Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Tori Amos LIVE China



今天是第一次聽到這首歌,首先是歌名引起我的興趣,因為是自己的國家,接著是歌詞,令我非常感觸,
這首歌曲選自她的一張具有轉折點意義的專輯『Little Earthquakes』,高中時條件有限,沒有聽到。

其實認識Tori Amos 也是因為王菲,王菲的『冷戰』來自與她的『Silent all these years』,
而這首歌恰恰也是來自這張『Little Earthquakes』之中,專輯每首歌都值得細細聆聽,很經典,
我記得當時『音樂天堂』還是什么雜志評論:正如專輯名字,這張專輯在當時樂壇引起了一場地震。

看了很多這首『China』的LIVE版本,最喜歡這場1994年在Montreal Canada的版本。

最后,說說我為什么喜歡這首歌詞:
首先聯系這張專輯的年份,是1992年發行『參考維基百科,百度百科是1991年冬』,
那么這首歌應該在90年代初期『或者80年代末期』完成,個人覺得前者可能性更大,
Tori Amos不是一般那種只言情言愛的歌手,她的歌曲都表達她的各種觀點和態度,
所以聯系這個時期中國的狀況,她用這么一個非常好的例子來表達她對中國的理解,
于是她在歌中寫道:『Sometimes I think you want me to touch you,How
can I when you build a great wall around you』,看到這心里咯噔一下;
接著又寫道『But we never can agree on where to go』,何去何從無人知。
歌詞中提到Mexico,寫道:『Maybe you got lost in Mexico』,再看墨西哥,
90年前后進行經濟等方面改革,搞北美自由貿易,拉美一體化,隨后爆發金融危機。
Tori Amos的視野很獨到,整首歌歌詞影射的涵義很濃烈,當然,是我個人的觀點。

附上歌詞,如下:

China all the way to new york
I can feel the distance getting close
You're right next to me
But I need an airplane
I can feel the distance as you breathe

Sometimes I think you want me to touch you
How can I when you build a great wall around you
In your eyes I saw a future together
You just look away in the distance

China decorates our table
Funny how the cracks don't seem to show
Pour the wine dear
You say well take a holiday
But we never can agree on where to go

Sometimes I think you want to me to touch you
How can I when you build a great wall around you
In your eyes I saw a future together
You just look away in the distance

China all the way to new york
Maybe you got lost in mexico
You're right next to me
I think that you can hear me
Funny how the distance learns to grow

Sometimes I think you want me to touch you
How can I when you build a great wall around you

I can feel the distance getting close