发觉现在自己已经不是那么喜欢“另类”的音乐了,倒是很喜欢那些“过气”的音乐。对Texas好感的递增就是一例。想想在论坛发个贴问“谁喜欢RHP”,想必回应者众,但若问“谁喜欢Texas”恐怕只有冷场了,或者有人复贴说“多普通的女声呀”,是呀,乐队风格大路,女声不鬼魅,不妩媚,不刺激,但很真实,很贴近生活。回正题吧,Texas好歹也红过,当然不是什么大红大紫,所以也不用多说他们的biography了(其实乐队的bio还是有那么一点传奇性的)。I've Been Missing You收于1993年大碟Ricks Road,相信这么经典的唱片你没有听过也见过封面的,啧啧。RR的确是一张非常高quality的唱片,以致AMG给出2星的高分(AMG的2星与5星往往是等同的,I'm not kidding)。所以这张碟有本事出产了6首single,而I've Been Missing You却不入六甲,想必也是不想太冒险,听听I've Been Missing You谁会想到是出自Texas的呢,piano作的layback很是swing,却要扯上很风情的吉他扫弦,十足REM上身的架势,而大美女Sharleen声音变得soul极了,这样的作品与后面舒坦流畅的so called friend实在相去太远了。
题外话,向来都觉得Best of的大碟没有什么价值,虽然里面收的都是火热single,但single作品总是招牌货,好听有余但惊喜不足。如果不听Ricks Road的这张大碟,是听不到I've Been Missing You这么有意思的作品的,尽管Texas当年张Greatest Hits悦耳程度也非常高,不过总觉得精选碟,是很cheating的东西。
昨天考了一天的试,于是晚上买了一个Texas的3CD Boxset奖励自己
I've been missing you Lyrics
do i know if you are sleeping
cause you lie so still and warm
yeh the darness and the silence wrap around me
don't hear your cries that make me sleep so sound
maybe i've been missing you
oh maybe i've been missing you
for so long
if one day you said you were happy
i think your spell would be broken for good
sometimes i pray
if you are unkind to me
maybe i'll love you more for that
and maybe i've been missing you
oh maybe i've been missing you
for so long
and maybe i've been missing you
i've been missing you
for so long yeh yeh
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