Re: Amy Grant - Simple Things

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※ 引述《ringoe.bbs@cia.hinet.net ( get it on now! )》之銘言： : Amy Grant - Simple Things : 01 - Happy : 02 - Eye To Eye : 03 - Simple Things : 04 - Beautiful : 05 - Out In The Open : 06 - I Dont Know Why : 07 - Looking For You : 08 - Touch : 09 - Innocence Lost : 10 - After The Fire : 很舒服，很甜美的一張專輯。先前在另一個地方 po 的 Amy 新專輯的專訪簡譯參考參考 : All About "Simple Things"! : Amy will release her long-awaited pop album, Simple Things, on : August 19. Read more about Grammy and Dove award winning female : vocalist’s first album of all new material since the 1997 release : of Behind the Eyes. Simple Things 是 Amy 自 1997 年的 Behind the Eyes 專輯後六年來第一張流行專輯於此期間有一張聖誕專輯和 CCM 專輯的發行 BMG 也於去年重新整理了張 Amy 於 1980 年代的舊作為精選發行 : “This album is three years in the making,” said Grant, who re- : leased a Christmas album and a Hymns project in the interim. ꄊ: 你s a result, Simple Things is a collection of songs that reflect : a lot of life that has happened along the way.” 新專輯反映了 Amy 幾年來生活的點點滴滴，製作時間長達三年 : "I know how it feels to go into a studio to start a record, and : eight weeks later it's finished. I know how an intense schedule : feels. Simple Things was the antithesis of all that." : So says Amy Grant, whose new A&M release Simple Things was three : full years in the making. Was it worth the wait? You bet. Emotional, : honest songs, glistening productions, arrangements that sweep through : fields of strings and settle into a nest of solo acoustic guitar -- : every detail of her seventeenth album exceeds the singer's standards, : which are as high as standards come in this business. 新專輯值得如此長時間的等待嗎？答案是肯定的充滿情感、誠實的歌曲，在編曲上偏向 acoustic guitar （或許編曲上會比較近似 Behind the Eyes）在整體感覺上也超越歌者過去的所有作品（真的嗎？聽了才會知道 :p） : But something beyond the music gives Simple Things its real meaning. : The story behind its creation reflects elements of Amy's life at a cri- : tical stage -- elements of both shadow and light, uncertainty and con- : viction, and above all love and its endurance. 是音樂之外的事物賦予新專輯真實的意義製作過程背後的故事反應 Amy 生涯中的關鍵時刻中的點點滴滴 -- 陰暗與曙光、猶疑與確信以及堅忍不移的愛 : Simple Things was born from love, during a memorable week with family : and friends. It comes to the world now on wings of love, from a place : of warmth and resolution, now that the process is done. Between these : milestones, though, the going wasn't always easy, thanks to changes in : and beyond Amy's world. （頗為老套的介紹...... :p） : It began in the summer of 2000, when Amy and her husband Vince Gill : left Nashville with producer Keith Thomas and a few co-writers for a : week in Destin, Florida. In a house just steps from the shore, they'd : pair off after breakfast and write songs together. Then, as evening : neared, they'd gather, compare notes, share quiet as well as festive : moments. 新專輯的製作始於 2000 年的夏天製作陣容包括 Amy、丈夫 Vince Gill、長期以來的製作伙伴 Keith Thomas 與其他 : "One night we were all going out to dinner," Amy remembers. "We all : dressed up and went down to the beach to take our pictures in that : beautiful sunset. Somehow we wound up running into the ocean and : getting drenched in all our nice clothes." : Much of the material on Simple Things took form during that idyll: : "Looking For You," "Happy," the title cut, and one song, "Touch," that : perhaps conveys the feeling of that time more vividly than anything : else on the album. "I think ‘Touch’ was written on the first or se- : cond day," Amy says, "and it was so hypnotic and beautiful, so much : like the ocean. Through out the rest of that week, when we'd get to the : end of the day, we'd grab a cold drink, feel the spray in the air, and : just play that song …" 上面兩段提到的是專輯製作的環境當時 Amy 等人在 Florida 的海邊度假進行歌曲創作的同時，也享受當地的遊憩氣氛專輯中 Looking for You、Happy、Simple Things 與 Touch 等歌曲最能反映此種生活的心情 : It's likely that more than music was created in Destin. Shortly : after coming back home, with every intention to begin her next project, : Amy discovered that she was pregnant. Priorities quickly shifted, as : she gave birth to her and Vince's first child, Corrina. The time that : followed proved even more challenging, and in unexpected ways. 當 2000 年夏天的假期結束後， Amy 發現自己懷孕了所有的計畫因此必須重新調整 : There were issues involved with being a blended family. "We're just : now in the fifth year since my older children’s dad and I split up," : Amy explains. "Then, in March of 2000, I married Vince. The kids had : to deal with some changes in their lives, and I had to grapple with : the shame that youfeel when you've been through a divorce. Thankfully, : all of us continue to grow and life works itself out, but those years : were a very sensitive time for us all." 小女兒 Corrina 的出生為 Amy 與 Gill、以及兩人之前組成的家庭帶來衝擊至 2000 年時， Amy 已與前夫 Gary Chapman 仳離五年同年三月， Amy 與 Vince Gill 步入禮堂孩子必須重新調整父母離婚後的生活，Amy 也必須面對離婚對她帶來的影響儘管幾年來，大家都找到適合彼此的方式但也必須承認，這並不容易 : These transitions would inspire some of the most personal material : on Simple Things, including "Out in the Open" and "Innocence Lost," : one of only two songs on the album that Amy didn't write. "But a big : part of that lyric captures what I was feeling," she says, "about how : part of living involves losing your innocence. And 'Out in the Open' : is about freedom from shame and forgiving yourself. To me, they're both : very emotional songs about that period." 