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[转帖]嘶喊也是一种温柔——我听Skid row

[转帖]嘶喊也是一种温柔——我听Skid row

Skid Row 是地地道道的美国乐队,如果你看过他们发行的Video——《Oh Say Can You Scream》,你会为封套上那涂满美国国旗油彩的大嘴而刻骨铭心一下,这就是Skid Row的形象,呐喊着的声嘶力竭的美国人。

这里不去重复这帮小子是怎么一个发迹法,千篇一律,小乐队,给谁谁做个暖场,后来再变成大乐队——就那么点事。电影《洛奇》里有一句很经典的话:“这里是美国,美国是个充满机会的国家,不是吗?”的而且确,美国的乐队多如牛毛,Skid Row和Guns N'Roses这样的只是其中的突出者,他们既不象老前辈如Beach Boys那样是一个时代的代表,也不像Bob Dylan有那么重的诗人气息,更不象后来者茫茫Grunge大军那么晃荡来晃荡去。他们只是在过自己重金属摇滚明星的生活,从穷街里走来,向大舞台而去,就这么回事。除了“重金属明星”,你甚至想不出别的称谓来称呼他们。Skid Row自己偶尔也会弄张另类一点(仅仅是一点)的专辑《Subhuman Race》之类,不过别误会,他们这么做并不是为了宣扬自己格调高或者走多元化什么的屁话,所有的原因就是作为一支乐队应该有这么一张专辑而已。他们是商业运作的成功典范吗?还是来自下层街区的完美的美国梦呢?这些都不重要,你只要听他们的音乐就行了,他们想要你去做的也只是这样而已。所以,当我们面对"Big Four"的时候,我们还能说他们“重型”、“野蛮”、“超级”什么的,而面对Guns N' Roses、Bon Jovi和Skid Row的时候,我们只能说他们是玩重金属的,Hair Metal,是明星,还有什么可说的呢?

Skid Row最引人注目的就是他们的主唱Sebastian Bach,网上有人说听Skid Row的劲歌让人激动得浑身冒火。不错,听到《Big Gun》这样歌的时候不冒火都难,而这一切与Sebastian Bach的嘶喊是分不开的。那确实是一种嘶喊,歇斯底里上蹿下跳,一时一刻都把听者的神经抓在手里捏成一个小点,一点放开的意思都没有。可就是这种嘶喊,带给听者的是激情四溢的“青春和热血”,这也是美国精神的一种体现——不是连90岁的老大爷都在开拖拉机么?“你应该年轻,别老想着自己老了,这么丧气,你真没劲”——他们的歌就是给人这种感觉。

Skid Row的歌一个很大的特点就是歌词,不管是《18&life》里的控诉或是《youth gone wild》里的宣言,还是《I remember you》里的倾诉,彻彻底底,通通透透,(简单的说就是不装B)如果懂英文,再听Bach一唱,立刻就会明白“解气”这两个字是什么意思。这种歌词让人能把自己想宣泄的情感全部释放干净,而且反而能给人留下回味。感觉上不太说的出来,但绝对振奋人心。这在流行金属里也算出类拔萃的了,不像White Lion那样“温柔”,也不象G N'R那么“无赖”。至少,他们还有资格和Slayer这样的乐队一起到欧洲巡演。

Skid Row真正的灵魂却不是Bach,而是吉他手Dave Sabo 和贝司手 Rachel Bolan 。Bach只是一台唱歌机器,并不怎么参与创作(老天总是公平的)。总体上说是一支偶像乐队,乐队小伙个个“帅呆酷毙”——这也是不得不说的一件事——如今“偶像”是可以被塑造的,所以遍地是偶像。不过个个都如F4的话,那就不叫偶像,那叫花瓶。谁对着几个花瓶膜拜?膜拜之后得到了什么?心灵上的寄托感有了归宿?归宿之后真的平静了?

