【560Club復刻記憶】70's 療癒民謠女聲

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週末到了，輕鬆一下，聽一點療癒人心的經典女聲。

聲線動人的瓊拜雅，有民謠皇后之稱。她的反戰形象鮮明，音樂大多帶有社會運動色彩。她曾跟民謠皇帝鮑布狄倫相戀，分手後寫下《Diamond and Rust》，以鑽石和鐵鏽比喻兩人之間的感情，也成為她的代表作。

《Diamond and Rust 》- Joan Baez 1975 
 Well I'll be dammed here comes your ghost again
But that's not unusual.
It's just that the moon is full
And you happened to call
And there sit hand on the telephone
Hearing a voice I'd known.
A couple of hight years ago
Heading straight for a fall

As I remeber your eves were bluer than robin's eggs
My poetry was lousy you said
Where are you calling from?
A booth in the midnest
Ten years ago I bought you some cufflinks
You brought me something
We both know what memories can bring
They bring diamonds and rust

Well you burst on the scene aiready a legend
The unwatched phenomenon the original vagabond
You strayed into my arms
And there you stayed temporaely lost at sea
The madona was your's for free
Yes the girl on the half shell
Coulp keep you unharmed

Now I see you stanfing with brown leaves falling all around
And snow in your hair
Now you're smiling out the window of that crummy hotel
Over washingion souare
Our breath comes out white clouds mingles & hangs in the air
Speaking strickly for me, we both coulp've died then and their

Now you're telling me you're not nostalgic
Then gire me another word for it
you who're so good with words and at keeping things vague
Cause I need some of that vagueness now
It's all come back to clearly
Yes I loved you dearly
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
I've already paid

   

一首好歌可以啟發另一首好歌，家喻戶曉的《Killing Me Softly With His Song》就是這麼誕生的。1971年，民謠歌手Lori Lieberman在一次現場表演中聽了Don Mclean 演唱《Empty Chairs》，深深被打動，於是寫下了一首名為〈killing me softly〉的詩抒發感動。她的同事Charles Fox和Norman Gimbel又把詩譜成歌曲。1973年，歌手Roberta Flack在飛機上聽到了它，當下決定去找原作者，灌錄出版。當年這首歌登上告示牌冠軍，也分別由不同年代的歌手，用不同語言翻唱過，1998年電影《非關男孩》也用了它。

《Killing Me Softly》 - Lori Lieberman 1973
I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style
And so, I came to see him to listen for a while.
And there, he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes.

Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words.
Killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song.
Telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly with his song.

I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd.
I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud.
I prayed that he would finish, but he just kept right on.

Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words.
Killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song.
Telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly with his song.

He sang as if he knew me, in all my dark despair.
And then, he looked right through me as if I wasn't there
But he was there, a stranger singing clear and strong.

Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words.
Killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song.
Telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly with his song.

  

還記得童安格唱的《明天你是否依然愛我》嗎？正是在向這首歌致敬。這是卡洛金和她的丈夫Gerry Goffin合寫的暢銷曲之一，1961的歌，收錄在1971年的Tapestry專輯中，後來獲得四座葛萊美獎。卡洛女王的聲音條件並不優越，但是她的音樂簡單、走心，更影響了後來的Maria Carey、Celine Dion等知名歌手。

《Will you still love me tomorrow》 - Carol King 1971

Tonight you're mine completely
You give your love so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes
But will you love me tomorrow

Is this a lasting treasure
Or just a moment's pleasure
Can I believe the magic of your sights
will you love me tomorrow

Tonight with words unspoken
You say that I'm the only one
But will my heart be broken
When the night meets the morning sun

I'd like to now that your love
Is a love I can be sure of
So tell me now and I won't ask again
Will you still love me tomorrow
Will you still love me tomorrow
Will you still love me tomorrow 

好歌經得起時代的淘汰，歷久彌新。喧囂的世界，總是需要沈澱人心的東西，別忘了，在一首歌的時間裡，我們永遠都是當年那個聽歌的年輕人，青春豐滿，繼續朝著未知的人生邁進。