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标题: 2008-12-01/ 陶喆最新日记：讚美生命 Let's Celebrate Life [打印本页]

作者: ASION 时间: 2008-12-21 23:49 标题: 2008-12-01/ 陶喆最新日记：讚美生命 Let's Celebrate Life

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12/1/08 Shanghai 3:46am

I hope this journal finds you all well. Amidst a devastating financial downturn, the beginning of a new US presidency and much continued political and social upheaval in the world, it’s a struggle to remain calm. The world seems to be exponentially spirally downwards with calamities and problems being borne faster than solutions can be thought up. However, I still have hope that we can make a difference if we continue with prayer and take action in the right direction.

The first of December brings a lot of anticipation for many people, including myself. With the arrival of Christmas and the New Year, my upcoming months will be preoccupied with the production of my album. During the latter half of 2009, I will turn my focus to my film, which I will share with you later on when the time comes.

If I haven’t already mentioned in previous statements, the majority of the songwriting for the new album has been completed and, so far, I only need to write 3 to 4 more tracks and the songwriting process will be complete. The next stage of my production entails working on lyrics as well as putting the arrangements together. This will be a heavier, more rock oriented album and, therefore, I’ll be playing more guitar myself than on previous albums. The concept of this album has evolved quite a bit since its inception a year ago though the core has not changed. I’m very excited with the concept of this album and I only hope that I can dutifully translate it from my mind and heart for you. Being that it’s a “concept album” means that there’s much more than what is on the surface while, hopefully, not being a burden to it. I’d never want to make a concept album simply for the sake of making one or, even less nobly, for the sake of being cool or academic. The concept of the album should serve to unite the songs and emotions so that they come together to form a more powerful sum of the parts. Some albums are comprised of songs that have little bearing to each other but, on this album, most of the songs evolved from a singular yet related “concept” and motif. I think once the album is completed and in your hands you’ll understand more clearly what I’m talking about.

I don’t recall making any public statements on the recent passing of my dog, Lucky, but I gather that some of you may have heard about it somehow. On 10/30/08, Lucky was put to sleep as he was in very poor health due to a previous heart condition. I was in Asia at that time and couldn’t return to LA but my parents flew back and alongside a friend, Joanna, accompanied Lucky in his final days.

We had known that Lucky had a heart murmur condition as far back as 4 years ago. However, this was something the doctors said could not be treated and was something we could only observe and hope wouldn’t worsen. As the years went by, Lucky didn’t seem to be affected very much with only a few symptoms such as hacking and some occasional languidness. He was still very much playful, active and would enjoy walks around the neighborhood. Seeing the occasional cat or squirrel he would still want to give chase even though I knew it was more to demonstrate his bravado. We were never really sure how old Lucky was but from his dental condition the doctor guessed that he would have been around 13 years old when he passed away. Lucky was a stray dog in Taipei who used to roam the alleys around my father’s old office until one day my dad decided to buy him a house and take him in. Lucky wasn’t a large or menacing dog but he held his own and was a “street fighter” in the neighborhood. Before we took him in, my father used to always recall seeing Lucky head to head with other dogs or proudly leading a pack of dogs down a street. Like any “street” dog, Lucky had a certain edge about him shaped by the years of living amongst the elements. However, around his master and the few people he trusted, his loyalty and sweetness was unmatched. After a few years living at my dad’s office and then eventually at our Taipei home, my dad and I decided that we would immigrate Lucky to Los Angeles to spend more time with me there. I still remember the days when Lucky would accompany me at my office and studio, staying up late with me during my late night writing sessions. Patient, understanding and quiet, Lucky would follow me wherever I went and I enjoyed our late night walks around the park near my studio probably just as much as he did. One thing that everybody always remarked when they saw Lucky was how young he appeared to be. Especially after a trim, Lucky looked like he was just a baby and people were always shocked when I revealed his true age. Because he was a stray, Lucky was a mix of quite a few breeds. We never really cared what the exact mix was but just that he was adorable, handsome and so considerate. Lucky was a very frugal and content dog, he never begged for food like most dogs do and didn’t like to play with toys at all. Getting him to chew a bone was nearly impossible and because of that his teeth suffered as with many strays. I guess the only thing that Lucky needed was love from the people around him. Sometimes if you were to just look in his eyes with affection that would seem to make him happy as he would tilt his head slightly as if smiling.

