Simon and Garfunkel: Old Friends - Live on Stage (2004) (V)影评:Old Friends,Still crazy after all these years
Simon & Garfunkel 黄金重唱组合阔别二十余年之后的再度握手,Old Friends,Still crazy after all these years...
只可惜在岁月面前,两人都老得不成样子了,Art 谢了顶,而 Paul 脸上布满了皱纹。真是应了黄舒骏在《改变1995》里面说的那句,保罗西蒙的脸,苍老得令人心碎——唉,黄写这歌的时候都已经是七年之前了,真是时光荏苒,令人唏嘘……
可是幸运的是,他们依然拥有着美妙的和声与舞台的活力,甚至演唱会的嘉宾——比他们更老的老头,埃弗利兄弟(Everly Brothers,五十年代最棒的重唱组),在台上的活力还是不减当年,他们联手奉献的 Bye bye Love 真是令人难忘。
听保罗的 Kathy's Song, 仍然是那手华丽的吉他,然而那个影响了 Paul 多少歌曲的女友,Kathy 还在么?
Bridge Over the Troubled Water,当年因此歌产生的芥蒂,可会因这一次分庭抗礼的合作而烟消云散么?
也许就像 Paul 自己说的,我从来不把 Art 当朋友,而是——家人。Old Friends, 祝福这对温馨的老友,愿他们的天籁之音能够感动每一个听众的心灵。
Old friends,
Old friends,
Sat on their park bench like bookends.
A newspaper blown through the grass,
Falls on the round toes,
Of the high shoes,
Of the old friends.
Old friends.
Winter companions the old men,
Lost in their overcoats waiting for the sunset.
The sounds of the city sifting through trees,
Settle like dust,
On the shoulders,
Of the old friends.
Can you imagine us years from today,
Sharing a park bench quietly?
How terribly strange to be seventy.
Old friends.
Memory brushes the same years,
Silently sharing the same fears.
Time it was, and what a time it was, it was.
A time of innocence,
A time of confidences.
Long ago, it must be.
I have a photograph.
Preserve your memories --