R.I.P., Terry Hall (19 March 1959 – 18 December 2022)
朋友今早告知 Terry Hall 逝世不幸消息,心裡酸酸的十分傷感,然後腦裡馬上諗起第一次認識佢音樂嘅Moment ── 喺亞視《周日音樂快線》睇到樂隊Terry, Blair & Anouchka嘅MV《Missing》,「The rain is falling / And I've tried calling / But I just can't get through to say I'm missing, missing you」。流麗而流暢流行調子,一首令人一聽就會愛上嘅Pop Song。但當年家中只得卡式機,外國樂隊音樂人嘅Cassette非常難買,直到後嚟,先慢慢認識Terry Hall呢位百足咁多爪、音樂風格非常多元化嘅英倫音樂人。
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Terry Hall一開始加入 The Specials ,樂隊崛起於Punk年代,但玩Ska,非常別樹一格。名作《Ghost Town》,相信好多英倫樂迷都好鍾意,包括我。自2014年開始,我已發現呢首歌非常切合形容香港:「This town is coming like a ghost town / Why must the youth fight against themselves? / Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?」其實首歌係描繪80年代初英國各地混亂不堪情況,世道崩壞,自然群魔亂舞,變成鬼城。
對我而言,最難忘Terry嘅作品,係The Colourfield《Thinking Of You》,一首Classic嘅英倫清新結他流行曲,長青雋永,聽一世都唔厭,亦為我開啟清新音樂世界大門。「If you ever think of me / I'll be thinking of you」相信每一位鍾意過Terry音樂嘅樂迷,都會永遠記住佢,日後間唔中會諗起佢,然後播返佢啲歌嚟聽。