The two months before Lucky’s passing was when his heart began to trouble him and when we started to notice things changing for the worse. He was put on medication at that point which seemed to relieve certain symptoms but two weeks before Halloween it seemed that nothing we did helped much. He stopped eating, sometimes had difficulty controlling his urinating, and was too tired to even walk out of the house. We consulted the doctor several times but it seemed that we had reached the end of the road. It was a very tough moment for all of us but we didn’t want to see Lucky suffer and his quality of life diminish to nothing. Lucky didn’t make a fuss about anything and just quietly sat on his pillow often staring into space. We didn’t know if Lucky was in pain but we knew he wasn’t happy.

A few days after both my father and mother flew back to see Lucky, my dad made the final decision along with the consent of the veterinarian to put our loved dog to sleep via injection. My dad chose not to be in the operating room so my mom and Joanna stood by to see Lucky off.

Those of you who have or have had pets and have seen them pass away know the sadness and difficulty in seeing them in pain. The helplessness an animal experience is sometimes greater than a human as they can’t express themselves verbally. They can’t make the voluntary decisions and, thus, leave us to their care. The passing away of even a dog reminds me of how fragile life is and how inescapable we all are from mortality.

Let us celebrate life but also unselfishly and graciously let it go when the time comes.

DT

2008年12月1日上海凌晨 3點46分

希望大家都平安健康。金融海嘯依舊持續它的破壞力，美國新總統出爐，全球政治社會動亂事件層出不窮，企求平靜竟是如此掙扎。不斷冒生的災難與問題讓人來不及解決，世界性的惡性循環正在加速進行。然而，我仍然抱持希望，只要我們繼續祈禱，做出正確的判斷與行動，事情應該就會有轉機。12月初對很多人來說是充滿期待的，對我來說也是如此。聖誕節跟新年即將到來，我未來幾個月的時間將會被新專輯的製作所佔據。2009年後半年，我則是會集中心力在我的電影上面，到時候我會再跟大家分享這部分的心情。

我之前如果還沒有提過，我現在就要告訴大家，新專輯大部分的歌都已經寫好了，我只要再寫大約三到四首歌，作曲的部分就可以告一段落了。下一個製作階段需要把歌詞寫完以及整合所有的編曲。這會是一張更重、更搖滾走向的專輯，因此我自己要比以前的專輯彈奏更多的吉他。這張專輯的概念在一年前就想好了，這期間雖然有些演變、調整，但是它的主軸依舊不變。我對這個專輯概念感到非常興奮，我只希望我可以將心裡的想法與感受忠實地傳達給你們。作為一張「概念專輯」代表有許多潛在的「言外之意」，但也希望這不要變成一種負擔。我一直不希望製作一張「為概念而概念」的專輯，或者換個比較平常的說法，這不是為了要聽起來很酷或很學院派。專輯的概念是為了要統整作品本身及其蘊含的情感，讓他們聚合成一個更具力量的總體。有些專輯是由一些互不相干的作品組合而成，但是這張專輯的多數作品都是由各自獨立卻又彼此關聯的概念或動機衍生而出。我想當專輯完成，你們也都聽到的時候，你們會比較清楚我的意思。

我不記得我有沒有公開講過，但是我知道你們有些人已經聽說了這個消息 - 我的狗 Lucky已經在前一陣子過世了。Lucky 由於心臟的問題，導致健康狀況不斷惡化，我們不得已只能決定在2008年10月30日那天讓牠安樂死。我當時人在亞洲，並無法回到洛城，只能由我的雙親及友人Joanna陪伴牠走完最後一程。

