这个大概是我看到的第一个MTV，当时觉得太酷了。电影空手道小子（Karate kid）的主题歌，演唱者是Peter Cetera，嗓音独特，令人难忘。是个叫做芝加哥乐队的主唱，现在这个乐队好像没了。

Tonight it’s very clear
As we’re both lying here
There’s so many things I want to say
I will always love you
I would never leave you alone

Sometimes I just forget
Say things I might regret
It breaks my heart to see you crying
I don’t wanna lose you
I could never make it alone

I am a man who will fight for your honor
I’ll be the hero you’re dreaming of
We’ll live forever
Knowing together that we
Did it all for the glory of love

You’ll keep me standing tall
You’ll help me through it all
I’m always strong when you’re beside me
I have always needed you
I could never make it alone

I am a man who will fight for your honor
I’ll be the hero you’ve been dreaming of
We’ll live forever
Knowing together that we
Did it all for the glory of love

Just like a knight in shining armor
From a long time ago
Just in time I will save the day
Take you to my castle far away

I am a man who will fight for your honor
I’ll be the hero you’re dreaming of
We’re gonna live forever
Knowing together that we
Did it all for the glory of love

We’ll live forever
Knowing together that we
Did it all for the glory of love

We did it all for love
We did it all for love
We did it all for love
We did it all for love

有很多事情我以为已经忘记了，就像这首歌。可当那天在车上听到Phil Collins那独特的嗓音婉转悠扬低吟浅唱出"do you remember"时，才发现原来一切都还在。

We never talked about it
But I hear the blame was mine
I'd call you up to say I'm sorry
But I wouldn't want to waste your time

'cos I love you, but I can't take any more
There's a look I can't describe in your eyes
Yes we could try, like we tried before
When you kept on telling me those lies

Do you remember...?

There seemed no way to make up
'cos it seemed your mind was set
And the way you looked it told me
It's a look I know I'll never forget

You could've come over to my side
You could've let me know
You could've tried to see the distance between us
But it seemed too far for you to go.

Do you remember...?

Through all of my life
In spite of all the pain
You know people are funny sometimes
'cos they just can't wait
To get hurt again

Do you remember...?

There are things we won't recall
Feelings we'll never find
It's taken so long to see it
Cos we never seemed to have the time

There was always something more important to do
More important to say
But I love you wasn't one of those things
And now it's too late

Do you remember...?

好象我写的Tag没有一个是和别人有交集的。

       这是我从另一个blog上偷来的音乐。那天也差不多是现在这点儿吧，反正是夜深天未明的时候，上网查资料写东西。干正经事累得实在是可以了，烟抽完了，写不出什么了可也睡不着，于是就开始在网上乱出溜，见链接就点，不知怎么的就跑到了那个blog，现在已经不记得那个站的网址甚至内容是什么了，好像是个白乎乎的界面吧，真的记不清了。只记得音箱里突然响起了这首曲子，清澈的钢琴声如流水般叮叮咚咚，一时间恍闻天乐......

      接下来挨个网页记网址然后关掉（窗口开了一大堆不知道是哪个在响），找到了那个页面，然后无耻的view source终于找到了这首mp3，下载完毕关机睡觉。

      醒来后再听，觉得是首不错的曲子，但是怎么也找不到初听时那种醍醐灌顶般的空灵感觉了。后来想明白了当人熬成我当时的那幅sui状态时，估计听见点什么乐器的动静都能有所感动。大概是人sui了以后平时武装自己使自己保持冷静看起来不那么容易感动的硬壳子也随之软了，所以其实没什么东西能轻易感动人，人都是直接或间接被自己感动的。

      说了一堆离题万里的废话，其实主要想和大家分享的是这首曲子，这个钢琴曲叫kiss the rain，是韩国一叫Yiruma的钢琴家谱曲并演奏的，据说在韩国专门给电视剧配曲，也是红透半边天的人物呢。在中国这边知道的人多不多就不清楚了，反正我几乎不看韩剧，之前从未听说过他老人家，今儿巴巴的拿出来献宝，兴许哪位喜爱韩国文化的爷瞅见了嘴一撇：“就这还好意思往外现呐？！”丢人也不怕了，咱就这点好，心理素质过硬！

