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Jazz up your lifeSunday to ThursdayWith Yo DaiOn All That Jazz
1971 年美国黑人灵格女歌手 Robert Flack 推出了他的第三张录音室专辑 Quiet Fire 在这张专辑当中展现了 Robert Flack 的音乐的多样性他的演唱风格从爵士乐到福音音乐他的声音充满了情感但同时又保持着克制和细腻我们来听专辑当中的第一首作品
带有强烈的节奏感和黑人灵魂音乐元素的如同咒语一般的 Go Up MosesAin't no loveLift your headJust go
you don't need him
You don't need his tricksYou don't need his trinketsLet Pharaoh goPharaoh doesn't want youBut he needs youMy people let PharaohWithout youThere is no PharaohSo all you have to doTo let him goIs let him goJust wake up tomorrow morningAnd sayHoneyYou've been downToo downToo You've been down
Robotic Flag 在这首歌曲当中表达了对自由和解放的渴望同时也奠定了整张专辑充满了能量和激情的基调专辑当中的第二首歌曲是 Robotic Flag 演绎民谣二人组和 Simon and Garfunkel 在 1970 年的经典歌曲 Bridge Over Troubled WaterWhen you're in feelingsAnd tears are your eyes
i'm on your sidewhen times get roughand friends just can't be for troublewhen you're down and outwhen you're on the streetand evening fallsso hard
i will comfort youand i'll take youwhen darkness comesand pay allonlinesail onsailsailyour timeis cometo shineand all your dreamsare aware
I can easeEase your mind again
Robota Flag 的演绎方式非常的内敛如同是祈祷一样让这首歌曲的情感更加细腻仿佛是一种心灵的慰藉下面我们听到的是专辑当中这一首带有爵士元素的灵格歌曲 Sunday and the Sister JonesReverend JonesJust passed away
is death the master of us all
I still hear mom's song
i'm a drying awaywell i heard a whisperthank you jesusjust before the mansister jones was takenshe didn't livemister jones was taken awayit's not mr. jones didn't live
Roberta Flack 在这张传记当中通过不同的音乐风格和情感表达将每一首歌曲都演绎得淋漓尽致下面再来听一首 See You ThenI got no planLiving till tomorrow
I'm gonna run every minuteEvery minuteI seeYesNoI cannot seeYou're my cherished flyI must admitWe really had a nice time
There was more after meDivine is your nameAgain this sad feeling
Robotaflag 的嗓音温暖柔和它有一种天然的亲和力细腻而又有深度下面再来听一首他演唱的白人民谣女歌手 Carol King 创作的 Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow 展现了 Robotaflag 在情感表达上的高超技巧是整张专辑当中的亮点 Tonight you give your so sweetlyTonight the light
Is it yours?But is this a lasting trip?Or just a pleasure?Can I magic in your style?Will you still tonight with words on the spot?And you say I'm the only one
But we'll be brokenAnd night meets the morning sunI'd like toIf your love is a loveI can be sureSo tell me nowI won't ask againYou still are all
Robert Flack 和另外一位黑人灵鸽歌手 Dawny Hathaway 是音乐史上著名的合作搭档他们的合作不仅仅在商业上获得了巨大成功更是在音乐上留下了许多经典作品下面我们听到的是 1972 年 Robert Flack 和 Dawny Hathaway 合作的对唱专辑当中演绎另外一首由 Kyra King 创作的 You've Got A Friend
You need some loveNothing is goneClose your eyes and think of meAnd soon I will be thereTo brighten up even your darkest nightYou just call out my nameYou know wherever I am
i'll come running see you againwinter spring summer or fallall you have to do is calland i yeahyou got a friendain't it good to know that you got a friendpeople can be so coldand deservetake your soul if you let them
you got a friend
You've Got a Friend 这首 You've Got a Friend 最早由 Kara King 在 1971 年的专辑 Tap Street 当中首次演唱 Robert Flagg 和 Donny Hathaway 在 1972 年翻唱的版本也大受欢迎下面再来听一首 Baby I Love YouIt won't be a bad just ask meCause you know I'm gonna give it to youI do this for you
I wanna see you withStretch out your armsPunch and know you're gone againI love youAin't no doubt aboutI love youI love youI love youI love youI love youKiss meGo right highAll you got isSnap your body in mineWhat you wantOh that you got my own
i love you
Yes I doI love youI love you
黑人理科歌手 Donnie Hathaway 在 1969 年 Robert Flack 的首张专辑 First Take 和 1970 年的第二张专辑 Chapter 2 当中担任钢琴手伴唱和编曲后来在制作人 Jerry Wexler 的建议下两人在 1972 年首次合作获得了巨大的成功 Our time short and preciousYour lips warm and luscious
i lose you i
i need youyou don't have to changeno one holds the love you gaveyou will dieyou will bleed
we will die for mewe will die for mewe will we will die for me
You've got that loving feelingYou never close your eyes anymoreWhen I kiss your lips
Like beforeFingertipsYou're trying hard not to showBut babyOh loveYou've lost that loveFeeling that loveAnd feelingNow it's gone, gone
It makes me just because baby, something beautiful
I always go onBaby baby
i'd get down on my knees for youyou know the way you used to do every daydon't don't slip away
你失去了那種愛情
you you you lost that lovin' feelin'you you you lost that lovin'feelin'oh oh oh oh
you lost that loving feelingyou you you lost that loving feelingyou you you lost that loving feelingyou you you you lost that loving feelingyou you you you lost that loving feeling
下面我们听到的是 Robert F. Flagg 和 Donny Hathaway 合作的最为经典的一首歌曲《Where is the Love》这首歌曲由 Donny Hathaway 作曲 Robert F. Flagg 作词两个人共同演唱歌曲传达了对世界和平与爱的渴望在 1973 年获得了第 15 届格兰美的流行合唱奖你说你会给我一切
where is the loveyou told me that you didn't loveand you were gonna say goodbyeyou really didn't needwhy did you have to loveyou said it was my timewas it just a liewhere is the loveif you had had a sudden change of heart
i wish that you would tell me sodon't leave me hanging on to promisesyou've got to let me goi wish i neveri guess it must have been myto fall in love with someone andwait that's all i can doi love is a little love
Robert Flack 和 Donny Hathaway 的合作情感细腻触动人心在他们的音乐当中常常传达出积极的信息影响了很多后来的歌手再来听一首 When Love Has GrownWhen Love Has GrownUp to the point of loveWhen the tears that I criedAre not the sweet tears of joy
You know the sun has surely made its final dawningWhen love has diedInstead of growing onWhen love can growUp to the point of love
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i love youwhen the tears that i crycan be the sweet tears of joythen we'll have things that are filled with reasoni'm loving youand love will ever begrowing upgrowing upgrowing upgrowing up
Donny Hathaway 于 1979 年不幸去世但他的音乐遗产一直被人们铭记 Robert Flagg 曾经在后来的多次演出当中提到过 Donny Hathaway 表达了对他的深切的怀念和敬意今天节目最后我们听到的是一首充满了神圣感的《Discoeus Consulate》
Joy
The desolate of the strangeYes and trueHearSpeaksThe God
I said no songBut himCan ICueFor all
we may never meet againbefore you gomake this moment sweet againwe won't saygoodnight untilthe last minuteI'll hold out my handand my heart
We come and we goLike the ripples of a streamSo love me, love me tonightTomorrow
We knew
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