我看不尽然。

以上论述纯属个人观点,谢谢。 文章作者:EvEtt

我给补充了一些图片,然后又找了一些关于他们的,没办法太喜欢他们了!

相信喜欢重金属的人对 Skid Row 都有特别的好感,他们虽是一支偶像味极浓的 Pop Metal 乐队,但是与其他同类的乐队相比,他们音乐显得暴戾了许多。除此以外,乐队还能写出像 “18 And Lives”, “Wasted Time” 之类其他同行写不出震撼的优秀作品,当然也不乏像“I Remember You”这样优美的情歌。特别值得一提的是主唱 Sebastian Bach 极端的高音,缓时有如静水清查工作清澈见底,噪时有如浊浪咆哮翻腾,一个“爽”字岂能形容。

   Skid Row 与 Bon Jovi 是老乡,都是来自 New Jersey(新泽西)。1986年,Dave “The Snake” Sabo(guitar)和 Rachel Bolan(bass)组成了乐队的雏形,此时的 Skid Row 可谓毫无名气可言,在R achel Bolan 的推荐下, Scotti Hill 加入乐队,成为 Skid Row 的第二吉他手;一次偶然的机会,乐队结识了鼓手 Rob Affuso ,Rob Affuso 迫切的想加入乐队,并且成为 Skid Row 的一员。最后是歌手 Sebastian Bach ,他在听了乐队的一首小样后,决心加入 Skid Row ,Sebastian Bach 人如其歌,十分狂野,常常在演唱会进行高潮处从舞台上扑向台下观众,曾经就有过歌迷向法院起诉他从太上跃下将其压伤的案例。Skid Row 后来取得的巨大成功,很大程度上归功于 Sebastian Bach 极其出色的演唱。

乐队成立初期只是为一些知名的摇滚乐队暖场,但他们的声望与实力都已壮大,有时侯甚至他们为其他乐队暖场结束后,真正唱主角的乐队上场后,台下的观众还在大喊 “Skid Row,Skid Row…”。一切时机成熟后,Skid Row 在重金属最红火的 1989 年推出了首张传统流行重金属风格同名专辑,在专辑中有一首描写青少年犯罪问题的 “18 And Lives” 非常经典,是 Skid Row 的代表作。专辑一炮打响,仅在美国的销量便超过五百万张。而在此后的巡演中,他们夸张的台风、谈吐使得他们成为新一代的摇滚偶像。 乐队在1991年推出了第二张专辑《Slave To The Grind》,让每一个人都大吃一惊,乐队竟然成功的驾驭了 Trash Metal 这种难度极大的音乐风格,一首又一首真正的劲歌让人听的浑身冒火,Sebastian Bach 逼近极限高音发挥的可谓淋漓尽致,使这支年轻的乐队显得非常老练。虽然专辑的商业味并不浓,但还是迅雷不及掩耳的登上了 Billboard 专辑榜的榜首,但专辑的最终销量不及上张同名专辑。不过,《Slave To The Grind》的成功也给乐队带来了巨大的压力。1992年,乐队推出一张B面歌曲 EP 专辑《B-Sides Ourselves》,在随后的巡演过后,乐队一度消失达两年之久,为的是新专辑的录制。

   1995年,Skid Row 出版第三张专辑《Subhuman Race》,专辑的制作人为著名的 Bob Rock。与前两张专辑不同的是,Sebastian Bach 开始用一种非常沙哑、压抑的嗓音来演绎歌曲,同时还要把这种感觉以最极限的高音喧泄出来(你是不是觉的很矛盾,但只要你听过这张专辑,你就会同意我的说法),乐队将一堆又一堆的噪音强行加在你的头上,显得非常非常的颓废、沉重,Skid Row 原先的偶像味早已荡然无存。《Subhuman Race》是一张高水准的作品,使乐队走出了传统重金属风格的圈子。但1994年以后的摇滚乐坛已不再适合于重金属音乐的发展,喜新厌旧的人们已将注意力转移到一堆堆不知从哪里冒出来的另类上去了,《Subhuman Race》的销量明显低与前两张。

