传奇民谣女伶Janis Ian－When I Lay Down

二月 27, 2009 by Music姐姐
类别：民谣天地

传奇民谣女伶Janis Ian，美国民谣史上最受争议、批判性女诗人歌手。1951年出生，成长于New Jersey，2岁开始弹琴、10岁便拿起吉他、12岁创作第一首歌。1966年15岁的Janis Ian发行首张个人同名专辑，首支单曲「Society’’s Child」词意大胆揭露对黑白恋的热切，在六十年代民风尚处保守的美国社会，Janis Ian的举动挑衅当时普罗大众的接受程度，少数电台更予以禁播，直到指挥大师伯恩斯坦邀请她至电视节目Inside POP –The Rock Revolution演出「Society’s Child」而大受好评，伯恩斯坦大力赞赏Janis Ian的才华，称她是年轻一辈最具音乐潜力的女歌手、艾拉‧费兹洁罗美其为「当今最会歌唱的女歌手」。
Janis Ian在音乐事业颠峰时退出乐坛，往舞台剧发展。在1972-1981年间，Janis Ian录製了Stars、Between The Lines与Aftertones 【曾是日本唱片史上卖得最好的专辑】Night Rains、Miracle Row、Janis Ian II 这些经典专辑。其中Between the Lines 为五项格莱美奖提名，拿下包括年度最佳唱片、最佳流行演唱、最佳录音与美澳英三地白金唱片。这张精选辑收录最经典专辑中的最经典单曲。单曲『Love Is Blind』当年佔据日本排行榜冠军达六个月之久。Janis Ian的唱片是音乐界与音响界常态性被收藏的艺人之一，发烧级的嗓音与一把空心吉他便将音乐性十足呈现。精选辑中的歌曲依著录製年份排列，彷若也经历 Janis Ian音乐生涯最灿烂的十年纪录！

传奇民谣女伶Janis Ian－When I Lay Down

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THEY SAID LAY DOWN IN THE WATER
EVEN THOUGH YOU DON’T BELIEVE
ALL YOUR SINS WILL BE FORGIVEN
AND YOUR SOUL WILL BE REDEEMED
SO I WALKED INTO THE WATER
AND I FELL DOWN TO MY KNEES
AND I TOOK OUT SOME INSURANCE
AND I BOUGHT A LITTLE PEACE
BUT WHEN I LAY DOWN, I LIED
WHEN I LAY DOWN, I LIED
HE SAID – DARLING DO YOU LOVE ME
I AND I SAID – SURE I DO
AND I LED HIM TO BELIEVE ME
AS I PROVED THAT IT WAS TRUE
WELL I LET MY BODY LOVE HIM
GOD KNOWS I REALLY TRIED
AND THE COMFORT OF IT TOUCHED HIM
AND HIS HEART WAS SATISFIED
BUT WHEN I LAY DOWN, I LIED
WHEN I LAY DOWN, I LIED
…TO MAKE THEM HAPPY
AND I LIED SO THEY WOULD CARE
I LIED ‘CAUSE I WAS LONELY
AND I LIED ‘CAUSE I WAS SCARED
I LIED SO SOME WOULD LEAVE ME
AND I LIED SO SOME WOULD STAY
I LIED UNTIL I LIED MY LIFE AWAY
I DREAMED MY LIFE WAS OVER
AND THEY LAID ME IN MY GRAVE
I WAS FRIGHTENED OF FOREVER
AND THE PRICE I’D HAVE TO PAY
AND I THOUGHT THAT GOD WOULD HATE ME
‘CAUSE I’D LIVED MY LIFE IN SIN
BUT (I FELT THE TRUTH EMBRACE ME) (HE KNELT DOWN TO EMBRACEME)
(AS HEAVEN LET ME IN) (AND TOGETHER, WE WALKED IN)
AND WHEN I LAY DOWN
I LAY DOWN AND CRIED