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2008-10-13, 8:39 PM

Yo La Tengo - President Yo La Tengo / New Wave Hot Dogs

成軍於八○年代，紐澤西樂團Yo La Tengo以吉他手Ira與鼓手Georgia這對夫妻檔為首。

過去二十年，他們與一河之隔的紐約搖滾客Sonic Youth並列為美國獨立樂圈不曾經歷解散風波、專輯產量穩定且持續對新世代樂手產生作用力的經典隊伍。

然相較Sonic Youth渾然天成的明星氣質與酷姿態，Yo La Tengo簡直是路人系搖滾的開山始祖。身著平價成衣、髮型數十年如一日，他們顛覆了世人對搖滾樂手的既定認知，將一種夏日午後泡泡浴般的慵懶感注入結構舒緩的三件式曲風內，樸實如微風，卻伴隨令人醺醺然的成癮因子。

這張選輯收錄了Yo La Tengo生涯之初，仍在型塑風格的三張絕版佳作。New Wave Hot Dogs發行於1987年，一如專輯名稱所示，此時的曲風深得新浪潮神韻，旋律輕快、編曲簡約，一首Velvet Underground翻唱曲It's Alright（The Way That You Live）也印證了他們向來的好品味。同一時期錄製的The Asparagus Song當初只得七吋黑膠，尾聲那段喧譁的吉他獨奏已見日後雛形。

兩年後出版的President Yo La Tengo，扣掉Bob Dylan翻唱曲I Threw It All Away與好友樂團Antietam所寫的三首歌，Yo La Tengo雖只創作了Barnaby, Hardly Working與Alyda，然前者嗡鳴不止的反饋吉他迴圈，後者由男聲女聲交疊成的溫暖聽感，都成了樂團往後的註冊商標。一首長十分半，側錄於傳奇場館CBGB的The Evil That Men Do，展現的則是即興實驗的一面。

回頭聆聽Yo La Tengo的最初，溫習那青春卻不青澀的絕好滋味。

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Hi Pulp,

They are closing Brooklyn McCarran Park to convert to swimming pool. (Good for the Brooklyn resident but horrible news for us) Lucky enough, I was there to see Yo La Tengo in one of the last free shows this summer. It's so great to see them in Brooklyn than Maxwell. (Taking the late-night PATH traing in winter back to NYC is such a pain!:P). It was definitely a unforgettable say-goodbye to the McCarran Park where I have countless memories of gigs...:)

由 Keroro 發表於 October 13, 2008 9:17 PM

to Keroro,

I just went to McCarren Pool once to see Modest Mouse, which was last September.
And indeed, it's easy to get lost around Maxwell's neighborhood.

由 pulp 發表於 October 23, 2008 10:56 PM