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Originally posted by milleniac
這三張看起來很有趣
可否請教AIR與掙脫合唱團
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掙脫合唱團
以下簡介來源:唱片側標
人生苦短理當及時行樂,但是生活上的諸多事物卻常叫人觸景生情,對於在洛杉磯聖法蘭多山谷地區長大的John Ondrasik而言,他就希望能結合一群音樂人與非音樂人的力量熱情地去實踐歌曲與意念的真諦,於是他就以Five For Fighting作為筆名/藝名,融合自己身為鋼琴家/諷刺作家/時事評論家的多重身份,並召集其他音樂伙伴,藉著Five for fighting(*原是曲棍球罰則,指的是被罰下場五分鐘等待再度上場的球員)隱喻挑戰音樂工業這隻龐然巨獸,努力地讓別人聽見自己的歌曲,卻能依然保有不平凡與誠實的精神,同時也是Ondrasik抒懷、吶喊與譴責態度的表徵。
首張專輯的American town就是Ondrasik看待美國大環境的人文風采的心情隨筆唱作,碰觸快樂、寂寞、絕望、希望、困惑與英雄主義等心理層面,在鋼琴與人聲渾然天成的和諧感裡,兼具抒情小品的人文風采與悅耳動容的特質,發揚了如Carole King、Billy Joel、Counting Crows、Elliott Smith流派詞簡情深的唱作風采,擁有加州大學洛杉磯分校應用數學的學士學位,更讓Ondrasik培養出凡事分析的性格,這樣的背景讓Five For Fighting的唱作能夠不經意的解析微妙的情感,部分歌曲力邀Goo Goo Dolls、Beck混音高手Jack Joseph Puig捉刀,首支單曲Superman榮獲Billboard成人抒情榜冠軍,並因此獲得葛萊美獎最佳團體提名,而歌曲就以家喻戶曉的超人帶出人們一方面希望自己無所不能但卻又無所適從的茫然與矛盾;Michael Jordan以籃球英雄麥可喬登直盲目的偶像崇拜心理;Bloody Mary(A Note On Apathy)以血腥瑪麗暗喻世間的冷漠;而在具有搖滾情歌型是的Easy Tonight中大聲疾呼反對自殺的見解;Love Song藉由小孩觀點探究離婚議題;帶點美國內戰時祺阿帕拉契山區編曲調調的The Last of American是一則關於一個寧願被活埋也不願活在自己所厭惡的世界的諷刺寓言,American Town則是哀嘆美國近來逐漸蔚為風尚的謊言文化。American Town讓John Ondrasik的心聲被聽見,那你呢?
Superman
I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find
The better part of me
I'm more than a bird...I'm more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
It's not easy to be me
Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I'll never see
It may sound absurd...but don't be naive
Even Heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed...but won't you conceed
Even Heroes have the right to dream
It's not easy to be me
Up, up and away...away from me
It's all right...You can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy...or anything...
I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees
I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
It's not easy to be me
我覺得除了曲入耳外,掙脫合唱團的詞都寫得很棒