November 29,2005
Dolly Parton
鄉村歌壇,一向是男性的天下,但是如果要談到創作的才華,卻沒有幾位歌手是能夠和桃莉芭頓(Dolly Parton)相提並論的。她不但曾經譜寫出無數動人的經典(其中包括了惠妮休斯頓的【終極保鏢】主題曲「I Will Always Love You」),本身更擁有一百多首曾經打進鄉村單曲排行的暢銷曲,讓絕大多數男性的藝人都望塵莫及。桃莉芭頓的創作實力是非常驚人的,儘管她的學歷只有高中的程度,可是她的作品卻在生活化之中經常充滿了發人深省的內涵。提起桃莉芭頓,很多人第一個想到的,就是她那誇張得幾乎不成比例的碩大胸脯。在美國,經常有女性的丑角明星在頭上戴起雞窩一般的金色假髮、然後在胸前與臀後各塞進兩只巨大的氣球,觀眾立刻會笑的前仰後合的,因為大家都知道,桃莉芭頓的長相又被消遣了一次。儘管她一再地表示不在意被人家拿來當作開玩笑的題材,甚至也經常自我消遣,後來她還是刻意的去改造身材,變成玲瓏有緻。不過,她真正吸引人的,還是她的才華。桃莉芭頓高亢亮麗的歌喉,充滿了各種情緒的變化,從充滿激情的顫抖、極度女性的嬌俏、到孩童一般純真的甜美,她都能掌握得十分動人。另外,她填詞譜曲以及彈奏弦樂器的功力,更是一等一的。
1946年的
<資料來源:銀河互動網路>
後續:
認識這位grandma是我尚在唸小學的時候,那個時候老爸在家擺了一台LED,那時老爸經常租一些雷色光碟回家播映。我也忘記老爸是什麼原因租了一張Kenny Rogers的現場實況演唱會,因為老爸根本不怎聽西洋的鬼玩意的。但因為那張專輯讓我有機會認識到幾位在鄉村歌曲界裡相當極具代表性人物Kenny Rogers、Dolly Parton and Kim Carnes。那張現場實況錄音錄影的專輯裡有首Islands in the Stream,是由Kenny Rogers以及Dolly Parton所合唱,而這首更是1983年底,羅傑斯轉往RCA唱片公司所發表的第一首單曲,也是Kenny Rogers成績最好的單曲之一,甚至在鄉村榜和流行榜上連嬋兩週冠軍。
其實,也是因為這一首將我引進鄉村歌曲的大門,直到現在都難以割捨──
Islands In The Stream -Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
(Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb)
Baby, when I met you there was peace unknown
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb
I was soft inside, there was somethin' going on
You do something to me that I can't explain
Hold me closer and I feel no pain
Every beat of my heart
We got somethin' goin' on
Tender love is blind
It requires a dedication
All this love we feel
Needs no conversation
We ride it together, ah-ah
Makin' love with each other, ah-ah
Islands in the stream
That is what we are
No one in-between
How can we be wrong
Sail away with me to another world
And we rely on each other, ah-ah
From one lover to another, ah-ah
I can't live without you if the love was gone
Everything is nothin' if you got no one
And you did walk in tonight
Slowly loosen' sight of the real thing
But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt
Too deep in love and we got no way out
And the message is clear
This could be the year for the real thing
No more will you cry
Baby, I will hurt you never
We start and end as one, in love forever
We can ride it together, ah-ah
Makin' love with each other, ah-ah
Islands in the stream
That is what we are
No one in-between
How can we be wrong
Sail away with me to another world
And we rely on each other, ah-ah
From one lover to another, ah-ah
Sail away
Oh, come sail away with me
Islands in the stream
That is what we are
No one in-between
How can we be wrong
Sail away with me to another world
And we rely on each other, ah-ah
From one lover to another, ah-ah
Islands in the stream
That is what we are
No one in-between
How can we be wrong
Sail away with me to another world
And we rely on each other, ah-ah
From one lover to another, ah-ah