   此后的 Skid Row 矛盾四起,主唱 Sebastian Bach 与其他成员矛盾加剧,最终离开乐队,也有说是其他四人把他排挤出乐队的,Sebastian Bach 虽说是乐队的核心人物,但他音乐创作能力显然不及他的演唱能力,乐队音乐风格牢牢得由 Dave “The Snake” Sabo 和 Rachel Bolan 掌握着,而且乐队的作品绝大多数都是有乐队的其他四位成员所写,很多时候 Sebastian Bach 让人觉得只是一个演唱机器,这可能是他离开乐队的一个原因。但一支优秀的乐队就此夭折真的让人感到很可惜。1998年,Atlantic 公司为 Skid Row 乐队象征性的推出了一张名为《Forty Seasons: The Best of Skid Row》的精选专辑,也算是对当年重金属的一种怀念吧,毕竟已经十年过去了。

   当然大家都没闲着,Sebastian Bach 在1999年推出个人专辑《Bring ’Em Bach Alive》,他在日本东京的一次成功的演唱会的真实记录,里面收录的是他的几首最新的录音室内单曲和原先在 Skid Row 乐队时期的老歌的现场版。乐队其他成员找来了新主唱 Shawn McCabe,改名为Qzone Monday,不过 Qzone Monday 最终因为经营不善而解散,Shawn McCabe 和 Rob Affuso 都离开了乐队。

   2000年,Skid Row 宣布重组,乐队加入了两位新成员——鼓手 Charlie Mills 和主唱 Johnny Solinger,新的 Skid Row 跟随着 Kiss 乐队在北美的告别巡演中演出70余场,这是一场盛况空前的演出活动。目前乐队状态很好,正在为自1995年以来的新的录音室专辑做准备。

我自己认为这只乐队是我心目中长发摇滚中很好的乐队!他们的经典制作至尽让我无法忘怀《I remeber you》MTV更是好看!

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关于他们的歌词:

