2011年1月29日

【一首】Adele - Someone Like You

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I heard that you're settled down
That you found a girl and you're married now
I heard that your dreams came true
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you
Old friend, why are you so shy?
It ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light
                       聽說你不再漂泊
                 找到真命天女,如今共結連理
                       聽說你美夢成真
               我猜是她將我所不能付出的給了你
                  老朋友,你怎會如此靦腆?
                 躊躇不決、藏頭露尾可不像你
I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it
I had hoped you'd seen my face
And that you'd be reminded that for me it isn't over
                我厭惡因不請自來的焦慮而現身
                 但我無法保持距離、難以抗拒
                     但願你看見我的面容
                會提醒你對我而言一切尚未終結
Nevermind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead."
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead, yeah
                  不要緊,我會找到另一個你
                我別無奢求、也只要你一切都好
                       請你別將我忘記
                      我還記得你說過:
                    「有時情感會延續為愛
                    有時它則令人心碎。」
                     有時情感會延續為愛
                      有時它則令人心碎
You know how the time flies
Only yesterday was the time of our lives
We were born and raised in a summer haze
Bound by the surprise of our glory days
                     你明白時光如何飛逝
                  只有過往是我倆的生命交集
                   在夏日雲靄中誕生、茁壯
                 由光彩歲月中的驚奇緊緊相繫
I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it
I had hoped you'd seen my face
And that you'd be reminded that for me it isn't over
                我厭惡因不請自來的焦慮而現身
                 但我無法保持距離、難以抗拒
                     但願你看見我的面容
                會提醒你對我而言一切尚未終結
Nevermind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead."
                  不要緊,我會找到另一個你
                我別無奢求、也只要你一切都好
                       請你別將我忘記
                      我還記得你說過:
                    「有時情感會延續為愛
                    有時它則令人心碎。」
Nothing compares
No worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes, they're memories made
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?
                      這份情感無可比擬
                        叫人無憂無慮
            縱使遺憾、誤解也是已成定局的過往雲煙
                 誰又能料想其中的微妙滋味?
Nevermind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead."
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead
                  不要緊,我會找到另一個你
                我別無奢求、也只要你一切都好
                       請你別將我忘記
                      我還記得你說過:
                    「有時情感會延續為愛
                    有時它則令人心碎。」
                     有時情感會延續為愛
                      有時它則令人心碎


  Adele 最新專輯 21 中的終曲。細嚼其中意味,為何要找到「另一
個像你的人」?正是難以忘懷、卻要故作豁達說著不要緊,還下意識
追尋那人的影子。Adele 用苦澀的感情詮釋一段多年後再相見的悲情
戀歌竟是如此入木三分,令人不禁還要期待這位二十出頭歲的女孩接
下來還要用音樂給聽者多少刻骨銘心的體驗!

2011年1月8日

【一張】Natasha Bedingfield - Strip Me (2010)

推薦指數:4.0/5.0

01 Little Too Much
02 All I Need feat.Kevin Rudolph
04 Neon Lights
05 Weightless
06 Can't Fall Down
07 Try
09 Run-Run-Run
10 Break Thru
11 No Mozart
12 Recover
13 Weightless (Less Is More Version)

  距上張專輯睽違兩年之久,英國創作才女 Natasha 終於帶來第三
張錄音室大碟 Strip Me,除了她那不可或缺的能量嗓音外,彷彿要呼
應封面上扮相一般,在節奏、和聲方面也呈現些許民俗元素。
  搖擺著輕搖滾節奏的 Little Too Much 遵循了 Natasha 以小品開
場的慣例,我一直都覺得或許這類小品才是她最擅長的部份,光就同
為 Ryan Tedder 參與的作品 Strip Me 及 Neon Lights 來看,後者或
許不是大熱單曲的路數、卻營造出一股可喜的耐聽風味;其他小品風
格作品如 Run-Run-Run 和 No Mozart 都恰當地在專輯中扮演了銜接
的角色,我尤其喜愛在 No Mozart 曲調、歌詞中那滿溢甜蜜的情感!
  專輯目前有兩首主打歌,成績皆稱不上亮眼,個人認為第一波的
Touch 是比同名主打 Strip Me 出色得多,其中透明感十足的編曲加上
不斷堆疊氣氛引爆高潮的副歌聽來相當過癮;Weightless 民俗風格的
鼓點與和聲彷彿帶人脫離重力、直上雲霄,是本作中我最喜歡的歌曲,
最後的不插電版本也同樣動聽;All I Need 飄散復古舞池節奏,巧妙
取樣 Kevin Rudolph 的 Let It Rock 融於其中,令人不禁也要隨之搖
擺。Recover 為充分展現 Natasha 沙啞嗓音本色 R&B 作品,比起前
幾張專輯中同類型作品 Wild Horses、Still Here 一點也不遜色,可惜
在開頭銜接上稍嫌短促、突兀了些。
  雖然大部分對本作的評價都認為 Natasha 不思進步,但我反而覺
得她是維持住自己一貫獨特的氣質,雖迎合時勢加入了電子風格,但
民俗元素卻打開另一片風情,仍有水平之上的表現。

推薦曲目:Little Too Much/All I Need/Weightless/Touch/No Mozart/
     Recover/Weightless (Less Is More Version)

 
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