David Bowie -《Hours》[MP3!]

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《Hours…》倾吐着青春和爱情，充满温柔与无限依恋，封面David并不忘记古怪，他跪着，深情的眼神，俯视着那个短发，凌乱胡子，枕在他膝盖上的——自己。另有一张宣传单的构图是他和自己的镜像抚摩着各自的脸孔，看着它们会让你感觉到一种自恋，就像希腊神话的水仙，不过更多的像自我回顾和怀旧，这同整张专辑的风格也很吻合。
《Hours…》封面
情不自禁想暂时脱离自己整篇文章淡而无味的介绍，想要多说一些《Hours…》，我第一次爱上了David的歌，就是因为它——在这以前，David对于我，是一个符号。David从来没有创造过第一次听到便无限震撼的音乐，从来没有，即使作为他的歌迷，即使为了他可以爱上整个七十年代，都必须承认，David的音乐并不是为了震撼而存在的。它们基本上都是符合David本性的温和，腼腆，一点俏皮，一点随心所欲，一点疯疯癫癫（太少了），一点卖弄风情，一点装腔作势，然而内敛和冷静，David创造不出疯狂的音乐，即使他和Mick Jagger在大街上摇头摆尾。
可是，他最终会轻柔的，不留痕迹的打动你，让你去接受他的全部。
David在《Thursday's Child》的MTV中，让自己跟着收音机哼唱这首歌，镜子里面的自己随着歌曲变成了年轻时代，身边的妻子变成温柔可爱地对他微笑的女孩（那笑容很像他的前妻）。他看着年轻时候的自己，看着身边的女人，看着微笑的女孩，女孩向他探过去，他轻轻的，轻轻的，吻了她。他看到他身边的女人疑惑地打量，他尴尬了，女人伸出手，把收音机关掉，于是，怀旧的音乐和短暂的幻觉都结束掉。他轻声和唱着：星期一，星期二，我出生在星期三（David生在1月8日星期三）……在另一首《Seven》中，他用纯粹的木吉它伴奏，更是近乎悲伤的唱着：我忘记了父亲所说的话，我忘记了母亲所说的话，整个城市充满了花，整个城市充满了雨……
David说自己在怀旧，在写33.33%的梦想——因为“它是老式LP唱片的转速”。这张专辑也是David除了那些迪斯科歌曲之外歌词最不晦涩的一张。
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Since David Bowie spent the '90s jumping from style to style, it comes as a shock that Hours, his final album of the decade, is a relatively straightforward affair. Not only that, but it feels unlike anything else in his catalog. Bowie's music has always been a product of artifice, intelligence, and synthesis. Hours is a relaxed, natural departure from this method. Arriving after two labored albums, the shift in tone is quite refreshing. "Thursday's Child," the album's engaging mid-tempo opener, is a good indication of what lays ahead. It feels like classic Bowie, yet recalls no specific era of his career. For the first time, Bowie has absorbed all the disparate strands of his music, from Hunky Dory through Earthling. That doesn't mean Hours is on par with his earlier masterworks; it never attempts to be that bold. What it does mean is that it's the first album where he has accepted his past and is willing to use it as a foundation for new music. That's the reason why Hours feels open, even organic — he's no longer self-conscious, either about living up to his past or creating a new future. It's a welcome change, and it produces some fine music, particularly on the first half of the record, which is filled with such subdued, subtly winning songs as "Something in the Air," "Survive," and "Seven." Toward the end of the album, Bowie branches into harder material, which isn't quite as successful as the first half of the album, yet shares a similar sensibility. And that's what's appealing about Hours — it may not be one of Bowie's classics, but it's the work of a masterful musician who has begun to enjoy his craft again and isn't afraid to let things develop naturally.

1.Thursday's Child
2.Something In The Air
3.Survive
4.If I'm Dreaming My Life
5.Seven
6.What's Really Happening
7.The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell
8.New Angels Of Promise
9.Brilliant Adventure
10.The Dreamers


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