【想听就听】Ironic“有力呐喊，就别无病呻吟”

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        有的时候一两只歌就足以让一位歌手(artist)从无名小卒蜕变为声名大躁被人熟知."Ironic"就系这样一首.十年前的1995年,堪称经典之作的"Ironic"提供了认识Alanis Morissette的契机,从此世界发现了这位激烈的自己担当词曲创作的加拿大女歌手.人们开始用惊讶的目光注视着她日后的音乐历程.

        "Ironic(意为"讽刺的")"通过列举生活中种种令人哭笑不得无可奈何的场景揭示人世以至恒宇中形而上的无序性和不可预见性的主题理念,活泼演绎世事无常人生难料的亘古世俗话题,略带存在主义色彩.

        开首以简洁疏朗的吉他和弦爽快导入.轻松的啦啦啦几声.然后Alanis以闲适的精神状态娓娓道出极具讽刺意味的细碎生活片断:89岁的老头儿抽中大奖成为百万富翁却于翌日死掉,乌蝇飞到名贵的chardonnay酒里,死罪的赦免令迟到了2分钟(哪个无辜的人已经被处决)......

        随后,由闲静迅速转入狂躁,高潮倏忽涌来,耳畔为之一震.Alanis 撕去温婉面纱激烈叫喊,像个癫婆.

        变奏部分看破红尘般地清醒述说道命运捉弄人类.当然也捉弄了Alanis,她以第一人称落寞而无奈地调侃:
it's meeting the man of my dreams
and then meeting his beautiful wife
(日后Alanis再唱本曲时进一步将"wife"换作"husband",更增讽刺意味!)

        整首"Ironic"就如炎夏午后温热的季风.懒散的日光，恍如隔世！

  

http://www.imperterritus.com/media/Alanis_Moresette_-_Ironic.mp3

  

ironic

an old man turned ninety-eight
he won the lottery and died the next day
it's a black fly in your chardonnay
it's a death row pardon two minutes too late
and isn't it ironic ...dontcha think it's like rain on your wedding day
it's a free ride when you've already paid
it's the good advice that you just didn't take
who would've thought...it figures mr. play it safe was afraid to fly
he packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
he waited his whole damn life to take that flight
and as the plane crashed down he thought
"well isn't this nice..."
and isn't it ironic ...dontcha think it's like rain on your wedding day
it's a free ride when you've already paid
it's the good advice that you just didn't take
who would've thought...it figures well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
when you think everything's okay
and everything's going right
and life has a funny way of helping you out when
you think everything's gone wrong
and everything blows up
in your face a traffic jam when you're already late
a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
it's like ten thousand spoons
when all you need is a knife
it's meeting the man of my dreams
and then meeting his beautiful husband
and isn't it ironic ...dontcha think
a little too ironic ...and yeah i really do think... it's like rain on your wedding day
it's a free ride when you've already paid
it's the good advice that you just didn't take
who would've thought...it figures