how does that old song go...
今天起床想到Mercury Rev。詭異。之前買了Deserter's Songs一直很不習慣，華美纖細，中古世紀的城堡般的夢境，又像極了記憶散亂如鬼魅閃來閃去，卻終究會被時間吞噬，支離破碎，成了一地灰似的。今天突然激起我莫名的崇拜。
水星逆轉這個名字，來由可能是指一位虛構的俄羅斯芭蕾舞者、或是溫度急速上升、甚至加速前進的車輛。
昨天去Vivian和家帶老師家，還有陳黎老師跟學生。吃飯時被問到底喜歡哪種音樂，還有哪來的資訊之類，隨便講幾個樂團也說不上來。啊我不知道！剛開始聽搖滾好像就很熱衷歸類，什麼這個是post-grunge還有是不是迷幻之類的鬼；當然還是有這個毛病，大概是歸類累了，我也不知到底是不是"少數"這麼激烈的詞，感覺說少好像也不少，但我知道比起SHE跟艾薇兒算少數。好像講獨立製作(大多數聽的有可能)或者另類更好也更臭屁。管他的就聽吧。關於音樂的資料來源主要是網路、樂評、543之類的吧，只是大都到誠品找實品而已。
弄了一堆弦樂女高音之類，來自水牛城的Mercury Rev又是什麼鬼？CD裡面附的中文介紹是說Avant-Pop，AMG也弄出一堆名詞說是Dream-Pop、Noise-Pop之類的。專輯一張張聽下來我也不知那些是什麼鳥，界線很模糊。大家都叫indie rock好了最方便。
開場曲Holes，陰暗的城堡中落葉似乎閃爍了起來，一些圓舞曲的記憶，以弧形華美的姿態向上旋，無視大窗外寂寥的陰雨，至天花板熄滅積灰懸著的蠟燭……。
Time, all the long red lines, that take
Control, of all the smokelike streams, that flow into your
Dreams, that big blue open sea, that can't be
Crossed, that can't be climbed, just born
Between, oh the two white lines, distant gods and faded
Signs, of all those blinking lites, you had to pick the one tonite...
Holes, dug by little moles, angry jealous
Spies, got telephones for eyes, come to you as
Friends, all those endless ends, that can't be
Tied, oh they make me laugh, and always make me
Cry, til they drop like flies, and sink like polished
Stones, of all the stones i throw, how does that old song go
how does that old song go...
Bands, those funny little plans, that never work quite right
專輯越到後面好像越發張狂了起來。The Funny Bird恣意崩潰如鬼魅的絕望讓我不敢逼視，重重的跌落，灰飛湮滅……。
Farewell golden sound
no one wants to hear you now
and of all the happy ends
i wouldn’t wish this on a friend
but you’re the only one i know…
我刻意的哼唱了一段前奏，在泥地裡灰濘的雨水中好像沒什麼用。記憶它也以煙霧的姿勢在眼前的黑白溜走了。昏沉中時空好似轉換，在Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp炫目彈跳的霓虹中結束。末還刻意加了一段搞怪，或許做為掩飾。
old ones laid to rust nothin' seems so real
wavin' goodbyes i'm not sayin' hello
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