我喜歡的Tracy Chapman:Give me one reason

Tracy Chapman以溫熱的靈魂樂歌聲直率的表露內心對社會現象的觀察，她那平實且厚實的情感音質，凝聚了歌詞與歌聲的情感力量，一首細膩呈現絕望人生的真切小品《Fast Car》深深的喚醒社會的良知，首張同名專輯全球銷售突破千萬張大關，並勇奪葛萊美獎最佳新進藝人、流行女歌手、最佳當代民謠專輯等3項大獎，更蟬連英美兩地排行榜的冠軍王座。

Give me one reason


Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around
Said I don't want leave you lonely
You got to make me change my mind

Baby I got your number and I know that you got mine
But you know that I called you, I called too many times
You can call me baby, you can call me anytime
But you got to call me

Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around
Said I don't want leave you lonely
You got to make me change my mind

I don't want no one to squeeze me - they might take away my life
I don't want no one to squeeze me - they might take away my life
I just want someone to hold me and rock me through the night

This youthful heart can love you yes and give you what you need
I said this youthful heart can love you and give you what you need
But I'm too old to go chasing you around
Wasting my precious energy

Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around
Said, I don't want leave you lonely
You got to make me change my mind

Baby just give me one reason - Give me just one reason why
Baby just give me one reason - Give me just one reason why I should stay
Said I told you that I loved you
And there ain't no more to say

Tracy Chapman-Fast car



Tracy Chapman的歌聲情緒始終如一，慢慢的堆積成一種動人的力量，這樣的力量也隨著一張張專輯的發表而更加貼近聽者的心靈。她的歌曲之所以得到極高評價大部分原因在於音樂上和時下的流行趨勢背道而馳，她選擇了樸實的民謠使人連想到Bob Dylon的批判性，加上節奏藍調又感覺沒有說教的意味，歌曲如同說故事一般平易，成功表達了作曲者本身對社會提出的多方探討、政治的觀點與人心靈深處的自省。

自1988年以同名專輯與其中單曲“Fast Car“進入歌壇並且一鳴驚人以來，崔西．查普曼(Tracy Chapman)就一直被視為創作型才女歌手。1964年出生於美國克裏夫蘭，1986年拿到大學人類學學位後，繼續在波士頓尋求發展。1988年的首張專輯(Tracy Chapman)不僅在英美兩地都拿下排行冠軍，在第31屆葛萊美獎上崔西．查普曼抱走“年度新人”、“流行女歌手”、“最佳現代民謠專輯”三座大獎。、95年專輯《New Beginning》也持續展現作品的親合力，分別締造英國金榜冠軍、全美流行專輯榜TOP 4的排行佳績，曆年5張專輯全球銷售超過3400萬張。從《Talkin' Bout A Revolution》、《Baby Can I Hold You》、《Crossroads》、《Bang Bang Bang》到96年榮獲葛萊美獎最佳搖滾歌曲獎《Give Me One Reason》與深刻內省的《Telling Stories》，Tracy Chapman那種將敘事民謠與自我觀點合而為一的唱作風格，樹立了歌者用歌聲抒發觀點與情緒的絕佳典範，其對言論與情感表達的深刻影響力不下於Sting、Peter Gabriel等傑出歌手。 受邀參加Bob Dylan入行30年紀念演唱會、Lilith Fair音樂祭、Bob Marley致敬演唱會的Tracy Chapman於2002年發表專輯《Let It Rain》，在此張與製作人John Parish (Beck、P J Harvey、Eels)、鼓手Joey Waronker (R.E.M.、Smashing Pumpkins)、吉他手Joe Gore (Tom Waits)合作的作品裏，Chapman獨特的觀點與情緒再次清晰表露。