SWiTCHFOOT/MUSiC

■SWITCHFOOT/心情-------------------------------------------------

  cats on fire在音响中不知疲倦的唱着那首Horoscope，很随意很轻松。芬兰的独立乐队，我总是爱不释手的听着他们的歌，上个月发布了新专辑，然后去香港整了几出演唱活动。最近还看到很多喜欢的独立乐队来中国搞现场，但这些总与我无关，可怜的人总是很多，幸运的找不到几个。

  此时此刻，我只能手拿着铁锅，在炉火下恣意的翻炒着那些小菜，然后跟着节奏摇晃。电饭锅坏了，不是特别的肯定，连最后一点想做饭的激情都被掩掉了，火着咧！嗨，真没劲！如果说吃饭是件可以忽略的事，那我现在一定漂落在天涯海角。

  好多事情好多思绪没去整理，我其实原本想感怀生活想感谢朋友来着。不过，就这么着吧。享受生活，只要它还有值得享受的东西。

■专辑试听---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

■ 来自千湖之国之称的芬兰，花草系小清新，清幽闲适的Indie-pop，甚至有点Teen Pop，但不至于肤浅。2007有个易忽略的闪光点,这个闪光点也给芬兰音乐增添了许多精致,就是芬兰的独立音乐。它让我们知道芬兰不只有金属,不只有诺基亚。芬兰独立音乐大多出自芬兰文化摇篮城市Turku，这其中Cats On Fire是清新派的代表。如果不说是芬兰的,我一定以为是瑞典的,简洁流畅,韵致天成,很有80年代中期独立音乐的感觉。

■ 基于2007年发布的首张专辑受到了广泛的赞誉，Cats on fire又于去年适时地推出了他们的第二波作品。有音乐消費者导览之称的All Media Guide这样描述他们：典型的期待已久且令人难忘的歌曲！

■ 的确，乐队擅长通过传统的吉他，贝司，鼓，并用钢琴，单簧管，班卓琴，钟琴和其他打击乐器来配合主唱Björkas无负担的声音。诱人旋律交叠着巧妙歌词，诗意着，偶尔也透出几许小讽刺，特立独行的风格营造出的花草民谣，却有着华丽喧嚣的视听感觉，让听者的耳朵停不下来不想休息。

 

■歌词---------------------------------------------------------------

You keep saying my head

Has been firmly planted in the sand

I guess I've never been brave that way

But I'm not a fool who buys bottled water

I'm not easily swayed

And that we should have gone

We should have gone a long time ago

Now Sweden has drifted too far away

You and your dreams and your fuzzy plans

Patience's something that you never had

And it's so hard
To talk sense to you
You still find truth
In the follies of youth

But I'm not a fool, I don't read the horoscope
I don't believe in happy ever after
A pyramid scheme
I keep telling you
But you act as if we had nothing to lose

You say you don't belong here
Because someone once said you look like a star
Another drunk man who saw a chance

You come from a family who can

afford to be eccentric
Go back and cry to them

You could've gone on your own
A high-heeled escape to your fairyland
A daring run for designer clothes

You and your dreams, your fuzzy plans
Patience's something that

you never had To talk sense to you
You still find truth
In the follies of youth

But I'm not a fool,

I don't read the horoscope
I don't believe in happy ever after
A pyramid scheme
I keep telling you
But you act as if we had nothing to lose

The follies of youth
For someone like you
For someone like you they're still true