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十七歲

卡臣 於 2012-04-27 00:00:00 發表  |  累積瀏覽 483

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十七歲

大家好!又係我二少爺,今次重溫一首1975年的英文舊歌。Janis Ian的《At Seventeen》。

呢首歌寫「世界對醜女人的不公平對待 / 甚至是歧視」。十七歲的青春少艾,本應春風得意,結識男友,如蝴蝶穿梭在花叢中。可惜現實中有些醜樣女孩就要注定坐一世冷板凳,無人問津。外國如是,本港更是!男士擇偶條件主要集中在外在美身上,你話膚淺都好,男士就是偏向對醜女say no

歌曲內容大致講:
我在十七歲那年體會出一個真相:愛情只屬於校園美女和帶著膚淺笑容的高中女學生。她們趁早嫁人,從此退休唔使工作。

我從來都與情人節無緣。星期五晚看電視播放的青春劇,女主角只會由青春美女擔當。我在十七歲那年,認清事實真相。

與我一樣其貌不揚的女孩們,因為缺乏優雅的社交手腕,只能絕望地留在家中。幻想有個虛假情人致電來邀請我去跳舞,並向我輕聲地呢喃著甜言蜜語。但眼前這個十七歲,與想像中的完全南轅北轍囉。

一個穿著二手衫的褐色眼睛女孩,我不能念出她名字的正確發音。她說:「同情那些平庸的人吧,他們都已在認命。」我家鄉那些富有親戚的女兒,嫁給了門當戶對的有錢男人,供她一切所需,保證有一個穩定伴侶,一個老來棲身之所。

記得那些不擇手段的遊戲贏家、贏了遊戲,卻輸了愛情。迷失在模糊的自尊裡。失去的遠多於得到的十七歲。

和我一樣感到同樣痛楚的女孩們,我們和情人節永遠無緣。情況就像打籃球由隊長選擇隊員的時候,總有一些被遺忘的人呆站在場邊,他們的名字從未被叫過。在那些久遠年少的時候,對我們這群醜小鴨來說,作夢是唯一免費的消遣。我們都曾經勇敢地參與自欺欺人的遊戲,就是在十七歲那年……

歌詞好真實,1975年至2012年,這37年來,歧視醜女的情況一點也沒有改善,甚至是變本加厲,網上欺凌、起底和瘋傳。世界對醜女殘酷,成為社會現象

陳慧嫻都話過:「就算多平凡、就算多平凡,總亦有他關心的伴侶。就算多平凡、就算就算多平凡,總有互愛的情人」係咪?世上總有大把醜男,大家都可以找到自己的市場,互相安慰

醜小鴨
1988我在某懷舊雜綿唱片中首次聽到At Seventeen》這首歌好有共鳴呀!我中學時是一隻醜小鴨,(吓!我承認我而家都係隻醜老鴨,OK?!)中學時代我覺得自己好醜樣,甚少跟同女同學傾偈或溝通。因為王家衛電影講過:「唔想俾人拒絕,首先就要拒絕別人」,所以我拒絕和女同學們溝通,沒有出席班裡搞的活動,我好「毒」好「宅」咁收埋自己,好似At Seventeen》內描述的女主角。

有圖為証,中學時代女同學寫給我的紀念冊。

人大了成熟了,唔再介意自己醜唔醜樣啦!最緊要有飯開、餓唔死、身體健康,就係咁簡單囉。都步入麻甩佬之齡,唔理會自己個款,讓它淪陷吧,呵呵~~


二少爺說:無論你/妳靚定醜,都希望/妳重溫一吓這首37年前的金曲

At Seventeen - Janis Ian

 

I learned the truth at seventeen

That love was meant for beauty queens

And high school girls with clear skinned smiles

Who married young and then retired.

 

The valentines I never knew

The Friday night charades of youth

Were spent on one more beautiful

At seventeen I learned the truth.

 

And those of us with ravaged faces

Lacking in the social graces

Desperately remained at home

Inventing lovers on the phone

Who called to say come dance with me

and murmured vague obscenities

It isn't all it seems at seventeen.

 

A brown eyed girl in hand me downs

Whose name I never could pronounce

said, Pity please the ones who serve

They only get what they deserve.

The rich relationed hometown queen

she marries into what she needs

A guarantee of company

And haven for the elderly.

 

Remember those who win the game

Lose the love they sought to gain

Indebentures of quality and dubious integrity.

Their small town eyes will gape at you

in dull surprise when payment due

Exceeds accounts received at seventeen.

 

To those of us who know the pain

Of valentines that never came,

And those whose names were never called

When choosing sides for basketball.

It was long ago and far away

The world was younger than today

And dreams were all they gave for free

To ugly duckling girls like me.

 

We all play the game and when we dare

To cheat ourselves at solitaire

Inventing lovers on the phone

Repenting other lives unknown

That call and say, come dance with me

and murmur vague obscenities

At ugly girls like me at seventeen. 


 



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