2007年01月2日 09:30
美麗的你．You are beautiful
白天 他是帶領3萬名士兵的上尉；晚上 他再坦克車裡寫下感動百萬人的 美麗的妳(You are beautiful)；一個人 一把吉他 365個日子 唱遍英國的小酒館！
是上尉，是詩人；詹姆士布朗特 James blunt 用音樂讓全英陷入浪漫氛圍！
⊙上尉詩人-詹姆士布朗特(James blunt)，2005英國樂壇最傳奇性人物終於現身 在2005年的英國樂壇裡，出現了一位充滿傳奇性的音樂人，和一張專輯及一首單曲。 這位今年在英國樂壇，讓大家驚艷不已的歌手就是上尉詩人～～ 詹姆士布朗特(James blunt)，和他的英國冠軍專輯不安於室(Back to bedlam)及冠軍單曲美麗的妳(You are beautiful)。 截至目前為止詹姆士的專輯已經蟬連英國金榜專輯榜冠軍5週，同時也在單曲上蟬連4週冠軍，因此更創下專輯及單曲雙榜連續冠軍4週的紀錄。 在如此輝煌的音樂成績之下，這個低調的歌手，卻有著如小說裡人物般的傳奇色彩。 詹姆士布朗特(James blunt)，出生在軍人家庭，從英國布里斯托大學畢業後，在推出這張經典專輯之前，他加入軍隊並一路升到上尉，擔任過英國女王親衛隊，也曾被派駐到德國科索沃目睹血腥內戰，並成為第一個派遣到普利斯提納的英國軍官，領導三萬人的和平部隊。 在白天，詹姆士是帶領3萬人和平部隊的軍官，但每到夜裡，他總是會爬上他的坦克車，在寧靜的夜空下，拿著吉他寫下這張專輯裡的歌曲。 ⊙單曲美麗的妳(You are beautiful)英國金榜奪冠4週，全英陷入浪漫氣息 不做任何公開宣傳行程的他，一個人帶著一把吉他，在英國各地的小酒館一站一站，慢慢地唱出他對生命的體認，也漸漸地打開知名度． 在專輯發行將近一年後的今天，專輯裡的一首歌美麗的妳(You are beautiful)，就像施了魔法般地，在英國的大街小巷傳唱開來，也讓詹姆士的單曲及專輯紛紛爬上英國金榜銷售的冠軍位置。 除了音樂的感染力之外，搭配長賣單曲美麗的妳(you are beautiful)的音樂錄影帶更是另人無法忘懷。 在音樂錄影帶裡，沒有花俏的佈景，沒有大量電腦特效的後製，詹姆士一個人站在靠海的懸崖邊，一句一句真切地唱出邂逅剎那的美麗及感動。 唱著唱著，詹姆士便一件件地退去身上的衣服，及隨身攜帶物品，包括菸盒、鞋子、手錶…，就像以最真切最誠實地告白一般，唱出男女邂逅時的感動。 當歌曲快結束時，隨著歌曲最後一句歌詞”我知我不可能再擁有你”，詹姆士便一躍而下向懸崖邊裡的海面跳去。 這支音樂錄影帶在英國引起高度討論，有人認為他跳下懸崖的原因，是無法擁有心儀女生而有如此表現，但也有人認為這是他對戰爭的無言抗議，暗指他在任職軍官時，被派至科索沃目睹當地血腥內戰的傷痛回憶。 而歌詞中美麗的妳指的就是科索沃，在經過內戰摧殘後，再也不見這塊美麗的土地，以一句”我知我不可能再擁有你”來暗指科索沃這塊分裂的土地 再也難回到之前的美麗。 靈性真誠的嗓音下唱出浪漫滿溢的情愛感傷！ 詹姆仕布朗特【不安於室】 ﹡英國專輯榜第四名 Q雜誌★★★★高評 詹姆士布朗特(James blunt) 的首張專輯不安於室(Back to bedlam)，早在2004年時便已發行。 首張專輯『Back To Bedlam』，請到Tom Rothrock (Beck, Elliott Smith, Badly Drawn Boy)來操刀，靈性真誠的嗓音下唱出浪漫滿溢的情愛感傷及他在軍中的生活點滴。 喜歡Damien Rice及David Gray的樂迷，豈能錯失James Blunt的作品！ 「我的人生經歷是我的創作泉源。」 當James Blunt在被問到自己的創作靈感時，他會給你這樣的答覆 這或許是每一位創作型的歌手在被問到同樣問題時千篇一律的標準答案 但是，當你知道他的成長背景，你就會知道他為什麼會想把人生經歷寫成一首首的歌 因為，他有個不尋常的人生，一個讓他不得不動筆把自己的所見所聞用歌聲抒發的人生 他的歌聲讓我們聽見了60年代敘事民謠歌手用歌聲記錄自己對週遭事物的感觸所產生的感動．一種未過度渲染浪漫的心情分享。 追溯James Blunt的血緣，你會發現他的家族血脈相承，擁有近百年投身軍旅的傳統 大學畢業後，在老爸的逼迫下，他加入軍隊，他最後升到上尉，並成為第一個派遣到科索沃的英國軍官，領導三萬人的和平部隊。 2002年，Blunt毅然放棄軍旅生涯，決定當個歌手 2003年9月，他遠赴洛杉磯，與Tom Rothrock [*Beck、Elliott Smith、Badly Drawn Boy]、Linda Perry [*Gwen Stefani]展開專輯的錄製，他白天錄歌，晚上就跑到酒吧，與別人分享自己的人生故事 後來，這些故事就成了一首首具有宿命色彩的歌，像專輯裡的結束曲"No Bravery"，是他在99年在科索沃的軍營中，親眼目睹血淋淋的科索沃內戰後，在寂靜的午夜時分所寫下的歌，Blunt的歌聲就跟他的鋼琴指法一樣沉重，感慨的紀錄這歷史的傷痛． 雖然，Blunt的歌不全然都這樣的嚴肅，但卻都是相當扣人心弦的，像是紀錄著難以忘情、怦然心動的情感小品"You're Beautiful"就把愛情世界裡的偶然、巧合與失落表達得十分動人． 他的經紀人[*同時也是Elton John的經紀人]稱讚這首歌是『21世紀版的"Your Song"』，仔細聽著整張專輯，還真會讓人懷念起Elton John剛出道時的樂風，製作人Tom Rothrock則認為Blunt就像是英國樂界足以與Beck、Elliott Smith相抗衡的創作型歌手。 James Blunt不想花太多時間解釋每首歌的故事，只希望聽者能從他的歌曲中找到人生旅程中的某些段落所會擁有的感覺，一份感同身受的奇妙感覺。 其實這張專輯不安於室(Back to bedlam)早在2004年時便已發行。 不做任何公開宣傳行程的他，一個人帶著一把吉他，在英國各地的小酒館一站一站，慢慢地唱出他對生命的體認，也漸漸地打開知名度 在專輯發行將近一年後的今天，專輯裡的一首歌美麗的妳(You are beautiful)，就像施了魔法般地，在英國的大街小巷傳唱開來，也讓詹姆士的單曲及專輯紛紛爬上英國金榜銷售的冠軍位置。 You're Beautiful My life is brilliant 我的生活很棒 以下文章引用自 come with me blog
不知道「不安於室」的英文叫Back to Bedlam。 也不知道James Blunt背著一把吉他，唱遍英國小酒館。 更不知道他讓「全英陷入浪漫氣息」。
這個需要解釋嗎？看來，我還是解釋吧。 科索沃在哪裏？ `  ` 科索沃本為塞爾維亞的南部省，其鄰國是：蒙地內哥羅、阿爾巴尼亞、馬其頓。目前，在2006年開始進行的國際協商，有望取得一定的獨立地位。 `  如上圖，小小深綠色的是科索沃。 由這裏要去德國，要向北經過塞爾維亞，匈牙利，斯洛伐克，捷克，看能不能到得了。 至於James Blunt為什麼會去科索沃維持和平？ 這個就要談到科索沃的族群問題，真的需要我解釋的話，請留言給我。 Back to Bedlam, 什麼是bedlam？ 劍橋字典說：a noisy lack of order。喧囂，沒有秩序。所以假如要翻譯，應該以「回到混亂」比較合適。 「回到混亂」與「不安於室」，有什麼關係？ 看來我的中文已經不行了，有懂中文的人教教我吧。 「唱遍英國小酒館」，問題就在於英國小酒館是可以讓人隨便進去唱歌的嗎？要不要試試看？在英國的pub唱唱看？也不必是歌星，就普通人喝了酒唱唱看？ 我可以想到的後果是，假如在pub唱歌，通常就會有其他人過來勸你，請你不要唱，因為他們需要安靜。 假如你不聽勸，很可能就會有人打電話給警察，萬一警察來了，你還是執意要唱，可能會被逮捕，罪名是drunk and disorderly。 留在警察局幾個小時醒酒，罰款八十英鎊。 至於商業演唱？那是要申請執照，英國的pub通常都不提供。 好吧，James Blunt是唱過小場的演唱會，可是這跟酒吧相差十萬八千里吧？ 「全英陷入浪漫氣息」？ 那又怎麼解釋，在去年7月英國的一項民調裏，James Blunt是全英國排名第四名「最令人討厭的事」？（新聞來源BBC） 真的想瞭解James Blunt的人，我在2005年11月就翻譯過一篇介紹他的文章，請自行參考。 看了這樣的文宣，只覺得台灣的唱片業、娛樂新聞界眼中的世界，是另外一個平行的宇宙，不是我所在的英國，絕對不是真實的世界。 