我写了那么多词，却赢不到一个人

gaokao09

原帖由 liver411 于 2010-8-10 12:52 发表


How come you know him so well? ：D

他不认识我，却是最懂我的人……
夕迷大多为中青年，像我这样的90后不多……现在他们大多喜欢方文山所谓的辞藻堆砌的中国风……
不过，我相信，等90后们都步入中年，他们会觉得，林夕的词，才是最经得起岁月的考验的……没有矫情，有的是充满智慧的人生感悟……
已经仙化了……

[ 本帖最后由 gaokao09 于 2010-8-10 13:13 编辑 ]

liver411

Though working as a lyricist behind the scenes, Albert Leung is famous for his pen name Lin Xi throughout China. 3,000 beautiful and meaningful pop songs confirm his talent. Not to mention the numerous awards he has received for his works.



This might be the most familiar Albert Leung song you've heard- Beijing welcomes you. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the smoothly flowing sentences and poetic conception reached millions of guests from all over the world.


北京欢迎你-Beijing Welcome You!

Born in 1961, Albert went to the University of Hong Kong and graduated with a master's degree at the age of 23. Having majored in literary translation, he's also interested in literature. While he also works in print and radio successively, he's always been involved in lyric writing. Albert changed his Chinese name Leung Wai Man into a more poetic one, Lin Xi. The two characters happen to compose another Chinese word "dream".

But it's not easy to get started. Few singers knew about his works and seldom called him for new ones. So he had to wait.

"At the very beginning, I got only one or two appointments a month. For a writing lover like me, the process of waiting is too miserable. Every time the telephone ringed, I felt so excited. But it often turned out I was disappointed. I felt pretty lonely in those days."

Today, 25 years of efforts have made Lin Xi a veteran lyricist and poet, famous for his work with Faye Wong, Leslie Cheung, Jacky Cheung and Eason Chan, all celebrities in Cantonese and Mandarin pop scenes. His works vary from ancient Chinese style to the modern style, in Cantonese or in Mandarin. Good at expressing deep meaning through simple words, he is an acute observer and vivid recorder of city life. He writes very fast. His fastest record in writing a particular song is 45 minutes.

Sometimes Lin Xi's lyrics are like a doctor's prescription; sometimes they are more like a gift given by friends. He would like to use his wisdom to help people solve their problems, especially in matters of the heart. Maybe that's why his love songs get wide-spread all over the country.

Here's Lin Xi talking about a song named "Century of Loneliness" written for Chinese icon Faye Wong.

"In 1998, she had to deal with marriage problems. I couldn't help her in any other way than writing some lyrics for her. At that time questions came into my mind, how can we deal with sorrow? How can we release ourselves from a failed relationship? I think we must get help from something concrete. Tears drop into water. Water becomes clouds. Clouds become raindrops, which may hit the one we love. We're connected. Don't be so sad."

Lin Xi has been with a ten-year-long relationship. But it finally broke up. Thus he put all his emotions into his works, which has made him an excellent love song writer, but didn't make him feel any better. He got anxiety neurosis in 2000. Most irately, the more the disease got serious, the more he became productive.

He also talks about his guilt and sadness about Leslie Cheung's sudden suicide in 2003.

"I'm regretting it very much. When he was feeling depressed, I still kept writing cheerless songs for him. But now I've realized I must impact people affirmatively with my music. I must inspire them to face their lives. So if you listen to my lyrics after 2003, you can feel that responsibility I began to feel."

In 2004, Lin Xi contributed a lot to Jacky Cheung's self-composed album Life Is Like a Dream. The following year, the two continued to join hands on musical writings. Lin Xi manages to tell Buddhism and Taoism in his lyrics, hoping the profound philosophies can influent more people in a positive way.

The 31st annual Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held by Radio Television Hong Kong, a local public broadcasting organization earlier this year. 48-year-old Lin Xi was awarded the Golden needle award for the 2008 music season, representing life achievement he's got for Hong Kong music industry.

For Beyond Beijing, I'm Du Lijun.

liver411

原帖由 gaokao09 于 2010-8-10 12:57 发表

他不认识我，却是最懂我的人……
夕迷大多为中青年，想我这样的90后不多……现在他们大多喜欢方文山所谓的辞藻堆砌的中国风……
不过，我相信，等90后们都步入中年，他们会觉得，林夕的词，才是最经得起岁月的考验的……没有矫情， ...

