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2008-03-23 04:35
本文是对传奇歌曲"黑色星期天"的最完整介绍,估计不少人听说过这个歌居然杀人的魔力，听了这首歌的人就抑郁不堪乃至自杀，我对你保证,至少在中国根本没那回事.Sarah McLachlan的这个版本听了很久了，一直都很喜欢听，偶尔没事就翻出来听听，特别是在深夜寂静的时候，感受那份悲情却又内涵浓郁爱意的歌声.如果听忧伤的歌就自杀,那二泉印月也不知害死多少人了. （一） 五十多年前，音乐史上曾发生过一桩著名的“国际音乐奇案”： 人们为听一首乐曲而自杀的事件接连不断地发生。这首乐曲就是《黑色的星期天》。当时被人们称为《魔鬼的邀请书》，是匈牙利钢琴手Rezso Seress （鲁兰斯·查理斯）遭遇爱情失败后于1933年写下的乐曲，名为《黑色的星期天》（Szomorú vasarnap），此歌的英文译名是《Gloomy Sunday》，也有译成《魔鬼的邀请书》。起初，作者试图出版这首歌曲时遇到了些许麻烦。一位出版商曾说：“（拒绝出版）并非因为它是一个忧伤的调子，而是因为该曲之中流露出的那种魄人心魂的绝望情绪，我以为这对任何听者均无益处。” (It is not that the song is sad, there is a sort of terrible compelling despair about it. I don't think it would do anyone any good to hear a song like that.)不过几经周折后《黑色的星期天》终于在布达佩斯得到了发行，并在两三年内变成最为畅销的歌曲。没人料到的是，这首歌曲流入世间之后引发了许许多多悲惨离奇的事故（当地的报纸曾对有关事件作过大量的报道），就象古老的神话所描述的那样：潘多拉盒子一经打开，无数妖魔和灾难便被释放到人间。然而，潘多拉盒子中最后一个出来的是“希望”，正是它让这个不甚完美的世界得以延续；而《黑色的星期天》给人们带来的则是一片绝望之声。 歌中描述了一位不幸的男子无法将其所爱的人重新到召回身边，他在一个忧郁的星期天频频冒出殉情自杀的绝望念头，而这个念头伴随着对其爱人极度的思念难以排遣。 《黑色的星期天》在1936年左右流传到了美国。它的第一个英语版本是由爵士艺术家 Paul Robeson 于1940年录制的。1941年8月7日，黑人女歌手 Billie Holiday 用她自己独到和精湛的方式重新演绎了该曲，使其成为全美家喻户晓的热门歌曲。 多年来，一些难以置信的报道和传闻给《黑色的星期天》披上了极度神秘的色彩。当时某天，在比利时的某酒吧，人们正在一边品着美酒，一边听音乐。当乐队刚刚演奏完法国作曲家鲁兰斯·查理斯创作的《黑色的星期天》这首管弦乐曲时，就听到一声歇斯底里的大喊：“我实在受不了啦！”只见一名匈牙利青年一仰脖子喝光了杯中酒，掏出手枪朝自己太阳穴扣动扳机，“砰”地一声就倒在血泊里。 （二） 一名女警察对此案进行调查，但费尽九牛二虎之力，也查不出这青年为什么要自杀。最后，她抱着侥幸心理买来一张那天乐队演奏过的《黑色的星期天》的唱片，心想，也许从这里可以找到一点破案的蛛丝马迹。她把唱片放了一遍后，结果也自杀了。人们在她的办公桌上发现她留给警察局长的遗言：“局长阁下：我受理的案件不用继续侦查了，其凶手就是乐曲《黑色的星期天》。我在听这首曲子时，也忍受不了它那悲伤旋律的刺激，只好谢绝人世了。” 无独有偶。美国纽约市一位开朗活泼的女打字员与人闲聊时，听说《黑色的星期天》如何使人伤感，便好奇地借了这首乐曲的唱片回家听。第二天她没有去上班，人们在她房间发现她已自杀身亡，唱机上正放着那张《黑色的星期天》的唱片。她在遗书中说：“我无法忍受它的旋律，这首曲子就是我的葬礼曲目。” 在华盛顿，有位刚成名的钢琴演奏家应邀参加一个沙龙聚会，并为来宾演奏。席间一位来宾突然接到她母亲车祸身亡的长途电话，因为那天正好是星期天，便请钢琴家为其母演奏《黑色的星期天》以示哀悼。钢琴家极不情愿地弹了这首曲子，刚演奏完毕，便由于过度悲伤，导致心脏病发作而扑倒在钢琴上，再也没有起来。 在意大利米兰，一个音乐家听说了这些奇闻之后感到困惑不解，他不相信《黑色的星期天》会造成如此严重的后果，便试着在自己客厅里用钢琴弹奏了一遍，竟也死在钢琴旁，并在《黑色的星期天》的乐谱上写下这样的遗言：“这乐曲的旋律太残酷了，这不是人类所能忍受的曲子，毁掉它吧，不然会有更多的人因受刺激而丧命。” 据《Cincinatti Journal of Ceremonial Magick》创刊号上 MacDonald 的文章所述，1936年2月布达佩斯警察调查过当地一起制鞋匠 Joseph Keller 的自杀案。他们发现 Keller 留下了一份遗书，其中抄录了那时刚刚流行起来的这首歌的歌词。