怪胎秀:Ghostpoet

林貓王
音樂是這世界上最美好的事
3 min readMay 1, 2018

好久沒聽到這麼震撼的Trip Hop音樂,來自倫敦的Ghostpoet(幽靈詩人),兩屆水星獎入圍,長期關注社會底層,這張專輯也不例外。

他的諷刺幾乎是跟前輩Massive Attack看齊的。

「大家都說/要活得像海綿一樣/充實吸飽每一秒
我倒猜想/如果你會被感動/這種屁話才有用」

如果你有讀過一則新聞,難民只穿塞海綿的救生衣,隨時可能被海浪帶走。

Live>Leave

So, we climb every mountain
Then we swam every sea
We just streaming our living
All for minimal fees
Holidays on the telly
Luminating the [?]
Saddest eyes getting heavy
Till [?]

We live and we leave
Nobody knows
When it will be
Can’t let it bother me
We live and we leave
Nobody knows
When it will be
Can’t let it bother me

They say go live every minute
Soak it up like a sponge
I guess if you’re motivated
Shit like that could be fun

But I’m not dumb, I read papers
People blacker than blue
People so down the river
Could be me, could be you

We live and we leave
Nobody knows
When it will be
Can’t let it bother me
We live and we leave
Nobody knows
When it will be
Can’t let it bother me

I’m afraid of the future
I’ve forgiven the past
Got my head above water
Wonder how long I’ll last
Need to care ‘bout our Mary
Feet don’t fail me now
Out of focus and weary
Grasping onto the now

I guess we live and we leave
Nobody knows
When it will be
Can’t let it bother me
We live and we leave
Nobody knows
When it will be
Can’t let it bother me

I can’t let it bother me
Can’t let it bother me
Nah, I can’t let it bother me
Can’t let it bother me
Can’t let it bother me
I can’t let it bother me
Can’t let it bother me
Nah, I can’t let it bother me

此外還有:「怪胎秀」直指社群媒體製造點閱率的問題。而其音樂錄影帶,則對準中國的空氣污染,到處都是商場卻不能呼吸。

Freakshow

Ain’t left the city in months
I guess Westfield knows what I want
Feesl funny if I died, still heavy
So, I swipe left and figured out

It’s a freakshow
Nothing gives us quite a view
So easy to see
You strung me along

It’s a freakshow
Ooh, yeah, I feel it all over my body
Let me out
Let me go
It’s a freakshow

Shutters down, nothing to see
We’re all living here confused, the life’s slumber, weak, I’m beat
All these extra doors giving me gears, man
It’s a nightmare, I’m screaming out

It’s a freakshow
Nothing gives us quite a view
So easy to see
You strung me along
It’s a freakshow
Ooh, yeah, I feel it all over my body
Let me out
Let me go
It’s a freakshow

Stuck in my corner of doubt
Tried to break free of misery, whatever made you shovel clout
All these sideeyes are leaving me paralysed
So, I sit back and let it out

It’s a freakshow
Nothing gives us quite a view
So easy to see
You strung me along
It’s a freakshow
Ooh, yeah, I feel it all over my body
Let me out
Let me go
It’s a freakshow
Nothing gives us quite a view
So easy to see
You strung me along
It’s a freakshow
Ooh, yeah, I feel it all over my body
Let me out
Let me go
It’s a freakshow

「移民黑人」描寫在船上等待救援的難民⋯⋯沈重而尖銳的傑作啊!

Immigrant Boogie

No one knows how many on the boat
Violent skies won’t show us where to go
Huddle close, we wanna shall we jump?
Kind of sad ? they buy from

Oh, let us in
We never bite
Me and the four kids, show some love
Then it will all be right

We won’t stay
Grand promise in every way
It’s just the boat’s going down
And I don’t think we wanna stay
Immigrant boogie

I was dreaming of a better life
With my two kids and my lovely wife
But I can’t swim and water’s in my lungs
So here it ends, well, life has just begun

Oh, let us in
We never bite
Me and the four kids, show some love
Then it will all be right
We won’t stay
Grand promise in every way
It’s just the boat’s going down
And I don’t think we wanna stay
Immigrant boogie

Immigrant boogie
Immigrant boogie
Immigrant boogie
Immigrant boogie
Immigrant boogie
Immigrant boogie
Immigrant boogie
Immigrant boogie
Immigrant boogie
Immigrant boogie
Immigrant boogie
Immigrant boogie

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