Billy Joel 什么意思
Billy Joel 比利·喬1949年5月9日出生于紐約的希克斯維爾。4歲就開始接受鋼琴訓練,雖然7歲時父親的棄家,使他和母親二人陷于困境,但比利·喬從未放棄對音樂的濃厚興趣。1968年比利·喬就以一名自彈自唱的民謠歌手形象出現(xiàn)在歌壇上,多年不得志的日子并沒有使比利·喬失掉音樂創(chuàng)作的信心,反而使他愈挫愈勇,堅守自己獨樹一幟的創(chuàng)作風格,終于在Bee Gees把迪斯科帶向瘋狂的時期,比利·喬竟以一張名為《The Stranger》的專輯異軍突起,并不受當時潮流的影響而獲得了空前的成功。 緊接著格蘭美獎中比利·喬又以一張《52nd Street》的優(yōu)異表現(xiàn)獲得了兩個大獎,專輯打頭陣推出的一首單曲《My Life》,告訴人們,不要怕別人對你的看法,應(yīng)履行你自己的人生。隨后他再接再厲推出了一張復古式的搖滾大作《An Lunoceent Man》,歌迷為之瘋狂。比利·喬可以說是上世紀五六十年代搖滾樂所繁衍的后代,加之他堅持自己的風格而不隨波逐流,并保持虛心的態(tài)度,所以在歌壇不斷取勝。 比利.喬爾在70年代末和80年代成為美國最具商業(yè)價值的歌手/詞曲作者,雖然從未贏得過評論界的歡心。他的音樂展示了他對 “披頭士”(BEATLES,THE)以及叮砰巷和百老匯旋律的鐘愛,這使他成為兩個時代的超級歌星,并給人們留下了一連串的白金銷量的專輯和單曲。比利.喬爾成功的道路是異常坎坷的。1949年5月6日他生于長島的希克斯維爾,在組建搖滾樂隊“混亂”(Hassles)之前,他曾是少年職業(yè)拳手。該樂隊在錄制兩張專輯后解散。他與該樂隊中的喬恩.斯莫爾(Jon Small)成立了兩人組合“阿蒂拉”(Attla),這對搭檔在發(fā)行一張專輯后又告解散,之后他加盟了阿蒂.里普(Artie Ripp)的Ripp唱片公司,在第2年錄制了個人專輯《初春港口》(Cold Spring Harbor,1972)。由于某些法律和管理上的原因,喬爾有兩年沒有錄音。這段時間他遷到加利福利亞州,用比爾.馬丁(Bill Martin)的名字在酒吧里彈琴來維持生計。這段經(jīng)歷為他提供了創(chuàng)作素材。1974年他的熱門歌曲《鋼琴手》(Piano Man)進入排行榜前40名,同時在Columbia公司發(fā)行了第1張專輯《鋼琴手》。1975年的專輯《街頭生活小夜曲》(Street Life Serenade)和1976年的《十字轉(zhuǎn)門》(Turnstiles)的銷量卻不盡人意。直到1977年的專輯《陌生人》(Stranger)才使他步入主流歌星的行列。該專輯由菲爾.雷蒙(Phil Ramone)任制作人,其中包括5首美國熱門歌曲:《正是你的方式》(Just the Way You Are)、《搬出〈安東尼之歌〉》(Movin’Out Anthony’s Song)、《只有上帝夭折》(Only the God Die Young)、《她永遠是女人》(She’s Always a Woman)和《我的生活》(My Life),該專輯確立了喬爾的國際聲譽。 由于輿論的刺激(該專輯是美國AOR電臺在1977-1978年播放最頻繁的唱片,輿論卻對此不以為然),他在專輯《玻璃房子》(Glass Hous,1980)中顯示了他的搖滾才華,專輯中的單曲《對我來說仍然是搖滾》(It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me)當年成為美國榜冠軍。1981年的《閣樓之歌》(Songs in the Attic)是張現(xiàn)場專輯,演繹了他早期到70年代中期的作品。1982年的《尼龍窗簾》(The Nylon Curtain)對當時的社會進行了一番評論,其中包括他的最佳作品《艾倫鎮(zhèn)》(Allentown),講述了關(guān)于小鎮(zhèn)失業(yè)的問題。他的下一張專輯《純真的男人》(An Innocent Man,1983)的曲調(diào)較柔和,但概念很新奇,這是一次企圖貫穿美國城市流行音樂傳統(tǒng)的嘗試,他無懈可擊地重新演繹了“小安東尼與帝國”(Little Anthony and the Imperials)樂隊的《最漫長的時光》(The Longest Time)、“四季”(FOUR SEASONS)樂隊的《住宅區(qū)女孩》(Uptown Girl)和其他樂隊的聲響和風格。《住宅區(qū)女孩》于1983年成為英國榜冠軍。同時,這首單曲在2001年被人氣團體westlife西城男孩翻唱,勇奪金曲。。隨后,新專輯《純真的男人》使它重新回到了白金唱片銷量的行列。喬爾于 1985年出版了雙白金精選集《金曲1、2》(Greatest Hits,Vols,1&2),獲得排行榜第6名。1986年夏,喬爾的單曲《摩登婦女》(Modern Woman)進入排行榜前10名。新專輯《橋》(The Bridge)于8月份推出,并賣掉200萬張。1987年,喬爾到前蘇聯(lián)巡回演出,他在列寧格勒的演出制作成現(xiàn)場專輯Kohuept發(fā)行。1989年秋,喬爾的第12張錄音室專輯《風暴前方》(Storm Front)出版,這張專輯在某種意義上講是喬爾轉(zhuǎn)變的標志,他解雇了原來的樂隊和制作人菲爾.雷蒙,雇用了“外國人”(FOREIGNER)樂隊的米克.瓊斯(Mick Jones)擔任該專輯的制作人,其中的一首把從1949年到1989年全世界發(fā)生的頭條新聞串接在一起的說唱風格的單曲《我們沒有點火》(We Didn’t Start the Fire)成為排行榜的冠軍。《風暴前方》是喬爾相當成功的專輯之一,在美國共賣出了300萬張。1993年夏,喬爾的新專輯《夢之河》(River of Dreams)出版,專輯獲得排行榜冠軍,同名單曲進入排行榜前10名。就他最有吸引力、最坦率和家喻戶曉的情歌來看,比利.喬爾是位迷人的、無可挑剔的表演家,輿論把他與布魯斯.斯普林斯廷(SPRINGSTEEN,BRUCE)和鮑勃.西格(Bob Seeger)相提并論。
個人非常喜歡他的uptown girl 和piano man!!!!
Billy Joel的《Vienna》 歌詞
歌曲: Vienna
歌手:Billy Joel
專輯:《12 Gardens Live》
歌詞:
Master of Chant I
Slow down you crazy child
You're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart tell me why
You are still so afraid?
Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
