低迴的吟唱詩人~smog-A River Ain't Too Much To Love

這是一張在魔鬼誠音館偶遇的一張專輯, 它陳列在試聽架上,嗜音樂如痴的我,自然而然拿起來試聽,這是屬於《一把吉他》的種類,《一把吉他》這是我自馬瓜那知道的音樂分類(馬瓜借用一下,希望你還沒申請智慧權^^),一直以來,當我在聽音樂的時候習慣閉上眼睛,以耳中的旋律去想像一幅畫面,「一個中年男子,但身形卻不像一般的略呈福態,反而是一種精實卻消瘦的身軀,手上有著長時間彈吉他而長出的厚實的繭,旁邊也許放著一瓶喝到一半的 Hennessy,當然也有著一根菸,而這位中年男子正在燈光昏暗且狹小的舞台上,自得其樂的彈弄著手上的吉他,也許舞台下並沒啥人,但他還是怡然自得......」以上的描述是當我第一次聽到Smog的第一印象。


把它帶回家,查了一下資料,smog的主唱是個叫 Bill Callahan的人,smog出道於1988年,1990年發行首張專輯《Sewn To The Sky 》發行,之後陸續發行了《Forgotten Foundation 》,《Julius Caesar》,《Burning Kingdom》,《Wild Love》,《Kicking A Couple Around(EP)》,《The Doctor Came at Dawn》,《Red Apple Falls》,《Knock Knock》,《Dongs Of Sevotion》《Rain on Lens》,《Supper》,《A River Ain't Too Much To Love》等是屬於所謂"Lo-Fi"的曲風,《A River Ain't Too Much To Love》是2005年發行的,整張專輯聽起來音樂的情緒起伏並不太大,應該說是音樂的因素在其中感覺像是個不搶眼但卻又不可或缺的存在,而重點是在歌詞的表現,仔細看了一下他的歌詞,他的辭意境有點深,需要細細去體會,一時之間我也很難去形容他每一首歌所給我的感受,其中最深刻的是以下這首"Rock Bottom Riser"這首歌表現出了一股堅毅又飽經風霜的氣質,因為小弟英文不是很好,怕翻譯會喪失原味所以把歌詞節錄在下面,播放的自然也是這首"Rock Bottom Riser"　


I love my mother
I love my father
I love my sisters, too.
I bought this guitar
To pledge my love
To pledge my love to you.

I am a rock bottom riser
And I owe it all to you
I am a rock bottom riser
And I owe it all to you

I saw a gold ring
At the bottom of the river
Glinting at my foolish heart
So my foolish heart
Had to go diving
Diving, diving, diving
Into the murk

And from the bottom of the river
I looked up for the sun
Which had shattered in the water
And pieces were rained down
Like gold rings That passed through my hands
As I thrashed and I grabbed
I started rising, rising, rising

I left my mother
I left my father
I left my sisters, too
I left them standing on the banks
And they pulled me out
Of this mighty, mighty, mighty river

I am a rock bottom riser
And I owe it all to you
I am a rock bottom riser
And I owe it all to you

I love my mother
I love my father
I love my sisters, too.
I bought this guitar
To pledge my love
To pledge my love to you