18 and life (1988) Ricky was a young boy He had a heart of stone Lived 9 to 5 And worked his fingers to the bone Just barely got out of school Came from the edge of town Fought like a switchblade So no one could take him down He had no money, oh no good at home He walked the streets A soldier and he fought the world alone And now it's........ *18 and life You got it 18 and life you know Your crime is time And it's 18 and life to go (*) Tequila in his heartbeat His veins burned gasoline It kept his motor running But it never kept him clean They say he loved adventure "Ricky's the wild one" He married trouble And had a courtship with a gun Bang Bang ! Shoot'em up The party never ends You can't think of dying When the bottle's your best friend And now it's........ (*) "Accidents will happen" They all heard Ricky say He fired his six-shot to the wind That blew a child away (*) I Remember You(1991) Woke up to the sound of pouring rain The wind would whisper and I'd think of you And all the tears you cried, that called my name And when you needed me I came through I paint a picture of the days gone by When love went blind and you would make me see I'd stare a lifetime into your eyes So that I knew you were there for me Time after time you were there for me Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand Love letters in the sand - I remember you Through the sleepless nights and every endless day I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you We spend the summer with the top rolled down Wished ever after would be like this You said I love you babe, without a sound I said I'd give my life for just one kiss I'd live for your smile and die for your kiss Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand Love letters in the sand - I remember you Through the sleepless nights and every endless day I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you We've had our share of hard times But that's the price we paid And through it all we kept the promise that we made I swear you'll never be lonely Woke up to the sound of pouring rain Washed away a dream of you But nothing else could ever take you away 'Cause you'll always be my dream come true Oh my darling, I love you Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand Love letters in the sand - I remember you Through the sleepless nights and every endless day I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand Love letters in the sand - I remember you Through the sleepless nights and every endless day I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you Monkey Business(1991) (Rachel Bolan/Snake) Outside my window there's a Whole lot of trouble comin' The cartoon killers and the Rag cover clones Stack heals kickin' rhythm Of social circumcision Can't close the closet on a Shoe box full of bones Kangaroo lady with her bourbon in a pouch Can't afford the rental on a bamboo couch Collecting back her favors 'cause her well is running dry I know her act is terminal but she ain't gonna die Slim Intoxicado drinkin' dime store hooch Is always in a circle with his part-time pooch Little creepy's playing dollies on the New York rain Thinkin' Bowie's just a knife. Ooh the pain I ain't seen the sun since I don't know when The freaks come out at nine and it's twenty to ten What's this funk That you call junk? To me it's just monkey business Blind man in the box that will probably die The village kids laugh as they walk by A psycho is on the edge of this human garbage dump And the vultures in the sewers are telling him to jump Into the fire from the frying pan Tripping on his tongue for a cool place to stand Where's this shade that you've got it made To me it's just monkey business CHORUS Monkey business Slippin' on the track Monkey business Jungle in black Ain't your business If I got no monkey on my back CHORUS The Vaseline gypsies and the silicone souls dressed to the society Hypocrite heartbeat and cheap alibis can't get you by that monkey Slave to the Grind(1991) (Sebastian Bach/Rachel Bolan/Snake) You got me forced to crack my lids in two I'm still stuck inside the rubber room I gotta punch the clock that leads the blind I'm just another gear in the assembly line-oh no The noose gets tighter around my throat But I ain't at the end of my rope CHORUS 'Cause I won't be the one left behind Can't be king of the world If you're slave to the grind Tear down the rat racial slime Can't be king of the world if you're slave to the grind. Get it? A routine injection, a lethal dose But my day in the sun ain't even close There's no need to waste your prayers on me You better mark my words 'cause I'm history. Yes indeed You might beg for mercy to get by But I'd rather tear this thorn from my side CHORUS They swallowed their daggers by turning their trick They tore my intentions apart brick by brick I'm sick of the jive You talk verbal insecticide CHORUS I said slave to the grind Slave to the grind Slave to the grind Quicksand Jesus(1991) (Rachel Bolan/Snake) She caught the melting sky. It burned but still the winter passes by and by to the other side A slow parade of wind that blows through trees that wilted With the season's children Are we saved by the words of bastard saints? Do we live in fear or faith Tell me now who's behind the rain A maze of tangled grace The symptoms of "for real" are crumbling from embrace But still we chase...the shadows of belief And new religion clouds our visions of the roots of our souls Are we ashamed of our own fate Or play the fool for our own sake Tell me who's behind the rain What do we need where do we go when we get where we don't know Why should we doubt the virgin white of fallen snow When faith's our shelter from the cold Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away without you Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away without you Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away...away Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away Quicksand Jesus I need you Quicksand Jesus I believe you Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away In a Darkened Room(1989) (Sebastian Bach/Rachel Bolan/Snake) In a darkened room beyond the reach of God's faith Lies the wounded, the shattered remains of love betrayed And the innocence of a child is bought and sold in the name of the damned The rage of the angels left silent and cold Forgive me please for I know not what I do How can I keep inside the hurt I know is true CHORUS Tell me when the kiss of love becomes a lie That bears the scar of sin too deep to hide behind this fear of running unto you Please let there be light in a darkened room All the precious times have been put to rest again And the smile of the dawn brings tainted lust singing my requiem Can I face the day when I'm tortured in my trust And watch it crystallize while my salvation it crumbles to dust Why can't I steer the ship before it hits the storm I've fallen to the sea but still I swim for shore

