透着中国味的爵士
《Somewhere I Belong》是莫文蔚婚后推出的首张专辑,也是她的首张爵士专辑。专辑翻唱、原创并存。在演绎披头四的经典名曲《While My Guitar Gently Weeps》时,莫文蔚鬼马地搬出自己在中国青年交响乐团时期勤练的古筝绝活,以古筝音色重现艾瑞克-克莱普顿原曲中那段令人潸然泪下的吉他独奏。喜欢出 其不意的莫文蔚也在英国电子乐团波提斯黑名作《Sour Time》中,衬上东方音乐色彩,诠释出另类的爵士韵味。
有乐评人评价:“如果华语乐坛少了莫文蔚,如同华语电影少了王家卫。她代表了一种音乐风格,同样的歌曲翻唱,莫文蔚一唱,就是唱她自己,就是我们听 到的惊艳原唱。”也有人评价:“沙哑的嗓子,重低音的精致声线,标准的英文吐词,真假音的自由转换,配上浓浓的古典作曲,整张专辑听下来就是一场听觉盛 宴。专辑整体风格非常统一,加入中式配乐,和专辑的复古绝世名伶封面,相承一脉,爵士味道中透着恰如其分的东方神韵。”
此次莫文蔚圆梦推出爵士专辑,从筹备到制作发行,历时22个月,从酝酿策划、选歌、独自一人到挪威与制作人灵感撞击找寻方向;与来自日本、韩国、北 京、上海等地,彷如“小型联合国”的乐手团队飞往上海进行录音,到专辑概念等创意发想,莫文蔚全程带头参与制作。对于莫文蔚这张全新的爵士专辑,在环球唱 片高层的亲自督军下,可以说是全球总动员。不只跨国还跨洲合作, ,由国际知名的音乐制作人Bugge Wesseltoft 担任专辑的制作,并由麦当娜、罗比威廉斯的御用摄影师Andy Earl拍摄专辑照。
I look, at you all, see the love, there that's sleeping,
while my guitar, gently weeps.
I look, at the floor, and I see it needs sweeping,
still my guitar, gently weeps.
I don't know why, nobody told you,
how to unfold your love.
I don't know how, someone controlled you,
they bought and sold you.
I look, at the world, and I notice it's turning,
while my guitar, gently weeps.
With every mistake, we must surely, be learning,
still my guitar, gently weeps
I don't know how, you were diverted,
you were perverted, too.
I don't know how, you were inverted,
no one alerted you.
I look, at you all, see the love,
there that's sleeping,
while my guitar, gently weeps.
Look at you all...
Still my guitar, gently weeps.