Simon and Garfunkel - The concert in Central Park
February 11th, 2008
今日路經星際，順道逛一下中古唱片舖，心血來潮買了這隻CD。Mrs Robinson，Bridge over troubled water等等都是經典之作吧，旋律大家都應該耳熟能詳了。不過他們最經典的歌曲應該是The Sounds of Silence，Paul和Art的和唱相當優美和諧，歌詞亦甚有詩意，不過歌曲的意思卻不是笨拙的和稀泥浪漫，反而相當有批判性－－我們的空虛和疏離之聲。
http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kd8xp86reY
Hello darkness, my old friend,
I’ve come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
‘Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence.
“Fools” said I, “You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you.”
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed
In the wells of silence.
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
And the sign said, “The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.”
And whisper’d in the sounds of silence.
