2008/03/28 13:35Sting的名字很奇怪,据说他原来不叫这个,POLICE乐队演出的时候,Sting老穿一件黄底带黑色横杠的衣服,活象一只嗡嗡嗡的蜜蜂,于是歌迷就叫他Sting(蜜蜂的刺螫),相当形象!
Sting写的歌也很奇怪,听听这些歌名:Big Lie Small World(大谎言小世界),Walking on the Moon(月球漫步), Englishman in New York(英国人在纽约),Let Your Soul be Your Pilot(让你的灵魂引导你), Heavy Cloud No Rain(多云无雨),History will Teach Us Nothing(历史没教我们什么),Love is the Seventh Wave(爱是第七次浪潮),The Dream of the Blue Turtles(蓝海龟的梦)… 天文地理历史哲学生物,无所不包。他演绎的歌曲大多是自创,歌词写得象叙事诗,意味深长,以灰色的眼光看人生,抨击时政,嘲弄社会,很是有一种愤世嫉俗的味道。
我现在几乎收齐了Sting的所有的CD。在他的所有歌中,我个人最中意的是Fragile,A Thousand Mile, When We Dance, Englishman in New York,Fields of gold,It’s probably me。
When We Dance是一首慢板抒情歌。Sting唱道:if I could break down these walls and shout my name in heaven’s gate,I’d take these hands and I’d destroy the dark machineries of fate(假如我能推翻这墙让我的名字在天堂里回响,我将捉住你的手摧毁残酷的命运)……下来的一句I’m still in love被background vocal好几次,轻轻的淡淡的遗憾和幽怨,但又带着爱的力量。再坚强勇敢的人,当抗争的对象是命运的时候,那份无奈无助都能叫人从心底渗出血来,N多次听到这里我都静静地落泪。
Fragile是我的至爱。如果我的iPod只能容纳十首歌的话,应该是其中的一首。Fragile有若干个版本,有个女`声唱的,还经常在收音机里听到,觉得平淡无奇。Julio Iglesias也翻唱过这一曲,虽然有Sting作吉他伴奏及和声,但是Julio的花腔花调很是让我反感,真不明白Sting,好好的歌干么给人家去糟蹋。记得听Fragile印象最深刻的一次是2003年的情人节后,Grammy颁奖之后。那是正处于情感胶着,听着此歌:on and on the rain will fall, like tears from the sky, on and on the rain will say, how fragile we are…心里都是酸酸的味道,感悟这人生如此脆弱。
Englishman in New York想必写的是Sting的亲身感受吧,欢快的曲风,调侃的语调,你看你看,一个说话带口音(奇怪,英国人不是一向瞧不起美式英语么)、杵着文明棍、不喝咖啡爱喝茶的英国绅士在纽约第五大道上有板有眼地走着,哪怕后面有恶狗追逐,他的步伐也不会就乱了分寸,因为a gentleman will walk but never run。一个在英国读书的朋友说,学校里很多英国女孩子都不和华人同学(主要是内地、香港、台湾两岸三地)讲话,我便叫她去找这一曲来听:“不讲不讲,我才不和你们讲呢,我跟Sting一样,性格得一塌糊涂。”相比Sting其他的单曲,这首歌应该算是一个比较活泼的小品了。
it’s probably me也是情歌,saxophone配得很棒(至于怎么个棒法我就说不上来了,自己去听),还有Eric Clapton的和声和吉他伴奏为这首歌增色不少,Sting的面子真是不小!
fields of gold,写这些文字的同时,我就一直在听fields of gold,不过不是Sting原唱,打口的The Best New Age—Volume 4收录了一个叫John Tesh的家伙用萨克斯吹奏的这一曲。闭上眼睛,想象自己在秋天金黄色的麦田里奔跑,长发被西风拂起,夕阳的余辉洒在发际,映在眸中,空气中流淌着阳光的甜味和麦子的香气,田野尽头,是傻兮兮的稻草人,还有抱着双臂微笑着等我的英俊潇洒勤劳勇敢诚实善良的好哥哥……啊,太美了。疲惫不堪的时候,我总会放上这一曲让自己作一次头脑郊游,百听不厌,百听不厌。
虽然我是说不上Sting的什么时期及他和police的分分合合,但是我是真的喜欢Sting!