上述的種種自然也影響新作的走向 Out in the Open 與 Innocence Lost 是專輯中 Amy 唯二未參與創作的作品但卻忠實地捕捉歌者的心情 : At the same time, staying away from stage and studio took a physical : toll. "In going through pregnancy and post-delivery, my support muscles : weakened," she explains. "In the past, when I'd recorded during a break : in a tour, it was so easy to sing, because I felt strong. Also, like so : many new mothers, I wasn't getting a lot of sleep, and sleeping is such : a huge part of being able to sing." （這邊是說 Amy 離開舞台、錄音室與懷孕期間的一些生理上的不適現象） : For nearly a year Amy was able to record only sporadically -- sometimes : just two days a month. "So much of my energy was going into my family : that when I was able to get to the studio I felt : remember! I have interests! I make music!'" 將近一年，錄音的工作時斷時續 : As Corrina grew and life at home settled, Amy's strength returned and : her schedule loosened. She re-recorded some of the early vocal tracks : and was getting into gear when the events of 911 suddenly cast a pall : over the proceedings. As it happened, she was writing a song at that : point that seemed to connect to the feelings stirred by tragedy. 當 Corrina 出生後的生活逐漸穩定， Amy 也逐漸重拾個人生活的規律重新錄製了一些先前已完成演唱的曲子也將九一一帶來的衝擊反映在作品裡 : "Wayne Kirkpatrick and I had started writing 'I Don't Know Why' about : a week earlier," Amy says. "We'd been talking about those moments where, : for whatever reason, everything distills into what really matters. When : I watched those firefighters and workers digging through Ground Zero, : trying to see if there was anybody in there, I thought of a lyric we'd : just written: 'This is one of those mo ments when all that really matters : is crystal clear' -- which means being there for each other, 'woven : together by whatever threads of life that have brought us here.'" : In the perspective that took form after September 11, a new meaning : emerged as Amy and Wayne worked on the song. "The words 'all I know : is now' came from the uncertainty we felt," she says. "It's like when : you're sitting in a waiting room at the hospital: Nothing exists except : for that moment you're in. It might not be over 9/11, but we've all felt : that odd way that life and tragedy bring people together." 專輯中的作品 I Don't Know Why 即是悲劇發生後的產物其中的歌詞 "all i know is now" 即是指生活中的不確定，似乎唯有當下才是真實的 : Which brings Simple Things into full circle. From the personal to : the global, from the playfulness of "Happy" through the impassioned : duet shared by Amy and Vince on "Beautiful," Simple Things is perhaps : the most intimate glimpse ever offered into the heart of this artist. : With tracks brilliantly pro duced by Keith Thomas, Brown Banister and : Wayne Kirkpatrick, this music seems to rush through storms and sunlight : before coming to rest in "After the Fire," a summary of all that we've : experienced on our own and heard on this disc -- simple, soft, and quietly : triumphant. 生命中的悲喜無常，一一反映在 Simple Things 中 : And now, a personal note … : Over the past hour, as Amy led me through the story of Simple Things, : I've seen, over her shoulder and silhouetted in sunlight streaming : through the window of her sitting room, an old baby grand piano, on : which family photos stand in faded array. She tells me that it once : belonged to the late comedienne Minnie Pearl, whose memory brings a : light to Amy's eyes. : "I'm thinking about a conversation we had years ago," she says. "It : was after Minnie's stroke, and she was bedridden, but this was one of : her lucid days. We were talking about light and dark. She was saying, : 'They're both a part of life. For instance, what do you think is the : most important color on an artist's palette?' I said I didn't know. : She said, 'Black, of course. Without black, no color has any depth. : But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's shadow -- no, : not just shadow, but fullness. You've got to be willing to mix black : into your palette if you want to create something that's real.'" 這邊說的是 Amy 和這篇 review 的纂寫人 Doerschuk 對談時 Amy 回想起之前與故友 Minnie Pearl 的對話，後者當時因中風而臥病在床不起됊 Minnie 說，光與影，都是生命不可缺的一部份當畫家在塗抹畫布時，黑色必不可少因為沒了黑色，其他的色彩會因此失去深度但當妳把黑色與其他顏色相混時，不僅出現陰影，也帶來圓滿（fullness）如果想要為自己的生命帶來真實，就必須要願意將黑色加進生命的畫布 : And so we return to where we came in: to the play of shadow and light, : pain and sweetness, and to the music of Simple Things, which is as simple : and yet unfathomable as we all know the world to be. : ----Robert L. Doerschuk ------- -- 永遠都記得你離去的那天清晨你無聲無息地從我的枕邊離去你選擇回到那擁有你靈魂的人的身邊而我只能再回到那段令我恐懼的歲月我連忙跑到海邊哭喊著「請別離開我」悲傷的淚水不斷的從我的眼中流出無奈的我只願大海能帶走我心中的傷痛但只見一陣陣的潮水打在岸邊彷彿悲傷又再一陣陣的湧上心頭 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.csie.ntu.edu.tw) ◆ From: 218.166.97.51