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[Eclectic Picks Vol.3] Cold Underwear & Innocent Fantasies : Twee Pop's Corny History
[Eclectic Picks Vol.3] Cold Underwear & Innocent Fantasies : Twee Pop's Corny History
I was sprawled out on floor tiles staring at the ceiling surrounded by a squad of fans doing their left-right-left-right dance. The temperature was feverish in summer, the thought of death came to mind once again. The footsteps and EDM music blaring from a speaker outside rapidly crescendo as they burst into the room, ‘All you have to do is stay! All you have to do is stay!’

‘Get off the floor, come play football!’ I heard as I felt the cold steel of a Y2K necklace on my face.
‘Sorry bro , I’m coming I’m coming.’
I walked out into the corridor dribbling a ball, my hand covering my neck, the smell of sweat overwhelming the smell of blood.

‘Oh, get me away, I'm dying
Get me away, I'm dying
Oh, I'm dying
Oh, I'm dying
Oh, I'm dying, yeah’

‘What are you mumbling about? A nursery rhyme?’
I felt the silver chain on my foot.
‘I want to die’, I replied as I kicked him the ball.
‘Good to hear, thanks for volunteering to play goalie!’
The sound of laughter, running, the jingle of chainlinks.
《從海闊天空到十八,細聽Beyond的精彩 1993-1999》(下)
《從海闊天空到十八,細聽Beyond的精彩 1993-1999》(下)
紀錄梁天琦的《地厚天高》選此為主題曲,無心插柳地成為一代人社運的金曲。相比起知名度本來一直高企的《海闊天空》,《十八》的命運更傳奇。

它本來只是樂隊下滑時的冷門作,名不經傳,卻因為不可預知的浪潮掀起,來到新一代年輕人的耳朵。

這大概是當初到中國好聲音的阿Paul、拍大陸電話廣告的家強、巡迴賺人民幣的世榮意想不到的事情吧。在藝人被聽眾分紅黃藍的年代,原著者為求生計北上,舊作卻成為本土思潮萌芽的代表作,《十八》的熱潮非常諷刺。

「我與我分開已很遠...很遠...在浪潮兜兜轉轉。」

在制度和自由裡掙扎的不只梁天琦;Beyond也一樣,面對著十八歲的叛逆、年輕時的憤世,如今成家立室後,這一切已成為影響經濟、北上發展的包袱。

香港做音樂如此可悲,過去熱衷政治的題材無人願聽,年過半百時才出現遲來的政治熱潮,舊作被翻出來推舉為神作,時不予你得裡外不是人。

「假使可以全沒隔阻...」與別人築起的隔膜,悲劇地成為Beyond的縮命。

於我而言,《十八》不是為誰度身訂造的主題曲。地球很大、靈魂敗壞,你一旦發覺就自然會對號入座去唱它。多少年輕人一夜成長,從曲中得到那一點點附和,繼續行下去。

我們只是巧合地聽到《十八》,不約而同地無力Beyond也曾逗留在這階段,理想有時,現實有時,俱往已。
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