Stephen Bishop-It Might Be You

   退休流行音樂歌手、作曲人Stephen Bishop八月30日將再度推出一張錄音室製作的專輯We'll Talk About It Later in the Car。

  Bishop表示:這張專輯原來構想是找一些他珍藏的早年錄音，但最後他決定用錄音室的規格重錄這些作品。

  這張專輯將從八月9日開放預購，同一天也推出專輯裡第一首單曲"Like Mother Like Daughter"，一支配合此曲的MV也同時推出。

  We'll Talk About It Later in the Car專輯有另一首歌"Almost Home"，是Joe Camp 創造的小說狗 Benji電影"I'm an unabashed dog lover"裡面的插曲，此曲是Stephen和他好友電視艾美獎編劇Curt Sobel一起寫的，We'll Talk About It Later in the Car專輯還另有一首"In Love with a Violent Man"，Bishop說是講一個女人想離開他有毒癮的丈夫。

  此外， Bishop翻唱了一首別人的歌"Someone Else"，那是傳奇作曲人Jimmy Webb 12歲時所寫的作品。

  "那是你將聽到最悲傷的歌之一"，Stephen在We'll Talk About It Later in the Car專輯裡有各種不同的歌曲型態表現，"我經常受到The Beatles 披頭合唱團的影響，我最敬佩他們的事情之一就是他們音樂作品的多樣化，那也是我想要在我這張專輯要做的事…這裡一點，那裏一點，我希望你們喜歡這趟旅程"。

  Stephen Bishop 1951年出生於加州聖地牙哥，在排行榜上名次最好的歌是1977年獲得過11名的On And On，他也寫過一些電影插曲，他演唱Dave Grusin所寫，獲得過第25名的歌It Might Be You，是達斯汀霍夫曼主演的電影"窈窕淑男"的插曲，太好聽了!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9AVoIROBt0

It Might Be You

Dave Grusin

Time, I’ve been passing time watching trains go by

All of my life

Lying on the sand watching seabirds fly

Wishing there could be someone

Waiting home for me

Something’s telling me it might be you

It’s telling me it might be you

All of my life

Looking back as lovers go walking past

All of my life

Wondering how they met and what makes it last

If I found the place would I recognize the face

Something’s telling me it might be you

It’s telling me it might be you

So many quiet walks to take

So many dreams to wake and there’s so much love to make

I think we’re gonna need some time

Maybe all we need is time

And it’s telling me it might be you

All of my life

I’ve been saving love songs and lullabies

And there’s so much more

No one’s ever heard before

Something’s telling me it might be you

Yeah, it’s telling me it must be you and

I’m feeling it’ll just be you

All of my life

It’s you, it’s you I’ve been waiting for all of my life

Maybe it’s you Maybe it’s you I’ve been waiting for all of my life.

Crosby，Stills，Nash and Young-Ohio

  Cameron Crowe製作的紀錄片David Crosby: Remember My Name中有 David Crosby一段訪問，其中David談到他和隊友Stephen Stills, Graham Nash 及Neil Young關係破裂的往事，主持人Jimmy Fallon問他有沒有機會來個破鏡重圓?

  "Never say never"沒什麼不可能，這位已經77歲高齡的歌壇耆宿表示:"在我心中對這幾位老戰友並沒有疙瘩，我跟他們幾位一起寫了不少佳作"。

  他接著說: "我們曾彼此打臉對方很多次，我意思是，我曾多次很糟糕的對待他們，大家都一樣，我想大家都了解"。

  所以Crosby覺得他們重聚的可能有嗎?

  "大概一天會推特10次，我希望你們能為愛你們的聽友走出來，在一起表演時各司其職" 他說" Ohio這首歌引起的爭執一直卡在他們的心頭，大夥重聚將是個好機會讓四人像當年那般一起演唱"。

  Crosby補充說明:"如果大家有意願辦一場像'Get Out the Vote'那種提高投票率般的巡迴演唱，我會先跳出來參加"。

  David後來在片子結束前和Fallon的專屬樂團The Roots錄了the Crosby, Stills & Nash 1969年的經典老歌"Long Time Gone"。

  David Crosby 1941年出生於洛杉磯，原來是The Byrds合唱團的團員，後來加入Crosby，Stills and Nash民謠搖滾三重唱，Neil Young 1970-1974年也曾加入成為Crosby，Stills，Nash and Young，他們是搖滾樂史上很有名的一個合唱團，因為他們的歌言之有物。

  "Ohio"這首歌是1970年5月4日因肯特州立大學4位學生在反越戰活動中被國民兵槍殺後Neil Young有感而發所寫的抗議歌曲，曾經獲得排行榜第14名，在滾石雜誌500大歌曲排行榜獲得第395名。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRE9vMBBe10

Ohio

Songwriters: Neil Young

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,

We're finally on our own.

This summer I hear the drumming,

Four dead in Ohio.

Gotta get down to it

Soldiers are cutting us down

Should have been done long ago.

What if you knew her

And found her dead on the ground

How can you run when you know?

Gotta get down to it

Soldiers are cutting us down

Should have been done long ago.

What if you knew her

And found her dead on the ground

How can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,

We're finally on our own.

This summer I hear the drumming,

Four dead in Ohio.

