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最温情的声音-献给梵高的歌-Vincent
一首写给凡高(Vincent van Gogh)的歌,许多年来,这一直
是我听过的最最温情的声音:For they could not love you /But still your love was
true /And when no hope was left inside /On that starry,
starry night /You took your life as lovers often do……
(他们不喜欢你,但你的爱却依然真挚,在某个星夜下,当感
到没有希望的时候,你仍然对你的生命像一个爱人那样对待……)
本歌又名“星光灿烂的夜”,即是梵高一幅画的标题。这首关于梵高
的动人歌曲受到了世界各国人们的喜爱,时至今日,它那质朴深情的
旋律仍每天回荡在阿姆斯特丹的梵高博物馆里。
Vincent (Starry Starry Night) Don McLean
Starry, starry night Paint your palette blue and gray Look out on a summer’
s dayWith eyes that know the darkness in my soul Shadows on the hills Sketch
the trees and the daffodils Catch the breeze and the winter chills In colors on
the snowy linen land.
Now I understand What you tried to say, to me And how you suffered for your
sanity And how you tried to set them free They would not listen, they did not
know how Perhaps they’ll listen now...
Starry, starry night Flaming flowers that brightly blaze Swirling clouds in violet
haze Reflect in Vincent’s eyes of china blue Colours changing hue Morning
fields of amber grain Weathered faces lined in painAre soothed beneath the
artist’s loving hand.
Now I understand What you tried to say, to me And how you suffered for your
sanity And how you tried to set them free They would not listen, they did not
know how Perhaps they’ll listen now...
For they could not love you But still, your love was true And when no hope was
left insideOn that starry, starry night You took your life as lovers often do But I
could’ve told you, Vincent This world was never meant for one as beautiful as
you...
Starry, Starry night Portraits hung in empty halls Frameless heads on nameless
wallsWith eyes that watch the world and can’t forget Like the strangers that you’
ve met The ragged men in ragged clothesThe silver thorn, a bloody rose Lie
crushed and broken on the virgin snow.
Now I think I know What you tried to say, to me And how you suffered for your
sanity And how you tried to set them free They would not listen, they’re not
listening still Perhaps they never will...
艺人名称:Don McLean
唱片名称:《梵谷之歌(精选)》
出版公司:EMI唱片
发行公司:
发行日期: 2001-8
唱片风格: 欧美劲爆
纽约民谣摇滚歌手 美国精神永恒代表
经典推荐:荷兰银行梵谷卡2001年首选广告金曲“VINCENT”
电视剧《流星花园》指定配乐之抒情发烧曲“AND I LOVE YOU SO”
玛丹娜2000年为电影《好事成双》翻唱正宗主题曲“AMERICAN PIE”
“我是个歌手,就这么简单 ─ 唱歌,找歌,写歌,录歌。糟糕的是,最近大家的焦点都放在音
乐录像带上,而非歌曲本身。在这个领域里面,音乐的价值被贬低了。当然,棒棒糖也缩水了,
政治人物也变笨了,什么地方都看得到代用品。不久以后,人们也不知道自己听的根本不是真材
实料的音乐。”— 唐麦克林/Don McLean
不过Don McLean可是货真价实;对他而言,音乐尚未死去。他在全世界赢得十二张金唱片单曲
、专辑则有二十五张金唱片、十张白金唱片,举行过十次世界巡回演唱会,拥有一大堆经常被人
翻唱的名曲,即使如此,一聊起自己的音乐,他仍然充满热情。
1971年发行的《American Pie》专辑,在美国专辑榜的冠军宝座停留了七周,并在英国专辑榜
停留了一年多。American Pie是1970年代最著名也最让人耳熟能详的两首歌曲之一,这首歌在
美国单曲榜的冠军位置停留了一个多月,并打入英国单曲榜前三名,被视为流行音乐的重要里程
碑。当然这首歌在2000年由玛丹娜翻唱时,同样地再度成为世界各国的畅销曲。
Don McLean被全世界的人尊崇为流行音乐的资深政治家,他广大的歌迷总是热切地期待他的
国际巡回演唱,而如今他也不再是拒绝演唱“American Pie”。或许当最后一期《Life》杂志
在封面写上斗大的American Pie,McLean才明白这首歌是一首意义多么重大的作品。
但这绝不是McLean唯一的经典畅销曲,向画家梵谷致敬的“Vincent”、灵感来自电影明星
Fred Astaire的《Wonderful Baby》及分别翻唱自Buddy Holly、Roy Orbison的经典曲
“Everyday”与“Crying”等16首歌曲都是20世纪人类流行乐史的不朽金曲。