Whistle down the Wind

Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Lets make a promise, and then lets take a vow
Times running out, the only time left is now
And you know you deserve more than this
If you trust me at all then just give it a chance
They all want you to crawl but I want you to dance
And if we make a pact then it’s only right to seal it with a kiss

These are part of lyrics from a song called “A kiss is a terrible thing to waste”, which is in another Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical called “Whistle down the wind”. (If u don’t know who is Andrew Lloyd Webber, he’s the one who write the famous musical “The Phantom of the Opera”)

The story of Whistle down the wind is quite simple, a prisoner has escaped to a small town and hide in a house’s barn before the Chirstmas. Some children find him and mistaken him as the Jesus Christ. The children promise the man that they will keep his identity a secret. The main lead is a girl called Swallow. She does believe the man is Jesus. On the other hand, the police are searching for this prisoner.

The songs of this muscial is very different from the “Phantom” where you can hear more electronic music. The melodies are more pop-song like too. One of the most famous song in the musical is “No Matter What”, which has been re-sung by other artists some time ago.

I would recommend to listen to the whole story, as it is quite interesting…a man who pretend himself as Jesus in order to hide. The contrast between grownups, teenagers and children is quite clear and you can see how these people interacts.

Songs recommeded: Tire Tracks and Broken Heart, No Matter What, When Children rule the World, A kiss is a Terrible thing to waste.

Finally a holiday….

Tuesday, March 30, 2004

After about a month of continuous working, I finally got a real holiday on Sunday (and it’s not because of power suspension!) where I can sleep late and go out for movie and for a walk. So these days I ‘m in a very good mood, feeling sweet and happy. Rest and entertainment are very important as they charge you up for next week’s work.

I hope that I can have those easter holidays completely, that’s what I most worried about.

As I’m in such a mood, it’s time to post lyrics! (Although it seems that most of my article have lyrics…you know they just came out of nowhere in my brain….) The song just came across my mind..

Fly me to the moon
And let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars

In other words, hold my hand
In other words, darling kiss me.

Fill my heart with songs
And let me sing forever more
You are all I long for, all I worship and adore

In other words, please be true
In other words, I love u…

A very old jazz song. It’s also the ending song of Evangelion. I have heard so many version of it: Rei, Leon, Bart, 宇多田光……In 宇多田光‘s version have something extra at the beginning:

Poets often use many words
To say a simple thing.
It takes thought and time and rhyme
To make a poem sing.

With music and words I’ve been playing
For you, I have written a song.
To be sure that you’ll know what I’m saying,
I’ll translate as I go along…

It makes me think of some poems translate into songs…..水調歌頭、滿江紅、兵車行,etc. Actually when u read lyrics, it sounds like a poem as well, is it?

FOLLOW ME (REPRISE)

Sunday, March 28, 2004

歌曲真好,歌曲可以滋潤心靈。是LILIN所創造的文化極致啊。

最近找到辦法將家中心愛的歌曲傳到公司,最近狂聽的也是攻殼系列的幾首歌:

  • gits -謠1,2
  • sac – inner universe、lithium、ai戰隊tachikoma、be human、what i can say、
  • innocence – follow me

Follow Me實在越聽越叫人心傷的一首歌,那是一種慢慢地滲出來的悲傷感覺,但又不會令人哭出來,灰灰的感覺蔓延全身,越聽越“了“心“了“肺……..

Follow Me的詞我post過了,換一換心情吧!這次post另一個我最喜愛的戰車tachikoma的歌曲,那是ai的心聲啊!

Be Human

I analyze and I verify and I quantify enough
100 percentile no errors no miss
I synchronize and I specialize and I classify so much
Don’t worry ‘bout dreaming because I don’t sleep —

I wish I could at least 30 percent
Maybe 50 for pleasure then skip all the rest

If I only was more human
I would count every single second the rest of my life
If I just could be more human
I’d have so many little babies and maybe a wife

I’d roll around in mud and have lots of fun then when I was done
Build bubblebath towers and swim in the tub
Sand Castles on the beach, frolick in the sea, get a broken knee
Be scared of the dark and I’d sing out of key

Curse when I lost a fight, kiss and reunite, scratch a spider’s bite
Be happy with wrinkles I got when I smile
Pet kittens ‘till they purred, maybe keep a bird, always keep my word
I’d cry at sad movies and laugh ‘till it hurt

I’d buy a big bike, I’d ride by the lake
And I’d have lots of friends and I’d stay out too late

If I could just be more human
I would see every little thing with a gleam in my eye
If only I was more human
I’d embrace every single feeling that came in my life

Would I care and be forgiving?
Would I be sentimental and would I feel loneliness?

Would I doubt and have misgivings?
Would I cause someone sorrow too? Would I know what to do?

Will I cry when its all over?

When I die will I see Heaven?

