Sunday, September 30, 2007

與球星對話黎講

唔係陳旭智啦。

對公民一場,陳旭智犯個低級錯誤,見哂報,真係威。其實場波之前一直踢得唔錯,點知搞呢壇野,加埋d前因後果即時入左冷宮。

點知今場對流浪,祖爾半場唔頭,撞親後腦,頂多十幾二十分鐘都係頂唔住,要換,仲要即時call白車去廣華照,佢老婆都去埋,但冇帶個仔走……祖爾仔第二場唔駛睇波,係十七、八段走黎走去,同個0靚妹係到「捉依因」……(之前陳旭智捉過佢過黎俾我影相,但佢死扭唔肯)

陳旭智咁又有得踢喎,都唔錯,保持到球隊既防守戰術,一捕一包呢個高梵……

最近某本地波輪壇係到講本地球圈邊個最快,d人連葉志豪都講埋(唔係話佢唔快,但佢唔係真係好快,而且體能同身位……踢波唔係下下都有人讓條跑道俾你架嘛)……好老實近兩季我睇過既波,冇一個夠高梵快掛?呢個真係快到冇譜,安基斯又好,梁子成又好,快極都冇高梵咁誇,起跑果下d爆炸力真係火箭咁,仲要身位同平衡力都好好,對聯牛第二球就係平衡力加速度既表現,一拍之下凌空仍然冇失平衡,落地即時起步推,邊線傳中被解圍但防中友友禁區頂撞射,射都網都爭d穿咁。

講返對公民果場,果場係當日頭場,尾場係流浪對聯牛,開波冇耐就有個著住流浪練習衫既人坐左係我隔離(離四五個人左右既空位),睇睇下佢突然問身後面d人「大埔個10號仔係大陸仔定香港人?」後面果班應該係大埔既青年軍,個個望住佢冇反應,我咪答佢「係香港人黎」。

之後我搵左陣書唔見流浪入面有佢,到流浪落場見佢著三十號,我先醒起佢應該係潘文俊,本身都叫做掛左靴(好後生掛靴,但香港球員就係咁,都仲踢緊奧運隊既唐健文都想掛靴,搞左一輪先話繼續踢,借左去東方仲踢得唔錯,香港球員係會因為前途問題而收山的),業餘咁踢過乙組既石硤尾,今季去左流浪做助教,但人腳唔夠佢註冊埋做球員。

(desktop仍然未救援,要死既始終會死,未死既唔會被傳染,慢慢黎唔駛急,我估都係display card架喇……而家d新display card係咪都係行pci express,好少agp架喇?)

Friday, September 28, 2007

You know you're from HKUST when ...

You are not surprised by the beauty of any other campus on the planet. - I'll say

You sleep during the day and work during the night. - Used to. Not for now

You think your university is the best in Hong Kong and Asia. - Yeh, and i know the it's vague but everyone have their own definition of goodness

Your friends admire those students' amenities at seafront and such a wonderful sea view at campus. - Most of my friends either HKUST graduates, students, never visit HKUST or visited HKUST too often

You have so many mid-terms, papers and projects while your friends from other university don't. - I don't have too many friends from other universities

You assume that the student amenities, how fine they are, are free of charge. - I think so

You feel it commonplace that your teachers are from schools like MIT, Stanford and Harvard. - Not many in my department but it doesn't mean my teachers are bad. They are either making good in research or teaching or both. So don't be that fucking arrogant, business slickers

You truly understand that it is University of STRESS and TENSION. - why not?

CGA represents everything. - fuck cga

You freeze your ass off in the library because the air conditioner is on full blast in winter. - I don't know. It's the place for people to study or squeeze their bf/gf and i didn't study and I didn't have bf(!)

Exchange students tell you "isn't UST for University of Sightseeing and Tourism?" - not for those i know

You don't have to take care whether it rains or not because you can simply walk through bridges, lifts and escalators to get to the classrooms / canteen / library. - sure, especially for hall one guys like me

A large part of photos in your album are taken at your university campus. - true

You prefer ThinkPad. - fuck that i have missed this year ownership promotion...

You don't really sleep. - not for now

You are neither a doctor nor a lawyer. - nothing more i can make from this point. YES

You are an IT fan. - nope. not at all. I'm a programmer. I won't say I'm an IT guy also I should be. But the fucking term make me think of the people pretend smart, always try to show they are superior to you technically, dressing up and fooling around. I'm not in that rank and I'm just happy to learn technical knowledge and making progress in my job

You check email every three minutes. - yeh, and gmail has polling

You receive email from the professor at 2:00 am - i did

Every professor thinks that his course is the only one you are taking. - that's absolutely true. So you know HKUST is the place to make your tuition fee worthwhile as you got 4-5 semesters' workload in a single semester

You are late for a 10:00 am class. - usually i'd skip them. not for the music class though

Your boss is amazed at your math. - my math sucks and my boss is from MIT. So the bigger chance is I'm amazed at his math

You have to think about how long it takes on the road only to go out for shopping or tea. - neutral. sometime did and sometime didn't. I'm hall one guy

You run into the University President in the canteen. - used to be like that? Not for Paul Chu

You go back to the campus to swim and play football even after graduation. - no

You admit that you are a nerd or geek. - technically a false, as I'm a nerd and geek

You know that "Nano" is not a type of rice. - come one, it's common sense, really people don't know what nano is?

