陳百強的身影,並不存在於我所認識的香港流行文化中。只是因為今年早些時間,看見為五區公投打氣的朋友將陳與張國榮合唱的喝采在網上廣傳,才稍稍在維基百科中認識到這位live fast die young的港式示範。聽說Stay a while曾在年前被地產商用於大型樓盤廣告中,不禁聯想到當中的諷刺關聯,只能停留片刻,不正是港人面對土地與住房問題時的深刻寫照?不知中文版的填詞人卡龍先生(或是小姐?)是否化名,但將原版那種意象翻譯過來的功力,堪稱絕響。
在房間中同學說起那句How he (she) make me quiver,在中文變成了與你站於窗前,竟也讓人覺得有同等功效,同樣教我quiver。1983年,還有兩年我才來到世上,陳百強已在萬千觀眾前唱著"盼我會為你解放"。Emancipation聽說來自拉丁文的ex manus capere,解作從那手裡拿出來。今天我們還在摸著石頭過河,理解何謂解放,希望企及那無形的手,談何容易。
Jesse: What do you think were the chances of us ever meeting again?
Celine: After that December, I'd say almost zero. But we're not real anyway, right? We're just, uh, characters in that old lady's dream. She's on her deathbed, fantasizing about her youth. So of course we had to meet again.
2010年8月24日
listening to this allows me to imagine there are ways out when giving up is not a choice
Destiny, destiny protect me from the world. Destiny, hold my hand, protect me from the world. Here we are with our running and confusion, and I don't see no confusion anywhere. And if the world does turn and if London burns, I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar.
最近重溫了那集關於色士風的星期日檔案。一定是上一次想得太多,才覺得它充滿哲理,就像每每聽"問我"時一樣。但七月剛去,八月來臨的時刻,在順豐排骨麵竟再一次聽到que sera sera,也回想著在曼城的陋室睡不著覺,把那老土的二十分鐘看完的滋味。在香港,對太多事與人都開始倍加肉緊,忘卻了在英國時偶爾的超然。que sera sera. 原來它出現在Hitchcock的The Man Who Knew Too Much,該是幾年前首次聽到的出處,但那時沒記住。出現在有這名字的電影,真是況味深長。