得與失之間

自從上星期跟黃大煒合唱過後，本週已經完全提升到另一個檔次，之前一直覺得她少了點什麼。聽不懂粵語，

但閻亦格唱到讓我真的覺得，一切隨風吧！



讓一切隨風 曲︰大野克夫 詞︰黃霑

風中風中　心裡冷風　吹 失了夢
事未過去　就已失蹤 此刻有種種心痛

心中心中　一切似空 天黑天光都似夢
迷迷惘惘　聚滿心中 追蹤一片冷的風

各種空虛 冷冷冷　
吹起吹起風裡夢
過去的心　火般灼熱
今天已變了冰凍　

記憶中　突然又痛
只因空虛再作弄
你似北風　吹走我夢
就讓一切隨風

這首來自於Wicked的歌曲被Glee改編成男女合唱，我個人非常喜歡。而這創意來自於在Glee飾演同性戀的Chris Colfer，他從小就很喜歡這首歌，每天都哼唱著，但高中的表演總是給女生唱，他不服氣，他覺得他的聲音可以唱上去，所以自告奮勇，想挑戰自己。


Glee劇情演到老師在選定這首歌曲之後，理所當然的把主唱給Rachel，但Kurt不服氣，後來他的爸爸跑來學校吵，爭取到試唱的機會，讓其他同學評比誰唱的比較好！




因為身份的關係，不只他在學校被欺負，也常常有人打電話到爸爸的修車廠騷擾，Kurt意識到，就算他爭取到這角色，只會給自己和心愛的家人帶來更多麻煩，因此他選擇故意唱破音來保護自己和爸爸，把主唱讓給了Rachel。



原聲帶收錄的版本唱的影集不太一樣，讓兩人有更多的合唱，當然Kurt也沒有唱破音，很動人！



Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules
Of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes: and leap!

It's time to try
Defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I am defying gravity
And you wont bring me down!

I'm through accepting limits
''cause someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, I'll never know!
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Well, if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost!

I'd sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And you wont bring me down!

I'd sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And you won't bring me down!
bring me down!
ohh ohhh ohhhh!

I don't know what I've done
Or if I like what I've begun
But something told me to run
And honey you know me it's all or none

There were sounds in my head
LIttle voices whispering
That I should go and this should end
Oh and I found myself listening

'Cos I dont know who I am, who I am without you
All I know is that I should
And I don't know if I could stand another hand upon you
All I know is that I should
'Cos she will love you more than I could
She who dares to stand where I stood

See I thought love was black and white
That it was wrong or it was right
But you ain't leaving without a fight
And I think I am just as torn inside

'Cos I dont know who I am, who I am without you
All I know is that I should
And I don't know if I could stand another hand upon you
All I know is that I should
'Cos she will love you more than I could
She who dares to stand where I stood

And I won't be far from where you are if ever you should call
You meant more to me than anyone I ever loved at all
But you taught me how to trust myself and so I say to you
This is what I have to do

'Cos I dont know who I am, who I am without you
All I know is that I should
And I don't know if I could stand another hand upon you
All I know is that I should
'Cos she will love you more than I could
She who dares to stand where I stood
Oh, she who dares to stand where I stood

被譽為美國的吉他之神，看完這段影片才知道原來吉他可以這樣彈！

太帥氣了吧！

當然，在六個小時之前事情不是這樣的...

