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这个三人的?队从1998年组队至今??了三张专辑,《England Made Me》?《The Fact of Life》& 《Passionoia》,还有一张精选的《The Worst of BBR》。?队的两个主将Luke Haines,John Moore分别是The Auteurs和Jesus And Mary Chain的?员。特别是?魂人物Luke Haines在这个新组?中继续???自己晦暗的人生哲学,??过这些都被掩盖在了音?中甜得有些?腻的曲调和女主唱Sarah Nixey媚惑而性感的声线之中而让人忽略了。
从The Auteurs最近的那张?毒的专辑“after murder park?的黑色噪音里挣脱的Luke,在音?表层上?知?觉地陷入一?微妙?细腻?蜜糖般沉?文?的情趣中去,而更多的原因在于”两个临时”演员——John唯美而?守的和??他点弦与Sarah沉闷疲倦?冷?得有些骇人并固袭默守的嗓音所赋予的特性,这亦是这张唱片??似是?自4ad的原因——标准英?的对于沉?从容而易使人心迷神乱的情节的酿造,厌世并?世的幽雅的童?故事??望疯癫的金斯勃格与?安的??的??体。

《England Made Me》所宣扬的情绪是用玫瑰与绸缎装点的炼狱,滴入沥?的咖啡或接近?烂的艳尸。那是一个无光的,luke?于勾画的丧心病狂?凄艳?伦的临界空间:冷淡??调?凄惨?缺?生机的音?语言?述?感情的迟??精神的瓦解?末日的象徽。这是一部献给麻木?魂的凄美的安魂曲,对被现代物质破??并扭曲的童真精心布置的一场豪?的守丧。一方??焚燃了自我精神祭祀的大旗。它有计划地去??一?对??的感怀,在他的第一首?曲“child psychology?这个眩晕的音?旋涡里,一个患自闭症的6??孩刻?游离?父?的关爱,蔑视?烦??的心?疗程,他?时?地?呆滞地嘟囔?:“人生黑暗……?;音?里它?功地在?部与文本之间?造出了剑拔弩张的紧张与对立,用一?肯呢感会引?瓦解的简?,将女声破碎的唱腔拼版于稀?而冗长的间?与念白里,朴素的节?与?黄的音?框架贴?了音??识的核心与本质,它摇晃?诱惑了心?底层的悸动。此?音?表白方??样适用与唱片里的其他曲目。
专辑最为人称?亦有些人云亦云的地方是90年代以??类音?一???文的惯例:用易碎的少女唱腔渲染?魂的?放,如low,mazzy star之类,它密谋?最有效地?示情节细节的方?,寻找?迅速回归精神本原的?径:年轻?性感?甜腻?美好的声音与阴冷忧?的?想,悲苦而歇斯底里地抒情。这点上BBR是异常准确而深邃的,并?惜?得过分出?。BBR?明了你我的处境并??供了选择:在黑暗中?烂,或在黑暗中化?。

《The Fact of Life》开首的《The Art Of Driving》是一首简约的中版pop,回音的鼓声令歌曲有点点trip-hop的感觉。一男一女在车厢内的对?带起用驾驶?比喻性爱的歌?:”I wish you’d learn to slow down, you might get there in the end. Don’t think that the accelerat or pedal is a man’s best friend”,Sarah甜美的声线令人陶醉。《The English Motorway System》?样以交通作为题??,歌?用英国的公路系统?形容感情的分离,?上凄美(有点?Twin Peaks)的??,效果出色。《May Queen》讲述学生???果,女的??男的用血?作出承诺:”Write my name in blood across your shirt. Prove to me that I’m the only one. Then cross your heart and hope to die. May God strike you dead if it’s a lie.”
《French Rock’N'Roll》讲一个为情自?的女人竟因为?到法国的摇摆音?而打消死念。”It was getting pretty obvious, I was never coming back. I threw open the window, and I stoid out on the ledge. When the sweetest sound I ever heard, pushed me back from the edge”。其实Black Box Recorder亦?能真的?到法国音?的影?,?少歌曲都有Air的影?。
主题歌《The Facts Of Life》是全碟最悦耳的一曲亦是细碟作?。Sarah懒洋洋的?讲?唱,用悲观的角度?形容人生:”No one gets through life without being hurt”。而《The Deverell Twins》的主角则是一?在维多利时期溺毙的孪生?孩?。

