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Janis Joplin從小都不快樂。小時候,她的樣貌成為她最大的障礙,她糟糕的膚色,身材甚至面孔,都成為身邊的女孩子們嘲笑的對象。整個童年和青少年,她都很孤獨,無法融入女孩子群體。當(dāng)她試圖向同齡的男孩尋求友誼時,妄圖以喝酒、說粗話、模仿男性舉動來達到謀求友誼的目的時,卻讓她遭受了更強烈的輕視。   于是,她只能用詩歌和繪畫排遣寂寞,以受難著的決心來嘲笑苦難。但傷害卻從沒有在她心底痊愈,被輕視、甚至毫不留情的厭惡以對她造成了一個幾乎是來源與病理學(xué)上的對愛的需求。但對于愛,她始終有著一種難以克服的自卑,直至她成名后,也常常對自己的胖子形象也玩笑,甚至更加無所顧忌的破壞自己。   “Janis Joplin絕對是個江湖藝人。她是一位搖滾樂史中的偉大女性——她是那個時代的女性搖滾藝人。在音樂這個領(lǐng)域中,她為女性開創(chuàng)了一個充滿可能性的世界:沒有Janis Joplin,就不會有Melissa Etheridge,也不會有Gwen Stefani?!禤earl》是我買的第一張唱片,我還記得當(dāng)時我有幾分恐懼。我想如果Joni Mitchell告訴了我一個女人可以描寫她的公眾生活的話,那么Janis則告訴了我一個女人還可以過著瘋狂的生活,并且在公眾面前將這種瘋狂釋放出來。那時,我還是一個徹底的天主教小女孩,Janis的出現(xiàn)是令我為之震驚。但這并沒有能阻止我繼續(xù)買她的專輯,也沒能阻止我在她死的那天帶上了黑箍?,F(xiàn)在很難想象當(dāng)時Janis在一個多么巨大的范圍內(nèi)引起了如此徹底的震驚。以前出現(xiàn)過一些瘋狂的布魯斯歌手,他們也只是有點接近Janis而已。她總是像處于完全不受控制的邊緣。她是個無情的焦點,她是個奇觀,就像在人群中引發(fā)的核爆炸。她始終不移地堅持著自己的真理,而不管這個真理多么具有破壞性,多么怪異或者是否造成傷害。她的歌聲發(fā)自她的靈魂,她是道強烈而美麗的光芒,但是消失得太快了。   世界本來就是一首悲傷的歌,我們每個人都在吟唱著,或激奮,亦或低沉;而她一直在漫不經(jīng)心的唱,唱著她的執(zhí)著和絕望。直到最后她猶如一直再也不會唱歌的黃鶯,從樹上跌墜而死,離開這個折磨著她短短一生的世界。   她喜歡用假聲和轉(zhuǎn)音來唱那些感人的藍調(diào)音樂,一會生死力竭,一會低吟自語,那是一冷一熱,水火交融的唱腔;那是極其傷害嗓子的唱腔,但是她完全不顧及那么多,她根本不在乎那么多,她只想在瞬間得到滿足的快感,她唱自己的喜和悲,唱自己的平淡和憤怒,用盡一切力量去縱容她的隨性。如同一只困獸在苦苦掙脫,還是了無希望,于是她就放縱自己,去閉著眼忘記了冰冷刺骨的疼痛。放縱是一種摩擦,在正負(fù)極之間游動,火花在無形中綻放,一場放肆,一次欲望,突現(xiàn)得無邊無盡。   她是六十年代的精神圣女,她是六十年代迷幻主義的追隨者,她是六十年代女歌者的一道風(fēng)景,她只能是Janis Joplin,六十年代一束匆匆劃過天際的一條彩虹   聽Janis Joplin唱歌,你永遠也不會感到沉悶,你可以在每一個小小的細節(jié)里都聽到她熱情洋溢而且顯得連自己也難以控制的充沛活力。她總是在每次演出都盡全力演唱,有人勸過她如果這么唱下去的話,會大大縮減她的演唱生涯,可是她并不在乎。聽她的歌唱你會感覺到兩個字---熱愛---對音樂的熱愛,對搖滾的熱愛,盡管這種熱愛到最后為我們留下來的東西著實不多,但這些東西的確感動了我們,感動著我們。   實際上Janis Joplin在自己的個人事業(yè)生涯中,只正正式式出過一張專輯,就是《I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Aga》,卻并非讓人太滿意,反而是這張Janis Joplin去世之后留下來的一些還未完成后期工作的作品和一些現(xiàn)場的錄音所結(jié)合在一起的專輯《Pearl》成為了經(jīng)典。盡管Janis Joplin的歌唱比起很多黑人靈歌女歌手來,會顯得更象嚎叫而不象演唱,但是歷史選擇把她的名字留下來,而抹去其他的人走過痕跡。Janis Joplin的唱法深受Blues音樂的影響,自由奔放,不拘一格。 大事記 Janis Joplin(賈尼斯•喬普林)1943年1月19日生于美國得克薩斯州的Port Arthur,小時候廣泛接觸布魯斯、福音歌和鄉(xiāng)村音樂。   和許多成名前的歌手一樣,Janis開始也在酒吧和夜總會駐唱,慢慢地,她從Bessie Smith和Odetta的聲音得到啟發(fā),摸索出一種刺耳的、并不特意討人喜歡的唱法,這種唱法與Joan Baez和Judy Collins這類大眾明星的風(fēng)格迥然相異。   1963年Janis來到舊金山,在那里成為North Beach Coffee Gallery令人矚目的演唱者。但這段好時光被她的安非它明類興奮劑上癮所打斷。為了戒毒她返回家鄉(xiāng)得克薩斯州,繼續(xù)上大學(xué),但毒癮戒后,又重回歌壇。并于66年移居舊金山,接受當(dāng)時正忙于經(jīng)營阿瓦龍舞廳的赫爾姆斯(Chet Helms)的勸告,參加由他剛剛成立的一個叫做“Big Brother and the Holding Company”的樂隊。   Janis在第一次置身于阿瓦龍舞廳旋轉(zhuǎn)的迷幻燈光和色彩中間,與樂隊一起表演后說:“這是我一生中最驚心動魄的時刻……它是那么痛快,那么令人激動,那么大聲,簡直瘋了。我不能無動于衷。我唱歌時從來不帶舞蹈動作……但在那里我動了,跳了。我聽不見我的聲音,只好唱得大聲點,再大聲點,最后我完全無法控制自己?!?   1967年,“Big Brother and the Holding Company”在Monterey Pop Festival(蒙特利音樂節(jié))上演出,使全場樂迷瘋狂。