Roberta Flack：灵魂歌后
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Jazz Up Your Life 周深周深

I know we are not in city and in forestThey love like me and youNow it's come to distancesBoth of us must tryYour eyes fill with sorrowThat's no wayI'm not looking for anotherAs I wander in my timeWalk me to the corner

Zither Harp

I loved you in the morningKisses deep upon the pillowLike a sleepy golden starMany love beforeAnd in city and in forestThey love like me and youBut now it's come to distancesBoth of us must tryYour eyes filled with sorrowIt has no way

i'm not looking for another as i wander in my timewalk me to the cornerour steps will always rhymeyou know mom your love stays with mejust the way life changeslike the shoreline of the seabut let's not talk of love or changethings we can't untieyour eyes fade

美国著名的 Jazz, Soul, R&B 黑人女歌手钢琴演奏家 Roberta Flack 于 2025 年 2 月 24 日去世中年 88 岁

刚才我们听到的是 Roberta Flack 在 1969 年发行的首张专辑 First Take 当中演唱 Leno Cohen 的歌曲 Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye 下面再来听一首选择这张专辑当中的 Compared To WhatPossession is the nationOh damn nationLooks like we aregonna make it

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try with possession is the motivationlooks like it'll runmake it real

这首 Compared to What 是美国黑人歌曲作者 Jim McDaniels 创作的关于越战和黑人民权运动的抗议歌曲这也是黑人女歌手 Rebecca Flack1969 年推出的首支单曲 Rebecca Flack 的版本充满了美国南方黑人教会唱诗般的节奏

1937 年 2 月 10 号,Robert Flagg 出生于北卡罗莱纳州他自幼热爱音乐,四岁的时候就梦想拥有一架钢琴九岁的时候,在父亲从垃圾场捡回来并涂成绿色的旧钢琴上开始练习演奏下面我们听到的是为 Robert Flagg 赢得第一个格莱美奖的选自他的首张专辑当中演唱 1957 年的一首著名的民谣《The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face》

I felt the earthLike a train heartIt was at myIn the first timeSo close to myAnd I knew

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1971 年年轻的导演 Clean Eastwood 在高速路上开车回家的时候从收音机里面听到了 Robert Flack 用缓慢而又忧伤的声音演唱的 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 立刻被打动决定把这首歌曲用在他正在拍摄的影片 Play Misty For Me 当中电影上映之后这首歌曲立刻获得了各项排行榜的冠军并且在 1972 年赢得了格兰美的 Record Of The Year

和 Song of the Year 两项大奖 1968 年 Roberta Flack 在华盛顿特区的餐厅里面表演的时候被爵士音乐家 Lee McCann 发现并推荐给了大西洋 Atlantic 唱片公司 1969 年 2 月她仅用 10 个小时就录制完成了这张专辑下面我们再来听一首选自 Roberta Flack 首张专辑 First Take 当中和黑人歌手 Donny Hathaway 合作的 Trying Times

i love you

I'll always talk about menBut what you're trying to make itJust pick up your babe

在这张作品当中 Robert Flagg 和黑人领歌歌手 Donnie Hathaway 合作了两首歌曲刚才我们听到的是 Trying Times 下面我们听到的是他们两个人合作的另外一首 All Ages or All HeartsAnd I thought

We lived to see each otherWe thought the same But now I findAccording to societyThey must keep us apartBut my darling

i thought we had a love that was for realtoo strongfor gossip and darlingit's you i adoreit makes no differenceit makes no differencewhether i be 21 or 34cause now i find

Oh my darling, my darlingTell me what's it gonna beOh my darling, tell me

我爱你

Robert Flack 在 1969 年推出的首张专辑《First Take》不仅奠定了他在音乐界的位置还展示了他独特的音乐风格和演唱技巧为他后续的音乐生涯奠定了坚实的基础这张专辑也成为了 Robert Flack 音乐生涯当中的重要里程碑

1970 年 Roberta Flack 推出了她的第二张专辑《Chapter 2》进一步巩固了她在灵魂音乐和流行音乐领域的地位下面我们听到的就是专辑当中的一首讨论社会问题的《River and Lee》这是一首歌曲是一位非常大力的黑色性感的南伯特斯大使他认为他能做到所有事情直到他对女士打仗

who shows him that he ain't got it togetherhis name is Reverend Dr. LeeReverend Leehe went to the waterand he prayed to the old Satan's dogit seems in a dreamchildhe lay asleepshe climbed his bedstarts rubbing and weaw she was twistingand then

说

take me home to the skyhe said no please don't test meknock down where she touched memy mind is so heavybody is hungryi roll the thunderof purple lightto the angry who show my ne'er

Your God will not bother

好

下面我们再来听一首选自 Robert Flack 在 1970 年推出的第二张专辑《Chapter 2》当中由歌曲作者 Jimmy Webb 创作的《Do What You Gotta Do》I can understand it might be for youWanting toI just wanted youI love your own kidEvery stop is mineWhat happens to and do

i know

come on

and see me in your candy nobody feels it night as i stand inside the red everybody knows baby's got new clothes my ribbons and my pride

i believe i'll go and see her body has to guess baby won't be blessed till she finds out she's just like all with her

I was dying of thirstSo I came in hereAnd I long time trusted herBut what's worse

I can't stayI must stayI believeIt's time for us to quitWhen we meet againAnd we're introduced as friendsPlease don't let onThat you knew meI was hungryAnd it wasJust like oldAnd I make Just like old

and i just like the oneand i love

刚才我们听到的是黑人女歌手 Roberta Flack 演唱 Bob Dylan 在 1966 年的专辑 Blonde on Blonde 当中的 Just Like a WomanRoberta Flack 的演唱赋予了对手歌曲新的情感深度下面我们再来听一首展现 Roberta Flack 声音当中深情与温柔的 Let It Be MeThe day I found I want to stayAnd so I begLet it be me

don't ever leavelet it beeach timeneedbut withoutso don'tdon't takeyou have to cleaneach timeeach timein loveuncomplete lovewithout your sweetwhen my lifegoes on

下面我们听到这首叫做 Until It's Time For You To GoYou're not a dreamYou're not an angelYou're a manI'm not a queenTake my hand

We'll make a spaceIn the lives that we've plannedAnd here you'll stayUntil it's timeFor you to goYes, we're differentWe're worlds apartWe're not the sameYou laughed and joked at the startLike in a gameYou could have stayedOutside my heartBut if you came

and here you'll staydon't askand don't askdon't askfor this love of minehad no beginningI was an oakI'm a willowsee won't you staydon't askof medon't ask

I wasn't old enoughBut I can bendThough I'll never seeWon't you stayUntil it's time for you

《The Impossible Dream》

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The unreachable starThis is my questOh that starNo matter howAnd to fightWithout question or pauseTo be willingTomorrow a heavenly callAnd I know

to dream

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