Wednesday, June 15, 2005

背景歌如此。

摘自1999年的wakin英文翻唱Art GarfunkelCrying in my sleep。原唱是较为流畅的欧美原音风格,年轻人为爱所困,却并不沉溺;wakin则重新演绎为一个东方男人的苦闷,十分作悲,节奏变慢,编曲一律用纯的钢琴。

不过wakin的嗓音实在太好了。这样一来,变成了一种清凉的夏日晨曦的滴语,而且字正腔圆的发音,也将其东方化了。 起源于1999年夏天某个早晨,我听到这种声音,竟然不觉落泪。operator said“can i help you please?”那是这种无奈无言“no thanks baby tonight there are not help for me”。『我怎么了? 我只是做个恶梦罢了』。将悲剧扼于初起,使之真的悲到无语。那时的晨曦,清凉若水,就如crying in my sleep结末冰凉的钢琴音一般无二。

You see I just had a bad dream。『我只是做个恶梦罢了。』

改唱的变化,往往非常明显。比如Knock'in on heaven's door这个经典歌曲,GNR唱到了极致,wakin拿来重新唱一次,节奏感大大减弱了,而且GNR独有的地狱气息,也不复存在。但是听过之后,还是觉得好,因为wakin的嗓音太好了。

ps:最新听到wakin、李宗盛将到PKU去义演捐助2008年奥运会,一时间竟然激动了一下。因为自从成为hardrock青年,我已经不再耽于周华健很久了。
Crying my sleep
I took a walk around the yard
I dug the flowers till it got too hard
Smoked my first pack of cigarettes today
Then I went down, down to Lucy?s old cafe
I put a half a case away
Took a sleeping pill and I tried to watch TV
But you know baby, the leading lady
Looked too much like you for the likes of me

And I woke up crying in my sleep
I was talking to your pillow
And I reached out to touch your hand
And knocked the phone off the night stand
An the operator said "Can I help you please?"
And I said "No thanks baby, tonight there ain?t no help for me,
You know I just had a bad dream."
That?s all that?s wrong with me
You see I just had a bad dream.

Went out to loosen up the car
Somehow I wound up at the Rainbow Bar
I had a scotch and soda on the run
But I didn?t get too far.
I ran down some friends I used to know,
I dragged them out to see the show
I ran myself a bath and I tried to read your book
But you know baby, this time it just didn?t seem
Worth all the time it took

And I woke up crying in my sleep
I was talking to your pillow
And I reached out to touch your hand
And knocked the phone off the night stand
An the operator said "Can I help you please?"
And I said "No thanks baby, tonight there ain?t no help for me,
You know I just had a bad dream."
That?s all that?s wrong with me
You see I just had a bad dream.

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