最近喜歡聽西洋老歌,雖然對那些歷史並不甚了解,但聽起來依舊很有感覺。這陣子放上來的大多是馬世芳推薦過的歌,聽的當下都很有感覺,所以想放上來分享一下。另一個好處是,隨時隨地在哪裡想聽音樂,開自己的網誌就可以聽得見了,不用另外去找,很方便。
這首是Neil young的《Old man》,五六零年代的美國BBC現場演唱實況轉播畫面。看了你不得不佩服美國人的技術,那麼早的年代就有這麼高的轉播水平。那年Neil才二十出頭歲,年輕的軀殼,錯置的老靈魂。
《歌詞》:
Old man, look at my life
I'm a lot like you were
Old man, look at my life
Twenty four and there's so much more
I live alone in a paradise
That makes me think of two
Love lost, such a cost
Well, give me things that don't get lost
Like a coin that won't get tossed
Rolling home to you
Old man, take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you
And I need someone to love me the whole day through
Well, ah, ah, one look in my eyes, you can tell that's true
Lullabies, look in your eyes
You run around the same old town
It doesn't mean that much to me
To mean that much to you
'Cause I've been first and last
And look at how the time goes past
But I'm all alone at last
Rolling home to you
Old man, take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you
And I need someone to love me the whole day through
And now one look in my eyes, you can tell that's true, ooh ooh
Old man
Old man, look at my life
I'm a lot like you were