我總想起十幾二十年前、已成為經典的《河殤》，要我們成為海洋民族，想起來真是一派虛無飄渺，什麼海洋大陸，根本不需要，我們最需要的是「求真」、「求知」、「實事求是」的精神。做到這一點，再來談什麼海洋的胸襟或鎖國不鎖國的問題吧。 ***** JAMES BLUNT ~~ Warner Music One of the biggest fears of any musician, in a musical sense, is the songwriting well running dry. That's something that's unlikely ever to worry James Blunt. He has, it can be said without exaggeration, lived a life that should provide enough material for a dozen albums, I know - that's what all the singer-songwriters say. But this is a definitively different singer-songwriter. Take "No Bravery", the song that closes his debut album, "Back to Bedlam". It was written in a barracks in Kosovo in 1999, while James was a reconnaissance officer in the British army. By day, patrolling Pristina, he kept his guitar bolted to the outside of his tank. By night, it came into the barracks with him as he wrote about life as a 22-year-old peacekeeper in the aftermath of one of the decade's bloodiest civil wars. The rest of his unit ordered him to keep the noise down as he wrote and sang in the post-midnight stillness. He didn't keep the noise down. "'No Bravery' is the only complete song I wrote in Kosovo. I wrote while I was sitting in bed with my boots on. You had to sleep with your boots on. The song is fatalistic. And the rest of the album is fatalistic," he says wryly. But his Kosovan experience is only one aspect of a new artist who's destined to find his way into a lot of record collections. Essentially, James is a find - an old soul who's somehow unafflicted by cynicism, a young writer who sounds likes he's been doing this for years, an angelic voice who's had a hell of a ride. Elton John, with whom he shares a manager, thinks his "You're Beautiful" is a modern successor to John's own "Your Song". An astute comparison, because much of "Back to Bedlam" is reminiscent of John's early-career best. Meanwhile, Tom Rothrock, who produced the album, sees James as a potential British answer to a couple of other clients, Beck and Elliott Smith. Rothrock had never heard of James until he stumbled across a live track he performed at last year's South by Southwest, upon which the producer was so smitten that he instantly agreed to work on "Back to Bedlam". What's odd is that a military family like the Blunts - his father, a career colonel, has only recently left the army - should spawn a James. After gruadating from Bristol University, he joined the army, , "because my dad was pushing for it." He eventually made captain, and was the first British officer into Pristina, leading a column of 30,000 peacekeeping troops. Music, though, has always been his mainstay. Actually, this needs to be qualified. James got into music lateishly, the result of growing up in a music-less house that didn't possess a CD player. "My dad was really practical, and saw music as just noise. The only CD player was in the car, and we had just three CDs - 'American Pie', and a couple of Beach Boys ones." When he went away to school, though, he learned piano, then appeared in a school musical, and that was it. From then on, he listened and learned as much as he could. A love of Queen and Dire Straits came and went. Picking up a friend's guitar at 14, he played along to Nirvana's "Nevermind", and wrote his first song soon after. In so doing, he made himself unpopular with the school housemaster, who knew that music drifting down the corridor late at night could invariably be traced to Blunt's room. His teen years were a battle between teachers, who were intent on imposing some