歌手名:lady antebellum
歌曲名:need you now
Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
Picture perfect memories scattered all around the floor
Reaching for the phone ’cause I can’t fight it anymore
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
For me it happens all the time
It’s a quarter after one, I’m all alone and I need you now
Said I wouldn’t call but I lost all control and I need you now
And I don’t know how I can do without, I just need you now
Another shot of whiskey can’t stop looking at the door
Wishing you’d come sweeping in the way you did before
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
For me it happens all the time
It’s a quarter after one I’m a little drunk and I need you now
Said I wouldn’t call but I lost all control and I need you now
And I don’t know how I can do without I just need you now
Ooh...
Guess I’d rather hurt than feel nothing at all
It’s a quarter after one I’m all alone and I need you now
And I said I wouldn’t call but I’m a little drunk and I need you now
And I don’t know how I can do without I just need you now
I just need you now
Oh baby I need you now
最近非常喜欢听这首音乐,至于原因,也许仅仅是喜欢。用老外们的话说就是“It's amazing”。是的,也许它确实打动了我。我是也算是一个非常喜欢听音乐的人。从我平生听过的第一首英文歌曲“yesterday once more”开始,我非常感激初次给我介绍英文歌的高中英语老师。从此我收集了很多比较经典的英文歌。
80后的我,当然对80后的歌感兴趣,像Avril、alizee、lene marlin、jesse mccartney、coldplay等还有
High School Musical上的一些,他们的歌一直都是我关注的对象。
经常我也在比较和区分英文歌和中文歌的不同之处,先看我在YouTube上摘录的两个网友听了这首歌后的留言:
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This song makes me want to cry. I understand this feeling so much. And yes, I'm posting this at a quarter after one. Complete coincidence. ”“this song reminds me of my mother in law who just lost a horrible battle to cancer, she passed on march 3,2010. Its not about us lol, but she liked songs like these. I know she would have and we would sing along to these when she had a drink or two. we miss you! She changed everyones life.” 我个人也经常比较,这属于文化的范畴了,其实按实际来看也没什么意义。抛开文化差异,我还是说出自己感觉出的3点不同:1.中文歌里最好听最动人是高潮部分,而英文歌里是除去高潮剩余的部分。2.英文歌除了在听觉上给人一种悦耳的感觉之外,它还能给人一种情感精神上的满足,很多歌曲背后都包含一个感人的故事,比如一首“moonlight shadow”,这首歌曾登上英国热歌榜榜首和被英国人使用最多的手机铃声。而这首歌据说就是甲壳虫乐队的创始人,摇滚乐之父约翰列侬的妻子在丈夫被枪杀后纪念他写的。很多中文歌比较短命,红一段时间就被忘记了,就是这个缘故。像“老鼠爱大米”之类的就是典型的代表。太多的爱呀爱的,反而不能表达出更多的感情,被人记住。一般认为,中国的文化要比西方的含蓄,而在音乐上,我觉得恰恰相反。3.英文歌的形式比较自由,无论是曲风还是歌词形式,好像没有特别的格式。
为什么有音乐?人有很多感情无法用语言或肢体等形态表达出来,因而有了音乐。