Don McLean - Vincent

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我喜欢的乡村乐之一 ～

Don Mclean - Vincent  
　
Starry starry night  
paint your palette blue and grey  

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.  
And 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 know how  
perhaps they'll listen now.  

Starry starry night  
flaming flo'rs 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 smoothed beneath the artist's  
loving hand.  
And now I understand what you tried to say to me  

how you suffered for your sanity  
how you tried to set them free.  
perhaps they'll listen now.  

For they could not love you  
but still your love was true  

and when no hope was left in sight 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 stranger that you've met  

the ragged men in ragged clothes  

the silver thorn of bloddy rose  
lie crushed and broken  
on the virgin snow.  
And 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're not  
list'ning still  
perhaps they never will.

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Don McLean
Born  Oct 2, 1945 in New Rochelle, NY
Genres  Rock  
Styles  Folk-Rock, Soft Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Folk
Instruments  Vocals, Guitar
Tones  Reflective, Laid-Back/Mellow, Cerebral, Earnest
Labels  Capitol (6), BGO (5), EMI America (4), Curb (4), United Artists (3), Madacy (3), Millennium (2)

Famed for — and ultimately defined by — his perennial "American Pie," singer/songwriter Don McLean was born October 2, 1945, in New Rochelle, NY. After getting his start in the folk clubs of New York City during the mid-'60s, McLean struggled for a number of years, building a small following through his work with Pete Seeger on the Clearwater, a sloop that sailed up and down the eastern seaboard to promote environmental causes.
Still, McLean was primarily singing in elementary schools and the like when in 1970 he wrote a musical tribute to painter Vincent Van Gogh; the project was roundly rejected by a number of labels, although MediaArts did offer him a contract to record a number of his other songs under the title Tapestry. The album fared poorly, but Perry Como earned a hit with a cover of the track "And I Love Her So," prompting United Artists to pick up McLean's contract. He returned in 1971 with American Pie; the title track, an elegiac eight-and-a-half-minute folk-pop epic inspired by the tragic death of Buddy Holly, became a number one hit, and the LP soon reached the top of the charts as well.

The follow-up, "Vincent," was also a smash, and McLean even became the subject of the Roberta Flack hit "Killing Me Softly With His Song"; however, to his credit — and to his label's horror — the singer refused to let the success of "American Pie" straitjacket his career. Subsequent records like 1972's self-titled effort and 1974's Playin' Favorites deliberately avoided any attempts to recreate the "American Pie" flavor; not surprisingly, his sales plummeted, and the latter release even failed to chart. After 1974's Homeless Brother and 1976's Solo, United Artists dropped McLean from his contract; he resurfaced on Arista the next year with Prime Time, but when it too fared poorly, he spent the next several years without a label.

McLean enjoyed a renaissance of sorts with 1980's Chain Lightning; his first Top 30 LP in close to a decade, it spawned a Top Ten smash with its cover of Roy Orbison's classic "Crying," and his originals "Castles in the Air" and "Since I Don't Have You" both also reached the Top 40. However, 1981's Believers failed to sustain the comeback, and after 1983's Dominion he was again left without benefit of label support. McLean spent the remainder of his career primarily on the road, grudglingly restoring "American Pie" to his set list and drawing inspiration from the country market; in addition to a number of live sets and re-recordings of old favorites, he also returned to the studio for projects like 1990's For the Memories (a collection of classic pop, country and jazz covers) and 1995's River of Love (an LP of original material). — Jason Ankeny

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http://www.xiakedao.com/ageha/vincent.mp3
不好意思，我贴下地址，方便下载

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喜欢乡村音乐，搞个这方面的专栏吧！：）

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http://vangogh.nease.net/about/music/mtv_vincent.htm

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我有8分钟的完整版本~谁想要就上kazaa找我。。。

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。。。描写他的那首歌曲killing me softly with his song

我在论坛贴过，现在去找

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重申，don mclean是民谣，不是乡村。民谣厉害的好多，CSN, neil young, paul simon, bob dylan, joni michell, judy collins, cat stevens, .......

