這次的重點放在雨籲。這一張專輯從頭到尾聽來一氣呵成,非常流暢。在放第一遍的時候,雖然不至抓走你全部的注意力,但是很順暢,順到你知道這張專輯以後會常常拿出來聽,放個3, 4遍都不嫌多。上次有這種感覺的專輯是:coldplay - viva那一張, new order - get ready. 以結果論來看,這兩張都是經典了。
Throwing Cooper這張專輯的確是張驚世之作,在看起來有點像金屬樂的封面之下,卻是紮實的Modern Rock曲目連發,比起同時的Nirvana偏重口味的地下車庫搖滾來得和藹可親許多。比起我也相當喜愛的Collective Soul來得有個性多了,Collective Soul好聽是好聽,不過太Ballad了些,就像台灣的五月天,聽著聽著是很舒服的,久了那個叛逆性格也不見似的。另外我還有想到類似的Modern Rock團是Third Eye Blind,當初一曲Never Let You Go可是ICRT的最愛點播呢,現在重聽一下怎麼有點當年Hanson剛出道的感覺呢?當年的我到底是怎麼了?說到Hanson,他們長大之後可是大有進步呢....
這張專輯除了每首歌都是高水準之外,有個亮點中的亮點就是這首Lightning Crashes。簡單到不能簡單的和絃組合,E B F#,整首歌搞定。開頭有點帶Flanger/Echo的Clean Tone吉他連續刷了將近兩分半鐘之久,配上主唱內斂沉穩但是充滿力量的vocal就表明了這首歌將會十分精彩。從超級動人的副歌旋律中帶進了鼓,之後不斷的情緒升高(The angle closes her eyes),樂團音量加大,主唱愈唱愈起勁,再次重複副歌,Yes, I can fee it! 一段很有味道,不刻意多加元素的吉他solo(3:30),非常到位的詮釋了這首歌的高潮之處,像是一部好電影,不是特效而是劇情才是王道,到了後段,不斷的重複副歌,盡情的吶喊,全部都在最後一刻靜止下來。MV真的配得好,它是經典中的經典之作,一個樂團其實只要有這麼一首歌就夠了,一首在演唱會裡可以讓5萬人同時合唱的歌曲, 能夠前奏一出來就是全場沸騰的歌曲。
Live - Lightning Crashes (一首給媽媽的歌)
Lightning crashes, a new mother cries.
Her placenta falls to the floor,
the angel opens her eyes.
The confusion sets in,
before the doctor can even close the door.
Lightning crashes, an old mother dies.
Her intentions fall to the floor,
the angel closes her eyes.
The confusion that was hers,
Belongs now, to the baby down the hall.
All my feelings comin' back again,
like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind.
Forces pullin' from the center of the Earth again.
I can feel it.
Lightning crashes, a new mother cries.
This moment she's been waiting for.
The angel opens her eyes.
Her pale blue colored iris,
presents the circle,
and puts the glory out to hide, hide.
All my feelings comin' back again,
like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind.
Forces pullin' fom the center of the Earth again.
I can feel it.
I can feel it.
I can feel it, comin' back again,
like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind.
Forces pullin' from the center of the Earth again.
I can feel it.
I can feel it, comin' back again,
like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind.
Forces pullin' from the center of the Earth again.
I can feel it.
I can feel it, comin' back again,
like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind.
Forces pullin' from the center of the Earth again.
I can feel it.
I can feel it.
I can feel it.