sort of education, and himself, equally intent on making music his career. Armed with "some dodgy demos" he'd recorded, he left the army in 2002 to become a full-time musician ("My dad was nervous, because I was leaving a steady job to do something risky"). Said dodgy items were an impressive enough showcase of his haunting voice and exquisitely personal songs to land him both management and publishing deals within months. "And then I met Linda Perry [songwriter-producer for, among others, Pink and Christina Aguilera], cos my publishers gave her some songs, and then I went to play South by Southwest, and then she gave me a deal with her own label, Custard Records," James says, still half-dazzled by it all. He went to California in September 2003, to record his album, and has delivered a timeless debut album, "Back To Bedlam." His current favourite listening is Cat Power and Lou Reed's "Transformer" album, and "Back to Bedlam" has a similarly enigmatic quality. He won't explain what most of the songs are about, though he does admit that the deceptively bubbly "So Long, Jimmy" was inspired by Messrs Hendrix and Morrison. As for the rest, he says only, "You can get away with murder in a song". There's a lot to James Blunt. The journey starts here. For more information regarding JAMES BLUNT please the official artist website. http://www.warnermusic.com.au/artist,w_artist,111345 |
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non non:
新年快樂!事事如意!^^
新年快樂!事事如意!^^
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Posted by sunflower
at 2007年01月2日 13:58
謝謝妳介紹這首歌,雖然已經知道很久了,卻始終不知主唱是誰,今天看到真是太感動了.
我覺得有句歌詞似乎有點奇怪,我聽到的是fling high...
She could see from my face that I was,F**king high,
你可以從我的臉上看出我是如此的興奮
我覺得有句歌詞似乎有點奇怪,我聽到的是fling high...
She could see from my face that I was,F**king high,
你可以從我的臉上看出我是如此的興奮
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Posted by 遊人Alice
at 2007年01月2日 22:28
sunflower:
謝謝你喔 好久沒去你的網站了 明天就去囉'
遊人Alice:
謝謝你提出的疑問
我就去查清楚... :)
謝謝你喔 好久沒去你的網站了 明天就去囉'
遊人Alice:
謝謝你提出的疑問
我就去查清楚... :)
在 James Blunt 的官網我找到歌詞如下:
My life is brilliant.
My love is pure.
I saw an angel.
Of that I'm sure.
She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man.
But I won't lose no sleep on that,
'Cause I've got a plan.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw you face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.
Yeah, she caught my eye,
As we walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was,
Fucking high,
And I don't think that I'll see her again,
But we shared a moment that will last till the end.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw you face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
There must be an angel with a smile on her face,
When she thought up that I should be with you.
But it's time to face the truth,
I will never be with you.
My life is brilliant.
My love is pure.
I saw an angel.
Of that I'm sure.
She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man.
But I won't lose no sleep on that,
'Cause I've got a plan.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw you face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.
Yeah, she caught my eye,
As we walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was,
Fucking high,
And I don't think that I'll see her again,
But we shared a moment that will last till the end.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw you face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
There must be an angel with a smile on her face,
When she thought up that I should be with you.
