既然提到娜姐,喚起我年輕時的記憶,記得課堂上曾有同學說黐手時我的手像娜姐 Vogue 音樂錄影帶裡的手勢。哈哈哈,過獎過獎,雖然沒有那麼美麗靈巧,但飛來飛去折七折八的感覺的確有些類似。難怪老是有些大支佬被我氣到想要一直將我的手緊抓住不放,這樣囂張的手勢的確讓他們不能忍受吧。
如果同樣不能忍受娜姐騷首弄姿的死樣子卻又好奇她的手勢和詠春的關係者,可直接跳到3:07或3:26繼續觀看,當然還有3:42肘部固定不動的動作,個個都是詠春的精華。
有耐心的則可仔細研究一下:
3:14 二字拑羊馬
4:26 攔手
4:32 圈手
4:43 雙攤手
4:45 標指
連標指都出來了,而且是既放鬆又快速並向前的連續過橋標指哦,高不高段呢? 真是一項劃時代的大發現啊,原來娜姐也學過詠春!!!
一晃眼這首經典音樂錄影帶也有十八年了。強光下娜姐的臉倒始終如一,沒有痕跡,身形反而更結實壯碩了。可見後天可造就大支,肌肉不是天生。
Madonna-Vogue
值得一提的是,這首音樂錄影帶為黑暗王子 David Fincher 執導,也就是 The Game,Fight Club 和 Panic Room 的導演… 也許當年創業維艱,從這首音樂錄影帶裡似手還嗅不出什麼特別的黑暗味道。我還記得當年台灣民風純蠢,政府又十分關照,當他們看到1:08著透明上空裝的娜 姐和2:53著冰淇淋胸衣的女性時,居然把這兩個鏡頭剪了換上4:20男子上空襯衣亂飛的畫面…因為剪貼關係牽強,猶記當年的我還懷疑為何這些鏡頭要 一直重覆? 難道經費不夠嗎? 嗯,當年的我雖然不知道什麼經費問題,但不合常理的畫面剪貼可逃不出我的法眼…
Strike a pose
Strike a pose
Vogue, vogue, vogue
Vogue, vogue, vogue
Look around everywhere you turn is heartache
It's everywhere that you go (look around)
You try everything you can to escape
The pain of life that you know (life that you know)
When all else fails and you long to be
Something better than you are today
I know a place where you can get away
It's called a dance floor, and here's what it's for, so
Come on, vogue
Let your body move to the music (move to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow (go with the flow)
You know you can do it
All you need is your own imagination
So use it that's what it's for (that's what it's for)
Go inside, for your finest inspiration
Your dreams will open the door (open up the door)
It makes no difference if you're black or white
If you're a boy or a girl
If the music's pumping it will give you new life
You're a superstar, yes, that's what you are, you know it
Beauty's where you find it
Not just where you bump and grind it
Soul is in the musical
That's where I feel so beautiful
Magical, life's a ball
So get up on the dance floor
Vogue, (Vogue)
Beauty's where you find it (move to the music)
Vogue, (Vogue)
Beauty's where you find it (go with the flow)
Greta Garbo, and Monroe
Deitrich and DiMaggio
Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean
On the cover of a magazine
Grace Kelly; Harlow, Jean
Picture of a beauty queen
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire
Ginger Rodgers, dance on air
They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katherine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you
Ladies with an attitude
Fellows that were in the mood
Don't just stand there, let's get to it
Strike a pose, there's nothing to it
Vogue, vogue
Oooh, you've got to
Let your body move to the music
Oooh, you've got to just
Let your body go with the flow
Oooh, you've got to
Vogue
Nov 11, 2008
習詠春有感(十八) Vogue
以暴制暴(三)Madonna & Sia
Madonna 和 Sia? 奇怪的組合吧但網友做到了,這裡Sia的吶喊比娜姐的問句更為有力,尤其那段
I'm just a girl that you lost to cocaine
的重覆。
是不是出了666號房之前就已經被魔鬼附身了呢,絕對不是自由意識,永遠都是別人的錯。
雖然中間演唱會部分有些過長,讓我覺得…人還是要服老啊,但基本上還是一段精采的網友剪貼音樂錄影帶,值得推薦。
Nov 10, 2008
以暴制暴(二)Sia
Sia,就是那位因Six Feet Under而被介紹到美國進而全世界的澳洲歌手。在前一張06年的專輯 Colour the Small One 她的聲音有一種私密性,彷彿喃喃自語卻又自語地抑揚頓挫隨心所欲,自閉卻又不能讓人忽視。當一不小心聽到她這種聲音配上這種歌時,人類天生愛偷窺愛八卦的心馬上挑起,義無反顧地被捲入她的世界。Amazon 形容聆聽這張轉輯近乎無禮,感覺很像偷偷摸進她的房裡,然後偷讀她的日記… 嗯,也許是美國人太在乎個人空間了,大喇喇如我們台灣人,管她什麼閨房日記的,誰叫她喃喃自語吵到我當然就正大光明走進去哦…
Some People Have Real Problems 08年這張算是她第一張正式向美國出發的專輯,感覺上和前一張不太一樣。這張比較是有對象的傾訴,至少沒有 Breathe Me 那般自怨自艾的語氣,曲調上也較前張輕快些,Amazon 說這張很歌都是 Radio-friendly 電台友善 (也就是在廣播裡放起來會特別好聽 ),也許是因為每首歌的情緒很完整歌又不長的原因吧?
