Rock x Orchestra
Paul: 邊個話Rock 唔可以同Classic 一齊夾架?
有隊Orchestra 再加個Percussion
襯埋隊band 效果聽出黎live 好豐富好滿足
由Beyond 年代到現在,聽Paul 聽左十幾年,看他個人演唱會還是第二次。
十分感動他唱<<十八>>!這是他從 Beyond 年代到近年都沒有唱過LIVE的一首。
<<十八>>不知為什麼很觸動到我,久不久便會開來聽聽,在YouTube 裡搜尋卻都只得一兩個不是video 的results。所以他一唱我真的感動了,真是很難得。
他請了兩個特別嘉賓....特別的"組合": Sober Band !!! 好搞笑!!
還要在 Encore 時間出現,大家都莫名的大笑但又興奮地覺得 OK WOR!
呢種幽默反而令大家難忘。
比起以往,今次Live 的Solo 多了很多! 滿足晒了
Showing posts with label MUSIC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MUSIC. Show all posts
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Let's explore Music at Grooveshark 一起找好音樂!
你們有去過一個叫 「蝦米」(xiami.com) 的音樂分享網嗎?
是非常好用的,最喜歡是它因你的 playlist & 「收藏的艺人」,提供「你可能会感兴趣的..」
及各種分門別類的音樂推介,例如"心情"和"星座" lol 我從那裡真的發現過不少好音樂呢!
可惜現在它不容許香港的用戶去收聽了.. (所以我上面的不是推介,是廢話)
我和以前的roommate 沒有了這個好地方,真的真的抓狂了。
於是在網上到處搜尋,終於找到了另一個不錯的音樂地﹣Grooveshark (http://grooveshark.com/)
當然有一般search by Artists, Albums, Songs, Genres ,etc.
有"Similar Artists"可讓你 explore 更多同類型音樂。亦除了可以create自己playlists, 你可以看到有哪些 Users 把你喜歡的歌和artists 都加了去自己的playlist 裡,然後又看看他們的playlist 有什麼好歌,的確是一個找音樂的好方法!
而我最喜歡的是,當你search 你想找的音樂 e.g Beatles, indie, 除了見到 Music, Album & Playlist Matches, 更有 Video Matches !! Grooveshark 與Youtube link up了一起,可以找歌又可以看MV!
Connect with Facebook, 各位找到好嘢請分享 :p !
呀! 不用擔心啊,廣東歌和國語歌也有!
是非常好用的,最喜歡是它因你的 playlist & 「收藏的艺人」,提供「你可能会感兴趣的..」
及各種分門別類的音樂推介,例如"心情"和"星座" lol 我從那裡真的發現過不少好音樂呢!
可惜現在它不容許香港的用戶去收聽了.. (所以我上面的不是推介,是廢話)
我和以前的roommate 沒有了這個好地方,真的真的抓狂了。
於是在網上到處搜尋,終於找到了另一個不錯的音樂地﹣Grooveshark (http://grooveshark.com/)
當然有一般search by Artists, Albums, Songs, Genres ,etc.
有"Similar Artists"可讓你 explore 更多同類型音樂。亦除了可以create自己playlists, 你可以看到有哪些 Users 把你喜歡的歌和artists 都加了去自己的playlist 裡,然後又看看他們的playlist 有什麼好歌,的確是一個找音樂的好方法!
而我最喜歡的是,當你search 你想找的音樂 e.g Beatles, indie, 除了見到 Music, Album & Playlist Matches, 更有 Video Matches !! Grooveshark 與Youtube link up了一起,可以找歌又可以看MV!
Connect with Facebook, 各位找到好嘢請分享 :p !
呀! 不用擔心啊,廣東歌和國語歌也有!
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
A bit emotional
上班的時候, 自己又開出來聽
很有意義,
更充滿著回憶
聽著, 我突然哭了
最近重拾了聽收音機的習慣
今天早上903 DJ 播了這首歌
衝天救兵 x Supper Moment 《最後晚餐》
上班的時候, 自己又開出來聽
很有意義,
更充滿著回憶
聽著, 我突然哭了
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Whitney Houston is gone.
