New Lives

老實說,以前的我並不喜歡翻唱歌曲。

不過我發現,人的想法似乎會隨著新的體驗而有所改變~
這種改變並非妥協,而是願意用比較寬廣的態度,去接受各式音樂的呈現..

想不到放下了原有成見後的我,
卻因此意外的發現了許多好聲音及好創意~



其實我本人很不喜歡"口水歌"這三個字,總覺得這三個字有貶抑的感覺存在。
不可否認的,很多歌曲經由大家一再翻唱的結果,
有些歌曲真的已經有被唱爛的嫌疑..

但是,不同的時空背景,
若是翻唱者願意用新的思維及唱法重新賦予歌曲新的生命,
或許過去這些很棒的音樂,也可以創造出另一種不同於原曲的新感覺~


不過我認為,翻唱歌曲要唱的好並不容易,
尤其有些歌曲又是那麼的精典且深植人心,想重新唱出自己的味道,那可就困難了。


記得前幾年有支來自法國的樂團 《Nouvelle Vague》,
他們可是翻唱團體中的佼佼者..

這個由兩位音樂製作人Marc Collin 和 Olivier Libaux 所領軍的法國團體,
他們將盛行於80年代初期的"New Wave"與"Post Punk"
和席捲全球的"Bossa Nova"兩種截然不同的樂風進行結合...

他們將這些80年代經典歌曲交由幾位年輕女歌手,
請他們用Bossa Nova 的方式,唱出完全不同於原唱的感覺。

(有意思的是, Nouvelle Vague 雖是法文,但是英文字義是"New Wave",
而翻譯成葡萄牙文則是"Bossa Nova")

他們在2004年發行的同名專輯《Nouvelle Vague》,即是將兩種截然不同的曲風進行改造,
然後再用全新的方式詮釋過去的這些優秀的作品。

有趣的是,當你翻開歌單,
你會發現這張《Nouvelle Vague》他們的意圖非常簡單,
就是把英國人創造的Post Punk 和 new wave 等經典作品,
用巴西人的新浪潮(Bossa Nova)模式來演繹。


這些被改編的歌曲除了保留一些基本和弦外,
完全以 Bossa nova 的形式來演繹這些曾經叱吒英倫樂壇的音樂。
而經過重新編曲後的音樂,果然少了原有的灰色陰鬱,
現在聽起來每首歌都變的非常的輕快..


看著這張專輯所收錄的歌單,
讓我不禁啞然失笑..
一直被大家尊奉為地下國歌的《Love Will Tear Us Apart》,
被唱成像改了歌詞為 《Love Will Bring Us Together 》一般的輕鬆甜蜜~

聽著這些改編後的曲風,我也只能笑笑的說:

Nouvelle Vague, 算你們厲害!






《Nouvelle Vague》專輯曲目

Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division

Just Can't Get Enough by Depeche Mode

Guns of Brixton by The Clash

Psyche by Killing Joke

This Is Not a Love Song by PIL

Marian by Sister of Mercy

Too Drunk To Fuck by The Dead Kennedys

A Forest by The Cure

Making Plans for Nigel by XTC

Teenage Kicks by The Undertones

Friday Night Saturday Morning by The Specials

I Melt with You" by Modern English

Sorry for Laughing by Josef K



Nouvelle Vague - The killing moon(Echo & The Bunnymen)


Under blue moon I saw you
So soon you'll take me
Up in your arms, too late to beg you
Or cancel it, though I know it must be
The killing time
Unwillingly mine

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

In starlit nights I saw you
So cruelly you kissed me
Your lips a magic world
Your sky all hung with jewels
The killing moon
Will come too soon

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

Under blue moon I saw you
So soon you'll take me
Up in your arms, too late to beg you
or cancel it though I know it must be
The killing time
Unwillingly mine

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him
You give yourself to him

La la la la la...

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him
You give yourself to him

La la la la la...

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give your...self to him

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

La la la la la...


Nouvelle Vague - Just Can't Get Enough (Depeche Mode )


When Im with you baby, I go out of my head
And I just cant get enough, I just cant get enough
All the things you do to me and everything you said
And I just cant get enough, I just cant get enough

We slip and slide as we fall in love
And I just cant seem to get enough

We walk together, were walking down the street
And I just cant get enough, I just cant get enough
Every time I think of you I know we have to meet
And I just cant get enough, I just cant get enough

Its getting hotter, its our burning love
And I just cant seem to get enough

And when it rains, youre shining down for me
And I just cant get enough, I just cant get enough
Just like a rainbow you know you set me free
And I just cant get enough, I just cant get enough

Youre like an angel and you give me your love
And I just cant seem to get enough


Nouvelle Vague - Dance with me (The Lords Of The New Church)


Let's dance little stranger
Show me secret sins
Love can be like bondage
Seduce me once again

Burning like an angel
Who has heaven in reprieve
Burning like the voodoo man
With devils on his sleeve

Won't you dance with me
In my world of fantasy
Won't you dance with me
Ritual fertility

Like an apparition
You don't seem real at all
Like a premonition
Of curses on my soul

The way I want to love you
Well it could be against the law
I've seen you in a thousand minds
You've made the angels fall

Won't you dance with me
In my world of fantasy
Won't you dance with me
Ritual fertility

Come on little stranger
There's only one last dance
Soon the music's over
Let's give it one more chance

Won't you dance with me
In my world of fantasy
Won't you dance with me
Ritual fertility

Take a chance with me
In my world of fantasy
Won't you dance with me
Ritual fertility



Nouvelle Vague - Psyche (Killing Joke )


You're alone in the pack
You're feeling like you want to go home
You're feeling unfinished but you keep on going

The reason is there
You'll be falling 'til your feet are gone
Because your living a hoax
Sell us what you suss

Draw your brain, a sick inspiration
Your pill illusion
And then you follow a transfer
If you don't know the game
Then you're still part of it
Because out on the streets
It's strange

Dodge the bullet or carry the gun
The choice is yours

Yeah! Yeah!

Look at the controller
A nazi with a social degree
A middle-class hero
Rapist with your eyes on me
You pay some masturbation
A priest cheers for the nuns you fuck
You'd wipe out spastics if you had the chance
But Jesus, Jesus
Jesus wouldn't like it, no
Jesus wouldn't like it, no



Nouvelle Vague - Blue Monday(New Order)


How does it feel
To treat me like you do
When you've your hands upon me
And told me who you are

I thought I was mistaken
I thought I heard your words
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now how do I feel

Those who came before me
Lived through their vocations
From the past until completion
They'll turn away no more

And I still find it so hard
To say what I need to say
But I'm quite sure that you'll tell me
Just how I should feel today

I see a ship in the harbor
I can and shall obey
But if it wasn't for your misfortune
I'd be a heavenly person today

And I thought I was mistaken
I thought I heard you speak
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now, how should I feel

I thought I told you to leave me
While I walked down to the beach
Tell me how does it feel
When your heart grows cold
When your heart grows cold
When your heart grows cold