Block27音樂頒獎典禮

願音樂與我的心靈同在, 也與您的心靈同在.
2012年十張精彩專輯如下:
1. Bruno Mars/Unorthodox Jukebox
2. Emeli Sandé/Our Version Of Events
3. Fun./Some Nights
4. John Mayer/Born And Raised
5. Keane/Strangeland
6. The Killers/Battle Born
7. Mark Knopfler/Privateering
8. Muse/The 2nd Law
9. Neil Young with Crazy Horse/Psychedelic Pill
10.方大同/Back To Wonderland

2012年Block27 Musicman

Block27 Musicman: 久石讓

Summer - 久石讓

Block27音樂頒獎典禮

願音樂與我的心靈同在, 也與您的心靈同在.
2011年十張精彩專輯如下:
1. Adele/21
2. Birdy/Birdy
3. Death Cab for Cutie/Codes And Keys
4. Ed Sheeran/+
5. Evanescence/Evanescence
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers/I’m with you
7. The Black Keys/El Camino
8. 方大同/15
9. 黃貫中/ A小調協奏曲
10. 謝安琪/你們的幸福

Adele Live at The Royal Albert Hall

Amazing performance! Don't Miss it!

Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (Live at The Royal Albert Hall)

I let it fall, my heart
And as it fell, you rose to claim it
It was dark and I was over
Until you kissed my lips and you saved me

My hands, they're strong
But my knees were far too weak
To stand in your arms
Without falling to your feet

But there's a side to you that I never knew, never knew
All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true
And the games you play, you would always win, always win

But I set fire to the rain
Watched it pour as I touched your face
Let it burn while I cry
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name

When laying with you
I could stay there, close my eyes
Feel you here, forever
You and me together, nothing is better

'Cause there's a side to you that I never knew, never knew
All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true
And the games you'd play, you would always win, always win

But I set fire to the rain
Watched it pour as I touched your face
Let it burn while I cried
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name

I set fire to the rain
And I threw us into the flames
Where I felt somethin' die, 'cause I knew that
That was the last time, the last time

Sometimes I wake up by the door
Now that you've gone, must be waiting for you
Even now when it's already over
I can't help myself from looking for you

I set fire to the rain
Watched it pour as I touched your face
Let it burn while I cried
'Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name

I set fire to the rain
And I threw us into the flames
Where I felt somethin' die
'Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time, oh

Oh, no
Let it burn, oh
Let it burn
Let it burn

兩位來自英國的新名子

是時候介紹一下新名字. Birdy 英國15歲新晉女歌手, 擁有美好聲線並彈得一手好鋼琴.

Birdy - People Help The People


英國新人創作歌手 Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran - The A Team

Birdy & Ed Sheeran 不單同樣來自英國; 連 MV 同樣都以黑白拍攝. 歌曲內容更同樣地叫我們對身邊的人多一點包容, 多一點諒解, 多一點關愛.

來多一個 Birdy 唱 The A Team. 希望你會喜歡英國流行音樂.

Birdy - 'The A Team' (Ed Sheeran Cover)

Achtung Baby

Achtung Baby/U2
Release date: 19/11/2011

最近在唱片店留意到一張二十週年的紀念專輯. 看著這個熟悉的封面一下子很多感覺便湧上來. Achtung Baby 是愛爾蘭搖滾樂隊 U2 的第七張專輯. 當時的我很迷西方的搖滾世界. 還記得第一次接觸 Achtung Baby 是在旺角荷里活商場二樓一間唱片店租的. 那一個晚上滿心歡喜地把 CD 放進唱盤; 挨在床邊看專輯內文; 聽著 U2 給我的音樂刺激. 完全沉醉在自己的音樂世界中. 我喜歡這專輯買了它下來, 直到今天 Baby 完好的放在我的唱片架上. 今晚我開啟電腦上的 iTunes; 在右上角搜尋音樂一項打上 baby u2; 專輯便搜尋出來了. 回味的同時寫下此文章. 到 You Tube 找一個有關的 MV; 在自己的 Blog 按下發佈文章一鍵. 這算是一種釋懷吧. 再二十年後肯定又是另一樣的新世界, 其間一切都會轉變改變. We're one, but we're not the same. We get to carry each other. One. 願情懷未變.

U2 - One
Is it getting better?
Or do you feel the same?
Will it make it easier on you now?
You got someone to blame
You say
One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
One love
We get to share it
Leaves you baby if you
Don't care for it

Did I disappoint you?
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it's

Too late
Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to
carry each other
carry each other
One

Have you come here for forgiveness?
Have you come to raise the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus?
To the lepers in your head

Did I ask too much?
More than a lot.
You gave me nothing,
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
See we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love is a higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't keep holding on
To what you got
When all you've got is hurt

One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters, brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other

One...
One...

extended version

Can You hear us coming Lord
Can You hear us call
Feel us knocking
We're knocking at Your door

作死不離3兄弟

人生得一知己死而無憾, 何況有兩位兄弟同你一齊癲.
作死好電影《作死不離3兄弟》. zOoBi DoObI!!!

