2008年12月29日

By Your Side / 每個人心裡住一個藝術家,65歲想做的事移到現在做



不認識sade的人,可以上youtube找她的歌聽聽喔!

因為by your side她唱的非常棒!

尤其是這首歌的歌詞真的好感人...

另外,我即將開始在我的blog中

分享一些不錯的網路文章

強迫讓自己長點腦

今天分享一篇文章,來自 Mr. 6

文章名稱叫做 "紐約時報:每個人心裡住一個藝術家,65歲想做的事移到現在做"

上周五的那篇「我們天天出創業家」在信箱收到不少關心,我寫得可能太偏了些,比較之下,《紐約時報》周末的一篇文章,寫出了另外一個方向。這篇文章出在這星期,剛好是2008年再幾天就到尾巴及2009年快來,所有媒體報導只要講到2009年,絕對不離多慘、多靜、多詭譎、多不安…不然就是作一些虛虛的喊話,讓人看了只會更驚慌!這時候,讀了這篇看似平淡的《紐約時報》報導,讓人找到一個唯一有道理、安心的實地地板──

這篇報導,提到了許多被裁員減薪的白領,開始「把副業變正業」。

你說,其實上期《壹週刊》也提過類似案例,寫到一位在竹科大廠工作的女生,原本投資開早餐店,現在她也開始親身到早餐店幫忙,原本的「旁項」被逼著變成「正項」……。不過,美國這邊傳來的案例,還又要更特別一點!《紐約時報》這篇報導在探討的是,當大家「旁項」變「正項」,真的覺得很勉強嗎?還是吁了一口氣,得到了以前從未得到的快樂?

以《紐約時報》的案例,不是必須回去經營早餐店。這些「副業變正業」的「副業」,都是一些藝術方面的工作,包括演戲、寫作、唱歌、畫作、攝影、拍戲……。受訪者都認為,從白領的坐辦公室階級,跑來做這些黑手的藝術工作,雖然在財務上很是吃緊,但在心理上的回饋真是無限大!

他們等於把人生倒過來活。原本是65歲才想幹的夢想,現在先把它做完,反而更早一點,實、現、夢、想!

《紐約時報》提到幾個案例:

有個在摩根史坦利小摩工作的執行總監,平日在幫忙募避險基金,晚上還因為興趣在戲院打工。今年二月,他的公司宣布一批資遣,把他給送出去了,這傢伙想了一想,決定不再找工作,把晚上的工作變成正職,這位37歲的銀行家跑來做一些幽默的表演工作,也因為副業變本業、兼職變全職,反而把他的脫口秀功夫練得更好!後來在芝加哥活動中也擔任主要演出。

還有一個前高盛副總裁,在八月遭到資遣,然後他竟然開始寫…「劇本」,他甚至也用他的積蓄,直接開設了一間影片製作公司,這位副總裁在開了這間公司後,不知成果如何,但他竟然仍表示他自覺很幸運有這麼一條路可走。

另外還有一個38歲的傢伙,幹到一間不具名的投資銀行的副總裁,然後不幸被遣散了,他今年開始寫一本關於猶太人住在南非的長篇小說,希望能宣揚他自己的一些想法。

在德意志銀行也有位37歲的總監,現在他也跑出來做笑話即興表演。

還有其他人,想當廚師的、當雕刻家的…。通通都出來了!

為了解釋這個現象,《紐約時報》報導還引用了多倫多大學教授積進的分析,認為目前人類的經濟建築在金錢與浮誇價值之上,大家被麻醉的去追求,但事實上,真正讓人類有價值的還是「人本創意」(human creativity),這些對於經濟體的價值不明,也就是說,未來這些人是否能成功成為公司,並不明朗,但是,至少我們身邊的生活會產生很大的改變,我們所住的城市以及每日的活動也會產生一些改變。

他們也引用了美國的人力專家的話,分析這個「被資遣卻很happy」的案例指出,這場風暴已讓整個職涯的「心理」產生重大改變。大家會開始覺得,全世界都在資遣,大家都被資遣,所有的職缺都冰封,所以,省省力氣,2009年是一個「防禦年」,這時候反而可以幹一些奇特的工作,並沒有什麼壓力!這些工作,是原本要留到60歲以後才做的工作。注意,不是旅行喔,而是「工作」。

的確,電視上看到,某位最近很喜歡看的媒體名人,竟在鏡頭前暢談「她被資遣」,除了感歎「大家都被資遣」,最重要的是,「大家竟然都敢談被資遣」,而且觀眾感覺得出來,在談的時候竟然有一種充滿希望,很愉快的感覺,好像還有一個「B計畫」在後面醞釀,迫不及待想要做!

是什麼事情讓大家這麼高興的想要做?