You better cool it off before you burn it out
You got so much to do and only
so many hours in a day
But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you an just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
When will you realize...Vienna waits for you
Slow down you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be,Before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight
Too.bad.but.this.is.the.left.You're so ahead of yourlf
That you forfeit what you need
Though you can e when you're wrong
But you know you can't always e when you're right
You got your passion you got your pride
BUt don't you know only fools are satisfied?
Dream on but don't imagine they'll al come true
When will you realize
Vienna waits for you
Slow down you crazy child
Take the phone off the hook
And disappeaar for a while
It's alright you can afford to lo a day or two
When will you realize...
Vienna waits for you.
But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you an just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
When will you realize...Vienna waits for you
When will you realize...Vienna waits for you
歌手簡介:
比利·喬爾(Billy Joel),亦稱作比利喬,全名威廉·馬丁·比利·喬爾(William Martin Billy Joel)1949年5月9日出生于紐約的希克斯維爾。美國著名歌手、鋼琴演奏家、作曲作詞家。比利·喬爾從1973年出道至1993年退休,灌制了多張深受歡迎的唱片。他的歌曲在70、80、90年代都曾進入過排行榜前十名。比利·喬爾六次獲得格萊美獎,全世界唱片累計銷量超過一億張。
just the way you are -billy joel 中英文歌詞
1977的《The
Stranger》,Billy
Joe的第五張專輯,是Billy
Joel登上明星寶座的里程碑,異軍突起,并不受當時潮流的影響而獲得了空前的成功,在當年格萊美大獎中比利·喬以一首《Just
The
Way
You
Are》連獲“最佳唱片”與“最佳歌曲”兩項最高榮譽。
歌名:Just
The
Way
You
Are
演唱:Billy
Joel
作詞:Billy
Joel
所屬專輯:The
Stranger
制作人:Phil
Ramone
唱片公司:Sony
BMG
發(fā)行時間:1977年09月01日
中英歌詞:
Don't
go
changing,
別想借著改變
To
try
and
plea
me
來討好我
You
never
let
me
down
before
你從來沒讓我失望過
Don't
imagine
別以為因為
you're
too
familiar
與你太熟
And
I
don't
e
you
anymore
我就會對你視若無睹
I
would
not
leave
you
我不會讓你自己
in
times
of
trouble
面對苦難時光
We
never
could
have
come
this
far
我倆未曾走到這般地步
I
took
the
good
times,
美好的時光如此
I'll
take
the
bad
times
悲慘的歲月亦然
I'll
take
you
just
the
way
you
are
我始終接納你現(xiàn)在的樣子
Don't
go
trying
some
new
fashion
別想嘗試新的流行款式
Don't
change
the
color
of
your
hair
別想改變頭發(fā)的顏色
You
always
have
my
unspoken
passion
你總是擁有我無法言喻的熱情
Although
I
might
not
em
to
care
盡管我好像不在意
I
don't
want
clever
conversation
我不要針鋒相對的對話
I
never
want
to
work
that
hard
我不想那么辛苦
I
just
want
someone
that
I
can
talk
to
我只需要有人能聊天
I
want
you
just
the
way
you
are
我就是要你現(xiàn)在這個樣子
I
need
to
know
that
you
will
always
be
我要知道你永遠都會是
The
same
old
someone
that
I
knew
我所認識的老樣子
What
will
it
take
till
you
believe
in
me
要怎樣才能讓你信任我
The
way
that
I
believe
in
you
像我信任你一樣
I
said
I
love
you
and
that's
forever
我曾說過我愛你永遠不變
And
this
I
promi
from
the
heart
而且我真心地向你承諾
I
could
not
love
you
any
better
我不可能再更愛你了
I
love
you
just
the
way
you
are
我就是愛你現(xiàn)在這個樣子
I
don't
want
clever
conversation
我不要針鋒相對的對話
I
never
want
to
work
that
hard
我不想那么辛苦
I
just
want
someone
that
I
can
talk
to
我只需要有人能聊天
I
want
you
just
the
