中文名: 尼克宏比：三十一首歌 附MP3
原名: Nick Hornby - 31 Songs
作者: Nick Hornby
譯者: 陳玠安
簡辰緯
資源格式: PDF
版本: 掃描版
出版社: penguin books
書號: ISBN0670914266
發行時間: 2003年
地區: 英國
語言: 英文
簡介:

一九七六主唱 阿凱
新生代作家/詩人 孫梓評
台北之音網站主編/DJ 陳弘樹
金曲獎/海洋音獎評審 葉雲平
新生代作家譯作 陳玠安
知名音樂人 陳綺貞
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這本名為《31 Songs》散文集，是英國現代作家尼克·宏比（Nick Hornby）自選的31首改變他一生的歌曲，2003年搭配其同名雙CD音樂合輯發行。作為一位著名的作家和樂評人，尼克·宏比給人們的感覺和美國的著名編劇、導演和樂評人卡梅隆·克羅（Cameron Crowe，《幾近成名》《香草天空》《伊麗莎白小鎮》）很相似，都喜歡講述青春迷惘和尋找方向的故事，都深受當代流行文化的浸淫，都有極佳的音樂品位和獨立於世的生活態度。但跟克羅的美國搖滾情結不同的是，尼克·宏比深谙現代年輕人的生活節奏，並以精湛的英式幽默擄獲讀者的心。
不只是關於音樂，同時更是關於尼克宏比、關於我們、關於生活著的一本書。
尼克宏比以散文的筆法，時而溫暖，時而英式詼諧地訴說著生活裡的音樂片斷。
那些心碎的時刻、悲傷的時刻、歡樂的時刻、失意的時刻、做愛的時刻……歌曲們都一一見證，從未缺席。
說是31首歌，其實要宏比寫個361首也無所謂──他對音樂和文字間的聯繫，遠超過所謂「評論」或者「音樂私日記」所能分野的區塊種種；他毫不刻意試著客觀、不擺出行家架子，將旋律、歌詞透過自我生命經驗，真誠而非關知識性質的一一坦述；宏比在所能觸及的范圍內仍舊旁徵博引，各樣生命時刻與音樂性相關藝術介質娓娓相連，深入潛出，不只是因為他對於音樂的愛好，更試圖辯證自我存在與透過單純事物來觀察人生百態而書寫。
透過三十一首歌曲，以及特定音樂人物／專題的寫作，串起人生中的每個環節；成長的經歷、感情的波折、創作的心情、為人父的善感，全都以他的摯愛──流行音樂為核心，幅射出一層層生活的波光。宏比的音樂現身說法，並沒有帶著太多評論的味道，倒也不排除那些私心的觀點，正如其在書中提到：「這本書並不企圖要你和我分享那能聽到一致東西的能力；換句話說，這不是樂評。我在這僅希望你能有等值的事物，那就是你曾花了很長的時間，去聆聽音樂，且在其熱情之中找到了共鳴。」。
本書不僅能夠給和作者一樣愛樂成癡之讀者，尋得戚戚之感，也在文學可讀本身超越了「音樂文字」的既定窠臼。即使不認同或不認識宏比的排行榜，他那幽默感與無可掩飾的愛樂感動仍顯脫俗非常。
「機智，極富娛樂且動人。一則闡明流行音樂何以如此美好的宣言，一本美麗而重要的作品。」
──《週日快報》(Sunday Express)
「一本會刺激你去思索屬於自己的『荒島唱片』的佳作。」
──《Mojo》音樂雜誌
「洞見觀瞻、有趣，把我眼淚都給逼出來了。」
──《週日電訊報》(Sunday Telegragh)
「一本熱情守護著宏比的品味、寫作與成就的作品。」
──《文藝評論》(Literary Review)
「一本述說聆聽絕妙流行音樂之樂趣，以及那些具有不思議動聽旋律的書……最亮眼的是宏比本人──其幽默的自省，無防衛的誠實。毫不費力得充滿可讀性，每個章節都提醒了我們，宏比是一個如此特別，善於觀察人類行為的作家。」
──《Heat》娛樂週刊
「跟著宏比一起唱和吧！」
──《Arena》男性時尚雜誌
「閒話家常，毫無保留和誠懇的私密。」
──《Harpers&Queen》時尚雜誌
「充滿啟發，引人發噱。」
──《滾石》雜誌(Rolling Stone)
「散文極品、巧奪天工的幽默，或一個人如何能如此寫出自身感覺卻讓他人感同身受，舉凡對以上感到興趣的任何讀者，理應都會愛上這本書。」
──《舊金山紀事報》(San Francisco Chronicle )
「傳播了對於聽見好歌時簡單而刁嘴的興味，一種難以掩飾的熱情。」
──《Metro》生活雜誌
「一本機智的作品，涵括了一些極佳的批評論述。」
──《GQ》時尚雜誌
「注滿了寬廣的愉悅，具體而微的在散文裡表達了宏比所喜愛的創作者們，在音樂上所做的貢獻。他寫得可真好。」
──《Time Out》音樂雜誌
「趣味橫生、充滿生氣、極具可讀性。不只是關於音樂……同時更是關於尼克宏比，關於我們，關於生活著的一本書。宏比創造了一大成就。」
──《旗幟晚報》(Evening Standard)
■作者簡介
尼克宏比
英國知名小說家莎娣史密斯(Zadie Smith)是這麼說尼克宏比的：「宏比篤信很棒的歌曲、很棒的書，還有，是的，很棒的足球比賽，都是巨大的能量。他是這麼熱衷於美好事物，說他是歐洲親善大使也不為過。」現年四十九歲的他，畢業於劍橋大學，成長並居住於北倫敦，曾經是教師與記者，他的作家生涯從電視劇本開始，後來因為覺得「散文寫太爛，乾脆寫對白試試看」而寫了小說，話雖如此，他第一本暢銷書《足球熱》(Fever Pitch)卻意外的成為當年最叫好叫座的散文輯，獲得「威廉希爾年度運動好書」(William Hill Sporting Book of The Year)。
一九九五年的《失戀排行榜》(High Fidelity)，一九九八年的《非關男孩》(About A Boy)更讓他成為英國最受歡迎的小說家。緊接著是極為成功的小說家人生，數部作品改拍成好萊塢電影。你手上的《三十一首歌》在二○○二年跨越大西洋，入圍了「美國國家圖書獎」(National Book Critics Circle Award)。
《31 Songs》內容提要
'I decided that I wanted to write a little book of essays about songs I loved ...Songs are what I listen to, almost to the exclusion of everything else.' In his first non-fiction work since "Fever Pitch", Nick Hornby writes about 31 songs that either have some great significance in his life - or are just songs that he loves. He discusses, among other things, guitar solos and losing your virginity to a Rod Stewart song and singers whose teeth whistle and the sort of music you hear in Body Shop. '
《31 Songs》編輯推薦與評論
Amazon.co.uk Review
