Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah, Hate (I really don't like you)

最近我才晓得这个乐队 - Plain White T's。我并不是一个会注意主流音乐的人，所以对现今最受欢迎的歌手或乐队不是很了解。

我最早自掏腰包买的第一张卡带，是在1988年。那是Metallica的...And Justice for All专辑。从此之后，我就只听西方的heavy metal，death metal，grunge，punk rock之类的音乐曲风。Beyond是续Metallica之后才买的，而Beyond的专辑也是我唯一会去买的东方乐队。

几年后，中国大陆陆续冒起许许多多的摇滚乐队，当中我最喜欢的算是唐朝，超载，黑豹与轮回。而台湾的摇滚乐队，我只喜欢刺客。那么本地的乐队呢？我还是支持的。还记得多年以前的在摇滚kaki冒起的异种，这支乐队也是我所喜欢的。可惜在不久后的日子里，有好些异种的成员都陆续离开了，唉...

有个普遍的现象，东方乐队的寿命来得比西方短得很。当然有许多因素造成这样的现象，然而在许多因素当中，其中最大的因素是中文摇滚乐的市场小，很难获得听惯流行音乐的华人所青睐。还记得当时的我，在他人眼中简直就是另类，他们还说我很像马来人。他们如此说是因为在当时马来人很喜欢摇滚乐，尤其是重金属的音乐。

渐渐的年纪越来越大，我听歌的曲风渐渐地多元化起来。偶尔我是会听一些流行音乐的，当然我不会去买流行音乐的专辑，我只会在电台听听罢了。但是话说回来，能叫我整个身心活过来的音乐，还是我的最爱 - 重金属音乐。

转了一大圈，现在该是时候说Plain White T's了。他们的音乐曲风是属于Alternative Rock/Powerpop。我是在电台听到他们其中的一首歌，叫Hey There Delilah。这首歌给我的第一个印象很特别，它只靠一把木吉他和简单的旋律，就能够叫人听出耳油，实在是不简单。

之后，我就上YouTube查找属于这支乐队的其它歌曲，当中吸引我的另一首歌曲，是叫做Hate(I really don't like you)。最后，我就在这里post上他们的其中两首歌曲，盼大家会喜欢。


Hey There Delilah

Hey there Delilah
What's it like in New York City?
I'm a thousand miles away
But girl, tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Times Square can't shine as bright as you
I swear it's true

Hey there Delilah
Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice, it's my disguise
I'm by your side

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me

Hey there Delilah
I know times are getting hard
But just believe me, girl
Someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar
We'll have it good
We'll have the life we knew we would
My word is good

Hey there Delilah
I've got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away
I'd write it all
Even more in love with me you'd fall
We'd have it all

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me

A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they've got planes and trains and cars
I'd walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
and we'll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way
Delilah I can promise you
That by the time we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you're to blame

Hey there Delilah
You be good and don't you miss me
Two more years and you'll be done with school
And I'll be making history like I do
You'll know it's all because of you
We can do whatever we want to
Hey there Delilah here's to you
This ones for you

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me.


Hate (I really don't like you)

Love, love, love, love, love, love.
Woo!

You were everything I wanted.
You were everything a girl could be.
Then you left me brokenhearted,
Now you don't mean a thing to me.
All I wanted was your
Love, love, love, love, love, love.

Hate is a strong word,
but i really, really, really don't like you.
Now that it's over
I don't even know what I liked about you.
Brought you around,
and you just brought me down.
Hate is a strong word,
but I really, really, really don't like you.

I really don't like you...

Thought that everything was perfect,
Isn't that how it's supposed to be?
Thought you thought that I was worth it,
Now I think a little differently.
All i wanted was your
Love, love, love, love, love, love.

Hate is a strong word,
but i really, really, really don't like you. (I really don't like you)
Now that it's over
I don't even know what I liked about you. (liked about you)
Brought you around,
and you just brought me down.
Hate is a strong word,
but I really, really, really dont like you

Now that it's over,
you can't hurt me.
Now that it's over,
you can't bring me down.

(Ooh, ooh, ooh, oh, oh, oh...)[x2]

All i wanted was your
Love, love, love, love, love, love.

Hate is a strong word,
but i really, really, really don't like you. (I really don't like you)
Now that it's over
I don't even know what I liked about you. (Liked about you)
Brought you around,
and you just brought me down.
Hate is a strong word,
but I really, really, really dont like you

(Ooh, ooh, ooh, oh, oh, oh...)[x4]silent

(I really don't like you...) [x3]louder