一个生命力如此强的歌手，虽然顶着被肝癌侵蚀得不堪的肉体，却仍然坚持做专辑开演唱会，我又怎能不感动？忘了那一天电台播着《如果还有明天》，摇滚的节奏，我发现我竟然可以跟着哼起来。新歌吗？怎么我会唱？旧歌吗？是谁的啊？有种熟悉的感动。直到又有一天在电视上看到MV，才猛然记起薛岳，那个曾经用他的生命鼓舞我的人。在他最后一场的演唱会，他披着火红的衣服，挥动着一头长发，狠狠的哭诉“如果还有明天”。两个月后他就死了，只留下这首歌一直在我脑里盘旋。
如果還有明天
演唱:信/薛岳/柯有倫
岳:我們都有看不開的時候 總有冷落自己的舉動
岳:但是我一定會提醒自己 如果還有明天
信:我們都有傷心的時候 總不在乎這種感受
信:但是我要把握每次感動 如果還有明天
岳:如果還有明天 你想怎樣裝扮你的臉
信:如果沒有明天 要怎麼說再見
信:如果你看出我的遲疑 是不是你也想要問我
信:究竟有多少事還沒有做 如果還有明天
岳:如果真的還能夠有明天 是否能把事情都做完
岳:是否一切也將雲消煙散 如果沒有明天
信:如果還有明天 你想怎樣裝扮你的臉 如果沒有明天 要怎麼說再見
岳:如果還有明天 你想怎樣裝扮你的臉 如果沒有明天 OH～ 要怎麼說再見
岳:如果還有明天 信:如果還有明天
岳:你想怎樣裝扮你的臉 信:裝扮你的臉
岳:如果沒有明天 OH～ 要怎麼說再見
[柯有倫:RAP部分]
1990的秋天 演完最後一場 生老病死的對話 送來新的希望
下雨了下雨了 那是你的眼淚嗎 將我淋濕可以嗎 讓我感受你的痛啊
笑我吧 不管黑夜是否太傻 笑我吧 走在邊緣只剩掙扎
笑我吧 哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈 還有明天
1990的秋天 演完最後一場 生老病死的對話 送來新的希望
下雨了 那是你的眼淚嗎 將我淋濕可以嗎 好讓我感受你的痛啊
笑我吧 不管黑夜是否太傻 笑我吧 走在邊緣只剩掙扎
笑我吧 哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈 如果還有明天 是否這生命能夠聽的到
希望我們的夢想永遠不會被忘掉 希望有一天 哈 哈 可以再見面
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(摘自http://www.cdnet.com.tw/Catalog/ShowPerformer.asp?PerformerID=7)
36歲的薛岳在這一年面對了人生中最痛苦的生命掙扎，卻也在劃下休止符前，他將自己的生命用音樂燃燒到最後，留下燦爛的光輝樂章。
這一年，薛岳真的好忙，忙的卻好有意義。 第五張個人作品「生老病死」及「灼熱的生命」演唱會在多位好友的努力配合下完成，在他走前，他仍不忘記留下這些他熱愛的音樂，希望在音樂裡帶給我們生活上的不同體驗。
作品「生老病死」不僅是薛岳個人音樂上的成長紀錄，從搖滾、爵士風格蛻變為更自由的音樂型式，也是個人演唱詮釋的最佳表現，雖然他在唱片製作過程中，虛弱的身體讓他一天只能工作三小時，過時則可能會發燒、體力不支，連在錄音室唱歌都必須以高腳椅抵住臀部支撐上半身的重量才能順利完成，但是他的毅力和來自生命中的親身感受讓他在唱腔上有著豐富的情感表現。 一張薛岳用生命餘燼然燒出來的作品聽來格外讓人感動。
有人說薛岳的「生老病死」專輯是「捶著傷口」錄出來的，那又何忍答應讓一個身體虛弱的人再去面對群眾舉辦一場「加速自己生命燃燒」的演唱會呢？薛岳試圖要在生命的盡頭前綻放自己最後的光芒，他用信心和對音樂的執著完成了這場於國父紀念館的演出，雖然館內早已準備好救護車和醫護人員，他還是精彩唱完了演唱會！那一夜，不僅是媒體閃光燈的集中地，更是台上台下音樂感動淚水的一夜。
演唱會後，薛岳在媒體寫了一篇文章，其中一段說：「幕總是有起有落，現在對我個人來講，就是落幕的時候了」。 不禁讓人想起了Queen（皇后）合唱團的一首歌The Show Must Go On，歌詞中寫道：「縱然我的心已碎，臉上的彩妝將落，我仍會笑容以待」。 薛岳就是這樣，在人前絕對是張笑容常開的臉，「灼熱的生命」演唱會裡還不斷表現出他的幽默感，但卻也就是這樣才格外讓人心疼。 十月二十四日，他要求剪去蓄留多年的長髮，只因為他「不要再麻煩媽媽了!」， 十一月七日，下午2時零4分，薛岳安詳地走了，他的生命真的落幕了。
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
brokeback mountain
the movie is actually pretty old school: old-fashioned cinematography and plotlines, the acting style is not over the top. it definitely helped with a Chinese director Ang Lee. he with his poetic touch not only successfully bring his previous "Sense and Sensibilities" to life, but in this film, give the film new breath. i haven't read the book, but i doubt it's going to be this poetic. Music definitely shape the mood. acoustic instrument, solo guitar with often monotonous melodies, create surprisingly haunting surreal ambient rather than a calm one. all in all, a genuine work of art.
