對於常聽搖滾,特別是硬式,應該對深紫色合唱團(Deep Purple)和彩虹合唱團(Rainbow)不陌生,而瑞奇布萊克摩爾(Ritchie Blackmore)正是這兩個團體中的靈魂人物。在經歷幾次離團、重回、解散之後,瑞奇和他的老婆Candice Night組成Blackmore's Night(馬雅唱片還是翻成瑞奇布萊克摩爾)。
  去年在一張居爾特音樂合輯中聽到Blackmore's Night的歌曲Now and Then,當時的反應真是「驚為天籟」。過年期間特別到光南挑他們的CD,很幸運,在博客來訂不到的情況下,光南倒還有蠻多張可以選擇。
  Blackmore's Night的音樂綜合了世界音樂、民謠、新世紀、(硬式)搖滾、居爾特等元素,創造出全新的風貌。不喜歡聽吵雜金屬音樂的人,可以在它樸質的音色中找到動人的感情;不喜歡沉悶抒情音樂的人,可以從輕快的樂風裡發現活潑的趣味。從諸多方面來看,Blackmore's Night的音樂都很對我胃口,自行創作、沒有重金屬、沒有太多古典元素、旋律甜美、氣氛歡愉。Blackmore's Night的音樂大致就是這個樣子,每首歌都差不多,如果底下這三首你都喜歡,那你就可以去買一張他們的專輯,應該是不會後悔的。(我會推薦Under A Violet Moon、Shadow Of The Moon或精選集)
(雖然博客來沒得買,馬雅官方網站倒是有很多張專輯可以選擇,也提供線上購物的服務,點我

  這三首歌皆出自Under A Violet Moon。Blackmore's Night的歌大多數都是共同創作(應該說兩人都會創作比較精確),Blackmore負責吉他,Night主唱。也有部分樂曲是翻唱而來,將原本作品注入他們這種樂風的元素,做截然不同的詮釋。如Greensleeves(綠袖子)、Ralph McTell的Streets Of London。



  底下就先聽我驚為天籟的Now and Then吧!之前有放過了。在前奏之後,等待Night落下第一個音時,儘管聆聽多遍,我的心仍會悸動一下。
  我企圖要翻歌詞,覺得情感豐富,用詞又簡單。不過一直未果,主要是時間問題。還有懶。

Now and Then



The past is so familiar
But that's why you couldn't stay
Too many ghosts, too many haunted dreams
Beside you were built to find your own way...
But after all these years,
I thought we'd still hold on
But when I reach for you and search your eyes
I see you've already gone...

That's OK I'll be fine
I've got myself, I'll heal in time
But when you leave just remember what we had...
There's more to life than just you
I may cry but I'll make it through
And I know that the sun will shine again

Though I may think of you now and then...

Can't do a thing with ashes
But throw them to the wind...
Though this heart may be in pieces now
You know I'll build it up again and
I'll come back stronger
Than I ever did before
Just don't turn around when you walk out that door...

That's OK I'll be fine
I've got myself, I'll heal in time...
But when you leave just remember what we had...
'Cause there's more to life than just you
I may cry but I'll make it through
And I know that the sun will shine again

Though I may think of you now and then...

That's OK I'll be fine
I've got myself, I'll heal in time...
And even though our story's at the end
I still may think of you now and then...



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  再來這首Gone with the Wind就充分表現出Blackmore的搖滾背景。運用大量搖滾元素來呈現痛苦、恐懼的感覺,印象中這首歌也企圖描述居爾特人被屠殺的歷史。

Gone with the Wind


Twisting turning
The winds are burning
Leaving me without a name
How will we ever find our way...

Snow was falling
I could hear the frightened calling
Fear taking over every man
Life meaning nothing more than sand...

Wind will sweep away
The traces I was here
A story in a teardrop
That's all I have to give...

Rage inferno
Swallowing the life that I know
Strength is the only way to fight
You must look up to see the light...

Gone With The Wind...

Take all I know
Turn it into darkened shadows
They'll disappear in the sun
When a new story has begun

She survived the nightmare
Began a whole new life here
But I can see behind those eyes
She still sees those fires in the night...

Twisting and turning
Oh, the winds are burning
Leaving me without a name
How will we ever find our way...






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  這一首Wnd in the Willows特別的地方




As I went a walking
One morning in spring
I met with some travelers
On an old country lane

One was an old man
The second a maid
The third was a young boy
Who smiled as he said

"With the wind in the willows
The birds in the sky
There's a bright sun to warm us
Wherever we lie...
We have bread and fishes
And a jug of red wine
To share on our journey
With all of mankind."

So I asked them to tell me
Their name and their race
So I could remember
Each smile on their face

"Our names, they mean nothing...
They change throughout time
So come sit beside us
And share in our wine"

"With the wind in the willows
The birds in the sky
There's a bright sun to warm us
Wherever we lie...
We have bread and fishes
And a jug of red wine
To share on our journey
With all of mankind."

So I sat down beside them
With flowers all around
We ate from a mantle
Spread out on the ground

They told me of prophets
And peoples and kings
And all of the one God
That knows everything

"We're traveling to Glaston
Over England's green lanes
To hear of men's troubles
To hear of their pains

We travel the wide world
Over land and the sea
To tell all the people
How they can be free..."

"With the wind in the willows
The birds in the sky
There's a bright sun to warm us
Wherever we lie...
We have bread and fishes
And a jug of red wine
To share on our journey
With all of mankind."

So sadly I left them
On that old country lane
For I knew that I'd never
See them again

One was an old man
The second a maid
The third was a young boy
Who smiled as he said...

"With the wind in the willows
The birds in the sky
There's a bright sun to warm us
Wherever we lie...
We have bread and fishes
And a jug of red wine
To share on our journey
With all of mankind."








  官方網站有更多內容和專集資訊,還有動聽的背景音樂、歌詞、曲目試聽。




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