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March 28,2006

街頭歌唱的一把吉他 Mary Lou Lord


大學時接觸到她的專輯，就這樣深深的被吸引住。其實也沒什麼特別的喔~就只是單純的一把吉他搭配上她溫暖熱誠的歌聲。

這樣的聲音對於已經聽了好多好多音樂的大家來說，也許沒什麼吧？

但我很喜歡這樣的音樂，所謂的comfort sounds，大概就是指像Mary Lou Lord這樣特質的歌聲吧？


出生於1967年麻塞諸塞州，永遠都保持著一顆年輕的心與樸素的外表，曾經短暫的讀過著名的柏克萊音樂學院，嘗試於街頭走唱以償付龐大的學費負擔，後來中輟跑去倫敦走唱，短暫呆了一段時間後重新回到了波士頓，被Kill Rock Stars發掘開始正式發行唱片。首支單曲About a Boy發表於1994年，在當時被許多人猜測歌詞乃是隱喻Mary的好友Kurt Cobain；也因此引起了當時為The Hole主唱Courtney Love的憤怒，曾經在雜誌上公開批評Mary。


Mary並不理會外在對她的批評或是討論，專注在自己的音樂上，95年所發行的迷你專輯受到了廣大的注目，專輯中收錄了影響她唱作極為深遠的The Bevis Frond的作品。透過這張迷你專輯，Sony的子廠Work和她簽約，98年發行了評價極高的Got No Shadow，專輯中除了The Bevis Frond的Nick Saloman和她一同合作寫歌外，Mary將自己原本招牌的木吉他之聲；透過大唱片公司增加的預算換化成電吉他聲響，更可貴的是Mary因而和一些另類樂界的歌手成為至交（包括有Elliott Smith、Money Mark、Juliana Hatfield）。


Mary最大的特色在於她擅長翻唱一些著名的歌曲，所翻唱翻玩過的作品包括：

John Cale – Andalucia

Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit

Rain Parade – Only Business

Led Zeppelin – That’s the Way

Freedy Johnston – The Lucky One

Elizabeth Cotton – Shake Sugareee

Jimmy Bruno – I’m Talking to You

Matt Keating – That Kind of Girl

Elliott Smith – I Figured You Out

Pete Droge – Sunspot Sunwatch

Pater Laughner – Cinderella Backstreet

Martin – Bang Bang

Magnetic Fields – I Don’t Want to Get Over You

Big Star – Thirteen

Richard Thompson – 1952 Vincent Black Lightning + Beeswing + From Galway to Graceland

Heatmiser – Half Right

Green Pajamas – She’s Still Bewitching Me

Billy Bragg – St. Swithins Day + Ontario, Quebec and Me + On the Avenue

Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road

Sandy Denny – By the Time It Gets Dark

Pogues – Sayonara

Shawn Colvin – Ricochet in Time + Polaroids

Bob Dylan – Eternal Circle + You’re Going to Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Daniel Johnston – Speeding Motorcycle

Power to the People – John Lennon

Ween – Birthday Boy

Berry-Kim – Sugar Sugar

Van Halen – Jump

Wire – Outdoor Miner

 

這裡可以看到她所有專輯的相關短評，與收錄的翻唱作品，有興趣的人可以參考之~


2005年，Mary得到了一種稱為Spasmodic Dysphonia的症狀，也導致她無法再像以前那樣在街頭向大家散播她溫暖的歌聲。希望她好好的，即使她也許無法再像從前那樣歌唱，她的歌聲與曾經唱作過的專輯，相信會陪伴著大家度過一個個寂寞的夜晚，~


有時，整日聽音樂的我們，不就正是在尋找那熱情與感動嗎？Mary Lou Lord的歌聲，對我來說，就象徵著那樣子的感動！一種很簡單的、很純粹的溫暖…….希望大家有機會的話也可以找來聽聽~


播放的是收錄在2001年所發行的Live City Sounds中的She Had You，這是一張以翻唱為主的現場專輯，由Mary在發行了Got No Shadow後，重返波士頓所自行灌錄，街頭走唱與表演對她來說，也許是更直接的表現方式吧？我想……

 


