xw在那边回忆起披头士,简直如数家珍,我就蜻蜓点水地凑个热闹,从1969年到1989的二十年间,选出十首自己曾经浪费过不少时间的英文歌,谈不上最爱或者 最佳,但一定是十首让人过耳不忘的歌曲。
1969,《Bridge Over Troubled Water》, by Simon and Garfunkel,
选这首作为八十年代所有中国大学的第二校歌,应该没有多少异议。记得最初歌名的翻译还没有定论,有人非常小资地译为《忧愁河上的金桥》,结果一炮打响。比之与这对搭档同时期的其他金曲,这曲金桥摆脱了简单的民谣风格,完全凭借匪夷所思的旋律Sophistication取胜。很多排行榜把这首歌列入摇滚经典,我觉得有点不伦不类,但谁叫它诞生在那个本身就异类的年代?
1970,《Spring Summer Winter Fall》, by Aphrodite's Child
提起《春夏秋冬》,有人更快会想起刘文正一首同名中文歌,那也该算经典之一了(比较小儿科那种)。可一旦听过这首希腊人对时光的咏叹,即使麻木到坐骨神经的中年人也会被打动。作曲Vangelis后来为许多好莱坞大片配乐,最出名的是电影《1492》年中的Conquest of Paradise合唱。
上面这个有人像的,可惜音量太小,下面这个链接的效果更好:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoRQ4x_czLs&feature=related
1972, 《Send in the Clowns》,by Judy Collins
Send in the Clowns这句话的本意,是马戏团在转换道具场景的片刻,及时派出小丑出台,以避免气氛的冷场。但是作为一首隐晦的情歌,来戏说两人间的尴尬,意味就更长了,很多名女人尝试演绎过,Judy Collins是最早也是最好的。
1974, 《Every Breath You Take》,by Sting
这首歌推出的时候,斯汀还是Police乐队中的一员,但现在这首歌几乎归于他个人的名下。台下的作风,斯汀和其他摇滚人没啥差别,但台上“极度有节制的放肆”,是我听他歌曲一直总的印象。
1976, 《Hotel California》, by Eagles,
作为成人寓言的这首歌,每句歌词都值得反复品味。比较一致的意见是,Hotel California本是一座精神病院,歌中提到的Colitas是毒品,前台小姐就是物质女孩,等等等。"I said to myself, this could be heaven, or this could be hell", "some dance to remember, some dance to forget", 却是每每唱到最后,这句话最让人绝望:"You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave!" 这个现场版的小号前奏,是CD原唱中没有的,衔接得出奇的好。
- posted on 03/12/2009
先挖个坑,稍后再填五首。从youtube转来视频太麻烦了,欢迎各位推举自己的最爱:)
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1976,《Torn Between Two Lovers》,by Mary MacGregor
取材于苏联小说《日瓦戈医生》的这首歌,本来是讲述一个男人爱着妻子,但又同时喜欢上了另一个女人。由于题材的敏感,当时没有任何男歌手愿意接手,结果词作者略作了修改,再找到急于成名的Mary MacGregor,使她遂愿而声名鹊起。
1984, 《Hello》, by Lionel Richie
前面说《忧愁河上的金桥》是大学第二校歌,这首《Hello》就可堪称为八十年代高中校歌的山寨版了:) 不过当年传颂的,是里奇的曲调重新填词、由周峰首唱的《眼之魅》,也算得上天衣无缝的洋为中用。这个Youtube版本是后来重拍,采用了老师爱上盲人女学生的故事,让人不能不服气,搞MTV的创意就是强。
1984, 《Still Loving You》,by Scorpions
如果有挑选看现场的机会,我现在最想买票的就是Scorpions的演出,庞大的管弦乐队殿后,合声伴唱居中,古装模特儿穿插其间,还有可以媲美春晚的舞美设计:)我以前提到过这支德国乐队的《Wind of Change》也棒,但那主要是MTV上蒙太奇的剪接,现场强大的冲击力又是另外一码事:
下面这个《Still Loving You》的另一个现场版链接,但被禁止Embedding,里面有陈美小姐的友情客串。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spNOKwlVu6o
1984, 《A Sight for Sore Eyes》, by Tom Waits
Tom Waits这个糟老头是空前绝后的,要么像街头躲也来不及的乞丐,而一旦被喜欢上,就立马升华为钟爱了,其间没有模棱两可的gray area。可惜他这首歌知名度不大,在Youtube上竟然没有找到,只有委屈大家发挥想象力了,前奏用了一点滥熟的《Old Long Since》,先让人莫名共鸣。酒气熏天的社会最最底层人,脱口就唱出真正诗人的知觉,其歌词全文如下:
