Joni Mitchell - Woman of Heart and Mind (2003)
歌手joni mitchell 的音色高而飘,“如听仙乐耳暂明”,真情流露的词句唱出心底的温柔。岁月悠悠,车里的磁带听了将近二十年,伴着我们多少人生路。
" I am on a lonely road and I am traveling
Traveling, traveling, traveling
Looking for something, what can it be
Oh I hate you some, I hate you some
I love you some
Oh I love you when I forget about me
I want to be strong I want to laugh along
I want to belong to the living
Alive, alive, I want to get up and jive
I want to wreck my stockings in some jukebox dive
Do you want, do you want, do you want
To dance with me baby
Do you want to take a chance
On maybe finding some sweet romance with me baby
Well, come on
All I really really want our love to do
Is to bring out the best in me and in you too
All I really really want our love to do
Is to bring out the best in me and in you
I want to talk to you, I want to shampoo you
I want to renew you again and again
Applause, applause, life is our cause
When I think of your kisses
My mind see-saws
Do you see, do you see, do you see
How you hurt me baby
So I hurt you too
Then we both get so blue
I am on a lonely road and I am traveling
Looking for the key to set me free
Oh the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling
It's the unraveling
And it undoes all the joy that could be
I want to have fun, I want to shine like the sun
I want to be the one that you want to see
I want to knit you a sweater
Want to write you a love letter
I want to make you feel better
I want to make you feel free
Hm, hm, hm, hm,
Want to make you feel free
I want to make you feel free"
她低头轻抚吉他,飘逸的金色长发遮住面颊,仿佛为自己营造一个避风港。她的声音时而如行云流水,时而热情如火,在冰火交融的气氛中,她可以从小旅舍桌上一杯咖啡,一枝玫瑰唱到世界和平,从阿姆斯特丹唱到加州,每个简单的音在她的唇间都诉说一段情感,一个故事。她的音乐天赋用什么语言来形容都显得苍白。
看到Joni,想到影片Forrest Gump 里阿甘的女友Jenny,一个背上吉他闯天下的女子。Joni出生于加拿大小镇,她兼备北欧的修长身材和苏格兰爱尔兰能歌善舞的天性。王菲在访谈中提到joni mitchell 是她最喜爱的歌手,她自己唱的旋转木马让我想到joni唱的the circle game
the circle game
Yesterday a child came out to wonder
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star
Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
Words like when you're older must appease him
And promises of someday make his dreams
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game *
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town
And they tell him take your time it won't be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
There'll be new dreams maybe better dreams and plenty
Before the last revolving year is through
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
joni的《little green》写给自己未能养育的女儿,一个她深藏心底的秘密和伤痛。也许是这个原因,她的音乐有着琢磨不透的飘忽感,神秘感,正所谓“不敢入诗的来入梦”。想不到我会随着先生迷上一位在我出生前就成名的歌手。。。1966,67年的美国也经历着一场文化革命。迷茫的一代寻求着自我也寻求着爱。
Little Green
Born with the moon in Cancer
Choose her a name she will answer to
Call her green and the winters cannot fade her
Call her green for the children who've made her
Little green, be a gypsy dancer
He went to California
Hearing that everything's warmer there
So you write him a letter and say, "Her eyes are blue."
He sends you a poem and she's lost to you
Little green, he's a non-conformer
Chorus:
Just a little green
Like the color when the spring is born
There'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow
Just a little green
Like the nights when the Northern lights perform
There'll be icicles and birthday clothes
And sometimes there'll be sorrow
Child with a child pretending
Weary of lies you are sending home
So you sign all the papers in the family name
You're sad and you're sorry, but you're not ashamed
Little green, have a happy ending
CHORUS:
Just a little green
Like the color when the spring is born
There'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow
Just a little green
Like the nights when the Northern lights perform
There'll be icicles and birthday clothes
And sometimes there'll be sorrow
她的一生,注定漂泊;她的心灵,向往自由。她的最爱,是绘画,是歌唱,是作曲,是如诗的歌词。几十年后,她鼓足勇气寻找送走的女儿,她的声音已经从清澈变沧桑,她柔情地为团圆的女儿和孙儿女唱一曲,“我从两边看过了云彩。。。”
both sides now
Bows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all
Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way
But now it's just another show
You leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away
I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all
Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way
Oh but now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
Well something's lost but something's gained
In living every day
I've looked at life from both sides now
From WIN and LOSE and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all
I've looked at life from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all
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亲爱的蓝宝宝,看到你们一家到富士山旅游真是如入仙境,美不胜收。
是呀我也觉得琼尼的音乐有飘忽的感觉,很灵动的~~~
宝宝全家秋安(^O^☆♪
歌声中有种飘忽不定的感觉
林枫妹妹也喜欢Forrest Gump那部电影吧,跨过很多年代阿甘还是那么憨厚,可惜他和Jenny的人生路总是很短暂的相交。
新周愉快(^O^☆♪
哈哈听到了花花欢快的笑声~~~开心你喜欢,影像很长,慢慢听,新周愉快(^O^☆♪
杜姐姐您对加拿大的歌手很自豪,加拿大草原养育了她,她唱的Canada和California 我都喜欢。是的象杜姐所说业内对她评价很高,在1995年,她接受了告示牌billboard的世紀大奖,从69年到08年获得了九座葛萊美奖,还获終身成就奖,葛萊美奖形容她是「搖滾年代里最重要的女性音乐人」以及「对所有艺人有著強大影响,充滿多样性、创造力与正直态度」的杰出艺人。
不管她得多少奖,十几年来慢慢听慢慢喜欢上的,她的歌是对生活的最好的探索和诠释。杜姐新周愉快(^O^☆♪
向京燕和这儿的朋友问好
亲爱的叶子姐姐,您的美妙歌声就是最美好的心灵共鸣~~~
joni自己作词作曲演唱,用心感受什么是适合的,有些曲子加了四五十个不同的和弦,刚开始不被人认可,不久就被称为经典。
喜欢姐姐的游记,和你们隔时空相见,长周末愉快(^O^☆♪
谢谢美燕儿的介绍!
