丁丁daming |
2009-10-29 06:48 |
Yesterday Once More(昨日重现)
[attachment=410852] 初冬的阳光,带着一丝别样的温暖射入窗栏,听着Carpenters的Yesterday Once More,倏然回到了从前…… 犹记得初次听到这首脍炙人口的英文歌曲时,我还是一个16、7岁的中学生。在一次英文课上,时尚的英文老师用一台录音机播放了这首歌曲。当旋律响起的时候,在我当时还很幼稚的心灵上,竟然激起了一丝丝的波澜——忧郁中却又夹杂着说不清道不明的欢快。当英文老师让我们试着将这首歌曲翻译成中文时,我居然有一种除去巫山不是云的感觉——还有哪种语言能更好地诠释这首美妙的歌曲。 高中毕业后,偶然的机会在音像店买到了Carpenters兄妹的一张合辑,里面收录了他们数年来的经典歌曲 Top of the world、Close to you、Rain days and Mondays……当然少不了这首经典中的经典Yesterday Once More。 再后来,偶然从杂志上看到了对carpenters兄妹的介绍,才惊讶地知道妹妹Karen已经于1983年离开了人世,年仅32岁。当时的感觉除了惆怅,还有一种天妒英才的惋惜之情。 是呀,说到carpenters兄妹,人们不会只停留在上世纪70年代流行歌星这样肤浅的认识上。 The carpenters由Carpenters兄妹组成。 哥哥Richard是个非常有才华的青年,担任钢琴伴奏和制作人,并创作了大量歌曲。像是 Super Star、Rainy days and Mondays、We've only just begun、Sing、 Top of the world、Only yesterday和Yesterday Once More。除了这些黑马外,Richard 的天份还不只这些,他知道要如何巧妙的将乐器和歌声结合在一起。因为这样的功力,使他四度被提名为葛莱美奖最佳制作人。The Carpenters的作品曾被大学拿来作为教材,其中包括了史丹福大学,1997年Richard曾受邀到史丹福大学演讲。 妹妹Karen从小受热爱音乐的哥哥Richard的影响学习乐器,在乐队中一开始担任鼓手,而且她可以同时打鼓和唱歌。Karen·Carpenter嗓音优美,演唱亲切自然,略带伤感,加之他们运用了多轨录音技术,因此他们的唱片无论在艺术上或技术上都非常成功,是当代流行音乐的精品。令人惋惜的是卡伦·卡朋特年仅32岁便过早地离去。她死于神经性厌食症。这是由于她为了保持身材的苗条,长期服用轻泻剂,与长期节食的严重后果。1983年2月4日她死于深爱她的父母怀中。 在她已离开我们的这20年里,Karen的歌声曾陪伴多少失意于爱的人度过了多少阴雨连绵的日子,谁也没算过。这样与其说是悲哀,不如说安静地唱着: when I was young I'd listen to the radio waiting for my favorite songs when they played I'd sing along, it make me smile. those were such happy times and not so long ago how I wondered where they'd gone. but they're back again just like a long lost friend all the songs I love so well. every shalala every wo'wo still shines. every shing-a-ling-a-ling that they're starting to sing so fine when they get to the part where he's breaking her heart it can really make me cry just like before. it's yesterday once more. (shoobie do lang lang) looking bak on how it was in years gone by and the good times that had makes today seem rather sad, so much has changed. it was songs of love that iIwould sing to them and I'd memorise each word. those old melodies still sound so good to me as they melt the years away every shalala every wo'wo still shines every shing-a-ling-a-ling that they're starting to sing so fine all my best memorise come back clearly to me some can even make me cry just like before. it's yesterday once more. (shoobie do lang lang) every shalala every wo'wo still shines. every shing-a-ling-a-ling that they're starting to sing so fine every shalala every wo'wo still shines. every shing-a-ling-a-ling that they're starting to sing |
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