Rob Thomas出生在德国的一个军事基地,童年的生活尤为坎坷,父母离异后,小托马斯跟着贩卖大麻的祖母生活在南卡罗来那州,但他已经无法忍受在这样的畸形环境中生活了,于是他决定离家出走,去过浪迹天涯的自由生活, 也许Thomas自由放纵的性格就是那时候形成的吧!开始音乐事业并不是偶然的,少年时期的Thomas便是一个疯狂迷恋音乐的激进分子,而Van Morrison、Elvis Costello、Paul Simon等艺人的音乐对于他形成自己的音乐思想起到了导航的作用!但真正开始自己的音乐事业是加入Tabitha's Secret乐队之后,因为在那里他遇到了志同道合的另几位充满激情的小伙子,那就是鼓手Paul Doucette与贝斯手Brian Yale,三人一拍即合,决定搞自己的音乐,于是又找到了在迈阿密录音工作的吉他手Kyle Cook以及在亚特兰大音乐学校的吉他手Adam Gaynor,于是Matchbox Twenty便诞生了 。万事具备,只欠东风了,在遇到音乐制作人Matt Serletic后,他们才有更多的机会去发展自己的音乐天分,在Matt Serletic的筹划下,他们开始准备乐队的处男作"Yourself Or Someone Like You"的发行,结果 专辑中"Push" 等几首单曲都取得了不错的成绩,也得到了各大音乐杂志的一致认同,包括滚石杂志、Billboard杂志等。就连Thomas的前女友也找上门来,要求分取唱片的版权,因为她声称她是"Push"的创作原形!1999年Thomas与Santana共同创作了"Smooth",并赢得了葛莱美年度最佳歌曲、年度最佳唱片和年度最佳流行合唱组合三项大奖。
2000年5月份乐队第二张专辑"Mad Season"(疯狂季节)问世了,概念化的唱片封面有一点很古朴的味道,但音乐作品确是地道的美国货,音乐风格简洁明快,琅琅上口,充满活力,是很容易被人们所接受的那种流行摇滚曲调,在音乐制作上也是采用传统的方法,没有用一些电子合成及采样技术,但听起来还是无比的舒畅的,作品的词曲创作仍以具有创作灵感的Rob Thomas执笔,至今专辑中那首情歌"If You're Gone"仍在排行榜上游荡,截止12月底又有回升势头,位居Billboard第8位。出道没几年就取得如此辉煌成绩,看来Matchbox Twenty大红大紫的日子还在后面呢!
歌词:
Waking up at the start of the end of the world,
but its feeling just like every morning before,
now I wonder what my life is going to mean if its gone,
the cars are moving like a half a mile an hour if that
I started staring at the passengers waving goodbye
can you tell me what was ever really special about me all this time
[chorus]
but I believe the world is burning to the ground
oh well I guess we're gonna find out
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
Well I, believe, its all, coming to an end
oh well, I guess, we're gonna pretend,
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
I think its turning to a crock but I don't really know
I can't remember caring for an hour or so
started crying and I couldn't stop myself
I started running but there was no where to run to
I sat down on the street and took a look at myself
said where you going you know the world is heading for hell
say your goodbyes if you've got someone you can say goodbye to
[chorus]
I believe the world is burning to the ground
oh well I guess we're gonna find out
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
Well I, believe, its all, coming to an end
oh well, I guess, we're gonna pretend,
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
its gone gone baby its all gone
there is no one on the corner and there's no one at home
it was cool cool, it was just all cool
now it's over for me and it's over for you
well its gone gone baby its all gone
there is no one on the corner and there's no one at home
well it was cool cool, it was just all cool
now it's over for me and it's over for you
[chorus]
but I believe the world is burning to the ground
