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“数乌鸦”乐队的名字很特别,他们那种叙事风格的民谣摇滚在九十年代中期红极一时。这首歌曲虽然不能说是他们最有代表性的歌曲,但是流传的比较广。猛然一听,总觉得是一首有些谐趣的乡村歌曲,歌词很有些哲理。总之是一首很特别的歌曲,推荐一下。



歌词：

They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot

They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
No, no, no, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
They paved paradise, and put up a parkin' lot

Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
I don't care about spots on my apples,
Leave me the birds and the bees - please
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now, they've paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?

Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door swing,
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
Now don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now now, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not, they paved paradise
They put up a parking lot
Hey hey hey, paved paradise and put up a parking lot

I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna givin it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it


Cuz you're givin it all away, no no

I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna givin it all away
Cuz you're givin it all givin it all away yeah yeah
Cuz You're givin it all away hey, hey, hey

Hey, paved paradise, to put up a parking lot
la,la, la, la, la, la, la ,la ,la ,la ,la
Paved paradise, and put up a parking lot



乐队介绍：

成立于1993年的Counting Crows这个摇滚组合,几乎是在1994年一夜成名的。他们以前混迹于一个不知名的歌厅。直到93年秋天,他们才推出首张专辑《 August & Everything After》。但是这张专辑却是用一种阴郁黯淡的整体风格来表现自己。主唱Adam Duritz富于表现力的歌喉用来传达了一种郁闷乖僻的感觉,因此并未得到很多人的认可。

  但凭借音乐人Robbie Robertson的极力推荐和他们当时可能是唯一的一首比较明朗的歌曲《Mr. Jones》,他们开始引起圈内的关注。随后96年《Recovering the Satellites》和 98年《Across a Wire--Live》,混合了主流摇滚、 另类摇滚、民谣摇滚等多种风格,完全摆脱了早期的颓废阴暗,为他们迎来全世界摇滚迷的认可与好评。有歌迷评价说,“Counting Crows的歌,让我落泪。”

  而自99年发布他们的新专辑,在他的歌迷心目中好坏评价不一的《This Desert Life》后,很长一段时间,都没有听到他们的动静。但2002年七月,他们终于出品了自己的第五部作品《Hard Candy》。专辑那美丽的旋律、真挚的填词和主唱Adam Duritz那掺杂了少许忧郁的声线,立刻让所有听过的乐迷惊呼,Counting Crows又有了新的突破!也许是因为这个新专辑是借用了一种叫作Hard Candy的女性香水的名字,那个香水的含义就是:展现真我风采。

  专辑中的《IF I COULD GIVE ALL MY LOVE》是Counting Crows为他们乐队十多年前一位自杀的钢琴手Richard而写的挽歌,所以情绪可能稍感低沉。但那真挚的哀伤,让人仿佛感到,那谣言在70年代已经死去的摇滚精神,再次重现。

  而《Goodnight L.A.》是可以冲破一切阻碍的。从开始的激越的合音,过渡到下一段的柔和,连贯得天衣无缝。我们眼前仿佛可以浮现出一个绝望孤独的人那无助的形象。

  《Up All Night》中 Duritz唱到“Is everybody happy now?”如果他是问他的歌迷,那答案当然是:“Yes!”。你可以从这支曲子中找到一点点Bob Seger和John Mellencamp的风格。你还可以说,这首曲子简直就是打造的完美无缺!

  一直喜欢Counting Crows?不要错过这张专辑。没有听过Counting Crows?从这张专辑开始吧。