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Wasted Time(1991) (Sebastian Bach/Rachel Bolan/Snake) You and I together in our lives, Sacred ties would never fray Then why can I let myself tell lies And watch you die every day I think back to the times when dreams were what mattered Tough talking youth naivete You said you'd never let me down But the horse stampedes and rages in the name of desperation CHORUS Is it all just wasted time Can you look at yourself when you think of what you left behind Is it all just wasted time Can you live with yourself when you think of what you left behind Paranoid delusions they haunt you Where's my friend I used to know He's all alone. He's buried deep within a carcass searching for a soul Can you feel me inside your heart as it's bleeding Why can't you believe you can be loved I hear you scream in agony And the horse stampedes and rages in the name of desperation CHORUS You said you never let me down But the horse stampedes, it rages in the name of desperation CHORUS The sun will rise again The earth will turn to sand Creation's colors seem to fade to grey And you'll see the sickly hands of time will write your final rhyme And end a memory I never thought you'd let it get this far boy Into Another(1995) Bolan, Snake Slowly I heal the love that's found its way Onto another path in times of change Crossing a bridge unknown Hoping our strength will hold Should they both let go then let me lay ...Let me lay (chorus) Show me a sign To a light that shines One direction into another Sheltered peace of mind Somehow I lost a piece of memory Somehow I know my legs will carry me Searching for circle's end Hoping the wounds will mend Should they scar, then it was meant to be (repeat chorus 3x) Breakin' Down(1995) Snake What was it you once said That there would be things in life that couldn't be Not for a second did I believe you Not for a minute did I believe that Within your need you lie alone This empty space you call your home (Chorus) If you just let me in I wouldn't let you break down I'm breakin' down As if you thought the rain could wash away the day And could heal you Not for a second did I believe it Not for a minute did I believe that Within your need you lie alone This empty space you call your home (Repeat chorus 2x) What was it you once said That there would be things in life that couldn't be Not for a second did I believe you Not for a minute did I believe that (Repeat chorus 2x) Psycho Therapy(1991) By The Ramones Chorus: Psycho therapy, psycho therapy, psycho therapy That's what they want to give me Psycho therapy, psycho therapy, psycho therapy That's what they want to give me I'm a teenage schizoid. The one your parents despise Psycho therapy, now I got glowing eyes I'm a teenage schiziod. Pranks and muggings are fun Psycho therapy, gonna kill some one Psycho therapy, psycho therapy! (repeat chorus) I like taking Chewinal. It keeps me edgy and mean. I'm a teenage schiziod, I'm a teenage dope fiend. Well, I'm the one in the nut house, I'm the kid in the psycho zone Psycho therapy, I'm gonna burglarize your home! Psycho therapy! Psycho therapy! (Chorus twice) What they want to give me! Little Wing (1992) By The Jimi Hendrix Experience Well she's walkin Through the clouds With a circus mind That's running wild Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairytales That's all she ever thinks about Riding with the wind oh, when I'm sad She comes to me With a thousand smiles She gives to me free It's alright she said It's alright Take anything you want from me Anything. Piece Of Me (Revised) (1989) Sleazin´ in the city Lookin´ for a fight Got my heels and lookin´ pretty On a Saturday night, night, night Good God, bless my soul I need a fix of rock ´n roll Come on baby you gotta wait and see You better hurry To get a piece of me Caught a lonely lady Crying on a cigarette I got nasty, nasty habits And that´s all she´s gonna get One for the money, two for the show So ´round and ´round and ´round we go5 Take a look at what-a you might need You better hurry To get a piece of me I don´t have looks, I don´t have money But I know one thing´s for suree One night ain´t enough of my love She wanted more, more, morech Sleazin´ in the city Lookin´ for a fight Got my heels and lookin´ pretty On a Saturday night, night, night One for the money, two for the show So ´round and ´round and ´round we go Take a look at what-a you might need You better hurry To get a piece of me To get a piece of me To get a piece of me! Youth Gone Wild (1989) Since I was born they couldn´t hold me down Another misfit kid, another burned-out town? Never played by the rules I never really cared My nasty reputation takes me everywhere I look and see it´s not only me So many others have stood where I standv We are the young so raise your hands? They call us problem child We spend our lives on trial We walk an endless mile We are the youth gone wild We stand and we won´t fall We´re the one and one for all The writing´s on the wall We are the youth gone wild Boss screamin´ in my ear about who I´m supposed to be Getcha a 3-piece Wall Street smile and son you´ll look just like me I said "Hey man, there´s something that you oughta know I tell ya Park Avenue leads to Skid Row I look and see it´s not only me We´re standin´ tall ain´t never a doubt We are the young, so shout it out They call us problem child We spend our lives on trial We walk an endless mile We are the youth gone wild We stand and we won´t fall We´re the one and one for all The writing´s on the wall We are the youth gone wild They call us problem child We spend our lives on trial We walk an endless mile We are the youth gone wild We stand and we won´t fally We´re the one and one for all The writing´s on the wall We are the youth gone wild We are the youth gone wild