oh well I guess we're gonna find out
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
Well I, believe, its all, coming to an end
oh well, I guess, we're gonna pretend,
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
芬兰吸血鬼——The 69 Eyes
1990年,The 69 Eyes 乐队诞生在芬兰首都赫尔辛基,十几年过去了,这支有着骄人的唱片销量的歌特乐队一直保持旺盛的创作力,以自身的音乐热忱,不断为歌迷带来新的惊喜。
1990年,The 69 Eyes 乐队诞生在芬兰首都赫尔辛基。最初,他们的风格介于朋克和恐怖华丽摇滚之间。他们被认为是受像Iggy, the Stooges和The Dead Boys之类乐队的影响。随着时间的流逝,他们的风格逐渐改变。"WASTING THE DAWN"是The 69 Eyes 在ROAD RUNNER旗下第一张打入国际市场的专辑。1999年这支乐队将独特的忧郁的歌特理念融入了具有爆发力的摇滚音乐风格中,因此这张唱片不仅仅带给歌特界新鲜的血液,而且给媒体创造了一个新的词汇:歌特摇滚。在2000年春季,乐队发表了对他们来说具有历史意义的单曲"GOTHIC GIRL",几个月后,单曲进入TOP10,并且使这支乐队拥有了第一张白金唱片。有了这次成功的尝试后,乐队对新唱片"BLESSED BE"有了更高的期望,此张唱片由JOHNNY LEE MICHAELS制作。作为乐队的“第六成员”,他承担了所有的编排,并担任了键盘和乐曲编制。在BLESSED BE 发行后不久,The 69 Eyes于2000年秋季进行他们的首次短暂的"WASTING THE DAWN"德国巡演,其中也包括在大型Mera Luna歌特节上的演出。这次巡演标志他们音乐生涯第一章节完美结束,同时也预示着新历程的开始...
歌词:
I guess you're seeking salvation
Nothing but damnation
Left for you
If you choose the wrong direction
It's a brand new feeling
Sacrificial healing
Like a U-turn out of the blue
Once you're strong enough to face it
Though I'm standing by your side
I feel so lonely I could cry
Never say die
Leave me alone in the night
Keep me away from the light
Razorblade cuts the line
Never say never say die
Are you escaping the dreaming
A life without meaning
Left for you
If you choose the wrong addiction
Let me tell you a story
Without a blaze of glory
The darkest days are through
Once you taste my love you'll make it
Though I'm standing by your side
I feel so lonely I could cry
Never say die
Leave me alone in the night
Keep me away from the light
Razorblade cuts the line
Never say never say die
Leave me alone in the night
Keep me away from the light
Razorblade cuts the line
Never say never say die
Though I'm standing by your side
I feel so lonely I could cry
If I could feel my heart tonight
Never say never say die
Eagles的每一位团员过去都有着一段不凡的奋斗历程,组团之初共有四位成员: Randy Meisner,Bernie Leadon,Glen Frey,Don Henley。Meisner过去是Poco的元老之一,1968年11月他与乐团首次在加州著名的吟游诗人俱乐部献艺。
Bernie Leadon最擅长的乐器之一是班诺琴(Beanjo),这种乐器的使用形成Eagles 在早期乐风上的一大特色。Leadon在Eagles的时间不算很长,可是他在Eagles那个时候所发表的音乐,才是最清纯,最让人怀念的音乐。
Eagles的歌大都出自于Don Henley,Glen Frey之手,他们两人是乐团的核心人物, 也是自始至终唯一坚守自己岗位的老团员。Don Henley曾是Shiloh的一员,1970年发行了一张同名专辑,为他们制作唱片的正是大名鼎鼎的Kenny Rogers。来自底特律的Glen Frey是为了追求J.D.Souther的妹妹,才来到加州闯天下的。1968年他于Souther组成了一个二重唱,此时关系于他们很接近的还有Jackson Brownne,因为这层情谊的关系,所以我们可以发现不少Eagles的作品,有J.D. Souther和Jackson Brownne名字出现。组成Eagles的构想人是Don Henley和Glen Frey,他们在吟游诗人俱乐部里相识,随即他们加入Linda Lansday的乐团里。除了Henley和Frey之外,Randy Meisner和Bernie Leadon以"客座"的身份也被邀请在Linda的班底,他们四人在此风云际会,短短四个月时间,竟在小伙子们满腔热血的促动下,Eagles应运而生了!
