June 28, 2009

流行巨星Michael Jackson猝逝。身後的討論我想將會沸沸揚揚好一陣子,但也終將平息。Michael Jackson是樂壇的永恆傳奇無庸置疑,儘管生前爭議新聞不斷,但他對流行樂史的貢獻真正值得後世的紀念。
在報紙上看見Michael的這段話:「許多人都以為他們了解我,其實沒有,我是地球上最寂寞的人,有時候我會因此覺得傷痛而哭泣,事實上應該說,我因為成為我自己而哭泣。」我想他這麼深層的寂寞來自灰暗的童年記憶,那可能是一生無法翻越的高牆,伴隨著那早已喪失的自由。
於是想起Michael的這首歌(childhood),或許是最能代表他的一首,此刻聽來十分感傷。獨自在森林裡唱歌的Michael,像個小孩般的純真。希望現在你已回到Neverland,自在的飛翔。Goodbye!Peter pan!
Childhood /Written and Composed by Michael Jackson.
Have you seen my Childhood?
I'm searching for the world that I come from
'Cause I've been looking around
In the lost and found of my heart...
No one understands me
They view it as such strange eccentricities...
'Cause I keep kidding around
Like a child, but pardon me...
People say I'm not okay
'Cause I love such elementary things...
It's been my fate to compensate,
for the Childhood
I've never known...
Have you seen my Childhood?
I'm searching for that wonder in my youth
Like pirates in adventurous dreams,
Of conquest and kings on the throne...
Before you judge me, try hard to love me,
Look within your heart then ask,
Have you seen my Childhood?
People say I'm strange that way
'Cause I love such elementary things,
It's been my fate to compensate,
for the Childhood (Childhood) I've never known...
Have you seen my Childhood?
I'm searching for that wonder in my youth
Like fantastical stories to share
But the dreams I would dare, watch me fly...
Before you judge me, try hard to love me.
The painful youth I've had
Have you seen my Childhood....




