于 2009-12-01 18:22:38
十一月的榜单如期而至。每年十月和十二月通常是出碟的高峰期，十一月夹在当中，总是不温不火的一个月。不过这个十一月出了几首上佳的作品，一直占据着我的MP3。上个月是digital dog的高产月，这个月爆发的则是来自法国的dj Fred Falke. Okay, lets countdown
10. Taio Cruz – I Can Be (Digital Dog Remix)
英国最近十分盛产黑人歌手，和Tinchy，JLS他们一样，Taio也是2008年左右出道的。其实是尼日利亚和巴西的混血。长得算是还可以，所以歌词极度自恋，什么我高标准又花心，爱上我要准备伤透心。。真的很欠扁。这首I can be的歌词还是一样贱。Chorus部分“I can be bigger bigger, stronger stronger, harder harder”…简直一春药广告。。。
9. Lolene – Sexy People (Static Remix)
原本想说选惠妈的Million Dollar Bill的，不过那首歌越听越无趣，而且也有些老了，放在这里是对我的审美和潮流的双重打击。。。所以out。。。不过换的这首歌也好不到哪里去，典型的party bitch style，不过虽然无脑了点，但是remix做的还是不错的，至少十分club friendly。
8. Rihanna – Russian Roulette (Max Methods Remix)
雨伞妹这张新专辑风格变得很涩很暗，没有一首快歌，看来经过那事情之后她的人生观和异性观正经历着未知的转变。。。新专辑不对我的胃口，估计市场反应也不会很好，不过歌手总归需要这么一张两张个人化的东西，以后也好拿出来标榜标榜自己的艺术立场。她的嗓音我还是很喜欢的，十分适合做remix。
7. Jordin Sparks – SOS (Jason Nevins Remix)
这个稍稍有点老，不过还是当下的舞曲榜的头名。从美国偶像那时候开始，就一直认为Jordin是个悟性很高的歌手。果然，出道两张专辑，各种风格的音乐她都驾驭的游刃有余，不过要走这种hot symbol路线，还是先要过那20斤的赘肉关。
6. Lady Gaga – Bad Romance (Chew Fu Remix)
Gaga的加长版Fame Monster很一般，和前作真是不只差一点点。这个bad romance10月巴黎时装周的时候在alexander mcqueen秀上发布的，就是桃子赞许不已的那场拟态海妖秀。据说当时人满为患一票难求，不知道是冲Mcqueen去的还是Gaga去的。Gaga现在俨然一姐了，刚出单曲就能占据Billboard的前10，这通常是小甜甜们才有的待遇啊。
5. Plumb – Hang On (Digital Dog Remix)
不知道为什么很为那句歌词着迷, hang on, the water is rising, hang on, the waves are crushing. 音乐配合的恰到好处，有种即将被水吞没的恐惧又无奈的感觉。Plumb是专门唱电子宗教音乐的，所以有这样窒息的风格也不奇怪。
4. Rosie and the Goldbug – Heartbreak (Digital Dog Remix)
其实这是今年年初的一首单曲，演唱的乐队也已经解散了，但是我在最近才发现这首，十分喜欢，所以还是放了上来。 女声很像Crystal Castle，是那种甜蜜又妖冶的嗓音，又金属又迷幻。这个remix做的相当好，层次很丰富，颓废感十足。
3. Moby – Mistake (Yusek Remix)
师叔祖今年又出新专辑了。这首Mistake我听了三个版本，前两个根本没留下印象，直到听了这个yusek版本的，大师总归是大师啊。这是地道的Moby的音乐，风格又回到了专辑Play那时候。歌词是重复的，但利用复杂的配器层层推进，感慨自己的情不自禁和故态复萌。感觉是最近最好的Progressive house。
2. Lily Allen – Fuck You (Magnify DA Remix)
Lily Allen还真是有腔调，这张it’s not me it’s you风格变得很dance，歌词也越发尖锐了。听她唱fuck you不是那种声嘶力竭的控诉指责，但是充满了不屑和藐视，完全是对智力不健全的人的态度，骂得十分尽兴（据说这歌是写George W Bush。。。这年头似乎骂骂布什就是和正义人士站在一起了。）
1. The Gossip – Heavy Cross (Fred Falke Remix)
The gossip是来自美国的乐队。主唱Beth Ditto 220磅的体重，还酷爱穿比基尼上台，公开的lesbian，向lindsey lohan示爱，为dolce & gabana走秀，代言chanel，2009年真是出尽了风头。原曲也算是不错的，但是这个remix实在是好太多了。原曲chorus部分听着很别扭，remix之后却成了点睛之笔，好的dj真是有这样神奇的能力啊。
Club Dance Music @ October 2009
Pinchme 发表于 2009-11-09 12:34:25
10. Kesha – Tik Tok (Fred Falke Remix)
Kesha就是去年和Flo Rida唱Right Round的那个女孩，今年出新专辑上位了，大腿，紧身衣和聚光灯的人生终于迈出了一大步。
9. Jay Sean – Down (IJD Remix)
英籍印度男，跟所有叫Jay的一样，闷骚爱现。出场总是墨镜白t黑马甲的标准gay 装，MTV里面那个表情真是很MU，是从小看宝莱坞，影响太深了吧。。。
8. Sliimy – Wake Up (Digital Dog Remix)
Sliimy是摩洛哥裔法国人，人称Lilly Allen与Prince的合体。。。声音乍听根本就是一女伶，第一张专辑的首单，歌词无谓了些，什么“我不是肌肉男但是我也能霸王硬上弓你给办了”。。。不禁让人笑话—就凭他！！
7. Chipmunk – Oopsy Daisy (Digital Dog Remix)
Chipmunk也是英国最近冒出来的一大帮黑人rapper中的一个，是今年英国音乐奖的最佳新人，看起来不足18的样子。。。主歌部分是一个女人唱的，歌词却写的是对女人的爱意和悔意，听起来很lesbianism。。。Digital Dog是英国的一对dj组，风格其实很单一的house，但是确实适合club。
6. Britney Spears – 3 (James Rendon Remix)
继If U Seek Amy之后的又一首色情到底的歌曲。这次是3p主题，1,2,3, Peter, Paul and Mary…gay club版本可以改成1,2,3, Peter Paul and Gary…其实想想她所有的歌，什么baby one more time啦，oops I did it again 啦，I am a slave for you啦，主题都是一脉相承的。。。难得是国内媒体还有叫她小甜甜的。。。以后听小甜甜的歌需要家长辅导吧。。。