一直以来,我都深深的爱着他们,为他们优美的歌声,为那首“加州旅店”。虽然他们在摇滚史上的重要性被激烈地争论,但无可争辩的事实是,正是由于他们对乡村摇滚运动的拥护,才使得该运动成为了20世纪70年代最获商业成就的摇滚风格。就凭这一点来说,他们确实是那个时代最为辉煌的摇滚乐
歌词:
I used to hurry a lot, I used to worry a lot,
I used to stay out till the break of the day.
Oh that didn't get it, it was high time, I quit it --
I just couldn't carry on that way.
Oh, I did some damage, I know it's true --
Didn't know I was so lonely till I found you.
Who can go the distance?
We'll find out in the long run.
(In the long run.)
We can handle some resistance
If our love is a strong one.
(Is a strong one )
People talkin' about us, they got nothin' else to do.
When it all comes down we will still come through
In the long run.
Ooh I want to tell you it's a long run.
You know I don't understand why you don't treat yourself better,
Do the crazy things that you do.
When all the debutantes in Houston, baby,
Couldn't hold a candle to you.
Did you do it for love, did you do it for money?
Did you do it for spite, did you think you had to, honey?
Who is gonna make it?
We'll find out in the long run.
(In the long run )
I know we can take it
If our love is a strong one.
(Is a strong one )
Well we're scared but we ain't shakin',
Kinda bent but we ain't breakin'
In the long run.
Ooh I want to tell you it's a long run.
艺名:Chamillionaire a.k.a King Koopa a.k.a Chamilitary Mayne, The Mixtape Messiah, The Truth from Texas, Color Changin' Lizard, Chamillinator
真名:Hakeem Seriki
生日:1979年11月28日
来自:休斯顿,德克萨斯州
风格:Dirty South
“这个来自德克萨斯州休斯顿城的小子真的很有勇气。”看完2005年初MTV在休城的一场rap特别演出后,你不由会得出这样的结论。这次演出的主要宣传 的是一个叫做Chamillionaire的MC,他通过自己令人喳舌的Freestyle,在电视上向全美国的观众自信地宣布“我就是德克萨斯的真理… (I’m the truth from Texas)”。这样一种自我夸耀在Hip-Hop二十五年多的历史中比比皆是,但这极具野心的描述十分准确地形容了Chamillionaire这个 人。那就是他获得“混音弥赛亚”这个崇高别名的原因,不但是因为他的专集Get Ya Mind Correct专集单独售出10万份,也由于他同样售出了成千上万张的混音带,在正式出道前已经累积了超过25万张的独立混音带与专辑销售量。Cham曾 经是休斯顿最具传奇色彩的混音势力之一的Swisha House的一员,如今就像Source和XXL杂志一样,在没有大公司在背后支持的情况下在HIP-HOP界获得如此巨大的成功。当这个来自休斯顿的诗 人成立了Chamillitary Records后,一场公司之间的战斗随即展开,于是,在人群和整个音乐界中有一件事可以非常肯定——Chamillionaire的确就是“真理”。
在成立他自己的新公司后,他所出的第一张专集《The Sound of Revenge》(《复仇之音》)在环球唱片的名下发行了。Chamillionaire大有取代休城其他一些Hip-Hop精英之势,其中包括新世代的 一群饶舌高手像lil Flip, Slim Thug, Mike Jones和Paul Wall,更涉及到了令人尊敬的“老家伙们”UGK和Sca***ce。“你召集一群rapper然后问他们为什么他们会成为最好的MC,然后他们除了音 乐什么都会告诉你,”Cham边笑边说道。“他们会告诉你,因为他们有好车,项链和一栋豪宅。”接着他毫无停顿地补充道,“你可能听说过各种各样关于 Chamillionaire的传闻;他歌词写的很棒,副歌部分都是自己唱的,而且他的歌成为街头和俱乐部内的最爱。但我只是想尽力做些对得自己名声的 事。”
Chamillionaire在这张专集内召集到了一堆有才华的歌手,包括lil Flip, Bun-B(UGK的一员)和Krayzie Bone(Bone Thugz-N-Harmony的一员),制作人方面得到都的是炙手可热的团队,如:Scott Storch(50 Cent的制作人), Mannie Fresh(lil Wayne, Baby, Juvenile的制作人)和Cool & Dre(The Game的制作人)
