2011年3月30日 星期三

The Cranberries - Zombie


        身為愛爾蘭子民,不論是『U2』、『The Corrs』還是『The Cranberries』都以闡揚愛的理念為和平請命,北愛爾蘭問題在種族、宗教及族群認同等因素下,成為延續多個世紀的政治難題。
        十七世紀,英國藉大量 宗教移民直接併吞愛爾蘭,但原本信奉天主教之居民並未接納新教,而遭到屠殺的仇恨,埋下愛爾蘭獨立衝突的導火線。一九一六年,爆發獨立運動最大衝突『復活節起義』,雖宣告失敗,卻也促使英國政府讓步,而於一九二十年發布『愛爾蘭政府法案』,將愛爾蘭劃分為南北,並給予有限自治權,此安排引起當地多數天主教 不滿,雙方爆發戰爭,最後協定簽署『英愛條約』,愛爾蘭成立『愛爾蘭自治邦』,一九四九年,愛爾蘭獨立,依據英愛條約,北愛爾蘭有權選擇投靠哪方,由於當 地大多為英國殖民及其後代,因此北愛爾蘭成為英國勢力範圍。往後三十年,北愛爾蘭在聯合派與民主派不時爆發流血衝突的情況下,淪為政治戰爭的受害者。(歷 史部份參考:吳智賢/北愛爾蘭問題)
       『IRA』為『Irish Republican Army(愛爾蘭共和軍)』之簡稱,於一九一九年『獨立戰爭』時成立,主要為愛爾蘭南北統一為目的,並與英國政府對抗,實行恐怖主義,雖然該組織已於一九 九七年宣布停火,2005年終止武力衝突,但事實上卻是另一股更激進恐怖勢力的滋長。『Zombie』歌曲的背景,源自於一九九三年,愛爾蘭共和軍實行的 『威靈頓炸彈攻擊』,事件發生於三月二十日(另一天二月二十六日並未造成傷亡),炸彈分別引爆於兩家商店前,造成五十六名民眾受傷,三歲男童 Johnathan Ball當場死亡,另一名十二歲男孩Tim Parry在五天後傷重不治。("Zombie" was recorded at the Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin in 1994. It was written during the Cranberries' English Tour in 1993, in memory of two boys, Jonathan Ball and Tim Parry, who were killed in an IRA bombing in Warrington.)
        『The Cranberries(小紅莓)』於一九九四年年底推出『Zombie』後,隨即獲得廣大迴響,不但獲得愛爾蘭金榜季軍、英國金榜Top14,更拿下德國金榜冠軍、美國Billboard現代搖滾榜六週冠軍及法國金榜九週榜首,並賣出兩百萬張,隔年小紅莓憑著『Zombie』,獲得MTV歐洲音樂大獎 『年度最佳歌曲』肯定,收錄此曲的專輯『No Need to Argue』更因支持效應而累積近一千七百萬張銷售,成為該團最暢銷專輯。『Zombie』不但將『The  Cranberries(小紅莓)』推向事業巔峰,其推廣愛與和平的理念,也令聽眾感同身受,畢竟暴力與恐怖攻擊無法真正解決歷史累積的政治難題。

Here is the Cranberries' picture

Lyric
Another head hangs lowly,
Child is slowly taken.
And the violence caused such silence,
Who are we mistaken?
 But you see, it's not me, it's not my family.
In your head, in your head they are fighting,
With their tanks and their bombs,
And their bombs and their guns.
In your head, in your head, they are crying...

In your head, in your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie,
Hey, hey, hey. What's in your head,
In your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie?
Hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, dou, dou, dou, dou, dou...

Another mother's breaking,
Heart is taking over.
When the violence causes silence,
We must be mistaken.

It's the same old theme since nineteen-sixteen. (The WWII is
at 1914-1918)
In your head, in your head they're still fighting,
With their tanks and their bombs,
And their bombs and their guns.
In your head, in your head, they are dying...

In your head, in your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie,
Hey, hey, hey. What's in your head,
In your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie?
Hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh, hey, oh, ya, ya-a...

