2006年9月20日 星期三

歲月歌手 - Leonard Cohen




( Leonard Cohen / 1991 / Norman Lomax / Rex )

今天是柯恩72歲生日,他已經那麼老了嗎 ?

30 多年前聽到他的歌聲,以為是一個老頭子唱的
老傢伙一路走來,倒是始終如一
前無來者,後無古人

明天正好是向他致敬的影片 " I am your man " 在台北上演首日
在這兒貼幾張柯恩的閒閒呆照,他的喃喃自語,以及我喜歡的早期詩作
順勢向這位偉大的「心靈流放者」揮個手啊 ...










( Leonard Cohen / 1992 / Anton Corbijn )


要能既膚淺又儘可能的深刻.

必須先極端的好,才能表現出那種簡單.










( Leonard Cohen / Pictorial Press )


詩人與歌,都是不可避免地
以美,以節奏
以某種威嚴和真理得到承認的.

而所有這一切都是隱晦暗示的.










( Leonard Cohen / 1985 / Anton Corbijn )


好幾年以來,我患有嚴重的遺忘症
我似乎沒有能力去記憶,去敘述
去思考我過去的生活

我沒有想到要佔有過去
似乎過去是不存在的
它不翼而飛
完全地,逐步地,難以覺察地
它已經從我生命出走了
我感覺不到它的重量,它的方向,以及他的豐富...

沒甚麼好遺憾的,沒有甚麼 ...










( Leonard Cohen / Renaud Monfourny )


過簡單生活是一種絕大的奢侈
真的,要很多的錢才能這樣

我喜歡甚麼事也沒有發生的時候
你們看,自從我們在這兒,發生過甚麼事嗎 ?










( Leonard Cohen / Eric Mulet )


所有的宗教表達都是神秘之愛和恐懼的隱喻
共同建構了一個活動的背景

人類深切,深沉需要慾望的隱喻










( Leonard Cohen / Eric Mulet )

我很喜歡坐在冥想室裡
因為那兒沒有電話
焚香很柔和
我可以專心抓住我的浮木,非常非常好

每天早上我都在那兒坐著
我們可以有機會觀察自己
我怎麼樣出來,又怎麼樣消失 ....










( Leonard Cohen / Bruce Weber )


每一首觸動你的詩
都像是一種呼喚
需要回應

小說讓我沉默,但是在詩裡
這種蒸餾過的語言
與我天性裡的某些狀態一致
與我的心智相呼應:
如此速度,如此敏銳










( Leonard Cohen / 1993 / Edward Gajdel )



MARITA
PLEASE FIND ME
I AM ALMOST 30


- MARITA ( 1956-1968 )





I wonder how many people in this city
live in furnished rooms.
Late at night when I look out at the buildings
I swear I see a face in every window
looking back at me,
and when I turn away
I wonder how many go back to their desks
and write this down


- I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THIS CITY






I heard of a man
who says words so beautifully
that if he only speaks their name
women give themselves to him.

If I am dumb beside your body
while silence blossoms like tumours on our lips
it is because I hear a man climb the stairs
and clear his throat out our door.


- POEM






I am almost 90
Everyone I know has died off
except Leonard
He can still be seen
holding with his love


- FINAL EXAMINATION






13 則留言:

  1. 也懷念早期幫他合音的女声......
    是不是我們也到了一个年紀了...

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  2. 所有皺紋怎都是那麼適得其所的存在啊?!

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  3. 這點跟張老大一樣。

    (拍拍馬屁股走掉...)

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  4. THE FAITH

    The sea so deep and blind
    The sun, the wild regret
    The club, the wheel, the mind,
    O love, aren't you tired yet?
    The club, the wheel, the mind
    O love, aren't you tired yet?
    The blood, the soil, the faith
    These words you can't forget
    Your vow, your holy place
    O love, aren't you tired yet?
    The blood, the soil, the faith
    O love, aren't you tired yet?
    A cross on every hill
    A star, a minaret
    So many graves to fill
    O love, aren't you tired yet?
    So many graves to fill
    O love, aren't you tired yet?
    The sea so deep and blind
    Where still the sun must set
    And time itself unwind
    O love, aren't you tired yet?
    And time itself unwind
    O love, aren't you tired yet?

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  5. 昨天去看了 " I'm your man "
    ( 正確的譯法應該是「在下靜候差遣」)
    片中,年輕歌手如歌如泣的動人吟唱
    加上老頭不時自我揶揄的自白取樂
    十分感性與理性
    實在堪稱「本年度最佳音樂片」...

    最有趣的他還對台灣讀者唸了一段話
    是他爲「美麗的失敗者」中文版寫的序
    他要讀者不要那麼認真地看這本書
    隨性地翻頁跳著讀就好
    失業,失落時再用心看
    或許看出端倪來

    倒是我在看完電影後吃晚餐時
    才發覺手機掉了
    聯絡戲院也無著落
    是柯恩的音樂與禪咒發功麼?
    要安靜無語...

    請大家最近就別打電話給我
    除非柯恩
    反正我也聽不到...

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  6. 我是看今天上午的...
    還去吃了新利的海鮮米粉....萬年的甜不辣...
    回到家才驚覺地把友人孩子的婚宴錯以為是晚上....
    唉,cohen 你這老頭...
    慚愧的quo

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  7. 怪不得今天中午婚宴上沒看到你現身
    又是禪咒發功 ...

    昨晚我也是吃新利的海鮮米粉呀
    你手機還在嗎 ?

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  8. 昨晚在家椄到電話,手機居然找到了,哈里路亞 ...
    是掉在西門町的麥當勞裡
    鐵是去買咖啡上下樓梯時從袋中滑落的
    怪東怪西還得怪自己
    就貼一首電影贈送的單曲 : Hallelujah 壓驚罷
    Bono 說它是音樂殿堂中的「聖曲」:


    HALLELUJAH


    Now I've heard there was a secret chord
    That David played, and it pleased the Lord
    But you don't really care for music, do you?
    It goes like this
    The fourth, the fifth
    The minor fall, the major lift
    The baffled king composing Hallelujah

    Hallelujah ....

    Your faith was strong but you needed proof
    You saw her bathing on the roof
    Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew her
    She tied you
    To a kitchen chair
    She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
    And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

    Hallelujah ....

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  9. You say I took the name in vain
    I don't even know the name
    But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
    There's a blaze of light
    In every word
    It doesn't matter which you heard
    The holy or the broken Hallelujah

    Hallelujah ..

    I did my best, it wasn't much
    I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
    I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
    And even though
    It all went wrong
    I'll stand before the Lord of Song
    With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

    Hallelujah ..

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  10. 恭喜找回手機啦 :)

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  11. chaotang
    請問你有當年劇場的高達專號嗎
    可以借我拜讀嗎

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  12. 高達從我家裡出走
    走丟了 ...

    你可參考 Shihlun 的這篇文章 ;
    http://www.wretch.cc/blog/shihlun&article_id=5920657

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