• 能够被不同的人演唱,尤其是风格迥异的歌手演唱,往往能够演唱出火花。

    最近在听Alison Krauss的歌曲,每每听到那首When You Say Nothing At All,总是愿意再听一遍,再听一遍,于是想起了《诺丁山》里Ronan Keating演绎的同一首歌,我十分愿意为这首歌写一点文字。

     Alison Krauss篇

     蓝草音乐,Bluegrass,这种音乐类型可以称作是最纯净、最原汁原味的乡村风格了。在蓝草创立这许多年来始终有许多人推崇,归功于不断涌现的蓝草音乐大师,其中包括这位美丽的Alison Krauss(艾莉森克罗丝)。18岁就获得格莱美的Alison Krauss成名之后获奖无数,被称为世界上最美的女声。

     在这酷热的夏天,多出去逛逛吧。在我所在的哈尔滨,能够见到我小时候看到的那么多小鸟歌唱已经几乎不可能了,偶尔见到都是一点惊喜。去听听Alison Krauss的音乐吧。她清澈的声音可以让你想起大自然。和许多欧美女歌手不同的是,她很少刻意向人们展示自己美丽的一面,唱片的封面也多是不施浓妆,气质动人。

    这首When You Say Nothing At All也算是Alison Krauss的代表作了。这首歌曲里,她用轻柔的声音传达着温暖的信息。如果某天我要选择要把一首歌连续听上24小时,这首歌曲一定是我重要的选择。有的时候我觉得是不是有些歌曲能够改变听者的世界观呢?至少听这首歌让我最近略显阴霾的心情稍微缓和了一下。有些声音,有些音乐就是有这样的魅力。甚至其他乡村歌手包括我很喜欢的南方小鸡的歌曲也是充满爆发力而带些甜腻的,不似Alison这般纯粹清澈。

    Alison Krauss还谈得一首好吉他。记得我曾经推荐的那首群星翻唱披头士的Across the universe么?中间那个弹吉他的就是她。可惜这般声音未能做一展示。

    Ronan Keating篇

    朱莉亚罗伯茨和休格兰特主演《诺丁山》是我最喜欢的英国浪漫喜剧之一,这部电影还奉献了很多首美妙的歌曲,其中就包括Ronan Keating演唱的When You Say Nothing At All。

    著名的男孩组合Boyzone主唱也是真正的灵魂 Ronan Keating(罗南基汀)声音嘶哑,演绎这首深情无限的歌曲别有一番滋味。这首歌曲不仅作为《诺丁山》的原声之一,也曾经被《天下足球》引入作为自己的背景歌曲,我见过不少人在网上问起,其实就是这首歌的罗南版。

    相比而言我更喜欢Alison版的,并不是说Ronan的版本不好。其实Ronan的这个版本技术上更为出色,声音的处理更方面都无从挑剔,但是Alison清澈的声音实在太适合这首歌曲了。到了这个层面就不是技术能够左右的了。

    如果搜寻这两位歌手的介绍,让人惊讶的是大多数介绍在给出具体的歌曲时两个人的第一首歌都是这首When You Say Nothing At All,足见此歌曲魅力。

    最后附上歌词,也是很美的:

    It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart/ s1 v  ?3 g" n3 H8 G
    Without saying a word6 _9 G+ J2 s2 m% d8 _
    You can light up the dark' d6 P0 L1 `6 X+ x7 R
    Try as I may I could never explain% l, Z% }4 q) s/ d) @
    What I hear when you don't say a thing" z# ?1 P+ v% w
    The smile on your face
      }- A& k$ C8 g+ C  E. zLets me know that you need me7 |! {- T! G. @' N. N
    There's a truth in your eyes( l! J* ~+ O- V7 A/ Z
    Saying you'll never leave me+ d/ |; F$ a- G
    A touch of your hand says
    " F/ I' d% `  z4 H; u9 YYou'll catch me wherever I fall
    4 ^, e9 u5 f3 f8 R) uYou say it best when you say nothing at all$ {8 ~7 u# u' {; k4 w9 g+ K
    All day long I can hear people talking aloud+ _- c; A& w, `; E" V
    But when you hold me near7 y2 `3 N- @: b6 k# ?5 ]; Y
    You drown out the crowd2 ]2 g" q' d3 [+ Y
    Old Mr. Webster could never define, J6 c/ B0 {0 i5 x1 b
    What's been said between your heart and mine& h0 u/ P9 v" C/ S8 G/ C
    The smile on your face# e5 n# W- U4 ]1 h) ~3 I$ C
    Lets me know that you need me
    8 d% x* ?" v9 I7 i2 h9 }% M4 M# hThere's a truth in your eyes6 L2 ?- r8 [- Z( h
    Saying you'll never leave me
    3 Z8 V& |9 c8 E' {- k! q# GThe touch of your hand says; K1 [1 K& j: E3 e- Q
    You'll catch me wherever I fall
    : y' Y, Q: O3 I2 j, e& QYou say it best when you say nothing at all) R7 V( p. ]8 M! R/ r" R5 l
    The smile on your face
    1 \! O& g: g6 F% h3 W! ~5 jLets me know that you need me
    . T# `: p, z6 RThere's a truth in your eyes1 r& E% Q/ |0 j
    Saying you'll never leave me* ?- L4 p9 n$ I) a  T
    The touch of your hand says0 d0 M! e# ?  b6 ?' t, k
    You'll catch me wherever I fall
    6 W* |. l6 A$ k0 NYou say it best when you say nothing at all
    ( S% M, ^+ D0 v  }3 i: |