大致上全球人類都追求同一個目標: 幸福人生. 不要少看這同一信念, 同一動力. 否則地球自轉也可能要受到影響. 歷史告訴我總會有一些人找錯方向. 所以基本上沒有完美的幸福世界. 但看好一點, 整體我們的未來應該還不錯.

幸福世界找不到, 幸福人生可以依靠自己吧!

Zoobie Doobie

相依的心

Beyond

對於我來說 Beyond 就是我和音樂一起生活的開始.

相依的心 - Beyond

歌聲中薰醉　同行路上共擔苦慮
那計較各有不羈理想想追
交出心相對　昂然合力共闖出天地
笑語裏（親切相對）
冷雨裏（不怨一句）

每刻相依的心（願不變的一種真）
再也不想過醉醒
緊握的手（並不變的一顆心）
幾多風雨共進退

酒沖洗心緒　徘徊路上深宵相聚
說過去　以往今昔一點唏噓
不需講一句　去了解內在不安焦慮
笑語裏（親切相對）
冷雨裏（不怨一句）

Another brick in THE WALL

Pink Floyd 於1979 年推出雙唱片 The Wall. 把 Pink Floyd 的音樂事業再推上另一高峰. The Wall 這張概念大碟以一位搖滾巨星為主角. 藉著他成長的經歷帶出現代社會各樣問題: 人的心靈都築起了一道厚牆, 令人與人之間無法溝通諒解, 只有擊破這道牆, 才可釋放心靈. 專輯的概念完整又意涵豐富, 加上成熟的音樂編排和音效. 在流行音樂史上有著前所未見的創作力和影響力. 到 1982 年著名導演 Alan Parker 把 The Wall 的音樂完整地拍成電影. 令 The Wall 的意念更具體, 也令 Pink Floyd 聲名更顯赫.

The Wall 也是我最喜歡的一張 Pink Floyd 專輯.

Another Brick in the Wall
求學時期不如意的經驗. 對傳統教育的反思


Comfortably Numb
現實下自我的摧毀. 成長中的必然過程.

Living...

30 Seconds to Mars, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Linkin Park & Khalil Fong.

他們的演出和附近出現的小節都印在腦裡.

若干年後某人也許會問; 你看過他們的演出嗎? 我會答:有呀.
然後某人也許會問; 你看過某某的演唱會嗎? 我會答:冇呀.
簡單的問一句, 然後簡單的回一句. 大家都學會在"冷", "靜", "快", "準" 的原則下專心渡日子. 然後所有事情和問題都化為黑與白. 對與錯, 利與害... 務必在三秒內完成答案, 方便處理更多接踵而來的問題.

生活效律的提高? 還是感情生活的毀滅. 最後隱藏在哪裡極其珍貴的感情都沒有了.

Goodbye Joy!

Beethoven's 9th Symphony, 4th Movement with Coral Symphony

Joyce Jonathan - 創作視野音樂會

相片由朋友a提供.

和朋友渴過肉腳骨茶後往上環文娛中心劇院觀看法國五月藝術節. 表演者是年僅21歲的法國女孩Joyce Jonathan. 憑藉她甜美的歌聲和音樂的才華很容易便把觀眾給引過來.

Joyce Jonathan - L'heure avait sonné (Clip officiel)

Someone Like You

Adele

Powerful & touching...

The BRIT Awards 2011 - Adele sings Someone Like You

I heard
That you're settled down
That you
Found a girl
And your
Married now

I heard
That your dreams came true
I guess she gave you things
I didn't give to you

Oh friend
Why you so shy
Ain't like you to hold back
Or hide from the light

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away I couldn't fight it
I hoped you'd see my face and be reminded
That for me
It isn't over

Nevermind
I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best
For you too
Don't forget me
I beg
I'll remember you still
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead

Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead
Yeah

You know how the time flies
Only yesterday
It was the time of our lives
We were born and bred
In a summer haze
Bound by the surprise
Of our glory days

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away I couldn't fight it
I hoped you'd see my face and be reminded
That for me
It isn't over

Nevermind
I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best
For you too
Don't forget me
I beg
I'll remember you still
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead

Nothing compares
No worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes
And memories made
Who would have known
How bittersweet
This would taste

Nevermind
I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best
For you too
Don't forget me
I beg
I'll remember you still
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead

Nevermind
I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best
For you too
Don't forget me
I beg
I'll remember you still
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead

Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead

The Script live in Hong Kong

來自愛爾蘭三人搖滾組合The Script首次來港. 2008年推出首張同名專輯. 2010第二張專輯名為Science & Faith. 雖然演唱會觀眾不多, 但他們都很努力以赴. The Script能創作一些高質素的流行情歌. 我相信The Script會有更高的成就. 畢竟樂隊還年輕
.
The Script - Breakeven

Bob Dylan Live in Hong Kong

Bob Dylan Live in Hong Kong 13/04/2011

Blowin' In The Wind, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Mr. Tambourine Man...Bob Dylan 快70歲了. 還記得剛剛拿起木結它唱Blowin' In The Wind的日子. 簡單又充滿意思.

Mark Knopfler, Neil Young, 羅大佑, 崔健...都深受Bob Dylan的影響. 是偶像中的偶像呀!

Bob Dylan 的偉大成就很大因由是他唱出對哪個時代的政治情感和批判, 用流行曲的歌詞反思人生哲理. 很多音樂人和我也許有同一樣想法. 流行曲可以改變一些人的想法, 改變我們的世界.

Well don't know which one is worse
Doing your own thing or just being cool
Well don't know which one is worse
Doing your own thing or just being cool
You remember only about the brass ring
You forget all about the golden rule.

from: Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking

演唱會中有根源的60's country(鄉謠), blues(藍調) 和 rockabilly(由搖滾及鄉村音樂特色合成的熱門音樂). 這一點令我覺得很難忘.

Set list
1. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
2. It Ain't Me, Babe
3. Things Have Changed
4. Tangled Up In Blue
5. Rollin' And Tumblin'
6. Simple Twist Of Fate
7. High Water (For Charley Patton)
8. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
9. The Levee's Gonna Break
10. If You Ever Go To Houston
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Spirit On The Water
13. My Wife's Home Town
14. Thunder On The Mountain
15. Ballad Of A Thin Man
(encore)
16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. Forever Young

World Peace!
Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Mama, take this badge from me
I can't use it any more
It's getting dark, too dark to see
I'm feelin' like I'm knocking on Heaven's door

Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door

Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them any more
That long cold black cloud is coming down
I'm feelin' like I'm knocking on Heaven's door

Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door, ooh yeah

好不容易

珍惜眼前的一切. 因為好不容易...

方大同 - 好不容易 MV
太多人失意　太多人忘記
太多人都說愛情失重無影
愛　也許是我的　愛　也許是他的
愛　也需要你做媒

聽說人呻鳴　聽說人分離
聽說人都說愛也無法證明
壞　別在數我的　怪　別在訴她的
再也不視你的美

我在這裡　帶著你　很值得　一直我會愛著你
心服的　心不捨　一切都不可思議
因為愛的只有你　我已換了自己
我意識到　好不容易　好不容易　好不容易　愛到你

總有人堅定　總有人相信
總有人懂得愛能深刻無底
愛　也許是我的　愛　也許是她的
愛　也許要你做媒

我在這裡　帶著你　很值得　一直我會愛著你
心服的　心不捨　一切都不可思議
因為愛的只有你　我已換了自己
我意識到　好不容易　好不容易　好不容易　愛到你

我還有萬事不會　已聽不少無可到老的承諾
世界裡　有多少胡不歸
而我有我知己　陪我度過四季
沒有什麼在這一生　可求

我在這裡　帶著你　很值得　一直我會愛著你
心服的　心不捨　一切都不可思議
因為愛的只有你　我已換了自己
我意識到　好不容易　好不容易　好不容易　愛到你

God bless JAPAN

禮儀師の奏鳴/Departures

我祈求日本所有的災民得到平安.
我祈求日本死難者的靈魂得到安息.
我祈求日本人互助合作儘快渡過難關.
我祈求日本早日有一個生機處處的春天.

Memory/Joe Hisaishi and London Sympohny Orchestra

Michael Buble Live In Hong Kong

Michael Buble “Crazy Love Tour”

加拿大的大情人歌手首次來港獻唱. 對我來說Michael Buble的音樂是Big Band, Jazz, Soul, Love Song一類. 他的音樂和歌聲很容易令人想起Frank Sinatra. 但他說自己最喜歡的是The Beatles 和 Michael Jackson. 流行音樂始終植根於很多不同類型的音樂人心中. Michael Buble不單唱得, 講話也很了得. 怪不得這位新浪漫主義歌手有哪麼多粉絲了.

演唱會當日正值日本東北地區宮城縣發生八點九級大地震. 祝福受日本地震影響的人平安.

