Roberta Flack-Killing Me Softly With His Song

  Roberta Flack最近成立了他自己的公益團體，名稱是the Roberta Flack Foundation，她想幫助很多她覺得很重要的事，現在她宣布了頭二位獲得基金會獎學金的得主。

 

  第一個獎學金將頒給SheLectricity，按照這個單位的網頁介紹，他們專案的目標是針對多彩多姿的女孩們，將科技、文化與社區結合去產生安全、線上培育與個人的環境，他們將協助年輕人學習、成長、創新與領先。

  the Roberta Flack Foundation打算今年秋季開始在三個樞紐都市加州奧克蘭、洛杉磯與田納西州孟非斯做一些活動，第二個計劃是推薦一位舊金山的教育家Carol Swainson，他為學校拍過一部紀錄片，片子讓家庭成員可以舒服地談種族偏差，讓負面的種族歧視有希望改變。

  Swainson 的紀錄片得到the National Association of Independent Schools 與 the White Privilege Conference二個組織的支助。

  Flack七月1日將在紐約開記者會推薦該活動。

  Roberta Flack 1939年出生於北卡羅來納州，是一位鋼琴歌唱家，15歲就獲得鋼琴學位，然後當中學音樂老師，後來經由爵士樂手Les McCann介紹踏入流行音樂界。

  Roberta Flack 1972年以電影「迷霧追魂｣的插曲"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"成名，1973年的"Killing Me Softly With His Song"確立了她在歌壇的地位，這首連續五周獲得排行榜冠軍的歌是Grammy獎年度歌曲，在BMI最常播出百名歌曲榜獲得第11名。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw380nL67nE

Killing Me Softly

Roberta Flack

Songwriters: Norman Gimbel / Charles Fox

Strumming my pain with his fingers

Singing my life with his words

Killing me softly with his song

Killing me softly with his song

Telling my whole life with his words

Killing me softly with his song

I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style

And so I came to see him to listen for a while

And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes

Strumming my pain with his fingers

Singing my life with his words

Killing me softly with his song

Killing me softly with his song

Telling my whole life with his words

Killing me softly with his song

I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd

I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud

I prayed that he would finish but he just kept right on

Strumming my pain with his fingers

Singing my life with his words

Killing me softly with his song

Killing me softly with his song

Telling my whole life with his words

Killing me softly with his song

He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair

And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there

But he just came to singing, singing clear and strong

Strumming my pain with his fingers

Singing my life with his words

Killing me softly with his song

Killing me softly with his song

Telling my whole life with his words

Killing me softly with his son

Santana - Smooth ft. Rob Thomas

      二十年前的這個週末，Santana獲得多項殊榮的專輯唱片Supernatural公開發行，這張專輯裡的單曲"Smooth"得到連續12週排行榜冠軍，後來一共獲得8座Grammy獎，包括最佳專輯、年度最佳歌曲、最佳唱片…，專輯在美國一共賣了一千五百萬張。

  Supernatural這張專輯的概念來自傳奇吉他手Carlos Santana和他來自不同歌路的歌手好友，執行製作人Clive Davis當時到Santana的公司工作，他請到了Eric Clapton、 Lauryn Hill、Cee Lo Green、墨西哥搖滾樂手 Maná 、Dave Matthews，嘻哈歌手Everlast，R&B 二重唱The Product G&B 及Matchbox Twenty的 Rob Thomas。

  "Smooth" 主唱是Rob Thomas，他也一起寫這首歌，很能抓住墨西哥流行風格的此曲，也成了Santana在the Billboard Hot 100排行榜上第一首冠軍曲，這首連續12週冠軍曲也跨界在各搖滾、流行、拉丁歌曲電台熱播。

  Supernatural這張專輯接著推出的單曲是"Maria, Maria"，這首歌是和The Product G&B合作的，寫曲與監製都有Wyclef Jean的協助，後來獲得10週排行榜軍。

