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June 11, 2008

曲目:
 1. Writing To Reach You (瘋麥狂推薦!錯過絕對可惜!) 
2. The Fear (murmur:其實這首歌超適合迷幻王子林宥嘉來唱的!等等~我說錯了,其實小嘉嘉唱什麼都適合、都好聽!) 
3. As You Are (瘋麥狂推薦!錯過絕對可惜!) 
4. Driftwood (瘋麥狂推薦!錯過絕對可惜!) 
5. The Last Laugh Of The Laughter (瘋麥狂推薦!錯過絕對可惜!) 
6. Turn (瘋麥狂推薦!錯過絕對可惜!) 
7. Why Does It Always Rain On Me? 
8. Luv (瘋麥狂推薦!錯過絕對可惜!)
9. She's So Strange (瘋麥狂推薦!錯過絕對可惜!) 
10. Slide Show (瘋麥狂推薦!錯過絕對可惜!) 
(murmur:幾乎整張都錯過可惜了!!!!) 

The Man Who是真正讓Travis大紅大紫的專輯。不過,也是讓Travis越來越憂鬱的專輯!如果你向瘋麥一樣喜歡慢版略帶憂傷的歌、或是在尋找能讓你安靜下來的歌聲,Travis從這一張專輯之後風格更加明確了。可是這樣的聲音有什麼好處?瘋麥只能說當你心情不好的時候,他的歌聲能讓你盡情發洩的哭出來;當你思考的思後,這樣的歌聲能讓你一直維持安靜平穩的狀態,思緒清明的一路想下去;而當你開心的時候,Travis能讓你的歡愉轉化成一股內心更深沈的甜味,化成更雋永的小小甜蜜!好啦~這樣講也不是大家都聽得懂(murmur:大部分應該是聽不懂...)
大家一起來試聽看看,喜歡就是喜歡囉! 
(murmur:偷偷跟大家說這張專輯有隱藏單曲喔!)

瘋麥個人尿失禁了都要推薦的歌曲: 
1. Writing To Reach You 
Travis專輯的第一首歌,一定都不會讓你失望的!而這第一首歌似乎也宣示了這張專輯會來得憂鬱一些!

3. As You Are 
這首歌主唱的表達方式讓人感覺得天團U2的再版,你也不得不佩服主唱的多變嗓音和表達功力!但相較於U2比較撕裂的音樂風格(murmur:我有沒有說過U2 3D那部電影好看到爆掉!我開場五分鐘內就哭了~)Travis的音樂相較來的寂靜憂鬱的多!又安靜又搖滾的As You Are,好聽!

4. Driftwood 有校園樂團的感覺,難得的青春洋溢,雖然表現的沈靜!歌詞超有意境的!

Everything is open
Nothing is set in stone
Rivers turn to ocean
Oceans tide you home
Home is where the heart is
But your heart had to roam
Drifting over bridges
Never to return
Watching bridges burn

You're driftwood floating underwater
Breaking into pieces, pieces, pieces
Just driftwood hollow and of no use
Waterfalls will find you, bind you, grind you

Nobody is an island
Everyone has to go
Pillars turn to butter
Butterflying low
Low is where your heart is
But your heart has to grow
Drifting under bridges
Never with the flow

And you really didn't think it would happen
But it really is the end of the line
So I'm sorry that you turned to driftwood
But you've been drifting for a long, long time

Everywhere there's trouble
Nowhere's safe to go
Pushes turn to shovels
Shovelling the snow
Frozen you have chosen
The path you wish to go
Drifting now forever
And forever more
Until you reach your shore

You're driftwood floating underwater
Breaking into pieces, pieces, pieces
Just driftwood hollow and of no use
Waterfalls will find you, bind you, grind you

And you really didn't think it would happen
But it really is the end of the line
So I'm sorry that you turned to driftwood
But you've been drifting for a long, long time
You've been drifting for a long, long time
You've been drifting for a long, long
Drifting for a long, long time

5. The Last Laugh Of The Laughter 
吟詠傳唱的Tavis

6. Turn 
特別準備了兩個版本的MTV,原因很簡單,就是這首歌就是好聽好聽好聽到想尖叫!!!turn~turn~turn~

private version:

