Jul 9, 2007

Phil Collin and Genesis

这是我预料中的事;SOS Live Earth 的二十四小时Concert 结束後的演唱会场地,人去楼空留下的是满地的是不环保的杯瓶袋。地球哭诉说:"爱我变成害我"。

我没有全程追看,但是其中有一队乐坛老将Genesis的演绎让我惊叹叫绝。惊叹已经六十岁左右的主唱Phil Collin,歌声不再高亢浑厚,但是魅力不减当年。叫绝的是Phil Collin 竟然用古典音乐的乐章形式来演绎他的经典Invincible Touch,听得我如痴如醉。他把Chorus的旋律分段拆开,然後每段用不同得音阶重复唱一遍,然後旋律重新组合,来一个grand finale。精彩到令我合不拢嘴。

请Genesis参与这个以环保为主题的演唱会是最恰当不过的,更恰当是在会中大唱他们上世纪八十年代中就发表的环保意识歌曲-Land of Confusion

I must've dreamed a thousand dreams
Been haunted by a millions screams
I can hear the marching feet
They're moving into the street.

Now did you read the news today
They say the danger's gone away
But I can see the fire's still alight
Burning into the night.

Too many men
Too many people
Making too many problems
And not much love to go round
Can't you see
This is the land of Confusion.

This is the world we live in
And there are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in.

Superman where are you now
Everything's gone wrong somehow
The man of steel, man of power
Are losing control by the hour.

This is the time
This is the place
So we look for the future
But there's not much love to go round
Tell me why, this is a land of confusion.

This is the world we live in
And there are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in.

I remember long ago -
When the sun was shining
The stars were bright
All through the night
And the sound of your laughter
As I held you tight
So long ago -

I won't be coming home tongiht
My generation will put it right
We're not just making promises
That we know, we'll never keep.

Too many men
Too many people
Making too many problems
And not much love to go round
Can't you see
This is a land of confusion.

This is the world we live in
These are teh hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth fighting for.

This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Stand up and let's start showing
Just where our lives are going to.

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