yiqin_fu
22-07-16 13:18

Regina Spektor 这次现场最厉害的地方,是她两首没发表过的录音室歌曲。《Baby Jesus》说“我在一元店看到一个耶稣像,店家亲他朝他说悄悄话。第二天,地铁上挤满了信徒,他们说所有不相信的人都要吃土,信徒会在他们坟墓上吐口水…”。《Silly Eye Color Generalizations》把每种眼睛颜色的刻板印象都调侃了一遍,歌曲结束在“你在我身边的时候,你的眼睛是波点或者格子图案也没事。”

新专辑里有一首《One Man’s Prayer》也很厉害。旋律是四个和弦的儿歌风格,歌词一开始也是“我”在祈祷有个女孩来爱“我”,足够单纯美好:

I just want some girl to love me back
Tell me I'm her only and take away the lonely
This deep love in my heart can't go to waste
'Cause if I won't get to meet God and I won't get to be a god
Then at least, God, let me get loved back by a girl

但是歌曲每段都更加黑暗,最后结束在“我只是想有个女孩在我脚下。”“如果我见不到上帝也做不了上帝,上帝啊,至少让一个女孩敬奉我。”

I just want some girl beneath my feet
To tell me I'm her king and then beg me for a ring
And I want her to be afraid of me
And think that I might leave her and that I will not believe her
When she says that she loves and cares for me
'Cause if I won't get to meet God and I won't get to be a god
Then at least, God, let me get worshipped by a girl

2022 年,一个犹太人开耶稣信徒的玩笑,一个苏联出生的人美国唱俄语诗,一个女性写轻快的歌讽刺 incel… 只有表达自己真相而不是讨好观众的创作者才有资格叫自己艺术家。 http://t.cn/A6aWYiQT

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