<b>Prodigy "Hotride"</b>
["Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned", 2004]
七年之痒……对Prodigy这名存实亡的阵容来说非常痒,对我来说是相反,不痛也不痒。曾经蛮喜欢《The Fat of the Land》,现在回想起来并不是真的很喜欢,只不过是当年选择太少,捉到什么就enjoy什么。曾经所谓Big Beat今天已成云烟,《Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned》的beat依旧big,但好像嗑错了药。算了对Prodigy也不知道说什么,可有可无,只有较groovy的"Hotride"让我听得完整曲(事实上也谈不上怎么好),至于其他我只能说,不知这样的回归算什么意思。没意思。
<b>Mickey 3D "Méfie-Toi!"</b>
["La Trève", 2001]
继续groovy。Mickey 3D的名字虽似因近来与Jane Birkin合唱一曲而让人记得,其实早有一首"Respire"进驻大陆fans注意力领域。说实在,Mickey 3D虽然是rap,却比AIR要chill-out得多。鲜活哟……现在的AIR让人想窒息。法国人真占便宜,“民族风”也可以成国际风。
:<a href="mp3/Mickey 3D - Mefie-Toi!.mp3"><i>Mickey 3D - Méfie-Toi!</i></a>
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<b>Mythos "Solstice"</b>
["The Reality Of A Dreamer", 1999]
Relax到底,交给加拿大二人组Mythos。本不想套辞不过他们实在太好形容了:New Age + Pop——不是那种中年老头爱的山高水远New Age,是“轻音乐”,不用思考,却老练到轻巧,down to earth,降在人手心里兜圈圈。这首"Solstice"莫名像AIR的"Cherry Blossom Girl",却显得更大气。
??Well met, well met, said an old true love
??well met, well met, said he
??i just returned from the salt, salt sea
??and its all for the love of thee
??
??come in, come in, my own true love
??and have a seat by me
??its been three-fourths of a long, long year
??since together we have been
??
??i cant come in and i cant sit down
??for ive only a moments time
??they say youre married to a house carpenter
??and your heart will never be mine
??
??i couldve married the kings daughter fair
??and she wouldve married me
??but i have forsaken, her crowns of gold
??and all for the love of thee
??
??now will you forsake your house carpenter
??and come along with me
??ill take you where, the grass grows green
??on the banks of the deep blue sea
??
??then she picked up her darling little babe
??and kisses she gave it three
??saying stay right here you darling little babe
??and keep your pop company
??
??they had not been on the ship two weeks
??im sure it was not three
??til this true love began to weep and to mourn
??and she wept most bitterly
??
??saying are you weeping for my silver and my gold?
??saying are you weeeping for my store?
??or are you weeping, for your house carpenter
??whose face youll never see no more?
??
??i am not weeping for your silver and your gold
??i am not weeping for your store
??no i am weeping, for my darling little babe
??whose face ill never see no more
??
??they had not been on the ship three weeks
??im sure it was not four
??when there came a leak, in the bottom of the ship
??and sank them for to rise no more