麦克.杰克逊---权当做纪念吧

Henry Song

2009.6.25

 

 

一代摇滚巨星,麦克.杰克逊(Michael Jackson)去了.

 

下午先是在Yahoo上冒出一条即时新闻,说他被匆匆送进了加州大学落杉矶分校的医疗中心(UCLA Medical Center).不久便又出了新闻,说他心脏衰竭过世.

 

五十岁,英年早逝.

 

老实讲,他的歌,大部分我不喜欢.但即便如此,每次听到他的那首Billie Jean,我仍会忍不住浑身滋生出一种冲动,想要随着那节拍扭动起来,抽筋般地跳舞.实在是那音乐的节奏感太强烈了,强烈到你的血液不由自主地被沸腾起来,刺激着你身上的每一个细胞都想弃你而去,各自去狂欢.

 

熟悉Michael Jackson的人都知道, 他的音乐节奏强烈,刺激震撼,有时甚至近乎歇斯底里.他独创的月亮舞步(moon walk),更是别具一格.但也许多数人并不留意,他的歌曲中,有一首却充满了温情,带着些许的梦幻,风格悠扬,与其他所有歌曲都大相径庭.这首歌是Heal the World.虽然在一般的评论家看来,这首歌甚至不能进入他前五名的排行,它的音乐性也确实算不上最佳,但因为它的歌词,却成了我个人的最爱.也因了这首歌,让我对他的其他歌曲能够多了些接受与欣赏,并且让我多少忽略了他个人生活的荒诞怪异,让他在我的心中占据了一定的地位.

 

对摇滚音乐的历史有所了解的人应该知道,上个世纪六十年代,英国有一个风靡全球的乐队The Beatles,(译做“甲壳虫”或“批头士”).该乐队的核心人物就是被尊为摇滚之父的John Lennon(约翰.列侬).John Lennon有一首歌曲叫Imagine(幻想),无疑是英文歌曲中,对世界大同向往的最经典之作.它歌唱着一个美好的理想世界,那里没有国家,没有杀戮,上无天堂,下无地狱,没有宗教,没有饥饿,没有贪婪,没有对个人财产的占有,有的只是人人皆兄弟的和平,共同享有这个世界.这首歌曲唱出了一代又一代和平主义者的心声.而Heal the World则是对这一向往的继承,尽管这继承带有一丝刻意的痕迹,甚至连歌词的潜词用句,都让人似乎听到了约翰.列侬的回声.

 

也许因为内心最深处,自己仍是个死不改悔的浪漫的理想主义者,所以才会对这两首歌产生深深的共鸣吧.

 

约翰.列侬同样英年早逝,四十岁,被一个精神病患者枪杀身亡.

 

下面是John Lennon 的Imagine与 Michael Jackson的Heal the World两首歌的歌词,有兴趣者,可以比照着去读.原歌可以在网上搜索到,就不上传了.

 

此文权当作对这两为歌星的纪念吧. 

 

 

Imagine----John Lennon

 

Imagine there's no heaven

It's easy if you try

No hell below us

Above us only sky

Imagine all the people

Living for today

 

Imagine there's no country

It isn't hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace

 

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will be as one

 

Imagine no possessions

I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world...

 

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will live as one

 

 

 

Heal The World --- Michael Jackson

 

 

There's a place in

You heart

And I know that it is love

And this place could

Be much

Brighter than tomorrow

And if you really try

You’ll fine there’s no need

To cry

In this place you’ll feel

There’s no hurt or sorrow

 

There are ways

To get there

If you care enough

For the living

Make a little space

Make a better place

 

Heal the world

Make it a better place

For you and for me

And the entire human race

There are people dying

If you care enough

For the living

Make a better place

For you and for me

 

If you want to know why

There’s a love that

Cannot lie

Love is strong

It only cares for

Joyful giving

If we try

We shall see

In this bliss

We cannot feel

Fear or dread

We stop existing and

Start living

 

Then it feels that always

Love’s enough for

Us growing

So make a better world

Make a better world

 

 

Heal the world

Make it a better place

For you and for me

And the entire human race

There are people dying

If you care enough

For the living

Make a better place

For you and for me

 

And the dream we were

Conceived in

Will reveal a joyful face

And the world we

Once believed in

Will shine again in grace

Then why do we keep

Strangling life

Wound this earth

Crucify its soul

Though it’s plain to see

This world is heavenly

Be God’s glow

 

We could fly so high

Let our spirit never die

In my heart

I feel you are all

My brothers

Create a world with

No fear

Together we’ll cry

Happy tears

See the nations turn

Their swords

Into plowshares

 

We could really get there

If you care enough

For the living

Make a little space

To make a better place