用輕快的旋律裝滿無奈ーTravis
迄今發行過六張專輯，九月也才甫發行新作「Ode To J. Smith」的 Travis，八月初曾來台舉辦演唱會。認識他們短短才不到一年的時間，雖不算是忠實粉絲，但也頗高興能有這個機會可以參與他們的現場演出。
Travis 其實在台灣我想並不算很知名的英國樂團，比起電視廣告猛打的 U2、Oasis 或近幾年的 Coldplay、Keane 來說，Travis 顯得很小咖，但那並不影響他們的票房，整個新莊體育館幾乎坐的滿滿滿。不過當然，像我這種半路出家的門徒應該也不少...
身為 Oasis 一手提拔的後起，他們並沒有刻意要走上 Oasis 之路。半 Indie 時期發行的第一張專輯「Good Feeling」就已幾乎明確的標示出與 Oasis 的不同風格。主唱 Francis Healy 總是時而輕吟（I Love You Anyways），又時而沙啞的狂吼（All I Want To Do Is Rock），你很難不被他莫名的牽動情緒。而接下來的第二張專輯，同時也是向同年逝世的偉大電影導演史丹利庫柏力克（Stanley Kubrick）致敬的「The Man Who」，不僅在 1999 發行當年獲得全年銷售冠軍，在 2006 時也被 Q Magazine 的讀者票選為「史上最棒專輯」第 70 名。
撇開銷售成績這碼子事，這張專輯的確首首是好歌，而且幾乎成為 Travis 的代表作品。不知道有多少人是因為「Why Does It Always Rain on Me?」而開始瘋狂聆聽 Travis？你看它節奏輕快的要命，但卻是在講述一個情緒低落的發愁少年人；有趣的是，2008 年的 Fuji Rock Festival 當 Travis 演奏到這首歌的時候，天空還真的下起了雨：
接下來的第三張「The Invisible Band」其中也有幾首頗受歡迎的好歌，例如「Sing」、「Side」、「Flowers in the Window」。但我最喜歡的其實是最後一首「The Humpty Dumpty Love Song」，講的是一個笨蛋（？）始終傻傻地全心愛著一個跟他所有的朋友都睡過的女人。
第四張「12 Memories」則是一張樂評叫好粉絲不叫座的專輯，在市場上的迴響不大，而且我想或許是受到前一張的成功才衝上排行榜排名。我第一次聽到的 Travis 的歌則是收錄在 2007 年推出的第五張專輯「The Boy with No Name」中的「Selfish Jean」，你看又是一首超快樂旋律的歌但講的其實是一個只會一直抱怨別人的自私鬼。
對了，這 MV 實在太有趣，客倌你一定要看看（我想其實我一開始也是被 MV 吸引吧...）：
在發行了六張專輯，累積了 14 張白金唱片銷量之後，Travis 終於來到台灣舉辦第一次的來台演唱會。整個演唱會當中其實沒有什麼太特別的裝飾或舞台設計，可以說是樸素簡單（搞不好是主辦單位經費不多...），但全場的人我想在那當下應該都是滿心歡喜的陶醉在這濃濃的英倫（無奈）搖滾風裡了吧！（至少我是啦...）
（Travis 演奏「Closer」）
2008/8/4 Travis 台北演唱會曲順：
01. Selfish Jean
02. Eyes Wide Open
03. Writing to Reach You
04. Pipe Dreams
05. The Beautiful Occupation
06. Side
07. Love Will Come Through
08. Closer
09. 新歌 J. Smith
10. 新歌 Something Anything
11. 新歌 Long Way Down
12. 新歌 Song to Self
13. Sing
14. Driftwood
15. Good Feeling
16. As You Are
17. All I Want to Do Is Rock
18. Turn
Encore
19. Flowers in the Window
20. Slide Show / Blue Flashing Light
21. Why Does It Always Rain on Me?
參考資料：
Travis 其實在台灣我想並不算很知名的英國樂團，比起電視廣告猛打的 U2、Oasis 或近幾年的 Coldplay、Keane 來說，Travis 顯得很小咖，但那並不影響他們的票房，整個新莊體育館幾乎坐的滿滿滿。不過當然，像我這種半路出家的門徒應該也不少...
身為 Oasis 一手提拔的後起，他們並沒有刻意要走上 Oasis 之路。半 Indie 時期發行的第一張專輯「Good Feeling」就已幾乎明確的標示出與 Oasis 的不同風格。主唱 Francis Healy 總是時而輕吟（I Love You Anyways），又時而沙啞的狂吼（All I Want To Do Is Rock），你很難不被他莫名的牽動情緒。而接下來的第二張專輯，同時也是向同年逝世的偉大電影導演史丹利庫柏力克（Stanley Kubrick）致敬的「The Man Who」，不僅在 1999 發行當年獲得全年銷售冠軍，在 2006 時也被 Q Magazine 的讀者票選為「史上最棒專輯」第 70 名。
撇開銷售成績這碼子事，這張專輯的確首首是好歌，而且幾乎成為 Travis 的代表作品。不知道有多少人是因為「Why Does It Always Rain on Me?」而開始瘋狂聆聽 Travis？你看它節奏輕快的要命，但卻是在講述一個情緒低落的發愁少年人；有趣的是，2008 年的 Fuji Rock Festival 當 Travis 演奏到這首歌的時候，天空還真的下起了雨：
接下來的第三張「The Invisible Band」其中也有幾首頗受歡迎的好歌，例如「Sing」、「Side」、「Flowers in the Window」。但我最喜歡的其實是最後一首「The Humpty Dumpty Love Song」，講的是一個笨蛋（？）始終傻傻地全心愛著一個跟他所有的朋友都睡過的女人。
第四張「12 Memories」則是一張樂評叫好粉絲不叫座的專輯，在市場上的迴響不大，而且我想或許是受到前一張的成功才衝上排行榜排名。我第一次聽到的 Travis 的歌則是收錄在 2007 年推出的第五張專輯「The Boy with No Name」中的「Selfish Jean」，你看又是一首超快樂旋律的歌但講的其實是一個只會一直抱怨別人的自私鬼。
對了，這 MV 實在太有趣，客倌你一定要看看（我想其實我一開始也是被 MV 吸引吧...）：
在發行了六張專輯，累積了 14 張白金唱片銷量之後，Travis 終於來到台灣舉辦第一次的來台演唱會。整個演唱會當中其實沒有什麼太特別的裝飾或舞台設計，可以說是樸素簡單（搞不好是主辦單位經費不多...），但全場的人我想在那當下應該都是滿心歡喜的陶醉在這濃濃的英倫（無奈）搖滾風裡了吧！（至少我是啦...）
（Travis 演奏「Closer」）
2008/8/4 Travis 台北演唱會曲順：
01. Selfish Jean
02. Eyes Wide Open
03. Writing to Reach You
04. Pipe Dreams
05. The Beautiful Occupation
06. Side
07. Love Will Come Through
08. Closer
09. 新歌 J. Smith
10. 新歌 Something Anything
11. 新歌 Long Way Down
12. 新歌 Song to Self
13. Sing
14. Driftwood
15. Good Feeling
16. As You Are
17. All I Want to Do Is Rock
18. Turn
Encore
19. Flowers in the Window
20. Slide Show / Blue Flashing Light
21. Why Does It Always Rain on Me?
參考資料：
Travis 官網
線上歌曲試聽
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