关于QUEEN的波希米亚式的狂想

1975年的《A Night At The Opera》无疑是QUEEN最经典的专辑,而这首《Bohemian Rhapsody》则是这经典中的绝美。
如果说从16世纪巴洛克时期诞生了歌剧开始算起,那么出现了威尔第、维瓦尔第;之后,自然是属于巴赫的时代,还有亨德尔;在进入18世纪迎来的古典主义年代中,海顿、莫扎特、贝多芬、舒伯特,如今则家喻户晓;随之而来的便是浪漫主义乐派,门德尔松、舒曼、肖邦还有另一个威尔第,而到了柴可夫斯基、李斯特和瓦格纳的时代,浪漫主义已步入巅峰;到了20世纪,到底属于什么时代,一个新的时代,群星闪耀的时代,这里面有德彪西、拉威尔,有以新古典主义为代表的斯特拉文斯基,有思想被束缚的肖斯塔科维奇,又有了各种所谓新乐派,抽象主义的,现代主义的,后现代主义,还有新浪漫主义等等。
上述这些大都和歌剧与交响有些关联,那么《Bohemian Rhapsody》则是20世纪后期的一部重要的摇滚歌剧,虽然它的曲长还不太够6分钟。但是它华丽辉宏的史诗般的乐章和唯美细腻的配器足以使其屹立于这诸多新音乐流派之中,并必然是摇滚音乐史中一座不朽的丰碑。
《Bohemian Rhapsody》具备了传统歌剧典型的段落式结构。一开始,采用了无伴奏四重唱宣叙调:
Is this the real life
Is this just fantasy
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
然后,在钢琴的伴奏下,唱诗般地吟咏道:
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I’m just a poor boy,i need no sympathy
Because I’m easy come,easy go
A little high,little low
Anyway the wind blows,doesn’t really matter to me
To me
接着,进入到Freddie Mercury的独唱咏叹调:
Mama,just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger,now he’s dead
Mama,life had just begun
But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away
Mama,ooo
Didn’t mean to make you cry
If I’m not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on,carry on,as if nothing really matters
Too late,my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body’s aching all the time
Goodbye everybody,I’ve got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama ooo,(any way the wind blows)
I don’t want to die
I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all
Brain May的一段吉他solo后,开始了高潮段落中的似梦呓、似荒诞、似赎罪、似宣誓般的宣泄:
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouche,scaramouche will you do the fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning,very very frightening me
Galileo,galileo
Galileo,galileo
Galileo,figaro,magnifico
But I’m just a poor boy and nobody loves me
He’s just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come,easy go,will you let me go
Bismillah! no,we will not let you go,let him go
Bismillah! we will not let you go,let him go
Bismillah! we will not let you go,let me go
Will not let you go,let me go
Will not let you go,let me go
No,no,no,no,no,no,no
Mama mia,mama mia,mama mia,let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,for me,for me
Freddie Mercury开始了巅峰咏叹:
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh baby,can’t do this to me baby
Just gotta get out,just gotta get right outta here
乐曲由高潮的激烈篇章转入舒缓的抒情曲段,Freddie Mercury独自呻吟道:
Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters,nothing really matters to me
最后在这句近乎无声呓语的Any way the wind blows……中结束。
Freddie Mercury于1991年死于艾滋病,自The Queen1971年组建,他们驰骋乐坛20年,创作并演绎了诸多堪称经典的乐章。他们的风格独树一帜,有说是Album Rock或Arena Rock、Glamor Rock、Hard Rock、Prog-Rock或是Art Rock,甚至干脆称之为British Metal,但我想说Queen的风格就是Opera Rock,歌剧式摇滚。它与Queen华丽迷幻的舞台表演,与其奢侈浮夸的生活方式无关,也许与其乐队成员的构成有些关系,Freddie Mercury据说自幼迷恋古典歌剧,而另外三位成员,吉它Brain May,鼓手Roger Taylor和贝斯John Deacon均具有良好教育背景,所以他们的融合如同乐队的名称一样,也带有着一些英国贵族式的传统气息,他们的作品虽然采用重金属的表现形式,而实际上他们极为注重作品的曲调、旋律及乐章。也许正因为此Queen才能将重金属摇滚与古典歌剧完美地熔为一体。
主唱Freddie Mercury是一个彻底的同性恋者,这一点也是众所周知。所以当这首《We Are The Champions》响起时,我们除了激情于奥林匹克竞技与崇尚体育精神之外,还可以深入一些去明了这本是一首关于人性解放和人权抗争的摇滚宣言。所以有时候艺术的表现力并不拘泥于某个范畴,它是无限的,越人性的,越是无界的。
下面列举一些个人意向的关于Queen的曲目:
《Bohemian Rhapsody》《We Are The Champions》《Somebody To Love》《We Will Rock You》《Another One Bites The Dust》《Don't Stop Me Now》《Killer Queen》《Save Me》《You're My Best Friends》《Crazy Little Thing Called Love》
