你以为现在开始计划情人节太早了?我跟你说你还是天真。
文/漪微
(霉霉镇楼,不过今天这篇里并没有她。不是说她歌词不好,相反,霉霉是个很有趣的人,写了很多很有趣的歌词,以后打算为她专门开一篇。)
以下是9首可以用来表白/认错/再表白/认错/嚎哭/自杀前留遗书的适合情人节的好情歌。
风格基本是流行摇滚和乡村,都是很适合抱着吉他对男/女神唱的那种。这次的歌单大部分是小众冷门,小部分是旧时经典,所以逼格还是有的。
前几首是年轻人的恋爱小心思,越往后就越深沉隐晦,伴有短时雷雨大风,请小心食用。
1. Michelle Branch "You get me"
From Album "The Spirit Room" (2001)
So I'm a little left of center
I'm a little out of tune
Some say I'm paranormal
So I just bend their spoon
Who wants to be ordinary
In a crazy, mixed-up world
I don't care what they're sayin'
As long as I'm your girl
既然是情人节,本着一颗少女心,先推荐这首。
Michelle Branch是当年女性流行朋克正当红时冒头的歌手,顶着Madonna爱将这牛逼哄哄的名号,风格有Avril Lavigne的影子,但比后者要文艺一些。首专拿下了不错的成绩,虽然后来光速过气,但这首“You get me”还算是流传了下来,被很多爱情电影用作插曲。
大千世界,女孩们想找的人,就是能“get”到她的那个他。
好吧,我这人就是比较不着调,比较神经病。不过谁敢说我神经病我就用意念滋——一声拧弯他。可能我是疯,但这本来就是个疯狂的世界,何不一起摇摆?别人爱说说,只要有你get我,我就是幸福的。
2. Blake Shelton "Honey bee"
From Album "Red River Blue" (2011)
Girl, I been thinkin' 'bout us
And you know I ain't good at this stuff
These feelings pilin' up won't give me no rest
This might come out a little crazy
A little sideways, yeah maybe
I don't know how long it'll take me but I'll do my best
You'll be my soft and sweet
I'll be your strong and steady
You'll be my glass of wine
I'll be your shot of whiskey
You'll be my sunny day
I'll be your shade tree
You'll be my honeysuckle
I'll be your honey bee
Yeah, that came out a little country
But every word was right on the money
And I got you smilin' honey right back at me
Now hold on 'cause I ain't done
There's more where that came from
Well you know I'm just havin' fun, but seriously
比起文艺少女的“我就喜欢你别人爱谁谁”,这首则是糙汉子的“抱一抱那个抱一抱”。
Blake Shelton,应该看过美版好声音的人都不陌生吧。他在我国昵称“村夫”,身高1米9长得像头熊,天天在屏幕上跟魔力红老五的主唱骚当卖腐。卖腐呢应该是节目效果需要,但作为一个乡村大老爷们儿,村夫打起腰鼓唱起歌来还是很直(污)的。
以下请用赵本山大叔的口音朗诵:大妹子我想你想得睡不着觉,我不咋会说话,但不说憋得慌。你就是那软又甜,我就是那强又壮,你是我的葡萄美酒我是你的威士啊忌,你是白云啊我就是黑土,你是蜂巢啊我就是蜜啊大蜜蜂。我说话直你憋介意,你看你都乐了不是?我这虽搞笑,但都是发自肺腑地。
(村夫曾有个金发大胸的村妇,也跟他一样唱村儿里歌的,于去年离婚。)
3. Steel Magnolia "Just by being you (halos and wings)"
From Album "Steel Magnolia"(2011)
And I’ll take off my halo, if you take off your wings
You don’t have to be invincible cause I sure ain’t no saint
You’ll always be my angel no matter what you do
Cause you take me to heaven just by being you.
