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40年前的1969年是摇滚乐历史上里程碑式的一年,这一年举行了摇滚史上最重要的音乐节 —- Woodstock(15-17, Aug)。而这一年诞生的许多重要的摇滚专辑。

1. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin

2. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II

3. The Beatles – Abbey Road

4. The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed

5. The Who – Tommy

6. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground

7. Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

8. The Stooges – The Stooges

9. The Band – The Band

10. Bob Dylan – Nashville Skyline

11. Blind Faith – Blind Faith

12. The Kinks – Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

13. MC5 – Kick Out the Jams

14. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica

15. Sly & the Family Stone – Stand!

另外也是在1969年,Brian Jones在离开The Rolling Stones几个月后,被发现死在游泳池中,年仅27岁(又一个完美的27)。验尸官最初判断Jones是在药物和酒精的作用下淹死在泳池中,而一直以来却流传着Jones可能是被谋杀的传闻。

New CDs

New CDs
新买了5张CD,除了Massive Attack外和Alison Krauss外,全是年过半百的老家伙,但专辑都是比较新,按发行的时间顺序,依次为:

(2002) Tom Waits —- Blood Money
(2006) Massive Attack —- Collected
(2007) Patti Smith —- Twelve
(2007) Robert Plant & Alison Krauss —- Raising Sand
(2009) Bob Dylan —- Together Through Life

其中Raising SandTogether Through Life的碟比较奇怪,15块/双碟,竟然还是铁皮盒的包装,盗版的话成本铁盒成本多高。但开苞之后才发现里面实在是粗糙了点,几乎plain text一样的歌词,一块海绵垫底,碟就随便塞进电脑城里买刻录碟的那种塑料皮里。原来铁皮壳是用来抬身价的。另外的三张封套上都有可恶丑陋的黄标,还好里面还不错。

虽然CD包装不那么光彩,但买CD时的感觉还是很不错的,其实现在无论想听什么,异常发达的网络上总是能找到下载资源,只是疯狂下载的时候总是感觉少了点什么东西,不止是被打烂了的CD盒和里面花花绿绿的歌词印刷本,还有那种苦苦希望拥有,而后在某一大箱垃圾的角落中突然发现后的那种欣喜若狂,如获至宝的感觉。想起曾经买到Jane’s Addiction的Kettle Whistle打口带时足足兴奋了一个多星期。而相比之下,下载下来的mp3之类数字音乐只是些没有灵性的死物。

掏到的CD,磁带就象是已经喜欢了很久的姑娘,最终在喜结良缘共渡良宵的时刻,心中会充满幸福和满足感;而网上下载的歌,获得方式是如此的容易,就像是洗头房,按摩屋里皮肉工作者,可以轻而易举的多次的与之发生关系,但永远也不会有什么甜蜜美好的回忆(知音杂志里的传奇故事例外)。

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一份两页手写诗的原稿日前在Christie拍卖行进行拍卖,该诗作者的名字是Bobby Zimmerman,或者在摇滚名人堂里被称为Bob Dylan。这份手写诗歌“Little Buddy”是年轻的Dylan在50年代中期创作的,而令人吃惊的是当时的Dylan仅是个年轻人,却写出如此有影响力的作品。Dylan手中的Zimmerman蓝色钢笔讲述了一个心爱的小狗因友善的对待一个醉汉而被打死的悲伤故事,诗歌中的主角等待着医生到来救小狗的性命,但不幸的是医生却来的太迟。

故事是令人心碎的,但值得注意到有趣现象是,即使是年轻的Dylan也不能避免误用your作为you’re的语法错误,写道“Your too late sir my doggy’s dead.”(艺术家的选择?)“Little Buddy”的全诗如下:

Little Buddy

Broken hearted and so sad
Big blue eyes all covered with tears
Was a picture of sorrow to see

Kneeling close to the side
Of his pal and only pride
A little lad, these words he told me

He was such a lovely doggy
And to me he was such fun
But today as we played by the way

A drunken man got mad at him
Because he barked in joy
He beat him and he’s dying here today

Will you call the doctor please
And tell him if he comes right now
He’ll save my precious doggy here he lay

Then he left the fluffy head
But his little dog was dead
Just a shiver and he slowly passed away

He didn’t know his dog had died
So I told him as he cried
Come with me son we’ll get that doctor right away

But when I returned
He had his little pal upon his knee
And the teardrops, they were blinding his big blue eyes

Your too late sir my doggy’s dead
And no one can save him now
But I’ll meet my precious buddy up in the sky

By a tiny narrow grave
Where the willows sadly wave
Are the words so clear you’re sure to find

Little Buddy Rest In Peace
God Will Watch You Thru The Years
Cause I Told You In My Dreams That You
Were Mine

Bobby Zimmerman