You date in the library. - date lee lo mo

You fall asleep in the extremely comfortable sofa in the library with unbeaten sea view. - Not for me. but my fyp advisor, prof. Andrew Horner did. and I gave him the nickname 向海男

Whatever you do, your always do it with your heart. - I have to, I'll die without a heart which is working properly

and lastly,

You know you're from HKUST when you're from the most awesome university on the planet! - ok, alright, yea, it's enough pal

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Salyu : To U

或許有時實在想得太多。我依照自己的想像去期望這一張名為Terminal的唱片,現在聽起來,似乎不是我想像中的那個樣子。

不是想像中的樣子,不是代表唱片的質素不好。Salyu的發音技巧頗花俏,但稍稍意外的是在高音位有一點薄弱,而且似乎並不夠「實淨」這當然可能是因為太多技巧性的發音,也可能是因為對於駕馭節拍較快的歌曲不太純熟。

不過,有一首歌可能是盡在預期之內,這一首獨唱版本的TO U,在朋友從日本把這張Terminal空運回港交到我手前已經聽過了。

當時跟一位Mr.Children的網友說,我覺得Salyu在這個獨唱版的演繹太刻意、表達感情來得太多技巧、不夠自然。事實我很喜歡這一首歌的旋律,小林武史是很學院派的那種音樂人,旋律在流行樂來說可能不夠簡潔(雖然我沒有聽My Little Lover,但這一張Terminal十三首歌都是由他創刀作曲),TO U卻扔然捉到用神,高低起伏之中,夠動聽夠真致。

聽說本來沒有第一個版本的那個Bank Band合唱版。我很記得MC網友初次會面,有人問過是否大家都不太喜歡這一首TO U,當年的結論是大家不習慣有一把女主音伴著櫻井。不過,我其實是初次聽到這一首TO U已經非常喜歡,或許,因為我聽起來是櫻井伴著女主音 — Salyu。

可惜的是Salyu版並不自然。由她的唱腔到都只有鋼琴加不知是大還是中提琴的伴奏(懶得去看小頁),情感都是那麼刻意。

但,原來聽過的歌,也會有意料之外的收獲。

過去一個星期,下班的時候我聽得都是這一首歌。也許一種過於刻意的情感就是需要一首過於刻意的歌去引發。這一首to u使上環的舊街變得如此孤獨,下班的人們臉上的疲累、目光的呆滯,似乎正在被Salyu的歌聲撫慰著,Salyu替他們唱出了他們孤獨的情緒。城巿人的落寞可能都是刻意營造,我們都是那樣,自以為感性。但當你聽著這一首to u,看到高高在上的中銀大廈、IFC第二期、還有最近的新紀元廣場的大鐘,冷冷地看著你,冷冷地看著這一條準備著回家的永樂街,你知道音樂除了是一種娛樂,也使你的情感變得敏銳,感受到你平時感受不到的事物的情感。

對,我在預期以外的喜歡這個版本。

Monday, September 17, 2007

Hairspray 戀愛大爆髮 (2007)

戀愛及爆髮都不見得是在電影中的重心,噴髮劑就更不是了。

不過既然原版電影叫Hairspray,由原版電影改編成的音樂劇叫Hairspray,那麼改編自音樂劇的最新版當然仍然叫做Hairspray。

電視一開始女主角便唱出全片的第一首,已經令我心動要買下OST。

一個虛構的故事,setting是1963年的巴爾的摩。1963年是美國近代民權運動的一個重要年份,著名的民權運動領袖馬丁路德金發表了任何人都知有其事的"I Have a Dream"演說。如果說我們只是對種族主義的壓迫完全無知的一群白痴,我對你說我只能誠惶誠恐地承認:「你說的對」。

我很喜歡看有關搖滾樂歷史的書,當談到搖滾樂的起源,如果你要避開膚色不談,那簡直是自欺欺人。我記得我曾經在一些朋友談起「黑人音樂」這一個字眼,朋友便說音樂就是音樂,為甚麼要說成是甚麼黑人白人。(我想沒有人會否認有分中樂、西樂,如果中樂是指源自中國的音樂,為甚麼我們不可以有黑人音樂—源自黑人的音樂?事實是,如果我們假裝不知道眼前的人是黑人,那是偽善的自欺欺人,我們相信我們要做的是,承認我們膚色有別,但不以為然,人人平等)

