Jamiroquai - Virtual Instanity
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时间:2020-01-08
Oh yeah what we're living in let me tell ya
It's a wonder man can eat at all
When things are big that should be small
Who can tell what magic spell we'll be doing for us
And I'm giving all my love to this world
only to be told I can't see I can' t breathe
no more we will be
And nothing going to change the way we live
'cos we can always take but never give
and now that things are changing for the worse
see it's a crazy world we're living in
and I just can see that half of us immersed in sin is
all we have to give these
Futures made of virtual insanity
now always seem to be govern'd by this love we have
for useless twisting our new technology
oh, now there is no sound for we all live underground
And I'm thinking what a mess we're in,
hard to know where to begin
If I could slip the sickly ties that earthly man has made,
and now every mother can choose the color of her child
that's not nature's way
Well that's what they said yesterday
there's nothing left to do but pray
I think it's time I found a new religion
Waoh it's so insane to synthesize another strain
there's something in these future that we have to be told
Now there is no sound for we all live underground
and now it's virtual insanity
forget your virtual reality
oh there's nothing so bad I know yeah
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
Virtual insanity is what we're livin' in
When things are big that should be small
Who can tell what magic spell we'll be doing for us
And I'm giving all my love to this world
only to be told I can't see I can' t breathe
no more we will be
And nothing going to change the way we live
'cos we can always take but never give
and now that things are changing for the worse
see it's a crazy world we're living in
and I just can see that half of us immersed in sin is
all we have to give these
Futures made of virtual insanity
now always seem to be govern'd by this love we have
for useless twisting our new technology
oh, now there is no sound for we all live underground
And I'm thinking what a mess we're in,
hard to know where to begin
If I could slip the sickly ties that earthly man has made,
and now every mother can choose the color of her child
that's not nature's way
Well that's what they said yesterday
there's nothing left to do but pray
I think it's time I found a new religion
Waoh it's so insane to synthesize another strain
there's something in these future that we have to be told
Now there is no sound for we all live underground
and now it's virtual insanity
forget your virtual reality
oh there's nothing so bad I know yeah
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
Virtual insanity is what we're livin' in
比起主流的「英国流行乐团」,Jamiroquai标榜的是更纯正的英国放克乐风,因此,在不愿迎合以大肆宣传为导向的英国流行音乐市场的前提下,他们的唱片销售成绩可想而知并不算是顶尖的。 Jamiroquai 成军于1992年。他们的经典专辑“When You Gonna Learn?”,当时由伦敦一家独立厂牌“Acid Jazz”发行,立刻在地下音乐界引起广大的回响。当时在酒吧撑场面的乐手,所做出的作品可说俗滥不堪,且普遍自以为是行家,其实毫无思想;Jamiroquai 的出现,改革了当时三流酒吧乐团所造成的不良风气。不仅仅是那些混酒吧的人喜欢他们,一向热爱灵魂乐、放克音乐、狄斯可舞曲以及一般识才的乐迷都一致认同Jamiroquai的音乐成就。在一场唱片公司的争夺战后,Jamiroquai 最后选择和新力音乐旗下的S2唱片签下一只由其代为发行八张专辑的合同。他们的才华、独特的乐风及群众魅力皆受到肯定,这些条件也奠定了他们歌唱事业恒久不断的基础。 主唱Jay Kay性喜高谈阔论,有时也因他直率的个性而成为争议性人物。当首张专辑 "Emergency On Planet Earth"(地球警讯)一发行,立刻引起媒体的争相报导,并于1993 年 6月荣登全英专辑榜冠军宝座,也使得Jamiroquai成为该年度英国首张专辑销售成绩最佳的团体。
在'97年红透半边天之前,Jamiroquai就已是家乡英国当地最受欢迎的乐团之一。1993年的"Emergency On Planet Earth"专辑单单在英国就卖出五十万张,更以迅雷不及掩耳之势登上全英冠军王座,其销售成绩更勇踞全年所有新进艺人首张专辑销售纪录之冠。他们的第二张专辑“Return Of The Space Cowboy”(太空牛仔回城),再次证明了其充满灵性热情的音乐早已超越语言及文化的藩蓠,在欧洲其它国家及日本也同样广受欢迎,不仅延续了首张专辑的狂热销售量,在日本及欧洲其它地区造成一片流行风潮。这张专辑在英国本土并获颁白金唱片销售成绩证明。而在Jamiroquai 发行的第三张专辑”Travelling Without Moving”(心驰神往)里,显而易见的是主唱 Jay Kay延续以往的洋溢才华,及 Jamiroquai 对其音乐完整性的坚持与从不妥协的态度,这些因素促使他们一如预期擢升为全球音乐的新势力。席卷全球的热潮自是不在话下,叫好又叫座的佳绩让Jamiroquai俨然成为新生代最酷的灵魂舞曲代言人!
Jamiroquai的音乐取自许多不同世代人们的思想、多样的生活型态及音乐偏好,这种受到多方面影响所融合而成的折衷式乐风,也成为这个团体的特色。有些对非主流音乐市场乐风改变敏感度较高的人,根本漠视当时所谓主流的音乐趋势,而独钟情于Jamiroquai 独特的唱腔。那时居排行榜十名内的单曲,例如 「Too Young To Die」、「Blow Your Mind」以及「Return Of The Space Cowboy」等等,一直到现在,人们依然爱不释手,回响热烈。Jamiroquai 也是极少数被视为现场演出品质保证的团体之一,出身于酒吧/舞厅的现场表演场合的他们,摒弃在当时那个竞争激烈的环境中常期惯用的播放录音带或是音乐录像带的草率方式,而改以现玚演出的方式来带动气氛;这是他们的中心哲学,也是他们最终的企盼-马不停蹄的全世界巡回演出也为他们募集了不少热情的歌迷。
1997年以一首在移动地板上边唱边跳的「Virtual Insanity 」一举囊括MTV音乐录像带大奖9项重要奖项提名,最后更获「年度最佳音乐录像带」最大奖项的Jamiroquai,在歌坛五年的历练后,终于在该年度获得各界的高度肯定,不但唱片销售直破七白金纪录,更在1998年象征流行乐界最高荣誉的葛莱美奖上,以英国外来乐团之姿一举拿下「最佳流行乐团」大奖。Jamiroquai 突破了种族固有制式化成见,以白人乐团的身份创作出圆熟融合 放克、Acid Jazz、灵魂、节奏蓝调….等多样原本被视做黑色艺人所擅长的各式音乐元素,而主唱及创作中枢Jay充满浓郁灵魂味道的高音唱腔,更为Jamiroquai的音乐添入迥异于其它白人同侪团体的律动线。此外,乐团自出道以来即不断强调环保观念的歌词,也证明他们是新一代中少见的良心团体。Jamiroquai对自己风格的坚持,正反映出Jay对于音乐创作理念所怀持的极高热忱,和一向的诚实态度。 Jamiroquai的音乐成绩大家有目共睹,他们成熟驾驭诱人音乐元素的超凡功力,也的确是不同凡响!