自从上次的《盖世英雄》乐评之后，有近3个月没有写了。感觉有些手痒，呵呵。翻箱底地找出
力宏翻唱的一些英文歌，谈谈自己的感受。
P.S. 如果观看很卡的话，请暂停一下，等缓冲一会儿再看。
Showtime No.1: <Piano Man> ——共饮杯酒人生观看地址：
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHYECIY88iY原唱：Billy Joel
原唱试听:
http://202.101.235.104/884fsdcxaf/xr/0018/13.Wma如果对原唱感到陌生的话，提起那首WESTLIFE翻唱的<uptown girl>, 你一定记得那个轻快的旋律，而Billy Joel的成名曲就是这首<Piano Man>. Billy Joel 是美国70年代中期出道的巨星，
专辑销量光是美国就超过了6千万！在他的
音乐里，你能听到百老汇式的故事，Beatles风格的流畅旋律，添加上些许Jazz钢琴的小小华丽。
力宏的翻唱是在唯一专辑宣传时期，上哈林的节目。第一遍听就仿佛觉得由内心生出的一股力量，对生活的某种企及。
先来说配乐，虽然是完全采用原曲的形态，但力宏的钢琴和口琴师的配合不得不说是这次完美翻唱的一个亮点！钢琴奏出三连音和弦，很舒服地打着牌子，口琴声悠扬隽永，在
演唱间隙肆意地飘着，给整首歌做了很巧妙的穿针引线。乐曲开头的Jazz piano, 带着些许无厘头的俏皮，把口琴的那种过于浓郁的乡村风格中和一下，于是小酒吧里的piano man正式开唱。。。
再说力宏的演绎，
经典之处不言而喻，是在高音部分，很切合歌词和桥段的爆发，很契合歌词里那唱出小人物生活的感觉。没有破音，带上隐约的沙哑，却不失力度。在高潮段落间的衔接，力宏也处理得很到位，有用气声控制音量演唱，以此突出高音部分的爆发感。于是，便会在一首歌里柔和了轻声吟唱和引吭高歌两种截然不同的感觉，却依然流畅感十足。
最后，想说，个人最爱这首歌的歌词。让我想起
电影<杯酒人生>。一个小小的酒馆里，诉说着世间百态，带着自我调侃的意味，为碌碌无为开脱着，也为未来谋划着。小人物们的生活，或许是平淡不济的，但他们的生活却依然开着窗，撒满阳光。
附上歌词：
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The Regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and gin
He says, "Son, can you play me a memory
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes"
La la la, de de da
La la, de de da da dum
Chorus:
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
He says, "bill, I believe this is killing me."
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"
Oh, la la la, de de da
La la, de de da da dum
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the navy
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone
Chorus
sing us a song you're the piano man
sing us a song tonight well we're all in the mood
for a melody and you got us feeling alright
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see
To forget about life for a while
And the piano, sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, what are you doin' here."
Oh, la la la, de de da
La la, de de da da dum
Chorus:
sing us a song you're the piano man
sing us a song tonight
well we're all in the mood for a melody and you got us
feeling alright
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本帖最后由 lunarsun 于 2007-10-5 00:17 编辑 ]