Heart-These Dreams

  女聲擔任主唱的搖滾樂團Heart的the Love Alive Tour巡迴演唱會，7月10日從米蘇里州聖路易市郊Maryland Heights城開唱，這是Wilson姊妹和她們的樂隊三年來首度一起巡迴演出。

 

  這次在北美洲有多場演出的巡迴演唱會將於10月13日在明尼蘇達州St. Paul告一段落，其中有不同的女子合唱團或女主唱助唱，他們是Joan Jett & the BlackheartsヽSheryl CrowヽElle King 和Brandi Carlile。

  正開唱前，Heart的主唱Ann Wilson 與吉他手 Nancy Wilson的視頻已經在她們的社群媒體出現，Ann表示她很高興能在巡迴演唱主唱，"我迫不急待回來參加演出" 。

  在另一視頻，Nancy 談到the Love Alive Tour很特殊，因為這是她上一次演出後時間最長的一系列演出，"我覺得那是和妹妹一起表演史上最大的一次。

  Sheryl Crow 與英國籍歌手及作曲Lucie Silvas將在開場演唱，全部場次將超過50場。

  搖滾樂團Heart組成於西雅圖，除Wilson二姊妹外，另外三位是男性團員，她們有These Dreams及 Alone二首歌曾獲得排行榜冠軍，These Dreamse 也在抒情歌曲榜得到第3名。

  Heart作品不少，在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜獲得第99名。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41P8UxneDJE

These Dreams

Songwriters: Bernie Taupin / Martin George Page

Spare a little candle

Save some light for me

Figures up ahead

Moving in the trees

White skin in linen

Perfume on my wrist

And the full moon that hangs over

These dreams in the mist

Darkness on the edge

Shadows where I stand

I search for the time

On a watch with no hands

I want to see you clearly

Come closer than this

But all I remember

Are the dreams in the mist

These dreams go on when I close my eyes

Every second of the night I live another life

These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside

Every moment I'm awake the further I'm away

Is it cloak 'n' dagger

Could it be spring or fall

I walk without a cut

Through a stained glass wall

Weaker in my eyesight

The candle in my grip

And words that have no form

Are falling from my lips

These dreams go on when I close my eyes

Every second of the night I live another life

These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside

Every moment I'm awake the further I'm away

There's something out there

I can't resist

I need to hide away from the pain

There's something out there

I can't resist

The sweetest song is silence

That I've ever heard

Funny how your feet

In dreams never touch the earth

In a wood full of princes

Freedom is a kiss

But the prince hides his face

From dreams in the mist

These dreams go on when I close my eyes

Every second of the night I live another life

These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside

Every moment I'm awake the further I'm away

These dreams go on when I close my eyes

Every second of the night I live another life

These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside

Every moment I'm awake the further I'm away

Gilbert O'Sullivan-Alone Again (Naturally)

   

  1970年代來自愛爾蘭的知名歌星Gilbert O'Sullivan下週將在美國開43年來第一場演唱會，這場演唱會預定7月9日在紐約Winery市，7月10日在費城World Café現場開唱，O'Sullivan告訴Billboard記者:離開美國幾十年時間還能回美國來開唱，是協助他登峰的經紀人當年的一個精準的計算，在成為一位受歡迎的現場演唱的歌手之前，他曾有機會在Moody Blues的演唱會裡表演，但後來決定自己巡迴各地大型表演場館做演唱會而成名。

  O'Sullivan表示大張旗鼓去各地大演藝場館巡演很麻煩，所以他決定放棄，儘管他曾經在紐約卡奈基音樂廳有過成功的演出。

  我有很棒的樂團和私人飛機，但我們繼續唱下去聽的人會變少，儘管唱片暢銷百萬張，但不保證演唱會就賣座，他強調:回憶往日的成就而復出是不對的，應該多利用幕後支援部份的經驗。

  O'Sullivan是美國排行榜上知名的top 10歌星，他在1972 與 73年以冠軍曲"Alone Again (Naturally)" 與獲得第二名的動聽歌謠 "Clair"成名。

  1970年代後期Gilbert的歌唱事業走下坡，但在2000年後，他又開始定期巡迴演唱，他最新的專輯是2018年與他同名的Gilbert O'Sullivan，他總是用一個編制完整的樂隊，他也和吉他手Bill Shanley搭檔二重唱，這次此人將和The Kinks合唱團的主唱Ray Davies在Gilbert O'Sullivan的二場演唱會合作演出。

  他告訴Billboard雜誌:如果演唱會受歡迎，他考慮今秋在美國再安排一次演出。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6pzZy1w3BM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU9fClvdo5s

Alone Again (Naturally)

Songwriters: O'sullivan

In a little while from now

If I'm not feeling any less sour

I promise myself to treat myself

And visit a nearby tower

And climbing to the top

Will throw myself off

In an effort to

Make it clear to whoever

Wants to know what it's like When you're shattered

Left standing in the lurch at a church

Were people saying, My God, that's tough

She stood him up

No point in us remaining

We may as well go home

As I did on my own

Alone again, naturally

To think that only yesterday

I was cheerful, bright and gay

Looking forward to who wouldn't do

The role I was about to play

But as if to knock me down

Reality came around

And without so much as a mere touch

Cut me into little pieces

Leaving me to doubt

Talk about, God in His mercy

Oh, if he really does exist

Why did he desert me

In my hour of need

I truly am indeed

Alone again, naturally

It seems to me that

There are more hearts broken in the world

That can't be mended

Left unattended

What do we do

What do we do

Alone again, naturally

Looking back over the years

And whatever else that appears

I remember I cried when my father died

Never wishing to hide the tears

And at sixty-five years old

My mother, God rest her soul

Couldn't understand why the only man

She had ever loved had been taken

Leaving her to start

With a heart so badly broken

Despite encouragement from me

No words were ever

And when she passed away

I cried and cried all day

Alone again, naturally

Alone again, naturally