But it's time to face the truth,
I will never be with you.
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Posted by NON NON
at 2007年01月3日 00:57
對不起，並非故意要挑毛病．但是一個上尉是不可能
帶領三萬人的．剛剛在維基瞧了一下，他是進入科索
沃三萬名部隊之一，而非領導三萬人．
帶領三萬人的．剛剛在維基瞧了一下，他是進入科索
沃三萬名部隊之一，而非領導三萬人．
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Posted by Thalamus
at 2007年01月3日 09:41
剛才發現我自己也打錯字了,我聽成是flying high...真是臉上三條黑線啊.
Anyway,昨天我在YouTube找到MTV,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu2QA5FUGRA
聽了N遍了,好過癮.在此再謝謝non non.
關於帶領三萬人一事,有時唱片公司總愛玩這種技倆,捧人嘛..我覺得啦.
Anyway,昨天我在YouTube找到MTV,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu2QA5FUGRA
聽了N遍了,好過癮.在此再謝謝non non.
關於帶領三萬人一事,有時唱片公司總愛玩這種技倆,捧人嘛..我覺得啦.
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Posted by Alice
at 2007年01月3日 15:52
Thalamus & Alice :
呵呵..沒關係的..有問題提出來大家討論.增長見聞.如果將錯就錯不是作學問正確的態度.也永遠不知道真相.感謝你們喔.
1.沒當過兵.原來上尉不可能帶那麼多兵.
2.會不會是曲解了英文的原意.應該像Thalamus所說的~~科索沃三萬名部隊之一. 所以上文要改成 白天 他是~科索沃三萬名部隊之一的上尉.
3.如果像Alice説的是唱片公司的誇大宣傳也可以喔.
來去聽 MTV...把它post上來囉.
呵呵..沒關係的..有問題提出來大家討論.增長見聞.如果將錯就錯不是作學問正確的態度.也永遠不知道真相.感謝你們喔.
1.沒當過兵.原來上尉不可能帶那麼多兵.
2.會不會是曲解了英文的原意.應該像Thalamus所說的~~科索沃三萬名部隊之一. 所以上文要改成 白天 他是~科索沃三萬名部隊之一的上尉.
3.如果像Alice説的是唱片公司的誇大宣傳也可以喔.
來去聽 MTV...把它post上來囉.
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Posted by 台灣懸鉤子
at 2007年01月6日 18:48
台灣懸鉤子:
謝謝你提供的資料.我去找了維基百科與詹姆士布朗特官網的資料如下.先貼上來.歡迎引用.
1.官方網站自傳
http://www.jamesblunt.com/reviews/biog.html
James Blunt biography
Some ageing rockstar once said that what he feared most, in a musical sense, was the songwriting well running dry. That's something that's unlikely ever to worry James Blunt. He has, it can be said without exaggeration, lived a life that should provide enough material for a dozen albums, with sufficient left over for a couple of screenplays. Sure - that's what all the singer-songwriters say. But this is a definitively different singer-songwriter.
Take "No Bravery", the song that closes his debut album, "Back to Bedlam", for instance: It was written in Kosovo in 1999, while James was a reconnaissance officer in the British army. On patrol around Pristina, he kept his guitar bolted to the outside of his tank. But in quieter moments, it came out, as he wrote about life as a 22-year-old peacekeeper in the aftermath of one of the decade's bloodiest civil wars. The rest of his unit ordered him to keep the noise down as he wrote and sang in the post-midnight stillness. He didn't keep the noise down. "'No Bravery' is the only complete song I wrote in Kosovo. I wrote it lying by my tank in my sleeping bag with my boots on. You had to sleep with your boots on. The song is pretty fatalistic. The rest of the album is fatalistic," he says wryly.
But his Kosovan experience is only one aspect of a new artist who's destined to find his way into a lot of record collections. Essentially, James is a find - an old soul who's somehow unafflicted by cynicism, a young writer who sounds likes he's been doing this for years, an angelic voice who's had a hell of a ride. Elton John, with whom he shares a manager, thinks "You're Beautiful" is a modern successor to John's own "Your Song". An astute comparison, because much of "Back to Bedlam" is reminiscent of John's early-career best. Meanwhile, Tom Rothrock, who produced the album, sees James as a potential British answer to a couple of other clients, Beck and Elliott Smith. Rothrock had never heard of James until he stumbled across a live track he performed at last year's South by Southwest, upon which the producer was so smitten that he instantly agreed to work on "Back to Bedlam".
What's odd is that a military family like the Blunts - his father, a career Colonel, has only recently left the army - should spawn a James. As he tells it, his upbringing was the traditional sort that scarcely seems to exist anymore: born in an army hospital in Hampshire, he was sent to boarding school at seven, excelled at science and maths, got a pilot's license at 16 ("I can fly anything with a single engine – Tiger Moths, Spitfires"), did a spell at Bristol University, and then, "because my dad was pushing for it", joined the army. He eventually made Captain, and was the first British officer into Pristina, leading a column of 30,000 peacekeeping troops.
