Those nights were on fire
We couldn't get higher
We didn't know that we had it all
But nobody warns you before the fall
And I pray that you stay
Don't leave, I just need a wake-up call
I'm facing the greatest
The greatest loss of them all
The culture is lit and I had a ball
I guess I'm signing off after all
You took my sadness out of context
At the Mariners Apartment Complex
I ain't no candle in the wind
I'm the board, the lightning, the thunder
Kind of girl who's gonna make you wonder
Who you are and who you've been
You lose your way, just take my hand
You're lost at sea, then I'll command your boat to me again
Don't look too far, right where you are, that's where I am
I'm your man
I'm your man
〈阿波羅十一號〉在譜曲上採用了 A-A-B-B 的結構,段落的旋律線也較為平順,有如一步一步升上太空,在 space rock 的各種電結他音效下慢慢推進至頂端;這樣的漸進、像在整裝待發的旋律(及編曲),既有製作人想營造出來的爆發力,又能在延長歌曲保鮮期之上取得較好的效果。類似的曲調在余佩真的歌曲之中並不罕見,專輯中諸如〈答答答〉、〈留〉及〈無題日常 2019〉等等的作品,有的弱化了副歌旋律的起伏,有的副歌往低音處走,自然而然地銜接歌曲前後的部分,聽起來更為流暢。
《真 真》以余佩真的暱稱為名,中間以空格分隔開兩個「真」字。若每個「真」字代表一種性格,那或者專輯的不同歌曲在風格上的分野,也就有了一個很好的解釋。在專輯林林總總的十首作品之中,有簡單像〈無題日常 2019〉的民謠,也有像〈內褲的顏色〉般讓人想起 The Beatles 的搖滾樂;〈內褲的顏色〉從歌名到歌詞再到編曲上的大膽(最後段的色士風演奏,雖然不夠長不夠過癮,可卻是一個有趣的嘗試),都跟專輯其他作品中那個較內向、較多感觸的余佩真,有著明顯的差別。同樣有著各種管樂出現的〈原來我用錯了方式說我愛你〉,從開段後不久就起著像快要失控的電結他聲,到最後小號奏著響號,跟歌詞中的那份自責頗為匹配,亦是另一首跟專輯整體氣氛較不一樣的歌曲。
余佩真聲線略顯幼嫩,可卻仍算有收有放,做出了適當的聲音表情,讓 vocal 跟隨音樂在狂野和收斂之間徘徊。同是(近乎)全創作專輯,也同是由新一代的台灣女性音樂力量代表所演唱,《真 真》有時會讓我想起艾怡良的《垂直活著,水平留戀著》。可《真 真》的風格相對上偏向 indie pop rock,在音樂呈現部分也更為豐富地包括了民謠甚至是另類音樂,這或可歸功於她在樂團時期累積下來的經驗。
係度再推一次
2019 my album of the year: Weyes Blood, Titanic Rising!
Songs:
1. Weyes Blood, "Something To Believe"
2. Big Thief, "Cattails"
3. FKA twigs, "sad day"
4. Sharon Van Etten, "Seventeen"
5. Tyler, the Creator, "A BOY IS A GUN*"
6. Bon Iver, "Naeem"
7. Vampire Weekend, "Harmony Hall"
8. Lana Del Rey, "The Greatest"
9. Floating Points, "LesAlpx"
10. James Blake, "Can't Believe the Way We Flow"
Albums:
1. Weyes Blood, Titanic Rising
2. Lana Del Rey, Norman Fucking Rockwell!
3. Floating Points, Crush
4. Big Thief, U.F.O.F.
5. Moodymann, sinner
6. Tyler, the Creator, IGOR
7. Thom Yorke, ANIMA
8. Bon Iver, i, i
9. Big Thief, Two Hands
10. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Ghosteen