      末了给大家伙一链接，省得您万一也喜欢这小曲儿还得乱找，我帮您省事了，瞧咱多仁义啊！
Kiss the rain

    “神龙帕夫住在海之滨，嬉戏玩耍、吐雾又吞云......”没错，你现在听到的就是这首节奏轻快、旋律优美的儿歌《神龙帕夫》。
      第一次听到这首歌是在小学或是初中吧，中央人民广播电台的一个节目，好像叫“听音乐学英语”。那时候音像节目来源很少，想看一些好电影听些外国歌曲的渠道很难找，反正我是主要靠广播。那时英语不是很好（现在也不咋地：），所以学英语的兴趣不强，这个节目我基本上就是当音乐节目来听的。节目时间应该是在周三和周五晚上十一点多，在那年代这对于一个规矩老实的小孩来说是很晚的了，那时提倡早睡早起，好像还具体到晚上九点就该入睡了，所以每次都是拿着小收音机躲在被子里偷偷的听。很多时候节目没等到或没听完就睡着了，然后夜半或次日早晨被杂音惊醒，迷迷糊糊的再关上。这种情形可能和我同龄的许多人都有过，其实是物质贫乏的一种侧面表现（电视台很早就没节目了，也没有电脑更甭提网络了），但是现在偶尔想起来，却是十分怀念那小小的快乐。
       扯远了，说回初听这首歌的那个晚上吧。记得那天也是早早的就上床了，躲在被子里捧着小收音机等节目，等着等着就睡着了。忽然，一阵简单但优美的吉他拨弦把我唤（惊？）醒了，然后就是一个温和的男声不紧不慢的唱出了“Puff, the magic dragon...”。歌声美妙，直入灵魂深处，一时恍惚间竟不分不清楚是真听到了这么一首歌还是梦中忽闻天籁......
      重播的时候又听，越听越爱听，也不知道具体的歌词，就大概知道是讲一条神龙。然后就自己展开无穷的想象：一条威武的金色四爪神龙飞舞在空中，偶尔吐出一两条水柱什么的，快乐的玩耍着。后来才知道国外的龙和中国图腾龙是不一样的：胖胖的身子上长着两只小小的翅膀，而且吐出来的是火。再然后就听不到这首歌了，因为节目每周更换内容，于是拼命的记住一小段旋律，时不时地哼唱两声，有时忽然想不起来了，急得不得了，感觉仿佛有些美好的东西失去了，绞尽脑汁无功而返之后在某个时候却又忽然记起，于是高兴的大声吟唱，像个小傻子。
      就这样一句两句含含糊糊的唱了许多年，直到有了网络了，找东西方便了，也找到了这首歌。再看看歌词，原来也算个小小的悲剧故事，这些年来一直以为是首欢乐的歌呢：）

Puff, the magic dragon

Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee.
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff
And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff, oh
Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee.
Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee.

Together they would travel on boat with billowed sail
Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff's gigantic tail
Noble kings and princes would bow whene'er they came
Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name, oh

CHORUS

A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys
Painted wings and giants's rings make way for other toys.
One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more
And Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.

His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave
So, Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave, oh