I want to see what people saw
I want to feel like I felt before
I'd like to see the kingdom come
I want to feel forever young

I want to sing
To sing my song
I want to live in a world where I belong
I want to live
I will survive
And I believe that it won't be very long

If we turn, turn, turn, turn, turn
Turn, turn, turn
If we turn, turn, turn, turn, turn
Then we might learn

So where's the stars?
Up in the sky
And what's the moon?
A big balloon
We'll never know unless we grow
There's so much world outside the door

I want to sing
To sing my song
I want to live in a world where I'll be strong
I want to live
I will survive
And I believe that it won't be very long

If we turn, turn, turn, turn, turn
Turn, turn, turn
If we turn, turn, turn, turn, turn
Then we might learn, learn

We've got to turn
We've got to turn

If we turn, turn, turn, turn, turn
Turn, turn, turn
If we turn, turn, turn, turn, turn
Then we might learn
Learn to turn

8. Luv

9. She's So Strange 
不只she很奇怪,這首歌也很奇怪!一開始聽瘋麥很不自在,但後面越聽越好聽ㄟ~怎麼會這樣ㄟ?!

10. Slide Show 
一首會讓你停下來、慢下來的歌!用這首歌作片尾曲整個會讓人魂牽夢縈啦!太殘忍!


唱片公司的宣傳介紹內容: 
1997年以全英Top 10專輯“Good Feeling(好感覺)”打響知名度,並因之廣受好評的四人搖滾組合Travis,在他們首次出擊之時即獲得好采頭,不但選自該專輯中的單曲「More Than Us」一舉打入Top 16,整張專輯前後還共計產生了五首Top 40單曲,足見他們可愛的親和力已然獲得許多聽眾的喜愛。在他們的首張專輯中,Travis以輕鬆寫意的態度演出結合民謠、搖滾與流行音樂的首首佳作,尤其是甚受本地聽眾歡迎的「All I Want To Do Is Rock」,營造出他們在樂迷們心目中可愛大男孩的形象;而在經過兩年的歷練之後,Travis在本張最新專輯“The Man Who”裡轉趨成熟抒情的走向,則更令人感動於他們的成長與更形內斂的深沉情感。目前此專輯榮膺專輯榜T04,並創下百萬張銷售佳績,更上一籌獲選Select雜誌99年度最佳專輯(Album Of The Year)。 

本張專輯標題名稱源於Oliver Sachs所著的一本描述精神分裂症的書“The Man Who Mistakes His Wife For A Hat”的前三個字,主唱Fran解釋道,會以這本書做為新專輯標題的取樣對象,是因為在第一張專輯推出後,有些樂評說他們多變的特性就音樂上而言,好像得了精神分裂症,於是他們就選擇以這本書做為新專輯的標題名稱來源。雖然專輯名稱顯示了樂團一貫的幽默感,但整張專輯所呈現出的風格其實是偏向較憂鬱的抒情走向的。首支單曲「Writing To Reach You」首週進榜即獲全英Top 14,描述心神相契的戀情透過Fran乾淨的嗓音,詮釋出甘醇而深情的感動;「Driftwood」一曲的民謠編曲,加上穿插其中的提琴演奏,蕩漾著復古的情懷與清新的感受,躍上單曲榜Top13;「Luv」的真心至情也藉由吉他的撥弄與口琴的曳行,划進聽者心房;而”Why Does It Always rain On Me”不但登上排行Top10,並被Q雜誌年終樂評評為99年最佳單曲(Best Single 1999);最新單曲”Turn”再創新高一舉獲得Top8席次。每一首歌曲都深深打動人心的這張專輯,讓Travis以另一番純情面貌再度進佔樂迷的心。

 另外看到這位老兄:CINERAMA的BLOG:音樂與電影的綜合體 整個是寫得太好了!沒有辦法寫的更好了!
討厭Travis和《The Man Who...》的10個理由: 
1.初看到Travis這個團名會以為團員裡真的有一個人姓Travis,原來主腦Francis Healy、Andy Dunlop和Dougie Payne就讀於Glasgow的藝術學院,具有藝術氣息的他們取自Wim Wenders(溫德斯)最著名的電影Paris, Texas〈巴黎.德州〉裡的男主角的名字。而專輯名稱是取材自Oliver Sachs所作的The Man Who Mistakes His Wife For A Hat,描述精神分裂的書。---討厭他們連取個團名和專輯名都那麼有深度。 