Janis翻唱了布魯斯經(jīng)典名曲《Ball and Chain》,她的嗓子本來就夠粗獷有力的,為了壓倒樂隊的聲音,她真正地是把歌詞喊叫出來的。現(xiàn)場觀眾曾這樣描寫她:“她不僅是一位歌手,而是一種原始力量?!?dāng)她歌唱時,她憤怒地跺腳,不顧一切地甩她的黑發(fā),以致一縷縷頭發(fā)抽打在她臉上。有時,她渾身顫抖,使用她那粗糙的布魯斯聲音和在表現(xiàn)極度痛苦時迸發(fā)出來的激動的高聲呼喊和尖叫聲,而在她的呻吟和耳語中仍然有著更加強烈的感情表露。   很難使人相信,一個在臺下外表不怎么樣的人,當(dāng)被她自己歌曲的感情抓住的時候,竟會變得如此引人注意的美麗,或者說,一個那么年輕的人當(dāng)歌唱時,竟會顯得那么老成、精疲力竭?!盝anis成了這次音樂節(jié)上的明星之一。   音樂節(jié)演出以后,Albert Grossman(格羅斯曼,鮑勃•迪倫的經(jīng)理人)成了Janis的經(jīng)理,而且由哥倫比亞唱片公司提供錄音合同。1968年,“Big Brother”的第一張哥倫比亞專輯《Cheap Thrills》發(fā)行,獲專輯第一名,持續(xù)8周。但隨著Janis名氣的增加,樂隊阻礙Janis發(fā)展的評論也隨之而來,這種議論加劇樂隊中原有的矛盾。   后來Janis離開“大哥”自組樂隊,并推出專輯《I Get Dem Ol'Kozmic Blues Again Mama!》。在這張專輯里,她的有力的、粗糙的聲音和Soul似的聲樂風(fēng)格在她自己創(chuàng)作的《I Get Dem Ol'Kozmic Blues Again Mama!》、《Maybe》、《Try》等歌曲中有著很好的體現(xiàn)。   但Janis的生活始終沉浸在吸毒、酗酒、性交中,毒癮和酒癮越來越大,人際關(guān)系也越來越不穩(wěn)定,這些都影響了她的現(xiàn)場演出。Janis只好再次解散樂隊,設(shè)法求醫(yī)戒毒。1970年,Janis又組建了一支名為The Full-Tilt Boogie樂隊,對于與這支技術(shù)“精銳部位”的合作,樂壇上的評論褒貶不一,可是這支樂隊卻隨著Janis再次的瘋狂吸毒和酗酒失去了生命力。   1970年10月4日,Janis因吸食過量海洛因突然死亡。死后專輯《Pearl》發(fā)行,和其中的歌曲《Me and Bobby McGEE》均榮登排行榜首位,這張專輯也一直被認(rèn)為是她的經(jīng)典。1979年影星Better Micller主演了以Janis為原形的電影《玫瑰》。   Janis Joplin去世時才27歲,正式的唱歌生涯也只有幾年,卻給人留下了難以磨滅的印象。她是白人,但她的歌唱風(fēng)格體現(xiàn)了黑人才具備的Soul的精神和特征。在“模仿”盛行的流行音樂界,很難有人能模仿出另一個Joplin來。她的唱腔也給后世的搖滾女歌手樹立了典范。 The greatest white female rock singer of the 1960s, Janis Joplin was also a great blues singer, making her material her own with her wailing, raspy, supercharged emotional delivery. First rising to stardom as the frontwoman for San Francisco psychedelic band Big Brother & the Holding Company, she left the group in the late '60s for a brief and uneven (though commercially successful) career as a solo artist. Although she wasn't always supplied with the best material or most sympathetic musicians, her best recordings, with both Big Brother and on her own, are some of the most exciting performances of her era. She also did much to redefine the role of women in rock with her assertive, sexually forthright persona and raunchy, electrifying on-stage presence. Joplin was raised in the small town of Port Arthur, TX, and much of her subsequent personal difficulties and unhappiness has been attributed to her inability to fit in with the expectations of the conservative community. She'd been singing blues and folk music since her teens, playing on occasion in the mid-'60s with future Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen. There are a few live pre-Big Brother recordings (not issued until after her death), reflecting the inspiration of early blues singers like Bessie Smith, that demonstrate