Would You Kindly ?

Asobi Seksu - Thursday

       來自紐約布魯克林的Asobi Seksu，除了利用日文發音歡樂的性交(Asobi比較接近遊戲、尋樂，而Seksu是日文借"sex"一字的發音)取名的奇特團名之外，的最為人稱道的莫過於出生於東京的日籍主唱Yuki了。由於從小就在美國長大，Yuki在演唱上的表現總是能在兼容並蓄的情況下，巧妙的將猛烈的Shoegaze音牆和清新脫俗的細膩唱腔串聯在一起，激發出直透人心的音樂電流。2006年推出的第二張錄音式專輯Citrus更是將Asobi Seksu的聲勢推展到了全世界，2007年也在眾人的萬般期待之下，於野台開唱時登上台北中山足球場的舞台。

      來自亮橘色專輯封面Citrus專輯的Thursday，堪稱是該團的經典金曲，也是我第一首認識他們的歌曲。那時候說實在的正是我對Shoegaze這種曲風開始逐漸步入狂熱般喜愛的啟蒙階段，而能在因緣巧合之下接觸到了Thursday更是有如發現新大陸一樣的那麼振奮人心，充滿大塊顆粒感的吉他聲線，從開場就徹底將我征服。Yuki高亢的嗓音更是有如穿過了層層迷霧的柔和光線，溫柔而清澈的歌聲替背景的白色的噪音音牆點綴了一道又一道令人神怡嚮往的彩虹，也軟化了冷漠社會的堅硬外殼，閃爍不停的澄橘色調流洩在灰色叢林之中。

      如果Monday是憂鬱的深藍色，那麼Asobi Seksu告訴我們，Thursday將會是輕快的亮橘色。

On gentle ground
I waited for you
In drops of dew
I wished that were you
With heavy hands
I reached out for you
My skin soaking wet
My eyes searched for you

It seems you lost your way
You’ve let it all fall apart
Nothing’s left here but you
All you do is remind me
Now that we’ve lost our way
The rest can all fall apart
All I see here is you
All it does is remind me

With sharpened tongue
I cried out for you
And must I refrain
Now that I need you
The autumn wind feels
As if it were you
And swayed through the fields
Where I once held you

It seems you lost your way
You’ve let it all fall apart
Nothing’s left here but you
All you do is remind me
Now that we’ve lost our way
The rest can all fall apart
All I see here is you
All it does is remind me

Whistle through your window
We act the same as you