照片為她和她女兒一同在街頭表演~


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很想聽聽他唱的《About a Boy》
是和《About a Girl》相呼應嗎?
另外對她唱的《Smells Like Teen Spirit》也是用一把吉他的方式唱的嗎?還有《Figured You Out》和Power to the People....天ㄚ我真是看到和Nirvana相關的就受不了
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Posted by Cobain at March 28,2006 11:21
很想聽Mary怎麼翻唱Van Halen的Jump,"一把吉他"式的Jump一定粉有趣.
Posted by dionysoslin at March 28,2006 11:36
我也喜歡Mary Lou Lords那般單純無負擔的歌聲
也曾經在波士頓的街頭與地鐵與她相遇多次
有幾次聽到電車來了都不肯上車
只因當時氣氛太迷人
最後那張照片應該是在Harvard Square附近吧
那裏是許多獨立藝人相當喜愛的戶外表演場地
夏天的夜晚總是熱鬧滾滾呢
Posted by 粉紅機器人六號 at March 28,2006 16:07
你放這首試聽我很喜歡...
馬瓜可以給我歌詞嗎?
Posted by Ariel at March 28,2006 23:15
to Cobain and 酒神,
在這個trivia中有大家的討論,我想會是很有趣的資訊,About a Boy這首歌如果沒錯的話應該是收在Mary自己錄的卡帶(或專輯?)中,應該不好找了
http://www.inthe00s.com/archive/inthe90s/smf/1090417012.shtml

另外Smeels Like Teen Spirit一樣收錄在她現場巡迴時演唱的專輯中,僅發行卡帶,所以應該也難找~

I Figured You Out收錄在Martian Saint的單曲中,印象中沒錯的話這也是我第一次接觸到她的專輯~這張專輯中,Elliott也有助陣並且為她寫歌,相當値得收藏!

Power to the People和Jump分別收錄在向John及Van Halen致敬的專輯中~印象中我都有買,不過要等回台灣才有辦法和大家分享了!

to粉紅機器人六號,
好羨慕阿阿阿!!!
那種感覺一定很棒,從現場專輯聽就知道Mary感覺上是個很平易近人的人,可惜照目前的資訊看來她應該短期內不會再發唱片了~~~

to Ariel,
here you are --

There was a corner - it was the place to go
We used to meet there - doing our whiz and blow
I had a friend there - she was a wasted space
She tried to match me - she couldn't stay the pace
She was a no one
She was a loser
She had you ooo ooo - she had you
She had you ooo ooo - she had you
I couldn't stand it - seeing you there with her
I never told you - how much it really hurt
I went to college - I got a fancy car
Drop dead apartment - now I'm a shining star
But she never made it
She's selling Avon
She had you ooo ooo - she had you
She had you ooo ooo - she had you
She had you ooo ooo - she had you
She had you ooo ooo - she had you
I have respect now - I always knew I would
'Cause I had a passport - out of the neighborhood
And when I go back - I always see her there
I ask how she's doing - not that I really care
She's still on the corner
She's still going nowhere
But she had you ooo ooo - she had you
She had you ooo ooo - she had you
She had you ooo ooo - she had you
She had you ooo ooo - she had you

(Nick Saloman)
Posted by 馬瓜 at March 29,2006 10:39
我很喜歡他呢
諸本主意有他在sony之前的所有作品
Posted by cbom at April 1,2006 11:04
to 菜兵cbom大哥!!!
還有幾天退伍!?
別忘了退伍通報一下,我回去你要補請退伍宴!!!

話說我的第一張Mary應該也是和小蟲買的,不過我忘了......
退伍也好幾年了,記性也變差了~~~~yeah!!!
Posted by 馬瓜 at April 3,2006 10:46
哪裡可以買到她的唱片阿 ?
好喜歡她的歌..很好聽~~很舒服
Posted by Smally HomE at December 5,2006 20:54
to Smally HomE,
我想國內小白兔或是誠品應該或多或少都可以找的到!
不然就只能靠網購了!

講來也是講心酸的!

我推薦的老東西都沒人要鳥!大家難道都被資訊與新東西給迷惑了嗎!!!???

歡迎多來玩與討論就是.......
Posted by 馬瓜 at December 10,2006 18:13
本來是因為nirvana 才知道mary的
她本來是kurt的女友
然後
就單純因為mary的聲音而喜歡上她
她的my space真的棒
Posted by osiris at May 6,2007 13:07
to osirirs,
謝謝你提供這個訊息，不然我還真的不知道這段故事。
Mary的myspace的確很棒!
她的相本裡頭，有張照片真的是辣塊媽媽的有夠辣，屬於兒童不宜的等級。

很開心你回頭看舊文，謝謝!
Posted by 馬瓜 at May 9,2007 09:40
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