she was well on her way to developing a personal style before hooking up with the band. She had already been to California before moving there permanently in 1966, when she joined a struggling early San Francisco psychedelic group, Big Brother & the Holding Company. Although their loose, occasionally sloppy brand of bluesy psychedelia had some charm, there can be no doubt that Joplin — who initially didn't even sing lead on all of the material — was primarily responsible for lifting them out of the ranks of the ordinary. She made them a hit at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, where her stunning version of "Ball and Chain" (perhaps her very best performance) was captured on film. After a debut on the Mainstream label, Big Brother signed a management deal with Albert Grossman and moved on to Columbia. Their second album, Cheap Thrills, topped the charts in 1968, but Joplin left the band shortly afterward, enticed by the prospects of stardom as a solo act. Joplin's first album, I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!, was recorded with the Kozmic Blues Band, a unit that included horns and retained just one of the musicians that had played with her in Big Brother (guitarist Sam Andrew). Although it was a hit, it wasn't her best work; the new band, though more polished musically, was not nearly as sympathetic accompanists as Big Brother, purveying a soul-rock groove that could sound forced. That's not to say it was totally unsuccessful, boasting one of her signature tunes in "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)." For years, Joplin's life had been a roller coaster of drug addiction, alcoholism, and volatile personal relationships, documented in several biographies. Musically, however, things were on the upswing shortly before her death, as she assembled a better, more versatile backing outfit, the Full Tilt Boogie Band, for her final album, Pearl (ably produced by Paul Rothchild). Joplin was sometimes criticized for screeching at the expense of subtlety, but Pearl was solid evidence of her growth as a mature, diverse stylist who could handle blues, soul, and folk-rock. "Mercedes Benz," "Get It While You Can," and Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee" are some of her very best tracks. Tragically, she died before the album's release, overdosing on heroin in a Hollywood hotel in October 1970. "Me and Bobby McGee" became a posthumous number one single in 1971, and thus the song with which she is most frequently identified. 更多>>

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