Music, though, has always been his mainstay. Actually, this needs to be qualified. James got into music lateishly, the result of growing up in a musicless house that didn't possess a CD player. "My dad was really practical, and saw music as just noise. The only CD player was in the car, and we had just three CDs - 'American Pie', and a couple of Beach Boys ones." When he went away to school, though, he learned piano, then appeared in a school musical, and that was it. From then on, he listened and learned as much as he could. A love of Queen and Dire Straits came and quickly went. Picking up a friend's guitar at 14, he played along to Nirvana's "Nevermind", and wrote his first song soon after. In so doing, he made himself unpopular with the school housemaster, who knew that music drifting down the corridor late at night could invariably be traced to Blunt's room. His teen years were a battle between teachers, who were intent on imposing some sort of education, and himself, equally intent on making music his career.
Armed with "some dodgy demos" he'd recorded, he left the army in 2002 to become a full-time musician ("My dad was nervous, because I was leaving a steady job"). Said dodgy items were an impressive enough showcase of his haunting voice and exquisitely personal songs to land him both management and publishing deals within months. "And then I met Linda Perry [songwriter-producer for, among others, Pink and Christina Aguilera], cos my publishers gave her some songs, and then I went to play South by Southwest, and then she gave me a deal with her own label, Custard Records," James says, still half-dazzled by it all.
He went to California in September, 2003, to record his album, and discovered that being a slightly scruffy English boy in Los Angeles could be very pleasant. Staying at the home of an actress, he spent his days recording with Rothrock, and his nights...well...researching LA's club scene. "With my naïve background, it was like stepping into a devil's cauldron," he says, in happy reminiscence. He recorded the painfully poignant track "Goodbye, My Lover" in the actresses’ bathroom, where she kept an old piano.
His current favourite listening is Cat Power and Lou Reed's "Transformer" album, and "Back to Bedlam" has a similarly enigmatic quality. He won't explain what most of the songs are about, though he does admit that the deceptively bubbly "So Long, Jimmy" was inspired by Messrs Hendrix and Morrison. As for the rest, he says only, "You can get away with murder in a song".
謝謝你提供的資料.我去找了維基百科與詹姆士布朗特官網的資料如下.先貼上來.歡迎引用.
1.官方網站自傳
http://www.jamesblunt.com/reviews/biog.html
James Blunt biography
Some ageing rockstar once said that what he feared most, in a musical sense, was the songwriting well running dry. That's something that's unlikely ever to worry James Blunt. He has, it can be said without exaggeration, lived a life that should provide enough material for a dozen albums, with sufficient left over for a couple of screenplays. Sure - that's what all the singer-songwriters say. But this is a definitively different singer-songwriter.
Take "No Bravery", the song that closes his debut album, "Back to Bedlam", for instance: It was written in Kosovo in 1999, while James was a reconnaissance officer in the British army. On patrol around Pristina, he kept his guitar bolted to the outside of his tank. But in quieter moments, it came out, as he wrote about life as a 22-year-old peacekeeper in the aftermath of one of the decade's bloodiest civil wars. The rest of his unit ordered him to keep the noise down as he wrote and sang in the post-midnight stillness. He didn't keep the noise down. "'No Bravery' is the only complete song I wrote in Kosovo. I wrote it lying by my tank in my sleeping bag with my boots on. You had to sleep with your boots on. The song is pretty fatalistic. The rest of the album is fatalistic," he says wryly.
But his Kosovan experience is only one aspect of a new artist who's destined to find his way into a lot of record collections. Essentially, James is a find - an old soul who's somehow unafflicted by cynicism, a young writer who sounds likes he's been doing this for years, an angelic voice who's had a hell of a ride. Elton John, with whom he shares a manager, thinks "You're Beautiful" is a modern successor to John's own "Your Song". An astute comparison, because much of "Back to Bedlam" is reminiscent of John's early-career best. Meanwhile, Tom Rothrock, who produced the album, sees James as a potential British answer to a couple of other clients, Beck and Elliott Smith. Rothrock had never heard of James until he stumbled across a live track he performed at last year's South by Southwest, upon which the producer was so smitten that he instantly agreed to work on "Back to Bedlam".
What's odd is that a military family like the Blunts - his father, a career Colonel, has only recently left the army - should spawn a James. As he tells it, his upbringing was the traditional sort that scarcely seems to exist anymore: born in an army hospital in Hampshire, he was sent to boarding school at seven, excelled at science and maths, got a pilot's license at 16 ("I can fly anything with a single engine – Tiger Moths, Spitfires"), did a spell at Bristol University, and then, "because my dad was pushing for it", joined the army. He eventually made Captain, and was the first British officer into Pristina, leading a column of 30,000 peacekeeping troops.
Music, though, has always been his mainstay. Actually, this needs to be qualified. James got into music lateishly, the result of growing up in a musicless house that didn't possess a CD player. "My dad was really practical, and saw music as just noise. The only CD player was in the car, and we had just three CDs - 'American Pie', and a couple of Beach Boys ones." When he went away to school, though, he learned piano, then appeared in a school musical, and that was it. From then on, he listened and learned as much as he could. A love of Queen and Dire Straits came and quickly went. Picking up a friend's guitar at 14, he played along to Nirvana's "Nevermind", and wrote his first song soon after. In so doing, he made himself unpopular with the school housemaster, who knew that music drifting down the corridor late at night could invariably be traced to Blunt's room. His teen years were a battle between teachers, who were intent on imposing some sort of education, and himself, equally intent on making music his career.