今年鄉村樂年度最佳藝人是觀眾投票的，面對來勢洶洶的泰勒妹，Carrie是很危險的，為了表達我對她的愛還有支持，昨天晚上我有傳簡訊投票給她，最後木下果然順利連莊！

曾有個戀人跟我說： 「你的世界太單純了，所以你才會覺得我對你那麼重要。」

我哭了好久，不明白單純愛著一個人，怎麼會是一種錯誤。


後來我離開他，去遠方讀書，經歷了很多事，也愛了一些人，卻總是因為同樣的執著而受

傷，因為太想要擁有卻反而失去。

很多年之後我才知道， 單純不是錯誤，是這個世界太複雜。

大部份的人在還沒真正擁有時，就因為害怕而急著離開。

以上是“我們沒有在一起“的原作者寫下的…



我們沒有在一起
詞:黃婷 曲:陳韋伶

你一直說的那個公園已經拆了
還記得盪著鞦韆日子就飛起來
漫漫的下午陽光都在臉上撒野
你那傻氣 我真是想念

那時候小小的你還沒學會嘆氣
誰又會想到他們現在喊我女王
你哈哈笑的樣子倒是一點沒變
時間走了 誰還在等呢

這杯咖啡忘了加糖
真不是我那麼傷感
世界太複雜 你說單純很難 我當然都明白

可是呀只有你曾陪我在最初的地方
只有你才能了解我要的夢從來不大
我們沒有在一起至少還像情侶一樣
我痛的瘋的傷的在你面前哭得最慘

我知道你也不能帶我回到那個地方
你說你現在很好而且喜歡回憶很長
我們沒有在一起至少還像家人一樣
總是遠遠關心遠遠分享

那條路走呀走呀走呀總要回家
兩隻手握著晃呀晃呀捨不得放
你不知道吧後來後來我都在想
跟你走吧 管它去哪呀

我們沒有在一起至少還像朋友一樣
你遠遠的關心其實更長

Not many artists are better and more powerful live than on albums, thanks to things like autotune and electronically manufactured instruments. Carrie Underwood is a big exception.

Fans became privy to this fact at the Mullins Center on Saturday night during Underwood’s second appearance at the University of Massachusetts. The 2005 winner of “American Idol” sang songs from each of her three albums, and even brought the crowd back to the “Summer of ‘69.”

Underwood was preceded by two openers, Sons of Sylvia and Craig Morgan. Both acts are obviously great performers, but Sons of Sylvia really shone when they took the stage during Underwood’s set to sing a duet in “What Can I Say?” with lead singer Ashley Clark’s raspy voice meshing well with Underwood’s falsetto.

Craig Morgan elicited a surprising crowd reaction. Many in the plaid-shirted, cowboy hat-adorned audience seemingly knew the words to many of his tunes, including current single, “This Ain’t Nothin’,” a touching song about overcoming loss.

Morgan is fairly well-known in the country genre due to his well-performed “That’s What I Love About Sunday,” a favorite of Saturday’s crowd which hit the top of country charts in 2005. Unfortunately, he’s not recognized much out of the country spectrum, but if the crowd’s reaction to him Saturday was any indication, he’s sure to be popular elsewhere someday.

Despite all of the positive feedback the two opening acts received, ear-piercing screams hit an all-time high the very moment the lights went down after an intermission, signaling Underwood’s entrance.

To the former number one U.S. Billboard Hot Country Song, “Cowboy Casanova,” Underwood rose from beneath the floor on a plush couch. She was decked out in a glittering tuxedo, the first of her six outfits.

Other outfits included a red suit, a blue ball gown, a remarkably short mini (about which Underwood herself said “No more can come off this!”) and a fiber-optically enhanced dress, which the audience saw during “Change.” A visually amazing feature, the dress echoed the happenings taking place on the massive screen behind Underwood – a fireworks show. The dress seemed awfully hard to move in, but no one appeared to notice.







arious portions of the show called Underwood’s private life to attention. The most obvious aspect was during the stirring “Mama’s Song.” Underwood took to a large, rotating piano at center stage. The featured background was a slideshow of various family pictures of Underwood and her mother, from infancy through present day. In tune with Underwood’s recent winter engagement to fiancé Mike Fisher, the ballad was about a mother’s youngest finding someone who treats her right. The crowd erupted when a photo of Underwood and Fisher appeared, ending the song.

Another aspect of her relationship was put on display during the second song, “Quitter.” While it was performed well, the whirring slot-machine background was enough to make anyone dizzy. During the song, which is ironically about being a quitter in relationships, the monitors featured a sweeping shot of the singer, lingering for a moment on the massive rock on her left hand.

