P Marius
music, lyrics: Brett Anderson

As I sit and watch The summertime,
And the shadow of The cranes.
By the branches of The cedar tree
And the beating of The day.
You are the rose Within my soul.
You are the reason Why the wind blows.
By the meeting of The roads
I will hold you In my arms again.
And we’ll sit under The cedar tree
As the city Fades away.
By the places Where the blossom falls
And the shadow of The cranes.
You are the rose Within my soul,
You are the reason Why the rain flows.
By the meeting of The roads
I will hold you In my arms again.
By the branches of The cedar tree,
There’s a bench Beside the lake.
Take the bridge Over the Serpentine,
And I’ll see you Once again

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這是Brett Anderson第一張單飛專輯的主打《Love is Dead》，基於對這首歌的熱愛，連歌詞也興起來譯一譯。字句有略為修改，當成inspired by這首歌的一首詩。

愛已死：

一切的錯誤
我空洞的生命
沒人真正關注
在我眼中 人們的雙眼充滿恐懼

愛已死, 愛已死

話機響喊，但無人對我傾訴
交通流動，但無人想過停駐
相信我
精明的他們從來不在意結局

愛已死, 愛已死

虛偽的人們
臉上掛著我想像的微笑
在背後交換著秘密
虛偽的他
虛偽的妳

一切的錯誤
我空洞的生命
沒人真正關注
我腦中彌蔓的災難

在我眼中 人們的雙眼充滿恐懼

愛已死, 愛已死
愛已死, 愛已死

妳曾許諾過的所有謊言
妳曾說過的所有話語

妳曾許諾過的所有謊言
在我腦中是一陣吹散的北風

原版：

Nothing ever goes right
Nothing really flows in my life
No one really cares if no one ever shares my care
People push by with fear in their eyes in my life

Love is dead, love is dead

The telephone rings, but no one ever thinks to speak to me
The traffic speeds by, but no one’s ever stopped too late
Intelligent friends don’t care in the end, believe me

Love is dead, love is dead

And plastic people with imaginary smiles
Exchanging secrets at the back of their minds
Plastic people
Plastic people

Nothing ever goes right
Nothing really flows in my life
No one really cares if this horror’s inside my head

People push by with fear in their eyes in my life

Love is dead, love is dead
Love is dead, love is dead
Love is dead, love is dead

And all the lies that you’ve given us
And all the things things that you said

And all the lies that you’ve given us…
Blow like wind in my head

Lets have a little flash back. Brett released his first solo album in 2007 which contained a notable song titled “love is dead” which is really impressive for me. The song sounds really dark and tragically heroic by the thoughtful string line, simultaneously reflected the darkest part of his mind. Then the second album “wilderness” is very plain, which is full of piano and string loop only. Brett has apparently became an indie singing songwriter. Moreover I still think that those post-suede songs are still Brett-style things.

But the third one “Slow Attack” is produced by Brett and his new partner Leo Abrahams in the winter of London. The album is like a pale dream, a withering flower, which is very atmospheric, but not as emotional as his previous works. I cant find any piece of scent of britpop sounds in “Slow Attack” anymore. The album perhaps is the most violent departure between Brett and his past. Certainly the most lovely one for me is “the hunted” which will also be the single. An implicitly sorrowful song that I have been listened for so long before the album is out.

Lately I discovered that Brett have done some tours in various South America Country like Chile and Lima. I found that Brett looks good, his performance is rock and vivid once again. He also did “The Hunted” in the show as well as he covered it to be a band version. I think it is even better than the album one, so does his costume. I better come back to the subject. The weather here have changed, atmosphere of the season is just like the emotion you can find in “slow attack”. Autumn is quite a complicated season, as if the album is simultaneously mixed with hopeful prettiness and beautiful melancholy.

