辞旧迎新往往是个潜意识里不由自主self-reflection的过程。 不由想到欧美的一些歌手原创的歌曲, 充满了self-reflection。 这些歌都是多年老歌, 但现在还是时不时能在收音机电台听到。
Kid Rock - Only God Knows Why
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DQup4hd1_o
开头四句是Kid Rock在监狱里写出来的:
I've been sitting here trying to find myself
I get behind myself, I need to rewind myself
Looking for the payback, listen for the playback
They say that every man bleeds just like me
这首歌的高潮在下面几句,给我深深的共鸣。
Maybe I've forgotten all the things I miss
Oh, somehow I know there's more to life than this
I've said it too many times and I still stand firm
You get what you put in and people get what they deserve
Still I ain't seen mine, no I ain't seen mine
I've been givin', just ain't been gettin'
I've been walkin' that thin line
So I think I'll keep walking with my head held high
每天的工作和生活中时不时感受到挑战。可是如果“I think I'll keep walking with my head held high”, 就会发现只要开始去做一件事情,慢慢都会找到答案。 辞旧迎新, 一年回头去看, 其实发现有不少收获。
Matchbox Twenty - Unwell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WziA88-n02k
很喜欢这这几句歌词--充满了resolve.
But I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know, right now you can't tell
But stay a while and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
看过一个访谈--这是他们的lead singer Rob Thomas的原创。 这首歌是他们刚成名不久,Rob Thomas在成名的惶惑和压力下创造出来的。 我想这就是所谓的“才情”,可以化自己的“负面感受”为“艺术”, 而不是去论坛上骂人。 西方有句谚语, 说是能承受压力的煤炭就会变成钻石。
Lukas Graham - 7 Years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHCob76kigA
Lukas Graham是一个来自北欧的乐队。 这是他们的lead singer Lukas Forchhammer的原创。 这首歌是他根据自身经历写的。 7年为一步,一步一回顾。我觉得他的声音很有特色,让人过耳难忘, 绝不泯然于众人之中。 他们还有一首"love someone", 词曲唱都给我印象深刻。
一般我听到一首打动自己的歌后,就喜欢去试着找歌手的访谈。 这些年访谈的听下来的体会是,不少欧美原创歌手绝非浪得虚名,有思想有文采,还能唱。
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