Hey sight for sore eyes its a long time no see
Workin hard hardly workin hey man you know me
Water under the bridge didya see my new car
Well its bought and its payed for parked outside of the bar
And hey barkeeper whats keepin you keep pourin drinks
For all these palookas hey you know what I thinks
That we toast to the old days and dimagio too
And old drysdale and mantle whitey ford and to you
No the old gang aint around everyone has left town
cept for thumm and giardina said they just might be down
Oh half drunk all the time and Im all drunk the rest
Yea monks till the champion but Im the best
And hey barkeeper whats keepin you keep pourin drinks
For all these palookas hey you know what I thinks
That we toast to the old days and dimagio too
And old drysdale and mantle whitey ford and to you
I guess you heard about Nash he was killed in a crash
Hell that must of been two or three years ago now
Yea he spun out and he rolled, he hit a telephone pole
And he died with the radio on
Now shes married and with a kid finally split up with sid
He’s up north for a nickles worth for armed robbery
Hey I’ll play you some pin ball hell you aint got a chance
Well then go on over and ask her to dance
And hey barkeeper whats keepin you keep pourin drinks
For all these palookas hey you know what I thinks
That we toast to the old days and dimagio too
And old drysdale and mantle whitey ford and to you
1989, 《Like A Prayer》, by Madonna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro52LgM64MI
几乎玛姐的每一首歌都像飞毛腿导弹,射程远,杀伤力大,让人又爱又怕,所以这首《像个祈祷者》,一定要边听边看MTV,才能体会那种蓄意埋伏的震撼。发行日期刚好在幻觉破灭的1989,天安门,柏林墙, life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone,现在回忆起来,这些政治的大风大浪都熬过来了,眼下这场经济危机还不是小菜一碟?只要信仰在,阵地就在,祷告者又不是神本身,人人都可以假装一回:)
- Re: 1969-1989 十首英文歌曲推荐posted on 03/12/2009
我抛几块砖头,年限不祥。无意跟老瓦捣乱,看到老歌想起从前。
6. Air Supply, making love out of nothing at all
7. Phil Collins, another day in paradise
8. Rod Steward, first cut is the deepest
9. ..., toy soldiers
10. U2, end of the road
回头接着抛。 - posted on 03/12/2009
也非常喜欢这一首,有着那个年代特有的sentiment,还有Phil Collins 的很多歌都很好听。
老瓦 wrote:
1969,《Bridge Over Troubled Water》, by Simon and Garfunkel,
选这首作为八十年代所有中国大学的第二校歌,应该没有多少异议。记得最初歌名的翻译还没有定论,有人非常小资地译为《忧愁河上的金桥》,结果一炮打响。比之与这对搭档同时期的其他金曲,这曲金桥摆脱了简单的民谣风格,完全凭借匪夷所思的旋律Sophistication取胜。很多排行榜把这首歌列入摇滚经典,我觉得有点不伦不类,但谁叫它诞生在那个本身就异类的年代?