It's a sad news.
Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. I first listened to this song in my dad's car when I was a kid . This is a very great great song which has been known by the people aged eight to eighty. Whitney Houston is Legendary. Will miss your incredible singing, and I will always love you.
R.I.P.
Singer Whitney Houston dies at 48
By the CNN Wire Staff
February 12, 2012 -- Updated 0323 GMT (1123 HKT)
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Legendary pop singer Whitney Houston was found dead Saturday at a Beverly Hills, California, hotel, officials said. She was 48.
The entertainer, whose incredible talent was discovered at an early age, was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. (6:55 p.m. ET) at the Beverly Hilton hotel despite resuscitation efforts, a police spokesman said.
Beverly Hills Police Lt. Mark Rosen said there were "no obvious signs of criminal intent" and that the cause of her death is being investigated.
Houston's bodyguard found her body, said Courtney Barnes, publicist for hip-hop artist Ray J, who was dating the pop diva.
According to her official website, Houston sold more than 170 million albums, singles and videos. But she also struggled with addiction problems over the years.
Houston, whose hits included "The Greatest Love of All," died on the eve of the 54th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. She had performed as late as Thursday night at a pre-Grammy event in the area.
Music producer Jimmy Jam, after conversations with those heading up to Sunday's night show, told CNN that he believes the event will change significantly -- including a tribute to the singer.
Houston was set to appear in this year's "Sparkle," a remake of the 1976 hit, which was loosely based on the story of The Supremes. It was her first movie role since 1996's "The Preacher's Wife."
News of her death elicited a flood of reaction on social media, from fans and fellow celebrities alike.
Music producer Russell Simmons wrote he was "deeply saddened by the death of Whitney Houston."
Dolly Parton, who wrote "I Will Always Love You," said, "mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston. I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, 'Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.'"
Another entertainment legend, Quincy Jones, said he was "absolutely heartbroken" by the news. "She was a true original and a talent beyond compare," he said.
Houston's body of work includes seven straight Billboard No. 1 hits in the 1980s, including "Saving All My Love for You," "How Will I Know," "The Greatest Love of All," "Where Do Broken Hearts Go," and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me.)"
Billboard put her soundtrack to the 1992 movie "The Bodyguard" as one of the top 10 biggest-selling albums of all time. She also starred in the film with Kevin Costner. The soundtrack included the hit,"I Will Always Love You."
The daughter of singer Cissy Houston, Whitney was born on August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey.
Famed music producer Clive Davis reportedly spotted Houston 20 years later in a New York nightclub, signing her on the spot, according to her website. Davis steered Houston's career for more than 25 years, also serving as a mentor.
Just Thursday, Davis told CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" that, with Houston, "I saw a depth and a range and soul ... that rarely ranks at the top level. And that's why we've been working together ever since."
The singer's rendition of the national anthem at the 1991 Super Bowl, days into the first Persian Gulf War, earned raves and cemented her place in the American musical landscape.
After "The Bodyguard," Houston went on to appear in several more films in the 1990s, including "Waiting to Exhale."
In 2000, Houston earned her sixth Grammy for best female R&B performance and, a month later, she was named female artist of the decade at the "Soul Train" Music Awards.
Her career stalled, however, in subsequent years as she entered rehab for addiction problems.
Houston took a hiatus for several years before releasing her first album in seven years, "I Look to You," in 2009.
"I just took a break, which sometimes you have to," said Houston. "You have to know when to slow that train down and kind of just sit back and relax for a minute."
In May 2011, Houston got help for her much-publicized struggle with drugs and alcohol, her representative said at the time.
In a 2009 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Houston recalled how her mother arrived one day at her doorstep at her daughter's house with sheriff's officers and a court order in a drug intervention. She talked about doing cocaine and smoking marijuana.