怎麼能夠不說成是黑人白人的音樂?藍調是黑人音樂,是黑奴在幹苦工時邊做邊唱而開始的一種音樂傳統,這種音樂源自靈魂,你不會在做苦工的時間考慮音樂會否為你帶來金錢,你只會把心中的悶氣化成音樂,唱出來,訴說你對你女人的愛,談著你的志氣,然後發放怒火。

搖滾樂是藍調的兒子。如果你希望說得成實一點,那麼搖滾樂應該是白人剽竊黑人音樂然後把他弄成白人專有玩意兒的一種音樂類認,那是完全不容否認的。The Who的Pete Townshend說,我們都欠著黑人。只要你聽著那些早期搖滾或節奏藍調以至熱.爵士的火氣熱情、無限活力,你就知道搖滾樂有鄉村音樂之形,但那些精神力量是源自節奏藍調的性感熱情。自由奔放的搖滾樂原真是來自黑人,早期搖滾樂手的成功都靠模仿黑人,包括地位有如神一般的米積加。

電影中,談論的主要是種族平等,也大概一談身材肥胖的人。很有趣,女主角身材又肥又矮,故事倒沒有安排她來一段「肥人自憐」,她的勇氣、自信、對身材的漠視貫徹始終,可能是片面,但那種一面倒的勇氣比那些故作可憐的軟弱自憐來得可愛一百倍。有很多人,認為別人歧視,卻自己先歧視自己,那是說一百句話一百句都是廢話的典型,既然你的標準與別人不同,而你認為自己是對的,為甚要為錯的人的標準感到受傷害?如此我實在看不出中間的分別。

當然,看到這種大是大非的公義勝利,是令人感到愉快、非常興奮的。不過,老套話也始終要說,也許當年讓黑人上電視是政治不正確,現在是不讓黑人上電視才是政治不正確,看似進步了,但人心談的都只是要政治正確而已,平等根本從未出現。就像我的音樂老師勞師宴說:「黑人本來就有最好的音樂天賦,古典樂界沒有黑人,不是因為黑人只會玩爵士、藍調,學習歐洲古典音樂的黑人學得都很好,比很多其他膚色的人都要好,但他們再好也不會成功,因為整個音樂界都不會讓一個膚色是黑色的人站到台上。為甚麼?因為沒有人會去看一個黑人指揮家去指揮,那個角色不是屬於黑人的。沒有原因,但黑人站在那裡,就是一個問題。」

請大家繼續作夢,直至夢想成真。

P.S. 原來現在由米雪菲花飾演的大奸角,原版是由Blondie的Debbie Harry演出,我只聽過她跟Iggy Pop的一首合唱,很不錯呢。

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

You know you're from Hong Kong when...

You pretend (and tell people) that you know Mandarin because you can speak Cantonese. - No, I pretend and tell people i can't speak Mandarin and I actually can't speak. But I can talk to people in Mandarin quite fluently(!)

You started singing karaoke when you were five. - should be when i was 19 or something

You are an expert in mahjong. - I play, but without really knowing the rule

You tip only 10%. - what do u mean by only?

You prefer Sony. - Sorry

You have more than 30 cousins. - No

You confuse Welcome with Wellcome. - Never

You have many credit cards. - I have exactly one credit card

You have more than two DVD players at home. - if dc dvd rom count, i should have 5

You wear famous brand clothes: DKNY, Versace, Chanel, Polo, etc. even though all your Polo shirts are from ladies’ market. - I have none of these brands

You always have the latest mobile phone. - not at all. I start to have my self mobile at 19 and i only have had 2 up to now and the latest one is a more than 2 years model

You play badminton. - No

You drink vita soy. - No, lemon tea though

You love to go yum cha. - I like it but not really keen on that.

Your friends ask you if Hong Kong is a country. - this one is for overseas hong kong people

You call a lot of your friends Fei Jai. - No. I call a lot of my friends pok guy

You’ve lost a lot of money on the Mark Six. - No. just ever bought 2 or 3 in my life

You know what it means when you call someone inch. -why not?

You eat instant noodles too often. - This is a relative question and i do think i am, just don't know if really too often to compare with others

You've dyed your hair before. - Never

You are studying engineering, business management or law. - I'm an engineering student.

You try to avoid pork chops. And i'm not talking about the food. - sure

When you go back to Hong Kong, the last thing your smoking friend asks you is to buy them a carton of Reds. - I live in hong kong

You read "tsing tao" instead of "world journal" or "china press." - it's a tough question. I think I don't reap papers

You party at Club 7-11. - No party for me

You ALWAYS buy real software and DVDs. ALWAYS. - I often buy the not so real DVD

You never order appetizers at a restaurant. - Yup

Your Chinese handwriting really sucks. - I never met anyone sucker then me. I bet you're not. Many people challenge me before and all surrender when they actually saw my writing.