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:eek:
谢谢leap ~老师的教导和指正  :p
下次就知道了。。。

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我不知你们是否能真得听乡村，除了一些经典的如：john denver, carpents, kenny rogers之外的那些年年获奖的乡村你们真的喜欢？

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多推荐些乡村和民谣吧，好喜欢的喔。。。
上次我们的一个外教给我们开了一个关于 folk music 的讲座，还带了几种乐器，还现场演唱了，感觉很不错。

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Killing me softly with his song

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以下歌曲介绍来自www.crazyemusic.com

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Strumming my pain with his fingers
他的琴弦拨出我伤痛
Singing my life with his words
他的字句唱出我生命
Killing me softly with his song
他的歌谣让我心碎欲绝
Killing me softly with his song
他的歌谣让我心碎欲绝
Telling my life with his words
他的言词道尽我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他的歌谣,让我心碎欲绝

I heard he sang a good song
我听说他唱的一首好歌
I heard he had a style
我听说他特例独行
And so I came to see him to listen for awhile
所以 我去看了他演唱会 细听了一阵
And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes
他不过是个愣头小伙 我眼里的陌生人

Strumming my pain with his fingers
他的琴弦拨出我伤痛
Singing my life with his words
他的字句唱出我生命
Killing me softly with his song
他的歌谣让我心碎欲绝
Killing me softly with his song
他的歌谣让我心碎欲绝
Telling my life with his words
他的言词道尽我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他的歌谣,让我心碎欲绝

I felt all flushed with fever
我的脸火辣辣的烧
Embarrassed by the crowd
在人潮之中是如此窘迫
I felt he found my letters and read each out loud
恍惚觉得他抓到了我心中字句 大声的一一念出
I prayed that he would finish But he just kept right on
我祈求他能停下来 而他却毫不理会

Strumming my pain with his fingers
他的琴弦拨出我伤痛
Singing my life with his words
他的字句唱出我生命
Killing me softly with his song
他的歌谣让我心碎欲绝
Killing me softly with his song
他的歌谣让我心碎欲绝
Telling my life with his words
他的言词道尽我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他的歌谣,让我心碎欲绝


He sang as if he knew me
他唱着歌 彷佛早已了解我
In all my dark despair
在我所有无助的绝望的时刻
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn''t there
然后他望向我 彷佛我不在彼处
And he just kept on singing
他只是不停的唱着
Singing clear and strong
铿锵而有力的唱着

Strumming my pain with his fingers
他的琴弦拨出我伤痛
Singing my life with his words
他的字句唱出我生命
Killing me softly with his song
他的歌谣让我心碎欲绝
Killing me softly with his song
他的歌谣让我心碎欲绝
Telling my life with his words
他的言词道尽我的一生
Killing me softly with his song
他的歌谣,让我心碎欲绝


这首歌原来是Lori Lieberman受到Don McLean演唱会的启发后所作的
当时(70年代早期) 她被一个朋友哄着去了洛杉矶落日大道著名的Troubadour Club(游吟诗人俱乐部)

"我当时真的想走了,"莉波曼说,"我不认识他(指Don McLean),可是就在他登上舞台的那一刻,我好像被魔咒镇住了.我觉得他仿佛认识我,他的歌唱的就是我的生活.我觉得他在对着我的灵魂歌唱."

McLean的那首American Pie还有其他歌曲给了Lieberman以启发,她写了一首关于McLean的诗歌.就在俱乐部里她在一张餐巾纸上写下了曲谱,她说:"一天,我在洛杉矶游吟诗人俱乐部见到了Don McLean的演出,我为他的旋律合歌词深深打动,写下了一首与此有关的诗歌."
她感觉似乎这个年轻人偶然发现了她的私人信件,并且将它们一一念出,而他用他的歌让她心碎欲绝. 那首诗,原名为"他的蓝调让我心碎" – 又启发了歌词作者Norman Gimbel和Charles Fox 为Lieberman写出了一首歌,接着她把她录了下来,收录在她的1971年个人首张专辑中.
Roberta Flack于1973年将此歌翻唱的.更加的凄婉迷茫 动情十足,也就是这一首歌让ROBERTA登上了美国榜No.1
而ROBERTA还有一首很有名的歌就是1972年的The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face也是被众多明星所翻唱:包括Celine, George Michael等等.

更多资料请参http://home.arcor.de/bassey/song/sng73007.html
休 格兰特2002年的电影ALL ABOUT A BOY里面也有这首歌

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记得休格兰特演的那部《About a Boy》
里边的胖小孩要在学校联欢上唱《killing me softly with his song》被同学狂嘘，鞋子都扔上去了。
看意思这首歌在大不列颠被唱得非常滥的样子。

当当还是卓越有段时间有卖Don的精选，还好下手比较快，我一下子买了5张。