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| CD 1 of Legacy (1998-06-29 released) |
作者 dranreb (Widow Twankey)
看板 NTUPMC
標題 Mansun Legacy
時間 Sat Aug 8 23:39:14 1998
If you feel transition to your other life
Don't need money to be there
Left behind your money just to prove your worth
Won't be here so I don't care
If you strap your conscience to your vision thing
Won't be here so I don't care
Prove your worth to people that you call your friends
Won't be here so I don't care
I wouldn't care if I was washed up tomorrow you see
Reading novels is banned by the Marquis de Sade
All relationships are emptying and temporary
Life is wearing me thin
I feel so drained , my legacy
A sea of faces just like me
I've been drained , emotion is a bitter fate
Won't be here so I don't care
I concede relationships have made me weak
Won't be here so I don't care
Look for something worthy to replace my guilt
Won't be here so I don't care
Prove my worth to people who I call my friends
Won't be here so I don't care......
Nobody cares when you're gone......
維持Mansun式一貫討好的曲調和水平，不知道是否為新專輯的方向？
僅管Paul Draper不斷地強調他源源不絕的靈感，以及取材自human nature's absurdity的作詞方針，一張太好的debut album或多或少招致了一些壓力。Legacy雖如團員原先透露般「just four band members, just Rock'n'Roll.」，但其實他們以前也並非不搖滾的團，這點從Mansun的現場演出就可以清楚了解。新單曲中，CyberRock、Strings、或是令人稍感意外的harpsichord從來就不是主角，新EP仍舊擺脫不了Mansun原本予人華麗、煽情、憤世嫉俗的刻板印象。
雖然是因為這樣的Mansun而選擇他們，但可能是個人對Draper所謂「創作新意」的誤解，才感到有點失望吧？
歌詞充滿著自陷自溺於空虛人生的感傷，剛開始聽時的確容易為chorus部分的激情所吸引，然而最重要的一句總結「Nobody cares when you're gone.」卻是如此平靜愉悅，彷彿前面的抱怨僅為了點明：「人生就是這樣平凡庸碌，我們只是開了個過於真實的玩笑而已。」
MCB的樂評認為這是Mansun至今作過最有深意的作品，不太有同感。
網路上已經可以看到新專輯「Six」的曲目，分為Part 1、Interlude與Part 2。也許他們依舊會把每首歌連接起來，也許結果不會如人所料般公式化；看到Paul總是那麼信心滿滿的樣子實在很難不相信他，大概，這就是我無法對Mansun失望的另一個原因。
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