He had a ten-year-long relationship but finally broke up (Like me).Who was the lucky girl and why?

gaokao09

《北京欢迎你》等奥运歌曲是他上交的作业……
这首歌并没有很好地体现词神的水平……
另外一首林夕创作的奥运歌曲《我是明星》比《北京欢迎你》更胜一筹

liver411

谢谢介绍，我去听听。看来真是“ET”啦。

gaokao09

原帖由 liver411 于 2010-8-10 13:01 发表



He had a ten-year-long relationship but finally broke up (Like me).Who was the lucky girl and why?

比较确定的是他有同性恋倾向，对方是黄耀明……目前，他心里最挂念最放不下的也是黄耀明
至于有没有异性恋经历，恐怕只有他自己心里最明白
他曾笑言，王菲是他没有名分的妻子，杨千嬅是他心头的一块肉……但这一切，皆因黄耀明而起

[ 本帖最后由 gaokao09 于 2010-8-10 13:11 编辑 ]

gaokao09

“我寫詞，在時裝學角度而言，即是好多條line，我現在主力鑽研的叫“佛line”，1998年我為了王菲寫了《守望麥田》、《百年孤寂》與《開到荼靡》，都是嘗試用佛家精神，solve戀愛的問題，很難流行，希望日後糖衣再放多一點。” 林夕在2004年接受訪問時如是說。這條佛line，漸漸成為林夕詞作的一股主流，無論是直接說理的《難念的經》、《觀世音》，還是借以談情的《人來人往》、《愛情轉移》，佛學的意味均十分濃厚。
    林夕援佛入詞是近十年左右的事。他在一次訪問提及，以佛學來填詞源於1998年自己經歷的一場大失戀，湊巧他要為之填詞的王菲也經歷婚姻問題，於是林夕開始以新的手法書寫：“我想了很久，一個人可以怎樣保護自己，想了很多道理，後來又寫了《給自己的情書》。之後開始睇佛經，發現它和我之前想的道理類近，佛的主旨是如何解脫痛苦。” 起初林夕的詞只是碰巧與佛理相通，經過十一年時間洗禮，林夕這條“佛line”日趨圓融。到底林夕如何以佛理書寫愛情，做到佛學與愛情兩不相礙？

    佛學：如實觀的哲學
   
    林夕說到佛的主旨是如何解脫痛苦，這是對的。根據學者霍韜晦的說法，佛學是一套“如實觀的哲學”：“佛教首先假定人生的困擾來自無明，然後假定困擾的解決依賴如實觀。” 所謂“無明”，即是沒有光明，在這個狀態下的人苦惱痴迷；若要去除無明，有賴培育“如實觀”──觀照實相的智慧。然則“無明”的具體內容為何？“如實觀”中的實相又是甚麼？

  《雜阿含經》有段文字可以回答這些問題：“爾時世尊告諸比丘：‘色無常，無常即苦，苦即非我；非我者亦非我所。如是觀者，名真實正觀。如是受、想、行、識無常，無常即苦，苦即非我；非我者亦非我所。如是觀者，名真實觀。聖弟子，如是觀者，厭於色，厭受、想、行、識。厭故不樂，不樂故得解脫。解脫者，真實智生。’”佛陀從人的肉身(色)開始剖析，指出人的肉身是無常的，隨著各種緣起條件而遷變不居。如果認為肉身可以恆常不變，執於青春時的肉身則成老苦，執於健康時的肉身則有病苦，執於生存時的肉身則為死苦。肉身如此，心理活動(受、想、行、識)也是如此，會隨著事物而遷變不居。用佛學的用語，這就叫做“無常”。人陷於無明而不能自拔，正在於他們不明白世事無常的真相，誤以為自己可以決定一切，而對事物生起貪戀。一旦有所貪戀，執於定常，就會生出各種苦果。

    設想一個情況：你拿著舊情人合照，照片中的你們笑得相當甜蜜。你看到後，竟然覺得哀痛。你哭了。為甚麼會這樣？

    佛學認為，世界的實相是流動的事件，而不是靜止的物件。以照相機把本來流動不居的事件拍攝下來，變成某個鏡頭的定格，就是化流動為靜止。如果把鏡頭所攝執為定常，就會產生苦果。一段關係的生滅常斷，本來是一連串的事件，由不同的緣起條件所組成。截取某個歡愉片刻以為永恆，那是迷執；執於歡愉片刻，現在失去了，當然哀痛。

    破執的方法在於養成“如實觀”。所謂“如實觀”，即是洞識世事無常的目光。佛學認為現象的構成有賴各種因緣，“因”是主要原因，“緣”是輔助條件，一件事情得以成就，需要各種不同的條件來配合造就。這些條件的構成純屬偶然，背後並無上帝主宰操控。事物就是如此，依於因緣而生滅。洞明因緣，即能如實觀照。

