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乐​经​之​路 The Long Lost Songbook of Chinese Rock

by Second Hand Rose

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    a digital download of this album is available through our crowd funding campaign at Pledge Music: www.pledgemusic.com/projects/secondhandrose

    Includes unlimited streaming of 乐经之路 The Long Lost Songbook of Chinese Rock via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Trick 伎俩 04:17
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大哥你玩摇滚你玩它有啥用啊 Big brother, what the heck're you playing rock for? 我必须学会新的卖弄啊 I need to learn new tricks 这样你才能继续地喜欢呐 So that you’ll keep listening 看那艺术像个天生的哑巴 See, art is born mute 他必须想出别的办法说话 It has to invent ways to speak 说话 To speak 究竟摇滚是累坏你的身子儿啊 In the end, is rock wiping you out 还是累坏了你这个人儿 Or is it wiping you clean away 看那爱情它像个瞎子 See, love is like a blind man 他必须找到位置说话 It has to find a place to speak from 说话 To speak from 看来你是学会新的卖弄了 Sure you’ve learned to show off 要不怎么那么招人的喜欢 Why else does everyone love you? 可是你还是成了一个哑巴 But you’ve lost your ear, your voice 神神叨叨地说着一些废话 Stuttering strange nonsense 废话 Nonsense 终究是成不了个有情的婊子儿 In the end, do you fail as love’s whore 还是装不明白个有义的戏子儿 Or as an actor that can’t play love 只是理想咋突然那么没劲儿 Big ideals are so lame in the end 看着你我也再说不出什么词儿 Looking at you, I can’t say another word 什么词儿 Another word
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火车快开 Train Go Quickly 05:46
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狼心狗肺 Cruel as Wolves 04:22
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E时代桃园 Paradise of the Digital Age 04:23
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征婚启事 Lonely Hearts Ad 04:48
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那天我心情实在不高兴啊 That day I was really in a bad mood 找了个大仙我算了一卦 I found a fortune-teller, who laid out my cards 他说我的婚姻只有三年的长呀 He said my marriage would only last three years 我那颗爱她的心有点慌 This heart of mine that loved her so was a little confused 混到了北京我混没了牵挂 I drifted off to Beijing, I drifted away my worries 混乱了生活我混长了头发 I drifted my life into a mess, I drifted my hair long 究竟是什么让我无法自拔呀 in the end, why couldn't I tear myself away 是不是我拔出来真的就软了 could it be that I had softened when I pulled it out 我做个艺术家 I play the artist 我娶个艺术家 I take an artist wife 我嫁个艺术家 I take an artist husband 我毁你个艺术家 I destroy you, artist 这时我发现我呀是否真的病了 That time I made a discovery; was i really sick? 是找了个鸡呀我就随了那个鸡了吧 should I be content with the man I found 还是找条狗哇我嫁了那条狗哇 or should I find a dog and promise my hand to that dog 这时我惊奇地发现我是否怀孕了 that time I made a surprising discovery; was I pregnant? 我做个艺术家 I play the artist 我娶个艺术家 I take an artist wife 我嫁个艺术家 I take an artist husband 我毁你个艺术家 I destroy you, artist 谁害怕贫穷 who fears poverty 谁害怕富有啊 who fears wealth 谁会天长 who outlives heaven 谁不会地久 who isn't as old as the earth 如果你恨 你就恨出个追求 if you hate, you’ll give birth to aspiration 如果你爱我 我会一丝不…… if you love me, I'll strip down to the…
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采花 Picking Flowers 04:29
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有一位姑娘像朵花儿 There was a girl who looked like a flower 有一个爷们儿说你不必害怕 There was a fellow who told her don’t be afraid 一不小心他们成了家 A careless moment… and already they were a family 生了个崽子一起挣扎 Had a little rascal and struggled together 从前的理想看来挺可怕的 Past ideals are quite ugly when you look back at them 爱情能当饭吃会更伟大 Wouldn’t it be greater to make love the way we eat rice 为了能有个新鲜的明天 Just in order to have a fresh tomorrow 你再也听不懂你说的是啥 You’ll say anything, not knowing what you say 我说呀姑娘你别害怕 I tell you, girl don’t you be afraid 有谁会总像一朵小花 Who looks like a flower forever 我愿为你唱那么一首歌 I’d like to sing you a song 上哪儿找天生的一对儿啊 Where to look for a destined pair 我愿为你唱首歌 I’d like to sing you a song 和谁在一起不是一对儿啊 Whoever you're with, aren't you a pair? 我愿为你唱首歌啊 I’d like to sing you a song 上哪儿找天生的一对儿啊 Where to find a predestined pair?
