最近我從利澤簡家搬了以前的CD.


我看到了這首歌.想起為我私奔而無法跟家中聯繫的女友


那單純又對未來充滿期待的愛.


築了一個愛巢.雖然沒有公正.但相知相守甜甜蜜蜜的過了5年多


我們分手了.那椎心之痛也許正避免我們如歌詞結局般悽慘


謝謝你帶來我生命中最精采的一段


並不時憶起


這段淚眼盈框美好的回憶.


THANK YOU  AND I LOVE YOU






Tracy Chapman-Fast car



You got a fast car
I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere

Any place is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we’ll make something
But me myself I got nothing to prove

You got a fast car
I got a plan to get us out of here
I've been working at the convenience store
Managed to save just a little bit of money
Won’t have to drive too far
Just cross the border and into the city
You and I can both get jobs
And fin'lly see what it means to be living

See my old man’s got a problem
He lives with the bottle that’s the way it is
He says his body’s too old for working
I say his body’s too young to look like his
My mama went off and left him
She wanted more from life than he could give
I said somebody’s got to take care of him
So I quit school and that’s what I did

You got a fast car
Is it fast enough so we can fly away
We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight or live and die this way

I remember when we were driving driving in your car
Speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You got a fast car
We go cruising to entertain ourselves
You still ain’t got a job
And I work in the market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better
You’ll find work and I’ll get promoted
We’ll move out of the shelter
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs

So I remember when we were driving driving in your car
speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You got a fast car
I got a job that pays all our bills
You stay out drinking late at the bar
See more of your friends than you do of your kids
I’d always hoped for better
Thought maybe together you and me'd find it
I got no plans I ain’t going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving

So I remember when we were driving driving in your car
speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so you can fly away
You gotta make a decision
You leave tonight or live and die this way


Tracy Chapman,當代樂壇上最有份量的歌手/詞曲作家之一。1988年,Tracy以獲葛萊美獎肯定的多白金同名專輯,開啟了她的音樂旅程,其後,1989年的多白金專輯「Crossroads」、與1992年的「Matters Of The Heart」專輯,突顯了她是現代樂壇最獨特的聲音之一。樂評對她的推崇,在1995年的多白金唱片「New Beginning」發行後達到極點,該張專輯中的11首歌,由TracyDon Gehman所製作,獲許多樂評肯定為當年最佳專輯之一,其中的Give Me One Reason一曲,則為她拿下了第四座葛萊美獎。如今,Tracy Chapman的第五張專輯「Telling Stories(故事的真相)就要發行,她的音樂旅程將再度延續下去。

Tracy
樂於挑戰自己的態度,形成了她在製作新專輯「Telling Stories」時的方法,她表示:「當我在做一張專輯時,我的目標就是盡目前所能,呈現出最棒的成果,錄製的每一個步驟中,我都試著貫徹這樣的想法。我為此專輯構思了一個概念,所有的歌曲都將以歌聲與吉他為主導,在進錄音室之前,我已擬好了編曲與合音的部份(Emmylou HarrisThe Only One擔任合音),所以進錄音室後,我們只要找到合適的方法,呈現出我的構想就可以了。」

為了讓此構想實現,Tracy Chapman邀請了她長期合作搭檔David Kershenbaum參與這張專輯,他曾製作過Tracy的頭兩張專輯。Tracy說:「我們倆合作無間,當我與他聊天時,他談到在音樂製作方面,他一直在從事技術上的革新,我對此很有興趣,認為這將會契合我的構想。我們兩個之所以合作無間,一方面是我們都盡所能呈現歌曲,另一方面,在現代科技與很多舊設備的幫助下,我們也試著讓專輯盡可能的高傳真。」

兩人的努力成就了多首讓人過耳難忘的作品,像是鼓點伴奏連續精彩的It's OK;融合獨特編曲手法與Tracy動人說故事本領的標題曲Telling Stories。「David讓錄製的過程變的比較簡單,我們彼此激勵對方做到更好,而不是安於現狀。」Tracy說。

Tracy
對社會現象的洞察力,也在歌曲中透露出來,帶有預言意味的Nothing Yet,省思了黑人在美國的進展,一針見血的歌詞from 40 acres to a 40 ounce ,伴隨著紮實鏗鏘的吉他弦音,撼動聽者的心。

「總是有人問我,是否覺得現狀已經改善?」Tracy說,「大體上來說,已經有所改善,但是對黑人、婦女或是環境而言,也變得比較好嗎?我想,如果和上一分鐘比較,這一分鐘我們可以給予肯定的答案,但是,通常突然間會發生一些令人震驚的事,動搖了你對人類的信心。同樣的社會系統可能奴役人類、釋放人類,也可能監禁人類,我想,我們現在正處於一個低潮的年代,但是事情總是有好轉的機會。」

Tracy Chapman
從不害怕坦承自己的心聲。她在俄亥俄州的克利夫蘭長大,自8歲起就開始創作歌曲,獲獎學金進入康乃迪克州知名Wooster School就讀,在Tufts大學拿到人類學學位後畢業。她在Harvard Square街頭,以及附近俱樂部、咖啡廳中的演出,使她獲得樂壇人士的注意。1988年發行了傑出的首張專輯,經典作品Fast Car吸引了整個流行樂壇的焦點,此張專輯銷售量超過了一千萬張,也為Tracy拿下葛萊美最佳新進藝人等三項大獎。

Tracy Chapman
擅長在衝突的事件中,仍保持同情憐憫的態度,在Paper And Ink一曲中可見一般,「這首歌描寫的是事物虛幻的本質,我們(這_指的是廣泛普遍的「人類」)怎麼能如此堅信一些事情,而不相信其他的事,我們對『真實』與否的看法,可以毀滅我們,也可以拯救我們。我們為何能相信每天碰觸面對的東西,不論是一張紙,或是一塊鐵,但是卻不相信這世界建構的大理論。」

此專輯的標題曲Telling Stories涵蓋了多層次的意思,捕捉到Tracy作品中敏感微妙、錯縱複雜的兩面,她說「它的意思可指說一個謊話,或是一個特別的告白,而以另一種層面來說,它也表示了我們所說所寫的事,不一定都是真實的,對說者而言,或許是真的,但是它可能並非全然真實。」

Tracy
無畏無懼的真知遠見,與她歌曲中所透露的社會關懷,使她通過時間的考驗而屹立歌壇不搖,她對「真實」的追求,貫徹了新專輯「Telling Stories」,引發所有聽眾發自內心的情感共鳴,也使得此輯成為她至今最震撼人心的作品。


Tracy Chapman-Fast car


 


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