  • 拉丁,总是给人以狂野的印象,不论歌曲还是舞蹈。今天推荐一首Shakira(夏奇拉)的歌曲,名叫Hips Don't Lie。


     推荐这首歌曲也是因为今天晚上欧洲杯又要打响,德国将和土耳其争夺决赛的第一张出场券。而这首《Hips Don't Lie》是两年前的06世界杯上决赛的一首表演歌曲。准确的说当时的表演歌曲是这首歌曲的Remix,通常称作为《Hips Don't Lie Bamboo》,歌词和配乐都作了变化。可惜我找遍视频也没发现那首歌的非现场版,现场版效果实在并不好,虽然气氛很好。
     
    这首歌曲可以充分体现拉丁的魅力:火爆、狂野、性感、充满异域风情。Shakira在MV中魅力四射,不愧是以对于MV比较挑剔的拉丁女神。歌曲名字也很有意思,好像官方翻译叫做“难以抗拒”,很没有道理的名字,我看还不如不译,世界杯的版本中那个bamboo貌似也并非竹子的意思,只是拟声词而已。
     
    想知道什么叫做Hips Don't Lie么?请看下面视频中Shakira是怎么扭腰的:
     歌词:

    Ladies up in here tonight
    No fighting, no fighting
    We got the refugees up in here
    No fighting, no fighting

    Shakira, Shakira

    I never really knew that she could dance like this
    She makes a man wants to speak Spanish
    Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa
    Shakira, Shakira

    Oh baby when you talk like that
    You make a woman go mad
    So be wise and keep on
    Reading the signs of my body

    And I'm on tonight
    You know my hips don't lie
    And I'm starting to feel it's right
    All the attraction, the tension
    Don't you see baby, this is perfection

    Hey Girl, I can see your body moving
    And it's driving me crazy
    And I didn't have the slightest idea
    Until I saw you dancing

    And when you walk up on the dance floor
    Nobody cannot ignore the way you move your body, girl
    And everything so unexpected - the way you right and left it
    So you can keep on taking it

    I never really knew that she could dance like this
    She makes a man want to speak Spanish
    Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa
    Shakira, Shakira

    Oh baby when you talk like that
    You make a woman go mad
    So be wise and keep on
    Reading the signs of my body

    And I'm on tonight
    You know my hips don't lie
    And I am starting to feel you boy
    Come on lets go, real slow
    Don't you see baby asi es perfecto

    Oh I know I am on tonight my hips don't lie
    And I am starting to feel it's right
    All the attraction, the tension
    Don't you see baby, this is perfection
    Shakira, Shakira

    Oh boy, I can see your body moving
    Half animal, half man
    I don't, don't really know what I'm doing
    But you seem to have a plan
    My will and self restraint
    Have come to fail now, fail now
    See, I am doing what I can, but I can't so you know
    That's a bit too hard to explain

    Baila en la calle de noche
    Baila en la calle de d

    Baila en la calle de noche
    Baila en la calle de d

    I never really knew that she could dance like this
    She makes a man want to speak Spanish
    Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa
    Shakira, Shakira

    Oh baby when you talk like that
    You know you got me hypnotized
    So be wise and keep on
    Reading the signs of my body

    Senorita, feel the conga, let me see you move like you come from Colombia

    Mira en Barranquilla se baila as say it!
    Mira en Barranquilla se baila as?
    Yeah
    She's so ***y every man's fantasy a refugee like me back with the Fugees from a 3rd world country
    I go back like when 'pac carried crates for Humpty Humpty
    I need a whole club dizzy
    Why the CIA wanna watch us?
    Colombians and Haitians
    I ain't guilty, it's a musical transaction
    No more do we snatch ropes
    Refugees run the seas 'cause we own our own boats

    I'm on tonight, my hips don't lie
    And I'm starting to feel you boy
    Come on let's go, real slow
    Baby, like this is perfecto

    Oh, you know I am on tonight and my hips don't lie
    And I am starting to feel it's right
    The attraction, the tension
    Baby, like this is perfection