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春天的故事 A Story of Spring 07:22
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生存 Oh Life 03:46
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是否每天忙碌只为一顿饭 Are you struggling everyday for a single meal? 是否幻想里只有绫箩绸缎 Are your hopes mere frayed fragments? 是否爱人已爱成了一个伴 Have you loved your lover into a partner? 是否半夜你心痒痒直蹭炕沿儿 Is your mind itching in the middle of the night, as you lie on the edge of the bed? 日子一天天不会总是阳光灿烂 Everyday can't be bathing in sunlight 岁月一年年收获的比醋还酸 Year on year your harvest is more sour than vinegar 幸福像在天上磨磨唧唧不下凡 It seems happiness grinds and grumbles up in heaven and doesn’t come down 花花绿绿的危险时刻就在你身边儿 The ever-changing moment of crisis is right by your side 身边儿 By your side 身边儿 By your side 身边儿 By your side 为何人让人去受罪 Why do people give each other a hard time? 为何人为人去流泪 Why do people pledge tears for each other? 为何人与人作对 Why do people divide into groups? 为何人与人相随 Why do people follow each other? 哎呀我说 命运呐 Ah ya, I say faith yeah 生存呐 Oh life yeah 我的前列腺呐 My prostate yeah 命运呐 Faith yeah 生存呐 Life yeah 我的膀胱啊 My bladder yeah
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因为所以 Just Because 04:07
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好花红 Good Flower Red 07:03
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我心爱的女人在山上为人画着 The woman of my heart is painting a portrait on a mountain top 画着一个快要死去的老鬼 She paints an old ghost on his death bed 那个老鬼年轻像我可怕的从前啊 That old ghost looks young like my frightening past 手里握着我为那女人捡的玫瑰 In his hand he holds the rose I picked for that girl 哎呀 Oh yeah 我那女人画着画着快要枯萎 That woman of mine paints and paints until she’s about to wither 那个老鬼留下了满山的遗憾呐 That old ghost dwells in immense regret over her 为啥他在死前一直吻着花的蕊 I heard that up to his death he was smelling flower pistils 为啥我那可怜的女人没有张开嘴 But that pitiful woman of mine never opened her mouth 我努力地攻击着花的 I’m vigorously assaulting the flower’s 蕊呀 Pistil 玫瑰呢呢喃喃说 The rose hums that it’s 不对 Not the right spot 我努力地攻击着花的 I’m vigorously assaulting the flower’s 蕊呀 Pistil 可我怎么用嘴去唱出 Oh how could this mouth of mine herald this 二手玫瑰 Second Hand Rose 好花红那个红又艳呐 Best flower red, it’s red and gorgeous 谁不愿那个骗她入胸怀呀 Who doesn’t want to deceive her into his arms 一层层剥下去让嫩的露出来呀 Stripping layer after layer revealing the tender parts 你说那情不变花也不会败呀 Yet saying if love doesn’t change, flowers won't perish either 为啥我那女人为啥非要枯萎 You say that woman of mine why did she have to wither? 那个老鬼为啥要留下了遗憾呐 And that old ghost why did he dwell in regrets? 为啥他在死前一直吻着花的蕊 Why did he up to his death smell flower pistils? 为啥我那可怜的女人没有张开嘴 Why did that pitiful woman of mine never open her mouth? 我努力地攻击着花的蕊呀 I’m vigorously assaulting the flower’s pistil 蕊呀 Pistil 玫瑰呢呢喃喃说位置不对 The rose hums that it’s not the right spot 不对 Not right 我努力地攻击着花的蕊呀 I’m vigorously assaulting the flower’s pistil 蕊呀 Pistil 可我怎么用嘴去唱出 Oh how could this mouth of mine herald this 二手玫瑰 Second Hand Rose 好花红 Good flower red 二手玫瑰 Second Hand Rose 好花红 Good flower red 二手玫瑰 Second Hand Rose

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This is a sampler album we prepared for our upcoming "Useless Rock" America Tour. The album is available for download at www.pledgemusic.com/projects/secondhandrose

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released September 16, 2014

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Second Hand Rose Beijing, China

Everything seems to be second hand in China. Marx, Weibo, rock music, even the women. Searching through the rumble, an old broken shoe makes us laugh, jump with joy.

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