"(My mother) says, 'I have a court (injunction) here,'" Houston said. "Either you do it my way, or we're just not going to do this at all. We are both going to go on TV, and you're going to retire.'"
Houston had a high-profile and tumultuous marriage to Bobby Brown, a former "New Edition" star who has had multiple brushes with the law.
The couple appeared together in the mid-2000s on the reality show "Being Bobby Brown." They had one child together, Bobbi Kristina.(CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/11/showbiz/whitney-houston-dead/index.html)
Houston was the cousin of Dionne Warwick, another acclaimed performer.
CNN's Denise Quan and Alan Duke contributed to this report.
Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. I first listened to this song in my dad's car when I was a kid . This is a very great great song which has been known by the people aged eight to eighty. Whitney Houston is Legendary. Will miss your incredible singing, and I will always love you.
R.I.P.
Whitney Houston, the Legendary Singer of the Century |
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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一切由「電視看不到陳奕迅」開始 ——一個神秘apps創辦人的獨家訪問
專題報道 | 文 黃靜
(not the same as newspaper version)
會客室內,我跟不願上鏡、不願在訪問裏表露身份的甲、乙兩個創意媒體人,做了一個不願談「在做什麼」、「未來做什麼」和「為何這樣做」這個透明度極低的獨—家—訪—問。 「其實你可以作個古仔,鍾意講乜都得。」甲說。「若我們有個message,這個message就是我們並非玩嘢。」乙說。「令香港人開心就得了。我們想得很簡單。」甲說。「我們不是高竇。我們不想做英雄,brand行頭,我們不過想做人與人之間的東西。」乙說。 我回道,但這個城市已經對你們的所作所為有所反應。想起你們底,想知道什麼葫蘆賣什麼藥。不知何日開始,商品推銷之間,鬧市裏,兀然豎立了林林總總鮮黃或海軍藍的、只有一句曾經hit爆的廣東歌詞的大型廣告牌。本應只會在K房內、舞台上、耳筒裏橫流的情欲,竟大模斯樣與異化、集體、消費主義的社會秩序「文本互涉」。從特定的娛樂場景剝離,歌詞突然紛紛成為「給香港的情書」。 今天路經,仍令我想起,只有宗教團體才會在街道上「買廣告寫大字」——「我是道路、真理、生命。」
「這麼多廣告始終花費一筆。看來你們真的有話跟香港人說(而不止於soft sell『四百萬養大孩子』那種賺人熱淚氹你落搭的廣告)。」
