越来越少认真听英文歌了,平时听就是随便打开FM收音机,或者Pandora网上点唱机,很多歌很好听,但是却从来不去留意是谁唱的,歌词是什么。
Dixie Chicks是个例外,我最喜欢的女子乡村乐队,声音高亢悦耳,歌词性格鲜明,政治态度强硬。三个德州的漂亮小姑娘能有这么硬朗的乐风,能有这么大的胆量跑到伦敦直接批评自己的总统,说这种人是德州的耻辱。然后顶着被美国舆论凌迟的压力,唱片销量大减,广告商电台封杀,甚至收到死亡威胁,依然坚持自己的主张,这三个小姑娘太厉害了。后来牛仔小树从也跑出来说我不在意歌手说啥,言论自由是美国人的权利,我还是按照我的想法做事,blah blah blah,看来真的惊动党中央了。
06年的新专辑Taking the Long Way真的唱出了她们的心声,歌词写的非常好,让人热血沸腾。抄来一首The Long Way Around,真喜欢歌里奔放豪迈,追求自由生活,流浪天下的劲头。
My friends from high school
Married their high school boyfriends
Moved into houses in the same ZIP codes
Where their parents live
But I, I could never follow
No I, I could never follow
I hit the highway in a pink RV with stars on the ceiling
Lived like a gypsy
Six strong hands on the steering wheel
I've been a long time gone now
Maybe someday, someday I'm gonna settle down
But I've always found my way somehow
By taking the long way
Taking the long way around
Taking the long way
Taking the long way around
I met the queen of whatever
Drank with the Irish and smoked with the hippies
Moved with the shakers
Wouldn't kiss all the asses that they told me to
No I, I could never follow
No I, I could never follow
It's been two long years now
Since the top of the world came crashing down
And I'm getting' it back on the road now
But I'm taking the long way
Taking the long way around
I'm taking the long way
Taking the long way around
The long
The long way around
Well, I fought with a stranger and I met myself
I opened my mouth and I heard myself
It can get pretty lonely when you show yourself
Guess I could have made it easier on myself
But I, I could never follow
No I, I could never follow
Well, I never seem to do it like anybody else
Maybe someday, someday I'm gonna settle down
If you ever want to find me I can still be found
Taking the long way
Taking the long way around
Taking the long way
Taking the long way around









