The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble  

 

在講評這首歌之前,我必須先說些廢話,對於這位藍調吉他神之樂手,我們要用最謙卑的姿態來面對他,並聲明"以一個菜鳥之姿來評論神是非常大膽妄為的"。

但為了訓練心臟以及不怕死的文章...這是必要考驗。

講藍調,就先微提一下藍調的歷史。

藍調發源自黑人,是在奴隸制度下衍生而出的產物,剛開始只有類似工作歌的樣子,最後發展成「鄉村藍調」「經典藍調」「城市(Urban)藍調」,

這樣一個雛形的分支其實就已經足夠大家聆聽很久很久了。

並以一種憂鬱、淺白卻具詩意的語句配合和弦來做一個即興的獨唱演出。

(詳細一點的資料,會另外補述一篇給各位的。)

回到正題,小弟把光碟放進我的CD PLAYER,徐徐從電子線路透過喇叭傳出的音符,令我無法自拔!

第六首 The Pan Alley  滄桑的藍調音階透過SRV的手指,繪製出那慘淡的模糊影像,如果仔細聆聽歌詞,你會發現這一切是多麼殘酷。

Went down to tin pan alley....see what was going on 
Things was too hot down there....couldn't stay very long 
Hey hey hey hey....alley's the roughest place I've ever been 
All the people down there....livin' for their whisky, wine, and gin 

I heard a woman scream....yeah and I peeked through the door 
Some cat was workin' on annie with a....lord with a two-by-four 
Hey hey hey hey....alley's the roughest place I've ever been 
All the people down there....livin' for their whisky, wine, and gin 
I heard a pistol shoot....yeah and it was a .44 
Somebody killed a crap shooter cause he didn't....shake, rattle, and roll 
Hey hey hey hey....alley's the roughest place I've ever been 
All the people down there....killin' for their whisky, wine, and gin 

I saw a cop standin'....with his hand on his gun 
Said "this is a raid boys....nobody run" 
Hey, hey, hey....alley's the roughest place I've ever been 
Yeah they took me away from tin pan alley 
And took me right back...to the pen

長達九分鐘的一首歌,也是令我深刻的一首歌曲,前奏到主歌這段主要是醞釀情緒,也是用旋律說故事,一個黑暗角落的事件。

主歌段落開始陳述這起事件的過程,SRV雖然是吉他手,但唱功也是不俗的。

不是嘶啞,而是一種無奈,這世道就是這樣的一種口吻。

唱到了"I heard a pistol shoot..." 運用了連續並快速的槌勾弦,使整個情緒突然緊繃了起來,最後又放鬆下去。

接著回到平鋪直敘的處理方式,一路到了尾奏,大鼓三下"咚""咚""咚" 緊接著帶出最後的高潮。

簡單、俐落,SRV式的solo,想知道為什麼這樣說?

容我跟你講一句話:請聽以下歌曲~~~

Tin Pan Alley 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9oymWJXp68

 

VOODOO CHILD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEJh2FFUUoU

 

 

 

 

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