《Scarlet's Walk》是Tori Amos加盟Epic唱片的第一张专辑,大改以往的女权主义风格,转走文学路线(她的下一张专辑《The Beekeeper》也是同样的风格),歌词晦涩到以至于专门在官网上给出了具体的解释。
豆瓣上有人翻译了全文,这里摘录《Pancake》的一段:
Scarlet在向特拉华东北方向前行的路上遇到了一个崇拜弥赛亚的男人,和他在一起,Scarlet又一次迷惑了。如果在拉美革命遇到的那个男人是个行动派的话,现在这个男人只是个空谈派。他没有执著的宗教价值观。其实我直到现在也没有完整的看过歌词(生词好多,压力好大),真正吸引我的还是独特的作曲和唱腔。我不知道Tori Amos是不是在用某种方言唱歌,她的元音总是很独特,假如不给我歌词我绝对想不到她在唱的是哪个词。
这首歌的旋律平铺直叙,甚至连高潮也只是简单的声调一挑。Tori Amos用慵懒、颓废而不屑的声音,不紧不慢地,时而陈述,时而小小地嘶吼——与其说嘶吼,还不如说就是出气过强。到了最后,这嘶哑的长音更加变本加厉。
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录音室版本(Album Version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-XK__B5gZg
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现场版,纯钢琴伴奏
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guQt6bFYFyk
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现场版,live from San Antonio, 2003
Tori Amos又在秀她两边弹钢琴的技术
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=logsL0jIGcI
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歌词:
I'm not sure who's fooling who here
As I'm watching your decay
We both know you could deflate
A 7 hurricane
Seems like you and your tribe
Decided you'd rewrite the law
Segregate the mind
From Body and from soul
You give me yours
I'll give you mine
Cause I can look your God
Right in the eye
You give me yours
I'll give you mine
You used to look my God
Right in the eye
I believe in defending
In what we once
Stood for
It seems in vogue
To be a closet
Misogynist homophobe
A change of course in
Our direction
A dash of truth
Spread thinly
Like a flag
On a popstar
On a Benzodiazapene
You give me yours
I'll give you mine
Cause I can look your God
Right in the eye
You give me yours
I'll give you mine
You used to look my God
Right in the eye
Oh Zion please
Remove your glove
And dispel every trace
Of His spoken word
That has lodged
In my vortex
I'm not sure who's fooling who here
As I'm watching your decay
We both know you could deflate
A 7 hurricane
You could have spared
Her - oh but no
Messiahs need
People dying in their Name
You could have spared
Her - oh but no
Messiahs need
People dying in their Name
You say "I ordered you a pancake"
You say "I ordered you a pancake"
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Pancake
歌手:Tori Amos
专辑:Scarlet's Walk
发行时间:2002-10-28
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