男女各一首表白情歌后,这首是夫妻之间的深情对唱。
Steel Magnolia,又名“钢筋木兰花儿”,是由一对订婚夫妇组成的乡村二重唱。他们成军于2009年,同名专辑最高时登上了Billboard总榜7位,乡村榜3位,也算是红过。
我为你摘掉光圈,你也为我脱下翅膀。我们眼中的彼此,根本不需要那些尘世的矫饰。我不必是圣人,你也不必是天使。我们相爱,正是为了彼此的残缺。
(两人已分手,乐队已解散。)
4. Little Big Town "Sober"
From Album "Tornado" (2013)
(QQ音乐竟然没有这首,请大家自行去酷狗)
I wanna walk that line a little crooked
And live my life a little on the rocks
Laughing every time I fail
Not afraid to make a fool of myself
And keep on dancing when the music stops
'Cause I love being in love
It's the best kind of drug
Drunk on the holy lean on your shoulders
Sweet like a wine as it gets older
When I die I don't wanna go sober
When I die I don't wanna go sober
听过年轻人们的矫揉造作后,让四个年龄相加超过200岁的老年人来教你们做人。
Little Big Town是个乡村四人组,成员均是60后或70后。他们出道已将近20年,并没有大红过,但一直以他们的方式存在着,对我来说是少有的每首歌都能撸几十遍也不厌的组合。
比起太激烈的情感,他们的歌词更多是种千帆过尽的从容和淡薄。
人有不同的活法,可我们用不同方法去追求的东西,却惊人的一致——爱,只有爱。是最好的药,也是最醇的酒。如果有一天我不得不死去,请让我死在爱里。
如果爱是酒,我愿此生长醉不醒。
5. The Band Perry "You lie"
From Album "The Band Perry" (2010)
That ain't my perfume
I bet she had a curfew
You told me you were out with the boys and baby I believed you
So why you lookin' so nervous
You know you're gonna deserve this
I oughta kill you right now and do the whole wide world a service
Well my daddy's gonna straighten you out like a piece of wire, like a piece of wire
The way you lie
当然,爱情里除了甜蜜和沉醉,也有欺骗和背叛。不是说嘛,遇对了人天天都是情人节,遇错了人你就让他过清明节。
乡村乐队The Band Perry最著名的歌应该是2010年的“If I die young”,传唱度很高,更为他们拿到了一个格莱美提名。
不过与“如果我呆样”相比,出自同张专辑的这首“你港大话”更得我心,歌词中把一个彪悍泼辣的村里姑娘警告男朋友“你再扯犊子我叫我爸崩了你”的样子描述的栩栩如生,让人听了笑的停不下来。
你有胆子劈腿你倒是有胆子说真话啊,你那谎撒的简直是人类的耻辱,我杀了你都是为世界做贡献。你等着,我这就喊我爸去,你等着啊。
6. Daniel Powter "Best of me"
From Album "Under the radar" (2008)
Was it something that I said
Was it something that I did
Or the combination of both that did me wrong
You know I'm hoping you'll sing along
Though it's not your favorite song
Don't wanna be there when there's nothing left to say
You know that some of us spin again
When you do, you need a friend
Don't wanna be there when there's nothing left for me
And I hate the thought of finally being erased
Baby that's the best of me
所以如果你真的做了错事,需要跟女朋友道歉的话,这首是绝佳选择。
Daniel Powter被称为“城市琴人”,用一把磁性嗓子和一手忧郁钢琴迷倒了不少少女。早年我国各线城市的小资咖啡厅都喜欢拿他的歌做背景音乐,“Bad Day”是个中翘楚。不过我不推荐太红的歌。
这首“Best of Me”,很明显是在跟爱人道歉。道歉也就罢了,关键是他还不知道自己做错了什么,还问:我是做错事了还是说错话了?还是做错事而且说错话了?不管是什么我道歉还不行吗?亲爱的我都大晚上的在你门前唱歌了,你就原谅我吧原谅我吧。
全歌最打动我的大概是最后那句“And I hate the thought of finally being erased/Baby that's the best of me.”
我曾经那么努力的,为了你,变成了一个好人。可到最后,你却将这个最好的我,从你身边抹去。
7. Tori Amos "Silent all these years"
From Album "Little Earthquakes" (1991)
So you found a girl
Who thinks really deep thougts
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts
Boy you best praya that I bleed real soon
How's that thought for you
My scream got lost in a paper cup
You think there's a heaven
Where some screams have gone
I got 25 bucks and a cracker
Do you think it's enough
To get us there
Cause what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of his
With her name still on it
Hey but I don't care
Cause sometimes
I said sometimes
I hear my voice
And it's been here
Silent All These...