The concert was punctuated with simultaneous audience hand clapping and singing along. During one song in particular, “Temporary Home,” which Underwood introduced as “one of my favorite songs ever,” the singer seemed overcome with emotion at the end, and the crowd’s voices seemed louder than her own.

The only small lull came in the middle of the show, when Underwood performed a series of ballads. They were visually appealing, with Underwood donning a beautiful blue ball gown and swinging from a rope swing in the middle of stage.

Any essence of a respite was brought to a screeching halt when Underwood took to the bed of a small, bedazzled truck that flew from a suspended track out into the middle of the audience during a cover of “Country Roads Take Me Home,” a song heard at the Mullins Center many times before, though usually at hockey games, never in this fashion.

It’s was obvious that Underwood loves to perform, even before she admitted she loves every song on every album she’s made. From powerful ballads like “Just a Dream” and her virtual duet with Randy Travis, “I Told You So,” to “Before He Cheats” and “Undo It,” which can’t be described as anything less than badass, all eyes were locked on the diminutive singer all night.

A clearly exceptional artist, Carrie Underwood provided an amazing evening at the Mullins Center on Saturday night. Even Simon Cowell would have been proud.



Kate MacDonald can be reached at kaitlynm@student.umass.edu.

兩位很喜歡的歌手在同一個週末開演唱會是令人興奮的事情，還來到家門口，不到五分鐘的車程就可以聽現場，比在台北去小巨蛋還近，不去好像會很後悔很後悔...

話說當初Carrie官網先預告有2010 Play On Tour，我就留言說來MA要來Worcester，一星期後公布日期地點果然就來Worcester，怎麼可以不去呢？

只是當初為了省錢買最便宜的票，坐在舞台的側邊雖然直線距離離舞台比較近，但音響效果很差也無法看到整個舞台，演唱會結束之後感嘆，應該要為心愛的人付出更多阿...

我無法與負責暖場的Sons of Sylvia產生共鳴，偏偏他們唱了半個多鐘頭，好不容易以為結束了，結果卻是Craig Morgan上來繼續暖場。Craig大叔把這個場弄得跟自己的演唱會一樣，還跑進人群跟觀眾握手，拿相機玩起自拍，讓我訝異的是身邊的小女生都可以跟著他一起唱歌呢！

七點半開始的演唱會，Carrie一直到九點十分才以"Cowboy Casanova"出場！


(JOHN FERRARONE)

一開始她坐在紅色的躺椅上，唱這首新專輯主打歌炒熱氣氛，穿著皮褲一整個有cowgirl的狠勁，她已經不是AI第四季參加audition的村姑了！還沒有喝水就接著馬上唱"Quitter"，還有讓全場安靜下來的" I Know You Won't"。聽完這首歌我實在搞不懂泰勒妹怎麼可以一直拿到最佳vocal的獎，她的創作很棒，但現場演唱根本無法像Carrie一樣，在高音域轉來轉去又能很有感情的唱歌！這首歌沒有歌迷一起合唱，因為沒有人唱得上去吧！

同時我也感覺到，音響快爆了...

為了不輸給泰勒妹，Carrie脫掉白色的夾克，拿起了吉他唱起"Some Hearts"！我是第一次看到Carrie拿吉他！




今晚Carrie在最短的時間內換了很多服裝，第一次換裝就穿得像Dinney Pricecess一樣，演唱令人感傷的"Just a Dream"，一首在講新郎在結婚前戰死在伊拉克無法回來參加自己的婚禮，新娘希望這是一場夢的悲傷故事，Carrie一層一層的唱上去真的很痛徹心扉。

在大家情緒還沒有回復的時候馬上接著新專輯我最喜歡的一首歌"Temporary Home"，當天Carrie並沒有提到負責載這一次巡迴演唱會的貨車司機出車禍身亡的事情，我是過幾天才看到報導才知道車禍發生在前一晚，第三段唱到"I can see God's Face"時，她停頓了一下，那一瞬間是靜止的，她在跟上帝對話。

全場舞台設計的爆點是Carrie搭上藍色的pickup在空中演唱John Denver的經典歌曲"Take Me Home, Country Roads."



