網誌版:http://www.wretch.cc/blog/harakirifood/470410 youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt4rcr-vH40 Just Jack-The Day I Died lyrics: Drag myself from my bed Around 20 past 6 Get my kids up make breakfast 1 egg 2 toast 3 weetabix And as I sit down I look up And your standing in the doorway sun at your back in my old brown dressing gown Well no one can love you more than I love you now but I gotta go running for the bus Coat flying and i try not to miss it this time But the drivers waiting and that's strange Kids on the top deck quiet for a change And theres no rain and no roadworks in the Bus lane and all my hurts run away And im smiling as I'm punching in The day I died was the best day of my life The day I died was the best day of my life Tell my friends and my kids and my wife everything will be alright The day I died was the best day of my life Now the secretaries they got a smile for me and the in tray on my desks almost empty I get a memo from executive joe saying Rob the gob is getting kicked out for embezzling funds from the company account and i'd be lying if i said i wasn't chuffed cos i always hated rob and now they'll probably offer me robs old job And in the park at lunch Theres no whinos on my favorite bench none of that drunk chatter none of that pissy stench and the 20 little pigeons with the gammy leg decide to dine from someone elses sandwich instead and there's something about the city today like all the colours conspire to overwhelm the grey and this close to the fire I can feel no cold but a rainbow halo around my soul The day I died was the best day of my life The day I died was the best day of my life Tell my friends and my kids and my wife everything will be alright The day I died was the best day of my life So I leave work get to the high street and i miss my bus Should i wait for another no I can't be arsed I begin to walk and rush hour crowd seem to part Like the red sea, and im stopping at the offy 20 cigerettes and a 6 pack to relax me And as I cross back over the street I guess i never saw that taxi I guess I never saw that taxi The day I died was the best day of my life The day I died was the best day of my life Tell my friends and my kids and my wife everything will be alright The day I died was the best day of my life Now I got 99 red balloons floating in the summer sky I got 99 red balloons drifting past my dreamy eyes I got 99 red balloons floating in the summer sky I got 99 red balloons drifting past my dying eyes -- 本名Jack Allsopp的Just Jack, 沒有帥氣的外表與華麗的包裝, 看起來真的很路人, 但他其實擁有顯赫的經歷, 從小就是知名的霹靂舞舞者, 更是遊走在各舞廳的名DJ。 一開始因為歌名很特別, 我才會在youtube點開這首歌, 以為會是首悲情沉悶的歌, 沒想到還挺輕快活潑的。 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvadkuI42PE 一開始聽到的是這個版本, Just Jack和樂團出現在公園, 輕便的裝扮搭配簡單的樂器, 就開始了他們的表演。 我很喜歡這樣的風格, 不需要複雜的編曲或是強烈的混音, 簡單的編曲 生活化的歌詞, 像Plain White T's或是Jason Mraz的音樂, 輕易的就能打動市井小民的心。 雖然離the day I died應該有段距離, 我還是將喜歡的音樂分享給大家。 衍伸閱讀:【介紹】Just Jack – All Night Cinema (garage, dance pop) http://www.eyny.com/archiver/tid-3801473.html 衍伸閱讀:神奇傑克/整晚的電影 http://www.books.com.tw/exep/cdfile.php?item=0020134048 -- --

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