Blackbird
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Yes and I've often felt forsaken

so far away from home

I don't know a soul that's not been batteredI don't have a friend who feels at easeI don't know a dream that's not been shatteredI've driven to its kneesOh but it's alright, it's alright

for we've lived so well so longstill when I think of the road we're traveling onI wonder what's gone wrongI can't help it I wonder what's gone wrongand I dreamed I was dyingI dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedlyand looking back down at me

smile reassuringlyand i dreamed i was flyingand high up abovemars could clearly seethe statue of libertysailing away to seaand i dreamed i was flyingwe come on the shipthey call the mayflowerwe come on the shipthat sails the moon

We come in the nation's most uncertain hourAnd sing an American tuneOh but it's alrightIt's alright, it's alrightWe can't be forever blessedStill tomorrow's gonna be a knocking day

and i'm trying to get some restthat's all i'm just trying to get some rest

美国是一个移民国家来自世界各地的人们汇聚在这个文化的大熔炉当中寻找各自的梦想 Paul Simon 是来自匈牙利的犹太移民的后代他在 1973 年创作的这首《American Tone》讲述的是一个生活在这块土地上的普通移民对于美国梦产生的疑问经过生活的抗争和艰辛的工作所产生的倦怠和困惑

以及越来越强烈的四乡之情刚才我们听到的是爵士歌手 Curtis Stigers 在 2007 年出版的专辑 Real Emotional 当中演唱的这首 American Tune60 年代美国黑人争取民权的运动如火如荼 1968 年英国最伟大的药工乐队 The Beatles 出版的专辑 White Album 当中有一首旋律优美感人的 Blackbird

Paul McCartney 说这首歌曲当中的 Blackbird 实际上是来形容当时生活在美国南部种族歧视制度下的黑人小女孩我们现在听到的是一位在 1955 年出生在美国南部 Virginia 的爵士女歌手 Renee Murray 在她的生活当中经历过所有的不公和歧视这是她在 2001 年出版的专辑 Vertigo 当中演唱的 Blackbird

blackbird

all your life you've always waited forall your life you

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Rene Marie 把 Beatles 的这一首经典的 Blackbird 唱成了一首抗议歌曲在她的歌声当中充满了对美国种族歧视制度的控诉

这让我想起了另外一位黑人爵士女歌手 Cassandra Wilson 在 1995 年出版的专辑《New Moon Daughter》当中演唱 Billy Holiday 经典的抗议歌曲《Strange Fruit》Southern treeMere strange fruitBlack bodies swingingIn the sun

strange fruithanging from the treeasteroosin the garlandthe bulging eyesand the twisted mouthscent of the youngand freshin the sudden smell

I've burned tears of fruitFor the crows to pluckFor the rain for the windTo suck for the sunTo rotFor the tree to raise a stream

《天涯》

卡桑德拉·沃森在 1995 年演唱这一首美国历史上最著名的抗议歌曲 1939 年由爵士女歌手比利·奥勒德唱红的《Strange Fruit》是最为出色的一个版本有一部描写在这一个时期比利·奥勒德因为演唱《Strange Fruit》而被联邦调查局探员迫害的电影《The United States vs. Billie Holiday》获得了第 78 届金酒奖的最佳女主角奖

下面我们再来听 Cassandra Wilson 演唱 The Beatles 的歌曲 BlackbirdBlackbird singing in the dead of nightTake these broken wings and learn to flyYou were only waiting for this moment to arriveBlackbird

Blackbird singing in the dead of nightTake these sunken eyes and learn to seeYou were only waiting for to be freeOh Blackbird Blackbird to the dark and lonely night

i know you

Oh blackbird fly blackbird fly

i

i know you

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Jazz Up Your LifeSunday to ThursdayWith Yo DaiOn All That JazzNow we like to doA wonderful little balladA deathly deathly

we win the fightoh so we claimbut the truth is that we findthe unmistakable sound of rain

哈哈哈哈

sign says stopbut onwe win the betthat winning ticketfor the sound ofsoberto the barbetter get busyyeah we gonna buy the next roundbut y'all gotta give three cheersfor the sound ofsign says stop

I guess we ought to goBut what's the rush

but what is this sound

Renae Marie

Renee Marie 是当今非常少见的一位音乐家她在美国种族歧视制度下长大她让我想到了美国 70 年代黑人民权运动中的女歌手 Nana Simone 和 RB Lincoln 我们现在听到的是 Renee Marie 在 2011 年出版的专辑 Voice of My Beautiful Country 当中演唱的 America the BeautifulOh beautiful for spacious skies

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Renee Murray 非常关注社会问题同时也对于音乐家在社会中所扮演的角色提出质疑下面我们听到的是 Renee Murray 演唱的一首关注无家可归问题的歌曲 This is not a protest song 这不是一首抗议歌曲 My brother's homeSleeps under a bushOn the groundBy dayHis brilliant works are all over

in spite of his drinking and his damei believe he does the best he canso if you see my brother on the street somewhereput a little something in his handmy aunt is crazyshe fell right through the healthcare cracksoh she alienated all her friends and familywith physical and verbal attacks

well she won't go to a shelterso she gets her meals straightfrom the garbage canso if you see my crazy armon the street somewhereput a little something in her handbut this is not a protest songit ain't aboutto each other when we're giving makes us strongbut hey

这不是一个抗争歌曲在你家的家庭你会找到她和她一起去她的丈夫打了她好几次她试图离开最后她做到了

Counselors is learningAnd involve abusive menLord have mercySo get on down to the shelterPlease put a little something in herNow I'm not pointing any fingersI'm not placing any blameOr trying to justifyBut I swear that thereBut for a couple of twists of fate

But it ain't O.T.

这首歌曲是不再是一首抗议歌曲

我们知道你

hey

i know you

I think the music's got yaI can see there's going to beSome singing and grinningHermann come on upAnd pourIt's in the airWe're sharing the joyIt's fun you knowSo come on upAnd show your joy

i see your smile your wifeit's in the airit's there it's the timeit's the damn timecome on come on come onshake it body shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake

i get up and moveit's in the airit's the wayi'm sharing the joy

明天同一时间再见 I know

i do you talk about her so much

i think you've got some issuesthat need to be resolvedand you'll never get that if we get involvedit just takes timetime to get it rightyou need to go home tonightso go on home to the woman who loves youtake back all those mean things you saidthen lie downand drive her out of her head

Go on home to the woman you loveTell her you didn't mean itGo home before I change my mindThose pictures of your kids that youThey're waiting at home for you right nowTo walk through that front doorSo go on and do the right thingI know you can ace this testIf you're the man I know you areIt just takes time

go once you get there you're gonna