昨日再现

         一边用电脑，一边漫不经心的听一首首英语老歌，不知不觉来到这首Carpenters 的Yesterday Once More（昨日再现），听着听着，突然“悲从中来”，因为唱者的心情竟与听者的心情何其相似！尤其是这段：

     “现在回头看过去的那些年，那些好日子，今天便显得有点落寞，那么多的改变啊！”（Lookin' back on how it was in years gone by，And the good times that I had，Makes today seem rather sad, so much has changed! )

         歌曲里“过去的那些年，那些好日子”显然并非是物质上的，而是精神上的，所改变和失去的除了景观，更是人心！

         好的歌曲和好的音乐一样能跨越时空，直指人心。一转眼，这首歌歌龄也年过半百了，但其中情境却鲜明如昨，一点也不退色。我想其中音乐旋律非常关键，许多记忆也因此而兴。再说，一首歌的歌词固然重要，但无论多好的歌词，没有好的旋律衬托，就犹如一个貌不出众的才女一样令人惋惜。并且，不同的人对同一歌词可以有各自“天马行空”的想象，音乐却像是个凝固不变的画面，就和回忆中的老家一样。

         也许守旧，但如此词曲并茂，情真意切的歌曲现在要到哪儿去找？！为什么现在的人都不写或写不出这样的歌？！

         从一首歌可以看出作者和歌者的才情与性情，从一个时代的歌曲里仿佛也可以窥见一个时代的人情世故，不禁又想起那段歌词：“现在回头看过去的那些年，那些好日子，今天便显得有点落寞，那么多的改变啊！”

附Carpenters “Yesterday Once More”原歌词：

When I was young I’d listen to the radio

Waitin’ for my favorite songs

When they played I sing along, it made me smile

Those were such happy times and not so long ago
How I wondered where they'd gone
But they're back again just like a long lost friend
All the songs I loved so well

Every sha-la-la-la
Every wo-o-wo-o, still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling, that they're startin' to sing's, so fine

When they get to the part
Where he's breakin' her heart
It can really make me cry, just like before
It's yesterday once more

Lookin' back on how it was in years gone by
And the good times that I had
Makes today seem rather sad, so much has changed.

It was songs of love that I would sing to then
And I'd memorize each word
Those old melodies still sound so good to me
As they melt the years away

Every sha-la-la-la
Every wo-o-wo-o, still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling, that they're startin' to sing's so fine

All my best memories come back clearly to me
Some can even make me cry, just like before
It's yesterday once more

7.10.2015