但造成《复仇之音》如此多变的节奏最主要的原因还是因为“亚特兰大录音棚之王”The Beat Bullies(Big Boi/OutKast的制作人)的参与制作。Cham是这么评价他们的,“他们十分了解我。很多其他制作人都能做出令人痴狂的节拍,但他们对于我这个艺 人却不了解。(The Beat Bullies)来自亚特兰大,这样我的歌就能在脱衣舞俱乐部,大街上和收音机里蔓延了。”
"Chamillionaire"(注:前半部分读音类似于chameleon变色龙,并且拼写上也相似,就会让人联想到变色龙,而后半部分 又和百万富翁的拼写一模一样millionaire。。。。意思很明显了吧)这个名字很恰当得描述了这个天才艺人的独特风格和他那善于变化善于适应的能 力,还有他那种让人不自觉就对他的才能表示尊敬的力量。就像他的名字所暗示的一样, Chamillionaire绝对是一个多面手。和UGK一员Bun-B一起合作的一首“Picture Perfect”表示了对著名的南方老大组合 UGK的赞同(C-Dawg注:比如这一句The jealous will try to top me, we keep it too real to copy. What I'm listening to ain't a floppy, that disc gon be Screwed and Chop-pied);而Beat Bullies制作的“Radio Interruption”展示了Cham那种能在街头和主流都获得好评的威力。“No Snitching”(Cool & Dre制造)像叙事诗一般宏伟,Cham在歌中详细阐述了街头不成文的规则(C-Dawg注:就像歌词中说的“We don’t tolerate snitches.”我们不能容忍snitch。snitch就是指那些向警方告发街头其他人的一些犯罪行为的人)在Scott Storch制作的一曲“Turn It Up”中,Cham和“freestyle之王”lil Flip合作,共同演绎了一首颇具传染效应的歌曲,最后也成为了休斯顿夏季热门舞曲。而在令人深思的“Here Comes The Rain”中,Chamillioanire用衷心和充满关爱的歌词探索了生活中天天都要经历的困难
“这是首非常个人化的歌,标题就说明一切了。在人的一生中雨水就好比我们所经理的各种艰难困苦,比如说你刚失去一个深爱着的人或你的贷款在1号到期但今天已经是3号了可你还无法归还。我想说的就是如何在艰难的时期生存。”
很显然Chamillionaire在通往自己的救赎之路上经历了很多的艰难困苦。他的父亲是个穆斯林而他的母亲是个基督徒,非宗教音乐在他家庭是禁止播 放的。当Chamillionaire父母离异后搬到休斯顿臭名招著的北区时,他还只是个少年。到了90年代早期,叛逆的饶舌团体,像NWA, Public Enemy,还有休城自己的英雄The Geto Boys,8-Ball & MJG和UGK都影响着这个叫Hakeem(伊斯兰里的意思是学者)的年轻人,让他尝试着开始自己写歌。- Bio courtesy of Universal Records
被冠以“混音弥赛亚”的Chamillionaire来自休斯顿,当2005年休斯顿接管成为了饶舌界的主流之后,他也随之出现。在那年Mike Jones, Slim Thug和前队友Paul Wall发行自己的专集之后,他于十一月份发行的专集《Sound of Revenge》更是排在了前十名,他早已在南方以外拥有了自己忠实的追随者,而且他早先的一些混音带也卖得很不错,使得Chamillionaire那 深厚、善变的嗓音(他唱的副歌部分给人留下了深刻的印象)和他那写歌的能力在越来越多人中间闻名。他原先是Swisha House的一员,后来转投Paid in Full,在那里,他和Paul Wall合作于2002年发行了《Get Ya Mind Correct》——这张专集大卖100,000份,还入围嘻哈乐界重要刊物The Source杂志所评选的年度独立专辑奖项肯定。在他和环球唱片公司签约之前,他成立了名为Chamilitary的唱片公司,并和他的兄弟Rasaq和 50/50 Twin开始了他们共同的事业。
[Intro]:
Go, Go , Go , Go , Go , Go
Keep runnin' homie
Go, Go , Go , Go , Go , Go
They on the trail
Go, Go , Go , Go , Go , Go
Keep runnin' homie
Go, Go , Go , Go , Go , Go
They on the trail
[Chorus]:
With so much drama in the industry
Hip Hop Police are listening
Be careful or you'll be history
Looks like another unsolved mystery
It's murda, murda, murda
Ah it's murda, murda, murda
Yeah it's murda, murda murda
Somebody tell em it's murda
Murder was the case and they blamed me
[Verse 1]:
Officer I didn't do it, you can't blame me for this
Could you please loosen up the handcuffs on my wrists?
