顯微鏡下的呢喃

「試聽 - Carrie Underwood - Good Girl」

　　美國偶像（American Idol）第四屆冠軍、蟬聯三屆葛萊美鄉村歌后、新生代鄉村天后（就是要故意把她的稱呼搞得這麼長我才高興）凱莉安德伍 Carrie Underwood（俗稱木下）再度帶著她那高亢渾厚的嗓音引吭高歌，警戒著所有好女孩小心披著羊皮的壞男人。在二月二十三號的時候，這首「Good Girl 乖女孩」就已經送至電台播放，目前為止是一面倒的好評，即將在五月發行還未定名的專輯，引發了許多歌迷的期待，是否木下能夠壓制太熱濕妹的驚人氣焰呢？畢竟，現在鄉村女聲能出頭的真的已經不多的，僅剩下一些資深的老天后（Reba、Dolly）和實力堅強的中生代（Sara Evens、Martina McBride、Lee Ann Womack、Shania Twain等），更甭提2000年後有幾個能撐得了檯面的鄉村女聲？真的僅僅剩下Carrie Underwood、Taylor Swift和Miranda Lambert，全球暖化的影響跟鄉村女聲根本成了正比，就像個淺伏的危機一樣。

　　「Good Girl」是由擔當木下前三張專輯的製作人Mark Bright，而據說也會全面掌盤第四張專輯。我當下聽這首「乖女孩」時，我越來越覺得木下的聲音不斷地充滿著歷練，從美國偶像的聲音、到第一張專輯的甜美流行唱法、再到第二、三張專輯的些微正統鄉村唱腔，轉變得越來越有韻味，而不知道是不是先前與史密斯飛船主唱 Steve Tyler 合作的影響，曲風也逐漸潛移默化，這首「乖女孩」充滿了南方搖滾的味道，使勁刷電吉他的魄力、聲振林木的大器唱腔，讓我一直想到先前都有相似題材和曲調的歌曲，像是木下的暢銷代表作「Before He Cheats」內容和乖女孩十分相似、續集「Last Name」、抨擊男性、提倡女性主義的「Cowboy Casanova」「Undo It」，都是相當出色的作品，也許木下是要再度仿製先前的曲風作為引起歌迷的共鳴。總之，我們都相當的期待木下這次能拿出什麼驚喜給我們！

（現在還能找到幾個那麼正又會唱的女歌手！？）

順便一提，先前和天王Brad Paisley所合作的鄉村冠軍芭樂抒情歌曲「Remind Me」很希望也能順便收到新專輯中作加值曲，真的是太好聽了！

「MV - Brad Paisley - Remind Me duet with Carrie Underwood」

Title: Good Girl
Performer: Carrie Underwood

Hey, good girl
With your head in the clouds
I bet you I can tell you
What you're thinkin' about
You'll see a good boy
Gonna give you the world
But he's gonna leave you cryin'
With your heart in the dirt

His lips are dropping honey
But he'll sting you like a bee
So lock up all your loving
Go and throw away the key

Hey good girl
Get out while you can
I know you think you got a good man

Whyyyy, why you gotta be so bliiiind?
Won't you open your eeeyes?
It's just a matter of time 'till you find
He's no good, girl
No good for you
You better get to getting on your goodbye shoes and go, go, go...
Better listen to me
He's low, low, low...

Hey, good girl
You got a heart of gold
You want a white wedding
And a hand you can hold
Just like you should, girl
Like every good girl does
Want a fairytale ending, somebody to love

But he's really good at lying girl
Yeah, he'll leave you in the dust
'Cause when he says forever
Well, it don't mean much
Hey good girl
So good for him
Better back away honey
You don't know where he's been

Whyyyy, why you gotta be so bliiiind?
Won't you open your eeeyes?
It's just a matter of time 'till you find
He's no good, girl
No good for you
You better get to getting on your goodbye shoes and go, go, go...
Yeah yeah yeah, he's low
Yeah yeah yeah

He's no good, girl
Why can't you see?
He'll take your heart and break it
Listen to me, yeah

Whyyyy, why you gotta be so bliiiind?
Won't you open your eeeeyes?
It's just a matter of time 'till you find
He's no good, he's no good

Won't you open up your eeeeyes?
It's just a matter of time 'till you find
He's no good, girl
He's no good for you
You better get to getting on your goodbye shoes