***

Slow Attack
Brett Anderson
B A Songs
[rating: 7.6/10]

Track Listing:

• 01. Hymn
• 02. Wheatfields
• 03. The Hunted
• 04. Frozen Roads
• 05. Summer
• 06. Pretty Widows
• 07. The Swans
• 08. Ashes Of Us
• 09. Scarecrow And Lilacs
• 10. Julian Eyes
• 11. Leave Me Sleeping

我們並沒選擇毒品和耶穌其中之一作為救贖，這種痛楚也便顥得份外的清澈，但是在這些情緒之中，我卻感到活著是怎麼一回事，我感到與我自己之間沒有謊言，沒有自欺欺人的念頭，所以我感到憂愁。畢竟愛是一種原始的昏醉，憂愁卻是一種太過清澈的凝視。

Brett最近放出來的現場錄影，演奏的是即將推出的新碟的歌曲。無得頂。

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I know a girl she walks the asphalt world
She comes to me and I supply her with Ecstasy
Sometimes we ride in a taxi to the ends of the city
Like big stars in the back seat like skeletons ever so pretty
I know a girl she walks the asphalt world

But where does she go?
And what does she do?
And how does she feel when she’s next to you?
And who does she love in time-honoured fur?
Is it me or her?

I know a girl she walks the asphalt world
She’s got a friend, they share mascara I pretend
Sometimes they fly from the covers to the winter of the river
For these silent stars of the cinema
It’s in the blood stream, it’s in the liver
I know a girl, she walks the arse felt world

But where does she go?
And what does she do?
And how does she feel when she’s next to you?
And who does she love in time-honoured fur?
Is it me or is it her?

With ice in her blood
And a Dove in her head
Well how does she feel when she’s in your bed?
When you’re there in her arms
And there in her legs
Well I’ll be in her head

Cos that’s where I go
And that’s what I do
And that’s how it feels when the sex turns cruel
Yes both of us need her, this is the asphalt world

The album is finished and the title is Slow Attack. As yet unsequenced and un-mixed , it will probably contain up to 12 completely new tracks mainly written by Leo and myself. heavily featuring woodwind , it is fuller,stranger and more complex than the last two solo albums and influenced by Leo’s command of atmospherics and his classical training. The decision to use woodwind as a primary colour on our palette of sound was inspired by the work of Mark Hollis , an artist whose constant devellopment and distorsion of the pop model we both found fascinating.

However, don’t expect the record to sound like Talk Talk or anything else for that matter..we have carved these influences into our own shape and the outcome is a record which to me sounds like nothing i have ever done before.It goes without saying that i am immensely proud of this body of work and extremely excited for the world to hear it.

I anticipate that it will be released in autumn this year but you’ll forgive me if at this stage i cannot be more specific. of course live shows will follow , the format of which i have yet to decide. one thing is certain though, they will be different from those on the Wilderness tour.

via: Suede@Facebook

按Brett的說法，這張仍品似乎能夠一流前兩張專輯越見沉鬱哀傷的主色調。Leo Abrahams曾接受傳統音樂學院，早年曾創作大量古典音樂作品，後來才漸漸運用更多吉他。Brett這次與Leo Abrahams合作新碟，加上照片所見之管弦樂編制，令人「擔心」這會是一張更加【Wilderness】的唱片，但看見Brett如此說，這次的主要樂器還加上木管類。我等鍾情《Love Is Dead》之豐富多於一切的粉絲似乎可以放下心來。

但Brett沒死真好。

零七年的時候，Brett Anderson開始他的solo計劃，在大不列顛作了幾場現場表演。並發行了三張限量的（各一千五百張）現場錄音，作為給第一張大碟的一種宣傳。Brett如此講及自己的同名專輯：

這張專輯中有很多死亡的味道，你聽得越多，那種死亡的氣息就越明顯，我不知道這是為甚麼，但我肯定這不是給喜歡Beautiful ones的人的一張專輯，它們是不同的感覺的，對音樂不同的詮釋。

所謂死亡的味道，就是諸如他介紹「its a song about fucking」並唱起《Infinite Kiss》的時候，那種緩緩上升的濃烈氣氛。性愛被他演繹成一種最貼近死亡的活動。在快感的頂峰，我們也曾驚鴻一瞥意識底層的靜寂，像面臨死亡之本身。《To The Winter》、《Love Is Dead》等氣氛相近，就是一陣一陣揮之不去的悲壯。

