夏天,海滩,冲浪。这是所有人提起Jack Johnson 时最先想到的高频词。脑袋里出现的则是一个虎头虎脑的年轻小伙子,抱着木吉他坐在落日时的夏威夷沙滩上,阳光碎了,飘在海面上,随着他的音乐摇摆着向各个方向发光。
音乐最能体现一个人的心境,于是当碰见Johnson 这种悠然自得且柔软的生活方式,除了眼睛闪闪发亮地羡慕加嫉妒一把,难免也会无力地抱怨下活着真烦,我是俗人。可我后来知道这个天才小子的生活也有很多不尽人意的时候。17岁拿了世界级冲浪大赛冠军,还没红火几个星期就出了严重事故,当运动员的美梦就此化作泡影。后来做了导演,处女作大受好评准备涉足电影圈时,却再次没了下文。难道这又是部让人哭笑不得的剧情片?我只知道结局是他以民谣歌手的身份出现在众人的视野里。
这张唱片里那股清新的味道很干净,不要去想它的旋律是否有所重复,路线是否老套。他没有向命运的一再捉弄而低头,只是继续唱着自由和快乐,嘴里说着"想栓住我没门"之类的话,每一声的吉他和弦都迸发出温暖的力量。有时候也会因为自己的渺小而失意彷徨,或者无厘头地在大脑里为某件事创造无数种可能性,也会安静地坐在沙滩边弹着吉他唱着小情歌缅怀过去。
"不以物喜,不以己悲"的肯定是世外高人,况且要是生活真成了这般,想想看也挺没意思。
《In Between Dreams》
by: Jack Johnson
2005
★★★★☆
唱片风格: Folk
乐队成员: 不详
成立时间: 不详
成立地点: 美国
Better Together
歌手:jack johnson 专辑:in between dreams
There is no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard
And no song that I could sing but I could try for your heart
And our dreams and they are made out of real things
Like a shoebox of photographs with sepia-toned loving
Love is the answer at least for most of the questions in my heart
Why are we here? And where do we go? And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy and sometimes life can be deceiving
I'll tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together
Jack Johnson
It's always better when we're together
We'll look at the stars when we're together
It's always better when we're together
It's always better when we're together
And all of these moments just might find their way into my dreams tonight
But I know that they'll be gone when the morning light sings
Or brings new things for tomorrow night you see
But they'll be gone too, too many things I have to do
But if all of these dreams might find their way into my day to day scene
I'd be under the impression I was somewhere in between
Or places we got to be we'll sit beneath the mango tree now
It's always better when we're together
We're sometimes in between together
It's always better when we're together
It's always better when we're together
I believe in memories they look so pretty when I sleep
And when I wake up you look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time
And there is no song I could sing
And there is no combination of words I could say
But I will still tell you one thing
We're better together |