「就是『不相信會絕望/ 不感覺到躊躇』囉。」甲說。這句出現在世貿對出,幾層樓高,正是《古惑仔》中陳浩南與山雞大搖大擺的銅鑼灣。
「或者『世界末日到了麼/就算終結會如何』,大家點先?」乙說,挑機狀。
「哈你們好像講緊沙士時期的香港。」
「現在仲衰過沙士。」甲說。
「當時還會團結一些,現在是自私,大家都為自己,為搵好多錢。」乙說。
「為何現在的人要去到咁盡?」甲說。
他們反轉了廣告方程式,沒明星沒嘜頭沒產品資訊無誇張圖畫。現在連我的訪問都要反轉:無人名、職銜、專業、品牌與機構簡介——在大眾傳媒裏,這些才算是可信指標。但他們就是要想像、營造一個「只是人向人說話的世界」。是故他們一邊向我的問題說不,一邊跟我談笑風生。「其實你可以作個古仔,鍾意講乜都得。」
廣告,可以是記憶
粵語歌詞是香港最頑強的集體記憶:香港人內心深處的腹語。
面朝政府合署人山人海的灣仔天橋上,急急腳的打工仔路經黃底藍字的廣告板,上面寫上LMF的rap句「想我都想好像中咗頭獎/有嘢唔駛做/老闆又吹我唔漲」。
沿路的士車身又有「明明綠燈/轉眼變成紅燈」,聖誕前後消費廣告中間,夾着「Merry merry christmas/lonely lonely christmas」。地鐵燈箱寫有「感激車站裡/尚有月台曾讓我們滿足到落淚」;還有「愁或喜/生與死/也是香港地」、「煤氣燈不禁影照街裡一對蚯蚓」..主要圍繞近二十年流行曲,最舊有陳百強,最多當然來自林夕和黃偉文的手筆。
有人說那是她看過最深刻的廣告。有人拍下、截圖,有人把黃偉文歌詞與毗鄰的鐵達時廣告串連。有人開始不耐煩,以為他們故弄玄虛。
鋪天蓋地?這一百款廣告牌,更像打游擊。「買的都是最平的位置,非行車的、隔涉的..一個紅隧口廣告便可抵上我們所有。」
But the spell works。
「若行內人想推廣這種服務,也許就會即時啟動『預設』︰明星代言、collag e 一堆相片。其實有什麼關係?郭富城跟你說這個service好,往往還加上『音樂.共享』幾個大字。」「以召喚情感共鳴去做生意,是否很計算?說真的,若整盤生意失敗,香港人開心了一下,也不錯。」歌詞廣告板右下角還有個小小的網址www.iknowthissong.org,是一個music sharing apps網頁,只留下一個叫Soliton 的組織名字,並無介紹。你只見到熟悉的音樂人、藝術家,或陌生人的playlist,和每天一百個apps試用額每每爆滿,有人在面書上說抽極不中。
數碼音樂平台再定義
這不就是一盤apps的生意麼?
怎麼登記成「org」,滿以為是什麼「保衞粵語運動」。
「只是登記不到com。哈哈。」相信這是首個香港發展的音樂分享apps。外國不少早已發揚光大,Spotify和Rhapsody也剛和facebook合作,進一步擴展版圖。
「我們不是做rocket science,不是開天闢地新技術。我們在重新定義用途本身。這是一個服務,但也是創意概念先行,微觀用者是怎樣的人,注視『身份記認』。而不是歐美或某些公司以科技去做招徠。好像每個人花很多時間update iPhon e,我們總是反過來在serve科技。不很奇怪麼?」Soliton網頁上最清晰的也只有廣東歌詞。所有apps服務都由歌詞包裝,若是香港人,或熱衷香港音樂的男女,才心領神會——這不是秘密組織是什麼?
例如,噏句歌詞,以聲音識別歌曲,是為apps裏「兩鬚斑白/都可認得你」的「voice recognition」。又或追蹤你的偶像、名人或陌生人在聽什麼歌:「現在網絡平台發展成『垂直社交網絡』,我們正在做音樂版的垂直網絡。」最後是主動介紹些和你口味相近、遠方朋友同步在聽的相關作品,未必是派台歌,乃在主流媒體以外發現遺珠。
其實這些功能都見於現存的歐美音樂apps,「但它們沒有廣東歌。」甲說,之後會加上新遊戲,「都是為好玩。很想推廣以前香港強大的改編文化,並包容今天網絡時興的歌詞『後創作』。」
其實,有人聽歌
聽甲和乙娓娓道來,令人以為music sh aring apps作為一門生意,充滿未來。這令人不解:唱片工業大受打擊,大家不是以為音樂工業已是明日黃花?
