[2006-10-18]SARA K.——「Vincent」



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彈、唱、作俱佳的Acoustic女詩人

莎拉K強而有力的金嗓,精緻地融合了民謠、藍調及搖滾等美國西南部樂風,創作力極豐沛的她,以極細膩綿密而詩韻唯美的個人原創音樂,帶領樂迷暢遊體驗美國的原鄉風貌。

15歲開始玩吉他,說[玩],是因為她別出心裁地改造了她的樂器。她把佛朗明哥吉他的弦都拆了下來,然後在佛朗明哥吉他的琴身上,再裝上從貝斯上拆下來的四根弦,改造之後的琴音,比一般的吉他聲音更低沉,卻又不致於低到像貝斯那麼低。

17歲便開始俱樂部及酒吧的演唱工作,得到許多現場聽眾的熱烈迴響,也因此更確信自己應該往音樂之路發展。在70年代末期,當整個西洋樂壇的流行趨勢及樂迷的口味,都已逐步脫離不插電的acoustic solo的表演方式,而轉向更多的電子化的帶電製作及演出,她卻毅然決定堅守原聲器樂(acoustic)的表演,不但自組樂團,偶爾也演唱鄉村音樂及一些廣告配樂。

自1978年至1983年,她帶領著「莎拉K及不睡男孩樂團」,在新墨西哥州及洛城等地巡迴,也跟鄉村樂手Gary Nunn一起表演,後來當她搬到聖塔菲,便灌錄了個人第一張專輯”Gypsy Alley”。
 
“Gypsy Alley”專輯的錄製,徵召了飆風吉他手Bruce Dunlap的參與,也因為先前Bruce已經為Chesky錄製了兩張專輯,他便因緣際會地把她介紹到Chesky,此後便在Chesky廠牌的全力支持下,發行了”Closer Than They Appear”(似遠還近JD67 ),”Play On Words”(俏皮話語JD105),”Tell Me I’m Not Dreamin’”(絕非夢境JD133 ),”Hobo”(JD155流浪人兒 ) “No Cover”(原汁新味-現場錄音JD185 ) 和”What Matters”(一生最愛JD210)等專輯。2003年的精選輯 ”The Chesky Collection”()15首經典代表作品,完整紀錄了一代發燒天后最令人難以忘懷的時刻及餘韻繚繞的原味美聲。

目前定居在新墨西哥州的莎拉,曾以”Gypsy Alley”獲得新墨西哥州唱片公會的年度最佳專輯大獎。剛出道時,雖然樂評總喜歡拿她跟美國民謠女唱將Joni Mitchell來超級比一比,事實上,莎拉早就以用她個人創作,証明她的功力絕非偶然,更無須複製任何前輩的成就,唯一的雷同處,大概就是那種同樣讓人感到靜謐優雅的曲風吧。97年她和德國名樂手Hui Cox聯合巡演,票房銷售一空;她也為了凱文科斯納的電影『2013終極神差』(The Postman)的電影原聲帶,幕後獻聲。她在“No Cover”(原汁新味-現場錄音)的表演中和銷魂喇叭手、兩度葛萊美獎得主-恰克曼裘尼,有著令人驚嘆的互動。在為美國民謠巨匠-丹佛格柏的專輯擔任吉他彈奏及合聲,作為配角,同樣地稱職及精彩。

Vincent這首歌原唱是Don McLean,每次聽到這首歌都會沈醉在裏面,在講述著一個故事......




Vincent歌詞:

Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer’s day
With 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

Chorus:
Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they did not 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
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist’s loving hand

Chorus:
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
But I could have 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 walls
With eyes that watch the world and can’t forget
Like the strangers that you’ve met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
The silver thorn of bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they did not how
Perhaps they’ll listen now
They did not listen they’re not listening still
Perhaps they never will




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