席卷全球的选秀之风，是否肇始于“美国偶像”？我无从考证，但若论影响最大的，一定还是持续至今已经七届的“美国偶像”。

如同考试是一种平衡，选秀也未尝不是。所以，冠军与否不是未来的决定，说到底，出来混还是要有实力，比如这位三甲未入的Kellie Pickler。

在我的感觉中，这样的旋律下演绎出的感情故事，似乎像一部乡村版的《赎罪》。

http://www.countrychina.com/poll/music/kellie_pickler-i_wonder.wma

[背景]

专辑名：《Small Town Girl》
演唱者：Kellie Pickler
发行时间：2006年10月31日
发行公司：Bna Entertainment
音乐风格：Country-Pop（流行乡村）

看过2006年“美国偶像”大赛的观众对Kellie Pickler这个名字当然不会陌生，虽然最终获得本年度“美国偶像”大赛第六名的Kellie不像最终夺冠的泰勒·希克斯(Taylor Hicks)和亚军凯瑟琳·麦克菲(Katharine McPhee)那样星光闪耀，也没有“光头人气王”克里斯·多特里(Chris Daughtry)更吸引眼球，但Kellie却是今年的“美国偶像”中最早发行个人专辑的一位。在美国发行首周，Kellie Pickler的个人处女作《Small Town Girl》共售出7万9千张，不仅名列本周Billboard 200专辑榜第九位，而且还夺得了本周乡村专辑榜的冠军。

虽然并没有闯进第五届美国偶像的三甲，但Kellie Pickler凭借出众的嗓音条件和颇具亲和力现场表演功力为自己赢得了相当一部分的歌迷。Kellie从小便跟祖母一起生活，母亲弃她而去，而父亲又坐牢。因此，Kellie一直将祖母看作是自己生命中的“天使”，而这一点也成了Kellie这张专辑的卖点之一。与上届美国偶像冠军卡丽·安德伍德(Carrie Underwood)一样，Kellie Pickler的这张专辑也选择了走流行乡村这条路线。有了这些动人的“故事”作为铺垫，BNA唱片公司请到了南方小鸡组合(Dixie Chicks)的制作人布莱克·克兰西(Blake Chancey)为Kellie Pickler量身打造出了这张专辑。

整张专辑的曲风还算比较多样化，除了有首支打榜单曲《Red High Heels》和《Things That Never Cross A Man's Mind》这样轻快的的乡村歌曲之外，还有旋律较为出色《I Wonder》以及表达对祖母怀念之情的《My Angel》等慢版情歌。对于一位以实现明星梦为目的的女孩来说，这份答卷的成绩可以说已经相当不错了，但Kellie Pickler如果想要像Carrie Underwood一样在竞争激烈的流行乐坛站住脚的话，她需要努力改善的东西还有很多。（KFC MAN/文，转自：新浪影音娱乐）

[歌词]

Sometimes I think about you
Wonder if you're out there somewhere thinking bout me
And would you even recognize
The woman that your little girl has grown up to be
Cause I look in the mirror and I'll I see
Are your brown eyes lookin back at me
They're the only thing you ever gave to me at all

Oh, I hear the weather's nice in California
There's sunny skies as far I can see
If you ever come back home to Carolina
I wonder what you'd say to me

I think about how it aint fair
That you weren't there to braid my hair
Like mothers do
You weren't around to cheer me on
Help me dress for my high school prom
Like mothers do
Did you think I didn't need you here
To hold my hand
To dry my tears
Did you even miss me through the years at all

Oh, I hear the weather's nice in California
There's sunny skies as far I can see
If you ever come back home to Carolina
I wonder what you'd say to me

Forgiveness is such a simple word
But it's so hard to do when you've been hurt

Oh, I hear the weather's nice in California
And just in case you're wondering about me
For now on I won't be in Carolina
Your little girl is off
Your little girl is off
Your little girl is off to Tennessee