为了使这篇歌词评不进入更黑暗的领域,我开始谈一个非常乐观向上完全不黑暗的话题——婚姻的坟墓。
Tori Amos是少有的成功从小众走向大众的另类女歌手,在保持了自我特色的同时,也受到主流认可。她这首“Silent All These Years”实在太经典,孙燕姿翻唱过原版,王菲则重新填词了普通话和粤语两个版本并翻唱。
原作歌词中隐忍而压抑的家庭女性形象令人心碎,一直温柔的付出却换来爱人的背叛。借口很耳熟——我遇到了一个女孩,她比你有深度比你不庸俗。
妻子的责问听上去无力而委屈:“So you found a girl who thinks really deep thougts. What's so amazing about really deep thoughts?”
你说她比我有深度,你倒说说有深度怎么就比我好了?
我们曾经也深爱,也在天堂里,但后来,在什么地方,什么时间,我们开始沉默,许多年,直到丢失了原有的一切。而我只有25块钱和一块饼干,我只有,我低到尘埃里的沉默,直到血流出伤口,时间作响,我听见了自己的哀伤。
8. Tom Waits "Martha"
From Album "Closing Time" (1973)
Operator, number, please:
It's been so many years
Will she remember my old voice while I fight the tears?
Hello, hello there, is this Martha?
This is old Tom Frost, and I am calling long distance,
Don't worry 'bout the cost.
'Cause it's been forty years or more,
Now Martha please recall,
Meet me out for coffee,
Where we'll talk about it all.
And those were the days of roses,
Poetry and prose and Martha
All I had was you and all you had was me.
There was no tomorrows,
We'd packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day.
And I feel so much older now,
And you're much older too,
How's your husband?
And how's the kids?
You know that I got married too?
Lucky that you found someone
To make you feel secure,
'Cause we were all so young and foolish,
Now we are mature.
And those were the days of roses,
Poetry and prose and Martha
All I had was you and all you had was me.
There was no tomorrows,
We'd packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day.
And I was always so impulsive,
I guess that I still am,
And all that really mattered then
Was that I was a man.
I guess that our being together
Was never meant to be.
And Martha, Martha,
I love you can't you see?
And I remember quiet evenings
Trembling close to you.
有人在坟墓里尖叫流血分崩离析,也有人平安是福走到最后。不过,那些难忘的过往,胸前的朱砂痣窗外的白月光,仍让你刻骨铭心,至死不忘。
老牌蓝调歌手Tom Waits的这首“Martha”你多半没听过,但Adele的“Hello”你一定已经听腻了。单从歌词上来看,“Hello”与“Martha”有很相似的地方。当爱情很难再面对面,一条电话线的阻隔却成了通往人心更快的方式。
“Martha”发行于1973年,在那个电话甚至都没发明多久还需要接线员的年代,无疑更加动人。
故事是一个或许已白发苍苍的老人,颤颤巍巍的拿起电话,对接线员说,播这个号码,然后,(并不知道是否拨通)他开始讲述此生将带进坟墓的深爱。
那些年轻的日子,诗歌与散文与激情的日子,好像已经是前世。当时的我们,都只顾着自尊与骄傲,一转身就不再回头。尚未消尽的哀伤被掖进心里,只在失眠的雨夜里拿出来,呆滞的凝视。
四十年了,我们再也没有见过面。你嫁了别人,我娶了别人。
四十年了,我打电话对你说这句迟到了四十年的话:我爱你。你不知道吗我爱你。
可我的声音,可能已老到连我是谁你也记不起。
这首歌第一次听就哭了,后来也是听一次哭一次。全篇都是泪点,每句都是泪点。
旋律朴实却虐人至深,结合起来真能听出内伤。
歌是好歌,但恋爱啊还是别谈到这个地步了。
【情人节特辑结束。最后来个彩蛋。】
如果情人节没人跟你一起过也不要紧嘛,下面这首歌一定适合你。
Bonus Track: One Republic "If I lose myself"
From Album "Native" (2013)
又名“如果我撸死我自己”。
【完】
红爷说
翻到这里,如果你也碰巧像爷一样爱上了(再次爱上了)我们的吐槽女王,请唱起情歌来深爱。
琴棋书画诗酒茶,咱差不离了。
专栏作者漪微:主业是宅,副业是写写小说、搞搞翻译。定期吐槽。