Swing Out Sister-回归复古爵
80年代晚期成军的英国新浪潮乐队Swing Out Sister (摇摆姐妹),在90年代前半段红透欧洲乐坛。但是之后便陷入沉寂,出版的几张专辑都没有得到乐评和市场的承认。乐队转而到日本发展,受到日本乐迷的大力追捧。2004年,在欧洲乐坛消失多年的SOS重新发力,出版新专辑Where Our Love Grows (我们的爱情在这里生长)。
这张专辑里面,SOS抛弃了原来流行摇滚的风格,转向比较复古的Big Band Jazz (大乐团爵士)。乐队大量使用管乐和人声合唱,让听众有回到上个世纪40年代的感觉。专辑第一首歌曲“Love Won't Let You down" 便是这种风格的完美体现。主唱Corinne Drewry的醇美声线给这首作品带来了活力。专辑同名曲Where Our Love Grows则以类似曼西尼60年代的电影配乐风格的前奏开头,带有一点巴西舞曲的摇摆。这首作品是比较贴近SOS早年风格的,但是在宏大管弦乐和背景和声的衬托下,依旧是一幅怀旧复古的情怀。接下去的几首作品则基本上是各类爵士风格的融合,Corinne的声音若有若无的漂浮在精巧的器乐上面。很明显,SOS正在努力向纯正的爵士乐队走近。
AllMusic.com对这张专辑的评价并不高。事实上自从新浪潮音乐(代表人物是Duran Duran)在欧洲失宠之后,SOS就失去了其赖以生存的优雅流行风格,所幸在世界各地还是有一批他们的忠实乐迷,为SOS的重出江湖摇旗呐喊。但是我们不得不承认在流行摇滚和节奏布鲁斯盛行的当今乐坛,SOS可以发展的空间已经很小了。
我个人一直都比较推崇Swing Out Sister的音乐。从他们早年的流行舞曲风格的“Somewhere Out the World",一直到现在的"Where Our Love Grows"。Corinne和她的朋友们始终坚持自己的音乐理念,不为周围的流行浪潮所影响,这点是非常可贵的。
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Hold me like a friend
Kiss me like a friend
Say we'll never end
Searching for the colors of the rainbow
Melody never say good-bye
I'll believe you
Hold me like a friend
Kiss me like a friend
Say we'll never end
Searching for the colors of the rainbow
Melody never say good-bye
I'll believe you
Some people handle love and never try
I can almost fly with your wings to set me higher
One day we'll see the world
and through the grey have faith in our hands
Hold me like a friend
Kiss me like a friend
Say we'll never end
Searching for the colors of the rainbow
Melody never say good-bye
we'll always be best friends
Hold me like a friend
Kiss me like a friend
Say we'll never end
Searching for the colors of the rainbow
Melody never say good-bye
I'll believe you
When the river flows
Off to part us both
Only HEAVEN knows
I'll be a boat to sail arround you
Melody never say good-bye
I'll be near you
Some people handle love and never try
I can almost fly with your wings to set me higher
One day we'll see the world
and through the grey have faith in our hands
till the river ends……