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2008/09/04

Jay Darlington - Hush / Great Hosannah

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Jay Darlington

Kula Shaker 在 1999 年初次解散時的原裝鍵盤手 Jay Darlington 是我個人在近代樂團而非那些二三十年前的老骨頭樂團中,最欣賞最欣賞最欣賞的西洋搖滾樂團鍵盤手。Darlington 後來被另一個英倫搖滾大團 Oasis 延攬成為巡迴演唱時的支援樂手,但在 Oasis 這麼多張專輯中似乎都沒有參與編曲及錄音工程,兩年多前我們終於盼到 Kula Shaker 重組但 Jay 也沒有想要歸隊的意願,這是身為小小樂迷我感到相當惋惜的憾事。簡直整個浪費了我們家 Jay Darlington 的優越天分才華啊!

Kula Shaker《Hush》

【I Know What You Did Last Summer】Soundtrack

【Kollected Best of Kula Shaker】I got a certan little girl she's on my mind
No doubt about it she looks so fine
She's the best girl that I ever had
Sometimes she's gonna make me feel so bad

Hush, hush
Thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush
She broke my heart but I love her just the same now
Hush, hush
Thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush
I need your love and I'm not to blame now

Love, love
They got it early in the morning
Love, love
They got it late in the evening
Love, love
Well, I want that needing
Love, love
Oh, I gotta get ahead of it

She's got a love like quicksand
Only took one touch of her hand
Blow my mind and I'm in so deep
That I can't eat and I can't sleep

Listen
Hush, hush
Thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush
She broke my heart but I love her just the same now
Hush, hush
Thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush
I need your love and I'm not to blame now

Love, love
They got it early in the morning
Love, love
They got it late in the evening
Love, love
Well, I want that needing
Love, love
Oh, I gotta get ahead of it
Billy Joe Royal - Hush (1967) VERSION ORIGINALEJoe South - Hush
Deep Purple - HushKula Shaker - Hush (different version)
Jay Darlington with Noel Gallagher

Jay Darlington 開始蓄長髮留鬍子之後,被樂迷戲稱為「Jesus(耶穌)」,也有人因為造型雷同的緣故稱她為「Gandalf(甘道夫)」的,畢竟當 Darlington 也穿上六零年代「Flower Children(花之子)」的嬉痞寬鬆服飾就只差一頂尖高帽和一隻長手杖而已了啊。

《Hush》這首歌不是 Kula Shaker 原創,我本以為是翻唱自同樣來自英國的前輩經典硬式搖滾老團 Deep Purple(深紫色合唱團),但後來讀過維基百科上 Hush 的條目才知道原來 Deep Purple 也只是翻唱,最早是 1967 年美國歌手 Billy Joe Royale 先發表過單曲,後來再由本歌曲的原作者(也是 Billy Joe Royale 錄製本單曲時的製作人)Joe South 再拿回來重唱過。Joe South 創作、製作過許多好歌與好團,1979 年還榮獲了進駐「Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame(耐許維爾歌曲創作者名人堂)」的殊榮。其實我都沒有把功課作到那麼詳盡的地步,但好裡家在這網路時代著實帶給有心學習的樂迷不少便利,就算在台灣不見得買得到唱片,至少找得到一些配上 Billy Joe Royale 和 Joe South 原始錄音音樂檔的影片可以邊聽邊看,比較和 Deep Purple 與 Kula Shaker 各版本的不同。

Deep Purple 其實不只作了兩種翻唱版本,相隔 20 年,收錄在 1968 年【Shades Of Deep Purple】專輯裡的首次翻唱版本聽起來鍵盤彈奏的比例比較重,我個人比較喜歡這個版本。愛爾蘭國寶級的 Thin Lizzy(瘦李奇樂團)其中三位團員主唱兼貝斯手 Philip Lynott、鼓手 Brian Downey 和吉他手 Eric Bell 另外找了兩位 Benny White 主唱及 Dave Lennox 彈奏鍵盤組成玩票性質的新組合「Funky Junction」,推出一整張【Tribute to Deep Purple(深紫色合唱團致敬專輯)】,九首歌當中也翻唱了《Hush》這首歌,編曲中吉他的比重亦較高,但間奏部分還是讓給鍵盤來表現。回到 Kula Shaker 的翻唱版本,我自己是最愛這個版本的。Jay Darlington 的鍵盤旋律雖然聽得出和 Deep Purple 鍵盤手 Jon Lord 的版本聽起來有點接近,但在瘋狂程度、迷幻程度而言都更上層樓,我完全折服於 Darlington 對旋律和弦的天分。

光聽那麼多頂尖音樂人、大團都演唱過的歌曲不夠準,不然我們再多聽一首 Kula Shaker 自己的作品《Great Hosannah》好了。光聽前奏鍵盤與吉他、鼓聲的配合,妳不覺得我說 Jay Darlington 是我最欣賞最欣賞最欣賞的鍵盤手完全沒有誇張,完全可以理解,完全也願意承認 Jay Darlington 確實是當代搖滾樂壇中不可多得的最佳鍵盤手前幾名嗎?
Kula Shaker《Great Hosannah》

Kula Shaker【Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts】

If we stand here together
And we see the world as one
We may think there's no future
But it's the same for everyone
It's like the world has lost it's head
And it's like all the prophets said
But will we arise to a new world

If we stand here together
We can laugh at what we've done
All our time has been wasted
And there's nowhere left to run
There may be trouble up ahead
Will we be sleeping in our beds
Or will we arise to a new world

Look for signs and portents
I'm looking for a reason to believe

Will we arise in our time
At the dawn of another meaning
Will we awake at the break of a great hosannah
Well if there's nothing left to do
Just hold your breath and hope it's true
That we'll arise
感謝網路世界的發展,Kula Shaker 靈魂人物金髮帥哥主唱兼吉他手 Crispian Mills 在解散 Kula Shaker 後另組新團 The Jeevas 以及再重組的二代 Kula Shaker 新作,雖然在台灣已經找不到唱片公司代理進口,至少還是找得到數位檔案收起來聽聽看。我必須承認,我還是比較愛 1999 年還沒解散以前的那些作品多些。雖然新找進來的鍵盤手 Harry Broadbent 在 live 時演奏那些舊歌並不會讓這些作品失去 Darlington 時代的原味,但我想差別也不完全只是在誰來彈鍵盤而已。隨著有了不同的人生體驗走到不同的人生階段,整個創作企圖可能都已經不一樣了,也是 Kula Shaker 兩個時期聽起來再也不像同一個樂團了很重要的主因吧。

Crispian Mills with Harry Broadbent





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