i like the fact that the "couple" actually started the relationship with lust, but thru the years, it built up to be a true love. this no doubt is not a breakthrough notion of gay relationship, but often untouched (or actively avoid) by filmmakers (could it due to the fact that it lower gays' self-esteem?). We might question their lustful relationship first, but couldn't deny the intensity of their love after so many years. sadly, it only became clear to Ennis, that the love between them is so strong, after Jack died. don't we all love tragic moments in film? the moment where everything is going on a one-way train heading a wrong direction, and all we can do is sit there and sigh "if we could only turn back time!"?... that reminds me of another line from Jack again, "It could be like this, just like this, always." our life is full of so many "if", but we are never satisfied with "if", but yet we are so afraid of facing the truth hence we turn away... how nice if Ennis decide to take on Jack's proposal to open a range of their own (metaphor for building a family together)... then the ending will forever changed...
hopefully after the movie, ppl will realized that it will only bring more miseries if we deny and dicriminate the gay community. all the gay bashers, even if you don't bash the gays literally, the ideas of your mere existence haunt them forever. look at Ennis, how the image of the death/humiliation of an old gay cowboy left such an impression on his 9 yrs old mind, and the fact that his father could be the person who bashed the poor man even reinforce the resistant he has when Jack suggested to open their own range together... so the pain and misery spread out to both's wives and kids... and it also reminded me of another film that i watched, "The Laramie Project", where there is one scene when the lesbian mother said she was walking down a street with her gf and daugther, a truck passby, the "macho-man" driver looked at them with hatreds, and how she was so afraid that the truck would turn back and knock them... although the truck didn't really knock them... but the thoughts and insecurity that they will, already kill them... and it's not fun at all staying in fears... what am i talking about....??? hahahaha.... guess this movie just give me too much things to think about, and that is how great a movie can get!
i also like the way Ennis's character is constructed. praising the cowboy slang that Heath Ledger "mastered" is superficial... but his mumbling words, he habitually lowered his head, constantly looking away while speaking to people, cowboy hat that cover more than half of the face, all these really make his character become 3D and real... excellent job both Heath and Ang Lee...
Let's see if it will win Ang Lee another best film and best director... i really hope the best for my favorite director (man, Ang Lee's "Wedding Banquet" is perhaps another of my all time favorite movie!)... Go watch it, grab a copy if you can, don't miss it!! standby a box of tissue at the end of the movie if you think you are as emotional as me... :P
i like the fact that the "couple" actually started the relationship with lust, but thru the years, it built up to be a true love. this no doubt is not a breakthrough notion of gay relationship, but often untouched (or actively avoid) by filmmakers (could it due to the fact that it lower gays' self-esteem?). We might question their lustful relationship first, but couldn't deny the intensity of their love after so many years. sadly, it only became clear to Ennis, that the love between them is so strong, after Jack died. don't we all love tragic moments in film? the moment where everything is going on a one-way train heading a wrong direction, and all we can do is sit there and sigh "if we could only turn back time!"?... that reminds me of another line from Jack again, "It could be like this, just like this, always." our life is full of so many "if", but we are never satisfied with "if", but yet we are so afraid of facing the truth hence we turn away... how nice if Ennis decide to take on Jack's proposal to open a range of their own (metaphor for building a family together)... then the ending will forever changed...
hopefully after the movie, ppl will realized that it will only bring more miseries if we deny and dicriminate the gay community. all the gay bashers, even if you don't bash the gays literally, the ideas of your mere existence haunt them forever. look at Ennis, how the image of the death/humiliation of an old gay cowboy left such an impression on his 9 yrs old mind, and the fact that his father could be the person who bashed the poor man even reinforce the resistant he has when Jack suggested to open their own range together... so the pain and misery spread out to both's wives and kids... and it also reminded me of another film that i watched, "The Laramie Project", where there is one scene when the lesbian mother said she was walking down a street with her gf and daugther, a truck passby, the "macho-man" driver looked at them with hatreds, and how she was so afraid that the truck would turn back and knock them... although the truck didn't really knock them... but the thoughts and insecurity that they will, already kill them... and it's not fun at all staying in fears... what am i talking about....??? hahahaha.... guess this movie just give me too much things to think about, and that is how great a movie can get!
i also like the way Ennis's character is constructed. praising the cowboy slang that Heath Ledger "mastered" is superficial... but his mumbling words, he habitually lowered his head, constantly looking away while speaking to people, cowboy hat that cover more than half of the face, all these really make his character become 3D and real... excellent job both Heath and Ang Lee...Let's see if it will win Ang Lee another best film and best director... i really hope the best for my favorite director (man, Ang Lee's "Wedding Banquet" is perhaps another of my all time favorite movie!)... Go watch it, grab a copy if you can, don't miss it!! standby a box of tissue at the end of the movie if you think you are as emotional as me... :P
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Another CNY entry! :P
We hosted a small get together at my home on last friday night, uncles auntie were turning up for steamboat dinner. it was fun to see all the relatives (once a year), hahaha!