甲:「YouTube十大點擊有三至五首是歌曲。有些人話你知,現在音樂事業不行了,沒人聽歌了;但一些客觀數據告訴你,並非如此。」
評論人洛楓看過今年一些音樂頒獎禮,在網絡上寫:「到底是我太懷舊、太眷戀八、九十年代香港流行音樂的光輝歲月而無法投入這世代的歌音?還是眼前的聲色真的褪色了而無法撩動心弦?..真正屬於這世代的歌音根本進不了目前樂壇(假如有的話),腐化的建制,不是私相授受就是壟斷和利益交易,強迫大眾接受一個五音不全、聲底太薄只會張口的所謂歌手!..於是,真的想聽『好歌』、『好聲』和我們的『時代歌曲』,只會在網絡聽..」
事情都在網絡發生了。
甲:「我一直為音樂人做唱片封套。我遇到很多熱情的音樂製作人,依然好有力量。許冠傑代表香港?現在的歌手音樂也代表香港。」但筆者質疑現在的音樂少了影響力?「是現在的人不懂得欣賞,只懂得鬧。」甲回應。
乙:「音樂有得做。為什麼?我們三人從事網絡或媒體,反而不是來自音樂工業。在核突狹小的商場寫字樓開始。緣起是在2010年尾,為大電子品牌發展intern et TV。當時無綫和四大唱片公司割絕,亞視又沒音樂,可以試試集中做音樂..若是個人版本,其實一切源於我太太問『為何電視看不到陳奕迅?』開始。大企業之間的瓜葛,與市民口味無關,就這樣切斷了流通。」之後Soliton找到中外投資者,辦公室細屋換大屋。但這時,無綫已和唱片公司解凍。江山未改,霸權難移。
IFPI中港台報告指自1990年代中的十年間唱片銷量下跌85%。出奇在,根據外國一些報告,唱片公司在銷量大瀉下仍能賺錢。香港的唱片公司還是光鮮如舊,勇奪金曲獎的樂隊卻三餐不保。不少網絡平台的有心人都想改變這件事。
「打擊翻版其實不是重點,而是你件事沒趣、公式化。與其打擊翻版,不如開拓新銷售方法。」瑞士政府剛發表報告,認為免費音樂下載乃合法行為,更呼籲唱片公司改變成規。西方網絡平台上,創作人直面觀眾、自由表達、分享靈感,這些apps也是「中間人」,但令人期待的是,它們能否成為更公平的平台。
「我們的確想改變某些事情。但無謂講太多,做到再說!」
後記:身份認同是不斷重複的遊戲
Soliton 是物理術語,意指「孤立波(wave) 」。
孤立城市人的音樂,「共鳴在於使用者能在給大眾的信息裏、加入自己的故事。」他們說Soliton的宣言很簡單:let'splay。容我過度詮釋:我們進入認真地玩的時代。有被訪者甲和乙這樣的創意人存在,是因為這個時代已經來到了,許久以前。
「把一群生活在一起的異鄉人稱之為『社會』,簡直是一種詐騙行為,就連社會學家們都打算報廢這個養活了他們一個世紀的概念。如今,他們偏愛使用網絡(reseau)這個隱喻,來描述受到精密控制的孤獨個體彼此連結的方式,以及在『同事』、『死黨』、『關係』、『來往』或『奇遇』等各種狀況底下,人們之間微弱的互動行為。不過,這些網絡仍然可能凝聚成一個階層,在這個階層裏,人們只以暗碼溝通,身份認同只是一場不斷重複的遊戲。」——隱形委員會著《革命將至》
外章/粵語歌詞密碼
詞人黃偉文看到了自己創作的《木紋》出現在的士車身,在微博詢問發生了什麼事?Soliton指正在聯繫他——事實上,apps公司和唱片公司取了轉載權做廣告,並須服膺於唱片公司對政治等敏感歌詞審查底下;但似乎沒直接和詞人聯繫。今次Soliton亦須付唱片公司不少錢,甚至連訂閱戶口價錢也由唱片公司釐訂。「他們沒阻撓我們,已算幫到手。」
詞人的作者形象和風格縱有多強,唱片工業重重的「版權保障」制度,終把曲詞人和其作品在交易平台上「剝離」。
「香港粵語流行歌詞,卻依然是香港本土流行文化的最大宗。其於香港的滲透力,相對於香港電視電影動漫等大眾媒介,實在有過之而無不及。」《後九七香港粵語流行歌詞研究》作者梁偉詩寫道,粵語是少有保有古代漢語的一支方言,「粵語九音」,遣詞精密刁鑽、語氣詞變化多端,而在香港再經歷洋化、都市化的洗禮,成為結合歷史社會文化強大的表達方式。
黎彼得、向雪懷、林振強、潘偉源、周禮茂、鄭國江..七八十年代,反映現實、雅致文字、巧思奇想、人情觸感,伴隨着香港流行音樂事業的高峰走入尋常百姓家;至九十年代中後期「四大天王」的單一包裝時代降臨,音樂工業推向極端商業化及其他問題致使唱片銷量、流行曲影響力大不如前。黃霑說,「香港粵語流行曲死了」。
「後輝煌年代」的近年,歌詞創作仍展現生機和變化,不同美學的可能性,重新打進香港人,尤其下一代的心。發掘情愛之外的議題,尤以現實相扣,除黃偉文和林夕,新一代對性別、政治等敏感議題的趣味發揮;奇特意象、蒙太奇短路;通俗食字近乎越界又若有所指。近年連談環保的歌也紅了;2005年前後興起的唱作歌手、獨立音樂人、網絡業餘詞人相繼冒起(又沉落)。粵語歌詞在僵化行內規則、全球化和大國崛起下更新城市記憶,繼承、重書香港人的密碼。
Saturday, December 3, 2011
