Living Things.
我花了好長一段時間聽這張專輯。
不習慣吧，我想。
不是「好不好」的問題，就只是不習慣。
我必須要放掉對Linkin Park原先的印象：就是那種狂放、野性、率性及充滿批判力道的歌詞與表演方式。不眠不休的也不知聽了多少遍，聽到腦子裡想到的旋律都是這張專輯，總算把前幾張專輯的印象暫時收了起來。
認真說來，Living Things應該是一張普羅大眾比較可以接受的專輯-旋律優美-至少我覺得啦，雖然還是有像Lies
greed misery、Victimized 這類既重又快速的曲風，但這畢竟是Linkin Park嘛，所以這些元素一定要有的。
先回到2012吧。
Linkin Park-Telekom
Street Gigs 2012 live in Berlin Germany
這場演唱會對我的影響非常之大。
這場演唱會對我的影響非常之大。
它讓我乖乖的坐在電腦前看完一場又一場的演唱會，也徹底顛覆了我聽音樂的習慣；
我從一個完全無法接受RAP、Hip
Hop及龐克的人(龐克我其實聽的，只是聽得不多。我喜歡龐克那種「瘋癲」的表演方式，心情惡劣的時候是蠻不錯的情緒出口；至於歌詞唱些甚麼？從來沒懂過..)，到現在可能已經可以習慣(用〝可能〞二字是因為如果換成是別人，我還是沒把握可以聽完..)，連我自已都覺得不可思議。(再固執的人只要「人事物」對了，還是會改變的。)
那次無意中在TVBS看到這場演唱會時，被震撼的有種「老友重逢」的感動。只是電視台有廣
告又剪來剪去的看得實在不過癮。
當我在youtube找到這場演唱會後，「人生」真的徹底改觀。
我驚訝於Linkin Park現場表演的功力，Chester滿滿的能量輕而易舉得便讓我折服；這場演唱會應該是Living Things首次的live，他們演唱了2首新單曲：Burn it down及Lies greed misery，依舊是那種很快就能抓住聽覺神經的歌 - 整個就是「過癮」!!!
2012年因為林書豪，瘋了NBA；而Linkin Park的Burn it down 又正好是當時季後賽的主題曲，可以想像那一年的Burn it down在每場live掀起的熱潮…(你該親眼瞧瞧Burn it down配上野獸籃球的哪股狠勁，真的令人熱血沸騰！可惜的是，一直沒能看過完整的NBA版。)
如果說。
A Thousand Suns 是大器之作，那Living things 應該算是「成熟」囉！
怎麼說？他們的歌詞不再是警世或勵志或心情抒發。
唯一一首帶嘲諷意味的lies greed misery 還可以聽到前幾張專輯的影子(難怪我一開始對這歌的感覺超熟悉，完全不知道是新歌..)。
「詩意」絕對是這張專輯的代名詞。
你可以在裡面聽到很多「感覺」-而「感覺」這東西又往往因人而異，也就是說，它比較無法引起大多數人的共鳴；我想，這是一種很大膽的嘗試-至少在我的認知裡，「RAP、Hip Hop及龐克」永遠不會=「詩意」！這是多大的衝突啊！搖滾樂本身就充滿詩意，這是無庸置疑的；但RAP、Hip Hop及龐克???
這個天團當真是有夠勇敢！但他們畢竟還是做了，而且老實說，還不賴。
你依舊可以聽到非常豐富的音樂元素 - 對Linkin Park來說，沒有甚麼是不能嘗試的。像有好些歌，Chester幾乎是只唱副歌的部分或者與Mike的聲音重疊到分不清誰是誰；歌詞也不再簡單易懂，但卻多了更多的想像空間..(當然，得要看的懂)
如果不去理會歌詞純粹聽也行，但可能就是落入「喜歡或不喜歡」的窠臼；只是，或許你會納悶：Linkin Park怎麼不一樣了？其實，Linkin Park還是Linkin Park，只是他們想得比別人多：他們知道自己的社會責任，他們關心、在乎他們的歌迷，尤其是那些14、5歲的年輕歌迷，他們很清楚知道自己該做些甚麼不一樣的(所以才有LP
Underground的產生)...我想，這就是所謂的「成長」。
Lost in the echo 有種生死兩茫然的淒美。
In these promises broken deep
below
Each word gets lost in the
echo
So one last lie I can see
through
This time I finally let
you go…
In my remains 卻是一種視死如歸般的氣概。
Now in my remains
Are promises never came
Set the silence free
To wash away the worst of
me
Like army falling one by
one by one..
I’ll be gone 我彷彿看到了梵谷的星空.. 我很喜歡這首。
Like shining oil, this
night is dripping down
Stars are slipping down, glistening
And I'm trying not to think what I'm leaving now
No deceiving now, it's time you let me know.
Let me know
Stars are slipping down, glistening
And I'm trying not to think what I'm leaving now
No deceiving now, it's time you let me know.
Let me know
“When the
lights go out and we open our eyes,
out there in the silence, I'll be gone, I'll be gone.
Let the sun fade out and another one rise
Climbing through tomorrow, I'll be gone, I'll be gone. ”
out there in the silence, I'll be gone, I'll be gone.
Let the sun fade out and another one rise
Climbing through tomorrow, I'll be gone, I'll be gone. ”
This in between us is
getting thinner now
into winter now, bitter sweet
across that horizon this sun is setting down
You're forgetting now, it’s time you let me go, let me go
And tell them I couldn't help myself
And tell them I was alone
Oh, tell me I am the only one
and there's nothing left to stop me.
into winter now, bitter sweet
across that horizon this sun is setting down
You're forgetting now, it’s time you let me go, let me go
And tell them I couldn't help myself
And tell them I was alone
Oh, tell me I am the only one
and there's nothing left to stop me.
Skin to bone 海枯石爛‧至死不渝？
塵歸塵，土歸土。該放手的時候就別再執著了..
Skin to bone, steel to rust
Ash to ashes dust to dust
Will tomorrow have it's way
with the promises we made
Skin to Bone, steel to rust.
Ash to ashes, dust to dust
Your deception, my disgust
When your name is finally drawn,
I'll be happy that you're gone
Ash to ashes, dust to dust.
Chorus:
(aaah) Ash to ashes, dust to dust
(aaah) Skin to bone and steel to rust
Right to left, left to right
Night to day and day to night
As the starlight fades to gray,
I'll be watching far away
Right to left and left to right
Will tomorrow have it's way?
Will the darkness, it betray?
Skin to bone and steel to rust (x3)
Ash to ashes dust to dust
Will tomorrow have it's way
with the promises we made
Skin to Bone, steel to rust.
Ash to ashes, dust to dust
Your deception, my disgust
When your name is finally drawn,
I'll be happy that you're gone
Ash to ashes, dust to dust.
Chorus:
(aaah) Ash to ashes, dust to dust
(aaah) Skin to bone and steel to rust
Right to left, left to right
Night to day and day to night
As the starlight fades to gray,
I'll be watching far away
Right to left and left to right
Will tomorrow have it's way?
Will the darkness, it betray?
Skin to bone and steel to rust (x3)
我熱切期待Linkin Park的下一張專輯。