她就是我所謂比較隨心所欲的藝人,和財大氣粗心思縝細的娜姐完全不同。這首歌裡弱勢的她什麼也做不出來,只能低頭離去,至少在這個世界裡,能全身而退也是件不簡單的事了。
也許有人會問,這裡的暴在哪裡? 未完待續嘛。
Sia-The Girl You Lost To Cocaine
I've stuck around, through thick and through thin
You cannot deny, I've always been in
But I've watched you stand, still as a snowman
But I don't see you change, you're always at meltdown
Yeah I've been your crutch, your smell sight and touch
Yeah I took you home when you've drunk too much
But I can't survive, with you by my side
See I'll never get laid, while I'm running your life
No I just don't wanna, so I'm walking away
There is nothing that you can do I will not stay
No I don't need drama, so I'm walking away
Yeah I am a girl with a lot on her plate
So just cut me loose, learn to tie your shoes
There's somebody here, I'd like to introduce
So look in the mirror, look for the glass
'Cause you're not my problem, you are my last
No I just don't wanna, so I'm walking away
There is nothing that you can do I will not stay
No I don't need drama, so I'm walking away
Yeah I am a girl with a lot on her plate
No I just don't wanna, so I'm walking away
There is nothing that you can do I will not stay
No I don't need drama, so I'm walking away
Yeah I am a girl with a lot on her plate
No I just don't wanna, so I'm walking away
There is nothing that you can do I will not stay
No I'm not your mama, so I'm walking away
I'm just a girl that you lost to cocaine
當然得看到最後擺半天的那幅Sia的大頭照,如果看不出來或不知道背景的意義,一切都白搭了。
Nov 9, 2008
以暴制暴(一)Madonna
大家都知道,男女因體內脂肪量不同,娜姐要練得這般健美可得付出比男人加倍的努力,更何況娜姐已年過半百,真是意志力驚人,難怪可以稱霸樂壇三十年。
姑且不論全球女權主義者對她的愛恨情結,也不論她為了成名不擇手段,她所有的行為都經過行銷精算而不是一時任性的我行我素,讓觀者在物化她的同時也被她洗腦…
凡是弱勢都有一種因長期被壓抑而產生的一種無端憤怒,所謂無端的憤怒即為一種冤沒頭債沒主無處可宣洩的莫名怨氣,最有名的當為Africa American rage非裔美人的無端憤怒,即使現在出了一個非裔混血的總統,這股怨氣應該還是會存在一陣子。女性,弱勢中的弱勢,當然也懷有這種無端的憤怒,無限上綱後就成就了娜姐這首音樂錄影帶了。
看到一開始的TV MA了嗎? 表示這是給Mature Audience成年人看的,兒童不宜哦。
Madonna-What It Feels Like For A Girl (Album Version)
其實這是網友的傑作。原本音樂錄影帶的畫面相同但音樂配的是舞曲版,這位網友覺得同樣的畫面配上專輯上原來的歌曲比較好,所見略同,這麼暴力的畫面再配上強烈的音樂,反而削弱了彼此的強度。這部音樂錄影帶由娜姐「即將變前夫」的Guy Ritchie執導,是否因為當年的他們還在熱戀中,娜姐的念白裡還帶有淡淡的英國腔哩…
雖然劇中的受害者都是男性,卻都沒看到他們受害後那些驚嚇的表情(只有最後一位跑車車主秀出驚訝的表情),如果受害者是女性就一定得又哭又叫又害怕又無助… 這應該是男性導演為了維持一點男性自尊所作的選擇吧。被打被砍被暴力相向都無所謂,只要不被別人覺得自己是弱者就好…
Girls can wear jeans
And cut their hair short
Wear shirts and boots
'Cause it's OK to be a boy