然同場acoustic改造後的山羊皮舊曲，則是一陣未曾有過的清麗縈繞——渡盡劫波後，生命仍是有其寧謐的一面。只以吉他弦樂伴奏的《Saturday Night》及《Still Life》就叫人聽得幾乎落淚。

Brett沒死真好。所以今天我們仍能聽到如此美好的歌。

Infinite Kiss：
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Still Life：
[flashvideo file=http://dadazim.com/song/still.mp3 /]

參：Live in London & Live at Queen Elizabeth Hall

越洋專訪 奉儉約主義
Brett Anderson

Brett Anderson只以人聲、弦樂和鋼琴去造的新專輯，想來感覺好安靜和祥和，不過這次訪問，Brett卻表示自己忙得很，接電話時明顯還氣來氣喘，中途又另外有人致電催促Brett出門口；原來二五分鐘的訪問，到最後進行了十多分鐘後因Brett趕時間不得不終止；幸而，因為新專輯簡潔，事實亦不需要Brett太多做解釋了，如他所言，最重要的是大家去聽他的音樂。

M: MiLk
B: Brett Anderson

簡約主義

M: Brett你好，你在忙著什麼？
B: 我的家有很多部分正在裝修啊，所以我在跑來跑去，現正正將家具重新擺位，很忙啊。

M: 說說新專輯吧，為什麼將之名為《WILDERNESS》呢？
B: 怎說呢……好像是……就是像我現時對生命的狀況，有點是「NOWHERE」，但我卻為不知身處什麼地方的心態而高興，我覺得任何事都只是依著一個圓圈在轉。我現在造音樂，跟1990年時心太一樣，我繼續造，全因為我享受。我感到現在處於一個舒暢的狀態，我有自主權去造自己所想的，這令我很興奮，這就是我為何將專輯叫做《WILDERNESS》的原因，同時有大自然戰勝了的意味。

M: 那你會比較喜歡住到郊外親近大自然嗎？
B: 不，我還是喜歡城市呢，另有吸引之處哩。我還未去便到像個孤僻怪人一樣，搬到遠離繁囂的地步。當然郊野很美，但我相信要是我住下不久就很快會覺得悶了。「WILDERNESS」可以在很城市的地方發生。

M: 這次你就只用弦樂和鋼琴去造音樂，是在製作之前已有的概念嗎？
B: 對啊，希望這一張非常簡約的專輯，這一直是我所計畫的，就只用大提琴、鋼琴、人聲，沒有其他，我喜愛其簡潔和黑暗。音樂人有太多的選擇去造音樂，而我則想限制自己。

M: 因為編曲簡單地去造，那旋律變得更重要吧？
B: 當然，旋律何時都是流行樂的心臟，就算有點偏向，這次我玩的還是流行樂，是大家常聽的歌，不是什麼先鋒派，還是旋律主導的音樂。

懶理樂評

M: 雖說你玩的是流行樂，但你現在已經不會有太大的市場考慮，對嗎？
B: 當然我又不是在玩WESTLIFE那類啦，以旋律為主是我一直創作路向，我就是這樣；或許下一張專輯會有所轉變，我也在計畫自己可以做些什麼哩，可能另類一點。

M: 只用幾種樂器，你不怕專輯內歌曲的聲音太相近媽？
B: 即是如此，我也不介意。我也有讀過一些樂評說歌曲感覺太相像，但我個人認為這是個優點哩！我以為一張專輯需要有一致性，有些我喜歡的唱片也如是這樣，如NICO的《CHELSEA GIRL》、NICK DRAKE的《PINK MOON》和JONI MICHELL的《BLUE》等。我覺得這些評語如沒寫一樣，畢竟我只是用了幾種樂器，這是我要營造的一致感覺。如果你要首首都感覺不一，又REGGAGE又HIP HOP，那你自己把iPOD以SHUFFLE方式播放便是了；對我來說專輯是需要去建立一個氛圍。