總結是,每個人心裡都住著一位藝術家。

現在你可能正職有工作,有自己的目標,但最後如果還要你講一句話,你會說:如果可以的話…我希望能出一個攝影展。我們知道,那是不可能的,平常有一個長鏡頭相機,但買來就沒有在拍。周末累得要死,帶老婆小孩出門應該也是拿傻瓜的拍一拍就好,要搞個攝影展不知何時的事!你心中可能有一齣劇,偶爾洗澡的時候想一想,浪漫一下,聽到哪首美曲,整個人輕飄起來,馬上文思泉湧,但要寫一本長篇愛情史詩,看來還要等到很久以後的事…。

你平常可能玩樂團,但年齡漸長,周末團員都要陪家人,大家又有事業要忙,總要回歸現實,所以有一天希望好好坐下好好的做一首曲子,和觀眾互動,也得等到大家都ok的一天。

《紐約時報》說,今年來了。今年就是一個充滿藝術氣息的一年!

準備一下今年的生活費,然後,毫不猶豫的去先活你的「第65歲」,說不定,以這個35歲的精力、健康,來玩一玩原本應該屬於65歲的夢想,反而可將這個夢想做到很大很大,到了2010年,無論成果如何,我們的生命都會謝謝我們幫它所做的轉彎吧。

最後,放上Sade - By Your Side

歌詞

you think i'd leave your side baby
you know me better than that
you think i'd leave you down when you're down on your knees
i wouldn't do that
i'll tell you you're right when you want
ha ah ah ah ah ah
and if only you could see into me

oh when you're cold
i'll be there
hold you tight to me

when you're on the outside baby and you can`t get in
i will show you you're so much better than you know
when you're lost and you're alone and you cant get back again
i will find you darling and i will bring you home

and if you want to cry
i am here to dry your eyes
and in no time
you'll be fine

you think i'd leave your side baby
you know me better than that
you think id leave you down when you're down on your knees
i wouldn't do that
i'll tell you you're right when you wrong
ha ah ah ah ah ah
and if only you could see into me

oh when you're cold
i'll be there
hold you tight to me
when you're low
i'll be there
by your side baby

oh when you're cold
i'll be there
hold you tight to me
oh when you're low
i'll be there
by your side baby

2008年12月28日

Save Room



John Legend - Save Room

歌詞

Say that you stay a little
Don't say bye bye tonight
Say you'll be mine
just a little of bit of love Is worth a moment of your time

knocking on your door just a little
so cold outside tonight
let's get the fire burning
I know, I keep it burining right

If you stay, won't you stay - stay

save room for my love
save room for a moment to be with me
save room for my love save a little
save a little for me
won't you save a little
save a little for me - ohh

This just might hurt a little
love hurts sometimes when you do it right
Don't be affraid of a little bit of pain
pleasure is just on the other side

Let down your guard just a little
I keep you safe in these arms of mine
Hold on to me - pretty baby
You will see I can be all you need

If you stay, won't you stay - stay

save room for my love
save room for a moment to be with me
save room for my love save a little
save a little for me
won't you save a little
save a little for me - ohh

[pa-ya-pa-pa] - [pa-ya-pa-pa] - [pa-ya-pa-pa] - [da-da-da]

Ohhh come on

Make time to live a little
don't let this moment slip by tonight
you never know what you are missing untill you try
I keep you satisfied
if you stay, won't you stay - stay

save room for my love
save room for a moment to be with me
save room for my love save a little
save a little for me
won't you save a little
save a little for me - ohh

save room for love
save room for a moment to be with me
save a little, save a little for me
won't you save a little
save a little for me

2008年12月27日

it's alright



















Seal

擁有天生豐富的迷人嗓音以及無法抵擋的音樂魅力

介紹一首他最近新專輯 SOUL 中很好聽的新歌,叫做 It's Alright

歌詞

They say it's alright
Say it's alright
It's alright, have a good time
Cause it's alright, whoa it's alright

Now we gonna move it slow
When the lights are low
When you move it slow
It feels like more (?)cause it's alright
Whoa it's alright

Now listen to the beat
Kinda tap your feet
You got soul
Everybody knows that it's alright
Whoa it's alright

When you wake up early in the morning
Feeling sad like so many of us do
Hold a little soul
And make life your goal
And surely something's gotta come to you

And you gotta say it's alright
Say it's alright
It's alright, have a good time
Cause it's alright
Whoa it's alright

Someday i'll find me a woman
Who will love me and treat me real nice
Where my road has got to go (?)my love she will know from morning, noon
Until the night

And she's gotta say that it's alright
Say it's alright
It's alright, have a good time
Cause it's alright
Whoa it's alright
Now listen to the beat
Kinda tap your feet
You got soul
Everybody knows that it's alright
Whoa it's alright
You got soul
Everybodu knows that it's alright
Whoa it's alright

2008年12月24日

Cool



Anthony Hamilton featuring David Banner - Cool

歌詞

We don't have to worry 'bout no money, to have us a real good time
and we don't have to leave in the morning, the whole day just you and I,
and it don't have to get any better, it's perfect you in my life.

