公木砸坛：我爱听的乡村音乐（7）Teardrops on My Guitar

 

 

 有朋友告诉我，好像我听的和介绍的都是乡村音乐男歌手的歌曲，是不是有点对于女歌手不感兴趣，其实不是，乡村音乐中有很多非常好的女歌手，如Carrie Underwood，Dolly Parton，Shania Twain， Faith Hill，Reba McEntire。我之所以没有特别提到，是因为多数的女歌手的歌都是比较抒情，相对于我前面介绍的都比较集中于较窄的范围。今天我就要介绍一下一个超级女星的一个并不特别出名的歌，Taylor Swift （泰勒·斯威夫特）的Teardrops on My Guitar （吉他上的泪珠）.

 

 

 

泰勒·斯威夫特（Taylor Swift），这位几乎就是90后的创作女歌手，现在是跨越乡村和流行两大乐坛，影视歌三栖的超级巨星。当年她在12岁看到Faith Hill的表演后，央求她母亲要去田纳西州乡村民谣之乡纳什维尔追寻自己的音乐梦想，而后在2003年他们举家从宾州的READING（一个AMISH之乡）搬迁到Nashville（美国版的孟母三迁吧，不过可不是为了上名校），她从16岁开始发唱片，2008年第二张专辑就成为Billboard冠军专辑。2010年，在第52届格莱美奖颁奖典礼上，她共得到8项格莱美提名，并最终获得年度最佳专辑 、最佳乡村女歌手、最佳乡村歌曲和最佳乡村专辑4个奖项，这时她还不到21岁，可谓年少成名。在发行四张以乡村音乐为主题的专辑后，她逐渐转向到流行乐坛，同时参与影视演出，成为跨界超级巨星。

 

Teardrops on My Guitar （吉他上的泪珠）发布于2007年，它的创作灵感来源于Swift在高中时期的一段暗恋经历，一个自己的暗恋许久的男生，只把自己当作好朋友。当他在自己面前谈论自己喜欢的女生，尽管心中充满了苦涩的滋味，却不得不转出一副假笑，还要时不时点点头。只有自己才知道，在夜晚，手捧吉他，独自面对夜空，悄悄对流星许下自己的心愿，只愿有一天，他能感受到自己的心意。这是一个青春期男女孩常见的问题，暗恋和表白，倾情与伤心，其实是一个感情成长的过程。

 

 

 在音乐创作方面，本歌主要是以轻柔的吉他为和弦背景，Swift通过记述自己的个人经历，真实地流露出她自己在那个青涩年代的软弱和无奈，深情款款?。歌曲推出来以后马上成为Billboard上的TOP５，而且成为暗恋和表白的代表歌曲。

 

       Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so he won't see

That I want and I'm needing everything that we should be

I'll bet she's beautiful, that girl he talks about

And she's got everything that I have to live without

Drew talks to me, I laugh cuz it's just so funny

That I can't even see anyone when he's with me

He says he's so in love, he's finally got it right,

I wonder if he knows he's all I think about at night

He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar

The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star

He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do

Drew walks by me, can he tell that I can't breathe?

And there he goes, so perfectly

The kind of flawless I wish I could be

She'd better hold him tight, give him all her love

Look in those beautiful eyes and know she's lucky cause

He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar

The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star

He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do

So I drive home alone, as I turn out the light

I'll put his picture down and maybe

Get some sleep tonight

He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar

The only one who's got enough for me to break my heart

He's the song in the car I keep singing don't know why I do

He's the time taken up, but there's never enough

And he's all that I need to fall into

Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so he won't see