某份遗书中抄录一段歌词本身或许并非是一桩离奇之事，离奇的是在后来的岁月中此歌据信要对超过100人的死亡事件负直接的责任（象“Hundreds of Hungarians Kill Themselves under the Influence of A Song”。这样近乎夸张的字眼曾经出现于纽约时报的头条）。很多自杀者临死之前总以这样或那样的方式与这首歌发生联系。 （三） 在匈牙利，有两名自杀者是在听吉普塞人演奏该曲时饮弹自尽的。另外，相当多的人赴多瑙河投河自尽时手里总是抓着《黑色的星期天》的乐谱，这其中包括一个14岁的小女孩。一位年过80的老人呜咽地哼唱着这首曲调从七层跳楼自杀。据报导，一名走出某夜总会的绅士用子弹把自己脑袋打开了花，而此前他刚刚请求夜总会的乐队为他演奏了《黑色的星期天》。更有一个流传颇广的报导涉及到作曲者 Rezso Seress 本人。据说，当该曲开始成为畅销歌曲时，Seress 与其前女友进行了联系并提出重聚的设想。未料想第二天这个女孩便服毒自杀了，其身旁的一张纸片上写着两个字：“Gloomy Sunday”。因为深信这首“自杀之歌”对人具有灾难性的影响，布达佩斯的警察们认为最好将其列为禁歌。 这首歌曲的作者 Rezso Seress 最终也未能逃脱厄运的诅咒。1968年冬季一个寒冷的日子，他在年近七十之际跳楼自杀了。据报导，Seress 是位个头矮小、生性诙谐的犹太裔男子，一个差劲的钢琴手，并一直为自己没有受过良好的音乐教育而感到遗憾。 他的一生，除二战期间被集中营关押过一阵外，主要是在布达佩斯的 Kispipa 酒店（“Kispipa” 英文直译作“Little Pipe”，即小管道）中度过的，在那儿他为客人演奏钢琴。由于身材矮小，他弹奏时整个身子被一架棕色的钢琴所遮挡。每当有新客人，特别是熟悉的朋友进来时，他就举起左手（其粗短的无名指上套着一个引人注目的金戒指），探出脑袋，面露滑稽的笑容表示欢迎。这种致意方式是他耍弄的一个滑头，以此来掩饰他事实上只会用右手弹奏曲子。据说，仅仅是为了炫耀，他时常弄来一些乐谱放在钢琴琴架上，并把自己的鼻子凑在琴架跟前，装出按谱弹奏的样子，而实际上他并不能熟练地读谱。 《黑色的星期天》一曲成名之后曾经有许多音乐、艺术名家和社会名流来看望他（或在他死后到酒店朝圣），这使得他的访客记录看起来就象是一本“二十世纪名人录”，其中来访的人物包括 Arthur Rubinstein，Jehudi Menuhin，Arturo Toscanini，Luchino Visconti，Spencer Tracy， Wallace Beery，Sonja Hennie，Nikita Khruschev，John Steinbeck，the Prince of Wales，Louis Armstrong，Ray Charles，Farah Dibah， the shah Reza Pahlavi，Paul Robeson，Cyrus Eaton，U Thant，Benjamino Gigli，Conrad Veidt， George Cukor， 等等等等。每当 Seress 被告知音乐界的某个大腕要来看他时，就会变得十分紧张，常常要花几天工夫躲在酒店厨房的尽头，在一块画有钢琴键的大切菜板上使劲地练习他的曲子。 （四） Seress 实际上以一种奇怪的方式过着双重生活。他以弹奏钢琴为生，但他的钢琴弹得很糟糕。他长相猥琐，可他太太 Helen 却是布达佩斯最漂亮的美人之一。Helen不仅仅比 Seress 高出几乎两头，而且还是个基督徒（在当时的欧洲基督徒很少与犹太人通婚）。为了嫁给 Seress，她居然离开了前夫，一名英俊富有的军官！Seress 因为创作《黑色的星期天》在全世界变得很出名，但他的一辈子都没有离开过布达佩斯（除了曾被赶进过集中营）。 Seress 一生都很贫穷，但他死后却在纽约的 Irving信托银行积存了几百万美元，这些钱是他生前无法支取的、别人支付给他的版税。1947-1950间在布达佩斯指挥了一系列音乐会和歌剧的 Perharps Otto Klemperer 曾经访问过 Kispipa 酒店，并在 Seress 的访客记录册上留下了这样的句子：“Er ist kein Musiker - er ist nur em Genie” (He is no musician - he is just a genius) ，意指Seress 够不上一个音乐家的称号，他仅仅是个天才。关于 Seress 自杀的原因，一种说法是他感到再也作不出象《黑色的星期天》那样的好曲子了，因此在长期的绝望之中选择了死亡。另传作者在临终前内疚的忏悔道：“没想到，这首乐曲给人类带来了如此多的灾难，让上帝在另一个世界来惩罚我的灵魂吧！” Billie Holiday 灌制的唱片极大地推动了《黑色的星期天》在世界范围内的传播。许多通俗乐队和歌手常在演出时将此曲作为保留节目。除了前面提到过的 Paul Robeson 与 Billie Holiday 外，尚有不计其数的艺人和乐队演唱或演奏过这首曲子。最近十年来该曲仍旧被歌手们不断地翻唱，并且它依然经常出现在一些爵士乐队的节目单中。