一直迷?BBR,因为他们能在甜美得近乎?腻的柔和旋律中??出那些残酷?真实,?毒得让人头皮?紧的字?。??懂这帮英国佬为什么这么优雅?有这样的幽默感,尽管《The Worst of BBR》基本是一张收录B.B.R所有?曲B-side的精选辑,这些曲目比他们的两张专辑有过之而无??,但他们?给专辑起??The Worst。
《Passionoia》更多地让人想到了他们的第一张专辑《England Made Me》,温暖的电声?他音色,???急的节?和鼓点,Sarah Nixey?女孩般的演唱,都让人怀疑这到底是?是一支摇滚?队,然而?如你去??他们的歌?,一定会?一大跳,对周?社会的病诟,对?行文化的辛辣讽刺,对?年生活的关照,童年回忆的迷?,悲观的处世?度,仿佛一朵“?之花?,妖艳的外表之下骨?里?尽是些?烂的东西。新专辑的??也似乎在昭示?一切,碧?的泳池?穿?比基尼的Sarah Nixey悠闲地在躺椅上,展示??春诱人的胴体,而一?的池水中竟然浸泡?一具无头的尸体,这个主题和当年法国新?导演的影片《泳池情?案》?谋而?,也?知?到底?借鉴了?的概念。


Luke Haines是?队The Auteurs的?魂人物。如果?气好一点的?,The Auteurs今天的?就应该?下于Suede?Oasis?Pulp甚至Radiohead。Luke Haines个人的天份?对比得起这些?队的任何一?主将。他的melodic sense?演绎??他弹??以至歌?也?样出色。但问题?能也就是出自他的歌?,秀丽的调?中唱?的歌??永远充满尖酸刻薄?怪异?甚至邪?的形容?控诉。
喜欢BBR也让我对Luke Haines产生了兴趣,?找到以他为核心的The Auteurs。The Auteurs由Luke Haines于1992年春建立。Luke Haines(是?队的主唱兼?他手以?Auteurs所有歌曲的创作者)出生于?英格兰的Surrey,那时大概有29?了。在他15?时便开始了以?队形?的演艺生涯,从那时起就在许多??的?队里呆过,但在加入Auteurs?呆过最著??的应属The Servants了,这已?是80年代的事情了。但Luke还是希望建立自己的?队,因此他?入了他女朋?——?斯手Alice Readman(她也为Servants最近几张专辑演?过?斯)和鼓手Glenn Collins。