You build a mountain of salad when you eat in Pizza Hut. - I never eat in Pizza Hut

Your stationery has pictures of your favourite cartoon character. - Nope

People accuse you of having (and starting) SARS. - Not for me

Your foreign friends don't mess with you because they think you know kung fu. - I friendly to them because they don't think I know kung fu

You have a collection of model robots, built or yet to be built. - Not for me

If someone buys something, you brag about how its cheaper in Hong Kong. - Never

When you leave HK, you always stock up on duty free at the airport. - I never leave HK

When having dim sum, you rinse your dishes in hot water before you eat. - I do

You have two middle initials instead of the usual one. - I don't really understand this...but i think i do

You spit bones and food scraps on the table. - Not much to tell on this

You have heaps of shoes and slippers blocking the entrance to your home. - not for me

Your kitchen is coated in a film of sticky grease. - i don't have my own kitchen

Your cook top is covered with tin foil. - no

You buy $10 VCDs. - I don't. I buy DVD

You hate nerds, even though you are one. - I hate people hate nerds. You are not any smarter just because you are not a nerd. You are not nerdy you can still be retarded.

You ask, "when are you going back to Hong Kong?" instead of "when are you going to Hong Kong?". - never ask

You miss the drinks and snacks that you can only get in Hong Kong. - I don't

You have a Walkman, Discman and Minidisk player that you don’t use anymore because you use an MP3 player. - I'm still using my Discman

You use tick tick pencils instead of regular pencils. - True

You've played all the computer games that have ever come out. - I only play FM right now

You play ... err ... you ARE the Street Fighter Champion. - I'm not good at that

You show off your mobile phone that you got in Hong Kong "for cheap." - Nope

Your luggage is near empty when you arrive in HK, and it's full when you leave. - Not for me

You expect to pay for transport in other countries with your Octopus card, only to be disappointed. - never visit other countries

If your are a guy you are really interested in military stuff (guns, aircraft, tanks), but you’re too pussy to be a soldier. - No interest at all.

You inherit your elder brother's clothes and your younger brother inherits your clothes. - I don't have any brothers

You once had loads of 4wd model cars. - No

You’ve had a Tamagotchi. - No, never

You have a PlayStation, Gamecube, Xbox and you will get the Xbox 360 soon. - kind of correct

You use Bak Fa Yao. - Nope

Justin's gay. - Steal tin or Justin Timberlake ain't gay. They are meat eaters

You have at least one shirt that says "Hong Kong" on the front. - I have 3 writes "The Who", none with "Hong Kong"

When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy 100 rolls and store them in your closet or in the bedroom of an adult child who has moved out. - My mum does and I take it as myself

You have a vinyl table cloth on your kitchen table. - Nope

You use Park 'N Shop bags as binliners. - Alright

You always leave your shoes at the door. - True

You have a piano in your living room. - Used to, now only my organ

You can twirl your pen around your fingers. - I can't

You eat red bean popsicles. - I don't like it

When you go to a dance party, there are a wall of guys surrounding the dance floor trying to look cool. - never go to dance party

People ask you if there are trees in Hong Kong, and they don't believe you when you tell them that 76% of HK is green. - Maybe, my American roommate, sean, did tell me he has though hong kong is not that green but it ends up trees are everywhere

You wish you were Son Goku. - I want to be vegeta

Or that you had Ding Dong's pouch. - i don't

Owning a Mercedes Benz means you are well off, but it's nothing compared to owning a lawn mower - the ultimate status symbol. - I agree with this. I don't fancy Mercedes at all. It's everywhere in HK. The point is people having this are just having a lower class and have to drive by themselves. Pointless. Why drive an old man car when u are trying to get a girl in your car? May it be the (kong) girls only view money but not taste.

You feel like you've gotten a good deal if you didn't pay tax. - why not?

If you're a guy, you wear basketball shorts as pajamas. - True

Your mother used to hit you with a chicken-feather duster and shout "da sei lei!" - this one is good

You beat eggs with chopsticks instead of a fork. - I beat it with what ever I've got. usually a bowl

You like Chinese films in their original undubbed versions. - sure

You're in another country and everything moves so slowly. - it should be

You like congee with thousand year old eggs. - i think you mean skin egg? yes!

You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached. - nope, i love convenience

You're in love with David Beckham. More for the ladies, but some of you guys do too ;) - this guy is fucking overrated in a way.

You use a face cloth. - I hope i get it right

You use a clothes line. - yup

You starve yourself before going to all you can eat sushi. - I don't eat sushi

You miss the MTR, and Red Taxis. - what for? paying money?

You know someone who can get you a good deal on electronics. - Nope

Chinese food in other countries doesn't taste right. - I'll bet

You never discuss your love life with your parents. - Come on, i don't even discuss with my friend

Your parents are never happy with your grades. - things changed when I has been into university, because they don't know and don't care anymore.

