世界好声音 (Voice of the World)

本书选取20世纪50年代以来，主要英语国家的最出色的创作型歌手、最有影响力的歌词创作大师，及其他们的经典作品。这些国家包括英国、美国、加拿大、爱尔兰、牙买加等。他们创作风格不同，文化姿态各异，有的是反战歌曲的旗手，有的是浪漫爱情的王子，有的是人生意义的哲人，有的是幽微人性的精灵。这些作品展示了大半个世纪欧美国家文化发展的跨度：从风靡美国的乡村民谣，到裹卷青年一代的嬉皮士摇滚，从唱遍街头的“说唱乐”，到近年令无数人神往的新世纪，从浸透美国底层色彩的布鲁斯，到意图融合民族风的“世界音乐”。 本书一一介绍评论他们的代表人物，仔细赏析他们的代表作，与读者共享音乐的魅力，歌词的妙义。 从本书可以看出，这大半个世纪的西方乐坛，风格林立，大师辈出。在本书中，我们将遇到不老的科恩，常青的迪伦，不朽的列侬，犀利的奥康纳，不让须眉的贝兹，风流倜傥的威廉姆斯，沟通神人的赖安，令人心碎的阿黛尔，以及把雷鬼变成最人性的马利等等。这些声音是世界的声音，是唯一的，不可替代的声音。 ( This book selects the most outstanding singer-composer, the most influential lyric creating master, and their classic works in the major English-speaking countries since the 1950s. These countries include the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Ireland and Jamaica. They have the different creating styles and different cultural postures, some of them are the standard-bearer of anti-war songs, some are the princes of romantic love, some are philosophers of the meaning of life and some are the spirits of human soul. These works show the span of cultural development in Europe and the United States for half a century: from the popular folk songs of the United States to the hippy rock of the young generation, from rap in the streets to the new century in which many people fascinated in recent years, from blues which infiltrating the United States underlying color, to the “world music” with the intention of integrating the national wind. This book introduces and comments on these representatives and carefully appreciates their masterpiece to share the charming of music and the meaning of lyrics. From this book, we could review the western music circles with various styles and large amounts of masters in this half a century. In this book, we will encounter ageless Cohen, evergreen Dylan, immortal Lennon, sharp O’Connor, excellent Baez, romantic Williams, communicator Ryan, heartbroken Adele, as well as Marley who enables to turn the evil to the human. These voices are the voice of the world, the only and irreplaceable sound. )