Poe - Hello
"Hello" (Atlantic 1995)
from Music Heaven vol.20
今天看了Barrart发的爱伦堡的小说,想到的不是那些歌特团,反倒先是脑子里条出Poe这个很早前在我耳朵里留下一点痕迹的Poe。Poe这个小姑娘的艺名即是来自她对Allen Poe的热爱,尤其是这篇小说。只是那期MH里关于Poe的介绍实在是做作。
说实在的,MH的第20辑是整体素质比较高的,却没有出挑的歌。Poe的这首Hello算是很值得回味的。据说是得到Alice In Chains和Guns 'N Roses的成员的支持,虽然第一次听不一定上耳,却是越听越有味道的那种。这张专辑Hello里Poe就是一般美国Female Rock都有的那种类型,一点电音加上摇滚或者民谣的吉他,一般或甜或涩的女声,谈不上多么有深度的中产描写或者批判,想到Lisa Loab,想到Shawn Colvin。看过一个很普通的恐怖片,忘了名字,平淡无味,一个死去的小女孩的灵魂折磨着买了新屋的男人。电影结尾女孩的灵魂得到解脱,从人间消失,突然响起了Poe的这首Hello,顿时觉得比单纯听歌多了许多味道。
Hello, hello
Are you out there?
M.O.D. are you out there?
I can't see your face
But you left a trace on a data back-road
That I almost erased
Not even God takes this long to get back
So get back
'Cause I hit a fork in the road
I lost my way home
I'm cut off from out main line
Like a disconnected modem
Hello
Tap in the code
I'll reach you below
No one should brave the underworld alone
Hello, hello, hello
How do I reach you?
Word has it on the wire
That you don't who you are
Well if you could jack into my brain
You'd know exactly what you mean here
Mothers are trails on stars in the night
Fathers are black holes that suck up the light
That's the memory I filed on the fringe
Along with the memory of the pain you lived in
Hello
I don't have the password
But the path is chainlinked
So if you've got the time
Set up the tone to sync
Tap in the code
I'll reach you below
Hello, hello
Are you out there? |