You keep most of your money in a savings account. - Yes

You love Chinese Martial Arts films. - not really love but it's alright to me.

You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing. - No

Shaolin and Wu Tang actually mean something to you. - Sure, I know them

You shat your pants before the 1997 handover. - I don't, nothing to be afraid. When it has to come, it has to come.

You own a Snoopy toy from Mcdonalds. - Never

You never order sweet-n-sour pork, egg foo young, or chop suey at a Chinese restaurant. - Maybe

You tell your friends that people don’t actually eat prawn crackers in HK, and they don't believe you. - never tell this to my friend

You turn bright red after drinking alcohol. - I never try but i think i do

You look like you are sixteen. - SURE!!!

You have more than five remotes in your house. - true

You wear (or need) glasses. - yep, since 11 or 12

Your parents (or some other close relative) own a grocery store or restaurant. - No

Your grandmother lives with you and your family. - it's more complicated than this but i think it's kind of correct

You always have water when dining out. - yes

You say aiya! and wah!. - wei! wei! waa!! wasa!!!!

You’re mum talks to you in Chinese and you reply in English. - i don't

It annoys you how shops close at 5pm in other countries and you expect them to be open. - I think so

You love little red envelopes. - I'm alright with this

You cut your own hair, or get friends to cut your hair. - no

You know at least three people named Alan Wong. - seems not

People don't believe that you live on the 28th floor. - i don't think so

Your dad is some sort of engineer. - sort of correct

Your parents still tried to get you into places half-price saying you were 12 when you were really 15. - maybe

You ask your parents help on one math problem and 2 hours later they're still lecturing. - never ask

You're in another country and you try to make a local call, but wtf? you have to pay for it! - never in another country

You have a 40 lb. bag of rice in your kitchen. - I think so

You've had a bowl haircut at one time in your life. - ok

Your parents compare you with their colleagues' nerdy kids. - sure

You've mastered the art of bargaining. - No

You eat bak choy. - sure

You wish you could go back to Hong Kong for just 1 day, which you would spend shopping and eating. - sure

Your favourite movie is Shaolin Soccer. - no, not at all

And you play football in baak faan yu. - no i don't

You make a list of things to do and buy when you get back. - NO

You have no eyelashes. - what?

Your parents expect you to be best friends with nerds. - I think so

And always tell you your cool friends are bad. - I have friends want to be cool but they don't. Some nerdy pretend smart and they don't

Your relatives' houses smell like incense. - No

Everyone thinks you're good at math. - No

You say, "University level maths? I took University level maths in year 8!" - No

You are the god of gamblers. (doe sun) - I don't gamble

You think Sailor Moon is hot. - She sucks. Kind of kong girl

You learned about the birds and the bees from someone other than your parents. - I think so

You have way more technology than your foreign friends. - No

All of your friends ask you to translate whenever they see Chinese characters. - true

The vast majority of the people related to you wear glasses/contacts. - true

Your parents have either made you play the piano, the violin, or both. - not exactly but i think it does the same way

You get nothing if you do well in school, but crapped on if you don't. - I think so

You think Mcdonalds in other countries is expensive. - sure

You get homesick when you watch Rush Hour 2. - nope

Your dad still pulls his socks up to his knees. - i don't think so. I haven't checked but i don't think so

Your family always cheers for the Asian athlete on TV. - Not exactly

The furniture in your house never matches the wallpaper, the carpet, the decorations, or any of the rest of the furniture. - i think so

You hit aeroplanes. - I don't understand this!(do you think i'd tell you this?)

You own a rice cooker. - it belongs to my mum

You buy soy sauce by the gallon. - no

People think that PK stands for Penalty Kick, but you know what it really means - to be true, in person I never say pk, what for? I simply speak it out, yes, you are pok guy

Your friends ask you if Hong Kong is in Japan. - no

You tell all of your foreign friends that you are related to Jackie Chan and they believe you. - i didn't

and lastly,

You know you're from Hong Kong when you're from the most awesome city in the world! - i don't. I'm from a crowded and rushing city.

So, I don't think I'm from Hong Kong

Sunday, September 09, 2007

恭喜和仔

先講講頭場。

華家堡一開波大打快波,大埔球員一上腳就四唔個人黎搶,壓到大埔波都冇乜機會踢,氣勢好強。佢地好多俾波走位,整體組織力好似好好咁,但係技術意識實在太有限,基本上完全拉唔開大埔中場同防線,和仔同黃鎮宇兩邊都做唔到野,中間果個假泰利又形同虛設,波就拎住黎踢,禁區都入唔到。本身大埔d反擊都打唔開,不過上半場中段就越來越似樣,點解呀?華家堡d人冇力了。

