The Weepies是由Deb Talan、Steve Tannen兩位原本都是singer-songwriter的歌手所組成，04年獨立發行了《Happiness》，05年簽入Nettwerk唱片公司（註：曾發行過Sarah McLachlan、Josh Rouse等人，最近還因「幫樂迷打MP3下載官司」的新聞備受矚目）於06年初發行了這張《Say I Am You》，甫開張便衝向iTunes在八個國家的民謠類下載冠軍，The Weepies官方網站也是秉持該公司的精神，全曲聽到完的開放態度，反而紮實地證明了他們的好聽程度。
The Weepies / Painting by Chagall (Fan Video)
軟綿綿音樂一向是我的死穴，也因此一開始聽這張專輯就聽個沒完沒了。自首曲〈Take It from Me〉延接到〈Gotta Have You〉，兩首就足以撐起本張專輯的流暢基調，女主唱Deb Talan的嗓音神似Camera Obscura的Tracyanne Campell，也許是呼應著「Weepies」愛哭鬼這樣的團名，略帶鼻音的腔調甚是討喜。而接下來的歌也沒讓人失望，Steve Tannen輕輕唱和的〈World Spins Madly On〉、加快吉他速度的〈Riga Girls〉、傳統花草的〈Stars〉...當然目前放的這首〈Painting By Chagall〉，淡淡的莫名傷感，加以雨天景色的描摹，成了一幅完美的「夏卡爾的畫」，更是我的最愛。《Say I Am You》絕對是我今年聽到最棒的民謠專輯之一，真摯的情感不斷從音符中流洩出，聽到最後一首都還意猶未盡。可惜目前這張國內還沒看到有人代，喜歡的朋友請上國外網站自助吧。
Painting by Chagall
Thunder rumbles in the distance, a quiet intensity I am willful, your insistence is tugging at the best of me You're the moon, I'm the water You're Mars, calling up Neptune's daughter
Sometimes rain that's needed falls We float like two lovers in a painting by Chagall All around is sky and blue town Holding these flowers for a wedding gown We live so high above the ground, satellites surround us.
I am humbled in this city There seems to be an endless sea of people like us Wakeful dreamers, I pass them on the sunlit streets In our rooms filled with laughter We make hope from every small disaster
And everybody says "you can't, you can't, you can't, don't try." Still everybody says that if they had the chance they'd fly like we do.
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