樂評說

"And who was behind the wheel? My guess is Jesus, the driver in another Underwood tune."

所以她下車之後接著演唱她的The very first song in the first  album，"Jesus, Take the Wheel"


我實在不能理解為什麼Sons of Sylvia唱歌不能每次都像跟"What can I say"這樣好好唱，開場的吼叫超過我耳朵負荷，好在他們在Carrie到後台換衣服的時候繼續唱完這首歌時有把這首歌無奈的情感延續下去。

當Carrie演唱我第一次認識她聲音的" I Told You So"時，舞台布置成Grand Ole Opry，我猜測是因為在那一次演唱後Randy Travis親自從後台走出來，稱讚Carrie唱得比自己還好，能得到原唱的肯定和接下來的合作機會，對Carrie來說是很大的鼓舞。拜科技之賜，Travis還是透過畫面跟這小女孩合唱了這首經典。

Carrie Underwood 在Grand Ole Opry演唱得I told you so


能看到Carrie彈吉他已經很難得了，竟然還有機會看到Carrie彈鋼琴演唱"Mama's Song"





最後的安可曲跟我猜的不太一樣，我以為她會唱Inside your heaven，結果是"Last Name"和"Before He Cheats"，唱這兩首歌時應該是木下全場最辣的時刻了！



兩個小時，整整唱了二十三首歌，雖然音響出了幾次爆音，木下還是臨危不亂的把自己的聲音保持在最佳的狀態，縱使因為場地位置的關係有好幾度聲音聽起來是有距離感的，但還是不得不讚嘆這小女子在舞台上的爆發力跟渲染力！希望有一天她有機會到各國巡迴演出，讓更多人見識到她那能把故事說得很動人的聲音！

冬天結束了，天氣也悶熱了起來，頭疼看不下書，寫不了報告。原本想把心得拖到明晚過後

再寫，但腦海一直浮現布雷先生的歌聲，彷彿在催稿一樣，不想跟Carrie放在一起...

