听歌学英语:当死神如此靠近你 Thirty People Away
听歌学英语:当死神如此靠近你 Thirty People Away
Tamas Wells,是一支来自澳洲墨尔本的独立乐团(indie-pop),成立于2000年初,目前已发行4张专辑,曲风清新、平缓而又优美。(最为人所熟知的是《Valder Fields》-电影《仙境之桥》当中的插曲),Tamas Wells作为一个歌者的姿态正如他这个人一般谦逊。他在歌曲中不泛滥悲伤,也不过度去渲染喜悦,他一直如巡演的状态一样,简单地站在台上,穿着平常穿的衣服,自在并且不带很多感情诱导的哼唱。人类的情感和这个世界一样并非那么简单,正如世界不全如Tamas Wells的歌声一般美好,他温暖治愈的歌声下,其实有着很多很多个悲伤的故事。若不是看了他的专访,我也不知道这个唱片的名字背后那么哀伤。
Tamas Wells的《Thirty People Away 》
We heard first from you
and then in the papers
and the radio said 3pm
when all of people
crowded around at the stakes 1
just yards from the lake
But we heard you say
that nobody knew about
the dangers all on the stages
opened up an appalling 2 line
if people waiting in vain
as it started to rain
when had laughed about the days
when I wouldn't say the fourth of May
and sometimes we told stories
where movies stars were old
and made up to seem like they were only seventeen
and then we'd spend a dollar for the frames 3
we heard that you fell down
when the flames came out
and people started to shout
that some had fallen and still lay down
their faces dark from the flames
the news had read out the names
we had laughed about the days
when I wouldn't say the fourth of May
and sometimes we told stories
where movies stars were old
and made up to seem like they were only seventeen
and then we'd spend a dollar for the frames
我们第一个从你这听说到这个消息
然后报纸里写了这个
接着下午三点广播里报道了这个消息
就当所有人聚集在这个要塞
就离湖边几码远
可我们听见你说
没人认识到
在舞台上无尽的危机
你揭露了一个骇人听闻的消息
是否人们在虚无中等待
正当天开始下起雨来
我们谈笑当年
那时的我不愿提起五月的最后一星期(5月25日:非洲解放日)
有时我们讲故事
这时当年的影星已经老去
编造他们的样子
好像他们还只有17岁
我们花了一美元去看他们的作品
我们听说你心情低落
当火苗开始窜出
当人们开始大叫
说着有些人已经跌倒并扔躺着站不起来
他们的脸色在火苗的映衬下渐渐暗淡
这个消息已经得到官方的认可
我们谈笑当年
那时的我不愿提起五月的最后一星期
有时我们讲故事
这时当年的影星已经老去
编造他们的样子
好像他们还只有17岁
我们花了一美元去看他们的作品
Thirty People Away》亲眼目睹30多个人在身边死去,多么可怕多么骇人听闻的故事!说他是个乐观主义者,是因为那么悲伤的题材如果交给其他同类型的歌手去演绎,这或许会变成特别伤感和催人泪下的歌;但到了Tamas Wells的口中,如此悲伤的题材,我们竟可以在这天籁般的声音中感觉到治愈的力量——仿佛他说忘掉这一些悲伤吧,在我的歌声中重获力量勇敢去面对这个世界,勇敢去和现实战斗。
Appalling[?'p?:li?] adj. 可怕的;令人震惊的
相关短语
appalling crimes骇人听闻的罪行
appalling acts令人惊愕行为
appalling weather恶劣的天气
They have been living under the most appalling conditions for two months.
他们在最骇人听闻的条件下生活了两个月。
I developed an appalling headache.
我得了严重头疼。
Vain [vein] adj. 徒劳的;虚荣的;空虚的;自负的
He wants the world to know his son did not die in vain.
他想让世人知道他儿子的死不是毫无意义的。
He wasn't so vain as to think he was smarter than his boss.
他还没有自负到以为他比自己的上司还精明。
- An amateur shouldn't play roulette for high stakes. 外行不该下大赌注赌轮盘赌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups. 游戏通常在两大集团之间进行,下的赌注一般都很大。 来自辞典例句
- The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
- Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。