我在英國日不落

又開始聽Susan Wang 唱歌了。

應該不是很多人知道這位來自香港的女歌手，即便在網路上搜尋，所能得到的資訊也很片面。

之所以會認識這副明亮的嗓子，我記得是在02至03年間，看見了一篇以清亮嗓音為題的文章，

在好奇心的驅使下點閱，然後就被她感性的聲音所吸引了。

那是她的第一張專輯《Close to you》。

無論在選曲、唱功、情感投入等方面，我覺得都是一張很有水準的專輯。

之後她雖然陸陸續續地推出其他的專輯，但是相較起來。

《Close to you》所帶給我的深沉感動遠遠大過於她後來的專輯。

Susan的專輯幾乎都是以翻唱英文經典歌曲為主，

今天談的這首歌，是《Close to you》中第一首曲子，

也是曾被多人翻唱，曾獲得第16屆葛萊梅獎的歌曲：《Killing me Softly with his Song》。

這首歌本身算是較為悲調中帶點輕快的編曲，但Susan 唱來多了一絲甜美。

不同於Fugees 的嘻哈，我個人更喜歡Susan 輕柔的詮釋方式。


下面這隻mv是Roberta Flack 所演唱的版本。

雖然風格略有不同，但性質上都是屬於溫柔的演繹，

聽Roberta Flack 演唱，然後將聲音代換成另一種甜美又富有磁性的聲音，那就是Susan的歌聲了。

另外，英文wiki對這首歌有更詳盡的歷史介紹，有興趣的人可以去看看唷。
Killing me Softly with his Song


跟我一起來聽聽這首好歌吧。



《Killing me Softly with his Song》

＊Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song,
killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song.

I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style,
And so I came to see him and listen for a while.
And there he was this young boy, stranger to my eyes,

Repeat ＊

I felt all flushed with fever,
Embarrassed by the crowd,
I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud.
I prayed that he would finish, but he just kept right on.

Repeat ＊

He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair.
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there
And he just kept on singing,
Singing clear and strong.

Repeat ＊＊

He was strumming my pain with his fingers,
Yeah he was singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song.