沒有花俏的舞台設計跟燈光音效，只有他一個人站在台上唱著流行爵士樂，原來這就是所謂

的舞台魅力啊...回來我完全忘記開場的Naturally 7...原本還擔心他被搶走風采。


原訂八點開始的演唱會，八點十分燈光一暗登場的是負責暖場的Naturally 7，這是一個Vocal 

Play的團體，不用帶樂團靠著口技發出各種樂器的聲音，他們可以打鼓、貝斯、小喇叭等等

，我相信如果光聽CD絕對不可能相信這只是口技！他們的樂器不但多元，R&B風格的曲風

也很動聽，暖場暖了四十分鐘，頓時還以為來錯場地了！

點連結看他們的表演：Naturally 7 Wall of Sound


照理來說暖場完應該要馬上開始，或許是因為這是Boston area唯一的一場，想等從遠方來的

歌迷都進場之後才開始，流程又冷了二十分鐘，九點多才響起Cry me a River的前奏，Michael 

Buble終於出來了！這首歌大概是他最適合開場的曲子，夠大器，光前奏就可以把大家的凝聚

力集中起來，雖然跟其他大型演唱會的開場比起來，舞台效果比較普通，但已經很有誠意

了。他還開玩笑說希望我們喜歡，因為他花了不少錢弄這開場。


他說他希望這是屬於觀眾的演唱會，所以跟觀眾有很多互動，逗小朋友，跟老奶奶擁抱，還

虧一個男人說他很gay，跟女歌迷調情，那位女歌迷點唱Home。


除了Home這種比較流行的歌旋律比較有記憶性之外，大部分的他唱過的Jazz我都有印象但還

真的哼不太出來，畢竟Jazz即興發揮，旋律也很多元，沒有一定的格式，還真的不是每個人

都能跟得上，更不要說像布雷先生這種完全駕馭歌曲的能力了。


為了唱這首Home，他可是經過重重的騷擾來到一樓座位的後方的舞台，能跟上層的觀眾近

距離的接觸，觀眾的年齡層很廣，不管老太太還是青少女，都搶著跟他握手，在他身上上下

其手，這就是票價的差距阿，樓上的我們頂多用眼神騷擾他或是自以為的跟歌手對話，不像

一樓的VIP可以舔「布蕾」一樣。


還好他有唱這首經典的歌，要不然驚喜的承諾就落空了！


很難用言語去表達他帶來的魅力，他可以只在鋼琴伴奏下用歌聲把聽眾的心揪住，也可以在

節奏感很強的Jazz演奏下，用他的肢體讓大家high起來。他說他從小聽到MJ的歌就立志要當

個歌手，為了向MJ致敬，他唱起MJ的歌來也表演了MJ的招牌舞步，很山寨！


我很喜歡整場結束之前的安可曲，A Song for You，量身訂做的完結篇。當大家都把目光集中

在突然出現在二樓觀眾席吹Trumpet的樂手身上時，主要舞台的布廉慢慢拉了起來，Trumpet

吹完後只剩布雷先生一個人在台上，他沒有用麥克風清唱這首歌的最後一段歌詞：

I love you in a place where there is no space or time, I love you for my life
You are a friend of mine, and when my life is over
Remember, remember, remember when we were together
And we are alone now, and I was singing this song to you
We were alone, and I was singing, yeah singing
We were alone, and I was singing this song for you
Singing my song, I'm singing my song for you


那時我已經忘了自己是坐在DCU這種多功能體育館的二樓，而是感覺置身在小酒館看著台上

的歌手對著自己講話，不管我們是為了什麼而來，Michael讓我覺得他是我們請來的歌手，他

的謝幕把空間跟時間都還給了我們，回應他一開始說這是屬於我們自己的party。也因為如

此的設計，反而讓燈光亮起的那一瞬間，馬上就懷念起他的聲音還有他的魅力，令人恨不得

馬上跟著他去紐約的麥迪遜廣場...




2006年現場演唱得A Song for You

Kara DioGuardi是American Idol上一季加入的評審，本身是詞曲創作者，很多歌手的製作人包括Celine Dion

和最新合作的Colbie Caillat。


第九季二十四強之一的Didi Benami在好萊塢週演唱Kara所寫的Terrified，唱的很不錯，連評審Simon都說這首歌

好聽。

"Terrified" performed by Didi Benami


事實上這首歌是Kara幫American Idol第五季冠軍Katharine Mcphee寫得，收錄在她最新專輯Unborken。

不過Kara自己唱的比較好聽，完全把Mcphee比下去，有點糗。

Kara DioGuardi singing terrified


所以本日最大的驚奇是，Kara唱歌好好聽喔，為什麼沒有出個人專輯呢？

Rascal Flatts應該是近年來最紅的鄉村團體，有人說他們是鄉村版的男孩偶像團體，男女老少通吃那種，不過我看近幾年他們胖了很多，不宜再走偶像路線。他們有好幾首歌同時佔據了鄉村跟流行音樂排行榜的位置...

蔣爸介紹Rascal Flatts http://www1.iwant-pop.com/a-d0004/?sn=a-d0004_20090130_01

我特別喜歡他們其中的三首歌：《Skin》、《Here Comes Goodbye》、《What Hurts the Most》他們用Skin這首歌從頭講一個少女的故事，跌倒發現血癌，雖然來得及治療卻有副作用。有天早上醒來真的發現掉頭髮，知道自己在舞會上跟情人跳舞的夢碎了，有誰會帶一個生病的女生去舞會跳舞呢？故事的結局當然很老梗，自己去看MV。這是我覺得用一首歌講一個故事最有畫面的經典，不用看MV就可以勾勒出如電影般的劇情。