If you're cool, then I'm cool, then we're cool

We don't have to worry 'bout no groceries, we can fill up on love alone,
If we ain't got enough for a movie, we can just sit at home
Have a little role play baby, whatever turns you on

If you're cool, then I'm cool, then we're cool
If you're cool, then I'm cool, then we're cool

Quit your worrying baby oh...
Quit your worrying girl
Quit your crying lady
We can conquer the world

Pack a lil love for the evening, let me hold you tight
Don't be worried 'bout my problems believe me- everything's gonna be alright
..... watching cartoons, whatever makes you smile

If you're cool, then I'm cool, then we're cool
If you're cool, then I'm cool, then we're cool

Quit your worrying baby
Quit your worrying girl
Quit your crying lady
We can conquer the world

Ain't nobody worried 'bout no money, and we still gonna have a good time
Like JJ, Thelma, and Willona, we gonna have a good time
We can take a stroll in the park, holding hands walking side by side
Drop the top down on the lac, feel the breeze and take a lil ride
You know I love the southern stuff baby
Fish and chicken with the hot fries
And we a perfect match, I'm the ham and you the good collard greens on the side

Don't worry girl
Don't worry.. No
We're alright
Hold On, Hold On

Quit your worrying baby
Quit your worrying girl
Quit your crying lady
We can conquer the world
We can conquer the world

2008年12月21日

Spritual Thang





Eric Benet Spiritual Thang Music via Noolmusic.com

歌詞

Ooh girl, lover friend
From the day we first began
Felt a connection to you

Somehow can't explain
No one's made me feel the same way
You do

Your heart and mine are one
Somethin' deep is goin' on
It's like we've been here before

Seems like God above
Had a reason to bring your love
To me

[Chorus:]
I love what I'm feelin' (a spiritual thang)
You're giving to me, yeah (a spiritual thang)
I know it's for real (a spiritual thang)
This spiritual love you bring (a spiritual thang)

Love won't fade away
When it's a spiritual thang
It's like we're one in the same

Girl, we got a love that the whole
World's been searching for
You and me, don't you know that

[Chorus]

[Guitar Solo]

Your heart is in beat with mine
And no stronger love will I find
Together our souls intertwined
Together as one, yeah...

2008年12月11日

NAS - HIP HOP IS DEAD





歌詞

"Hip hop" "hip hop" "is dead"
"Hip--hip hop" "hip hop" "is dead"
"Hip--hip hop" "hip--hip hop" "is dead"
"Hip--hip hop" "hip hop" "hip hop"

[Hook - 2X]
If hip hop should die before I wake
I'll put an extended clip inside of my AK
Roll to every station, murder the DJ
Roll to every station, murder the DJ

[sample]
Hip hop just died this mornin'
And she's dead, she's dead

[Verse 1]
Yeah, niggaz smoke, laugh, party, and die in the same corner
Get cash, live fast, body their man's mama
Rich ass niggaz is ridin' with three llamas
Revenge in their eyes, Hennesy and the ganja
Word to the wise with villain state of minds
Grindin', hittin' Brazilian dimes from behind
Grindin', hittin' Brazilian dimes from behind
(Grindin', hittin' Brazilian dimes from behind)
Whenever, if ever, I roll up, it's sown up
Any ghetto will tell ya Nas helped grow us up
My face once graced promotional Sony trucks
Hundred million in billin', I helped build 'em up
Gave my nigga my right, I could have gave left
So like my girl Foxy, a nigga went Def
So nigga, who's your top ten?
Is it MC Shan? Is it MC Ren?

[Hook - 2X]

[sample]
Hip hop just died this mornin'
And she's dead, she's dead

[Verse 2]
The bigger the cap, the bigger the peelin'
Come through, something ill, missin' the ceilin'
What influenced my raps? Stick ups and killings
Kidnappings, project buildings, drug dealings
Criticize that, why is that?
Cuz Nas rap is compared to legitimized crap
Cuz we love to talk on ass we gettin'
Most intellectuals will only half listen
So you can't blame jazz musicians
Or David Stern with his NBA fashion issues
Oh I they like me--in my white tee
You can't ice me, we here for life B
On my second marriage, hip hop's my first wifey
And for that we not takin' it lightly
If hip hop should die we die together
Bodies in the morgue lie together
All together now

[Hook - 2X]