- posted on 03/13/2009
I would like to add a few that I have "wasted" some time back in China (including songs might have had come out before 1969, but it is between 69-89 that I had heard of it, like Moon River)
6. Yesterday once more (The Carpenters, 1973)
http://www.wikio.com/video/810510
7. Rivers of Babylon (Boney M, 1972)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm1g8FFRArc
8. Moon River (Andy Williams - Moon River (1961))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flm4xcOyiCo
it is interesting to see that there are so many interpretations of "California Hotel": http://www.inthe70s.com/generated/lyricsmeaning.shtml : High life, drugs, prison, even aliens ... - Re: 1969-1989 十首英文歌曲推荐posted on 03/13/2009
Phil Collins, another day in paradise
以前的一个男朋友就是唱了这首歌,使我着迷了。
我觉得他唱得比Phil Collins还好听,嗓音更有魅力。
《Hotel California》至今对这首歌都是喜爱无比,那旋律使心颤。
- Re: 1969-1989 十首英文歌曲推荐posted on 03/13/2009
我在国内也把能买到的外语歌磁带都买了,那时磁带是六块,还是八
块一盒,省了不少酒肉钱。不过大多是选集,听得不够彻底,出国后
一直没时间回炉。Phil Collins很熟,Air Supply。
这一线应该热闹,老瓦再贴! - Re: 1969-1989 十首英文歌曲推荐posted on 03/13/2009
十首太难选,来个全集不是更好?
老瓦 wrote:老瓦是指那期间喜欢上的歌,还是喜欢的那期间的歌?
,从1969年到1989的二十年间,选出十首 - Re: 1969-1989 十首英文歌曲推荐posted on 03/13/2009
谢谢各位参与哈,后面几首,可惜没和大家的推举合拍:) rzp说的介绍全集,那显然不现实,还是青菜萝卜各选各爱比较民主。(另外,我当然是指69-89出品的,穿开裆裤的哪能听懂流行歌曲:)
rzp wrote:
十首太难选,来个全集不是更好?
老瓦 wrote:老瓦是指那期间喜欢上的歌,还是喜欢的那期间的歌?
,从1969年到1989的二十年间,选出十首 - Re: 1969-1989 十首英文歌曲推荐posted on 03/14/2009
老瓦,别忘了你的同胞 Diana Krall。我原来根本不知道加拿大有如此一歌手。有次在魁北克因故比计划多留大半日,甚觉无聊,随便逛进一家唱片店,正好听见她的嗓音,更是惆怅想家啊。那歌叫 Peel Me A Grape,咋个转过来?
另外一个是来自瑞典的liza ekdahl (Cry Me a River)可惜她很少露面,唱片也不多。女孩子的嗓音唱Jazz 好听的不多,这两位难得。
- posted on 03/15/2009
老瓦 wrote:
先挖个坑,稍后再填五首。从youtube转来视频太麻烦了,欢迎各位推举自己的最爱:)
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1984, 《A Sight for Sore Eyes》, by Tom Waits
Tom Waits这个糟老头是空前绝后的,要么像街头躲也来不及的乞丐,而一旦被喜欢上,就立马升华为钟爱了,其间没有模棱两可的gray area。可惜他这首歌知名度不大,在Youtube上竟然没有找到,只有委屈大家发挥想象力了,前奏用了一点滥熟的《Old Long Since》,先让人莫名共鸣。酒气熏天的社会最最底层人,脱口就唱出真正诗人的知觉,其歌词全文如下:
Hey sight for sore eyes its a long time no see
Workin hard hardly workin hey man you know me
Water under the bridge didya see my new car
Well its bought and its payed for parked outside of the bar
And hey barkeeper whats keepin you keep pourin drinks
For all these palookas hey you know what I thinks
That we toast to the old days and dimagio too
And old drysdale and mantle whitey ford and to you
No the old gang aint around everyone has left town
cept for thumm and giardina said they just might be down
Oh half drunk all the time and Im all drunk the rest
Yea monks till the champion but Im the best
And hey barkeeper whats keepin you keep pourin drinks
For all these palookas hey you know what I thinks
That we toast to the old days and dimagio too
And old drysdale and mantle whitey ford and to you
I guess you heard about Nash he was killed in a crash
Hell that must of been two or three years ago now
Yea he spun out and he rolled, he hit a telephone pole
And he died with the radio on
Now shes married and with a kid finally split up with sid
He’s up north for a nickles worth for armed robbery
Hey I’ll play you some pin ball hell you aint got a chance
Well then go on over and ask her to dance
And hey barkeeper whats keepin you keep pourin drinks
For all these palookas hey you know what I thinks
That we toast to the old days and dimagio too
And old drysdale and mantle whitey ford and to you
这个是不是可以一听,尤克里里一只,真不简单。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXfOeWaRhVo&feature=related - posted on 03/15/2009
hello and hotel california也在我的list上。Hello 的那个MV拍得不错.