way
you
are.
我就是要你現(xiàn)在這個樣子
Billy Joel的《My Life》 歌詞
《My Life》
歌手:Billy Joel
所屬專輯:The Hangover, Pt. III (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
發(fā)行時間:2013-05-21
發(fā)行公司: WaterTower Music
歌詞:
Got a call from an old friend we'd ud to be real clo
Said he couldn't go on the American way
Clod the shop, sold the hou, bought a ticket to the west coast
Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.
I don't need you to worry for me cau I'm allright
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
I don't care what you say anymore this is my life
Go ahead with your own life leave me alone
I never said you had to offer me a cond chance
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
I still belong
Don't get me wrong
And you can speak your mind
But not on my time
They will tell you you can't sleep alone in a strange place
Then they'll tell you can't sleep with somebody el
Ah but sooner or later you sleep in your own space
Either way it's O.K. you wake up with yourlf
Billy Joel的《Piano Man》 歌詞
歌曲名:Piano Man
歌手:Billy Joel
專輯:The Complete Hits Collection: 1973-1997 Limited Edition
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and gin
He says, "Son, can you play me a melody?
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes"
La la la, de de da
La la, de de da da da
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"
Oh, la la la, de de da
La la, de de da da da
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy who's still in the navy
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cau he knows that it's me they've been comin' to e
To forget about life for a while
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?"
Oh, la la la, de de da
La la, de de da da da
http://music.baidu.com/song/31391596
Billy Joel的《Honesty》 歌詞
歌曲名:Honesty
歌手:Billy Joel
專輯:The Esntial Billy Joel 3.0
Honesty
Billy Joel
If you arch for tenderness
It isn't hard to find
You can have the love you need to live
But if you look for truthfulness
You might just as well be blind
It always ems to be so hard to give
Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty is hardly ever heard
And mostly what I need from you
I can always find someone
To say they sympathize
If I wear my heart out on my sleeve
But I don't want some pretty face
To tell me pretty lies
All I want is someone to believe
Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty is hardly ever heard
And mostly what I need from you
I can find a lover
I can find a friend
I can have curity
Until the bitter end
Anyone can comfort me
With promis again
I know, (I know) I know
When I'm deep inside of me
Don't be too concerned
I won't ask for nothin' while I'm gone
But when I want sincerity
Tell me where el can I turn
Becau you're the one that I depend upon
Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty is hardly ever heard
And mostly what I need from you
http://music.baidu.com/song/7450543