周末任你點 #12 - Something Changed (Pulp)

緣份這東西 有時是很玄的。要來便來，事前永沒準備。

有否想過假 設那天不是遇著她/他的時候，命中注定會碰上的可會是誰?

若不是靈犀 那一點，你可能會去了看電影、到書店看書、或者在家裡發呆倒頭大睡，總之就是幹著一些無關痛癢的事罷 - 若當天不是在那點相遇她/他的話...

就是因為那 分鐘，一切已改變了...

95年是Britpop音樂火紅火熱的年代，除了Blur、Oasis、Radiohead、Suede 外，還有萬人迷 Pulp 樂隊。Different Class 大碟內差不多首首經典動聽，除了 大熱的描寫小市民生活的Common People 及Disco 2000外，還有很浪漫很浪漫，自己很喜歡的這首作品 - Something Changed 。可惜最後 Pulp也敵不過解散的命運... 

這首歌說的 正是緣份/命運這回事。

"I wrote this song two hours before we met.
I didn't know your name or what you looked like yet.
Oh I could have stayed at home and gone to bed.
I could have gone to see a film instead.
You might have changed your mind and seen your friends.
Life could have been very different but then,
something changed.
Do you believe that there's someone up above?
Does he have a timetable directing acts of love?
Why did I write this song on that one day?
Why did you touch my hand and softly say.
Stop asking questions that don't matter anyway.
Just give us a kiss to celebrate here today.
Something changed.
When we woke up that morning we had no way of knowing,
that in a matter of hours we'd change the way we were going.
Where would I be now if we'd never met?
Would I be singing this song to someone else instead?
I dunno but like you said
something changed"

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Clockenflap

很多人嚷著香港要有戶外音樂節，那上週的 Clockenflap 不正是嗎?  藍天，白雲，草地，西九海景，聽著有本地有海外不同風格的 live music…  想跳，想瞓，想飲，想點都得，人生幾何?  其實，香港也可以很美麗；而 Clockenflap 對本港 music scene  來說反應可算是史無前例。

雖然兩日入場Gwei Lo 佔 80%，本地人數估計只佔 20% 左右，相比起紅館每晚萬零人的人流，Clockenflap 有幾多本地人認識及真正欣賞?  再者，如果表演 line-up全以 local artist / 樂隊招徠，香港樂隊的吸引性及水準又怎樣?  大家心裡有數… 革命未算成功，仍需努力。但萬事總有起點， 1% 是可以影響 99% 的。

Clockenflap 也好，「天與地」也好。有實力，有個性的事，是要浸淫，是要長久地支持 / 爭取 / 拼鬥。這亦是風氣的事，是全社會的事，但畢竟不是一件容易的事。 喜歡音樂的你，如果大家寧願付錢看春浪春吶、看 Fuji Rock，而不親身去支持本地免費的音樂 event ， 那麼就算有幾多個 Clockenflap、幾多套「天與地」的劇只是徒然。

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