There is nothing quite so incomprehensible as love: 31 Songs is Nick Hornby's account of a selection of the music that lives deep in his heart and it is beside the point that most of us would make radically different selections. He makes some useful distinctions--these are not songs he loves for their associations so much as particular songs through which he learned more about his capacity for loving songs in general. Along the way, he talks movingly and intelligently about other matters on which those songs impinge--his relationship with his autistic son, his limited but real capacity for spirituality--but the songs rather than Hornby and his life are his real subject. It would be almost impossible to read this book and not get caught up in at least some of Hornby's enthusiasms--where you read thrillers trying not to cheat by looking at the end, here you spend time hoping the discography will be as good as the rest of it, and of course it is. The book is a serious attempt to define what it is about rock and pop that speaks to us in ways other types of music might not; those who either do not share Hornby's tastes or who have more eclectic ones will find it a useful and enlightening explication of what rock and pop do. --Roz Kaveney --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
Nick Hornby is in an enviable position. His back catalogue boasts Fever Pitch, a phenomenally successful debut work about life as an Arsenal supporter, which is about to filmed for the second time, as well as three popular novels, two of which are also movies. His publishers clearly think he has earned the right to indulge another of his passions in print: music. In 31 Songs Hornby writes short essays about the songs that have had an impact on his life. He is careful not simply to connect the tracks to specific moments, contending that the book should be about music rather than memories. Inevitably, however, any book that reflects the author's personal tastes is bound to be as much about the man as the subject. One wonders how he found 31 records to listen to, judging by his guide to reviewing music which rejects anything by anyone pretty, very old or very young, or with an intimidating name, among many other criteria. The choices that did pass such rigorous scrutiny to make it into Hornby's life and into the book are quite wide-ranging, if predominantly white. Hornby opens with Teenage Fanclub, before moving on to Bruce Springsteen's 'Thunder Road', the song he has listened to the most since its release in 1975. The author identifies with the singer's apparent message about finding fame - 'I'm getting out of here to win' - even if he does not share his background or context. Hornby also laments the way in which fame changes other people's attitudes, with critics who once used words such as 'fresh' and 'original' suddenly changing their opinions when the mainstream shows an interest. Perhaps the most peculiar choice is 'Puff, The Magic Dragon' by Gregory Isaacs. It is