暑假的第一場演唱會,我去聽James Morrison唱歌。
(photo by MY) |
James Morrison @ Webster Hall (photo by MY) |
心得就是真的太好聽了!
聲音棒得沒話說,聽他唱歌是打從心底被感動,
我想他生下來就是注定要當歌手的。
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和許多人一樣,開始注意到James Morrison是從他的出道曲"You Give Me Something"。因為這首歌給我的印象太深刻,即使久久不聽,我還是可以隨時隨地完整的哼出這首歌的旋律。只要想到James Morrison,就會立刻想到它。(昨天演唱會聽他說才發現,原來這首歌已經有七年了阿,算一算時間也對,第一次知道James Morrison的時候是升高一的暑假)
James Morrison - You Give Me Something
記得那年暑假唱片公司打他的歌打得很兇,當時一直在強調他這個不到20歲的年輕人有著一副60歲(還是80歲?)滄桑的歌喉和一個老靈魂。我記得我第一次聽到You Give Me Something的時候還真嚇了一跳,完全不能把他和他的聲音搭在一起。也是因為那年暑假每一台幾乎每一天都在播送他的MV,我聽得實在很煩,有一陣子我還抗拒聽他的音樂 。一直到入手了他的專輯"Undiscovered"後我才真正的愛上他,那張專輯很優秀,每一首歌都好聽。
他的聲音很獨特,辨識度高,強而有力的沙啞腔,他的聲音有種可以把人吸進去的魔力。
06年出道到現在,他總共才出了三張專輯,分別是:
Undiscovered (2006)
Songs for You, Truths for Me (2008)
The Awakening (2011)
我大力推薦他的第一張和最新的這張Awakening!好聽!
雖然他生專輯的動作很慢,不過這幾年他和許多藝人們合作,合作的歌曲都相當收到歡迎。而其中我最喜歡的一首是他和Jason Mraz合唱的"Details in the Fabric"(收錄在Json Mraz-We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things 專輯裡)。
這首歌我只能給它一百個讚,曲好聽,詞寫得很棒,Jason Mraz和James Morrison的歌又唱得很好,我每一次聽都被感動得亂七八糟。
Jason Mraz feat. James Morrison - Details in the Fabric
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知道他要來紐約開唱我實在欣喜若狂,訂好票之後每天都很期待5/15的到來。
James Morrison @ Webster Hall (photo by MY) |
穿著皮衣、背著吉他, James Morrison用輕快的"Beautiful Life"為這場在紐約的Sold Out Show開場。他一開口全場就陷入瘋狂,比CD更有穿透力的聲音,連我都忍不住尖叫了。
紐約客們愛他,從他還沒出場前到安可結束後獲得的歡呼和掌聲我可以確定,紐約客們很喜歡這個英國小子。連標準這麼高的紐約客們都給予肯定,James Morrison絕對是品質保證,哈哈。 (他又帥又痞,講話又好笑,而且是迷人的英國腔,誰會不愛?)
這次美國的tour他的樂團共有七個人,鼓手、貝斯手、鍵盤手、電吉他手、兩個合音小天使還有他自己(木吉他)。我差點都要忘記James Morrison也是個很棒的吉他手,他以前在自己的樂團就是擔任吉他手。
James Morrison @ Webster Hall (photo by MY) |
James Morrison @ Webster Hall (photo by MY) |
一個半小時的演唱會裡面他唱了15首歌,印象比較深刻的幾首歌包括,
"I Won't Let You Go",新專輯The Awakening的主打歌,我很喜歡,很適合他的聲音的一首歌。聽他飆到這首歌最高的那個音的瞬間實在很過癮!
"Up",他和Jessie J一起合作的歌。我一開始還蠻驚訝他會唱這首的呢,James Morrison找他的合音小天使之一來唱女聲的部分,和音小天使表現的很棒。
"In My Dreams"是新專輯裡的歌,獻給兩年前過世的爸爸,也獻給在場所有了解失去那種感受的人。 我很有共鳴。
"Nothing Ever Hurt Like You",他把這首歌的結尾搭上"I Heard You from the Grapevine",兩首都是我非常喜愛的歌,mix在一起,超級好聽。
"Broken Strings",又是另一首他和其他女歌手合作的歌曲。這首歌原曲是和Nelly Furtado一起唱,這次他唱的是自己solo版,而且是acoustic版的!(我覺得其實比原曲更好聽)
"One Life",他說這首歌又被他叫做 Baby Girl,因為是寫給他的小朋友的。我第一次聽到這首歌的時候就很喜歡,很感人的一首歌。大家一起唱One life, one life, one life and I'm gonna live it right的時候好感動。
"You Give Me Something"被放在安可前唱,果然是全場大合唱,七年後我終於聽到原唱的現場版本,雞皮疙瘩都起來了。
安可曲兩首是"The Awakening"和"Wonderful World",我還以為這次沒有機會聽到我最喜歡的"Wonderful World",竟然被安排成安可曲,實在好高興!
喔對了,忘記哪一首歌結束的時候他唱了一小句"New York State of Mind",還有在唱"Slave to the Music"的時候跳了一段月球漫步,哈哈哈。
James Morrison @ Webster Hall (photo by MY) |
我覺得他的音樂跟教會音樂很相似,旋律性很強,伴奏主要是keyboard,再加上他靈魂式的唱腔,聽的時候會讓人一起隨著旋律搖擺。
我還發現一件特別的事情,看這麼多場表演下來,這是我第一次在觀眾群裡注意到這麼多黑人觀眾。說這句話絕對非出於歧視,不過我很少在除了藍調爵士之外的live house裡看到黑人。這場演唱會我聽得很高興,原來世界上有這麼多人都可以和他的音樂產生共鳴。
James Morrison @ Webster Hall (photo by MY) |
真沒想到我竟然有機會親耳聽到他唱歌,充滿著靈魂,他真的是世界上數一數二的好聲音。
James Morrison @ Webster Hall (photo by MY) |
James Morrison @ Webster Hall (photo by MY) |
歌單:
聽音樂,
James Morrison - I Won't Let You Go
James Morrison - Nothing Ever Hurt Like You
(這支youtube下面的comment超好笑!)
James Morrison - Wonderful World
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My first concert in the summer, I went to see James Morrison.
I'd be really sad if I missed out the show, because it was so amazing. James Morrison, what a voice!
You know sometimes when you hear someone sings, as soon as he or she opens the mouth, you know that this person is born to be a singer; this is exactly how I feel about James Morrison. Everything that came out from his mouth was just beautiful music. I was moved by his voice all night.
He already sounded excellent in his CDs, but he sounded even better in live...more powerful, more energetic. He opened up the night with "Beautiful Life" and sang a set of 15 songs for his sold out show at Webster Hall.
I was looking forward to hearing "I Won't Let You Go," a song from his new album which I thought was very suitable for his voice. It was the fifth song he sang and he did so well. It was a pleasure to hear him hit that highest note in the song. "Nothing Ever Hurt Like You" became my favorite song after the show because I loved how he mixed it with "I Heard You from the Grapevine."
Morrison was not only a great singer but also a great guitarist. He did a solo acoustic version of "Broken Strings," the duet song that he worked with Nelly Furtado. (I like his solo version better). And he actually did sing a duet that night; he sang "Up" with his background singer.
His debut song "You Give me Something" was put right in front of the two encores. After seven years, I finally heard him sing this song...so great but so unreal! The last two encore songs were "Awakening" and "Wonderful World." I can't express how excited I was when I learned that the last song was "Wonderful World," I love this song so much! For a while I thought that he wouldn't perform it at this show. The crowd went crazy when he finished the last note of the song. New Yorkers loved him. :)
I enjoyed the concert as usual. Really hope to see him play again in the future, for a longer set. (I want to hear "One Last Chance," "Undiscovered" and "Details in the Fabric" with Jason Mraz if possible haha)
我也好愛他噢Q___Q
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