下面给大家拉个单子，都是历年中比较著名的自杀歌曲。绝对货真价实，童叟无欺，是在为自杀之首选歌曲。不信...听听看！
1.Sliverchair - Suicidal Dream
I dream about, how it's going to end,
Approaching me quickly,
Leaving a life of fear,
I only want my mind to be clear,
People, making fun of me,
For no reason but jealousy,
I fantasise about my death,
I'll kill myself from holding my breath,
My suicidal dream,
Voices telling me what to do,
My suicidal dream,
I'm sure you will get yours too
Help me, comfort me,
Stop me from feeling what I'm feeling now,
The rope is here,
Now I'll find a use,
I'll kill myself,
I'll put my head in a noose,
My suicidal dream,
Voices telling me what to do,
My suicidal dream,
I'm sure you will get yours too,
Dreamin' about my death, dream,
Suicidal, suicidal, suicidal dream,
I'm suicidal,
Suicidal dream,
2.Papa Roach - Last Resort
She came from Providence,
the one in Rhode Island
Where the old world shadows hang
heavy in the air
She packed her hopes and dreams
like a refugee
Just as her father came across the sea
She heard about a place people were smilin´
They spoke about the red man´s way,
and how they loved the land
And they came from everywhere
to the Great Divide
Seeking a place to stand
or a place to hide
Down in the crowded bars,
out for a good time,
Can´t wait to tell you all,
what it´s like up there
And they called it paradise
I don´t know why
Somebody laid the mountains low
while the town got high
Then the chilly winds blew down
Across the desert
through the canyons of the coast, to
the Malibu
Where the pretty people play,
hungry for power
to light their neon way
and give them things to do
Some rich men came and raped the land,
Nobody caught ´em
Put up a bunch of ugly boxes, and Jesus,
people bought ´em
And they called it paradise
The place to be
They watched the hazy sun, sinking in the sea
You can leave it all behind
and sail to Lahaina
just like the missionaries did, so many years ago
They even brought a neon sign: "Jesus is coming"
Brought the white man´s burden down
Brought the white man´s reign
Who will provide the grand design?
