Eva Cassidy——Say Goodbye

形如常人

<img src='http://evacassidy.org/eva/eva12web.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /><br><br><img src='http://www.crosstownarts.com/CrosstownArts/client_music/eva/evapic12-2.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /><br><br><br>Eva Cassidy留着一头长发，湛蓝的双眼，Eva从不喜欢让自己商业化，坚持留在非主流唱片，总喜欢在星期天陪着妈妈骑着单车出游，享受自然，就像她的歌声一样。<br><br>Eva Cassidy，该怎么来描述这个忧郁而又多才的传奇女子，水晶般的嗓音，无论是Jazz或是Spiritual，country或是pop，全部完美演绎。不仅仅是音乐，同时又从事着Painting,drawing,sculpting,designing jewellery,decorating furniture and clock faces。她的音乐随着BBC Radio 2的节目传遍了英国，美国以至全世界。 <br>1996年，33岁的Eva死于癌症。 <br><br>1996年11月，默默无名的Eva Cassidy因为皮肤癌离开人间，当时人们只能在美国华盛顿特区的几家民谣／爵士Club听闻此号人物，当年她才33岁。 现在，Eva Cassidy的音乐成为全球市场一致肯定的心灵歌声，Eva的随性和自然可以驾驭每首她要表达的歌，像〈Wayfaring Stranger〉的唱功和情绪的完整，表达她的演唱企图绝非只是要cover歌曲，Eva Cassidy赋予歌曲全新生命，又如翻唱Fleetwood Mac女主唱Christine McVie的〈Songbird〉她从合声到弹奏几乎一手包办，歌声透露出清澈心灵的悸动，而演唱灵魂大师Curtis Mayfield的〈People Get Ready〉改以灵魂唱腔再搭上电吉他，整首歌彷佛带人回到过往时代的细致韵味，〈Oh，Had I A Golden Thread〉的福音能量又如划过天际的流星闪亮，Eva用她的生命灵魂再唱歌！ <br><br><!-- wmv_n_start --><embed SRC="http://www.sosoe.com/UserFiles734/52468/file/20041227110744_7267.mp3" type="audio/x-ms-wmp" CONSOLE="WMVClip1" CONTROLS="ImageWindow,ControlPanel,StatusBar" HEIGHT="240" WIDTH="352" AUTOSTART="false"></embed><br><a href="http://www.sosoe.com/UserFiles734/52468/file/20041227110744_7267.mp3" target="_blank">--- 右击鼠标，然后保存 ---</a><!-- wmv_n_end --><br><br><b>Say Goodbye</b><br><br>It’s funny how the distance can make you feel close <br>And the things you lost are the things you want most <br>The weather’s fine here – perfect shade of blue <br>I guess that’s why I’ve been thinking of you <br><br>So I call you up just to tell you why <br>Why I left you and say goodbye <br>Ooh must be the mood I’m in <br>I’m thinking of you again <br>I call you up just to tell you why <br>Why I left you and say goodbye <br><br>I know you’re different now and I guess I changed too <br>And I thought what was once so right was so wrong for you <br>Yesterday I was talking and I heard your name <br>The weather’s fine here with a slight chance of rain <br><br>Time makes you sorry for the things that you’ve done <br>Sometimes you walk away and sometimes you run <br>And the weather’s fine here; I can feel a slight chill <br>Somethings change babe and some never will <br><br>I call you up just to tell you why <br>To say I love you and to say goodbye <br>