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Mark Knopfler - A Place Where We Used To Live

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浅吟低唱的Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler是Dire Straits（恐怖海峡）的主唱，乐队的作品听上去是特别的，即使到现在，像这样布鲁斯、山地音乐、蓝草音乐和老式摇摆混合的音乐，玩的人也不是太多，音乐的悠然从容，以及那一份醉人的神秘感，没经历过人情世故的人是做不出来的。在那个邦.乔维和枪花就代表着反叛和摇滚的年代，Dire Straits呈现出历经风霜后的沧桑与老成。乐队灵魂人物Mark Knopfler的吉他，在慢奏中更能品其妙处，有时甚至只是轻轻一拨，一个乐音，就营造出一种冷然情绪，不是诡异的冷，而是深邃的冷。所有作品的歌词，表面上看多是叙事，却都和人内心的情感有关，一褒一贬，一笑一怒，一愁一喜，都不露于颜面之上，也难怪，他本来就是当老师的，虽然不是教语文，学问还是很有一点的。

　　 事实上推荐的这首单曲，是他单飞后的专辑THE RAGPICKER'S DREAM（穷人的梦）中的歌，名叫A Place Where We Used To Live，之所以对它情有独钟，源于它能让大家认识Mark Knopfler，但并不是说这个就最经典，他单飞之前乐队的专辑也是首首经典，其实对于一个真正喜欢他的人，每一首歌都是经典。如果有人要问Dire Straits乐队和Mark Knopfler个人的作品之间究竟有何区别，可能谁也说不出个所以然来，只是觉得Mark Knopfler就是Dire Straits，两者的唱片没有任何值得一提的差别，唯一的不同便是Mark Knopfler创作并演唱的歌曲由两班不同的人马照着他的意思为他伴奏而已。

　　 冷得清淡而不凄楚，冷得高远而不刺骨，是Mark Knopfler的本色，

This empty kitchen's where

I'd while away the hours

Just next to my old chair

You'd usually have some flowers

The shelves of books

Even the picture hooks

Everything is gone

But my heart is hanging on

If this old neighbourhood

Survived us both alright

Don't know that it withstood

All the things that took our light

You on the stair

I can see you there

Everything is gone

But my heart is hanging on

Once there was a little girl

Used to wonder what she would be

Went out into the big wide world

Now she's just a memory

There used to be a little school here

Where I learned to write my name

But time has been a little cruel here

Time has no shame

It's just a place where

We used to live

It's just a place where

We used to live

Now in another town

You lead another life

And now upstairs and down

You're someone else's wife

Here in the dust

There's not a trace of us

Everything is gone

But my heart is hanging on

It's just a place where

We used to live

It's just a place where

We used to live

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