The Flashback《 Wintertime 》- 冬季无疾而终的感情
香港乐队 The Flashback 在 2018 年推出首支单曲《 Replay 》后,一直密锣紧鼓地推出新作品,除了推出了新歌《 Down By The River 》外,也参与了抢耳音乐厂牌计划让更多人认识。乐队的又一新作《 Wintertime 》最近上线了,听听歌的同时,乐队也分享了歌曲背后的点滴。
The Flashback 说:“《 Wintertime 》是在 2018 年冬天写的第一首心碎情歌,作曲灵感来自 Bob Dylan 、Travis 及 Kings of Convenience,以及经典电影《情书》( The Letter ) 和《无痛失恋》( Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind )。例如副歌的第一句‘ It’s a simple twist of emotion ’便是向 Bob Dylan 一曲《 Simple Twist of Fate 》致敬;‘ I’m writing to reach you ’则是向 Travis 的作品《 Writing to Reach You 》致敬。”
这首歌原本只是主音 Season 在 Band 房即兴玩、模仿 Kings of Convenience 的“二次创作”民谣歌曲,鼓手 Rocky 听到后加入,以 math rock 风格用“ Linear ”的作法令歌曲改头换面。歌曲早在 2018 年冬天完成,但完成之际已经过了圣诞,于是歌曲延迟到 2019 年圣诞节推出。
《 Wintertime 》的歌词是关于香港男生遇上来自英国约克女生的爱情故事。以一个幼稚、性格倔强的男主角出发,诉说一段无疾而终的感情。两人在冬天相遇、相恋;随著夏天的离去,两人却在一年后的冬天分开了。
女生回到了英国,男生在香港那些充满英国风味的街道( Westland Street、Harvest Street ) 思恋女生,不舍地寻找两人之间那微妙、薄弱的连系。回到两人曾经一起住的蜗居,想起女生提起那家乡的雪人、想起两人曾经拥有过的承诺、妥协;坐到车子里,想起两人曾在后座连夜缠绵,然后在那圣诞前夕的晚上因为各种无聊的理由争吵、分开,男生故作理性地问:“ Why can't you keep calm and listen? ”
现在男生只能抽一口香烟,默默祝福。
“ 在MV里,我们转以女生角度诠释这个故事。”The Flashback 说。“即使男生已经离开了,女生仍不忘为他悉心打扮,在西环街道上等待著一个永远不会出现的‘他’。男生送他的玩偶、菲林相机、发带,她都不舍地保留著,试图挽留一段消逝的感情。”
《 Wintertime 》歌词
The cigarette, smoking whole day longThe snowman tells me how the thing has gone“But you don’t have to feel sad,the seasons change with no reason”The harvest street, silence of the deadOld country songs could take me whole day longIt’s time for me to move on her frown on my childish behavior*The summertime has goneRenew our compromisesYou’ve left your house in YorkFound me on Westland StreetOh Rise and shine my ladyIt’s a simple twist of emotionWhen we met in Wintertime*Cold turkey night, Christmas song has rangThe angel cries, no one can comprehendWhat goes on under the scar? Or is it distance who tear us apart?I’m holding on, for a brighter sunny dayI’m losing it inside the driving cabOh, why?Feeling some emptiness inside yet*The summertime has goneWe didn’t realizeThe Scottish band came inI’m writing to reach youOh Rise and shine my ladyIt’s a simple twist of emotionWhen we met in Wintertime**The summertime has goneWe didn’t realizeYou’ve left your house in YorkReach the vanilla skyOh rise and shine my ladyI left nothing but mistakes to you*Two lovers on the street kissing dusk till dawnThree more weeks they have to say the hollow last goodbyeYes I know, I have “did wrong”But why you can’t ever keep calm and listenWe wind up in Wintertime