01. Got To Have Faith 02. Forever Travelling 03. Devil Sings the Blues 04. Wish You Were Here 05. Dreamer 06. Love to Love 07. The Final Countdown 08. Yesterday's News 09. Since I've Been Lovin' You 10. Hero 11. Suicide 12. Memories 13. Superstitious 14. Rock the Night
其中有四首很棒的翻唱歌曲:
Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here 粉紅佛洛依德的世紀經典! Europe翻唱的不錯, 以前在河岸留言聽過四分衛翻唱 阿山唱的也很優, 當然還是粉紅佛洛依德的原版最棒
UFO-Love to Love 據說當初Europe相當崇拜UFO,有如此一說: 因為UFO有張專輯叫作Force It的原因 所以Europe成軍的時候團名還叫作Force 這首翻唱一定要聽完最後一分半 John Norum(約翰滷蛋)的吉他solo真是令人太感動了
Led Zeppelin-Since I've Been Lovin' You 我想不能拿Europe和Zeppelin來比 當然也不能拿Joey Tempest和Robert Plant來對抗 但這是聽齊柏林必備的歌曲 藍調搖滾萬歲! 聽完中間solo再一次給約翰滷蛋拍拍手 Joey的聲音如果可以再苦一點 這首翻唱就可以說是幾乎滿分了
另外還有翻唱Thin Lizzy(瘦李奇)的Suicide 之前曾經在介紹Gary Moore的時候提過瘦李奇: (按我) 特別需要提的是 在2004年Europe約翰滷蛋回鍋後 重組專輯:『Start From The Dark』裡面 (按我) 他們也替瘦李奇的傳奇人物Phil Lynott寫了一首『Hero』 當然也收錄在這張不插電專輯裡面
看看副歌歌詞, 會有很多感動和共鳴...
You were my hero My Friday night You wrote the soundtrack to my life And gave us kids a chance to dream Days when I had enough You were the rock in my life
You're still my hero My Friday night You wrote the soundtrack to my life You give me something to hold on to As I'm still growing up You are the rock in my life
另外還有許多知名大團改編版本 如:Helloween和Avantasia都改編過的『Lay All Your Love On Me』 而來自德國的速度金屬團At Vance翻唱的最多 『Money, Money, Money』,『S.O.S.』,『The Winner Takes It All』
南瓜頭的翻唱專輯Metal Jukebox
At Vance在1999年發行首張專輯『No Escape』時一炮而紅 除了雙吉他的狂飆與光頭主唱Oliver Hartmann的聲音令人印象深刻外 最令人津津樂道的就是該團改編經典歌曲的功力十分了得 光聽『Money, Money, Money』就很令人期待整張專輯的歌曲 而也讓改編歌曲變成At Vance的專輯模式之一 包含蕭邦, 韋瓦第, 洛基主題曲『Eye Of The Tiger』 80年代英國金團Tears For Fears的經典『Shout』 速彈派愛不釋手的大黃蜂演奏曲『Flight of the Bumblebee』
但說實話, At Vance的原創專輯 個人只有對首張專輯No Escape給予滿分評價 其他並沒有特別地熱愛 也隨著主唱Oliver的離團 我也對這個團的熱衷逐漸降低 但還是相當推薦At Vance翻唱的這些ABBA經典~
At Vance首張專輯 No Escape
Money, money, money Must be funny In the rich man's world
Money, money, money Always sunny In the rich man's world
Aha-ahaaa All the things I could do If I had a little money It's a rich man's world
比如"Fuck the Al Pacino posters"這句 Pacino主演的電影Scarface 『刀疤剋星』 男主角Tony Montana家裡面的擺設如同MTV Cribs裡面一樣 超級大浴缸, 幾百個臥室浴室 樓梯旁邊一定要有金龍或金獅的梯柱 諷刺劇中的Tony奢華的那種模樣 (歌詞是把電影海報當成奢華品一樣謾罵)
另外"Fuck the framed cigar DeNiro smoked" Robert DeNiro是個超級雪茄腔 名人們也都會指明說要"DeNiro抽的那種" 巨星的一言一行其實都會深深影響後人 偶像的偶像若不是更有名的, 不是很沒道理嗎? 所以偶像抽的雪茄, 也被推崇成名流界的風潮 (歌詞是指 上流社會一定要抽這種雪茄才代表身分)
其中最令我不懂的一句"Fuck the silly throw you out joke" 看完MTV Cribs片段後終於了解 在每次節目最後, 名人們都會很跩的請主持人離開 或是假裝要把攝影機, 照相機丟出豪宅之類的 類似營造一種"快點滾 不然把你丟出去"的情境 所以叫做"Throw you out joke"
POS最令人欣賞的 就是那源源不絕的創作動力 也令人好奇在創作的同時, 這些創作團隊是怎麼觀察這個世界 喜歡用弱勢角色來反映這個社會 不管是Perfect Element Pt. I裡面遭受亂倫的小女孩 或是Concrete Lake的受到輻射汙染的前蘇聯核子廢料湖事件 每次POS專輯一出 總會吸引我做功課的渴望 不可否認的, Daniel的歌喉也是很大的因素
花了一些時間, 把歌詞翻譯了一下 希望可以幫助聆聽這首很有味道的歌曲
-------------------------------------------------------- Pain Of Salvation - Cribcaged
The only cribs that we should care for Are the ones that we are here for The ones belonging to our children That do that we do, scar from our wounds
The only cribs that make a difference Where the magic really happens Don't come with a Mercedes Benz Or a wide screen showing nothing Showing nothing...
不同的嬰兒床 帶來的魔力是不同的未來 而魔力真的生效時 伴隨來的不是賓士車 就是一無所有
I'm sick of home control devices Sick of sickening home designers Sick of drugs and gold and strip poles Sick of homies, sick of poses
Despite the nodding staff that serves you Despite your name on clothes and perfume Despite the way the press observes you You're just people... you're just people...
