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If this were your first exposure to Eric Clapton, a bit of bewilderment would be in order. This is the legendary guitar icon? This is (as his early apostles once proclaimed) God? Ranging from the mid-´80s through the late ´90s, The Clapton Chronicles owes less to the groundbreaking blues-rock of Clapton´s ´60s and ´70s classics than to the polished-to-a-glare pop of Phil Collins, who produced one of the tracks included in this 14-song anthology. His reinterpretation of his greatest recording--the once-gripping, now-placid "Layla"--perhaps best illustrates Clapton at middle-age: Who wants to bask in his darkest period? Not Clapton, who converts his surging, purging charge into a soothing stroll. And perhaps not fans of such docile MOR fare as "My Father´s Eyes," "Tears in Heaven," and the two new tracks, "Blue Eyes Blue" and "Get Lost."

音乐该如何来描述？当久石让让低沉而略显苦涩的序曲不知不觉地转换为那清新而如夏夜凉风舒服般的钢琴，那清脆的琴键，低沉的大提琴也开始跳跃起来，还没有开始的电影情节也完全抛于脑后，音乐让我贪婪起来，渴望吮吸许久没有品味的甘泉！这是我疏忽的角落，由于和 “寅次郎的故事”混淆，几乎忘记了这是北野武的名著，也忘记了这是久石让的一部2000年赢得日本奥斯卡电影奖最佳音乐奖的作品！情节让我感慨而发笑，音乐却在添染色彩的同时，游离在我身体的单独某条道路，单独的品味。