M: 說起樂評，你現在怎樣看他們的評語呢？
B: 不要相信那些音樂人說自己不看/不聽樂評，他們在說謊，我覺得他們那樣說是為形象多於一切。我覺得不能避免的，除非你不上網，搬到什麼燈塔去住吧。但對我來說，樂評怎樣寫是我在造音樂時最後一項會考慮的事。我在自己的網頁上也寫了，這次的意圖非常的純淨，只是想寫一堆漂亮的歌，這是我嘗試做，亦希望已經做到的事。

M: 你再出碟前已把專輯放在USB手指在音樂會中派給歌迷，你認為這等同自己把新碟洩漏出去？
B: 這幾年很多碟在未推出前都已經洩漏了出去，這令我很不開心，我自己先行給樂迷比較好。

不愛宣傳

M: 據聞你這次專輯除封面外就只有一張宣傳照，是嗎？
B: 我不想太麻煩，只是叫朋友幫我影幾張隨意的照片，不想搞那些誇張的拍攝。作為藝人，我對這些真的沒興趣，我只希望造音樂，完全不喜歡被照相。

M: 那麼要做宣傳也是會很累吧？
B: 當然！非常沉悶哩！我不相信有音樂人會很喜歡做訪問，不過經過年月經驗，漸漸才有做訪問的技巧，但我還不是一個很專業的被訪者，老實說我只不過是希望因此有人去聽我的音樂而已。

M: 近來這麼多樂團重組，有否考慮再以SUEDE名義去造音樂呢？
B: 不會，現在暫不會想，或許以後有這個機會，但現在我還是不會說些什麼。

M: 能把一些你喜歡的音樂推薦給大家嗎？
B: 去年我最喜歡聽的事MIDLAKE的《THE TRIALS OF VAN OCCUPANTHER》，另外BAT FOR LASHES、BRIAN ENO也很好。

Text / Milk
Image / http://www.brettanderson.co.uk

Wilderness
Brett Anderson
B A Songs

[rating:8/10]

仍為《Saturday Night》那美得淒涼的旋律和妖冶的嗓音著迷，唱片封緘了某個時空、樂器、人聲、字句，但現實世界仍在轉動，摧毀舊的換上新的。Suede已解散、主唱復又與吉他手組成《The Tears》再闖樂壇，亦鎩羽而歸。傳媒乃至樂評，亦習慣一沉百踩。傳媒的一支筆翻雲覆雨，可以造神亦可殺神。當年人人爭著錦上添花的Suede，俱往矣，於是主唱Brett Anderson悄悄推出第二張個人專輯【Wilderness】——不只傳媒，連銷量和樂評的反響亦似乎不太賞臉。

最近違和的不只身體，還有精神。身心陷入了近兩年來最嚴重的鬱結裡，嚴峻的壓力，一層一層的緊貼在腦殼上、心悸更是常事，終日惴惴不安，不知害怕甚麼。好像園野裡的動物亦終日惴惴不安，因為牠們亦害怕，害怕天敵和死亡。於我來說，情況亦差相無幾。

在這樣的心理狀態下聽著【Wilderness】的鋼琴和弦樂，我能明白Brett Anderson在製作此張大碟時的憔悴。太多的鬱鬱寡歡、音樂像一個一個休止符，連著一段一段說不盡的愁緒。一碟九曲，卻難以單曲分割。一律採用鋼琴和弦樂的沉鬱，以襯托Brett Anderson不復妖嬈，歸於平淡的嗓音。一種常人難以展現的，萬般低徊哀怨的纏綿。連Brett亦夫子自道「心靈痛苦即創作靈感的來源」，除了可以作為【Wilderness】的注腳外，更說到了所有藝術家的心坎去了。

失落於流行樂壇的巔峰。鋒芒隨風而去，卻為其音樂鍍上一種傷感和蒼涼的光澤。只有在淚珠裡觀看，才看得見這種傷感和蒼涼的光澤。

Track Listing:

• 01 A Different Place
• 02 The Empress
• 03 Clowns
• 04 Chinese Whispers
• 05 Blessed
• 06 Funeral Mantra
• 07 Back To You (Video)
• 08 Knife Edge
• 09 P Marius

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