  對Supernatural及"Smooth"的成功，Carlos在ABC電台的訪問中表示﹕錄音在優雅的氣氛下完成，我可清楚的表達，不管你信上帝、宇宙、天使…甚麼，他們協力給你一個存在的質量。

  Santana的Supernatural Now Tour演唱會慶祝Supernatural專輯推出20週年和合唱團50週年紀念，演唱會六月20從加州Irvine起跑，Carlos表示:希望他的Supernatural專輯工作夥伴能在巡演中客串演出。

  Carlos Santana 1947年出生於墨西哥，是著名的拉丁搖滾吉他手，在加州舊金山組成Santana樂團，團員主唱吉他手Gregg Rolie後來自組Journey合唱團，1970年的"Black Magic Woman"使Santana成名，但1999年的Supernatural這張專輯讓他再創音樂事業高峰。

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Whgn_iE5uc

Santana - Smooth ft. Rob Thomas  

 Songwriters: Robert Thomas / Itaal Shur

Man, it's a hot one

Like seven inches from the midday sun

Well, I hear you whispering in the words, to melt everyone

But you stay so cool

My muñequita, my Spanish Harlem, Mona Lisa

You're my reason for reason

The step in my groove

And if you said this life ain't good enough

I would give my world to lift you up

I could change my life to better suit your mood

Because you're so smooth

And it's just like the ocean under the moon

Oh, it's the same as the emotion that I get from you

You got the kind of lovin' that can be so smooth, yeah

Give me your heart, make it real or else forget about it

But I'll tell you one thing

If you would leave it would be a crying shame

In every breath and every word

I hear your name calling me out

Out from the barrio

You hear my rhythm on your radio

You feel the turning of the world, so soft and slow

It's turning you round and round

And if you said this life ain't good enough

I would give my world to lift you up

I could change my life to better suit your mood

Because you're so smooth

And it's just like the ocean under the moon

Oh, it's the same as the emotion that I get from you

You got the kind of lovin' that can be so smooth, yeah

Give me your heart, make it real or else forget about it

And it's just like the ocean under the moon

Oh, it's the same as the emotion that I get from you

You got the kind of lovin' that can be so smooth, yeah

Give me your heart, make it real or else forget about it

Or else forget about it

Or else forget about it

Let's not forget about it

Give me your heart, make it real

Let's not forget about it

Let's not forget about it

Let's not forget about it

Let's not forget about it

Let's not forget about it

Source: Lyricfind

Jackson Browne-Running On Empty

  Jackson Browne的1977年經典專輯 Running on Empty 7月5日將再版發行CD、180克黑膠唱片與數位串流下載，Browne發表了他對這張專輯重新發行的看法。

  身為一位巡迴演唱的音樂人，他利用1977年八、九月巡迴演唱途中，替這張概念專輯錄了十首現場演唱的歌，包括在舞台上、在旅館房間裡、在後台排練場的空間及Browne的巡演巴士上。

  Running on Empty 在Billboard 200專輯排行榜最高獲得第3名，其中有二首暢銷單曲，招牌歌"Running on Empty"和"Stay/The Load-Out"在Billboard Hot 100排行榜分別獲得#11及#20，專輯中另一首耐聽的歌曲是"You Love the Thunder"。

  Running on Empty是Jackson成績最好的專輯，在美國銷售量超過七百萬張，在1979年的Grammy獎中得到年度最佳專輯獎，他個人還得到the Pop Male Vocal Performance流行歌曲男聲演唱獎。

  Jackson在專輯中有巡演樂隊的搭配，成員包括錄音室工作夥伴吉他手Danny Kortchmar，撥弦吉他及小提琴手David Lindley，主鍵琴手Craig Doerge，貝斯手t Leland Sklar與鼓手Russ Kunkel，這個組合還包括伴唱Doug Haywood 與Rosemary Butler。