呢d就可以話由球員至教練都欠經驗既結果了,唔識留放。大家都知香港球員體能唔夠,日波頭場你成個上半場都打得咁快?而事實係,大埔打得咁慢,你打得咁快,你都拉唔開人地既防守,咁兩班波到下半場其實體能會有好明顯有分野了。二黎華家堡果班人其實好多係09既人,發育都未完全啦唔好話,個右中堅上半場尾段已經踢完全冇哂,好似踢左90分鐘咁,最終大埔入兩球都係做落去左路搞掂。

下半場大埔d反擊仲越來越有威脅。不過場波第一個轉捩點,就係大埔門將冇要到趙俊傑個跣後,冤枉角球俾人追返一粒。拿,上半場我一直都唔滿意大埔兩邊既表現,蘇來強除左同思榮做左個撞牆,平時都係上腳太多,成日lun住個波唔放。直至下半場華家堡冇哂氣,右路李威廉生返,我同阿洲都同意,抽起蘇來強或者呂志興,放個快到甩碌既李康廉黎抽水,應該可以鎖定勝局了。

但巴貝利似乎係好保守果種英式領隊,隊波個勢唔輸就唔會換人,d人唔傷亦唔會換。到俾人角球追一粒,佢先換個右閘郭詠燊入黎踢右中場守佢(不過,起碼輸返一粒之後換郭詠燊而唔係李康廉我覺得係0岩的)。呢一粒已經打起左華家堡個勢,不過可以留意,華家堡仍然係冇能力係禁區入面做到任何威脅的。

最後和仔可以點呢?就係靠人望!球證開始決定要做大埔,等和仔第一場教波踢聯賽唔駛落筆打三更。首先,祖爾係冇動作,以及陳旭智已經包左落黎既情況下,冇動作加未形成單刀,被球証程愛祖吹罰對方單刀情況下侵犯對手,無啦啦紅牌。足總網頁短短一句「88分鐘,和富大埔祖爾犯規被判罰離場。」唔,任何人都講唔到點解係紅牌,出腳粗野咩?單刀咩?乜都唔係,都唔知解釋果球波可以係一個紅牌。如果我係球證,呢個波頂多係吹罰,黃牌都未必有。

大埔有一段時間連趙俊傑都出左場治理,九人應戰,華家堡立即空群出擊。仍然做唔到有威脅既機會,最終程愛祖見到入返場既趙俊傑係禁區邊落腳鏟波,機不可失,即使係清脆踢到個波,偉大既球證都決定係時候俾個十二碼,以獎勵全場拼搏華家堡但無甚斬獲、空有神之子歐陽耀沖但全無威脅、卻又擁有德高望重教練李健和既華家堡。

一句啦,其實我覺得巴貝利換人果斷少少,程愛祖用屎眼吹場波都做唔到2粒波俾華家堡既,佢地都入唔到禁區。(有消息指,場內人有問華家堡領隊,陳sir既回應係,「我都覺得唔係紅牌,我都覺得唔係十二碼,不過球證咁吹冇辦法。」)

全場比較令人覺得高興既係,大埔班波冇退步,祖爾又真係好勁抽,而且班波都應該仲有得進步(今場特別要讚陳思榮,完場我都有讚陳旭智硬淨左,不過佢態度非常謙虛呀下,話對面個外援前鋒假泰利屎,咁又係呀,唔係特別硬淨,冇速度,可能射術好啦下,但以華家堡既組織力,應該都係收檔了。兩個外援中堅,假夏格維斯係比較好,殺波好辣又幾靈活,另一個唔掂啦,同香港d本地中堅差不多水準而已)。不過大埔對住呢班波都拎唔到3分,之後真係要加把勁了。

尾場唔多講,晨曦個基奧雲尼,技術射技速度都一流,一流射手,淨係佢一個已經解決左晨曦上季前鋒線唔得既問題,有左佢加埋本身果班係本地技術都數一數二既中場(靚昆、耀仔、朱兆基、劉強呢條華人中場線都唔會差得過有鬼佬果d,佢地本身又夾到好熟,仲要簽左隻好高級既巴西防中),同埋高尼路鎮住既後防,今季都係時候重返挑戰多過一個冠軍既行列了。(陳旭智話冇出場果個法比奧蘇沙都好勁,另外大馬古點名稱讚有拼勁既比沙,真係滿場飛,佢唔係特別做到d乜,但拎波就向空位推生,推同俾波時間都決定得好,淨係呢樣已經夠哂好用啦)

東方黎講,新埋班而且對手強,默契明顯唔夠啦。不過中間17號保羅似乎真係有級數,其他鬼都出得果陣再夾下,應該會好過今場了。



陳旭智尋日唔係地球人,係壽星人(嘿)。另,黑色衫係我(嘿)。

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Yureruwa, Yureruwa, Yureruwa