5. Pixie Lott – Boys and Girls (Moto Blanco Remix)
英国18岁小女生，今年年初出的第一张专辑，结果一首Mama Do直接登上了英国榜的榜首，创作能力对于一个18岁的女孩来说已经是天才级别的了，加之容貌姣好，个性讨巧，也是未来的红人一个。
4. Mariah Carey – I Want to Know What Love Is (Moto Blanco Remix)
Diva出专辑都要带一首power ballad的，Mariah更是。。这首I Want to Know What Love Is是20多年前Foreigner乐队的成名曲，后来一直有人翻唱，这次又有幸被MC挖出来重新演绎。不得不说MC还是MC，这个版本是这么多翻唱中最鹤立鸡群的。Moto Blanco也是英国的DJ双人组，这几年在club也是比较受宠。
BBB是街头DJ出生的，得了无数dj大赛的冠军，据说能一个人同时控制6张混音台。终于混到了今年出了第一张个人专辑。这首Do What You Like是第三支single，风格和年初的Falling Anthem很接近，看来他很偏爱哥特风格的女声。
2. Mika - Rain (Domenico Torti Remix)
新专辑第一单曲We are Golden让人越听越绝望，心想这个英籍黎巴嫩小gay真是让人烦躁啊。不过随后的rain让人耳目一新，从第一句歌词“is it really necessary that every single day you are making me more ordinary in every possible way”开始就是完全描述closeted的迷恋舞台表演的小gay的心态，配上他那仲夏夜之梦式的MTV真是有够fairie。。。
1. Pink – Please Don’t Leave Me (Digital Dog Remix)
Pink的第五张专辑真是被低估了，整张专辑词曲流畅，立意又新，可听度很高，不晓得为什么反应也就一般般。不过在澳洲她还真是一姐的地位，这期的澳洲偶像专门弄了一个pink周，她也倒好，在澳洲演唱会一开就是27场，比美国本土还多。。。Please don’t leave me 的MTV很好玩，借用了Stephen King的Misery的情节，Pink把男朋友又捆又绑，男友几次逃亡不成，被抓回来又打又虐，配着 please don’t leave me的歌词真是很喜剧。。。这个月Digital Dog真是多产，看来他们和Bimbo Jones一样，也很喜欢做Pink的remix。
Beyonce I Am...Tour
Pinchme 发表于 2009-10-20 09:45:37
Club Dance Music @ September 2009
Pinchme 发表于 2009-09-30 09:08:25
又到月末了，本月出新专辑的歌手还不少，电台里面还是Black Eyed Peas一统天下，连续13周Billboard冠军，记录一破再破，看了他们在芝加哥Oprah Winfrey的年度party开典上演出I gotta feeling，被撼到了。整整三个街区连带广场上万人都在一起跳舞，Oprah明显也被憾到了，连连赞叹这是她见过的最疯狂的演出。
话说这个月的Club Dance音乐，也确实出了不少我喜欢的好作品，以下是本月我的top 10（我还是真喜欢countdown）
10. Whitney Houston -- I Didn't Know My Own Strength (Peter Rauhofer Club Mix)
惠妈戒毒戒男人之后第一张专辑的第二首单曲，是她最擅长的的power ballad风格，歌词也是婚姻不幸的中年女人最爱的蹉跎励志体。惠妈的声音条件真是大不如前了，很多地方有就要破音的感觉。唉，不就为个男人吗，吸这么多毒，值吗？！
9. JLS -- Beat Again (Digital Dog Mix)
JLS和Leona Lewis一样都是从Factor X出来的，那一届他们亚军，输给了Alexandra Burke，不过倒是抢先Burke发了唱片，而且这首歌一出来就是英国榜的第一，又给他们带来了Brit Award的提名，对于新人来说算是命不错的了。四个成员身材都很不错，好脱，就是脸一般般了，未免有点新加坡式的遗憾。
8. Tiga -- Shoes(Spencer & Hill Mix)
加拿大来的。这首歌也只能听Remix。歌词描述的是男女调情，不过是最下三滥的那种。男人说我喜欢的手套，让我帮你脱下来，我喜欢你的鞋子，让我帮你脱下来，我喜欢你的xx，让我帮你脱下来，女人却说滚一边去。。还好Spencer &Hill的remix让这首歌顿时脱胎换骨，完全可以不理会歌词，十分适合在club无脑舞。
7. Shakira -- Loba (She Wolf) ( DJ Chato Mix)
Shakira唱西班牙语版的Loba明显要比英语版的She Wolf来得自如，里面的狼嚎和喘息声也听着不那么刺耳了。Shakira在MTV里跳的那段舞实在是毫无美感可言，只是不停地从一个交配动作换到另一个交配动作。不过话说回来，Shakira这张新专辑当中的歌曲质量都不错，有很多首歌很适合做remix，预测未来会在club大红。顺便抱怨一句，这首remix上个月就在吉隆坡听到了，D2到现在也没放过。再让我听什么Miracle我会疯掉的。
6. Mariah Carey -- Obssessed ( Cahill Club Mix)
Mimi的新专辑的第一个单曲，Obssessed算是不错的。不过不知最近怎么了，很多大牌艺人都喜欢在歌词里面直露的描述毒品，Jay-Z在Empire State of Mind是，Mimi也是。It must be e, it must be weed~ Anyway，Cahill的remix一般不会让人太失望，这个版本的remix最近在各个club也算是大热了。
5. Kristinia DeBarge -- Goodbye (DJ Paulo Club Mix)
Na na, na na na na, na na na~ Goodbye! 新人出的首单，chorus部分十分radio friendly。身边有些朋友很喜欢这首，在club一听到na na就会情不自禁扭起来。但我一直觉得chorus部分有点和某首中文歌曲雷同。
4. Solange -- Would Have Been the One (Groove Police Mix)
可能很少有人会知道Beyonce还有个亲妹妹也在搞音乐。Solange小Beyonce4岁，已经出了两张专辑。第二张走的是舞曲路线，已经有三首Billboard club dance的头名单曲了。这个年纪，也没有借她姐太多的光，也算是不容易了。不过，在声音和大腿都不如她姐的条件下想要红到她姐的程度，难。
