Dj Miracle的音樂部落

Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song ...

I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style.
And so I came to see him to listen for a while.
And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes.

Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song ...

I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd,
I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud.
I prayed that he would finish but he just kept right on ...

Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song ...

He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair.
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there.
But he just came to singing, singing clear and strong.

Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song ...

He was strumming, oh, he was singing my song.
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song ...
With his song ...


赫然發現自己好ㄧ陣子沒寫關於音樂的主題了.... 但也證明了ㄧ件事，愈忙愈想聽歌，其實是種逃避心態....

Killing Me Softly是首老歌囉.... 老爸很愛。 這首歌名有人譯作"輕歌銷魂"真有意思....  曾經想過ㄧ件事，當你難過時是該聽些快樂的歌轉移注意力，還是要聽悲傷的歌曲呢? 我認真思考這個問題，個人的見解是應該要聽悲傷的歌，或許有人會說這樣不就只會更陷痛苦思緒，我倒不這麼認為，反倒覺得當難過時在聽到那些快樂歌曲彷彿是種嘲弄般會更加刺耳，倒是悲傷歌曲像是站在同ㄧ陣線般，靜靜在旁替你療傷止痛。我的用意不是在故作傷感啦，但難道不覺得悲傷的情歌往往較容易撥弄聽者心弦嗎?比方說這首歌就有這股魔力，像最近煩悶就很想找些帶有豐沛情感的歌曲來聊慰心靈上的空虛，搜尋腦袋裡的記憶庫，不知哪來莫名的衝動呼喚著好想要再聽聽Killing Me Softly....


去網路上找了ㄧ下關於這首歌的二三事，才知道原來以為的Roberta Flack並不是原唱，但這首歌的的確確是由她所唱紅的。第一次聽到這首歌是高中時買了張西洋合輯，那時只覺得聽起來古意盎然，無論是編曲或歌者唱腔，再加上曲調慢慢的，ㄧ開始並不特別在意，但是不知曾幾何時這首歌的獨特韻味終究還是散發了出來，加上看過歌詞後深受感動，於是變成我的愛歌之ㄧ。

上面給的那個連結有這首歌創作的緣由和後來如何走紅的故事，那我在此就簡述歌詞大意好了，歌中故事是個女孩深深被某個男孩的歌聲著迷至無法自拔，原本只是暗戀，沒想到情書被男孩發現，而且竟然在大眾面前就這樣地念了出來，女孩感到困窘卻停止不了那男孩的行為.....   很有意思的一首歌吧! 歌詞就只有寫到這，但是卻也留了許多供聽者可以想像的空間，那男孩為何要這麼做? 如果並不喜歡她卻做出這種輕蔑的行為對那女孩是否太殘忍了?  當然文本多義，上述只是其中一種情節腳本，或者搞不好那女孩雖然表面感到很困窘卻其實內心是很開心的(暗爽在心底   喔喔喔 要這麼公開阿  真害羞)?!  不知道當年流不流行MV，這首歌已經留了個有趣的骨架，拿來拍MV應該很過癮吧!  當年ㄧ直是以腳本一作為我對這首歌的詮釋觀感，因此覺得Roberta Flack版本很妙，明明是個傷感的歌卻那麼輕輕柔柔地唱著，倒有股淡淡的無奈和失落感。


這首歌的旋律相當的雋永，直至今日已有不少女歌手們詮釋過這首歌，或許也是拿這首經典當做證明自己的考驗吧! 最近我在驢子上就找到了Tori Amos、 Alicia Keys、The Fugees (Lauren Hill) 等的詮釋版本，一次聽到這麼多版本相當地過癮!! 不過Tori Amos、 Alicia Keys的是現場版本，前者的mp3檔品質不好，後者像是在暖場般並沒有唱完整首，而且我覺得 Alicia Keys聲音飆太高了，並不是很喜歡....  Lauren Hill的詮釋版本我就很喜歡。 Lauren Hill的聲音相當棒，而且在我聽來總有股少年老成的感覺，明明年紀輕輕但卻能唱出那種屬於黑人的滄桑感，我可能形容的不好，但是你聽過她的聲音後，就也會認同靈魂樂、節奏藍調就是要交由她們黑人唱才有那種fu...    Lauren Hill的版本後來我在youtube上找的現場影片我覺得又比專輯版本來得讚，或許也是因為影像呈現的加分作用吧。其實最近最常聽的一個版本反而是個不知名的版本，只能從聽覺判斷是個acapella，有趣之處在於完完全全沒有使用任何樂器，高亢女聲配上溫暖的beat box合聲，唱出了另一種讓我感動的聲響....   最後附帶一個較有趣的是在youtube上發現了李孝利的版本證明了此曲舞曲化的可能......


這禮拜的日子只能用兵荒馬亂來形容，首先是拾不回讀書的心，翻開書本就想逃避，但是在打混的時候卻又得承受心裡那種不踏實的罪惡感(ㄧ想到學科考若沒考過，真的很遜耶....)。最近或許大家都忙吧，也都沒啥她的消息了，剩下的管道大概只剩MSN吧(我好遜喔)，不好意思煩她，但也不曉得她最近過得如何.... 唉唉....  真的很笨耶...  想不出還有什麼更好的互動方式了，哪怕是個言不及義又無聊的藉口都好(真的很想跟她說說話阿....   死宅男)，於是在這過於冗長的假期和該死的學科考準備過程裡，發現除了想念外，ㄧ切都施不上力....