他们一开始在伦敦举行了一些?型演出,当时的评论认为他们接近于T-Rex和David Bowie。?队的一盘样带使得NME产生了强烈的兴趣,并找Auteurs一起?了一些?型演出。The Auteurs在1992年11月与Hut唱片签约,并?行了?队历?上第一张?曲碟Showgirl,一个月之???行了第一张专辑New Wave。英国媒体把他们与广为?传的Suede一起划为“glam?兴?。?队象Suede一样音?中充满?绚烂的?他伴?,然而the Auteurs从一些独特的英国?他?行?队如the Kinks,the Smiths和George Harrison中继承了安详??的音?特?,并与glam元素相混?,从而形?了Auteurs自己的音?。Luke Haines写的歌充满??行的优美旋律,并结??Harrison空旷虚无的曲风和Davies??的社会观察力,这些歌尽管是节?强烈的摇滚歌曲,但这?音?笔触锋利充满?智慧,沉浸于无际的幽默和忧?之中。New Wave被Mercury音?奖????为年度最佳专辑,专辑得以也登上排行榜。???队在全英范围内?了一次巡回演出,此时大???手James Banbury在巡回演出中加入了?队。然而The Auteurs对于这次巡回演出并?满?,1994年他们?行了第二张专辑Now I’m A Cowboy,?时James作为?队真正的一员加入了The Auteurs,而Barney Crockford也顶替了Glenn Collins。?队以此阵容在英国?美国和欧洲的一些?季音?节上?举行了一个巡回演出——通过这次演出,Auteurs让众多歌迷?识到他们强大的现场演出能力,在英国他们赢得了一批狂热的拥护者,但在美国?没有得到多少支?。
1995年末至1996年??队录制了第三张专辑After Murder Park——由善于制作喧闹音?的制作人Steve Albini完?,因此这张专辑?使在英国也失去了大多数歌迷的支?,专辑在榜?排??上?样?滞??。?队显然对于巡回演出产生了厌倦的情绪,因为专辑?行?他们??了一些促销性质的?型演出。在这张专辑?行以?Haines在采访中便暗示,这有?能是?队最?一张专辑了,但六个月?他还是在1999年出了一张自己的side project?队——Badder Meinhoff的专辑——How I Learned to Love the Bootboys,?以说这也是Auteurs新的一张唱片。

喜欢BlackBox Recorder?能是因为他们的那份黑色幽默?对?行??的讽刺。糖衣般的调??懒洋洋的???美丽性感的女歌声,唱?的竟是一些关于失??悲观?自??甚至乎??的歌?,对比就?地狱与天堂。无论商业上?功与?,最自得其?的相信就是Luke Haines这个天使与魔鬼的混?体。
I like the Way You’re Thinking
Little Johnny was sitting in class doing math problems when his
teacher picked him to answer a question.
“Johnny, if there were five birds sitting on a fence and you shot one
with your gun, how many would be left?”
“None”, replied Johnny, “cause the rest would fly away.”
“Well, the answer is four,” said the teacher. “But I like the way you
are thinking.”
Little Johnny said, “I have a question for you now. If there were
three women eating ice cream cones in a shop, one licking her cone,
the second biting her cone, and the third one sucking her cone, which
one is married?
“Well,” said the teacher nervously, “I guess the one sucking the cone?”
“No,” said Little Johnny, “the one with the wedding ring on her
finger. But I like the way you’re thinking!”
my no.1 rating song
Perfect Day
Just a perfect day
drink Sangria in the park
And then later
when it gets dark, we go home
Just a perfect day
feed animals in the zoo
Then later
a movie, too, and then home
Oh, it’s such a perfect day
I’m glad I spend it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on
Just a perfect day
problems all left alone
Weekenders on our own
it’s such fun
Just a perfect day
you made me forget myself
I thought I was
someone else, someone good
Oh, it’s such a perfect day
I’m glad I spent it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on
You’re going to reap just what you sow
You’re going to reap just what you sow
something fun
Shouting, swearing, crying, the mother says: “Who was the bastard that did this to you? I want to know!”
The girl picks up the phone and makes a call. Half an hour later a Ferrari stops in front of their house; a mature and distinguished man with gray hair and impeccably dressed in an Armani suit steps out of the Ferrari and enters the house.
He sits in the living room with the father and the mother, and the girl and tells them: “Good morning, your daughter has informed me of the problem. I can’t marry her because of my personal family situation but I’ll take charge. I will pay all costs and provide for your daughter for the rest of her life. Additionally, if a girl is born I will bequeath her 2 retail stores, a townhouse, a beachfront villa and a 1,000,000 bank account. If a boy is born, my legacy will be a couple of factories and a 5,000,000 bank account. If twins, they will receive a factory and 5,000,000 each. However, if there is a miscarriage, what do you suggest I do?”
At this point, the father, who had remained silent, places a hand firmly on the man’s shoulder and tells him: “You fuck her again.”
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In memory of my previous blogs on blogspot, blog-city, and weblogs.us


