《You Needed Me》,这首经典的英文情歌我一共欣赏过三个版本。
最早聆听到这首歌是在优客李林的《未完成的优客李林》专辑中,其实这张专辑收录的也是他们之前的《Ocean Deep》的版本。第一次听到这首歌的时候并没有多少感觉,但是在听第二遍、第三遍的时候,就会慢慢被歌曲中那种慵懒的气息所打动。林志炫那招牌的高亢嗓音并没有在这首歌中太多的张扬,取而代之的是以极其舒服的、婉转的诠释方式来诉说衷肠。
再听到这首歌,是在Boyzone的《By Request - TBOB》,欣赏到了他们的翻唱版本。与优客李林的版本相比,Boyzone的版本显得更为pop,在编曲中就掺杂进了更多的流行要素。Ronan Keating那略沙哑且非常性感的嗓音把这首歌演绎得如吟如泣,让听者几欲泪下。
最近在播放器中偶然随机到了这首歌,听后不禁又唏嘘一番,同时也对这首歌产生了极浓厚的兴趣,到底谁是这首歌的原唱呢?一番查找之后,才知道原来这首经典的情歌也有着非常辉煌的历史,早在1978年,被誉为加拿大歌后的加拿大国宝级艺人——安玛莉(Anne Murray)就凭借这首歌荣获了当年的格莱美奖。于是,我马上找来了安玛莉的这个版本细细品味。果然歌后不愧为歌后,没有像优客李林那样运用了不少技巧、也没有似Boyzone版荡气回肠,安玛莉只是以平淡的声调不紧不慢的向你诉说,却让听歌的人体会到了歌曲背后的那种情深似海。
对比三个版本的编曲,安玛莉的原版最为简单,主要就是吉他的伴奏,弦乐在背景中若隐若现,更突出了歌手的声音;优客李林的版本则选择了小提琴和钢琴作为主要的伴奏乐曲,使这首歌曲显得相当的优雅;Boyzone的编曲最为华丽,除了开始时候的吉他,进入主旋律之后则用了极有分量的弦乐来烘托气氛,鼓点的加重增加了这首歌的节奏感,使其显得更有流行气息。
一首情歌,在三个杰出歌手和音乐团体演绎之后,成为了三首好歌。只是优客李林的稍嫌匠斧气重了些,Boyzone的又太过向市场低头,相较之下,还是平平淡淡才是真啊!
附:歌词和吉他谱
You Needed Me
Words & Music by Randy Goodrum
Recorded by Anne Murray, 1978
(G) C Am Dm G7
I cried a tear, you wiped it dry;
Dm7 Dm7/G C
I was confused, you cleared my mind;
C C7 F
I sold my soul, you bought it back for me,
D Dm7 G
And held me up and gave me dignity --
Dm7/G G G7
Somehow you needed me.
You gave me strength to stand alone again,
To face the world out on my own again;
You put me high upon a pedestal --
So high that I could almost see eternity.
Dm7 G7 C
You needed me, you needed me.
Refrain:
Am Am+7 Am7 Am7/G
And I can't believe it's you, I can't believe it's true:
F G C C/B
I needed you, and you were there.
Am Am+7
And I'll never leave, why should I leave?
Am7 Am7/G Dm Dm+7 Dm7 G Am7 G
I'd be a fool 'cause I finally found someone who really cares
You held my hand when it was cold;
When I was lost you took me home.
You gave me hope when I was at the end
And turned my lies back into truth again --
You even called me "friend."
You gave me strength to stand alone again,
To face the world out on my own again;
You put me high upon a pedestal --
So high that I could almost see eternity.
You needed me, you needed me.
Coda:
Dm7 G Dm7 C
You needed me, you needed me.