the only reggae track in the collection and, while the man known as 'The Cool Ruler' may be worthy of the honour, it is unlikely that many people would select his version of the popular children's song. And yet this is perhaps the most affecting of all the essays because it focuses on Hornby's autistic son, Danny. Danny can barely speak but he has developed a number of words/sounds for things that he cannot do without. Music ('goggo') is one of these essential items, and although his tastes are very narrow, formed and seemingly petrified at a very young age, Hornby is optimistic that music may help to connect his son to the world around him. Elsewhere in the book, Hornby makes the case for independent record shops, dancing despite being terminally English, and a new National Anthem (Ian Dury's 'Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3'). The music ranges from 'Needle In A Haystack' by The Velvelettes to the epic, industrial-strength noise of 'Frankie Teardop' by the delightfully named Suicide. The chances are that you will not recognize all of the songs, and the test will be how many Hornby will inspire you to seek out. He is an engaging writer, but this does sometimes feel like a handsomely packaged collection of Sunday supplement articles. The funniest thing in the book is Hornby's contention that because 'it is, if you like, an organic book' it costs more because organic things are always more expensive. If one can get past the price, and the breathtaking cheek of Hornby's justification for it, this is an always interesting, sometimes contentious, occasionally inspiring look at a man through the musical company he keeps. (Kirkus UK)
應網友之邀發了本書的pdf電子書。
附帶31首歌的mp3.

目錄:
01. Teenage Fanclub - Your Love is The Place I Come From
02. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
03. Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird
04. Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
05. Rufus Wainwright - One Man Guy
06. Santana - Samba Pa Ti
07. Rod Stewart - Mama You Been On My Mind
08. Bob Dylan - Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
09. The Beatles - Rain
10. Ani Difranco - You Had Time
11. Aimee Mann - I've Had It
12. Paul Westerberg - Born For Me
13. Suicide - Frankie Teardrop
14. Teenage Fanclub - Ain't That Enough
15. J. Geils Band - First I Look At The Purse
16. Ben Folds Five - Smoke
17. Badly Drawn Boy - A Minor Incident
18. The Bible - Glorybound
19. Van Morrison - Caravan
20. Butch Hancock and Marce LaCouture - So I'll Run
21. Gregory Isaacs - Puff The Magic Dragon
22. The Blockheads - Reasons to Be Cheerful Part 3
23. Richard & Linda Thompson - The Calvary Cross
24. Jackson Browne - Late for The Sky
25. Mark Mulcahy - Hey Self Defeater
26. The Velvelettes - Needle in A Haystack
27. O.V. Wright - Let's Straighten It Out
28. Royksopp - Royksopp's Night Out
29. The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
30. Soulwax - No fun / Push it
31. Patti Smith - Pissing in A River