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  • Y!Song(2)—-“These are the days”

    Posted on February 3rd, 2010 Dany 1 comment

    果然我没法做到真正的”每日一歌“,呵呵,太忙太懒太没效率了。

    这次要介绍的这首是我前几天在豆瓣电台听到的,英国的新派爵士青年Jamie Cullum的”These are the days“,收录在他04年发行的第二张专辑—–让他一炮而红的《Twentysomething》里。

    他翻唱了很多经典的爵士名曲,比如Billie Holiday的“What a Difference a Day Made”,经典歌舞电影《雨中曲》主题曲”Singing in the rain”,我喜欢这两首要甚过于今天介绍的这首”These are the days”,因为他翻唱得太好听了!现在的年轻歌手玩爵士的也不少,但是玩出花样玩出个性的不多,Jamie Cullum是那种会让没听过爵士的年轻人立马爱上爵士的歌手,他的歌声可以很沧桑很深情,却也可以很high很狂野,一首歌里面会有很多情绪起伏,编曲很大胆,比如”Singing in the rain”跟原版真的是完全不一样的感觉,节奏感鲜明,除了jazz外有点rock又有点soul。

    “These are the days”属于jazz偏pop一点,是他哥哥Ben为他而写的,琅琅上口,适合在KTV里面唱(很显然KTV里是没这歌的)。

    These are the days that I’ve been missing
    Give me the taste give me the joy of summer wine
    These are the days that bring new meaning
    I feel the stillness of the sun and I feel fine
    Sometimes when the nights are closing early
    I remember you and I start to smile
    Even though now you don’t want to know me
    I get on by, and I go the extra mile

    These are the times of love and meaning
    Ice of the heart has melted away and found the light
    These are the days of endless dreaming
    Troubles of life are floating away like a bird in flight

    These are the days
    These are the days
    These are the days

    I’ve thought you said that love would last forever
    Leave and that the tears would end for good
    I told you that we get through any weather
    Maybe that didn’t work out
    But we did the best we could

    These are the days that I’ve been missing
    Give me the taste give me the joy of summer wine
    These are the days that bring new meaning
    I feel the stillness of the sun and I feel fine

    PS. 前年看过的一部感人的家庭题材电影《Grace is gone》的同名主题曲也是他唱的,当时一直听却没注意到他。

    “Grace is gone”…….

  • 禁止嚼钢琴

    Posted on March 18th, 2009 Dany 5 comments

    看到这个封面就让人有想听的冲动,照片拍得挺性感。一开始以为是这个女歌手的专辑,看了资料才知道是一个四人乐团,从洛杉矶回到台湾发片,封面这个就是女主唱。

    这张EP取名叫《禁止嚼钢琴》,音乐肯定是跟钢琴有关,听了下果然第一首”Sound Of  Havens”就是钢琴曲,而且非常好听,鉴于前阵子听了很多Jazzy Hiphop,这首听起来就让我想到那些,恩,直接可以做beat了。

    第二首“傀儡咒”才开始听到女主唱的声音,挺黑色的风格,特别喜欢这首歌的前奏…

    “十月十四”,为什么不是十月十二呢(是我农历生日),这首比较抒情,有点刚出道的F.I.R的感觉,但是整个编曲却是十分出彩的,前奏和中间的keyboard都很棒。

    “Brushing Autumn Leaves”又是一首1分钟的钢琴弹奏,很安静很舒服。

    最后一首“钢琴与小步舞曲”,编曲非常大气,应该是整张EP最好听的一首吧(其实都很棒)!

    已经满久没有下专辑了,很多都是直接在网上听了几下就没再听了,这张EP绝对值得下下来一听再听(听钢琴弹奏真的很爽)!

    在他们的SV页面看到不少好看的照片,地址在此


    这是他们没有收录在EP中的一首demo“风景”。