Lucky 大概四年前就開始有心雜音的問題。然而當時的醫生表示，這病並無法治療，只能持續觀察，希望不要再惡化。這幾年以來，Lucky並沒有因此有太大的異狀，只會偶爾乾咳或者看起來疲倦無力。除此之外，牠還是非常活潑好動，平常就喜歡到住家附近散步。有時候看到貓咪或松鼠，Lucky還是會想去追牠們，但我知道牠只是虛張聲勢罷了。我們並不清楚Lucky的實際年齡，但醫生從牠的牙齒判斷，牠應該是享年13歲。Lucky在台北的時候原本是隻流浪狗，在我父親的舊辦公室附近的巷子裡遊蕩。有一天，我父親決定買個房子給牠住。Lucky體型不大，也不兇狠，但牠很有自己的態度，牠在那一帶是個「街頭霸王」。我父親記得在我們還沒有帶牠回家之前，就經常看到Lucky跟其他的狗單挑，霸氣十足地領著一幫狗兒在街頭遊走。就跟一般流浪犬一樣，Lucky長年在外打滾，形塑了自己獨特的態度。但是在牠的主人或是少數可以信任的人身邊，牠的忠誠與貼心絕對是無與倫比的。牠在我父親的辦公室住了幾年，最後也搬進我們台北的住家；但是父親跟我還是決定幫Lucky辦移民，讓牠可以有更多的時間可以在洛城陪我。我仍然記得在那些歲月裡，Lucky會待在辦公室及錄音室裡陪我熬夜寫歌。既耐心、貼心又安靜，不管去哪裡，Lucky總是跟著我，牠應該和我一樣，喜歡晚上一起在公園裡散步吧。大家看到Lucky的時候，總是說牠看起來這麼年輕。尤其是牠剃毛之後，看起來就像是隻小小狗，當我說出牠的實際年齡，大家都會訝異不已。由於Lucky是隻流浪犬，所以牠也是隻混種狗。我們一點也不在意牠的血統，因為牠實在是太可愛、太帥氣、太貼心了。Lucky是隻非常簡樸知足的狗，牠不像其牠的狗會要東西吃，牠也不喜歡玩具。要牠啃骨頭幾乎是不可能的事情，這可能是因為牠跟很多流浪犬一樣牙齒不好。我猜牠唯一需要的是來自旁人的愛吧。有時候你只要含情脈脈地看著牠，牠就會像在微笑般地開心搖頭。Lucky去世前兩個月，心臟的問題開始讓牠不舒服，我們也注意到狀況逐漸惡化了。最初透過藥物還可以減輕牠的症狀，但大概在萬聖節前兩個禮拜的時候，一切開始變得有點欲振乏力。牠不再進食，有時還會尿失禁，甚至疲倦得不想出門。我們有向醫生諮詢，藉以尋求協助，但是我們好像已經看到路的盡頭了。這是個難以抉擇的時刻，我們不想看到Lucky繼續受苦，不希望牠的生活品質消失殆盡。Lucky自己並沒有因此而煩躁，牠只是安靜地坐在牠的枕頭上，兩眼無神地空望著。我們不知道Lucky是不是很痛苦，但是我們知道牠不快樂。

當我的父母飛回洛城探望Lucky幾天後，在獸醫的同意之下，我父親做了最後的決定，要讓我們的愛犬注射安樂死。我父親選擇待在手術房外，而讓我母親跟Joanna送Lucky安心上路。

有養過寵物或是有經歷寵物去世的人應該都知道，看到牠們痛苦是件多麼傷心難過的事情。動物感受到的無助有時是比人類巨大的，因為牠們無法以言語表達。牠們無法自己做決定，因此只能由我們來照料一切。愛犬的去世讓我認知到生命是何等的脆弱，而我們最後都是要走到死亡的盡頭。

我們讚美生命，但當那刻降臨，我們也無私慷慨地讓它走吧。

陶喆

作者: ASION 时间: 2008-12-22 00:00

新專輯大部分的歌都已經寫好了，我只要再寫大約三到四首歌，作曲的部分就可以告一段落了。下一個製作階段需要把歌詞寫完以及整合所有的編曲。

看来一月发片有点危险

作者: yan1612 时间: 2008-12-22 01:25

为什么我复制不过来呢不解

作者: 四月荆棘DL 时间: 2008-12-22 01:50

。。。。。LUCKY

作者: taozhe520 时间: 2008-12-22 02:02

额。。。。
老大的意思是说专辑还要一段时间了。。。

作者: music娃娃 时间: 2008-12-22 02:29

一直打不开网站心里真不踏实，进来就看到了DAVID的新日记……LUCKY离开了真难过……希望专辑里有送给LUCKY的歌曲哦~加油，无论发生什么……

作者: angel1st 时间: 2008-12-22 08:54

真不知道原来Lucky的身世是这样的

好幸福可以遇到陶爸和老陶

还好我的Lucky一直很健康，虽然前段时间也身体不好搞得我神经衰弱

现在也算是否极泰来勒

据老陶的进度，一月发片貌似蛮危险的嘛
尽管你一向很强大，这点我不怀疑

作者: robbiezdw 时间: 2008-12-22 10:01

聖誕節跟新年即將到來，我未來幾個月的時間將會被新專輯的製作所佔據。2009年後半年，我則是會集中心力在我的電影上面……

老大不会要延到6月份才发片吧？？？OH，MY GOD！！

作者: 超同学 时间: 2008-12-22 11:20

引用:

原帖由 robbiezdw 于 2008-12-22 10:01 发表
聖誕節跟新年即將到來，我未來幾個月的時間將會被新專輯的製作所佔據。2009年後半年，我則是會集中心力在我的電影上面……