3. Drake -- Best I Ever Had (Grandtheft Mix)
一般来说，我很少会喜欢rap+pop的collabration，但是这首是个例外，归功于Gradtheft的funky remix。这个版本的remix很能带动舞池的气氛，想定住双脚几乎是不可能的。Drake也是加拿大来的，刚出来就被一窝前辈提携，看来是有些异禀。
2. Anjulie -- Love Songs (Bimbo Jones Mix)
Anjulie，这算是我今年的一大发现吧。这个女孩子是圭亚那印度的混血。嗓音很特别，音乐风格很多元，又有点90年代cheesy的感觉。这首歌的歌词很直白，说她很容易被那些华丽的东西所吸引，虽然知道那可能只是徒有其表，但是豪华车，高级饭店，粉红香槟，好莱坞却往往让她深陷爱河。就这歌词，她唱出来却完全没有物质女孩的风尘气，反而让我想起了过去很多愉快的经历。看来美好的回忆也是建立在丰实的物质基础上的。
1. La Roux -- Bulletproof (IMAXL Mix)
Bulletproof绝对是今年到现在为止club dj的最爱，能找到的Remix版本不下20个。我喜欢的版本就有三个。但是选择了IMAXL的remix因为它保留了原曲大部分的节奏和配器，突出了原曲80年代和2000年代结合的风格。这首歌是La Roux的第二支单曲，她的声音控制得更加好了，显得不会那么尖。歌词写的很好，喜欢这一句i am not turned on to love until it is cheap，很符合我现在的想法。不过八月份出的这个remix，想要在上海的Club里面听到，大概要到明年吧？！
A Wandering Night
Pinchme 发表于 2009-09-20 08:06:42
the benefit of learning another language is that you would know some human thoughts which are more universal, but of course with the sacrifice of depth and edge, sometimes,
i am a very weighing person, as i just changed the word "mastering" to the word "learning", glad i hold the virtue of humbleness....,
all other senses are created to fight the eyes, specificly, to fight the "look" factor,
a lot of people tell random and nonsense stories because they omit or replace the uninteresting, dishonest, vulgar and sinful parts which would make the stories totally logical, i am one of the people mentioned above; i used backspace button for over 20 times for the short passage i just wrote,
but when you lose the "i" factor, a poise becomes a pose,
it must be a truly enjoyable experience to talk to a true linguist,
when describe a person, saying him being "handsome, rich and nice", "nice" is too general a word and make you sounds uninteresting, and maybe worse, uneducated..so when processed by the brain, it sometimes comes out as "polite", then it would be too specific and too much on the senseful side and does not convey the idea, so when it is processed by the brain again, it sometimes come out such as "pleasant" which could make both the person you describe and yourself sound better, the weighing could last forever, and in the end it may end up with a word like "xxxxx", i dont know, then it is on the level of literature art...
college education should really be cut from 4 years to 3 or 2 years, the standard is set up by those elites, pretentious people or real nerds who represents the "true" social value, as for the mass population, it is a waste of time,
i really want to find proof that "bi mu yu" represents the all three or four kinds of fish whose eyes are on the one side, they just have different names because their eyes are on the left, or on the right and something to do with their body structure....but i am too lazy to google/wiki/baidu,
芍药之于牡丹，蔷薇之于玫瑰，黄花菜之于百合花,
it takes years to give you a mature look, but it takes decades to have advanced thought, i did not use the word mature for thoughts because i dont know what a mature thought is, and also based on the fact "mature thought" is a word used by mentally uninteresting or snobbish persons who judge others minds and decisions only by their own standards, that being whether it fits their own interest, if it is, then it is a "mature thought",
