美国乡村歌手约翰·丹佛(John Denver),你大概知道。YouTube上的John Denver频道,有77万多订户。 6park.com他的《安妮之歌》,你也许知道。上述频道发布的这首歌的官方音频 + 歌手图片的播放量3035万多,是《安妮之歌》在那里流量最大的版本。 6park.com而约翰·丹佛演唱的《阿拉斯加和我》,你大概不知道。我这样说的部分原因是,下面嵌入的《阿拉斯加和我》的YouTube视频,播放量25万多。相比之下,《乡村路,带我回家》的一个版本,YouTube播放量2616万多。
熟悉的歌手的新鲜的歌,这是个容易让人产生好感的新旧搭配组合。你也许喜欢他的风格,但已经听腻了《乡村路,带我回家》这类老歌。那么你可以“今日听君歌新曲”了。
约翰·丹佛是中国改革开放后最早“歌飞华夏”的少数几个美国歌星之一,其乡村歌曲和华人的亲和度比较高。很多华人爱听,不少人也会唱几首。
例如他的名曲《高高的洛矶山》(Rocky Mountain High)和《乡村路,带我回家》在中国也有名。1979年,中国副总理邓小平访问美国,约翰丹佛在肯尼迪艺术中心演唱这两支歌欢迎他,还为邓小平带上一顶牛仔帽。
1990年代我在美国首都华盛顿郊区的“狼阱”剧场看约翰丹佛的演唱会,遇到一些来自台湾的青年男女。我们成长背景不同,但都是他的歌迷。
下面嵌入的YouTube视频是《安妮之歌》 Annie's Song。 有英文和中文歌词字幕。 6park.com本坛活跃网友“过客无名”在本帖的第一稿下面介绍这首歌的创作背景说:“约翰有了外遇,安妮气愤异常,但又舍不得放下;犹豫间,约翰为了挽回安妮,写下了这首乡村歌曲经典中的经典。” 6park.com“过客无名”还评论说,《安妮之歌》是他(这个代词对吗?)最喜欢的歌曲,然后他用不少篇幅说明了原因: 6park.com【来看歌词,
You fill up my senses
Like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again
像不像男女朋友或夫妻吵架的过程,
刚开始,女人隐忍怒火,男人小心翼翼,胆战心惊,所有毛孔都张开去感觉女人的怒意:
You fill up my senses
开吵前的平静就像夜晚的森林,静谧无比;又象春天的高山,沉静冷漠。
Like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime
爆发,男人感觉既象在暴雨中狼狈疾走,又象被沙尘暴困住茫然无助
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
突然,一切都安静下来,一切恢复如初,一切都变得那么深沉,如沉睡的蓝海
Like a sleepy blue ocean
如此过程,时不时重复一次
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again 6park.com
哈哈哈哈,生活本就如此。
歪解,开个玩笑。】 6park.com
上面这首歌和下面这首歌也是一种新旧搭配。对我来说,《安妮之歌》是老歌,《阿拉斯加和我》是新歌。对你来说也如是吗?
《阿拉斯加和我》 Alaska And Me 歌词:
When I was a child and I lived in the city,
I dreamed of Alaska so far away.
And I dreamed I was flying over mountains and glaciers,
Somehow I knew that I'd live there one day.
Well it took me some growing, and a fair bit of schooling,
and a little bit of trouble to get on the move.
And I felt like a loser but I turned out the winner,
when I came to Alaska the land that I love.
Here's to Alaska, here's to the people,
here's to the wild and here's to the free.
Here's to my life in a chosen country,
here's to Alaska and me.
I was born in a cabin on little Mulchatna,
raised in hard times but I had a good life.
From the first time I flew with my father a singing,
I knew that I'd wind up a bush pilot's wife.
We sleep near the sound of a slow running river
and wake up most mornings to a drizzling rain.
And we face every day like the first or the last one
with nothing to lose and Heaven to gain.
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贴主:Weiggg于2021_12_28 13:36:18编辑