My lovely home...
my cousin brother who stayed with my parents during his secondary school years. now he is a doctor, his wife is a doctor, and his kid is so damn cute! hehe!
that's me with the nephew... me tried to haunt him from behind! hehehe!
my uncle loves kids... dunno what tickle my nephew, laughed until like that... -.-
my young nephew was holding my little nephew... hahaha, see how curious a kid could get!!
Then on Sunday night, we all know it's the time for the hokkiens to pray to the SkyGrandpa... hahaha, pai tin kong! my family do that every year too...
table full of offerings! hahaha!
check out the mouth of the dragon... got smoke come out from there... hehehe!!!
tea, tang-yuan, and nian-kao in yuen-pao shape! then they are all sorta kuih and bread and fruits! notice all of the offerings have to be wrapped with a red stripe...
and of coz we have to offer 3 types of meat... chicken, pork rib, and duck
then the event continued with burning of hell moneys...
(what a waste... hehe) see... what's left??
after the god has been fed, it's time to feed the humans now... hahaha!
my mom forced me to take photos of her plants and garden... hahaha....this is the plant she bought for the new year... don't mistaken, it's not cherry tomatoes, it's chilli!! (ask my sis, she knows, she tasted it before!!! so damn hot she said.... wuahahaha!)
and this is the flowers that my mom's very proud of... during CNY, suddenly there appeared 6 blossoms together, and she thinks it's a good sign!! hahaha, chinese what... what do you expect? :P
My lovely home...
my cousin brother who stayed with my parents during his secondary school years. now he is a doctor, his wife is a doctor, and his kid is so damn cute! hehe!
that's me with the nephew... me tried to haunt him from behind! hehehe!
my uncle loves kids... dunno what tickle my nephew, laughed until like that... -.-
my young nephew was holding my little nephew... hahaha, see how curious a kid could get!!
Then on Sunday night, we all know it's the time for the hokkiens to pray to the SkyGrandpa... hahaha, pai tin kong! my family do that every year too...
table full of offerings! hahaha!
check out the mouth of the dragon... got smoke come out from there... hehehe!!!
tea, tang-yuan, and nian-kao in yuen-pao shape! then they are all sorta kuih and bread and fruits! notice all of the offerings have to be wrapped with a red stripe...
and of coz we have to offer 3 types of meat... chicken, pork rib, and duck
then the event continued with burning of hell moneys...
(what a waste... hehe) see... what's left??
after the god has been fed, it's time to feed the humans now... hahaha!
my mom forced me to take photos of her plants and garden... hahaha....this is the plant she bought for the new year... don't mistaken, it's not cherry tomatoes, it's chilli!! (ask my sis, she knows, she tasted it before!!! so damn hot she said.... wuahahaha!)
and this is the flowers that my mom's very proud of... during CNY, suddenly there appeared 6 blossoms together, and she thinks it's a good sign!! hahaha, chinese what... what do you expect? :P
My trip to 佛光山东禅寺
It was a pleasant saturday and my family and I decided to pay my uncle a visit at Banting... and we also wanted to go to the famous Fo Guang Shan - Dong Chan Si. A heavy pour that day, so the weather cool down, just the perfect day for visiting. we parked our car pretty far away from the temple, and we walked 3 streets to reach the entrance. there were cars, people, stalls, buses everywhere, it's so happening... and i can't imagine a small town with such big crowd! thanks to the temple, at least the small town is back alive now.
There weren't really much to see, but the garden were really pretty with nicely trimmed giantsized bonsai... hehehe... but it was dark, so my dumb digital cam just don't work well under that condition.
Here, i found 1 part of the garden they put some stones carved in the shape of 12 animals as in chinese year... whatever lah... hehehe... so here i put 2 of them, rabbit for me, and horse for beh, hehe
On the 2nd floor of the main building, they have the exhibition of international flora whatever, which my mom was very interested... it's nice lah, but most of the flowers are there for too long, so a bit layu already. :P
so when we finally drove home around 10pm... it was totally jammed on the way back!!! we reached home around 12am... what a day! so sleepy! hehe!
There weren't really much to see, but the garden were really pretty with nicely trimmed giantsized bonsai... hehehe... but it was dark, so my dumb digital cam just don't work well under that condition.
Here, i found 1 part of the garden they put some stones carved in the shape of 12 animals as in chinese year... whatever lah... hehehe... so here i put 2 of them, rabbit for me, and horse for beh, hehe
On the 2nd floor of the main building, they have the exhibition of international flora whatever, which my mom was very interested... it's nice lah, but most of the flowers are there for too long, so a bit layu already. :P
so when we finally drove home around 10pm... it was totally jammed on the way back!!! we reached home around 12am... what a day! so sleepy! hehe!
Monday, February 06, 2006
Let's have some pics!
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