Sara Beth is scared to death
To hear what the doctor will say
She hasn't been well, since the day that she fell
And the bruise it just won't go away

So she sits and she waits with her mother and dad
And flips through an old magazine
Till the nurse with the smile stands at the door
And says will you please come with me

Sara Beth is scared to death
Cause the doctor just told her the news
Between the red cells and white, something's not right
But we're gonna take care of you

Six chances in ten, it won't come back again
With the therapy we're gonna try
It's just been approved, it's the strongest there is
And I think that we caught it in time
And Sara Beth closes her eyes.

She dreams she's dancing
Around and around without any cares
And her very first love is holding her close
And a soft wind is blowing her hair

Sara Beth is scared to death
As she sits holding her mom
Cause it would be a mistake for someone to take
A girl with no hair to the prom

For just this morning, right there on her pillow
Was the cruelest of any surprise
And she cried when she gathered it all in her hands
The proof that she couldn't deny
And Sara Beth closes her eyes

And she dreams she's dancing
Around and around without any cares
And her very first love is holding her close
And a soft wind is blowing her hair

It's quarter to seven, that boy's at the door
And her daddy ushers him in
And when he takes off his cap
They all start to cry
Cause this morning where his hair had all been
Softly she touches just skin

And they go dancing, around and around
Without any cares
And her very first true love is holding her close
And for a moment she isn't scared


Here Comes Goodbye講的是失去的故事，MV拍得也很正面



最後一首是What Hurts the Most，歌很好聽但MV就拍得比較煽情，尤其最後一句I saw you，讓我想Avatar。

我必須承認在我很小很小的時候就在唱片行認識Carole King這一號人物，但並沒有真正聽她唱歌。不過認識一首歌就是這麼奇妙，昨天意外的聽到早在1971年就灌錄的單曲You've got A Friend演唱會版本，深深為之著迷...


二話不說去Amazon下載了美國音樂史上第一張發行一年就賣了八百多萬張記錄的專輯《Tapestry》，這張民謠曲風訴說著貼近生活的各種情感的簡單專輯，在搖滾樂盛行的七零年代，這張專輯的熱賣簡直是奇蹟。


Carole King今年已經68歲了，2010還是繼續跟好朋友James Taylor辦世界巡迴演唱會。五零年代出道的她都是幫人作嫁，她寫的歌都是別人唱紅的，一直到71年自己收錄自己作品的《Tapestry》才算是大大的成功。


這首You've got A Friend聽過一次大概就很難忘記它的旋律，寫得很簡單，鋼琴也很純淨，在2010音樂元素越來越豐富，表演越來越花俏誇張的年代，Carole King彈著鋼琴引導聽眾的情緒，我猜想當下觀眾腦海都是身邊好朋友的畫面，Carol King的演唱變成的自己電影的配樂，我猜想這就是現場演唱最厲害的功力吧！


Carole King - You've Got A Friend

另一場演出很經典，我依稀記得我有看過，以前有在電視上錄Shanin Twain參與演出的VH1演唱會好像有這一首。Carole King鋼琴伴奏，其他天后包括Celine Dion、Gloria Estefan還有Shanin Twain一起唱這首經典歌曲。

他說縱貫線前面五十幾場都省下沒唱，回到家才唱這首給自己的歌。歌詞真是字字精鍊，他唱出來的感覺真是

深刻，外人看他的感情世界總是複雜，他只好用唱的給大家聽......

我個人在2009年最喜歡的歌曲之一，鄉村音樂的新興團體，台灣好像翻作懷舊女郎...怪...