长周末快乐!
亲爱的贝卡,长周末愉快:⦆你的园子有那么多动听的音乐,优雅而丰富,令人流连忘返。
joni的音乐很有特色,她不拘一格民歌摇滚爵士蓝调都尝试,象她的一句歌词"Love is touching souls, surely you touched mine... "
亲爱的小甜甜妹妹,收到你的果酱。看你玩独木舟受伤了,写的小文真幽默,希望你感觉好了,大大地打个喷嚏吧,有人在念叨你~~~
对琼尼的音乐可以说是日久生情,也许更惦念的是那些怀旧时光。象妹妹说的她的声音恬淡纯美。周末愉快(^O^☆♪
同意五哥说的:“觉得燕子知识很丰富,生活更是丰富多彩,好样的。”
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觉得姐姐是个真正懂生活的人:)
我会忙一段日子,但有空就来看姐姐:)
谢谢五哥过奖了,很感恩。五哥博学多才,仗义真挚,还看到了您聪颖美丽的女儿,很令人羡慕。
全家长周末愉快,歌声常饶心间(^O^☆♪
回家来抱抱我的燕鸥姐姐,joni第一张专辑song to a seagull 就象是写燕鸥姐姐tern的~~~ 飞向一片自由的天空。谢谢姐姐的诗,燕子在这里春夏秋冬都感觉很温暖。
joni一生经历了那么多,经年回首,一切都欣然接受,都成为财富。艺术无界限,桐姐姐的美妙歌声和小小桐的绘画是天赋:⦆
btw, 等我姨父姨妈来了美国我要和他们一起去东部几天,随团旅游我在飞机上向姐姐招招手(^_−)−☆
今天我又google出几篇关于她的文章,是个了不得的女人!
谢谢燕子好文好介绍。节日快乐。
夏天走了,
秋天来了。
我的燕子不愿意南飞,
依旧在这里。。。
送大号沙发给dan,阿松,彼端,尼斯,阿晴小宝一起听歌儿~~~Joni的女儿,歌曲和绘画都是她的孩子,她说好像身体里孕育着很多很多要表达出来。。。
我们这里正赶上劳动节长周末,收拾家里准备迎接姨妈姨夫来访。想起你去年款待舅舅舅妈,妹妹总先人后己。
看到你的好消息我高兴得眼泪都快出来了!记得你早买好了票,生活就是这么多盼望,也认真地过好每一天,与妹妹和小宝一起为Heiliger Vater Benedikt und Don Giorgio祈祷和感恩,主佑平安:)
彼端好,经历了60到现在几个年代,joni的魅力不减,“当一切都尘埃落定后,琼尼·米歇尔可能会成为20世纪晚期最重要,最有影响力的女性歌唱家”。多巧她曾经写过Stardust,星尘,多美的想象。
推荐美坛北京二号朋友的贴给你,“落入凡间的精灵”http://bbs.wenxuecity.com/yingwengequ/158730.html
彼端全家长周末愉快:)
亲爱的尼斯,过奖了。我也是上下班开很久的车,慢慢听,闹市中一缕清新,我对流行音乐很后知后觉,她的歌声带我们回忆人生走过的路。。。好像她的声音已经成了老朋友在耳边轻吟浅唱~~~
尼斯全家周末愉快:)
谢谢亲爱的阿松,长周末愉快!Joni的生活像她的歌声一样有很多层次,像影像里的人说的,可以用心去感受却难用语言表达。。。
阿松全家Happy Labor's day :)
Welcome to my garden, Dan. Joni很有天赋,音色也很独特,握手握手,很高兴你也喜欢:)
谢谢燕子介绍这位独特的女歌手,我从来没有听说过。喜欢她的人生,喜欢她的歌声。
祝你们有一个美好的周末,主佑平安~~~
其实不想说,但是你上次也是第一个知道的,我和安娜各受到两封信,我们很感动, 在不久的将来再次踏上心中的圣地。
Mitchell has deeply influenced fellow musicians in a diverse range of genres, and her work is highly respected by critics. Allmusic said, "When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century," and Rolling Stone called her "one of the greatest songwriters ever." Mitchell's lyrics have been noted for their developed poetics, addressing social and environmental ideals alongside individual feelings of romantic longing, confusion, disillusion and joy.
燕子,你是一个会生活的女人啊~~ ( 在你每一篇的文字里,所感受到的)
周末快乐!