2.有人曾經拿《The Man Who...》和Radiohead的《The Bends》比較,那是因為兩團的首張專輯《Good Feeling》和《Pablo Honey》都有一絲粗獷氣息,來到了第二張專輯卻都昇華感傷了,所以我原先心底有小預期Travis的第三張專輯會如同《OK Computer》般驚世駭俗,結果被擺了一道。 

3. 《The Man Who...》把英國樂壇帶入了一個死氣沈沈境界,一掛「感性的心靈音樂」如Coldplay、Keane、Starsailor、Thirteen Senses紛紛冒出頭,不得不說,越到後期他們這一群真的把音樂搞的好悶。所以Travis是罪魁禍首。 

4. 《The Man Who...》太完美了,以致於Travis很難突破自己所立下的障礙,《The Invisible Band》是一個不俗的延續,《12 Memories》的力圖改變,《The Boy with No Name》看得出Francis Healy賣力譜出美好曲調,但我們心中會默默下註解,這都無法帶回《The Man Who...》那美妙時光。 

5.他們竟可讓唯我獨尊的Oasis中Noel Gallagher欽點為他最喜愛的樂團之一,難道他不知道在《The Man Who...》專輯頭尾兩曲“Writing to Reach You”和“Slide Show”中,歌詞「The radio is playing all the usual. And what's a wonderwall anyway」和「There is not a wonderwall to climb」有偷偷幽了一下Oasis的默嗎?甚至Slide Show裡中「'Cause there is no design for life. There is no devil's haircut in your mind」中的「A Design for Life」和「Devil's Haircut」是Manic Street Preachers和Beck在96年發行的專輯中的歌曲。 

6.一開始《The Man Who...》仍未受到注目,但如同專輯般的細水長流,在排行榜節節上升,當時稱霸冠軍好幾週,首支單曲“Writing To Reach You”拿到14名(以當時的成績算是還好),緊接著“Driftwood”拿到13名,但後市看漲的“Why Does It Always Rain on Me?”和“Turn”竟可以打入前10名(要知道當時英國流行單曲榜和現在的排名方式有所不同,首週能進前10名代表超紅)。Travis讓許多人的眼鏡都給跌破了。 

7.專輯內的每首歌都耐聽,細膩感傷、渾圓成熟,讓我們不斷反覆播放,浪費了許多電費。 

8. 《The Man Who...》創造出蒼白的意境,會讓悲傷之人越陷越深,失意之人無可自拔,試問有多少人看著磅礡大雨,心情跌到谷底,卻又情不自禁哼著“Why Does It Always Rain on Me?”。又有多少人跟著“Turn”大叫嘶吼? 

9. “Driftwood”歌詞寫得太漂亮,宛如一首詩。“The Last Laugh Of The Laughter”融合法文唱的美麗動人,“Why Does It Always Rain on Me?”歌詞:「Why does it always rain on me? Is it because I lied when I was seventeen? Why does it always rain on me? Even when the sun is shinning. I can't avoid the lightning」未免太過矯情矯飾。“Luv”的卻又孤寂的過於坦白直率。 

10.討厭《The Man Who...》留住了許多高中的回憶,或許不止我,以上獻給所有在高中時期擁有這張專輯、受到它感動的人,不管是如何因緣際會聽到或買到這張專輯,背後的故事請跟著《The Man Who...》放在心裡。願大家持續討厭《The Man Who...》和Travis下去。 

另外,Amazon.com也把這張專輯評為當年最佳專輯呢! 
Amazon.com's Best of 2000
Editorial Reviews 
With The Man Who, Scottish quartet Travis captured the very essence of their homeland, and unassumingly blew us away. The moderately paced, longing melodies, and lead singer Fran Healy's quietly desperate vocals, provide a haunting mask on what is actually a rugged, enduring, and entirely beautiful slice of Brit-rock. --Beth Massa 

TRAVIS在8月4日要來台灣舉辦演唱會!!! 
(murmur:我不是主辦單位~我只是瘋狂粉絲~!)


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