Armed with "some dodgy demos" he'd recorded, he left the army in 2002 to become a full-time musician ("My dad was nervous, because I was leaving a steady job"). Said dodgy items were an impressive enough showcase of his haunting voice and exquisitely personal songs to land him both management and publishing deals within months. "And then I met Linda Perry [songwriter-producer for, among others, Pink and Christina Aguilera], cos my publishers gave her some songs, and then I went to play South by Southwest, and then she gave me a deal with her own label, Custard Records," James says, still half-dazzled by it all.
He went to California in September, 2003, to record his album, and discovered that being a slightly scruffy English boy in Los Angeles could be very pleasant. Staying at the home of an actress, he spent his days recording with Rothrock, and his nights...well...researching LA's club scene. "With my naïve background, it was like stepping into a devil's cauldron," he says, in happy reminiscence. He recorded the painfully poignant track "Goodbye, My Lover" in the actresses’ bathroom, where she kept an old piano.
His current favourite listening is Cat Power and Lou Reed's "Transformer" album, and "Back to Bedlam" has a similarly enigmatic quality. He won't explain what most of the songs are about, though he does admit that the deceptively bubbly "So Long, Jimmy" was inspired by Messrs Hendrix and Morrison. As for the rest, he says only, "You can get away with murder in a song".
宣傳的天馬行空，可以將任何東西做非常好的包裝，可以成功製造話題，這種行銷就是成功的..........姑且不必在意任何外界的評斷，至少可以引起共鳴，不論好壞，他就是引起了注意~
2.wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Blunt
3.bbc James Blunt interview
http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2005/05/18/music_feature_james_blunt_interview_200505_feature.shtml
4.華納唱片中文網站
http://www.warnermusic.com.tw/news/news.php?id=1106
5.Warner Music Home
http://www.warnermusic.com.au/
先這樣 我也來研究一下
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Blunt
3.bbc James Blunt interview
http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2005/05/18/music_feature_james_blunt_interview_200505_feature.shtml
4.華納唱片中文網站
http://www.warnermusic.com.tw/news/news.php?id=1106
5.Warner Music Home
http://www.warnermusic.com.au/
先這樣 我也來研究一下
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Posted by NON NON
at 2007年01月7日 01:24
謝謝懸勾子給我們這機會從另一角度看事情.有興趣的朋友可以把英文原稿找出來看看....
yogofun說的也是..不論好壞，他就是引起了注意~
華納中文的宣傳資料應該是在華納總公司的監督下完成
或許中文稿翻譯自英文的宣傳資料
也就是國外原本就是這樣包裝詹姆士布朗特
所以想找出他們來對照一下
如果錯出於國外
一切真相大白
(我想台灣華納還沒有能耐單獨包裝這位外國歌手.並寫廣告詞)
至於Back to bedlam 譯成不安於室.不照原字翻成混亂.也可能是講求文字的戲劇性變化.許多外國電影名翻成中文時也有此情況.如妮可基曼的 The Others 要照字面應該是:還有其它人.但中文卻翻成完全不相干的神鬼第六感.來對應電影的劇情.
只要不是惡意中傷別人.或損人不利己.或是陳述與真相差異太多.我想現在的歌迷好像也不怎麼介意唱片誇大其詞.
加上競爭.唱片或任何商業行為也不得不用另類的方式得到傳銷的效果.只能說一切都是廣告惹的禍.
接受的人無所謂.不接受的人嗤之以鼻.哈哈.倒覺得這就是現在世界的本質.~~Back to bedlam
總之謝謝懸勾子給我們這機會從另一角度看事情.有興趣的朋友可以把英文原稿找出來看看....
yogofun說的也是..不論好壞，他就是引起了注意~
華納中文的宣傳資料應該是在華納總公司的監督下完成
或許中文稿翻譯自英文的宣傳資料
也就是國外原本就是這樣包裝詹姆士布朗特
所以想找出他們來對照一下
如果錯出於國外
一切真相大白
(我想台灣華納還沒有能耐單獨包裝這位外國歌手.並寫廣告詞)
至於Back to bedlam 譯成不安於室.不照原字翻成混亂.也可能是講求文字的戲劇性變化.許多外國電影名翻成中文時也有此情況.如妮可基曼的 The Others 要照字面應該是:還有其它人.但中文卻翻成完全不相干的神鬼第六感.來對應電影的劇情.
只要不是惡意中傷別人.或損人不利己.或是陳述與真相差異太多.我想現在的歌迷好像也不怎麼介意唱片誇大其詞.
加上競爭.唱片或任何商業行為也不得不用另類的方式得到傳銷的效果.只能說一切都是廣告惹的禍.
接受的人無所謂.不接受的人嗤之以鼻.哈哈.倒覺得這就是現在世界的本質.~~Back to bedlam
總之謝謝懸勾子給我們這機會從另一角度看事情.有興趣的朋友可以把英文原稿找出來看看....