So fuck the million dollar kitchen Fuck the Al Pacino posters Fuck the drugs, the gold, the strip poles Fuck the homies, fuck the poses Fuck the walls they build around them Fuck the bedroom magic nonsense I don't want to hear their voices As long as they vote with their wallets
Fuck the silly "throw you out" joke Fuck the framed cigar DeNiro smoked Fuck their lack of originality and personality Fuck this travesty Fuck this new norm Fuck conformity Fuck their Kristal Fuck their sordity Fuck the way they fuck equality Fuck their freebie gear Fuck the ones they wear
已經出道將近20年的這個妖怪團 每出專輯總是造成震撼與極大的波瀾 今年剛推出新的精選輯: 『Greatest Hit (... And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)』 其中許多名曲都有重新混音 可以聽聽其中有什麼不一樣的編曲
如果說前衛搖滾是搖滾樂的美學代表的話 那DT的音樂真的可稱為『極致的藝術』 雖然很多樂評會不斷地針對DT作剖析 理所當然 也有些褒貶不一的專輯 但對我而言, DT是需要時間消化和沉澱的 不管是初次接觸的憾世專輯『Images and Words』 或是較貼近市場走向的『Scenes From A Memory』 都要慢慢地把這些音符咀嚼到心裡面
而在Joni最經典的專輯『Blue』中 收錄著Joni被翻唱最多次的經典歌曲『A Case Of You』 光是Joni官方網站上面記錄的翻唱版本就有一百多版 包含Tori Amos, Jane Monheit, Prince, K.D Lang都有很棒的詮釋 但我最愛的是Diana Krall在2002年發行的『Live In Paris』版
01.Metallica-Enter Sandman 02.Wham-Careless Whispers 03.George Michael-Faith 04.Roxette-Listen To Your Heart 05.Great White-Love Is A Lie 06.Simply Red-If You Don't Know Me By Now 07.Tesla-Paradise 08.Debbie Gibson-Lost In Your Eyes 09.NKOTB-I'll Be Loving You Forever 10.Led Zeppelin-Stairway To Heaven 11.Great White-Maybe Someday 12.雲豹-蓼莪 13.X Japan-Silent Jealousy 14.Lacrimosa-Siehst du mich im Licht 15.Iron Maiden-Fear Of The Dark 16.Chicago-Look Away 17.Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody 18.Joe Cocker-Sorry seems to be the hardest word 19.Bon Jovi-I'll Be There For You 20.荳荳-繼續等待 21.B-52's-Love Shack 22.伍佰-鋼鐵男子 23.Pain Of Salvation-Iter Impius 24.Eric Johnson-Manhattan 25.Stratovarius-Black Diamond 26.Helloween-Eagle Fly Free 27.四分衛-雨和眼淚 28.Santana-Just feel better 29.The G3 Jam-Smoke On The Water 30.Guns N' Roses-Paradise city 31.Symphony X-A Fool's Paradise 32.Royal Hunt-Clown In The Mirror 33.Europe-Gotta Have Faith 34.Edguy-Scarlet Rose 35.張雨生-口是心非 36.交工樂隊-菊花夜行軍 37.Eagles-Hotel California 38.Queensryche-The Mission 39.James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover 40.Sinead O'Connor-Nothing Compares 2 u 41.U2-One 42.Black Crowes-Hard to Handle 43.Glenn Medeiros-She Ain't Worth It 44.Uli Jon Roth-Venga La Primavera 45.Rembrandts-Just The Way It Is, Baby 46.Beatles-Get Back 47.Gary moore-Still Got The Blues 48.Ozzy Osbourne-Mr.Crowley 49.Eric Clapton-River Of Tears 50.Extreme-Tragic Comedy 51.Blind Guardian-Nightfall 52.Haggard-Of A Might Divine 53.New Trolls-Andante 54.Aerosmith-Walk This Way(Live) 55.Yngwie-Fugue 56.楊乃文-Queen 57.Kamelot-Nights Of Arabia 58.Prince-Purple Rain 59.搖滾東方-寂寞 60.Savatage-Gutter Ballet 61.Steelheart-She's Gone 62.馬郁-下輩子如果我還記得你 63.Damien Rice -The Blowers Daughters 64.Lenny Kravitz-Can't Get You Off My Mind 65.Rolling Stones-Jumpin' Jack Flash 66.Tenacious D-Tribute 67.A.C.T-This wonderful world 68.Mika-Grace Kelly 69.Cinderella-Gypsy Road 70.Sonata Arctica-replica 71.Joni Mitchell-Both Sides Now 72.Shakespear's Sisters-Stay 73.Tom Waits-Alice 74.Fredrika Stahl-Please Let Me In 75.Linkink Park-What I've done 76.Shadow Gallery-Spoken Words 77.Diana Krall-A Case of You 78.可苦可樂 - 蕾 79.New Trolls-The 7 seasons 80.James Blunt-I Really Want You 81.Dream Theater-Stream Of Consciousness 82.Angra-Rebirth 83.Pain Of Salvation-Cribcaged 84.At Vance-Money, Money 85.X Japan–X 86.Chris Cornell-You Know My Name 87.Europe-Almost Unplugged 88.Mr. Children-くるみ 89.Jason Mraz-Geek In The Pink 90.ACDC-Thunderstruck 91.TFF-Sowing the seeds of love 92.Van Halen-Right Now 93.Michael Jackson-Dirty Diana 94.Stratovarius-Forever 95. Def Leppard-Rocker 96.Phil Collins-I Wish It Would Rain Down 97.Billy Idol-Rebel Yell