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Katie Melua凯蒂·玛露19岁,生于前苏联的乔治亚共和国,成长于莫斯科、黑海、北爱尔兰及伦敦。小时梦想可以从政或成为史学家的她,就读英国表演艺术学校时被名音乐纸作人Mike Batt慧眼发觉,签入独立厂牌DRAMATICO旗下。2003年底,首支单曲“The Closest Thing To Crazy”发行便强登英国金榜Top 10。不久,广获好评的首张专辑一举挤下英伦人气天后Dido/蒂朵、击退Norah Jones,荣获6周英国金榜后座,成为英国2004开春迄今最畅销专辑。声线兼备蓝调、民谣、爵士味道的Katie Melua,常被乐评拿来与诺拉·琼丝相提并论。但她那相较甜美清澈的年轻嗓音,让人遥想起已逝的跨界流行爵士美声Eva Cassidy。而在被Mike Batt发掘的那天,Katie所演唱的正好就是受Eva启发而学下的创作曲“Faraway Voice”。此外,她也自承在音乐方面受到Queen、Joni Mitchell、Bob Dylan和印度音乐及爱尔兰民谣等多类乐风的影响。
19岁的Katie拥有一种独特的嗓音,如果硬要把她当成“英国版Norah Jones”,还不如说她更接近Eva Cassidy。多变化的歌声和情绪起伏刚好和专辑要呈现的老蓝调和Jazz调调的歌曲吻合,而她擅长的吉他也有莫大发挥,加上Mike Batt的多首创作,使得《Call Off The Search》原创味道浓厚,其中她翻唱英国蓝调英雄John Mayall的64年经典曲《Crawling Up A Hill》流畅的演绎和歌声的掌握都让人惊艳不已;*到了俏皮的《My Aphrodisiac Is You》,Katie又化身成一位柔媚歌姬,把歌词中的复古性感飙到极限,而不管是著名经典《Learnin The Blues》或是Randy Newman的旷世名曲《I Think Its Going to Rain Today》,Katie的版本同样不遑多让。当然,也有如首支单曲《The Closest Thing To Crazy》这般浪漫至性的恋曲,以少女的口吻娓娓道来,加上弦乐的编曲,那种举棋不定的不安自然征服人心。我特别喜欢的是《Blame It On The Moon》,复古的感觉,如果搭配一个落寞的爱情电影画面,会挺棒的;《Tiger In The Night》则有份清新的告白。
不过,要说整张专辑最让人深深动容的加分歌曲,绝对由《Faraway Voice》拔得头筹,这是Katie特别向偶像Eva Cassidy致敬所独自创作的歌曲,从歌声和风格都可听出她受Eva影响至深,歌曲一开始的吟唱马上让人回想到Eva歌声风采,那浓烈的想念灵魂叫人不忍却也要坚强,也看到了一位年轻歌手怎样朝偶像的步伐前进。
katie melua - the closest thing to crazy
how can i think i'm standing strong,
yet feel the air beneath my feet?
how can happiness feel so wrong?
how can misery feel so sweet?
how can you let me watch you sleep,
then break my dreams the way you do?
how can i have got in so deep?
why did i fall in love with you?
chorus:this is the closest thing to crazy i have ever been feeling twenty-two, acting seventeen,
this is the nearest thing to crazy i have ever known,
i was never crazy on my own.
and now i know that there's a link between the two,
being close to craziness and being close to you.
how can you make me fall apart then break my fall with loving lies?it's so easy to break a heart;
it's so easy to close your eyes.
how can you treat me like a child yet like a child i yearn for you?how can anyone feel so wild?
how can anyone feel so blue?
chorus :this is the closest thing to crazy i have ever been feeling twenty-two, acting seventeen,
this is the nearest thing to crazy i have ever known,
i was never crazy on my own.and now i know that there's a link between the two,
being close to craziness and being close to you....
and being close to you, and being close to you.
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在这个炎热的午后,我们找来一只舒缓的歌,送给正在路上奔波正在工作中忙碌的人
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