CHORUS

     “阿瑟的主题”这首歌可能很多人没有听过，或者觉得旋律熟悉但歌名陌生。
      没关系，点击下面的歌名听听吧，我有足够的自信：听完这首歌后，你会有兴趣继续读下去了解它的。其实这怎么能叫自信呢，是对这首歌有信心，我相信大多数人听一遍就会喜欢上它的。至少我就是第一次听到就被迷住的。
      上世纪八十年代末九十年代初，中国国际广播电台的EasyFM可能是我这个年龄段的人在当时不多的几个接触国外流行音乐的渠道之一。当时在天津只有中午十二点到一点一个小时可以收听到，还是中波，效果很差，更郁闷的是节目解说是英文，而且不是每首歌都报名字的，因此有好多那时爱听的歌直到现在都不知道到底是什么：（
      还好这首歌报名字了，而且那时我正在看老版的电影《亚瑟王》，对Arthur这个词还是知道的，兼之那时已经开始喜欢一点古典音乐，知道Theme是主题的意思。因此，阿瑟的主题，这个我当时觉得很难的“听力题”居然被我连蒙带猜的解对了：）
      这首歌是一部电影《Arthur》（港台有译作《二八佳人花公子》）的主题曲。是由当时红极一时的杜德利·摩尔（Dudley Moore ）、丽莎·明妮莉（Liza Minnelli）主演的浪漫喜剧，这首歌获得了当年的奥斯卡最佳歌曲奖。说到演唱者就更了不得了：Christopher Cross，他在1980年第23届葛莱美奖上大放异彩一连囊括最受瞩目的『年度唱片』、『年度专辑』、『年度歌曲』、『年度新人』等四项大奖再加上『最佳演唱编曲』奖，记录至今无人能出其右。
      这首歌无论是旋律还是歌词，稍微仔细研读，都会有一种强烈的八十年代的感觉。不要问我这种感觉是什么，我拙劣的文笔无法详加描述，只是每次我听到这首歌，都会恍惚回到那一个或无数个秋日的午后休息时间：窗外树影斑斓，阳光灿烂但并不耀眼；教室内人声鼎沸却并又好似静了音的电影画面般无声无息，我就站在哪个角落里，泪流满面，心静如水......
      那天看《六人行》（Friends）。莫尼卡想让初试剪功的菲比为她剪一个黛咪·摩尔式的发型，没想到粗心的菲比给她剪成了《Arthur》里的杜德利·摩尔式！快要被气疯了又不愿相信这一切不是个噩梦的莫尼卡向其他朋友求证，幽默而好抖机灵的钱德勒是这样告诉她的：When you get caught between the Moon and New York City, I know it's crazy, but it's true

Arthur's Theme

Once in your life you find her
Someone that turns your heart around
And next thing you know you're closing down the town
Wake up and it's still with you
Even though you left her way across town
Wondering to yourself, "Hey, what've I found?"

When you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do ......
The best that you can do is fall in love

Arthur he does as he pleases
All of his life, he's mastered choice
Deep in his heart, he's just, he's just a boy
Living his life one day at a time
And showing himself a really good time
Laughing about the way they want him to be

When you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do .....
The best that you can do is fall in love

When you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do .....
The best that you can do is fall in love

这首歌是一首老摇滚，演唱者叫Chuck Berry，牛逼到极点的一位人物，具体有多牛，我也不多说什么，只摘录网络上对他的评论几条：
“忘记"猫王"吧，Chuck Berry才是真正的摇滚乐之父”；
“从50年代CHUCK BERRY的《超越贝多芬》，我们听到了摇滚的第一声呐喊”；
“从公众影响力看，Chuck Berry无法与猫王相提并论，可是就音乐本身，也许Chuck Berry的价值更大，他跨越大西洋，启发了英伦摇滚”；
“Chuck Berry可能是摇滚乐史上第一个真正的「吉他英雄」，把电吉他的音色推到前所未有的境界，非常清脆响亮，指法飞快，创造了独一无二的音乐语汇”
......
牛逼的Chuck Berry，我有他的几张CD，有喜好的，咱们可以课下单独联系：）

为什么选这首You Never Can Tell给大家介绍呢？有爱看电影的同学可能会觉得这首曲子有点熟悉，对，那位同学答对了，这就是鬼才导演昆汀·塔伦蒂诺的《低俗小说》中约翰·塔拉沃尔塔和乌玛·瑟曼光脚大跳热辣舞蹈的那段舞曲！

约翰·塔拉沃尔塔年轻时是红极舞坛的一位跳将，可惜没赶上好时候，年纪轻轻刚跳了没两段就赶上歌舞片过时，造化弄人，风华正茂的一代舞坛高手也随之过气，名字渐渐被人遗忘，肚子也悄悄鼓起。还好，有这位鬼才导演昆汀·塔伦蒂诺。