But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading
'Cause you think that being a girl is degrading
But secretly you'd love to know what it's like
Wouldn't you
What it feels like for a girl
Silky smooth
Lips as sweet as candy, baby
Tight blue jeans
Skin that shows in patches
Strong inside but you don't know it
Good little girls they never show it
When you open up your mouth to speak
Could you be a little weak
Do you know what it feels like for a girl
Do you know what it feels like in this world
For a girl
Hair that twirls on finger tips so gently, baby
Hands that rest on jutting hips repenting
Hurt that's not supposed to show
And tears that fall when no one knows
When you're trying hard to be your best
Could you be a little less
Do you know what it feels like for a girl
What it feels like in this world
Strong inside but you don't know it
Good little girls they never show it
When you open up your mouth to speak
Could you be a little weak
In this world
Do you know
Do you know
Do you know what it feels like for a girl
What it feels like in this world
習詠春有感(十七)敵人沒有慈悲
其實街頭實戰中能否擊敗對手最關鍵的還是心理問題,夠不夠狠,想傷害對方到什麼程度,想讓對方去住院還是去法院… 至少狄師父如是說。從以前到現在我都有怕打終歸打的心理障礙,但有時我也會懷疑:萬一我狠下心來,真的能傷人嗎?
練習黐手過手時不論多麼地逼真,套招的成份總是居多,當然寒著面狠著打的人也所在多有,但不論多麼接近實戰,總不是實戰,有很多特狠招和極狠招不能使用,這樣更造就我慈悲心腸的養成。然而,敵人沒有慈悲…
…
其實原文是:
慈悲沒有敵人,智慧不起煩惱。
最近有位錢先生把它改為「敵人沒有慈悲」,雖然他的心態可議,但這句新解用在街頭實戰卻很合適。
身處這個渾沌的時代,我只希望:
敵人沒有放鬆
敵人沒有馬步
敵人沒有體力
敵人沒有頭腦
看來,我也落入強凌弱的迷思中了 (身體好=強,身體差=弱,聰明=強,笨蛋=弱…)。想要心如明鏡或是連明鏡都不存在,還蠻難。
Nov 8, 2008
新湘菜B⑨

有朋自遠方來,當然要帶去裝潢美味道佳的好館子裡吃吃。本想請大家去中泰賓館裡的泰皇。到了民生東路長春路附近:「咦? 中泰賓館不見了???」原來中泰賓館已拆掉改建中,太久沒經過這區,完全不知道這事。只歎台北又少了一間好吃的泰國餐廳,真讓人不勝唏噓啊。
可朋友的肚子是不會感慨的,緊急狀況下託人詢問附近是否另有好料。經人介紹,在完全沒有心理準備的情況下,走進這家革命性的湘菜館-新湘菜。光看它的英文名字「TenTen」就知道它是一家特異獨行的古式料理,它的地址是北市復興北路301號,就在民生東路和復興北路口。
它的陶碗飯是一碗一碗蒸出來的,所以剛上桌時,連碗都燙。第一道上來的是腐乳空心菜,甘鹹有嚼勁。腐乳的味道對外國人來說也許不是挺香,但對我們來說真是另一個世界來的好滋味哦。
鄉巴佬炒雞在這裡排名第七。別看一整盤紅通通,其實吃起來沒有看起來辣。話說回來,辣不辣真的是很主觀的東西,我只能說這道菜如果不辣就不好吃了。
其實這道松子年糕牛肉算是一種帶甜味的牛肉。三種不同的味道及口感配在一起,又香又脆又滑又嫰,當然冠全味的就是那股甜意哦。
神仙孜然肋排骨可是這裡排名第一的特色風味菜哦。感覺上孜然不是新疆菜的佐料嗎? 總覺得什麼肉加上孜然料理都很棒,不過這裡的孜然多到一種富足的程度,吃完一根肋排就滿桌灑孜然。
接下來的串燒蝦,終於讓人有辣的感覺了,而且它的辣是會累積的,愈吃愈辣,再喝冰啤酒就會更辣。我想我的湘菜功力還待加強,啃完一根蝦嘴巴都麻了。
一開始之所以稱它為革命性的湘菜館是因為它內部的裝潢,可惜這次急急忙忙,加上餐廳裡人多燈光昏暗 ( 從好處說就是氣氛迷人),沒仔細紀錄下來。不過它的菜的確值得再訪,就等下次特殊慶典時再來大飽口福吧。
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