Monday, September 10, 2007

Hail to the Thief (向老賊敬禮)

Hail to the Thief 1

昨天在信和購入二手的Hail to the Thief, 跟Isaac打邊爐慶祝他生日後回家聽歌。
有跟我談音樂的朋友都知道自上學期初我便中了Radiohead毒,皆因聽了他們的OK Computer; 聽了數次後便買回家,中毒更深。接著又聽了The Bends, Kid AI Might Be Wrong.


CDs
暑假中段感到自己已聽了很久「電台司令」(網上看到的Radiohead譯名),想聽多些電子音樂,於是聽了適逢出碟的The Chemical BrothersWe are the Night, 後來再買入網評不俗的Dig Your Own Hole. 聽後發現自己其實喜歡We are the Night多一些,雖然也不能說碟中每首歌也喜歡。


Hail to the Thief 2
Hail to the Thief並不是新碟,這張專輯早於2003年6月推出,正是美伊戰爭開始後約三個月。聽了一次全碟後覺得這張專輯政治味道甚濃,個人覺得當中幾首歌(2+2=5, Sail to the Moon, I Will)都有些反George Bush的情緒。當中一些歌詞("Are you such a dreamer? to put the world to rights?"; "Maybe you 'll be president but know right from wrong"; "...with white elephants sitting ducks. I will rise up."),加上專輯這樣的名稱,不難令人約有所思。
說回歌曲,Hail to the Thief可說是回歸搖滾,皆因之前Radiohead的兩張專輯Amnesiac和Kid A均有濃厚電子氣氛,但Hail to the Thief始終比OK Computer有更多電子味。暫時留意到的Hail to the Thief歌曲有2+2=5, Sit Down Stand Up, Sail to the Moon, Where I End and You Begin和There there. 相信接下來這段日子我又會重投Radiohead懷抱。

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