  Jackson六月底將開始全美夏季巡迴演唱，六月23, 24, 26 及28日於紐約Beacon戲院將展開四場演唱會。

  Jackson Browne 1948年出生於德國Heidelberg的美軍基地，在洛杉磯長大，早年專注於作曲，他的作品曾給Linda Ronstadt、Joe Cocker、 Johnny Rivers、Ronnie Raitt及The Byrds這些名歌星與合唱團錄過，他也和The Eagles一同工作過，他是一位反核運動者。   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKnnh8VDULs

Running On Empty

Songwriters: Jackson Browne

Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels

Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields

In sixty-five I was seventeen and running up one-oh-one

I don't know where I'm running now, I'm just running on

Running on, running on empty

Running on, running blind

Running on, running into the sun

But I'm running behind

Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive

Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive

In sixty-nine I was twenty-one and I called the road my own

I don't know when that road turned, into the road I'm on

Running on, running on empty

Running on, running blind

Running on, running into the sun

But I'm running behind

Everyone I know, everywhere I go

People need some reason to believe

I don't know about anyone but me

If it takes all night, that'll be all right

If I can get you to smile before I leave

Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels

I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels

Look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through

Looking into their eyes I see them running too

Running on, running on empty

Running on, running blind

Running on, running into the sun

But I'm running behind

Honey you really tempt me

You know the way you look so kind

I'd love to stick around but I'm running behind

You know I don't even know what I'm hoping to find

Running into the sun but I'm running behind

                                                     

Peter Frampton-Georgia on My Mind

  Peter Frampton和他的伴奏樂隊所演奏1930年Hoagy Carmichael的作品"Georgia on My Mind"，將收錄在他們即將發行的藍調專輯All Blues當中。

  這首單曲將提供數位串流下載，歌迷們也可以在Frampton的YouTube頻道找到這首演奏曲，Peter Frampton的重錄版"Georgia on My Mind"擁有他個人強烈的搖滾風味。

  Frampton說:｢這是一首水準之作，我聽過Ray Charles和Steve Winwood 的演唱版，我不想再唱它，因為太多傑出的歌手唱過這首歌，我決定錄演奏版…｣，而結果是很突出的，這張單曲也顯現了他的伴奏樂隊的多功能性。

  "Georgia on My Mind"是Peter Frampton Band專輯All Blues推出的第三首單曲，前二首是"I Just Want to Make Love to You" 及"The Thrill Is Gone"，曾預約專輯的歌迷們，6月7日推出時就可以先免費立即下載這三首歌。

  根據之前的報導，Peter最近罹患肌肉方面的毛病，那將影響他彈吉他，所以6月18 日他將於奧克拉荷馬州 Catoosa舉辦的Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening演唱會中宣布告別演唱會的各場次及地點。

  Peter Frampton 1950年出生於英格蘭肯特郡Beckenham，1969年加入過重搖滾樂團Humble Pie， 1976年他的專輯Frampton Comes Alive曾獲得10週排行榜冠軍，專輯中有二首他自己寫的作品1975年就曾分別推出單曲﹙錄音室錄製版﹚，但後來現場演唱版Show Me The Way獲得第6名，另一首Baby I Love Your Way獲得第12名。

  "Georgia on My Mind"這首1930年的老歌，Ray Charles翻唱版曾於1960年獲得熱門排行榜冠軍，而且是滾石雜誌500大歌曲榜第44名，BMI二十世紀最常播出的100首歌曲榜第10名的名曲，而鄉村歌星Willy Nelson版則於1984年獲得鄉村歌曲排行榜冠軍，Peter Frampton的搖滾﹑Willy Nelson的鄉村﹑Ray Charles的流行三種不同風味的表現方式各具特色。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRgWBN8yt_E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfDVv1ASJ3M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZKidUg9ieY

Georgia on My Mind

Ray Charles

Songwriters: Hoagy Carmichael / Stuart Gorell

Georgia, Georgia
The whole day through
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind)

I said Georgia
Georgia
A song of you
Comes as sweet and clear
As moonlight through the pines

Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you

I said Georgia
Ooh Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind)

Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you

Whoa, Georgia
Georgia
No peace, no peace I find
Just this old, sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind

I said just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind