"West End Girls" by Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys在那個年代也是許多人的共同回憶,
團名大家都翻成寵物店男孩似乎是沒有異議,
不過West End Girls好像怎麼翻都沒有原來的味道
西端女孩,西城女孩,西方女孩,西方盡頭的女孩,

West End Girls
music written and produced by Bobby Orlando
lyrics and performance by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe (Pet Shop Boys)

Sometimes you're better off dead
There's a gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head
You think you're mad, too unstable
Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables
In a restaurant, in a West End town
Call the police, there's a madman around
Running down underground to a dive bar
In a West End town

In a West End town a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
In a West End town a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
West End girls

Too many shadows, whispering voices
Faces on posters, too many choices
If, when, why, what?
How much have you got?
Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often?
Which do you choose, a hard or soft option?
(How much do you need?)

In a West End town a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
In a West End town a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
West End girls

You've got a heart of glass or a heart of stone
Just you wait 'til I get you home
We've got no future, we've got no past
Here today, built to last
In every city, in every nation
From Lake Geneva to the Finland station
(How far have you been?)

In a West End town a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
A West End town a dead end world
East End Boys, West End girls
West End girls

一開始聽這首歌沒抓到完整的意思
還以為是要敘述不同階級的男女發生戀情
不過真的認真把歌詞看完
發現是在描述現代城市裡階級差距及人際的疏離感
及對冷漠社會的無力感

在這裡讓我想到很多人在公司中的處境應該也是如此吧
借用一下珂琳娜‧梅耶（Corinne Maier)這位法國女士提的"顛覆工作 悄悄撤退"

"在這種個人發展無望、社會前景黯淡的情況下，那些還在以當個高階主管
為職志的中產階級家庭子女，從現在開始，都該調整生涯目標。 怎麼調整
呢？我的建議是：可以朝那些和金錢遊戲關係比較不密切的方向發展。例
如藝術、科學、教職。 要不然，就行個很紳士的敬禮手勢，從工作的世界
撤退……一半。 "

人生海海,還是聽歌吧.

相關閱讀
West End Girls from WIKI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_Girls
Pet Shop Boys from WIKI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Shop_Boys