這是一首我個人非常喜愛的音樂小品,歌者透過這首歌表達對已故祖父的無限思念和祖父對他成長過程的啟發.藉由收音機電波無形的連結,把祖孫之間的感情連結了起來
歌詞中描述著他年少的人生探索，對世界的好奇和祖孫間的情懷。
音樂中僅有的吉他和笛子的簡約編曲讓這首歌帶了幾分懷舊浪漫的色彩.
"Kid, theres something that I’d like to show you,
Get your things, its time for us to go"
歌詞中，他唱著祖父對他的啟蒙
『孩子,這個世界有許多事物我要讓你知道』
『收拾好行李，是該出發的時候了』
"I’m ready for what I’m about to see, Yup"
在探索著這個世界的路上，他充滿信心地唱著
『對於將會遇到的一切，我已經準備好了！』
在歌曲的結尾，經歷過人生的歌者有所感的唱出了他的體會
Where I’ve been, where I am, its the show
『人生就像一場秀,無論你到了哪裡,你就扮演好自己的角色』
music:
http://mymedia.yam.com/m/863773
樂團簡介－
他們是九零年代早期發跡於美國明尼蘇達州的搖滾樂團。六位團員和多樣樂器[大提琴,小提琴,喇叭,長笛,敲擊樂器]的編制，讓他們的音樂呈現非常多元的面貌。他們鮮明的環保意識色彩也讓樂迷們津津樂道。
More info:
http://www.cloudcult.com/bio.htm
Cloud Cult - Transistor radio
I heard grandpa on my transistor radio,
Though he turned in his bones twenty years ago,
And he said, "Kid, theres something that I’d like to show you,
Get your things, its time for us to go"
So I grabbed my backpack, my flashlight, and a bag of caramel corn,
I got my bicycle, and the radio, and I had it on the road, I said
"I’m ready for what I’m about to see, Yup"
I headed north to rain that turned to snow
Through rusty towns and dusty gravel roads
And I said, "Grandpa, where is this thing you wanted to show me?"
He said, "Kid, you got a long way to go"
So I went through canyons, caves and catacombs,
I sailed on bicycle boats
I slept in chapels and brothels, I met the nicest folks
I said, "I’m ready for what I’m about to see, Yup"
I heard grandpa on my transistor radio
He said, "Kid, its time for me to go,
And I know that there was something that I wanted to show you,
But its time for you to find it on your own."
"Let me tell you about rage when a signal died that day,
Theres nothing out there and I don’t care; Its to take my life away
I’m not ready and I don’t want to see, Nope"
Its been years since I heard my transistor radio
Yet I keep going to where it seems I’m meant to go
And I finally realized what he wanted to show me
Where I’ve been, where I am, its the show
Where I’ve been, where I am, its the show
Where I’ve been, where I am, its the show
這是他們現場演出的照片,圖片中最後有團員在作畫,很酷吧.