當年留聲機的出現面世,曾經使唱手們出現恐慌性的反對,生怕錄音技術會令人們再沒有進場的意慾,他們鑽進每一個可以鑽進去的牛角尖,試圖把錄音技術封為魔鬼,令人們一起合力把它封進十八層地獄之中。

結果?歌手們失敗了,錄音技術勢不可當,可是唱手們欲成為了贏家。錄音技術使歌手們除了現場演出,還多了一個討飯吃的工作。而且錄音技術更正好成為了唱手們的宣傳工具,誘使了更多人在試聽過後,情不自禁地找機會現場地聽一聽那張動人的聲線去唱一首動人的歌曲。

小時候的我很抗拒現場演出的錄音唱片,覺得它們充滿瑕疵,不完整,不夠結實,而且失真。

現在的我當然很明白自己當年的幼稚。我想跟本不用我再去說甚麼,任何人都知道現出演出有的東西是錄音室唱片永遠取代不了的,不復詳談。

倒想一談搖滾樂的主音。無論樂隊的創作靈魂是誰,有多強的樂器手—也許是擁有一個可以一口氣連續作兩小時不停即興演奏而永不重覆的結他手,在現場演出時,大眾的焦點永遠都落在主音身上。

記得看漫畫Beck,在樂隊選樂手時,說出了一個條件,「主音的外型要亮麗」。這個亮麗的意思我不清楚,比較可能是指要漂亮好看?但也有可能是要能夠在台上閃亮。

Freddie Mercury那兩撇像毛蟲一樣的鬍子,兩隻假哨牙,有時胖起來仍然身穿低V緊身「現代」褲,露出一堆胸毛,活像吳孟達……

但他卻是搖滾樂史甚至是廣義流行樂中在台上最具風彩、最掀動人心的主音歌手。

即使他的一切都Over the top,行為誇張失實,外型老套可笑,但他的能力、魅力與全情入卻壓倒一切,而且把那些誇張失實及老套可笑成他最利害的武器。

在我眼中,或許各樣風格的成份不同,David Bowie一樣有這個能力,Iggy Pop有,張國榮有,桑田佳祐有,YUKI也有。而當一個歌手在台上可以做出一切行為仍然令觀眾不顧一切地投入,這就是絕對的星味,我們有時叫他做壓場感。

那些只會行出來「擺靚靚」或「自以為型」、又或是情深「電眼」的傢伙還是去食新鮮狗屎好了。

每次看到一邊搖著裙一邊扯出這一句「搖吧」,耳、腦、眼都同時被排出一陣快感(聽唱片就只有耳及腦了)。



"I'm a MUSIC FIGHTER!"



如果說以上說的那些舞台魅力及高聲嘶哮都只是掩眼法,不如又看一看這一個Hitotsu dake的 acoustic version。我自己覺得Takuya的acoustic結他真的不行,interlude的位置通常都欠流暢,但YUKI運用聲線表達感情的能力實在非常突出,可說是在她的慢歌中不尋常地異常精彩的演出。

沒有感情的零瑕疵只是個討好耳朵的掩耳法而已。

Monday, September 03, 2007

4 - 5 - 1

其實我自己係好鍾意4-3-3同4-5-1呢類陣式的,而呢個偏好係由多蒙特簽到真高拿開始,之前我就好鍾意玩4-2-2-2。

0岩0岩車路士收皮。饒家輝講左一個膠野,就係話油王上屆迫摩連奴用舒夫真高拍杜奧巴,迫佢用雙箭頭搞到摩連奴打唔到自己家波,整到杜奧巴表現唔好云云。

明明上季杜奧巴最生果陣,就係舒夫真高有落場果陣。今日場香港波,南華係踢4-5-1,傑志4-3-3。其實4-5-1同4-3-3既分別明顯就係兩隻翼既企位係前定後,但其實4-5-1好定4-3-3好甚至4-2-3-1呢d,要踢得好首先就一定要個中鋒有好極既個人能力,能夠保持到控球權果種,摩連奴就係因為自己有杜奧巴,先成日想咁樣踢,而南華就好明顯,有個係香港屈哂身型既迪天奴。

我自己就覺得,如果係你強隊,係拎住個波黎踢既,如果你個lone striker,係呢類柱躉中鋒,就比較適合踢4-3-3,前鋒另外兩個係呢d可以踢邊可以入中間果d,中場重心就防中位果一個,陣地時可以逗深d分兩邊,上波時打返長線d用中鋒掩護或者set俾兩邊去波,係比較理想。如果個lone striker係走位好速度高果d,就真係要有個好keyman,中場由佢開始上波,陣地時等佢係d最難做野既位做串連,兩邊既球員就最好係純翼唔入中間踢係邊線果種,幫手扯d空位。

講到好複雜?係!其實呢d4-5-1、4-3-3甚至4-2-3-1,係真係一d複雜既陣。如果你個陣係假既,最後都係9-0-1就當然另計,但當你係要主攻或者話係要鬥同人拎形勢去踢既,呢d企位密度唔平衡既陣其實係要夾人夾得好好。