The Head and the Heart
又發現了好音樂
The Head and the Heart
From Seattle, the USA
2009 年成立
1個女孩子與5個男孩子
各精於不同樂器
更個個都是唱得之人
歌曲是很重indie 味的folk-pop
arrangement 很強很強
不同instruments 和vocal 的變奏都很獨特很出色
一聽便愛上!
每首歌都會令你細心去聽每一節怎樣帶著你走
love music love life
The Head and the Heart
From Seattle, the USA
2009 年成立
1個女孩子與5個男孩子
各精於不同樂器
更個個都是唱得之人
歌曲是很重indie 味的folk-pop
arrangement 很強很強
不同instruments 和vocal 的變奏都很獨特很出色
一聽便愛上!
每首歌都會令你細心去聽每一節怎樣帶著你走
Enjoy and see more about The Head and the Heart
love music love life
Sunday, October 9, 2011
My Girl - The Temptations
The Temptations
An American Vocal Group from the 60s
"My Girl" is their signature hit, also their first No.1 pop hit.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Hold the drive of our life.
Incubus - Drive
One of my favorite songs from them.
Meaningful lyrics and great voice
love the whistling in this live
Whatever tomorrow brings
I'll be there with open arms and open eyes yea
Whatever tomorrow brings
I'll be there I'll be there
Would you choose water over wine?
Hold the wheel and drive
Whatever tomorrow brings
I'll be there with open arms and open eyes yea
Whatever tomorrow brings
I'll be there I'll be there
One of my favorite songs from them.
Meaningful lyrics and great voice
love the whistling in this live
Whatever tomorrow brings
I'll be there with open arms and open eyes yea
Whatever tomorrow brings
I'll be there I'll be there
Would you choose water over wine?
Hold the wheel and drive
Whatever tomorrow brings
I'll be there with open arms and open eyes yea
Whatever tomorrow brings
I'll be there I'll be there
Friday, August 19, 2011
不停在耳朵迴旋的 Pajaro Sunrise
每天都喜歡四處搜尋不同類型好聽的音樂
2011 LP - Old Goodbyes
前陣子遇上了 Pajaro Sunrise
立即被他們的 Romeo's Tune 深深吸引住然後之後數天都不停在電腦播放著
Pajaro Sunrise 來自Spain, 由Yuri Méndez 和 Pepe Lopez 二人成立,之後Mario Delgado加入,
三個人之後不久便disbanded,剩下 Yuri 自己。
揉合了Jazz, Folk and Country
gentle 的guitar, percussion 和organ, 還有那soft 得來帶點滄桑的vocal
很mellow, 很dreamy
2011 LP - Old Goodbyes
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