    No fighting
    No fighting

    世界杯现场版:

  • 今天推荐一首德语歌曲,名字叫做Deutschland,也就是德国的意思。这首歌我最早是无意中听广播的时候听到的背景音乐,但是始终不知道歌曲名字。后来听朋友播放这首歌曲的时候很是兴奋,不过名字被误传为Time of our lives,也就是德国世界杯的主题曲。

    事实上这首歌曲是多特蒙德的一个酒吧老板 1986年时候写的。Die Prinzen (王子乐队)后来将这首歌曲整理了一遍,改掉了原曲里很多的歌词。由 举行世界杯 德国政府将整理过的歌曲作为世界杯宣传歌曲之一。在找歌词的时候我发现网上很多人都把这首歌误传为Time of our lives。

    我推荐这首歌曲当然是因为今天晚上德国队就要打葡萄牙了,希望他们能够好运。这首歌曲倒也真的很适合,节奏感很强,歌词我附在日志的后面,从网上找来的翻译,我也不懂德语。

    Deutsch, deutsch, deutsch, deutsch, deutsch, deutsch
    德语,德意志,德国人,……………
    Natürlich hat ein Deutscher "Wetten, dass ... ?" erfunden
    肯定只有德国人才能说出这样的话:“我说的是不会错的,打个赌好吗?”
    Vielen Dank für die schoenen Stunden
    非常感谢,我们过的非常愉快!
    Wir sind die freundlichsten Kunden auf dieser Welt
    我们是这个世界上最好的顾客
    Wir sind bescheiden, wir haben Geld
    我们谦虚并富有
    Die Allerbesten in jedem Sport
    我们有最好的运动员
    Die Steuern hier sind Weltrekord
    德国的捐税世界闻名
    Bereisen Sie Deutschland und bleiben Sie hier
    欢迎来德国旅行和逗留
    Auf diese Art von Besuchern warten wir
    我们期待您的光临
    Es kann jeder hier wohnen, dem es gefaellt
    只要高兴,谁都可以来德国住住
    Wir sind das freundlichste Volk auf dieser Welt
    我们是世界上最友善的民族
    Deutsch, deutsch, deutsch, deutsch
    德语,德意志,德国人

  • 今天又被雨小小的浇了一下,前几天去家乐福购物也是冒雨归来的。我的这个不爱带雨伞的毛病看来要改改。想起了Rihanna的这首《Umbrella》,下雨的时候我怎么就碰不见一个女孩儿跑出来对我说:别怕,我有伞,下雨,有我的伞,太阳出来,我也永远是你的朋友。

    嗯。我又白天做梦了。最近看欧洲杯睡眠很不好。

    这首歌还是很好听的,也是歌手Rihanna的专辑 《Good Girl Gone Bad》的主打歌。我对黑人歌曲总的来说接受度不高,这首快歌听来还不错,还有Jay-Z的助阵,去年的Billboard排行榜上好像当上好几周的单曲冠军。
    不过总看媒体称她为玉女歌手,嗯,东西方审美很不一样啊,抑或我的眼光有问题?
  • 昨天晚上闲着没事儿,看西城男孩的2004斯德哥尔摩演唱会视频,发现其中有一段竟然唱的是我熟悉的《Friends》主题曲《 I'll be there for you》,很有些别样风情,在YouTube中搜索到了,就是这个:

     这首《 I'll be there for you》大约是我听过次数最多的歌曲了,因为我当年完整的看过《六人行》2.5遍,还经常随便找一集就听,更夸张的是我还找来电视剧的mp3来听,至少完整听了7遍!再加上偶尔看的MV、和别人一起看的,听这首歌少说也有2000次!

    我还比较喜欢原唱The Rembrandts乐队和Friends六个演员共同合作的一个加长版,不过下面这个版本就比较有趣了,是由《Friends》中的片段剪辑而成的MV,虽然只有30秒,却被我播放了无数次。喜欢《老友记》的朋友一定和我一样非常喜欢这个《Friends Theme Song》:

     我曾经为《Friends》写的一段英文就算是小诗,点击这里看看。

    附送歌词:

     So, no one told you life was going to be this way
    Your job's a joke, you're broke, your live life's D.O.A.
    It's like you're always stuck in second gear
    Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year

    But,* I'll be there for you when the rain starts to pour
    I'll be there for you like I've been there before
    I'll be there for you 'cause you're there for me too *

    You're still in bed at ten and work began at eight
    You've burned your breakfast, so far, things are going great
    Your mother warned you there'd be days like these
    But she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees
    that *

    No one could ever know me, no one could ever see me
    Seems you're the only one who knows what it's like to be me
    Someone to face the day with, make it through the rest with, someone I'll
    always laugh with
    Even at my worst, I'm best with you. Yeah!