Would You Kindly ?

Blur - Coffee & TV

       對於Blur這樣一個同時與Oasis, The Verve, Pulp...等領導90年代Brit-Pop王朝的樂團來說，或許Girls & Boys, Parklife, Song2, Beetlebum這些才是他們的最佳入門之作。不可否認我同樣的也是很喜歡這些歌，但是每次要我從所有Blur歷年專輯中，只能選出一首歌的話，毫無疑問的，Coffee & TV總是能雀屏中選，收錄於13這張專輯，沒記錯的話，是在我高一的時候發行的(看遠方...)。

       我也是到後來才知道，原來這首歌的主唱不是Demon，而是吉他手Graham，怪不得當時聽專輯的時候就覺得歌聲跟Demon有點不太一樣，因為Demon總是慵懶慵懶還帶點痞痞的唱腔(在Beetlebum這首歌中完全展現了這種味道到極致)，而Coffee & TV的主要Vocal卻是比較有種敦厚樸實的感覺。第一次聽到這首歌時，就完全被那木吉他刷Chord給吸引住了，我記得那時候還拜託吉他社團的學姊教我怎麼彈。每次聆聽這首歌時，總會覺得內心很平靜(雖然歌詞內容和可愛的MV有點差距XD)，一種開車經過鄉村，並把車窗全都搖下來吹著涼風的感覺，穩定的鼓聲和貝斯，也給了相當厚實的支持，偶爾穿插的淡淡電子琴聲響，更替整首歌的意境添增了恬適而靈巧的感受。

       這首歌在當時算是紅極一時，MV中的男主角小牛奶盒絕對是功不可沒的，看過之後不管過了多久，聽到音響喇叭裡傳來" So give me Coffee and TV~ Peacefully~ "的歌聲，牛奶盒小弟的可愛身影總會馬上印入眼簾，實在很佩服此MV的設計，讓我們完全融入了牛奶盒歷險記的故事情節。而且奇妙的是，想到如今Graham已經離團的Blur，當初這支MV中牛奶盒上Graham Missing啟事，似乎更能勾起我們對於最完整狀態的Blur時的那些美好記憶。

Do you feel like a chain store?
Practically floored
One of many zeros
Kicked around bored
Your ears are full but your empty
Holding out your heart
To people who never really
Care how you are

So give me Coffee and TV
History
I've seen so much
I'm goin blind
And i'm braindead virtually
Sociability
It's hard enough for me
Take me away form this big bad world
And agree to marry me
So we can start all over again

Do you go to the country
It isn't very far
There's people there who will hurt you
Cos of who you are

Your ears are full of the language
There's wisdom there you're sure
'Til the words start slurring
And you can't find the door

So give me Coffee and TV
History
I've seen so much
I'm goin blind
And i'm braindead virtually
Sociability
It's hard enough for me
Take me away form this big bad world
And agree to marry me
So we can start all over again

So give me Coffee and TV
History
I've seen so much
I'm goin blind
And i'm braindead virtually
Sociability
It's hard enough for me
Take me away from this big bad world
And agree to marry me
So we can start all over again

Oh...we could start over again
Oh...we could start over again