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没人顶??哈哈。。。

 一个艺术家不仅应该能够鄙视前人的作品,或一切艺术品,也应该朝自己的作品吐唾沫!

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他们是我最喜欢的乐队(前三张专辑的他们)

看到楼主的文章感觉很亲切,又有找到知音的感觉,,,


我的博客,,过来SEE SEE哦。。。http://blog.sina.com.cn/rock80

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传统金属制作人Michael Wagener的官方主页,里面的内容很有意思

http://www.michaelwagener.com Michael Wagener是Skid Row前两张专辑的制作人,网站上写着他所制作的专辑加起来全世界已经有5500万张了,挺不错的数字。最近在Skid Row的官方网站上说乐队正在和Michael Wagener一起合作Skid Row的最新专辑,新专辑可能与2005年5月推出。 http://www.michaelwagener.com/html/ww.html 这里是他为自己的“Wire World”音乐室所做的页面,其实也就是广告了,里面有“Clients”一栏,内容是他历年工作过的专辑(客户),顺便附带专辑的销量,可以看看哦,挺有意思的。地址见下: http://www.michaelwagener.com/html/discography.html Skid Row官方网站: http://www.skidrow.com


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05年好象又要发专辑?

不会是S。BACH 上次被SLASH抛弃后的振作吧

最近病的不轻!浑身都是怪病~不会是爱滋吧? 在睡觉……梦见美女啊!

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与BACH无关吧,现在的SKID ROW已经和BACH没一点关系了,我看新阵容SKD ROW合作的不错,那么快又要出专集就是很好的例子。

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比较喜欢《Seasons》这张精选

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我最喜欢《SLAVE TO THE GRIND》,实在太刺激了,我第一次听在冬天,听完身上汗都出来了,刺激。

注意我们那里没暖气


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顶!

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特喜欢他们那首I REMEMBER YOU !

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美人的血嗓呵呵
很多人都看不到生命黑暗的那一面,那时,活着和死亡就没什么区别了 以前的QQ掉了,现在是:349446834

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我觉得还是以前的风格及水平要高一些。就如:第三张专辑《Subhuman Race》这张。

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大家可以去听听。真的相当的不错。只是,很可惜的是有几支歌,有点罗嗦,音乐模式加得有点多。不过整体来说,水平相当不错。http://www.musictea.com/music/cdart364.htm?t=Skidrow

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非常喜欢这支乐队!!!

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我也是很喜欢这支乐队!!!

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新专集很好听thick skin吧,喜欢这风格.....
这下报丧鸟火了......

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喜欢!

顶!

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In a Darkened Room也很好听

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同意楼上的

IN THE DARKED ROOM

很有感觉

最爱穷街

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最喜欢他们的《18 and life》,从里面可以听出Ricky的形象。像极了美国青年,我映象中的美国青年。

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wasted time,我最喜欢
这下报丧鸟火了......

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同意20和21楼的.

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还是WASTE TIME 和IN THE DARKEN ROOMA好听

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Slave to the Grind这张太棒了~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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顶`~`不过歌词是中文的话就更棒了``

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k/k;/;;ll

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顶!

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