Need You Now

Picture perfect memories
Scattered all around the floor
Reaching for the phone
Cause I can't fight it anymore
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
For me, it happens all the time

It's a quarter after one
I'm all alone
And I need you now
Said I wouldn't call
But I lost all control
And I need you now
And I don't know how I can do without
I just need you now

Another shot of whiskey
Can't stop looking at the door
Wishing you'd come sweeping in the way you did before
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
For me it happens all the time

It's a quarter after one
I'm a little drunk
And I need you now
Said I wouldn't call
But I lost all control
And I need you now
And I don't know how I can do without
I just need you now

Woah, oh

Guess I'd rather hurt
than feel nothing at all

It's a quarter after one
I'm all alone and I need you now

And I said I wouldn't call
But I'm a little drunk
And I need you now

And I don't know how I can do without
I just need you now
I just need you now

Oh, baby, I need you now

一般人都說唱歌不管投射多少情感，最忌諱的應該就是情緒控制不住影響到聲音的表現，會顯得很不專業。

前年的CMA頒獎典禮上有一位歌手在台上哭得很慘，很辛苦的把這首歌唱完，很令人動容。


來自北卡的Kellie Pickler是American Idol第五季的參賽者，最後只拿到第六名，但她卻是那一屆最早

出唱片的歌手。媽媽兩歲的時候離開她，爸爸在他童年的時候一直都在坐牢，所以她是祖父母帶大的，她寫

「I wonder」來表達自己不一樣的童年。


歌詞裡頭在講說小時候就幻想著如果媽媽在身邊可以幫她挑衣服，幫她綁頭髮，像其他女孩一樣。我聽說加州

的天氣（他媽媽在加州）很好，如果你回來北卡會跟當初還是小女孩但是現在已經長大的我說些什麼。原諒是

很簡單的一個詞，但是做起來卻很困難，尤其當你受傷很深時。


最後一段也是影片中情緒的爆發點，她說到如果你真的回到了北卡，我已經不在那裡了，妳當初認識的小女孩，

現在已經在田納西了。（她住在田納西發展她的鄉村音樂事業，當天頒獎典禮也是在田納西。）


這是我近年看過最動人的現場演出了。



Sometimes I think about you.
Wonder if you're out there somewhere thinkin' about me.
And would you even recognize,
The woman that your little girl has grown up to be.
Cuz I look in the mirror and all I see,
Are your brown eyes looking back at me.
They're the only thing you ever gave to me at all.


Oh I hear the weather's nice in California. There's sunny skies as far as I can see.
If you ever come back home to Carolina.
I wonder what you'd say to me.

I think about how it ain't fair.
That you weren't there to braid my hair like mothers do.
You weren't around to cheer me on.
Help me dress for my high school prom like mothers do.
Did you think I didn't need you here.
To hold my hand, to dry my tears.
Did you even miss me through the years at all?


Oh I hear the weather's nice in California. There's sunny skies as far as I can see.
If you ever come back home to Carolina.
I wonder what you'd say to me.

Forgiveness.
Such a simple word.
But its so hard to do.
When you've been hurt.

Oh I hear the weather's nice in California.
And just in case you're wondering about me.
From now on I won't be in Carolina
Your little girl is off...
Your little girl is off...
Your little girl is off to Tennessee

