出租熱情 ( 中 )

前幾日突然被感冒病毒襲擊的我,吃了醫生開的感冒藥之後,精神一直處於恍惚狀態。

雖然身體軟綿綿的躺在床上睡睡又醒醒,但是神志不清的我還是拿了R.E.M.的音樂一次又一次的重複播放,不甘心就這麼被病毒得逞而白白的浪費時間~~~

一直處於似夢似醒而呈現昏迷狀態的病人,
在意識渾沌的當下,忽然回到了那天---第一次體驗R.E.M.音樂的情景...




某日,幾個高中學生忽然從廣播裡聽到了令人振奮的音樂資訊,
就是有幾位有志推廣新音樂的音樂人,即將舉辦一場新音樂盛宴,進而廣邀所有喜愛音樂的莘莘學子們的熱情參與...

而我們幾個表面上乖巧又聽話,內心其實充滿反叛,矛盾,躁動,不安又有著敏感情緒的高中女生,面對這天大的好消息都顯得十分雀躍,然而當天完全是以朝聖的心情參與盛會。

那是一次令人難忘且印象深刻的音樂饗宴,
由於這次的音樂聚會,有幸開啟了我們的音樂之窗,寬闊了我們的音樂視野,
也埋下日後對音樂工作的熱情與執著..(這麼說也不誇張吧,看看大家從事DJ生涯,距今都已經幾年啦?)

何潁怡,任將達,程港輝,林暐哲,林志堅..
感謝你們帶我進入新音樂(地下音樂)的殿堂,讓我們有幸認識了這麼多的好音樂~~



趁著自己失憶症尚未發作之前,先來回憶一下當天他們所精心介紹的音樂。
The Smiths, Joy Division, New Order, Echo&Bunnyman,
The Cure, R.E.M. 等,都是當天經由他們的介紹,大家才有幸接觸這些當時的地下樂團,
也因為聽了這些音樂,我們這才驚覺外面的世界原來是這麼的寬廣!
(而當時介紹的每一個樂團,今天可都是足以記錄在搖滾青史的Great Band!)

你們既費心又詳細的介紹這麼好聽的音樂給我們這些懵懂的孩子~~感激啊!!
那次聚會對我們來說是全新的美好經驗,也促使大家日後為追尋美麗音符而努力..


依稀記得當時林暐哲先生不僅介紹了R.E.M.這個樂團給大家,
而且還放了他們的Music Video給在座的各位同學欣賞。
雖然我已經記不得他放的是哪些歌了,呵呵...

R.E.M. 應該是當天媒體人們介紹的唯一美國樂團,
也是一支在樂壇上馳騁將近30年卻始終堅守信念的偉大團體 。


( 1983年發行的首張專輯 "Murmur" )

在80年代初期，英倫搖滾因為Joy Division 的崛起而改變了整個樂壇生態,
也由於Post Punk 的方興未艾,市場上興起一片獨立廠牌與獨立音樂的風潮；
而此時的美國則流行起了校園搖滾,其中,R.E.M.(Rapid Eye Movement)便是最為成功的樂團之一。

當時的R.E.M.不僅成功的奠定了此一時期的音樂基礎,日後更是廣泛地影響了整個90年代搖滾音樂的發展。

來自喬治亞洲的R.E.M.主要成員為主唱Michael Stipe,吉他手Peter Buck,貝斯手Mike Mills與鼓手Bill Berry。
在高中時期就迷上New York Punk 的 Michael Stipe ,
在喬治亞大學攻讀繪畫與攝影時,認識在唱片行工作的吉他手 Peter Buck ,
並找到了 Mike Mills 與 Bill Berry ，共同組成了R.E.M.~~

剛開始 R.E.M. 以翻唱一些龐克樂曲為主,次年,他們自己發行了一張民謠式的龐克單曲,而逐漸受到樂壇矚目。

1982年, 他們受到了獨立唱片公司 I.R.S. 的青睞而簽下了合約 ,隨即於隔年---1983年正式推出他們的首張專輯《Murmur》。

這個作品引起了英國獨立音樂的高度重視,
也讓這張專輯普遍被各地的樂評視為他們作品中最具原創的經典。

R.E.M. - Why Not Smile
(好喜歡這首~~~)


the concrete broke your fall
to hear you speak of it
I'd have done anything
I would do anything
I feel like a cartoon brick wall
to hear you speak of it
you've been so sad
it makes me worry
why not smile?
you've been sad for a while.
why not smile?

I would do anything
to hear you speak of it.
why not smile?
you've been sad for a while.
you've been sad for a while.



R.E.M. Losing My Religion
(由校園起家的R.E.M.現場魅力很驚人---加拿大校園現場演唱~~)

Oh, life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up

(chorus)
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight, I'm
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

Every whisper
Of every waking hour I'm
Choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up
Consider this
Consider this
The hint of the century
Consider this
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around
Now I've said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

But that was just a dream
That was just a dream

(repeat chorus)

But that was just a dream
Try, cry, why try?
That was just a dream
Just a dream, just a dream
Dream



R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts


When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go, (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on

'Cause everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone

If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on

Well, everybody hurts sometimes,
Everybody cries. And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes. So, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Everybody hurts. You are not alone



R.E.M. - Be Mine


I never thought of this as funny
It speaks another world to me
I wanna be your Easter bunny
I wanna be your Christmas tree

I'll strip the world that you must live in
Of all its godforsaken greed
I'll ply the tar out of your feathers
I'll pluck the thorns out of your feet
You and me
You and me
You and me

And if I choose your sanctuary
I'll want to wash you with my hair
I'll want to drink of sacred fountains
And find the riches hidden there

I'll eat the lotus and peyote
I'll want to hear the caged-bird sing
I'll want the secrets of the temple
I'll want the finger with the ring
You and me
You and me
You and me

And if you make me your religion
I'll give you all you will need
I'll be the drawing of your breath
I'll be the cup if you should bleed
I'll be the sky above the Ganges
I'll be the vast and stormy sea
I'll be the lights that guide you inland
I'll be the visions you will see
Visions you will see
You will see
You will see
You and me
You and me
You and me
You and me
You and me
You and me



R.E.M. - Belong


Her world collapsed early Sunday morning
She got up from the kitchen table
Folded the newspaper and silenced the radio
Those creatures jumped the barricades
And have headed for the sea, sea

Those creatures jumped the barricades
And have headed for the sea
She began to breathe
To breathe at the thought of such freedom
Stood and whispered to her child: belong
She held the child and whispered
With calm, calm: belong

Stood and whispered to her child; belong
She held the child and whispered
With calm, calm: belong

These barricades can only hold for so long
Her world collapsed early Sunday morning
She took the child held tight
Opened the window
A breath, this song, how long
And knew, knew: belong



P.S.附上Radiohead Cover 的Be Mine
REM - Be Mine (feat. Thom Yorke)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3_9bCJrHjY&feature=related

(1982年發行的第一張EP)