明天你是否依然愛我_星光燦爛篇 Will you still love me tomorrow... maaayybe? Summer 2016 in Tokyo II

早逝的天才女歌手Amy Winehouse也曾翻唱這首經典老歌, 先是清揚的吉他和弦, 襯著她曲線豐富的嗓音, 像隻野貓慵懶的在午后陽光下搔首弄姿, 唱著唱著敲擊樂漸進, 有些兵氣, 花腔女高音吐出will my heart be broken, 似帖華麗戰書, 聽畢十分蒼涼, 很前衛的行動藝術… 主題卻非'明天你是否依然愛我', 而是'大小姐我壓根沒愛上誰'.  這次停留臺北時研究所好友抽空茶聚, 美麗的C新婚, 說得是柴米油鹽夫婿生活瑣碎的小確幸, 早遠離當年'驚亦不是那驚法, 艷亦不是那艷法'的惆悵往事, 聽著甜蜜, 愛情這玩意, to be or not to be, 有或沒有都很傷腦筋(敝人翻譯功力真是出神入化).

Table at Beige, Tokyo.

July swept by like a trance.  One day I woke up smiling to myself, 'Friday!' but soon realized it's only Wednesday :( 

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明天你是否依然愛我＿東京驛駛篇 Love me still, will you… tomorrow? Summer 2016 in Tokyo I

There have been numerous iterations of the song, I still love the version by the Shirelles.  Innocent and sweet, not calculated, exactly how love should be.  Tokyo we met again, a weekend well spent at the heritage Tokyo Station Hotel this time.  The spectacular architecture exudes elegance and entrancing nostalgia.

那天在東京丸之內的文具行尋寶, 店裏悠悠播著軟軟的樂曲, 乍聽以為是法文香頌, 聽仔細才發覺是填了中文歌詞的老歌Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? 

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