　　最近很愛很愛她，仔細反覆聆聽三張專輯，像十幾年前一直聽Trisha Yearwood的歌一樣

著迷，我得到一個結論，原來我喜歡的是木頭(wood)啊！



　　到現在還是不敢相信Carrie三月下旬要來Worcester開演唱會，新英格蘭區唯一的一場，就

在官網公布Carrie要準備開始巡迴演唱的時候，我可是有留言給她說一定要來Worcester的呢，

沒想到當週週五公布的行程表還真的有Worcester！根本就是為我而來的嘛！哈哈。


關於她的經歷，轉載自蔣爸的介紹：
http://www1.iwant-pop.com/a-d0008/?sn=a-d0008_20060515_01


　　第一次聽到她的聲音是她去年在AI（本身是第四屆的冠軍）現場演唱I told you so，馬上

就被這首歌還有這歌聲吸引，才開始回去找她之前參賽的影片，聽她的專輯，注意她的消

息。很難相信她的第一張專輯是2006年全美賣的最好的一張唱片，而且還是鄉村音樂，當然

現在鄉村音樂都會加上一些流行的元素，但其中說故事的能力並沒有被取代掉。


　　我最喜歡鄉村樂的地方就在於他們都用很簡單的語言在講富有情境的故事，例如Carrie這

新一張專輯《Play On》中的「Temporary Home」就娓娓敘述著一些遭到棄養的兒童，年輕的

未婚媽媽在暫時的中途之家等待幸福的到來，還有「Change」這首歌裡頭，玩起雙關語遊

戲，change可以「零錢」也可以是「改變」，這首歌就在講當人們看到電視上募款的廣告，

是馬上拿起電話捐錢呢？還是暗自取笑這一點點零錢能改變這個世界嗎？


Carrie在CNN HEROES演唱CHANGE


　　她的人跟她的音樂一樣很耐聽耐看，越看越漂亮了呢！而且她很有喜劇天分，一個人撐

起Fox耶誕節的特別節目，以劇中劇的方式表演歌曲，其中一個人表演所有樂器那邊真是太

經典了！Carrie可以趕快來，但是不要走嗎？

Carrie  Underwood在CNN Heroes特別節目唱演唱Change




壞消息是...她一個月前訂婚了，真是晴天霹靂阿！

Boyzone用這首歌才紀念過世的Stephen Gately，一開始就可以聽到Stephen那獨特的聲音...so miss you

　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　Which one is better? Olly Murs or Joe McElderry


Joe McElderry: The Climb





Olly Murs: The Climb

Offical MV

　　去年是在當天才知道他們要來Boston開演唱會，因而錯過一次。這一年陸陸續續在看完

電影版上網友分享《ONCE》的電影心得之後，上官網關心一下他們的動態...


　　六號是在Boston，七號在Providence，去這兩個地方距離一樣，在好停車的考慮因素下，

週六晚上在吃完古巴料理之後進了Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel（傷心酒店）聽他們的愛情。


　　拍完電影之後他們兩個決定打破相差十八歲年齡的障礙在一起，也合組樂團The Swell 

Season，共同創作，看似給電影一個完美的結局。錄完第二張專輯之後卻分手了，即使如

此，他們還是繼續創作，宣傳專輯開演唱會，簡單來說就是即使分手了，還是要一起賺錢。

　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　原訂七點開始的演唱會，在暖場歌手唱完四首歌之後又讓觀眾等了半小時，這位暖場歌

手就像麥斯米蘭一樣彈著鋼琴唱著憂鬱，這時候可以感受到場地有多麼的爛，坐在四樓其實

歌聲有被隔住的感覺。接近八點，Glen戴著毛帽背著吉他跟Marketa跪坐在場中央唱《Lies》

當作開場，之後其他團員才陸續進來。


　　很喜歡這對組合的原因是有時候Glen的聲音太過粗獷少了點溫柔，而Marketa的和聲能讓

兩個人的聲音變的很完美。雖然這個團是以兩人的名義合組的，但不管是創作量還是表演核

心都以Glen為主，Marketa只唱了兩首歌，在少了電影的畫面下，她演唱的《If You Want 

Me》就沒那麼動聽了。有將近三十分鐘的時候場上只有Glen一個人，而這卻是全場最精彩感

動人心的時刻。


　　Glen來個不插電演出，甚至不用麥克風，但坐在四樓的我們接受到的力道跟真摯卻是異

常豐富，他的聲音非常迷人，他大吼大叫宣洩情感之後，卻又能輕聲告訴你故事的結尾，好

幾段吉他的solo全場一直鼓譟，那把吉他就好像只活這一次一樣。


　　所以我才說Glen是個聲音很性感的街頭藝人。


　　安可曲唱那首電影主題曲《Falling Slowly》，好像又回到了電影一開始他們在鋼琴店找

到知音的感覺，但那終究是電影，他們的人生無法倒敘，但也因如此讓這首歌更有餘味了。