上周的“Crik Crak”很欢快哈？这周来首萎靡点的。哈哈，我自己不萎靡，只是这首歌很好听而已。

日美混血儿Dan the Automator（原名丹尼尔·中村[Daniel Nakamura]，亦名内森尼尔·梅里维瑟[Nathaniel Merriweather]），从小因家庭熏陶而接受古典音乐教育，并习小提琴，青春期时却受到Hip-Hop、R&B和摇滚乐的“不良”影响，90年代因参与了Hip-Hop概念团体Dr. Octogan的制作而成名。这孩子，真能捣腾，除了把英式Trip-Hop加入了Hip-Hop，自己还去给其他一些摇滚乐队做过制作人，比如1997年Cornershop那张极其优秀的《When I Was Born for the 7th Time》，后来他又和人组过Hip-Hop乐队和摇滚乐队，最近比较出名的参与，是他和Blur才华乱溅的Damon Albarn合组了卡通乐队Gorillaz。

Lovage是Dan the Automator组织的一个只发行了一张专辑的乐队，里面的人，不是搞Hip-Hop DJ的，就是玩摇滚的（比如Faith No More的主音男和Elysian Field的主音女），结果搞出来的是一个极其萎靡、但好听的、有着极强Serge Gainsbourg风格的Trip-Hop专辑。这哥们儿太搞了。

今天放的这首“Anger Management”，就是Lovage在2001年发行的专辑《Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady》里面的一首。  

Title: Anger Management
Artist: Lovage
Album: Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady
Year: 2001

My inner demons compel me to be here
Your cheeks are flush like rose petals
You're consumed with rage but I'm consumed with you

Our eyes intertwine through the haze
Intoxicated by your bloodshot stare
In all of my dreams I never thought I'd see
A face that could launch a thousand ships

And the music was like wind in your hair
The moonlight caressed your silhouette
Kiss of ocean mist is in the air
Why must God punish me this way

Lay down my hand the next move is yours
As you undress me with your frozen eyes
In all of my dreams I never thought I'd see
An endless love to share my blue lagoon

And the music was like wind in your hair
The moonlight caressed your silhouette
Kiss of ocean mist is in the air
Why must God punish me this way

Happiness is hard to come by
But I've had my fair share
The satin sheets, the lemon peels
The minor keys, the major pills
We've climbed the mountain, saw the top
And planted the apple seed
And can't you see we could've had it all

And the music was like wind in your hair
The moonlight caressed your silhouette
Kiss of ocean mist is in the air
Why must God punish me this way

And the music was like wind in your hair
The moonlight caressed your silhouette
Kiss of ocean mist is in the air
Why must God punish me this way
Why must God punish me this way
This way, this way, this way ...

元旦放假，做完了环球企业家史上最长的一个后期，歇了一周。本周“Song of the Week”节目继续。

前几周放了几首色彩比较黯淡的歌曲，本周愉快一点，来一首The Lover的“Crik Crak”。法国女玛丽昂·贝诺阿（Marion Benoist）在2001年9月11日那天在英国的录音棚里录制歌曲以悼念9/11死难者时，认识了法国男弗雷德·德·弗雷德（Fred de Fred），二人从此结为情人，也由此组成了一个叫做“情人”的组合。这小两口的歌主要都是歌颂爱情、美酒和性。

今天这首“Crik Crak”也是唱爱情的，歌词故意英法语夹杂。我根据Google翻译机的翻译结果，将歌里带法语词的句子进行了一些修改，我法语远远不如Google好，大家就凑合看吧。如果相信我的语感的话，“Crik Crak”应是象声词，和下文的“Tic Tac”一样，相当于英语的“Click Clack”和“Tick Tock”。

这首歌我原本是在Chill Out合集《Paris Lounge: Vol. 4》里发现的，贝诺阿唱过爵士吧，做过兔女郎，当过流行庞克乐队的主音，现在的The Lovers却是一支电子流行乐队，她的声音古灵精怪，这首歌也开心得紧。看来发嗲发好了也不会让人肉麻滴。

“此曲献给天下有情人”之类的蠢话不说也罢。大家都是情人，彼此都是情人。We all love each other。

这句话让我想起了电影《判我有罪》（Find Me Guilty）里，Jackie DiNorscio对每个黑帮兄弟都真诚地说“I love you”，黑帮老大Nick Calabrese冷冷地回他道：“I don't wanna hear any more of your love shit.” 再顺带说一句，这是部好电影，喜欢法庭戏的兄弟姐妹不要错过此片。只有小学文化的黑帮分子Jackie DiNorscio自己做自己的辩护律师，一个真诚的坏蛋，愣是把自己和20个黑帮人物洗脱了罪名。Vin Diesel扎扎实实地证明了自己不是一个只会戴墨镜、拉着脸装酷的肌肉男。

总之，Happy 2008, people! You're loving and lovable.

CRIK CRAK
(M. Benoist/Fred de Fred/Honer/Barratt)