真是不可思議的和襯，這首Show me the place應該是少數這麼有旋律的歌了
其他都是半念詞一般的唱法，很像吟遊詩人一樣
雖然如此但每首的旋律在細聽下都是相當優美的
他的歌聲就像是烈酒那樣，雖然苦澀卻好喝
『酒之所以好喝，正是因為他難喝。』Leonard的歌也是一樣的
也許他少了以前那樣華美優雅的唱法， 卻是經人生洗練過後的吟遊詩人
清淡地念著，帶我們更進入他的故事。
Show me the place where you want your slave to go
Show me the place, I've forgotten, I don't know
Show me the place for my head is bending low Show me the place where you want your slave to go
Show me the place, help me roll away the stone Show me the place, I can't move this thing alone Show me the place where the word became a man 1 Show me the place where the suffering began
The troubles came, I saved what I could save A thread of light, a particle, a wave But there were chains so I hastened to behave There were chains so I loved you like a slave
I know a girl she walks the asphalt world
我認識個女孩，她走在瀝青世界
She comes to me and I supply her with *Ecstasy
她尋求我，我給她迷幻狂喜
Sometimes we ride in a taxi to the ends of the city 有時我們搭上計程車開往這城市的盡頭 Like big stars in the back seat like skeletons ever so pretty 有如滿天星斗，有如美麗骸骨 I know a girl she walks the asphalt world 我認識個女孩，她走在瀝青世界
But where does she go? 但她去哪了？ And what does she do? 她在作什麼？ And how does she feel when she's next to you? 當她在你身旁時她在想什麼？ And who does she love in time-honoured fur? 在遙遠悠緲的偽裝底下她愛的人是誰？ Is it me or her? 是我還是她？
I know a girl she walks the asphalt world 我認識個女孩，她走在瀝青世界 She's got a friend, they share mascara I pretend 她交了個朋友，她們將我刷上睫毛 Sometimes they fly from the covers to the winter of the river 有時她們離開藏身地，飛往冬天的河流 For these silent stars of the cinema 為了一睹螢幕裡的寂靜星辰 It's in the blood stream, it's in the liver 在血液裡頭，在肝臟裡頭 I know a girl, she walks the arse felt world 我認識個女孩，她走在滿是尻的世界
But where does she go? 但她去哪了？ And what does she do? 她在作什麼？ And how does she feel when she's next to you? 當她在你身旁時她在想什麼？ And who does she love in time-honoured fur? 在遙遠悠緲的偽裝底下她愛的人是誰？ Is it me or is it her? 是我還是她？
With *ice in her blood 她冷血無情 And a *Dove in her head 又天真無邪 Well how does she feel when she's in your bed? 那麼，當她在你床上時她在想什麼？ When you're there in her arms 當你依偎在她懷中 And there in her legs 當你臣服在她腳下 Well I'll be in her head 可惜，她腦中只有我
Cos that's where I go 因為我與她是一體 And that's what I do 因為她是我的傑作 And that's how it feels when the sex turns cruel 你體會到當性愛轉為殘酷時的感受了嗎？ Yes both of us need her, this is the asphalt world 沒錯，我和你都離不開她，在這個瀝青世界
而這位鬍子大叔的嗓音真的是深得我心，除了創作專輯
For Emma的溫暖柔和；今年的同名專輯則是豐富多變
Justin Vernon翻唱別人歌曲的功力也是一流，那個真假音的轉換
配上有點沙啞的感覺，都讓歌曲多了一股暖流。
真切而美好
來推薦一下他Cover的好歌
今年在同名專輯前的一首《I Can't Make You Love Me》
除了Cover外，也展現了他的創作能力，這首其實是兩首歌的合併
前半來自雷查爾斯《Song For You》副歌段則Bonnie Raitt的《I Can't Make You Love Me》
兩首歌經過他組合之後就幾乎變成了一首全新的歌曲
他真是令人驚奇的鬍子大叔，最近則是愛上他Cover一個團體The Outfield
《I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love》復古搖滾在他口中唱來卻搖身一變硬地民謠
出自他口的Cover已經不能稱為Cover了
真的好欣賞他。
