7thGen

Sting是独一无二的，我听很多类型的歌——包括很多也被称为摇滚诗人的，但是我一直认为Sting是我最喜爱的唯一真正的诗人，或者可以这么说，我听他歌的时候会觉得是我的内心在唱——这是个真正奇异的意念！不过说来也奇怪，当初听了这位喉咙沙哑其貌不扬的英国人在Police时的那首《Take My Breath Away》，第一感是——这不就是个不够帅嗓音也不够sexy的Wham嘛！可是后来不知为啥会买了一盘《Ten Summoners’ Tales》（估计是这个名字够味道专辑封面也够酷），那种浑然天成的融合了爵士乐的舒缓悠扬的曲调，深沉低回的吟诵。。。这首《Fields Of Gold》更是诗意的背景、诗意的曲调，用真正的诗的语言来讲述的黄金般的田野，在那段我最低沉的时间，这首歌给我的感受是难忘的。从这里开始，我陆续找到了稍早的《The Dream Of The Blue Turtles》、《Nothing Like The Sun》和《Soul Cages》，其音乐表现的丰富自不必说，Sting身上那种冷峻的敏感才是诗人的本质。

每次尝试写关于音乐的文字都会感到很无奈，因为音乐似乎难以用文字来表达，尤其是像Sting这样音乐表现极其自由，音乐内涵又丰富细腻的，所以。。。听听这首歌吧，听听他悠扬的风笛、清脆的吉他、动听的吟唱，闭上眼睛就会走进令诗人沉醉的黄金田野——在专辑的booklet中，Sting写到：“在我的人生里头一回看到了麦田，我第一次有了这样的想法——我愿死在这里。。。”

Fields Of Gold
by Sting

You’ll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You’ll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we walk in fields of gold
So she took her love for to gaze awhile
Upon the fields of barley
In his arms she fell as her hair came down
Among the fields of gold

Will you stay with me, will you be my love
Among the fields of barley?
We’ll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we lie in fields of gold
See the west wind move like a lover so
Upon the fields of barley
Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth
Among the fields of gold

I never made promises lightly
And there have been some that I’ve broken
But I swear in the days still left
We’ll walk in fields of gold
We’ll walk in fields of gold

Many years have passed since those summer days
Among the fields of barley
See the children run as the sun goes down
Among the fields of gold
You’ll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold

“Well I’ve moved to the country for the first time in my life, and there are barley fields right next door. And I remember walking through one day and seeing this crop being moved by the wind and the sunshine, and it looked like there could have been people making love in the barley, or the wind seemed like it was making love to the barley, so I thought it was a great metaphor for love, and, its a kind of love song.”

－－《Ten Summoner’s Tales》 Promotional Interview Disc, ’93