尋常生活的異色經驗 (廟街素描)

很久沒有到廟街觀光購物消費了！

我又唔係外國遊客或自由行同胞！

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但我在七十年代讀中學時和幾個同學經常去廟街的。去廟街的主要目的是到那裏去買卡式音樂帶。記憶中，七十年代初卡式錄音帶開始大流行! 有了手提卡式錄音機和卡式錄音帶，音樂其實已經可以跟著人到處走了！相對那些黑膠唱片，卡式音樂帶實在太方便了！

有一天，爸爸成全了我們幾個〝開始青春交响曲〞的兄弟姊妹的願望，為大家買了我們的第一部單聲道手提卡式錄音機回家。我們幾兄弟姊妹也開始買卡式音樂帶聽了……

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那時廟街有很多售賣我最喜愛的歐西流行卡式音樂帶攤檔。我的第一盒Bee Gees, Carpenters和 Elton John就是在廟街買回來的。

我記得那時是[十蚊雞三餅帶]……

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但我那時是不敢單獨去廟街的。我每次去都會找幾個同學陪同去，買完我最喜愛的音樂帶就立刻走人，絕不久留……因為印象中廟街是條[男人街]，黄賭毒好像乜都有! 久留怕有甚麼事會發生在我身上……

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我家姐也喜歡聽歐西流行曲，她想買帶會搭我買。

她的第一盒Jim Croce, John Denver和 Simon and Garfunkel是我幫她從廟街買回來的。

她自己不會去廟街買的，[男人街] 噃!

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各兄弟姊妹買了帶，其實都係一齊聽的。我就好喜歡家姊的Jim Croce盒帶內的這一首歌:

Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle 1972

If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do 
Is to save every day till eternity passes away, 
Just to spend them with you 

If I could make days last forever, 
If words could make wishes come true 
I'd save every day like a treasure and then, 
Again, I would spend them with you

But there never seems to be enough time, 
To do the things you want to do 
Once you find them 
I've looked around enough to know, 
You're the one I want to go 
Through time with. 

If I had a box just for wishes, 
And dreams that had never come true 
The box would be empty, 
Except for the memory 
Of how they were answered by you.

But there never seems to be enough time, 
To do the things you want to do 
Once you find them 
I've looked around enough to know, 
You're the one I want to go 
Through time with