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又一次提前网上泄漏，再次印证了互联网作为最好的流通渠道。。。

这张专辑整体来说水平一般（专辑名《魔杰座》实在无味。。。）。好听的歌曲依旧很多，但缺少惊艳之作，并且多可在以前作品中找到影子。

受人关注的中国风系列歌曲，这次是《兰亭序》，名字非常雅，然而歌词、旋律都比较平常，《青花瓷》看来的确是个不可逾越的周杰伦与方文山的巅峰作品。

其它方面，传统的周式情歌有《给我一首歌的时间》、《花海》和《说好的幸福呢》三首，都比较耐听，但没有特别动人之处。

表现青春健康乃至励志题材的有两首歌，《时光机》和《稻香》。《稻香》是带有励志色彩的，而《时光机》是回忆童年的怀旧作品，是这张专辑里目前为止我最喜欢的一首。这首歌同样没有什么突破，但词曲上乘，情真意切，的确打动了我。

《魔术先生》是专辑名称的由来，大体是仿《牛仔很忙》的轻松搞笑歌曲，曲风依旧欢快，唱法依旧随意。

周式舞曲方面，《蛇舞》再次请来了南拳妈妈的Lara；《乔克叔叔》则是一首讲马戏团小丑Joker的歌，里面还提到了今年的蝙蝠侠电影；而《龙战骑士》怎么看都是《半兽人》的翻版，估计又是某网游主打歌。

总的说来，周氏的“年度大作”感觉愈发像春晚，叫座未必叫好。作为周的第9张专辑，大概只是个过渡作品——而下张不会是“10年精选”了吧？而十年精选之后，或许他就真的要面临事业中年的转型了。

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There’s a heavy metal festival going on at the nearby 13Club (close to Wudaokou), an underground rock pub of some fame. Not a huge fan of heavy metal myself, but I was nearby, and having nothing better to do, I decided to check it out.

I arrived around close to 11. It was probably the 3rd or 4th band performing that night – I soon realized that each band were only allocated 3 songs – and there would be a total of 30 bands over a week’s performance.

The first band was noisy, but not really inspiring. The lead singer had long hair which he could rock into a spin-wheel of sorts. The music was loud, the bass and drums heavy, and in the small club there was a small pit forming where young over-drunk students smashed into each others’ bodies for fun. A few foreigners, some seriously over-aged for this adolescent stuff I thought, were waving in agreement to the band.

The second band was better, in that their songs were more aggressive in content. There was a fiercely nationalistic song, where they chanted “Changbai Mountain is ours, Diaoyu Island is ours, Taiwan is ours, and Tibet is ours!” For some reason I had a chill down my spine when I saw the students strongly ignited by this song.

Their next song, appropriately titled “八荣八耻”, was even more “offensive” in material. You can check out the lyrics here. There were loud cheers when the climatic line of “以一dang专政为耻”came out. Hmmm, that’s more like the spirit of rock.

Apparently this was the climax of the night, as by the time the next band appeared, most of the crowd had dissipated. And that wasn’t much of a shame, as this band’s music sounded fairly generic, even to my ears, and perhaps not heavy enough for the crowd’s taste. I left before the last band was to perform – not sure if I missed anything interesting.

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给电影人的情书

歌手：蔡琴

作词:罗启锐 作曲:李宗盛
大型多媒体音乐剧电影之歌主题歌

多少人爱你遗留银幕的风采
多少人爱你遗世独立的姿态
你永远的童真赤子的心态
孤芳自赏的无奈

谁明白你细心隐藏的悲哀
谁了解你褪色脸上的缅怀
你天衣无缝的潇洒心底的害怕
慢慢渗出了苍白

你苦苦地追求永恒
生活却颠簸无常遗憾
你傻傻地追求完美
却一直给误会给伤害给放弃给责备

何悲何爱何必去愁与苦
何必笑骂恨与爱
人间不过是你寄身之处
银河里才是你灵魂的徜徉地

人间不过是你无形的梦
偶然留下的梦尘世梦
以身外身做梦银亮色的梦
以身外身做梦中梦

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周杰伦的新专辑，整体上维持了水准，也有比较多的歌我相当喜欢。其中颇有些惊艳的一首便是《青花瓷》，方文山的词有如一副江南水墨画，其景其情令人驻足。

同时，不禁感叹科技进步就是好，可以看到词作者自己对创作过程的感受分享。

青花瓷     詞/方文山 曲/周杰倫

天青色等煙雨    而我在等妳
月色被打撈起    暈開了結局
如傳世的青花瓷自顧自美麗
妳眼帶笑意

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Mad World
Gary Jules

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces Read more…

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昨天下了Episode III的原声带，被震撼的不行了。

所有的曲子都充满了力量。Episode III本身就是情感上非常激烈的一集，听音乐的时候，忍不住去追忆那些情节，Anakin的堕落、背叛，绝地武士的灭亡，Obi-Wan与Anakin的决裂，皇帝的毒手……所有的情节都可以听到。

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Okay I gotta confess I’m no serious fan for music, and for I know I can’t really differentiate genre from genre, but what the heck, I know what I like.

And John Mayer just sounds so beautiful. The first song I ever listened to, “Back to you”, is just so ear-catchy. One of those songs which really doesn’t have a chorus and simply grabs you by its tune.

And then there’s “No such thing”, a song perfect for youngsters who aren’t content with mediocrity. I don’t want an ordinary life. I want to do something incredible. And “No such thing” gives me that kind of urge, “I can’t wait for my ten year reunion, I’m gonna bust down the double doors, and when I stand on these tables before you, you’ll know what all this time was for.” The impulse to live my life to the fullest.

No such thing lyrics, written and performed by John Mayer

Welcome to the real world”, she said to me
Condescendingly
Take a seat
Take your life
Plot it out in black and white
Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
And the drama queens
I’d like to think the best of me
Is still hiding
Up my sleeve

They love to tell you
Stay inside the lines
But something’s better
On the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there’s no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you’ve got to rise above

So the good boys and girls take the so called right track
Faded white hats
Grabbing credits
Maybe transfers
They read all the books but they can’t find the answers
And all of our parents
They’re getting older
I wonder if they’ve wished for anything better
While in their memories
Tiny tragedies

They love to tell you
Stay inside the lines
But something’s better
On the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there’s no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you got to rise above

I am invincible(3x)
As long as I’m alive

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there’s no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you’ve got to rise above

I just can’t wait for my 10 year reunion
I’m gonna bust down the double doors
And when I stand on these tables before you
You will know what all this time was for

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