1960s was about Beatles, I know, however overrated you may think they are. 第一次聽Beatles, 我聽出了一絲純真(innocence),這感覺從來沒有消失, 但Come Together(1969)讓我相信他們是一支Rock Band.
1970s British Invasion 繼續。Led Zeppelin風格更為硬朗,屬於Hard Rock範疇。1975年的Kashmir是我的最愛,曲子深受印度,中東和北非音樂的影響,很有異域風情。
1980s的音樂我聽得少了,懷舊好像要往遠處走,還沒輪到這個不尷不尬的八十年代。不過Guns N’ Roses的Sweet Child O’ Mine (1987) 不能不提,演唱和吉它演奏都令人窒息,實在是搖滾精神的力證。
我欣賞的流行樂評人ANN POWERS對個人心愛的音樂有一段精辟的評論:What do our secret love prove? Not the taste we share and debate; not our place in the world. Instead, this intensity connects to the aspects of ourselves we don't totally choose. They point toward the sweet-or-salty preferences that brain chemistry determines, and the web of affinities that begin in childhood and unfold over a lifetime. Secret loves explain why many of us turned to art in the first place, as a refuge, a defining factor, a motivational factor. They're worth revealing.
仔細想想,其實她的這段話意思也很簡單:喜歡就是喜歡,愛誰誰。