这昆汀原本就是一个租录像带小店里的打杂小工，平日没事的时候就看店中的那些带子，而且让我们中国同胞感到亲切的是：丫最喜欢吴宇森的英雄片。所谓“熟读唐诗三百首，不会吟诗也会吟”，虽没受过任何专业系统的电影理论培训，昆汀硬是靠看了无数的片子开始写剧本、当导演，最后竟成为一位国际级的电影大师（有点过，但不是太过），所以说丫是鬼才呢！也正是因为没有被专业的理论教育污染，丫在做片子的时候，经常会有一些出人意料的举动。譬如拍这个《低俗小说》，谁都没想到也不理解为什么昆汀会选用约翰·塔拉沃尔塔，而据昆汀自己说，丫就是以前在店里看片子的时候觉得约翰·塔拉沃尔塔的舞跳得太帅了，而这片子里有一段黑帮小弟陪老大的女人跳舞的场景，这个舞丫觉得就得让约翰跳才牛逼！专业培训出来的导演应该不会像昆汀这样随意，毕竟让一个过气已久被大家忘得差不多的人来出任男主角（这部戏是一个很奇特的环形叙事结构，不太好分出谁是一号主角）是要冒很大风险的，但昆汀牛，偏要用，一用还真就成了。而且不但这部影片既叫好又叫座，还捎带脚把约翰·塔拉沃尔塔这条咸鱼也给翻过身来，后来才有吴宇森找他出演《变脸》。

话说回来，约翰·塔拉沃尔塔和乌玛·瑟曼在片中的这段舞蹈也的确出彩，有看过周星驰《百变星君》的，里边周大少爷和黑帮老大女人的那段热辣舞蹈，就是完全照搬这一折。当然，音乐也是这段Chuck Berry的You Never Can Tell

You Never Can Tell

It was a teenage wedding, and the old folks wished them well
You could see that Pierre did truly love the madamoiselle
And now the young monsieur and madame have rung the chapel bell,
"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell

They furnished off an apartment with a two room Roebuck sale
The coolerator was crammed with TV dinners and ginger ale,
But when Pierre found work, the little money comin' worked out well
"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell

They had a hi-fi phono, boy, did they let it blast
Seven hundred little records, all rock, rhythm and jazz
But when the sun went down, the rapid tempo of the music fell
"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell

They bought a souped-up jitney, 'twas a cherry red '53,
They drove it down to Orleans to celebrate the anniversary
It was there that Pierre was married to the lovely madamoiselle
"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell

      John Denver和Domingo合唱的"Perhaps Love"
      现在美声歌手和流行歌手携手演出已经不是什么新鲜的事情了，譬如帕瓦罗蒂他老人家为了科索沃的孩子们就曾经和一大摞流行歌手配合了整整一场演唱会。但我还清晰的记得刚听到这首"Perhaps Love"的时候，仿佛看到了孙悟空和黑风怪在跳交谊舞！奇怪的是，这段舞蹈竟然跳得那么和谐，那么美丽。
      Domingo的声音是典型的美声：音域辽阔，音色空灵高远，略显固执如被华贵正统的燕尾服束缚着；而John的声音则是一如既往的无与伦比：磁性的音色是上天的恩赐，歌声婉转悠扬，如着仔裤T恤般轻松自在。

Perhaps Love

Perhaps love is like a resting place
A shelter from the storm
It exists to give you comfort
It is there to keep you warm
And in those times of trouble
When you are most alone
The memory of love will bring you home

Perhaps love is like a window
Perhaps an open door
It invites you to come closer
It wants to show you more
And even if you lose yourself
And don't know what to do
The memory of love will see you through

Oh, love to some is like a cloud
To some as strong as steel

For some a way of living
For some a way to feel

And some say love is holding on
And some say letting go
And some say love is everything
And some say they don't know

Perhaps love is like the ocean
Full of conflict, full of pain
Like a fire when it's cold outside
Or thunder when it rains
If I could live forever
And all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you.