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Posted by NON NON
at 2007年01月7日 16:57
我所指出的錯誤，跟唱片公司如何包裝James Blunt完全無關啊！
歌迷覺得無所謂？可是這些錯誤就是對於知識的扭曲啊～
我實在不知道NON NON為什麼要為華納唱片說話。對於一個身在英國的台灣人來說，華納唱片這樣錯誤百出的文宣，實在是不能接受的。
我所說的這些，當然不妨礙歌迷對於歌曲的欣賞。可是假如在關鍵的地方發生錯誤，就永遠不可能擁有對於世界真確的理解。這是我為什麼寫這篇文章的理由。
我並不是來找妳的碴的，也希望妳不要誤會。我一直都只是針對華納公司的文案而已。
歌迷覺得無所謂？可是這些錯誤就是對於知識的扭曲啊～
我實在不知道NON NON為什麼要為華納唱片說話。對於一個身在英國的台灣人來說，華納唱片這樣錯誤百出的文宣，實在是不能接受的。
我所說的這些，當然不妨礙歌迷對於歌曲的欣賞。可是假如在關鍵的地方發生錯誤，就永遠不可能擁有對於世界真確的理解。這是我為什麼寫這篇文章的理由。
我並不是來找妳的碴的，也希望妳不要誤會。我一直都只是針對華納公司的文案而已。
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Posted by 台灣懸鉤子
at 2007年01月8日 21:55
也感謝NON NON找的資料(3.BBC James Blunt interview)。
我本來不知道James Blunt與 Norfolk有淵源。（我目前人就在諾福克郡）。看了以後，才知道原來他祖父是本郡的deputy lieutenant。
還有，James Blunt被他父親逼去從軍一事，華納唱片的理解也完全不對。My dad pushed for it，不能理解成被迫，只能說他父親極力希望如此。而當時James Blunt拿的是軍方的獎學金去布里斯托大學，因此必須回報軍方四年，這在上述的文章中講得非常清楚。
此文也提到，當時他進入科索沃的時候，還不是上尉，稍後他才晋級為上尉。如此一來，根本沒有什麼領導三萬人士兵進入的問題。
我本來不知道James Blunt與 Norfolk有淵源。（我目前人就在諾福克郡）。看了以後，才知道原來他祖父是本郡的deputy lieutenant。
還有，James Blunt被他父親逼去從軍一事，華納唱片的理解也完全不對。My dad pushed for it，不能理解成被迫，只能說他父親極力希望如此。而當時James Blunt拿的是軍方的獎學金去布里斯托大學，因此必須回報軍方四年，這在上述的文章中講得非常清楚。
此文也提到，當時他進入科索沃的時候，還不是上尉，稍後他才晋級為上尉。如此一來，根本沒有什麼領導三萬人士兵進入的問題。
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Posted by 台灣懸鉤子
at 2007年01月8日 23:09
台灣懸鉤子 :
敬佩你仔細追求真相的精神.
我不是為華納辨護.請放心.
也許我的視野太狹窄.不了解歌手或外國的狀況.甚至地理位置也弄不清楚.哈哈.外國地理不及格.
只是站在單純欣賞音樂的角度.忽略了一些事實與真相.因為網路上有資料.就直接照著貼出來了.想想也蠻無奈的.根本不知道是錯的.
如果有人像你一樣能夠找出錯誤.那真是我們的一大福氣.
會把你的文章引用來這裡.可以嗎?
敬佩你仔細追求真相的精神.
我不是為華納辨護.請放心.
也許我的視野太狹窄.不了解歌手或外國的狀況.甚至地理位置也弄不清楚.哈哈.外國地理不及格.
只是站在單純欣賞音樂的角度.忽略了一些事實與真相.因為網路上有資料.就直接照著貼出來了.想想也蠻無奈的.根本不知道是錯的.
如果有人像你一樣能夠找出錯誤.那真是我們的一大福氣.
會把你的文章引用來這裡.可以嗎?
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Posted by NON NON
at 2007年01月9日 00:15
台灣懸鉤子 :
敬佩你仔細追求真相的精神.
我不是為華納辨護.請放心.
也許我的視野太狹窄.不了解歌手或外國的狀況.甚至地理位置也弄不清楚.哈哈.外國地理不及格.
只是站在單純欣賞音樂的角度.忽略了一些事實與真相.因為網路上有資料.就直接照著貼出來了.想想也蠻無奈的.根本不知道是錯的.
如果有人像你一樣能夠找出錯誤.那真是我們的一大福氣.
會把你的文章引用來這裡.可以嗎?
敬佩你仔細追求真相的精神.
我不是為華納辨護.請放心.
也許我的視野太狹窄.不了解歌手或外國的狀況.甚至地理位置也弄不清楚.哈哈.外國地理不及格.
只是站在單純欣賞音樂的角度.忽略了一些事實與真相.因為網路上有資料.就直接照著貼出來了.想想也蠻無奈的.根本不知道是錯的.
如果有人像你一樣能夠找出錯誤.那真是我們的一大福氣.
會把你的文章引用來這裡.可以嗎?
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Posted by NON NON
at 2007年01月9日 00:15
NON NON，就是因為這種錯誤的東西很容易以訛傳訛，所以才要糾正啊。
假如歌迷們都有警覺心，知道唱片公司的文宣寫得很離譜，上述這種事就不會發生了。
樓上許多大大們寫的許多感想，應該就是因為這些文宣不負責任的態度，導致鬧出這種笑話，在台灣是太常見了，而有感而發吧。
假如唱片公司能知錯能改，以後少出一點錯，也是台灣歌迷的福氣不是嗎？
歡迎引用。
假如歌迷們都有警覺心，知道唱片公司的文宣寫得很離譜，上述這種事就不會發生了。
樓上許多大大們寫的許多感想，應該就是因為這些文宣不負責任的態度，導致鬧出這種笑話，在台灣是太常見了，而有感而發吧。
假如唱片公司能知錯能改，以後少出一點錯，也是台灣歌迷的福氣不是嗎？
歡迎引用。
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Posted by 台灣懸鉤子
at 2007年01月9日 00:32
在台灣的我們如果沒有常住國外.