老大不会要延到6月份才发片吧？？？OH，MY GOD！！

不太可能吧。他这样说的话应该是年初了。后半年开始忙电影，前面有几个月的时间是肯定要忙宣传的

作者: 忘了时间的钟 时间: 2008-12-22 12:27

等得太辛苦了，郁闷。。。。

作者: tiggeress 时间: 2008-12-22 12:45

no offense, but老陶，跟时间有关系的事情，我是选择不相信你说的话的。你自己也说过：

“不要相信你讀到的任何事情
不要相信你見到的任何事情
不要相信你聽到的任何事情
不要相信你被告知的任何事情
不要相信我

從你所了解的，為自己多一些思考與判斷吧”

吗？

作者: sunair 时间: 2008-12-22 13:38

还有三四首继续等待...

作者: angelpeng 时间: 2008-12-22 13:52

太多的外界因素干扰了老大的进程.音乐.电影.这是给歌迷和自己的.真希望老大幸福美好.

作者: conquer 时间: 2008-12-22 14:48

我未來幾個月的時間將會被新專輯的製作所佔據

作者: sonny13 时间: 2008-12-22 15:19

可怜的lucky~~~
继续等待

老大~~~

作者: 爱上喆 时间: 2008-12-22 15:26

老陶加油呀要弄点好歌回报广大歌迷啊

作者: hermione0419 时间: 2008-12-22 15:44

开头有点儿被吓到的感觉。不过也比较符合他一贯的风格啦~

作者: yeye十二月 时间: 2008-12-22 16:07

老陶是好人........

作者: 炜 时间: 2008-12-22 16:38

看过老大的英文版日记后，我知道自己英文有多烂，更加意识到自己的中文表达也有些欠缺。
老大用英文表达的到位，这个应当了，是在那边接受的教育。
看看那句式构造，词汇运用，造诣醇厚啊！
中文更是了的，这真不像是日记啊！老大是可以出书的了！
膜拜！
也为Lucky感到遗憾和幸运，遗憾它生命的终止，感叹它幸运的遇到老大一家贴心的照顾，以及临终前大家的相互理解，lucky走的应是安详的。

作者: 苏三萄萄 时间: 2008-12-22 16:48

中文应该是别人翻译的吧~
每次读陶叔的东西都感到小心脏有点沉重……

作者: 木頭人 时间: 2008-12-22 16:53

老A 怎樣COPY過來的

作者: love_zee 时间: 2008-12-22 16:58

lucky~~~~~~~~~~
我怎么觉得好像它也陪了我很长时间似的
印象中黄黄毛茸茸的
真的有点难过
好久没有好好看看david了，只是到这里偶尔看看有没有他的新闻
有点惭愧基本没怎么去过他的官网

新专辑可以慢慢等，只是今天知道lucky过世，真的有点难过。
我相信david心里也不过好过，爱狗养狗的人，在这点都是一样的。

作者: 曦~ 时间: 2008-12-22 17:34

引用:

原帖由 ASION 于 2008-12-22 00:00 发表
新專輯大部分的歌都已經寫好了，我只要再寫大約三到四首歌，作曲的部分就可以告一段落了。下一個製作階段需要把歌詞寫完以及整合所有的編曲。

看来一月发片有点危险

我说啥。。来着。。。。我就知道。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。

又被他放鸽子了

PS....友人。。。JO...友人。。。JO...诶呀。。我咋这么八卦类

[ 本帖最后由曦~ 于 2008-12-22 17:55 编辑 ]

作者: wevlcino 时间: 2008-12-22 18:45

“My dad chose not to be in the operating room so my mom and Joanna stood by to see Lucky off”
提到的一个人名Joanna 应该是若林吧

作者: ASION 时间: 2008-12-22 18:45

引用:

原帖由 木頭人 于 2008-12-22 16:53 发表
老A 怎樣COPY過來的

Ctrl C
Ctrl V

作者: ASION 时间: 2008-12-22 18:46

引用:

原帖由 wevlcino 于 2008-12-22 18:45 发表
“My dad chose not to be in the operating room so my mom and Joanna stood by to see Lucky off”
提到的一个人名Joanna 应该是若林吧

应该是曾经的JO.不是若琳同学吧

作者: 雅玛 时间: 2008-12-22 19:05

LUCKY的离去,老陶会有失落,毕竟陪了他很久~~有感情啊~

作者: 苏三萄萄 时间: 2008-12-22 19:25

引用:

原帖由 ASION 于 2008-12-22 18:46 发表

应该是曾经的JO.不是若琳同学吧

谁啊？那个Joanna？公关公司策划总监那个？

作者: tiggeress 时间: 2008-12-22 20:15

引用:

原帖由 苏三萄萄 于 2008-12-22 19:25 发表

谁啊？那个Joanna？公关公司策划总监那个？

不是说他妈不喜欢那个Joanna嘛。。。

作者: 木頭人 时间: 2008-12-22 20:20

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原帖由 ASION 于 2008-12-22 18:46 发表

应该是曾经的JO.不是若琳同学吧

如果是曾经的JO 老大還真念舊....敬佩

作者: trishot 时间: 2008-12-22 23:04

看到DT最新的日记，感觉踏实了许多，虽然感觉新专辑要在09年一季度发行，但感觉还是有底了了，希望一切顺利！

作者: 喆哲学 时间: 2008-12-22 23:11

看样子，非等到明年3、4月份？...............LUCKY，主保佑！

作者: 小就就 时间: 2008-12-22 23:15

剛再看一次11號產房

黑色柳丁發行是八月八號吧還是七號

老大大概在七月中才開始錄音
那時候他說他有九天可以唱

我覺得應該不會拖太久了
只要歌寫完

編曲在寫曲的時候大概都有底了
寫詞就看娃娃她們的功利了

希望趕快見到專輯喔
其實繼續等也沒差啦
都等很久了

作者: davidxu 时间: 2008-12-23 00:06

慢工出细活

一点点来吧

作者: jayleelovedt 时间: 2008-12-23 13:05 标题: LUCKY是幸运的!

LUCKY确实是幸运的.LUCKY在生的时候一直也都没有令它的主人失望过.LUCKY走了,相信还会有其它很多的LUCKY会诞生!

作者: 木頭人 时间: 2008-12-23 13:31

老大跟其他歌手不同他錄一手歌不會磨很久相信大家都記得老大說錄音要留著最初唱這歌時的感覺所以通常是唱幾次就ok

作者: 喆之旋律 时间: 2008-12-23 14:24

出黑色柳丁的时候也是临时抱佛脚的，相信一二月能出来。
只是看老陶用平静的心去回忆lucky的往事，lucky的一生，日常的小事......令人心疼。
老陶的文章也写得很好，可以做哲思专栏、音乐专栏或者他喜欢的赛车专栏作者。

作者: 倖福の小囡 时间: 2008-12-23 16:15

静心等待~~~~

作者: wevlcino 时间: 2008-12-23 20:32

上次还说年前一定发现在看来又会拖了

作者: justyoyo 时间: 2008-12-23 21:11

昨天读了大老板的一封长mail，今天又读到了老大的一封，both希望与忧伤并存
2008年还是很special的

我自己养过狗狗，虽然它不是在我身边passing的
但是看老大回忆自己与lucky在一起的日子，还是让我想起了我和狗狗的那些回忆
陪我读书，等我回家，和我在公园捉迷藏，走丢了自己走回来等…………
最近准备去看“和狗狗的十个约定”

also谈到经济危机，唉…………世界很不太平，希望一切快点好起来

期待DT的new album

作者: 飞火扑蛾 时间: 2008-12-24 10:49

我們讚美生命，但當那刻降臨，我們也無私慷慨地讓它走吧。

心情低落。

作者: 二巾 时间: 2008-12-24 17:55

Everything will be good............

作者: 雅玛 时间: 2008-12-25 19:38

看老陶的日记还是感觉蛮真切蛮感悟的~~

作者: 园园 时间: 2008-12-26 01:38

他才变的快的 11月底才给我说快了

现在就要等啊等啊还好我们心态好肯定是写的歌曲自己不满意

作者: 鑫的寂寞季节 时间: 2008-12-26 09:21

只要提到动物离去我都受不了不哭了期待新唱片

作者: vicor 时间: 2008-12-26 09:27

记得十一号产房里的Lucky...惋惜...

作者: Shaity 时间: 2008-12-26 13:03

所以，你们要好好的。祝福你们！

作者: fengjiayun1988 时间: 2008-12-26 17:25 标题: 讚美生命

老大，你的意思，这专辑还得搞半年，才能发

作者: ttnet9 时间: 2008-12-26 18:52

。。。。真的真的，，，
期待新专辑！！
还有对LUCKY的惋惜！

作者: orangemelody371 时间: 2008-12-26 19:06

不管怎样慢慢地等着期待着新专辑...........&let's celebrate life!

作者: 喆服小麗 时间: 2008-12-27 10:27

lucky.....
lucky....

专辑，我已经准备好钱来买了

作者: Yieyie 时间: 2008-12-27 11:54

好有感情的文章
我都热泪盈眶了

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