其實不管 Michael Jackson 存在與否,大部分的人生活不會有甚麼不同;也許每天都過著差不多的生活,吃飯、睡覺、上下班、與朋友談笑、逛街旅遊養寵物;對我來說其實也有點如此,地球不會因為少了誰就停止轉動,想要看到他的表演,網路上搜尋一大堆不用擔心看不到,這感覺就像,他仍過著隱居遁世的生活,總之是個遙遠得好像不屬於我的世界的人物。
但是又有點不同了。
這兩年間,我去參加了庾澄慶(哈林)的演唱會。我從國小開始就聽哈林的歌,十來歲的時候,我沒錢去聽演唱會;廿來歲的時候,我沒有膽量去參加這種活動;到我卅來歲的時候,哈林已經五十歲了--就是跟 Michael Jackson 一樣的年齡--難道還要再等十年嗎?我知道再矜持下去,老了一定會後悔,所以就下定決心去了。最奇妙的事情是,在前往演唱會現場的途中,有一個不知從何而生的預感,覺得會聽見 Michael Jackson 的歌曲,真的就發生了!哈林唱了改編的 Billie Jean。當下我真的真的非常感動,我所喜愛的存在不同國度的兩個歌星,穿越時空而有所連結。
Michael Jackson 驟逝這件事,與我的生活似乎是不會有甚麼關聯,但是某方面來說,卻在我的人生的幾個重要抉擇時刻,多少起了關鍵性的影響作用,甚至可以說是一種頓悟:再不做以後就來不及了;人往往因為幾秒鐘的念頭轉換,人生道路就走向不同的方向,而且無法扭轉,「如果我可以讓時光倒轉,我一定要如何如何」,這種話說再多也是白搭,還不如在抉擇之初就謹慎小心,然後大膽前進,期望會得到美好的結果。
從最愛的國語歌手哈林、西洋歌星 Michael Jackson,到歐洲樂團 Roxette,每個人都年過半百,當然,Michael Jackson 是不會再變得更老了,而 Roxette 還曾因為女主唱 Marie Fredriksson 得過腦癌休止十年的時間直到今年才又出了新專輯,他們還能夠唱唱跳跳多少時間呢?以追星族來說我也不小了嘛,或許我的下個人生目標,就是去現場參與 Roxette 的演唱會吧?就是這個了...... THIS IS IT!
說到 Michael Jackson 這首歌<THIS IS IT>,是新歌也不是新歌,而且爭議不少,就不提了,聽歌吧~
This Is It / This Is It / 2009 (1980)
This is it, here I stand I'm the light of the world, I feel grand Got this love I can feel And I know yes for sure it is real And it feels as though I've seen your face a thousand times And you said you really know me too yourself And I know that you have got addicted with your eyes But you say you gonna live it for yourself.
I never heard a single word about you Falling in love wasn't my plan I never thought that I would be your lover C'mon baby, just understand
This is it, I can say, I'm the light of the world, run away We can feel, this is real Every time I'm in love that I feel And I feel as though I've known you since 1,000 years And you tell me that you've seen my face before.
And you said to me you don't want me hanging round Many times, wanna do it here before I never heard a single word about you Falling in love wasn't my plan
I never thought that I would be your lover C'mon baby, just understand
This is it, I can feel I'm the light of the world, this is real Feel my song, we can say And I tell you I feel that way
And I feel as though I've known you for a thousand years And you said you want some of this yourself And you said won't you go with me, on a while And I know that it's really cool myself
I never heard a single word about you Falling in love wasn't my plan I never thought that I would be your lover C'mon baby, just understand I never heard a single word about you Falling in love wasn't my plan I never thought that I would be your lover C'mon baby, just understand
Song Information
The song was released worldwide on October 12 at midnight on www.michaeljackson.com, 2009.
The song, written in 1980, bears a strong resemblance a song by Sa-Fire,
known as "I Never Heard,"
which was written by Jackson and Paul Anka in
1991.