音乐咖啡厅:Ironic 生命力

在这个世界上，有许多精彩的事，但也有很多无奈的事。命运总是会和你开个玩笑，这个玩笑可大可小。但不管未来是怎样的，我相信，“人定胜天”，跌倒了爬起来，一切一切，都会变好的。

 

Artist：Alanis Morissette

Song：Ironic¹

an old man turned ninety-eight
he won the lottery² and died the next day
it's a black fly in your chardonnay
it's a death row pardon two minutes too late
isn't it ironic... don't you think
it's like rain on your wedding day
it's a free ride when you've already paid
it's the good advice that you just didn't take
who would've thought... it figures
mr. play it safe was afraid to fly
he packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
he waited his whole damn life to take that flight
and as the plane crashed down he thought
"well, isn't this nice."
and isn't it ironic ... don't you think
it's like rain on your wedding day
it's a free ride when you've already paid
it's the good advice that you just didn't take
who would've thought... it figures
well life has a funny way of sneaking³ up on you
when you think everything's okay and everything's going right
and life has a funny way of helping⁴ you out when
you think everything's gone wrong and everthing blows up
in your face
a traffic jam when you're already late
a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
it's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife
it's meeting the man of my dreams
and then meeting his beautiful wife
and isn't it ironic... don't you think
a little too ironic.. and yeah i really do think...
it's like rain on your wedding day
it's a free ride when you've already paid
it's the good advice that you just didn't take
who would've thought... it figures
well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
and life has a funny way of helping you out
helping you out

“Ironic(“讽刺的”)”通过列举生活中种种令人哭笑不得无可奈何的场景揭示人世以至恒宇中形而上的无序性和不可预见性的主题理念，活泼演绎世事无常人生难料的亘古世俗话题，略带存在主义色彩。不知道这首歌的歌词是谁写的，Alanis Morissette也好，别人也罢。我只能说，写这首歌词的人真是很有才，至少体验出了生活无奈和意外才能够写出这样精彩的歌词出来。至于Alanis Morissette的演唱，也是可圈可点的，一开始的轻轻的吟唱，又带有点俏皮的感觉，娓娓道出极具讽刺意味的细碎生活片断：89岁的老头儿抽中大奖成为百万富翁却于翌日死掉，苍蝇飞到名贵的chardonnay酒里，死罪的赦免令迟到了2分钟(那个无辜的人已经被处决)……到高潮时候的情感宣泄式的摇滚风格的转变，把Ironic的主题点到恰到好处。歌曲中有好几个起伏，时而舒缓，时而激进，好像是体现Life is ironic的主题一样，让人捉摸不透。歌曲的最后突然回归舒缓和平和，唱出Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out，Helping you out.画龙点睛。

 

1 ironic   

adj.讽刺的，有讽刺意味的，出乎意料的

参考例句：

• That is a summary and ironic end.那是一个具有概括性和讽刺意味的结局。
• People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school,but they were being ironic.人们中学时常把我称作“万人迷先生”，但他们是在挖苦我。

2 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

3 sneaking   

a.秘密的，不公开的

参考例句：

• She had always had a sneaking affection for him. 以前她一直暗暗倾心于他。
• She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door. 她从后门偷偷溜走，躲开采访者。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。