Weird Al Yankovic!!! 最近大家都在傳他登上 billboard第九名的歌曲 "White and Nerdy",台譯"又白又宅" (笑!)。
在 YouTube認真了一個下午,我最喜歡的是這個改編自 Don Mclean 70'年代的民謠老歌 "American Pie"的這首歌曲— "The Saga Begins" — 五分鐘複習完 Star Wars 首部曲。
歌詞:(隨便翻幾段)
A long, long time ago 很久很久以前 In a galaxy far away 在某個遙遠的銀河系裡 Naboo was under an attack 那卜遭到了攻擊 And I thought me and Qui-Gon Jinn 我以為我跟金魁剛 Could talk the federation in 可以跟貿易同盟談談 To maybe cutting them a little slack 也許可以讓他們休息一下 But their response, it didn't thrill us 但…他們的反應…那嚇不了我們的 They locked the doors and tried to kill us 他們關上門想要殺死我們 We escaped from that gas 我們從瓦斯毒氣中逃了出來 Then met Jar Jar and Boss Nass 然後遇到了恰恰跟他老大 We took a bongo from the scene 我們在那裡得到了一艘船 (we took a bongo是雙關語,意同erection...) And we went to Theed to see the Queen 開過呆頭鯨那邊去找皇后 We all wound up on Tatooine 最後又到了塔圖因 That's where... we found... this boy 就在這…我們找到了…這個孩子
Oh, 喔喔喔~ My my this here Anakin guy 我這個叫安納金的孩子。 May be Vader someday later - now he's just a small fry 也許有天他會是達斯維達,但現在只是個小兔崽子。 He left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye 他走出家門給媽咪一個再見吻,然後說著: Sayin' "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi, Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi" "很快我一定會變成絕地武士" "很快我一定會變成絕地武士"
Did you know this junkyard slave Isn't even old enough to shave But he can use the Force, they say
Ahh, do you see him hitting on the queen Though he's just nine and she's fourteen Yeah, he's probably gonna marry her someday
Well, I know he built C-3PO And I've heard how fast his pod can go And we were broke, it's true So we made a wager or two He was a prepubescent flyin' ace And the minute Jabba started off that race Well, I knew poop who would win first place Oh yes, it was our boy
We started singin' ... My my this here Anakin guy May be Vader someday later - now he's just a small fry And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye Sayin' "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi, Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
Now we finally got to Coruscant The Jedi Council we knew would want To see how good the boy could be So we took him there and we told the tale How his midi-chlorians were off the scale And he might fulfill that prophecy Oh, the Council was impressed, of course Could he bring balance, to the Force? They interviewed the kid All training they forbid Because Yoda sensed in him much fear And Qui-Gon said "Now listen here" "Just stick it in your pointy ear" "I still will teach this boy"
He was singin' ... My my this here Anakin guy May be Vader someday later - now he's just a small fry And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye Sayin' "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi, Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
We caught a ride back to Naboo 'Cause Queen Amidala wanted to I frankly would've liked to stay We all fought in that epic war And it wasn't long at all before Little Hotshot flew his plane and saved the day And in the end some Gungans died Some ships blew up and some pilots fried A lot of folks were croakin' The battle droids were broken And the Jedi I admire most Met up with Darth Maul and now he's toast Well, I'm still here and he's a ghost I guess I'll train this boy
And I was singin' ... My my this here Anakin guy May be Vader someday later - now he's just a small fry And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye Sayin' "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi, Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
We were singin' ... My my this here Anakin guy May be Vader someday later - now he's just a small fry And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye Sayin' "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
This is ground control to major tom Youve really made the grade And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear Now its time to leave the capsule if you dare
This is major tom to ground control Im stepping through the door And Im floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today
For here Am I sitting in a tin can Far above the world Planet earth is blue And theres nothing I can do
Though Im past one hundred thousand miles Im feeling very still And I think my spaceship knows which way to go Tell my wife I love her very much she knows
Ground control to major tom Your circuits dead, theres something wrong Can you hear me, major tom? Can you hear me, major tom? Can you hear me, major tom? Can you....
Here am I floating round my tin can Far above the moon Planet earth is blue And theres nothing I can do.
歌詞的最後,雖然沒有明說 Major Tom為了什麼而奔向宇宙,不過面對一望無際的宇宙也許就會讓人產生拋下一切的感觸吧?