今日傑志開波踢得好差,佢係踢4-3-3,但中鋒既阿古沙未修身(之前個身型真係好fit,但今日好肥),又懶,要靠兩邊做組織既,另外兩個前鋒都唔係邊線好有威脅果陣,哥倫大部分時間都入哂中間添,班波跟本拉唔到空位出黎。後尾轉3-5-2至3-4-3返而仲簡單,盧沛迪分邊盧均宜同張峰落兩邊,咁就好好多了。

南華又係一個唔係太協調既4-5-1。迪天奴做柱躉係好好的,問題係你d長波黎set俾邊個呢?南華既邊線球員前後出過4個,一係就純出波翼鋒,而會入中間果d又唔夠卡士。我返而覺得話中場冇keyman呢個可能唔係大問題,如果你死都要踢呢個4-5-1,迪天奴做得到控球同二傳,最重要係有一個放到準長炮既人(唔駛話俾得好毒果種),咁你都有李海強啦,佢明顯唔係keyman,其實要佢打返深d放長波,有一個真正識後上既攻擊型中場都差不多。(好多人會林,4-5-1,兩邊不停出波俾中間果個去頂,掂!問題係你跟本好難做到空位落底線嘛,如果4-4-2,兩個邊中場係有好多人幫佢地組織或者掩護落底,但4-5-1既話,人地好容易就可以騰空一個中堅黎包兩邊,除非你有個好強個人突破能力既翼)

如果你冇d個別能力配合到既球員,4-4-2基本上係最容易平衡既陣,翼同前鋒都比較容易有人呼應同掩護,冇乜邊個位置必要性地以寡敵眾,又冇乜邊個位置要成日替人覆蓋某d空位,簡單容易。

陣係死既,人係生既。如果你d生人唔配合到呢個陣既發揮,冇一個陣係會點強唔強的。話4-4-2容易踢,但你d人唔夾其實一樣唔見得可以好,但佢係容易發揮分工平均既陣係真的,所以先咁主流。

Q1. 今場車路既4-5-1有乜問題?

Sunday, September 02, 2007

Saturday, September 01, 2007

生日歌

大家好,今天是我的生日。

非常幸運,我今天生日,所以我可以點這一首生日歌給自己。

這首Birthday Song是Judy and Mary銷量達到頂點的一張大碟Power Source的第一首歌,銷量大約是210萬。事實說是的話多又不算太多,97年仍然算是日本樂壇銷量盛極的時間,仍然是那個很容易就把唱片賣到200萬的年代,在日本史上大碟的銷量排名亦只在65位,97年間的銷量亦只不過排第4,跟第3位的距離約有110萬。(同年有Mr.Children的Bolero,史上14,年間第2,售出約326萬)

不過,如果你認為97時是安室奈美惠及SPEED的年代,她們才是97年的代表人物,那可能你太著眼那些偶像所謂的「人氣」了,這兩個單位在97年發的大碟銷量都不足二百萬。

排數字是我的興趣,這類排名其實是很有趣味的。你可以說這些排名、銷量都與音樂、喜歡無關,幹嘛要去看去想。當然,絕對無關,但這些排名與數字卻是一些事實,而從中你可以看出很多有趣的東西,當時的情況、人們的口味、音樂的趨勢,一切一切,怎麼說這些都是流行樂,樂隊們不受銷量影響的話是騙人的。當然,是否排第一還是排第十不重要,但當你知道自己喜歡的東西排六十五,可能會懂得去想想原因及理由。

如果想了解他們更多,從銷量、排名去看其實是很不錯的一個視點,亦相當有趣味,始終說到了解的話,就不是一句「我喜歡就可以」。

我不喜歡自己不了解自己喜歡的東西,就是這樣。

我一直都認為Birthday Song跟Mr.Children的Dance Dance Dance很相似。從音樂的角度其實是真的有像,重電量,Bass搶耳,多部旋律,主旋律導向非常明顯等等……

但我相信有另一個原因。兩首歌,是兩支我最喜歡的樂隊之中,我最喜歡的大碟的第一首歌。兩首歌都意味著我在開始聽一張我很喜歡的樂隊制作出來我自己最喜歡的唱片,而兩首歌同樣也是不太快的中板充滿能量,當中亦帶有一種也不顯眼的冷靜,全曲沒有一瀉而下地爆發,這是我喜歡的起跑類型(爆發應該留待高潮位置)。

同場加映Music Fighter,留意兩曲編曲的節奏感,指的是攻擊或重點的起伏位置,即是指那些引人注目的Guitar/Bass/鼓的Fill又或者是叫喊,總之就是指那些在你把腦袋放鬆後,擊在腦中使你注意的地方,唔,實在是太精彩了。

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