A.I.戰隊 Tachikoma

只有一個也是複數 不分什麼性別
TACHIKOMAS呀~~ 是正義的朋友 呀呀~~
TACHIKOMAS呀~~ 是和平的標志
愛開玩笑 也愛流淚 打架惡作劇更是拿手好戲
雖然沒有生命 卻是拯救生命的超級AI
總有一天會得好 憧憬的GHOST
呀~ 我們是大家的希望 萬能機器人
AI 戰隊 TACHIKOMAS
AI 戰隊 TACHIKOMAS

聖鬥士G – 再次燃起小宇宙

Saturday, March 27, 2004

神話時代
有一群保護希臘女神雅典娜的少年。
他們被稱為女神的聖鬥士
出拳可劃破天空
出腿可震裂大地
雅典娜的聖鬥士
分為青銅戰士,白銀戰士及黃金戰士
每一個聖鬥士有聖衣用作護體
聖鬥士若能發揮第七感
小宇宙的力量便能提升至極限

聖鬥士星矢自從在上年推出有關冥王十二宮的篇的ova後,便陸續有有關續作的消息,而在日本就剛剛放映過“天界篇“的劇場版,在漫畫方面,雖然車田本人並沒有再寫聖鬥士故事的打算,也協同岡田芽武,聖鬥士新章 – episode G就此誕生了。

聖鬥士,講的不單單是打鬥格招的技擊漫畫,而是夢想和信念。五個熱血的青年,各自為了不同的目的成為聖鬥士,到最後也因為女神的感動,為了和平,為了所愛的人,為著共同的信念而戰鬥。

Episode G,G就是gold的意思,也就是在雅典娜88個聖鬥士中排名最高的十二位黃金戰士,所以這是個前傳的故事。故事就由聖域教皇行刺還是嬰孩的女神開始,人馬座黃金戰士艾洛斯為救女神,不惜犯險,雖然成功地救走了女神,但卻被誣陷上傷害女神的罪名,一切的事情就是這樣開始了。故事的主角,是獅子座黃金戰士艾奧尼,他是艾洛斯的弟弟,因為哥哥被附上罪人的污名,多少也影響了他的聖域的形象。

據說,車田正美的開始寫聖鬥士時,本來是想讓獅子座做主角的。今次G就完了車田的心願,讓艾奧尼做主角。不過,寫前傳是困難的,因為之後的故事都有了,而且非常成功,要如何將故事發揮到新的創意,而又同時不失聖鬥士的味道呢?

這一次岡田芽武的聖鬥士G在推出前可以說是引起相當大的討論,有星矢迷認為星矢不應該再有續作,也有的在看過一些設定畫時就否定了,因為其畫風與車田大有不同,車田是屬於剛陽味為主的畫,雖然也有很女性化的主角 (如瞬、沙加),但畫風也是很札實的。而岡田的畫則屬於華麗一派,人物也是比較卡通化,所以有人看到新的聖鬥士畫,也覺得續作不會好看。

當然,沒有看過便下定論是不對的,在欣賞完1,2期後,我覺得雖然畫風大有不同,但星矢的主題沒有失卻:夢想和信念仍舊可以找到,這次在艾奧尼身上發出了不一樣的黃金戰士的光輝,可以感到他年少的氣焰之餘,也可以看到他對正義堅定的信念,那是聖鬥士的必要條件。艾洛斯為了保護女神,甘願不還手,任由聖域的士兵傷害他。因為聖域的士兵都是為了女神好,只是大家有所誤會,他不想向也同樣為了保護女神的人下手,這種英雄氣慨叫人配服,但也悲壯非常。艾奧尼雖然活在哥哥是罪人的陰影之下而產生某種反叛的性格,但骨子裏還是個男子漢,從幾次的戰鬥就看得出來,為了保護重要的人而戰,裏面見到哥哥的影子。

在畫面上,的確是華麗的人物風格,但畫面也相當細緻,而且看得出用了不少電腦的幫助,在畫面上相當豐富。雖然人物是“瘦“為主,但也是另一種風味。故事細節對於星矢迷來說自然令人勾起不少回憶,但對於新讀者群來說也不難理解,聖鬥士的架構、力量來源和理論都有作出簡單的說明。這一次戰鬥的另一方是帝坦神族,也就是眾神之神宙斯所來自的神族。事實上,星矢的故事其實還未將所有希臘的神話“玩盡“,這次神族希望能帶來新鮮感吧!

總括來說,這兩期星矢很不錯,從新讓小宇宙燃燒起來了~~~

Many Many BLOGs~~

Thursday, March 25, 2004

Seems to me that my younger brother has been doing a lot of promotion to bring more people in the world of BLOGGING. There are several new BLOGS which uses our new server, they are: DarkHand’s BLOG, Nietzsche’s BLOG and CalSonic’s BLOG. Hello all!! (Continued)