最近常在 Virgin radio聽到 David Bowie的歌,查了一下發現原來是 EMI今年又發了一張 David Bowie的白金 3CD精選輯。 國中的時候不知道什麼叫做 "華麗搖滾"只覺得這個人的化妝技術跟雪兒有得拼 (還有 Kiss跟日本的聖飢魔),沒想到一隔十年現在來聽卻又不由自主地迷上了…
另一個版本的 MV,這個就單純很多。
Youtube上面還可以找到更多不同版本的演唱實況紀錄。
這是太空三部曲 "Space Oddity" (1972)、"Ziggy Stardust" (1972)、"Life on Mars?" (1971)最早正式發行唱片的一首,"Life on Mars",歌詞也很有意思。
這時候已經是彩妝男孩了啊!
再來一個 bonus…… 童年的最愛, 1986年的奇幻電影 "Labyrinth"(魔王迷宮),穿著白色貴族緊身褲的 David Bowie飾演傳說中的妖精之王。
之前也在 "Sounds and Fury"這個 blog看到對於華麗搖滾的介紹。看完覺得 David Bowie真的滿厲害的,對不起我錯怪你十年了,這禮拜會記得買你的 CD的,噗噗噗~ (最近好像突然發現原來自己喜歡的都是華麗類型的…是這樣嗎!?)
這張專輯超棒的,每天都要聽好幾次。 最近好像喜歡的都是英國的流行樂,之前則是在聽 Keane 2004年的專輯 "Hopes and Fears"。Keanu Reeves跟 Sandra Bullock的新電影好像就有用到 " Somewhere Only We Know"這首歌當主題曲。
好久不見的巴伯叔 ( Meat Loaf)十月的時候要出新專輯了,名字叫做 "Bat Out of Hell III"。 經過"Bat Out of Hell"、"Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell",我看這次副標題乾脆寫 "Bat Out of Hell III: .....AGAIN!!!!" 中文就叫做「蝙蝠追殺令三之蝙蝠再起」,這樣應該不錯吧! 之前上的英文課,被阿多仔不來恩老師知道我在聽 Meat Loaf,他說:「我以為只有八歲的小孩子才喜歡這種亂吼亂叫的音樂…」囧"……被加拿大人瞧不起了,我內心響起南方公園的音樂 "Blame Canada! Balme Canada!....."
L is for the way you look at me O is for the only one I see V is very, very extraordinary E is even more than anyone that you adore can
Love is all that I can give to you Love is more than just a game for two Two in love can make it Take my heart and please dont break it Love was made for me and you
L is for the way you look at me O is for the only one I see V is very, very extraordinary E is even more than anyone that you adore can
Love is all that I can give to you Love is more than just a game for two Two in love can make it Take my heart and please dont break it Love was made for me and you Love was made for me and you Love was made for me and you
跟水男孩很像的青春校園喜劇,劇情更無俚頭一些,主角是一群誤打誤撞開始玩起 Big Band Jazz的少女,照例有偶爾才出現的漂亮女老師和由竹中直人 (就是水男孩裡面海洋公園的教練)扮演,不知所以然的神秘的樂團指導老師…
電影本身還算 OK,跟水男孩一樣的青春洋溢,笑點倒是沒那麼特別,最好笑的一段大概是主角們上山採松茸打算賣了來買樂器,卻遇上兇惡的山豬追趕,這時候經典動作鏡頭的配樂 (?) — Louis Armstrong "What a wonderful world" 伴隨著爆笑定格畫面響起。
故事有些地方是誇張到腦麻了,反而比不上音樂的表現。最後一段以上野樹里為首的女孩們在市民音樂演奏比賽的會場演奏起 "Take a train ride"、"Sing Sing Sing"等經典爵士歌曲算是本片最精彩的地方。片尾曲則是 Nat King Cole在 1964年推出的 "L-O-V-E",也就是本篇文章上面放的音樂,相當俏皮的愛情歌曲。
上禮拜看了 X-Men 3,真是傷透了我的心。 上映前就聽說了很多壞消息,原本一、二集的導演 Bryan Singer被挖角去導 "Superman Returns",接手的導演 Brett Ratner過去的作品是 尖峰時刻 ( Rush Hour)一、二集和 紅龍 ( Red Dragon),劇作也換成 Simon Kinberg。
Simon Kinberg是誰?上 IMDB查了一下,赫然發現原來這小子寫過 "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"還有 "xXx: State of The Union"。話說上上禮拜我才剛在 HBO看過 xXx 2,第一集裡面 Vin Diesel帥氣的演出讓人對這部電影大為驚豔,結果第二集爛到我看了一肚子火!原本還打算寫篇文章調侃一下,結果竟然連 X-Men 3都是他寫的,唉!