星期日, 十月 28, 2007

Vanessa Carlton










钢琴玉女凡妮莎莺声初试专辑 一举成名(Vanessa Carlton Be Not Nobody) 空降Billboard流行专辑榜No.5一举成名大碟,坐在钢琴前的Vanessa Carlton/凡妮莎卡顿总是光芒四射,用她精湛的钢琴演奏技巧、动人的旋律以及引人入胜的歌词来传达情感丰富的音乐语言。

出生于名为Milford的宾州小,Vanessa Carlton在成长的过程中总是有音乐相伴,母亲是古典钢琴老师、父亲是Pink Floyd的头号歌迷,因此很早就广泛接触到从莫扎特到Pink Floyd、从Fleetwood Mac到PJ Harvey、从Neil Young到萧邦的各类音乐;在她终日辛勤的练琴之下展现了惊人的潜能和音乐天赋,8岁就完成生平的第一部作曲作品。

持续累积音乐创作的她,从17岁开始在纽约下曼哈顿的酒吧演出;她清新自然的歌声与创作受到音乐大厂Interscope的高层Jimmy Iovine的赏识,于是迅速获得一纸合约。历经一年的精心雕琢,在A&M唱片公司总裁Ron Fair亲自打造的首航专辑【Be Not Nobody/一举成名】中,Vanessa Carlton以她流行灵魂唱腔诠释从古典到经典摇滚的多元曲风,时而柔情似水、时而热情如火、时而朴实真诚。从洋溢华尔滋风情的-Ordinary Day-揭开序曲,Vanessa Carlton带领乐迷进行一趟游历异想境地的奇幻旅程;热情洋溢的首发单曲-A Thousand Miles-在Billboard流行、成人单曲榜双双攀升Top 5;而流行曲-Pretty Baby-、绝美交响乐烘托着的-Twilight-和强力节拍的硬式-Unsung-…在在展现Vanessa Carlton的不同风情,而她重新演Rolling Stones冠军名曲-Paint It Black-的声音表情,更让人惊艳不已。唤醒人类深层欲望、引起强烈情绪共鸣的【Be Not Nobody】更备受乐评肯定,滚石杂志将她列名为2002年最值得期待的十位艺人之一、称她为「流行版的Fiona Apple」、赞赏她纯熟严谨的钢琴弹奏技巧,并认为其音乐作品蕴含媲美Tori Amos的古典元素、丰富乐音及的和谐合声。酷爱音乐,每次都能从不同的音乐中找到不同感动的Vanessa Carlton,希望你也能够从她真挚的音乐作品中获得感动!
Ordinary Day
Vanessa Carlton

Just a day,
Just an ordinary day.
Just tryin to get by.
Just a boy,
Just an ordinary boy.
But he was looking towards the sky.
And as he asked if I would come along
I started to realize-
That everyday you find
Just what he's looking for,
Like a shooting star he shines.

He said take my hand,
Live while you can
Don't you see your dreams are right in the palm of your hand

And as he spoke, he spoke ordinary words
Although they did not feel
For I felt what I had not felt before
You'd swear those words could heal.
And I as looked up into those eyes
His vision borrows mine.
And to know he's no stranger,
For I feel I've held him for all of time.

And he said take my hand,
Live while you can
And if we walk now we will divide and conquer this land.
Don't you see your dreams are right in the palm of your hand
Right in the palm of your hand

Please come with me,
See what I see.
Touch the stars for time will not flee.
Time will not flee.
Can you be

Just a dream, just an ordinary dream.
As I wake in bed
And the boy, that boy, that ordinary boy.
Or was it all in my head?
Did he asked if I would come along
It all seemed so real.
But as I looked to the door,
I saw that boy standing there with a deal.
And he said he my take my hand,
Live while you can,
Don't you see your dreams are right in the palm of your hand
Right in the palm of your hand
Right in the palm of your hand

Just a day, just an ordinary day
Jus tryin to get by.

Just a boy,
Just an ordinary boy.
But he was looking to the sky.