Michael Bublé - Home (Video)
Another summer day
Is come and gone away
In Paris and Rome
But I wanna go home
Mmmmmmmm

Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know

And I’ve been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you
Each one a line or two
“I’m fine baby, how are you?”
Well I would send them but I know that it’s just not enough
My words were cold and flat
And you deserve more than that

Another aerorplane
Another sunny place
I’m lucky I know
But I wanna go home
Mmmm, I’ve got to go home

Let me go home
I’m just too far from where you are
I wanna come home

And I feel just like I’m living someone else’s life
It’s like I just stepped outside
When everything was going right
And I know just why you could not
Come along with me
But this was not your dream
But you always believe in me

Another winter day has come
And gone away
And even Paris and Rome
And I wanna go home
Let me go home

And I’m surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel alone
Oh, let go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

Let me go home
I’ve had my run
Baby, I’m done
I gotta go home
Let me go home
It will all right
I’ll be home tonight
I’m coming back home

Eric Clapton Live in Hong Kong 2011

能夠第二次看Eric Clapton 演唱會真的太好了.

上一次看是2007年一月份的事. 今次的演出有長期合作的鼓手Steve Gadd, 低音結他手Willie Weeks及鍵琴手Chris Stainton等. 有別於上一次的演唱會, 今次的結它手只有Eric Clapton一個. Eric fans真是大飽耳福. Layla 是一個acoustic version. 而Wonderful Tonight就是一個難得接近original的版本. 看看以下set list, 都可算是一個金曲夜.
HONG KONG SET LIST - 18 FEBRUARY 2011
01. Key To The Highway
02. Going Down Slow
03. Hoochie Coochie Man
04. Old Love
05. I Shot The Sheriff
06. Driftin'
07. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
08. River Runs Deep
09. Rocking Chair
10. Same Old Blues (song by JJ Cale)
11. When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful
12. Layla
13. Badge
14. Wonderful Tonight
15. Before You Accuse Me
16. Little Queen Of Spades
17. Cocaine
18. Further On Up The Road

當晚位置比上次好一點, 看見65歲的Eric Clapton狀態很不錯. 表演相當精彩, 音響也很清晰. 整體感覺要比上一次還好.

可以肯定Eric Clapton是一位十分勤力的結他手. 他很早就成了名, 而且一直堅持自己的音樂風格. 足跡走遍好幾個地球. 這樣子一位伴著結他超過五十年的老頭. 內心真的很敬佩和激動.

Eric Clapton- Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out (live)

Empty Rooms

RIP man, thanks for your awesome music!

Gary Moore - Empty Rooms (HQ). Live in Stockholm, 1987.

季羨林談人生

季羨林談人生

已故國學大師季羨林先生認為

「能為國家，為人民，為他人著想而遏制自己的本性的，就是有道德的人。能夠百分之六十為他人著想，百分之四十為自己著想，他就是一個及格的人。」「毫不利已、專門利人」的人是絕無僅有。

從小我一直要求自己做一個及格的人.
老師給你分數是很科學的事, 所以我讀書都一般一般.
出來做點簡單事, 老闆出糧比你都算是及格.
沒有宗教信仰的我, 做人便難到我了.
我對自己的道德要求是高的.
但能夠百分之六十為他人著想,
百分之四十為自己著想才是及格的人.
好不客易啊.

今年接了兩個離世的消息同樣震撼.

曾主演《二十四隻眼睛》及《浮雲》等日本黑白名片的老牌女星高峰秀子，周二（ 28日）因肺癌在東京一間醫院逝世，終年 86歲。高峰秀子出生於日本北海道函館市， 5歲時以童星身份出道演藝界，二次大戰後到 60年代與日本導演大師木下惠介、成瀨巳喜男等合作密切，是日本電影黃金時期的代表人物之一。高峰秀子 79年已引退藝能界，丈夫是電影導演兼劇作家松山善三。

在日本電影黃金時期的眾多演員中, 我最喜歡看高峰秀子.

前Thin Lizzy結他手Gary Moore周日凌晨在西班牙 的酒店房內，懷疑醉酒被嘔吐物梗塞呼吸系統窒息致死，終年58歲，據報由他的女伴發現他昏迷後報警，救護員到場時見他僅身穿內褲。有傳他之前曾喝下香檳及白蘭地。Gary Moore被譽為他同代最佳的結他手之一，亦曾與BB King及卜戴倫合作推出唱片。

Gary Moore絕對是一位superb guitar player.

對於他們的離世, 我感到十分惋惜. 我想如果香港其中一位很有錢的富豪離去, 我是沒有這麼感觸的. 榮華富貴統統都是過眼雲煙.

萬般帶不走 唯有業隨身