2012年12月9日星期日

無名的歌

最討厭聽電台節目主持人把音樂作為充塞節目的空當,播了歌又不介紹歌手又不介紹歌名。好掛著湯正川和伍家廉在DBC的節目,只有在他們的節目,才能享受音樂之餘又能認識音樂。

交通意外

家裡附近的交通黑點又發生交通意外了,交通警還未到,兩旁已站立著一批熱心的街坊,各人均舉起自己的手機拍照,並在旁議論後續的程序。究竟這樣的拍照議論有甚麼意義?人生就是太多這樣的八卦。何不拿時間來做一些更有意義的事呢?

2012年12月8日星期六

Ragan Road



前面放了Loreena McKennitt 的演唱版,現在補上歌詞,也是一首詩。

Ragan Road

On Raglan Road of an Autumn Day,
I saw her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare
That I might one day rue.
I saw the danger, and I passed
Along the enchanted way
And I said let grief be a falling leaf
At the dawning of the day.

On Grafton Street in November,
We tripped lightly along the ledge
Of a deep ravine where can be seen
The worst of passions pledged.
The Queen of Hearts still making tarts
And I not making hay,
Oh I loved too much; and by such by such
Is happiness thrown away.

I gave her gifts of the mind.
I gave her the secret sign
That's known to the artists who have known
That true gods of sound and stone.
And word and tint without stint.
I gave her poems to say
With her own name there and her own dark hair
Like the clouds over fields of May.

On a quiet street where old ghosts meet,
I see her walking now
Away from me, so hurriedly.
My reason must allow,
That I have loved, not as I should
A creature made of clay.
When the angel woos the clay, he'll lose
His wings at the dawn of the day.

Billy Joel

早上聽過溫柔浪慢的Loreena McKennitt,黃昏聽一首粗獷的Piano Man。聽這首歌,又想起湯正川的《正係好音樂》,沒有了DBC,只能不斷重溫他的節目來懷念他。


這首有很多版本,隨便找一個版本放上來。








Loreena Mckennitt

聽Loreena Mckennitt的音樂,絕對是一種享受,即使不懂英語,也能吸引你,甚至能為了她多學一點英語和文學。先記下一些歌,好讓自己將來重溫。




















2012年12月7日星期五

一首近期喜歡的歌

一首簡單而動聽的歌,先把歌詞放上來,遲些再細聽。



The Shins: Simple song

Well, this is just a simple song,
To say what you done.
 I told you 'bout all those fears,
And away they did run.
You sure must be strong,
And you feel like an ocean being warmed by the sun.
When I was just nine years old, I swear that I dreamt,
Your face on a football field,
And a kiss that I kept,
Under my vest.
Apart from everything,
But the heart in my chest.
Chorus: I know that things can really get rough,
When you go in alone.
Don't go thinking you gotta be tough,
And bleed like a stone.
Could be there's nothing else in our lives so critical,
As this little home.
My life in an upturned boat,
Marooned on a cliff.
You brought me a great big flood,
And you gave me a lift.
Girl, what a gift.
 Will you tell me with your tongue,
And your breath was in my lungs,
And we float up through the rift.
Chorus: I know that things can really get rough,
When you go in alone.
Don't go thinking you gotta be tough,
And bleed like a stone.
Could be there's nothing else in our lives so critical,
 As this little home.
Well, this would be a simple song,
To say what you done.
I told you 'bout all those fears,
And away they did run. You sure must be strong,
When you feel like an ocean being warmed by the sun.
Remember walking a mile to your house,
Aglow in the dark?
I made a fumbling play for your heart,
And the act struck a spark.
You wore a charm on the chain that I stole,
Especial for you.
Love's such a delicate thing that we do,
With nothing to prove,
Which I never knew. 








洗頭水

多年來一直在不停轉換洗頭水,最近終於找到一款好用的洗頭水,貴是貴了一點,但可以改善髮質,又可環保,還是值得的。

最後一天

這是最後一天《正係好音樂》第一首播放的歌Our last song together,重聽還是有點傷感。希望節目真的可以後會還有期。







歌者與歌

前陣子已想在這裡開始記下一些喜愛的歌曲,但一直忙著back up 電腦資料,維修電腦,重裝電腦,然後是腰痛,結果又是甚麼都擱下來了。

今天終於有時間上來了,記下一首從《正係好音樂》聽回來的歌曲,記得湯生每次播這首歌的時候,都會說把歌曲送給收音機旁所有叫Rosemary的女孩子,Neil Sedaka也是他喜歡的一位歌手。

2012年2月4日星期六

茶籽粉

找了茶籽粉一段時間,終於在家附近的商場找到一家店鋪賣茶籽粉,決定買一包來試試。http://www.theeden.net/index.html

2012年2月3日星期五

天然香薰油

輾轉終於找到售賣天然香薰油的店舖了,改天去買些來自製護膚品,看看效果如何。先記下店鋪地址於此。

2012年1月23日星期一

借來的揮春

原作者:崑南

2012年1月5日星期四

哈維爾

哈維爾死後,旋即檢索港大圖書館的藏書,看看他的著作,怎知只有一本中譯本而已。這間香港的龍頭大學,真的令人慨嘆兼憤怒。至今香港的一些樓上書店還可買到他的部份書籍,圖書館就是沒想到要買一些?

2012年1月2日星期一

巧合

真的很巧合,日間在明報看到記者介紹這店,晚上在電視又看到香港電台訪問店主,更巧合的是原來店鋪就在民園麵家附近,下次去吃麵時便可以順道去書店看看。
http://www.bookattic.info/

今天姑且暫以這些文字來點綴一下快將荒廢的網誌吧。