之前听的是 莫文蔚 的翻唱,各有特色。
Carmen Cuesta,西班牙爵士女诗人。代表作有《One Kiss》、《Peace of Mind》和《Jazz en la Costa》。
出生于西班牙的马德里,15岁开始自己创作歌曲,曾经参加戏剧演出。 1979年与来自美国久负盛名的smooth Jazz吉他手恰克洛柏(chuck Loeb)初次相遇,相恋三个月后即闪电结婚。当时洛柏与萨克斯飈大师史坦盖兹(stan Getz)正在法国、西班牙等国家进行巡回演出,为他们证婚的正是史坦盖兹。
Carmen创作不懈,持续参与乐坛活动,再加上她特殊的拉丁女性魅力、自然而充漨质感的坅润嗓音,个人专辑发行后广受好评,她的歌曲在欧洲各大smooth Jazz电台有很高的播放率,清新派的时尚风格十分受欢迎。
在专辑《One Kiss》中,Carmen与其夫Chuck仍凭借着他们在纽约爵士乐坛的影响力,找来合作的乐手都是一时之选,包括萨克斯风手比尔伊凡斯(Bill Evans),以及同为萨克斯风手、A440旗下大将尼尔森蓝格(Nelson Rangell),顶尖鼓手沃夫冈哈弗纳(Wolfgang Haffner)等人。专辑仍然维持洛柏夫妇独特的气质乐风,完美融合了顺畅的流行语汇以及精致的爵士风格。
歌词:
I look at you all,
See the love there that's sleeping,
While my guitar gently weeps,
I look at the floor,
And I see it needs sweeping
Still my guitar gently weeps
I don't know why nobody told you
How to unfold your love,
I don't know how someone controlled you,
They bought and sold you
I look at the world,
And I notice it's turning,
While my guitar gently weeps,
With every mistake,
We must surely be learning,
Still my guitar gently weeps
I don't know how you were diverted
you were perverted too
I don't know how you were inverted
no one alerted you
I look at you all,
See the love there that's sleeping,
While my guitar gently weeps,
And then I look at you all
Still my guitar gently weeps(内容来自百度百科,歌词来自虾米)