Ryan's Diary

轉眼間野人花園解散5年多了，但他們的音樂一直沒有從我生命中消失，隨著去年的最後一張新歌加精選＂Truly Madly, Completely ＂野人花園正式畫下句點，正如同專輯名稱，這張精選complete了所有樂迷


專輯中收錄他們的暢銷單曲，以及幾首以前未收錄的歌曲和主唱Darren作的兩首全新作品「So Beautiful」「California」，值得一提的是Darren堅持要把新歌以野人花園的名義發行，而不是收錄在自己的個人專輯，目的就是要complete樂迷們對野人花園的期待，畫下完美的句點

所以這是一張值得收藏的專輯，但我私心的推薦我最愛的首張同名專輯＂Savage Garden＂


這張專輯10年來總是會被我有意無意的拿出來撥放，即使Darren Hayes已經出了兩張個人專輯，我仍是不自覺的會一再拿出這張＂Savage Garden＂，反覆聆聽我最喜歡的Santa Monica




Santa Monica

In Santa Monica, in the winter time,
The lazy streets so undemanding
I walk into the crowd
In Santa Monica, you get your
coffee from
The coolest places on the
promenade
Where people dress just so
Beauty so unavoidable, everywhere
you turn
It's there I sit and wonder what am I
doing here?
But on the telephone line I
am anyone
I am anything I want to be
I could be a super model or
Norman Mailer
And you wouldn't know the
difference
Or would you?

In Santa Monica, all the people got
modern names
Like Jake or Mandy
And modern bodies too
In Santa Monica, on the boulevard,
You'll have to dodge those
In-line skaters
Or they'll knock you down
I never felt so lonely,
Never felt so out of place
I never wanted something more
than this

But on the telephone line I
am anyone
I am anything I want to be
I could be a super model or
Norman Mailer
And you wouldn't know the
difference
On the telephone line, I am
any height
I am any age I want to be
I could be a caped crusader, or
space invader
And you wouldn't know
the difference
Or would you?

想更了解野人花園：Savage Garden