Keren Ann's mini-concert　-凱倫安演唱會-

PAINTING IN SOUND　《以聲繪色》HK 2008

昨晚去聽了法國才女 Keren Ann 的小型演唱會（第二場，才300人左右），
我事前完全沒有接觸過她的歌，一聽驚豔，
她的'香頌'(chanson，"歌曲"的法語)帶點慵懶的優雅，
這就是我所嚮往的法國神髓，來讓心靈渡假吧：

Jardin d'Hiver (冬日花園)

La Disparition



英文歌也很柔和悅耳，現場效果更扣人心弦：

The Harder Ships of the World

Not Going Anywhere

Lay Your Head Down
<-這首她在現場表現邊彈吉他邊吹口琴。



她的歌聲還有一點點神經質，
像這首在我聽來有如 Princess Coldheart（曲）與 A Rose for Emily（詞）結合而成的歌，
聽起來就很有趣：

Sailor and Widow



我聽著聽著，總是會合上雙眼，用心去品味不插電的美，
難忘最後一首安可（共有3首^^），
工作人員關掉所有燈光，
讓觀眾全心全意投入 Keren Ann 清唱的魅力當中...
實在是不得不說句『正呀！』（"讚啦"的粵語）

－－這也是香港觀眾們在 Keren Ann 要求下當場教她的粵語～
5 月 16 至 17 日她到台灣開演唱會，
不知道又會學到哪句當地語言呢？（也許是台語XD"）

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特別附上一首沒有在昨晚出現
今早卻用悠閒和音擄獲我心的歌：
Keren Ann & Bardi Johannsson - Suicide is Painless
唱腔輕描淡寫，
歌詞有夠 politically incorrect (政治不正確、思想不健康) XD


Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see

That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please

The game of life is hard to play
I'm gonna lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
So this is all I have to say

Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please

The sword of time will pierce our skins
It doesn't hurt when it begins
But as it works its way on in
The pain grows stronger, watch it grin

Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please

A brave man once requested me
To answer questions that are key
It is to be or not to be
And I replied "Oh, why ask me"?

Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
And you can do the same thing if you please


我很喜歡最後一句的旋律和歌詞－－
"if you please" = s'il vous plaît，
滿是過來人的雲淡風輕。