如果说从16世纪巴洛克时期诞生了歌剧开始算起,那么出现了威尔第、维瓦尔第;之后,自然是属于巴赫的时代,还有亨德尔;在进入18世纪迎来的古典主义年代中,海顿、莫扎特、贝多芬、舒伯特,如今则家喻户晓;随之而来的便是浪漫主义乐派,门德尔松、舒曼、肖邦还有另一个威尔第,而到了柴可夫斯基、李斯特和瓦格纳的时代,浪漫主义已步入巅峰;到了20世纪,到底属于什么时代,一个新的时代,群星闪耀的时代,这里面有德彪西、拉威尔,有以新古典主义为代表的斯特拉文斯基,有思想被束缚的肖斯塔科维奇,又有了各种所谓新乐派,抽象主义的,现代主义的,后现代主义,还有新浪漫主义等等。
上述这些大都和歌剧与交响有些关联,那么《Bohemian Rhapsody》则是20世纪后期的一部重要的摇滚歌剧,虽然它的曲长还不太够6分钟。但是它华丽辉宏的史诗般的乐章和唯美细腻的配器足以使其屹立于这诸多新音乐流派之中,并必然是摇滚音乐史中一座不朽的丰碑。
《Bohemian Rhapsody》具备了传统歌剧典型的段落式结构。一开始,采用了无伴奏四重唱宣叙调:
Is this the real life
Is this just fantasy
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
然后,在钢琴的伴奏下,唱诗般地吟咏道:
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I’m just a poor boy,i need no sympathy
Because I’m easy come,easy go
A little high,little low
Anyway the wind blows,doesn’t really matter to me
To me
接着,进入到Freddie Mercury的独唱咏叹调:
Mama,just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger,now he’s dead
Mama,life had just begun
But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away
Mama,ooo
Didn’t mean to make you cry
If I’m not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on,carry on,as if nothing really matters
Too late,my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body’s aching all the time
Goodbye everybody,I’ve got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama ooo,(any way the wind blows)
I don’t want to die
I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all
Brain May的一段吉他solo后,开始了高潮段落中的似梦呓、似荒诞、似赎罪、似宣誓般的宣泄:
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouche,scaramouche will you do the fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning,very very frightening me
Galileo,galileo
Galileo,galileo
Galileo,figaro,magnifico
But I’m just a poor boy and nobody loves me
He’s just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come,easy go,will you let me go
Bismillah! no,we will not let you go,let him go
Bismillah! we will not let you go,let him go
Bismillah! we will not let you go,let me go
Will not let you go,let me go
Will not let you go,let me go
No,no,no,no,no,no,no
Mama mia,mama mia,mama mia,let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,for me,for me
Freddie Mercury开始了巅峰咏叹:
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh baby,can’t do this to me baby
Just gotta get out,just gotta get right outta here
乐曲由高潮的激烈篇章转入舒缓的抒情曲段,Freddie Mercury独自呻吟道:
Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters,nothing really matters to me
最后在这句近乎无声呓语的Any way the wind blows……中结束。
Freddie Mercury于1991年死于艾滋病,自The Queen1971年组建,他们驰骋乐坛20年,创作并演绎了诸多堪称经典的乐章。他们的风格独树一帜,有说是Album Rock或Arena Rock、Glamor Rock、Hard Rock、Prog-Rock或是Art Rock,甚至干脆称之为British Metal,但我想说Queen的风格就是Opera Rock,歌剧式摇滚。它与Queen华丽迷幻的舞台表演,与其奢侈浮夸的生活方式无关,也许与其乐队成员的构成有些关系,Freddie Mercury据说自幼迷恋古典歌剧,而另外三位成员,吉它Brain May,鼓手Roger Taylor和贝斯John Deacon均具有良好教育背景,所以他们的融合如同乐队的名称一样,也带有着一些英国贵族式的传统气息,他们的作品虽然采用重金属的表现形式,而实际上他们极为注重作品的曲调、旋律及乐章。也许正因为此Queen才能将重金属摇滚与古典歌剧完美地熔为一体。
主唱Freddie Mercury是一个彻底的同性恋者,这一点也是众所周知。所以当这首《We Are The Champions》响起时,我们除了激情于奥林匹克竞技与崇尚体育精神之外,还可以深入一些去明了这本是一首关于人性解放和人权抗争的摇滚宣言。所以有时候艺术的表现力并不拘泥于某个范畴,它是无限的,越人性的,越是无界的。
下面列举一些个人意向的关于Queen的曲目:
《Bohemian Rhapsody》《We Are The Champions》《Somebody To Love》《We Will Rock You》《Another One Bites The Dust》《Don't Stop Me Now》《Killer Queen》《Save Me》《You're My Best Friends》《Crazy Little Thing Called Love》