嗯,還是The Alan Parsons Project,這是最後一篇了。

其實原本就只是打算介紹這三首歌而已,(還有前兩篇的Eye in The Sky)
沒想到寫著寫著就演變成上一篇那樣的東西了...  @@

這三首光聽音樂(我指整體的編曲、錄音等等),在二十多年後的今天 說真的並沒有太驚人之處,
但詞意深邃雋永,旋律也挺優美,希望大家能靜下心來品味.....


Old and Wise  

收錄在1982年的Eye in the sky專輯



這是幾年前的世界和平演唱會的版本。
曲末的sax solo是一個女性sax手吹奏的,嘩~好帥!
我的肺活量不夠大,管樂器一直是我的罩門,
雖然我喜歡管樂的聲音,但都只能選擇鍵盤樂器或是弦樂器來學,真可惜。

Old and Wise這首歌,小時候不太懂歌詞在說什麼,純粹聽音樂,
現在心境大不同,那種帶點遺憾、卻漸漸在歲月中釋懷的意涵,讓我很有感觸......

當你即將離開人世的那一刻,你最牽掛的,會是誰?

是否曾經和一個那樣懂你、和你分享一切喜怒哀樂的人錯過了呢?

而那些過往的恩怨、傷人的話語,隨著時間流逝,
終將如身邊吹拂而過的秋風一般,變得微不足道了.....

在某年某月的某一天,當人們問起我是否與你相識,
我會微笑著說,你是我的一個朋友,
然而,一抹淡淡的憂傷,從我眼底升起....

聽到這裡,忍不住會掉眼淚.... 可能因為年紀大了吧?XD


★ Lyrics:

As far as my eyes can see
There are shadows approaching me

And to those I left behind
I wanted you to know
You've always shared my deepest thoughts
You follow where I go

And oh, when I'm old and wise
Bitter words mean little to me
Autumn winds will blow right through me

And someday in the mist of time
When they asked me if I knew you
I'd smile and say you were a friend of mine
And the sadness would be lifted from my eyes
Oh when I'm old and wise

As far as my eyes can see
There are shadows surrounding me

And to those I leave behind
I want you all to know
You've always Shared my darkest hours
I'll miss you when I go

And oh, when I'm old and wise
Heavy words that tossed and blew me
Like Autumn winds that will blow right through me

And someday in the mist of time
When they ask you if you knew me
Remember that You were a friend of mine
As the final curtain falls before my eyes
Oh when I'm old and wise

As far as my eyes can see......


● Time

收錄在1980年的The Turn of A Friendly Card專輯



這影片應該是歌迷自製的,但音樂是專輯版本沒錯。
這首歌的意境,其實和Old and Wise有點類似。

時間的長河靜靜地流動,每一次的別離,誰知道會不會成了永遠?

在歷史的洪流中,我們不過是滄海一粟,許多事情何足掛齒?
還是享受每一個當下,珍惜身邊所有值得珍惜的人事物吧!

每次聽這首歌,胸中總是澎湃不已,難以言喻的一種感受.....


★ Lyrics:

Time, flowing like a river
Time, beckoning me
Who knows when we shall meet again
If ever
But time keeps flowing like a river
Goodbye my love, maybe for forever
Goodbye my love, the tide waits for me
Who knows when we shall meet again
If ever
But time keeps flowing like a river (on and on)
To the sea, to the sea
Till it's gone forever
Gone forever
Gone forevermore

Goodbye my friends, maybe forever
Goodbye my friends, the stars wait for me
Who knows where we shall meet again
If ever
But time keeps flowing like a river (on and on)


● The Turn of A Friendly Card

收錄在1980年的同名專輯中。



這影片只放了專輯封面,沒有動態的影像,大家聽音樂就好。

The Turn of a Friendly Card是我認識APP這個團體的第一首歌,
當初是跟著一個吉他手朋友去看他們band練團時聽到的,
出了練團室我直接到唱片行找這張專輯,原本以為會找不到,
沒想到其實他們的東西不難找,也才知道這團大有來頭,真是失敬了。
後來我也在代班時彈過這首歌的keyboards部分,算是有緣。

這首歌以賭局隱喻人生,
我們的人生,是否被命運所掌控著?
而你是否一直在等著一張好牌出現,來翻轉人生的牌局?

朝聖者追尋著屬於自己的祭壇,
那麼,你追尋的,又是什麼?


★ Lyrics:


There are unsmiling faces and bright plastic chains
And a wheel in perpetual motion
And they follow the races and pay out the gains
With no show of an outward emotion

And they think it will make their lives easier
For God knows up till now it's been hard

But the game never ends when your whole world depends 
on the turn of a friendly card
No the game never ends when your whole world depends 
on the turn of a friendly card

There's a sign in the desert that lies to the west
Where you can't tell the night from the sunrise
And not all the king's horses and all the king's men
have prevented the fall of the unwise

For they think it will make their lives easier
And God knows up till now it's been hard

But the game never ends when your whole world depends 
on the turn of a friendly card
No the game never ends when your whole world depends 
on the turn of a friendly card

But a pilgrim must follow in search of a shrine
As he enters inside the cathedral.........


如果你看到這裡,非常謝謝你的耐心;
如果你喜歡這些歌,歡迎購買正版專輯;
除了原文歌詞,內容都是我自己寫的,要轉載請註明出處,
也歡迎留言來交流,謝謝!


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