Backstreet Boys - Inconsolable

I close the door
Like so many times, so many times before
Filmed like a scene on the cutting room floor
I wanna let you walk away tonight without a word

I try to sleep, yeah
But the clock is stuck on thoughts of you and me
A thousand more regrets unraveling, OOoh
if you were here right now
I swear, I'd tell you this

Baby I don't wanna waste another day
Keepin it inside, it's killing me
Cause all I ever wanted comes right down to you (to you)
I wish that I could find the words to say
Baby I would tell you, every time you leave
I'm inconsolable

I climb the walls, yeah
I can see the edge,
But I can't take the fall, no
I've memorized the number
So why can't I make the call?
Maybe cause I know you'll always be with me
In the possibility

Baby I don't wanna waste another day
Keepin it inside, it's killing me
Cause all I ever wanted comes right down to you (to you)
I wish that I could find the words to say
Baby I would tell you, every time you leave
I'm inconsolable

No, no, no

I don't wanna be like this
I just wanna let you know
That everything I hold in
Is everything I can't let go (oooh, can't let go)

Cause,

BABY, I don't wanna waste another day
Keepin it inside, it's killing me
Cause all I ever wanted comes right down to you (to you)
I wish that I could find the words to say
Baby I would tell you, every time you leave
I'm inconsolable

Don't you know it baby
I don't wanna waste another day
I wish that I could find the words to say
Baby I would tell you, every time you leave
I'm inconsolable

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oooh, I'm inconsolable
Whoaa yeah yeah OoOoH
I'm inconsolable...

Gareth Gates - Anyone Of Us


I've been letting you down, down
Girl I know I've been such a fool
Giving in to temptation
When I should've played it cool
The situation got out of hand
I hope you understand

[Chorus]
It can happen to..
Anyone of us, anyone you think of
Anyone can fall
Anyone can hurt someone they love
Hearts will break
'Cause I made a stupid mistake
It can happen to..
Anyone of us, say you will forgive me
Anyone can fail
Say you will believe me
I can't take my heart will break
'Cause I made a stupid mistake
A stupid mistake

She was kind of exciting
A little crazy I should've known
She must have altered my senses
'Cause I offered to walk her home
The situation got out of hand
I hope you understand

[Chorus]

A stupid mistake
she means nothing to me
(nothing to me)
I swear every word is true
don't wanna lose you

2011年3月27日 星期日

Vanessa Carlton- A Thousand Miles



Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces passed
And I'm home bound

Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making my way
Through the crowd

And I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder....

If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight

It's always times like these
When I think of you
And I wonder
If you ever
Think of me

'Cause everything's so wrong
And I don't belong
Living in your
Precious memories

'Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder....

If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight

And I, I
Don't want to let you know
I, I
Drown in your memory
I, I
Don't want to let this go
I, I
Don't....

Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces passed
And I'm home bound

Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making my way
Through the crowd

And I still need you
And I still miss you
And now I wonder....

If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass us by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you...

If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
If I could
Just hold you
Tonight

Alicia Keys - If I Aint Got You


(The official mv is not available, so this version of the song has anoying lyric with it. Sorry!)


by Maroon 5

lyric

Some people live for the fortune
Some people live just for the fame
Some people live for the power yeah
Some people live just to play the game
Some people think that the physical things
Define what's within
And I've been there before
But that life's a bore
So full of the superficial

Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you

Some people search for a fountain
That Promises forever young
Some people need three dozen roses
And that's the only way to prove you love to them

Hand me the world on a silver platter
And what good would it be
With no one to share, with no one who truly cares for me

Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you,you,you

Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you

If I ain't got you with me baby
Nothing in this whole wide world don't mean a thing
If I ain't got you with me baby

2011年3月26日 星期六

Good Charlotte-We Believe



Lyric

There’s a woman crying out tonight
Her world has changed
She asks God why
Her only son has died
And now her daughter cries
She can’t sleep at night

Downtown another day for all the suits and ties
Another war to fight
There’s no regard for life
How do they sleep at night
How can we make things right
Just wanna make this right

We believe(x6)
In this love

We are all the same
Human in all our ways and all our pains
(So let it be)
There’s a love that could fall down like rain
(Let us see)
Let forgiveness wash away the pain
(What we need)
And no one really knows what they are searching for
(We believe)
This world is crying for so much more

We believe(x6)
In this love

We believe(x5)
In this love

So this world is too much for you to take
Just lay it down and follow me
I’ll be everything you need
In everyway

We believe(x6)
In this love

In this love
We believe
In this love
We believe
In this love
We believe
In this love