You can call me what you wanna but mayne I ain't a snitch
No cooperation is exactly what you would get
Til I talk til my lawyer, you get no reply
(You've obviously been watching too much CSI
I'm not a crash dummy so don't even try
To talk your dirty trash to me, no BFI
If you are not guilty of anything, then why did you run?)
Cause you the police and plus I saw you cocking your gun
And the chamber wasn't empty, it was obviously one
(If you think I'm believing that one, your obviously dumb)
Huh? (I know that you heard the sirens, you dived in
To the vehicle you was driving and ridin
A+nd you shouldn't be whining about abidin+
By the law, nah it's obvious your lying)
Chamillionaire [Chorus]:
With so much drama in the industry
Hip Hop Police are listening
Be careful or you'll be history
Looks like another unsolved mystery
It's murda, murda, murda
Ah it's murda, murda, murda
Yeah it's murda, murda murda
Somebody tell em it's murda
Murder was the case and they blamed me
[Verse 2]:
(Stop lying to me boy, it'd be best you confess
I can smell the BS on the scent of your breath
Saw the ??? while I was inspecting your deck
Saw that you was ridin dirty when I looked at the rest
Who is this guy Busta? Who is this guy Snoop?
Who is his other friend who's wearing the sky blue?
Look at this pic here, he standing beside you
Tell me his name now, I heard he was piru
Confiscated the CD's at one of your homes
For evidence ever since we heard some of your songs
What about this Pimp guy, he was on one of your songs
I coulda sworn he said he had a pocket full of stones
Am I wrong?) Hell yeah, I don't know who that is
I don't know no Pimp C, all I know is I'm rich
And I'ma bond like James, bet I be out here quick
Man (You ain't getting out of here, you must think that your slick
In the car we confiscated The Chronic and The Clipse
Diary that you had and all your Blueprints
On the Death Row booklet, we found your two prints
Your thumb and your index, the judge will love this)
[Chorus 2]:
With so much drama in the industry
Hip Hop Police are listening
Be careful or you'll be history
Looks like another unsolved mystery
It's murda (It's a bloody murder)
Ah it's murda (It's a bloody murder)
Yeah it's murda (It's a bloody murder)
Somebody tell 'em it's murda
+Murder was the case and they blamed me+
[Verse 3]:
(And you can see your screwed as the evidence pours in
The witness to the crime was at 3 in the morning
Gave us a description so we picked up your boy and
You'll get a lighter sentence if you put the crime on him
[A big celebrity, a case we long for
You a pirate, Why you got that eyepatch on for?
Funny (Puttin people in a hurse what I heard for
Where were you the night of April 21st son?]
Home [?Son, I think that you got your facts wrong, gats on you
Chamillionaire, Rob, Chuck,? Couple cats on Melview]
What? [We gonna have to jail you too
In the line-up, don't speak until we tell you to
This the person who jimmed your lock, sir?]
+Well he's dark, Kinda looked like him, I'm not sure+
?Fail into nail? cause a cell ?it's another?
Leave, I see an unmarked tail ?in the glover?
Hit the Bodega, not no more game
This chick used to be all nice, acting all strange
Like she was gonna get it, pathetic
I sell in court now they all apologetic
[Chorus]:
With so much drama in the industry
Hip Hop Police are listening
Be careful or you'll be history
Looks like another unsolved mystery
It's murda, murda, murda
Ah it's murda, murda, murda
Yeah it's murda, murda murda
Somebody tell em it's murda
Murder was the case and they blamed me
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