2008/02/13 16:05
2007/10/31 13:40Don't... don't you wish we tried?
Do you feel what I feel inside?
You know our love is stronger than pride... oh
No don't... don't let your anger grow
Just tell me what you need me to know
Please talk to me, don't close the door
Hmmm, 'cause I wanna hear you
I wanna be near you
Don't fight, don't argue
Give me the chance to say that I'm sorry
Just let me love you
Don't turn me away
Don't tell me to go
Don't!... Don't give up on trust
Don't give up on me, on us
If we could just hold on long enough
Hmmm, we can do it
We'll get through it
Don't fight, don't argue
Just give me the chance to say that I'm sorry
Just let me love you
Don't turn me away, don't tell me to go
Don't pretend that it's okay
Things won't get better that way
Don't do something you might regret someday...
Don't!
Don't give up on me
Hmm, Don't!
(We can do it) We'll get through it
Don't fight, don't argue
Just give me the chance to say that I'm sorry
Just let me love you
Don't turn me away, don't tell me to go
Don't! (Don't fight dont argue)
Don't give up on me
(Give me the chance to say that I'm sorry)
Say that that I'm sorry
(Just let me love you)
Don't give up on me
(Don't turn me away)
Don't tell me to go
Don't!
(Don't fight don't argue)
Don't give up on me
(Give me the chance to say that I'm sorry)
Say that that I'm sorry
(Just let me love you)
Dont give up on me
(Don't turn me away)
Don't tell me to go...
Album Lyrics: Greatest Hits [2004] 
- Shania Twain - Forever and For Always
- Shania Twain - I'm Gonna Getcha Good
- Shania Twain - UP!
- Shania Twain - Come On Over
- Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like A Woman!
- Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much
- Shania Twain - From This Moment
- Shania Twain - Honey, I'm Home
- Shania Twain - You're Still The One
- Shania Twain - Don't Be Stupid
- Shania Twain - Love Gets Me Every Time
- Shania Twain - No One Needs To Know
- Shania Twain - You Win My Love
- Shania Twain - I'm Outta Here
- Shania Twain - The Woman In Me
- Shania Twain - Any Man Of Mine
- Shania Twain - Whose Bed Have Your Boots
- Shania Twain - Party for Two' (with Mark McGrath)
- Shania Twain - Don't!
- Shania Twain - Party for Two (with Billy Currington)
- Shania Twain - I Ain't No Quitter
- Shania Twain - If You're Not In It For Love I'm Outta Here
2007/09/19 21:21
中午开车到Downtown Bay街上的Indigo书店,中午12:15有Diana Krall的现场演唱,来宣传她的新碟《The Very Best of Diana Krall》。Bloor上可能是因为午餐时间堵车太厉害。赶到那里时演唱的四首歌已经结束。但见Diana Krall坐在那里开始签名。
首次听起Diana Krall其名是在2004年一位朋友在图书馆借了张她的CD 《The Look of Love》。其中的几首歌包括Bésame Mucho都是自己现在最喜欢的。当时在想这样的一位美女怎么会和Jazz联系在一起?后来逐渐收集了她的另外的CD碟,也对她的在Jazz方面的造诣有了一定的了解。Diana Krall在中国也相当出名,号称“爵士红伶”。
拿相机照了几张她正在签名的照片。排队等着给刚买的CD签名。简单说了几句,她在CD的扉页上写下:“To Wilson, Love. - Diana Krall”。

Diana Krall看起来很Elegant,而且很和善地抱了排在我后面的一个婴儿,颇有大师风范。
2007/07/03 03:03