    因此事物無所謂“有”(being)，以為事物是“有”即以為事物具備各樣恆常不易的性質，那是執於定常，未能把握實相；同時事物無所謂“無”(nothingness)，以為事物是“無”即以為事物終必歸於虛無，花開了會丟謝，潮起終究潮落，這也是執於定常，以為事物有一個從有到無的發展歷程。一般人誤解佛學，以為佛學悲觀，觀察到的是世事的消逝與滅亡。其實這只是無見、斷滅見，跟有見、增益見是同一銀幣的兩面，同樣以為世事有某種恆常不變的定律。佛學卻認為事物是“空”的，即是說事物在不變的流動變化之中(becoming)，故此無所謂“有”亦無所謂“無”，變好變壞是生是滅實在無人知曉。如果說有見是樂觀，無見是悲觀，則“如實觀”這種觀空的智慧可謂“達觀”──通達觀照到世事變遷而不陷於有無之見。


    愛情：一場轉移，人來人往

     根據一般流俗見解，佛學與愛情理應不能兼融。和尚不是清心寡欲的嗎？情有所鍾不是執著嗎？答曰：這是流俗見解，不是佛之本懷。佛的主旨在於脫苦，而不是脫離塵世。用佛學的術語，這樣叫做“去病不去法”──斷絕的是執念，而非事物本身。佛陀覺悟之後，依舊穿衣吃飯，日常生活作息不會因此而有所更易。所更易者，是以往執於定常的目光。同樣道理，洞明“愛情”落於緣起法之中，只是讓人明白一段關係自有其生滅常斷的條件，愛情的來去並不可以由個人自覺主宰，但佛學並不因此勸人不再戀愛。
     
    林夕當然明白這種佛學愛情觀。他述及自己的愛情觀時，就說：“關於愛情，因安樂而快樂，就是做到‘不錯過任何挑逗，也不為任何人守候’，‘不給我的我不要，不是我的我不愛’。” 換一個簡單的說法，即是愛情要來，不會抗拒；愛情要走，不會糾纏。所以林夕十分強調愛情不能“擁有”：“情歌，總喜歡用失去了他來表示分手。我寫過，罪過罪過。一個人是如何以為憑愛情或婚姻而有能力擁有另一個人？” 所謂擁有一段愛情，即是將愛情當成物件，以為可以用手執著把玩。這就是忘記了愛情關係是一連串事件所構成，愛情不斷流轉，以為藉著愛情可以擁有一個人，那是迷執。

     在“如實觀”的智慧下，林夕的愛情觀就是一場人來人往的轉移。愛情是緣起的，因藉某些條件來而又去，既由不得我自作主宰(自性)，也不是上帝或月老穿針引線(他性)。2007年寫成的《愛情轉移》最能透達這個意思。這一首歌，從一個相當宏觀的角度來書寫“愛情”。愛情是一場轉移，愛上一個人，樂過痛過恨過之後，又愛上另一個。這個歷程是無限的，因此才有“愛情不停站”的說法。林夕自己解釋：“其實所謂的愛情路，對我來講是沒有終站也沒有停站的，人生很無常，特別是感情方面，你無法控制它，你愛一個人是不受控的，如果受控的話就不是愛情。所以我就用‘愛情不停站’的感覺來寫‘。 事實上，2002年寫成的，《人來人往》，林夕藉著歌者第一身的經歷，也說出同樣的意思：所謂愛情，就是有些人來了，有些人走了，擋不住也留不下。人來人往，正是此意。

    講到最後，剝去各種概念名相，擺脫各式理論光環，說的不過是愛情總在流變之中。林夕以其神來之筆曲盡這個意思，既是功力，亦是造化，我們應當心存感謝。

[ 本帖最后由 gaokao09 于 2010-8-10 13:25 编辑 ]

liver411

some homosexual people or homos I know are born to be smart...

gaokao09

原帖由 liver411 于 2010-8-10 13:26 发表
some homosexual people or homos I know are born to be smart...

不管他性取向如何，是否为HIV carrier,他还是我们的词神
歌词亦能不朽……
林夕中文网http://www.linxileung.com/

liver411

原帖由 gaokao09 于 2010-8-10 13:30 发表

不管他性取向如何，是否为HIV carrier,他还是我们的词神
歌词亦能不朽……
林夕中文网http://www.linxileung.com/

Oh, BTW, who are the people in your ID photo?