看来Phil Collins得票比较多哈. Phil Collins的盒带,那时候我宿舍的一个看我成天听,非要跟我借, 结果给搅了带, 害的我半夜三更在水房里把盒带拆开一点一点弄平. 也不知是那盘带质量好还是搅得轻或者老天发慈悲,竟然给我修复了,也没有变音.
Air Supply也很有特色. (同时期红?) 还有Julio Iglesias, (All of You, Moonlight Lady, etc). 再后来有了音乐天堂之类的,就狠狠收集了一批.
老瓦 wrote:
谢谢各位参与哈,后面几首,可惜没和大家的推举合拍 - Re: 1969-1989 十首英文歌曲推荐posted on 03/15/2009
Thanks Lao Woa.
Love listening to the songs, my son enjoy them also.
Commentary for each song are even better. I learn something new again.
Please open a thread about top ten poems or top ten poetry books for 80s .
Can rzp make a music thread like the book list thread so that we can access those wonderful sites easily whenever we wanted to be a little nostalgic. - Re: 1969-1989 十首英文歌曲推荐posted on 03/16/2009
What's wrong with me? Seems everybody likes phil collins, I like his look, but his songs and voice are too soft, I like raw stuff...Tom Waits is my favor :-) - posted on 03/16/2009
我更喜欢 Julio 的儿子,Enrique(Hero 等歌都很好听),很深情的拉丁帅哥。:)
moab wrote:
hello and hotel california也在我的list上。Hello 的那个MV拍得不错.
看来Phil Collins得票比较多哈. Phil Collins的盒带,那时候我宿舍的一个看我成天听,非要跟我借, 结果给搅了带, 害的我半夜三更在水房里把盒带拆开一点一点弄平. 也不知是那盘带质量好还是搅得轻或者老天发慈悲,竟然给我修复了,也没有变音.
Air Supply也很有特色. (同时期红?) 还有Julio Iglesias, (All of You, Moonlight Lady, etc). 再后来有了音乐天堂之类的,就狠狠收集了一批.
老瓦 wrote:
谢谢各位参与哈,后面几首,可惜没和大家的推举合拍 - posted on 03/16/2009
鹿同学不要跑题,这里是怀旧,又不是选秀:) yc说的对,儿子比老子帅。
July wrote:
What's wrong with me? Seems everybody likes phil collins, I like his look, but his songs and voice are too soft, I like raw stuff...Tom Waits is my favor :-)
七月不喜欢人家的发式吧? 听听这一首嗓音温柔的,一样raw哈:))
Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits, 1985
These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms
Through these fields of destruction
Baptism of fire
I've witnessed all your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms
There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones
Now the sun's gone to hell
And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms - Re: 1969-1989 十首英文歌曲推荐posted on 03/17/2009
caoye, will do it tomorrow, when I got a chance.
caoye wrote:
Thanks Lao Woa.
Can rzp make a music thread like the book list thread so that we can access those wonderful sites easily whenever we wanted to be a little nostalgic. - Re: 1969-1989 十首英文歌曲推荐posted on 03/18/2011
ti - Re: 1969-1989 十首英文歌曲推荐posted on 03/18/2011
马上要去机场,潦草几句。
谢老哥又提线,这十首的主观性太强,完全不能代表一个时代,最多代表某个人的狭隘世界。无穷多一线乐队都很棒,要理清楚各个年份确是一件超级体力活。等回来再学习你的线!
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