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有朋友告訴我,好像我聽的和介紹的都是鄉村音樂男歌手的歌曲,是不是有點對於女歌手不感興趣,其實不是,鄉村音樂中有很多非常好的女歌手,如Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton, Shania Twain, Faith Hill,Reba McEntire。我之所以沒有特別提到,是因為多數的女歌手的歌都是比較抒情,相對於我前麵介紹的都比較集中於較窄的範圍。今天我就要介紹一下一個超級女星的一個並不特別出名的歌, Taylor Swift ( 泰勒·斯威夫特)的 Teardrops on My Guitar (吉他上的淚珠).
泰勒·斯威夫特(Taylor Swift),這位幾乎就是90後的創作女歌手,現在是跨越鄉村和流行兩大樂壇,影視歌三棲的超級巨星。當年她在12歲看到 Faith Hill的表演後 , 央求她母親要去 田納西州 鄉村民謠之鄉 納什維爾 追尋自己的音樂夢想,而後在2003年他們舉家從賓州的READING(一個AMISH之鄉)搬遷到Nashville(美國版的孟母三遷吧,不過可不是為了上名校),她從16歲開始發唱片,2008年第二張專輯就成為Billboard冠軍專輯。 2010年,在 第52屆格萊美獎 頒獎典禮上,她共得到 8項格萊美提名 ,並最終獲得年度最佳專輯 、最佳鄉村女歌手 、最佳鄉村歌曲和最佳鄉村專輯4個獎項,這時她還不到21歲,可謂年少成名。在發行四張以鄉村音樂為主題的專輯後,她逐漸轉向到流行樂壇,同時參與影視演出,成為跨界超級巨星。
Teardrops on My Guitar (吉他上的淚珠) 發布於2007年,它的創作靈感來源於 Swift在高中時期的一段暗戀經曆, 一個自己的暗戀許久的男生,隻把自己當作好朋友。當他在自己麵前談論自己喜歡的女生,盡管心中充滿了苦澀的滋味,卻不得不轉出一副假笑,還要時不時點點頭。隻有自己才知道,在夜晚,手捧吉他,獨自麵對夜空,悄悄對流星許下自己的心願,隻願有一天,他能感受到自己的心意。 這是一個青春期男女孩常見的問題,暗戀和表白,傾情與傷心,其實是一個感情成長的過程。
在音樂創作方麵,本歌主要是以輕柔的吉他為和弦背景,Swift通過記述自己的個人經曆,真實地流露出她自己在那個青澀年代的軟弱和無奈,深情款款?。歌曲推出來以後馬上成為Billboard上的TOP5,而且成為暗戀和表白的代表歌曲。
Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so he won't see
That I want and I'm needing everything that we should be
I'll bet she's beautiful, that girl he talks about
And she's got everything that I have to live without
Drew talks to me, I laugh cuz it's just so funny
That I can't even see anyone when he's with me
He says he's so in love, he's finally got it right,
I wonder if he knows he's all I think about at night
He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star
He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do
Drew walks by me, can he tell that I can't breathe?
And there he goes, so perfectly
The kind of flawless I wish I could be
She'd better hold him tight, give him all her love
Look in those beautiful eyes and know she's lucky cause
He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star
He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do
So I drive home alone, as I turn out the light
I'll put his picture down and maybe
Get some sleep tonight
He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only one who's got enough for me to break my heart
He's the song in the car I keep singing don't know why I do
He's the time taken up, but there's never enough
And he's all that I need to fall into
Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so he won't see