2008年10月9日 星期四

    

◎變調的傻子.走味的如昀

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星光二班創作才女魏如昀 11月要發個人專輯了,她在星光一鳴驚人的《傻》今天也上了 KKbox 和 ezPeer,身為二班的忠實觀眾,抱著非常期待的心情,一收到這消息就去試聽了。

Queen 在星二百人初選登場:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJvm0lLRCvs

「星光同學會」節目上的版本:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hIze3abAxY

新版的《傻》從一開始的前奏就不一樣。KKbox和ezPeer都可以聽到:


http://web.ezpeer.com/cd/c54312s16277.html#

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這個「完整版」給我的感覺,簡單說就是「變調的傻子.走味的如昀」。

詳細的說,是這樣的:

新編的前奏聽起來根本不屬於這首歌,不屬於我聽熟的那一首「傻」,tempo 變慢了,vocal 變的優雅精緻了。伴奏不再只是吉他,甚至加上了複雜的和聲。最大的改變是原來的副歌整個不見了,換成了另一首歌。

「這是馴養!」我這樣想。

老虎踏著優雅的步伐在馬戲團帳篷裡繞著圈圈。這是我想到的第一個形容。

但魏如昀並不是雄踞山巔的老虎,她是荒野的狼。老虎走起台步還是老虎,也許少了殺氣但還是萬獸女王不會變成貓。魏如昀本是一匹狼,獨來獨往風格獨具的一個聲音。狼一旦被馴養,就成了狗。也許可愛,也許忠心,但絕無野性。

好吧~ 認了。

偉大的跨國唱片公司又馴服了一匹有風格的狼,造就了另一隻搖尾狗。

懷念影音:魏如昀第一次站上星光舞台唱《傻》:http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps5aqJN82Gc


補充:我曾說 Lala 的創作需要 polish,需要雕琢。那是因為 Lala 走的本來就是「家中伴侶」路線的音樂。魏如昀不是,明明是一匹狼,就不該學狗。既學不像又丟了迷人本性。

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自由的訂書針,自由的聽,自由的講 ........ 2008.10.09
  

8 則留言:

匿名 提到...

Sir Staple,

You've hit the nail square on the head once again.

My initial impression was
"Why does the song sound so mellow and formulaic? Where has the original punch of the song gone?"

It seems as if the Queen with her devil-may-care attitude has had her claws plucked. All that is left is the bark without the bite.

I can still envision her wailing
"I WANT MY LIFE BACK!!!"

Well well, we should still be optimistic. After all, this is only 1 song out of the 10 in the album. However, I am a bit worried about the appropriateness of using this song as the 1st single. It seems a bit lacking in the IMPACT factor.

匿名 提到...

如昀蠻有個人特色
聲音 創作都是
但不是我很欣賞的那種
我也是星2的忠實觀眾 (是真的喔 星1 3 4我就沒怎麼看了)
無論如何 還是很祝福她唷
也祝福星2所有的人..

匿名 提到...

Sir Staple,

Have you listened to Queen's
2nd new song yet?

蝶戀
http://123.qq.com/songs/6168.htm

Staple 提到...

剛去聽了﹐Queen的唱功不及 Yuming/文音﹐歌聲感染力本來也許超過這兩位類似美珍般強烈﹐但這首歌裡見不到。

匿名 提到...

True true ... I agree.
But I suppose that she's being marketed as a singer-songwriter, so vocal prowess is naturally relegated to secondary status?
Is it just me or does her
enunciation sound deliberately
unclear in this song? I couldn't understand half of what she was singing without looking at the lyrics. Or maybe it's because my Chinese listening skills are too poor? Queen also has the tendency to fade out with her ending sounds. Too much display of that characteristic may give the impression that she has to work on her lung capacity.

匿名 提到...

Sir Staple,

Have you seen the MV for 蝶戀?

It is ... very artsy ... and abstract.

Maybe I possess poor fashion sense, but why do the outfits that the reknowned fashion designer made for Queen look suspiciously like maternity clothes to me?
The outfits seem so bulky and billowing ... not quite befitting for Queen's slender frame.

匿名 提到...

Sir Staple,

Have you listened to these
30s teasers of two more new songs?

目光 [composed by 陳小霞]
http://www.istyle.com.tw/i-style_RBT/public/tones/030828.wma

Party Days
http://www.istyle.com.tw/i-style_RBT/public/tones/030828.wma

All right, 4 out of 10 songs available for sampling thus far.

匿名 提到...

Sir Staple,

Teasers of the remaining 6 tracks are available for sampling!

http://www.wretch.cc/album/album.php?id=loveyen&book=26&page=24

http://www.wretch.cc/album/album.php?id=loveyen&book=26&page=25