as pon says, i should just write what goes through my mind, stop weighing......i must be a nuisance when i am on msn, cause it takes me ages to finally compose a sentence which i would put too much personal and social "considerations" into it....and usually it turns out impersonal and unsociable,
but i cannot help, i start to check the grammars again, maybe it has to do with my job...i have been criticised of being sometimes incautious for report writing during my first job, considering the scope and load, making mistakes is almost inevitable...i actually dont know how to avoid them after years of experience, i just learnt how to cover them, maybe that is what a "professional" is about,
am i too numb or too lazy for a meditation? it must be other tensions that distract me...
tension is an interesting word, you cannot find a perfect translation into chinese, zhang li or jin zhang, both not conveying the idea...so it is an illustration that learning foreign language is fun and necessary,
as i said before all gay relationship is based on sexual tensions....friendship is when the sexual tension is low and intimacy is when the sexual tension being high, and lovers is when the sexual tension being lasting...the level of the sexual tension defines the tone of your relationship with someone...only when sexual tension is gone, you start to think about other things like financial problems...which would inevitably lead to very abnormal relationships,
if i can prove 10% of the sentences i make, i would become a scientist,
3 am, the crowd in d2 must be leaving...
i would have been at destination if the damn flight were not canceled, i start to believe the realtionship between me and destination as tang san zang and india, the difference is he finally got there but i have not yet, i should really go up there before it becomes a pilgrim trip...
it is only afternoon in new york...saturday afternoon, dont get too occupied just for the coming night,
why i dont sleep in the bedroom? i am afraid of darkness, vacantness or the couch is really comfortable?
how many words start with "how", howl, however....howdy.....not so many, but all with unanimous "how" sound,
how many words start with "hea", heal, heap, hear, headache, heather, heat, heaven, obviously a lot, but all with twisted pronunciation
it has only been 1 and half hours, but the battery is running off and i am feeling tired.....
au revoire, le nuit
i shall really pick up my french..............le fin
Good Sober
Pinchme 发表于 2009-08-18 11:06:21
I would not call it the wisest to start over again like this, yet with another sagittarius. Four in a roll, fascinating... I am getting to reach the glorious status of a serial monogamist, from one obsession to another... I don't know where it ends, but for a moment, i am not living in torment, dubiety or neurosis. Thank you for the good sober.