[sample]
Hip hop just died this mornin'
Hip hop just died this mornin'
Hip hop just died this mornin'
And she's dead, she's dead

[crowd chanting "Hip hop!" becomes beat]

[Verse 3]
Everybody sound the same, commercialize the game
Reminiscin' when it wasn't all business
If it got where it started
So we all gather here for the dearly departed
Hip hopper since a toddler
One homeboy became a man then a mobster
If the guys let me get my last swig of Vodka
R.I.P., we'll donate your lungs to a rasta
Went from turntables to mp3s
From "Beat Street" to commercials on Mickey D's
From gold cables to Jacobs
From plain facials to Botox and face lifts
I'm lookin' over my shoulder
It's about eighty niggaz from my hood that showed up
And they came to show love
Sold out concert and the doors are closed shut

Kobe Bryant shows off his new Nike Shoes






2008年12月4日

Welcome to the good life




歌詞

(Like we always do at this time
I go for mine
I got to shine)
NOW THROW YOUR HANDS UP IN THE SKY
( Now I, I go for mine
I got to shine)
NOW THROW YOUR HANDS UP IN THE SKY

t-pain/ Ima get on the tv mama mama
Ima put this ---- out
ayyy ayy ayyy ayy ayyy ayyy ayyy
I'm good

Welcome to the good life
where these ----- sell D
Only then get pulled over in their new V
The good life
Lets go on a lemi-spree
----- say the best things in life are free
The good life
It feel like Atlanta
It feel like L.A.
It feel like Miami
It feel like N.Y
Summer time child ahhh

NOW THROW YOUR HANDS UP IN THE SKY

So i rolled threw good
yall pop the trunk
ill pop the hood, ferrari
And she got the goods
and she got that ---
i got to look, sorry
Yo its got to be
cause 'em season haters
givin me salty looks, loweries
Fifty told me
go head and switch them styles up
and if they hate then let them hate
and watch the money pile up

***( Now I, I go for mine
I got to shine)
NOW THROW YOUR HANDS UP IN THE SKY
( Now I, I go for mine
I got to shine)
NOW THROW YOUR HANDS UP IN THE SKY, ayy

t-pain/ Ima get on the tv mama mama
Ima put this ---- out

ayyy ayy ayyy ayy ayyy ayyy ayyy
I'm good

Welcome to the good life
we'll be like the girls who aint on tv
cause they got more --- than the models
The good life
So keep it comin' with them bottles
till she feel booze like she bombed out apollo
The good life
It feel like Houston
It feel like Phillie
It feel like D.C.
It feel like V.A.
or the bay or yeahh ayyy
This is the good life

(Welcome to the good life)
Homie tell me whats good
why I only got a problem when you in the hood
(Welcome to the good life)
Like I'm new in the hood
the only thing i wish, i wish ---- would
(Welcome to the good life)
He prolly think he could
but...but.. i dont think he should
(Welcome to the good life)
Fifty told me
go head and switch them styles up
and if they hate then let them hate
and watch the money pile up

***chorus

Have you ever popped champagne
on a plane
while gettin some ----
Whipped it out she said she never seen snakes
on a plane
Whether you broke or rich
you gotta get biz
havin moneys not everything
Now havin it is
---------------
but when i get my car back
activate it, I'm back to vegas cause
I always had a passion for flashin
Before i had it , I closed my eyes and imagine
(Its the good life, Better than the life i live,
When i Thought that i was gunna go crazy
Now my grandmama aint the only girl callin me baby)

2008年12月3日

Yes i'll make it all mine




歌詞

Wake up everyone
How can you sleep at a time like this
Unless the dreamer is the real you
Listen to your voice
The one that tells you to taste past the tip of your tongue
Leap and the net will appear

I don't wanna wake before
The dream is over
I'm gonna make it mine
Yes i... i will own it
I'm gonna make it mine
Yes i'll make it all mine

I keep my life on a heavy rotation
Requesting that it's lifting you up
Up up and away
And over to a table at the graditude cafe

And i am finally there
And all the angels they'll be singing
Ah la la la ah la la la I la la la la love this

I don't wanna wake before
The tour is over
I'm gonna make it mine
yes i... i will own it
I'm gonna make it mine
Yes i'll make it all mine...

Yes I'll make it all mine

And timing's everything
and this time there's plenty
I am balancing
Careful and steady
And reveling in energy that everyone's emitting

well I don't wanna wait no more
No i wanna celebrate the whole world
I'm gonna make it mine
Because i'm following your joy
I'm gonna make it mine
Because i... i am open
I'm gonna make it mine
Thats why... i wanna show it
i'm gonna make it it mine
gotta make gotta make gotta make gotta make gotta make
gotta make it all mine
It's mine...
Yes i will make it all
make it all mine