Noel 有一段话可以呼应一下这篇文章： ---------------------------------------------------------------- Q 杂志：Do you get frustrated by being judged against The Beatles? (被拿来用披头的成就来评断你们的音乐，你会觉得沮丧吗？) Noel：That's all come about because we're the biggest Beatles fans that ever lived, and we still are. It is unfair cos we don't s o u n d like The Beatles. We're somehow required by the faceless masses to produce forward-thinking music. 会这样都是因为我们是有史以来最疯狂的披头迷，到现在都还是。 不过其实满不公平的因为我们的音乐“听”起来和他们的并不像。 但无可避免我们还是常被莫名其妙的传媒或大众要求做一些所谓 进步前卫的音乐。 If we were the only band in the world that could actually play guitars, I would feel somehow indebted to do some different kinds of music. If you want fuckin' prog rock, fuckin' space jazz, death metal techno, it's all there for you in HMV. But we do what we do. 如果今天我们是全世界唯一会弹会用吉他创作的乐团，我或许还会觉得歉疚 应该要做些不同的东西。但是实际上如果你想听任何他妈的前卫摇滚、 他妈的空间爵士、黑死金属混音等等等等，全部都在 HMV 等着你去挑。 所以我们只做我们想做的。 If you want rock 'n' roll that can lift you up out of your everyday life but not so far that it makes you want to slash your fuckin' wrists, if you want songs to drink to, if you want songs to put your arms round your girlfriend o r your best mate to, then it doesn't get any better than us. 如果你要的是那种可以让你从日复一日的生活振奋起来又不至太过猛到让你 自残的摇滚乐，如果你要的是可以喝酒大声嚷嚷的歌曲，如果你要的是 可以听着听着把你的臂膀环抱在女朋友或者是最好的朋友的歌， 那我相信没有比我们更棒的东西了。 If you want reggae, there's Bob Marley. If you want progressive fuckin' forward-thinking rock music, there's Radiohead. If you want melancholy, introspective stuff there's Coldplay and Travis. 但如果你想要的是雷鬼，Bob Marley 在那等着你呢。如果你想要的是 他妈前卫省思的摇滚乐，我们有 Radiohead 不是吗。而如果你想要的是 哀愁内省的东西，Coldplay 和 Travis 等的团也都存在。 I do stuff that makes my bollocks tingle, and what makes my bollocks tingle is The Stooges, the Pistols, The Beatles and the Stones and the Stone Roses. As soon as we change our musical direction the first thing people say is, "What the fuck have you done that for?" 我做的东西是要能让我自己那一套产生共鸣的，而能打动我不外乎是 The Stooges the Pistols, The Beatles, the Stones 还有 the Stone Roses。 我想一旦我们真的改变整个音乐的方向，还是有人会有话说，会不了解我们 干嘛要这麽做吧。 (节录自 Q 为 Oasis 做的 2002 特辑) ------------------------------------------------------------- 这是 Noel 的说法，仍有很多值得质疑或争议的地方 不过我比较肯定的是他至少是有自觉的在做他自己想要的东西 另外无论是 Q 或是 NME 特辑都有很多超精彩的文章和图片 我最近一直被 Noel/Jarvis/Justine 等人被 NME 邀请到旅馆开房间聊音乐的实录 笑得东倒西歪(原来他们都超级无厘头的^^) 我会努力找时间弄到网页上的 敬请期待 Cheers! Patsy "Gallagher" -- When everybody agrees with me, I think I must be wrong. --Oscar Wilde --

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