謙遜耗子樂團 Modest Mouse--The Ocean Breathes Salty＠月餅盒子

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謙遜耗子樂團 Modest Mouse--The Ocean Breathes Salty

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很奇怪，第一次看Modest Mouse的MV我就哭的唏哩嘩啦。從來沒有想到那首歌到最後對我的意義會是什麼。

第一次接觸這個樂團也是因為SNL，(Saturday Night Life 週末夜現場，看我文章還不知道SNL的人就該打了.....)，他們出現的時候也是totally took my breath away，我好像看到哈利波特站在我眼前表演魔法一樣。我不解，這麼『不起眼』的美國人怎麼可以弄出那麼別緻的音樂。真是以貌取人呀，我犯了大家都會犯的錯，聽音樂真的應該閉上眼睛聽打開耳朵的。這幾個人長的有個性，說他們帥還真的要說謊。他們的歌不是走主流音樂，但是很簡單，很爽快，這類型的歌叫Indie Rock(中文翻<另類搖滾>嗎？)。

第一次看他們的MV是在Yahoo音樂上隨它撥放，聽到不喜歡的就跳到下一首，喜歡的注意看看這個樂團/歌手。Modest Mouse就是其中一個令我打開視窗，聽完他所有在Yahoo上的MV，然後一邊擦眼淚一邊看他們簡介的樂團。其實他們的歌對我來說有點太憤世忌俗跟無奈，但是輕快的節奏好像把歌詞掩蓋的很好，讓我不知不覺跟著主唱Isaac 唱出：「Well I don’t mind. I don’t mind. How the hell could I mind?」

專輯名字很，叫做Good News For the People Who Love Bad News (對熱愛壞消息的人來說的好消息)。中文專輯的名字卻把英文版的原意全破壞掉了，【改變悲觀的人】跟原版翻譯實在差太多了。真的很無奈，我想會去買【改變悲觀的人】那張專輯的人應該以為Modest Mouse是勵志的自我幫助錄音帶吧？

The Ocean Breathes Salty一開始就是一個不到十歲的小男孩往他的腳踏車跑，他媽媽在後面追，並為他戴上了眼鏡。戴著眼鏡的小男孩獨自騎著車在花田裡，並且跟稻草人玩棒球。他經過一隻受傷的鳥身邊，原先他想離開，但是當他看到別的鳥往那邊飛過去，他反而往受傷的鳥那邊跑。突然，鳥變成了一個大人的size，他用球棍戳了戳他的肩膀，而主唱扮的鳥想站起來但摔跤了，所以小男孩就拖著他走到空地上；他用紗布跟木板固定了鳥的翅膀，愛憐的摸摸鳥的頭，還用試管為鳥喝水，把麵包撥小塊給牠吃。小男孩把鳥放進鞋盒裡，然後興高采烈的抱著盒子準備給他媽媽看。媽媽看到很生氣要把鞋盒搶走，小男孩抱著盒子逃離心碎的媽媽，抱著盒子睡著了。突然，他也睡在盒子裡，但醒來的時候，鳥已經不見了；牠的翅膀恢復，小男孩坐在他的肩上玩，他們一起騎腳踏車跟玩棒球。但下一幕小男孩醒來了，原來鳥痊癒的一切都是夢，事實上鳥已經離他而去了。傷心的小男孩挖了洞，埋了鳥，還做了個十字架放在墓上。十字架變成了團員，小男孩半訝異的看著他們唱完歌，消失。

我想這是一首正面面對死亡的歌吧。歌詞中一開頭就唱著，「Your body may be gone, I’m gonna carry you in. In my head, in my heart, in my soul.(你的身體也許不在但我會帶著你走，在我的腦裡，心裡，靈魂裡。)」也許，這是我想對波比所說的話吧。我之所以會被MV感動，也是因為他演出小男孩孤單著一個人很久，直到他遇到受傷的鳥，鳥如何陪他玩耍，但到最後鳥還是離開他。

也許我自己一開始就接受了小男孩的角色，所以才會每次看每次哭吧。

最喜歡的還是那句「Well I don’t mind. I don’t mind. How the hell could I mind? (我不介意。我不介意。我有什麼辦法去介意？)」這可是十足我風味的無奈呀。

*圖片 from : [ Modest Mouse Poster ] @ http://www.monitorrecords.com/images/modestmouseposter.jpg*

The Ocean Breathes Salty　by Modest Mouse
Your body may be gone, I’m gonna carry you in.
In my head, in my heart, in my soul.
And maybe we’ll get lucky and we’ll both live again.
Well I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know. Don’t think so.

Well that is that and this is this.
You tell me what you want and I’ll tell you what you get.
You get away from me. You get away from me.
Collected my belongings and I left the jail.
Well thanks for the time, I needed to think a spell.
I had to think awhile. I had to think awhile.

The ocean breathes salty, won’t you carry it in?
In your head, in your mouth, in your soul.
And maybe we’ll get lucky and we’ll both grow old.
Well I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know. I hope so.

Well that is that and this is this.
Will you tell me what you saw and I’ll tell you what you missed,

when the ocean met the sky.
You missed when time and life shook hands and said goodbye.
When the earth folded on itself.
And said ”Good luck, for your sake I hope heaven and hell
are really there, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.”
You wasted life, why wouldn’t you waste death?
You wasted life, why wouldn’t you waste death?

The ocean breathes salty, won’t you carry it in?
In your head, in your mouth, in your soul.
The more we move ahead the more we’re stuck in rewind.
Well I don’t mind. I don’t mind. How the hell could I mind?

Well that is that and this is this.
You tell me what you want and I’ll tell you what you get.
You get away from me. You get away from me.

Well that is that and this is this.
Will you tell me what you saw and I’ll tell you what you missed,

when the ocean met the sky.
You wasted life, why wouldn’t you waste the afterlife?

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台長：兔子先生