U2 360 Tour Boston

Awesome music, awesome set, awesome video editing. Freaking awesome show. Only that I spent 6 hours on the road, one of them being inside the parking lot when I tried to get out.

BB King in 1974 - Sweet Sixteen

我願意

這是我最喜歡的廣東歌。第一次聽是九四年，香港大球場重建之後重新開放，舉行了一個演唱會。我在電視前看，王菲一出場唱的便是這首《我願意》。可能是第一次面對幾萬人演唱，王菲的聲線有點顫抖，但也正好配合歌詞和旋律，像一個女孩子顫顫驚驚地對愛人表白心意，說「我願意，我願意為你被放逐天際。如果你真心，拿愛與我回應，什麼都願意，什麼都願意，為你」。直到今天，一個人聽的時候，我都會感動得眼氾淚光。

我願意 - 王菲 
曲︰黃國倫
詞︰姚謙
編︰張亞東 

思念是一種很玄的東西

如影隨行　無聲又無息出沒在心底
轉眼吞沒我在寂寞裡

我無力抗拒　特別是夜裡
哦　想你到無法呼吸
恨不能立即　朝你狂奔去
大聲的告訴你

願意為你　我願意為你　我願意為你
忘記我姓名　就算多一秒
停留在你懷裡　失去世界也不可惜

我願意為你 我願意為你 我願意為你
被放逐天際　只要你真心
拿愛與我回應　什麼都願意
什麼都願意　為你

我什麼都願意　什麼都願意　為你

One Flight Down

In Norah Jones' album Come away with me, my favorite is this One Flight Down.

Sweet

1. I saw a movie today. It is a funny but a sweet one. Cashback.

We watched it in Broadway Movie Center. There are a lot interesting books in the book shop, and a lot more people in there than when the cinema had just opened. Good news.

2. I got to know Jack Johnson and his songs today. He plays sort of folk music, but a sweet one.

Aroom Represents

原來我一直搵果隻LMF album並唔係佢地最後一隻專輯，而係同其他本地勁人一齊Jam出黎既Aroom Represents (2001)。開行部機，間屋即刻變D場。

睇下有份Jam既人就知d音樂都有番咁上下斤兩：

1. High High - Yokohara/Joey Tang
2. The Realazy Mofo - Yokohara/Mc Yan
3. 唔好諗 - Kit/Joey Tang
4. 有計無 - Phat/DJ Tommy
5. 慾望 - Wah/黃貫中/LMF
6. 誰人伴你睡 - Joey Tang/HK String Quartet
7. 大懶堂 (Brown Sugar Mix) - Oakey
8. 1127 (Big Eater Mix) - DJ Tommy
9. X家拎 (Video Drome Dance Hall) - Video Drome With 壞碑唇
10. YYYY (Slow Tech Riddim Mix)
11. 反骨仔 (Retile Skank Mix) - Richy Swan

頭五首、大懶堂、1127，電子、迷幻，Rock，首首各有風格，首首都咁型。至於其他粗口歌，我仲未夠忿怒，未識欣賞住。

Swing When You're Winning

This is one of my favorite music albums: Robbie Williams sings the Jazz classics. The name of the album is reminiscent of his previous Sing When You're Winning, and you can't stop from swinging when you listen to this album. I don't fancy Robbie Williams' pop songs, but I was stunned when I first listened to this album at HMV. At one point I was playing this album in my car, and Jacopo complained that this guy was faking Frank Sinatra. I said to him that Frank Sinatra was a great Jazz singer, but Robbie Williams had a even better voice and talent for Jazz.

This album was released in 2001 and was the 4th solo album of Robbie Williams'. It is in fact the dream-comes-true of his - RW himself is a life-long admirer of Frank Sinatra. He even did the recording at the Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, Sinatra's favorite studio. In this album, RW covers Sinatra's Mack the Knife, Do Nothing till you Hear from Me, One for my Baby, Something Stupid (FS duets with his daughter Nancy Sinatra), and a "live duet" with FS in It was a very Good Year. There are songs from other famous Jazz singers, such as Beyond the Sea (my favorite) by Bob Darin. In only 2 weeks, 2 millions copies of the album had been sold in Europe.

With this album, RW earned the honor to perform in the Royal Albert Hall in London. I didn't know how prestigious the Royal Albert Hall was before I saw the DVD (named Robbie Williams - Live at the Albert) - men in Tuxedos and womens in evening dresses at round tables with champaign in their hands, and the band sitting in front of the stage was the London Philharmonic Orchestra. In this live performance, RW sang all the songs in the album, plus a few more classics. RW's cover of Frank Sinatra's My Way at the finale was literally moving. You can tell he is enjoying the show, not performing. His unorthodoxal personality gives him the charm that other artists don't possess. He dared smoking cigarette on the stage in the Albert Hall!

It is rumoring that the sequel of Swing When You're Winning is being recorded and to be release at the end of this year, bearing the name "Let's Swing Again". Man... It's gonna be an event.

Lucille

I bought my brother a guitar a few years back. He wanted to learn but gave up later. I always wanted to learn guitar. Now I have the time.

A friend of mine said men always want to learn guitar. Well.. like B.B. King had said, "when I go home at night, maybe I am lonely - well, not maybe, I am lonely - I pick up Lucille, and bring up the funny sound that sounds good to me, you know.."

Lucille is the electric guitar B.B. King uses. When he was young and nobody, he almost killed himself to save his guitar from a fire, which was started by a row over a girl whose name was Lucille. He named that guitar Lucille to remind himself not to do that again. Like every musician, King falls in love with his instrument. In his own words, "She's just like a woman, and that's the only one I've had that seemed I could really depend on. I've been married and each time separated from my wife, but Lucille never separates from me. She always stayed with me." He names all his guitars Lucille. Since 1982, Lucille has become the official name for Gibson ES-335, which B.B. King uses later in his career. Read on here.

Men are not good at talking things off after all. Well.. I have learned to do so, but I am still looking for someone who would listen.

I am doing quite good with guitar. I can play the easy part of Signe by Eric Clapton, although I still need to work on the bit.

p.s. Thanks to Fat Hoi who brought this classic tune to my attention: Lucille (1968).