2000年的秋天,南大的汉口路还没完全整改好:路西是一溜卖盒饭的,路东则是一溜卖打口CD的。某个星期天的午后,无聊的从浦口颠簸到鼓楼,却在鼓楼郁郁葱葱的树荫下失去了方向,所以胡乱的转。就这样,我到了汉口路那扎堆卖打口CD的地方。我那时应该算一个含蓄的“摇滚青年”吧,我自诩的。其实,完完全全是个伪摇滚,不知道金属,哥特,朋克,工业和迷幻,不知道Bon Jovi,Lacrimosa,Ramones,Laibach和Pink Floyd,我甚至看到英文就头晕,我以为歌词里骂几句娘的就是摇滚。所以,看到小贩,我毫不犹豫的问他:“老板,有没有摇滚一点的CD”。老板疑惑的看了看我,而后假装努力的翻了翻,最后翻出好几套CD。我“认真”的选了一张孔打得离中心最近的CD,得意的离开了。可,很快,我发现这张CD不“摇滚”,而我却“摇滚”了,因为狠狠了骂了那小贩几句。赫,傻得可以。
多年以后,再无意中翻出那张简装的CD,才惊喜的发现,“哦~Bryan Adams啊!我还藏有他CD呢,正版的哦~”。赫,还是傻得可以。不过,CD的封面很简洁,暗黄的画面里嵌一个孤单的侧影,一把吉他和一头大象,再认真听,却不能不喜欢这张CD了,当然还有文案。那时再去寻找那些卖打口CD的,却早就无影无踪,剩下些卖D版光盘的中年妇女。
选首专辑里最Pop一些的歌,分享一下: Getaway。
drove all night form new york city
in your best friend’s car
knocked on my door about five thirty
nursing a broken heart
still got your keys in your back pocket – still got your
jacket on
back door’s open baby – I don’t lock it
we can leave anytime we wantI got my motor runnin’ – fingers drummin’
I never planned to stay
getaway – ya know it’s now or never
getaway – nobody lives forever
we’re only waitin’ just to make you getawayhey baby we were good together
seemed like you’d always be my girl
but looking back now we were just too clever
thinking love could change the world
ya know there’s no point in waitin’ hesitating
we gotta leave todaygetaway – ya know it’s now or never
getaway – nobody lives forever
we’re only waitin’ just to make you getaway