根本不知道國外的真實狀況(地理.人文)
台灣的教育也越來越走鄉土化(例如 : 小孩國中的台灣地理與歷史佔全部社會課程三分之二強.)
大部份的台灣人．只能藉著網路上的~中文~資料得知地球村的即時訊息.因為沒去找原文來對照
所以中文部份有了錯誤也不知道.除非像你們在國外者較敏感能更正.
像台灣華納的文案竟也沒有列出原文的參考資料．
留洋的你們很幸運
可以在國外接受西方文明的洗禮．
或許會覺得台灣的老百姓或娛樂圈等等很鄉愿或愚昧可笑．
不過
請站在體諒的角度來對待無知的觀眾(聽眾)
千萬不樣吐血或生氣
僅管台灣的資訊發達
畢竟西方的世界仍離我們十分遙遠與陌生
百年樹人的教育環境要付最大的責任
像我們年紀在３０歲以上的人．童年的學校教育．別說是世界．就連亞洲的局勢都輕描淡寫．西方的人文藝術只有藝術科系才會接觸．
想不想改變自己變得更睿智．也是個人自由．
題外話了
只是想說出我的感想
台灣人了解中國勝於歐洲..orz
根本不知道國外的真實狀況(地理.人文)
台灣的教育也越來越走鄉土化(例如 : 小孩國中的台灣地理與歷史佔全部社會課程三分之二強.)
大部份的台灣人．只能藉著網路上的~中文~資料得知地球村的即時訊息.因為沒去找原文來對照
所以中文部份有了錯誤也不知道.除非像你們在國外者較敏感能更正.
像台灣華納的文案竟也沒有列出原文的參考資料．
留洋的你們很幸運
可以在國外接受西方文明的洗禮．
或許會覺得台灣的老百姓或娛樂圈等等很鄉愿或愚昧可笑．
不過
請站在體諒的角度來對待無知的觀眾(聽眾)
千萬不樣吐血或生氣
僅管台灣的資訊發達
畢竟西方的世界仍離我們十分遙遠與陌生
百年樹人的教育環境要付最大的責任
像我們年紀在３０歲以上的人．童年的學校教育．別說是世界．就連亞洲的局勢都輕描淡寫．西方的人文藝術只有藝術科系才會接觸．
想不想改變自己變得更睿智．也是個人自由．
題外話了
只是想說出我的感想
台灣人了解中國勝於歐洲..orz
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Posted by NON NON
at 2007年01月9日 01:27
......... ^^"
每個人都有自己在意的地方
討論是件好事
應該不必說成"歌迷對於知識的扭曲"或是"樓上許多大大們寫的許多感想，應該就是因為這些文宣不負責任的態度，導致鬧出這種"笑話"，在台灣是太常見了，而有感而發吧。"
有些人只是單純的聽歌、看文(相信NON NON也只是樂於分享，只是很單純的分享)
提供意見，可以指出參考出處以供參考，對於不苟同的論點，亦可直抒己見，倒不必誤會"樓上許多大大"，大家都有自己的想法，有興趣的人會深究，無興趣的人.....今日之耳聞，終成明日的昨日，不會有任何印象~~~
NON NON放輕鬆，好歌繼續送阿！！
^^y
每個人都有自己在意的地方
討論是件好事
應該不必說成"歌迷對於知識的扭曲"或是"樓上許多大大們寫的許多感想，應該就是因為這些文宣不負責任的態度，導致鬧出這種"笑話"，在台灣是太常見了，而有感而發吧。"
有些人只是單純的聽歌、看文(相信NON NON也只是樂於分享，只是很單純的分享)
提供意見，可以指出參考出處以供參考，對於不苟同的論點，亦可直抒己見，倒不必誤會"樓上許多大大"，大家都有自己的想法，有興趣的人會深究，無興趣的人.....今日之耳聞，終成明日的昨日，不會有任何印象~~~
NON NON放輕鬆，好歌繼續送阿！！
^^y
yogofun :
謝謝你
o.k.大家放輕鬆.好歌繼續送..
謝謝你
o.k.大家放輕鬆.好歌繼續送..
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Posted by NON NON
at 2007年01月9日 15:54
多聽好歌...........
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Posted by 隱姓名
at 2007年10月17日 19:45
多聽好歌...........yes!!
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Posted by NON NON to 隱姓名
at 2007年10月18日 01:55
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I´m Maggie, I was born on Bruxels, and I will be a follower of this web site, my personal details may be boring but I will tell them anyway I like books as well as sports in general, and I also play a lot Him on my parties, I´m without boyfriend now so male users....Just flirting with you guys lol :)! I already tried online dating It did not worked out very well....
I wrote this comment because as I already said I really like your web site I also have a board just like you, but mine is vey different from yours, it is about playing poker with real money for free....:)
I will also have to apologize for my language it was the only way I found to communicate with you guys....Good morning to all of you, Bye bye
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Posted by Poker Rules
at 2011年12月15日 22:14