What is yours and what is mine?
´Cause there is no more new frontier
We have got to make it here
We satisfy our endless needs and
justify our bloody deeds,
in the name of destiny and the name
of God
And you can see them there,
On Sunday morning
They stand up and sing about
what it´s like up there
They call it paradise
I don´t know why
You call someplace paradise,
kiss it goodbye
3.Metallica - Fade to Black
一位少年自杀后留下的遗言要求在葬礼上播放Metallica的一首内容关于企图自杀的歌曲《Fade To Black》，并引起其它少年自杀者的效仿，不少人在遗书上抄录了这首歌的歌词。虽然Lars辩解说，他们在几年内收到过几千封来信说Fade To Black如何给了他们生存的勇气。但乐队不得不在这一时期内经常面对媒体的责难。
life it seems, will fade away
drifting further every day
getting lost within myself
nothing matters no one else
i have lost the will to live
simply nothing more to give
there is nothing more for me
need the end to set me free
things are not what they used to be
missing one inside of me
deathly lost, this cant be real
cannot stand this hell i feel
emptiness is filing me
to the point of agony
growing darkness taking dawn
i was me, but now hes gone
no one but me can save myself, but it to late
now i cant think, think why i should even try
yesterday seems as though it never existed
death greets me warm, now i will just say good-bye
生活看上去就要消失了
每天都向着远方飘去
在我心中，一切都在失去
什么都是这样，没有人能够例外
我已经没有了生活的勇气
在没什么能够给我
也没什么是因为我而存在
是需要一个终点让我自由的时候了
事情已经不是他们所习惯的了
我失去了一个最重要的东西
让人窒息的失落，这不会是真实的
不能存活在这地狱当中
空虚缠绕着我
在这痛苦的顶点
越来越沉重的黑暗开始降落
我曾是我，可现在他走了
没有人除了我自己可以拯救自己，可太迟了
现在我不能思考，思考为什么我不能试着改变
昨天好象没有存在过一般
死亡的问题是如此温暖，现在我要说再见了
4.Ozzy Osbourne - Suicide Solution
5.The Cure - One Hundred Years
6.The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
在这首著名的There is a light, That Never Goes out中，那种罗曼蒂克的、英雄主义的氛围盘旋着，一种无望之后的希望，那一点亮光，是绝望里的一个美好象征。“Oh God / my chance has come at last”“take me anywhere，I don't care / just driving in your car / I never never want to go home / because I haven't got one / I haven't got one”。
Take me out tonight
Where there's music and there's people
And they're young and alive
Driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because i haven't got one
Anymore
Take me out tonight
Because i want to see people and i
Want to see life
Driving in your car
Oh, please don't drop me home
Because it's not my home, it's their
Home, and i'm welcome no more
And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten-ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine
Take me out tonight
Take me anywhere, i don't care
I don't care, i don't care
And in the darkened underpass
I thought oh god, my chance has come at last
(but then a strange fear gripped me and i
Just couldn't ask)
Take me out tonight
Oh, take me anywhere, i don't care
I don't care, i don't care
Driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because i haven't got one, da ...
Oh, i haven't got one
And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten-ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine
Oh, there is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
7.The Addicts - Easy Way Out
we've all been born
to live our lives in security
how do we know if we'll die
or if we will recover
from day to day
we live our lives the same way
no money to hold in our hands
and no time to spend it
do i chose the easy way out
to do my body some harm
cut my throat and slashed my wrist
i even tried electricity
cut my throat
slashed my wrist
it was the easy way out
8.Baby Caylor - Suicide
9.AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Livin´ easy, lovin´ free
Season ticket on a one-way ride
Asking nothing, leave me be
Taking everything in my stride
Don´t need reason, don´t need rhyme
Ain´t nothing I would rather do
Going down, party time
My friends are gonna be there too
I´m on the highway to hell
No stop signs, speed limit
Nobody´s gonna slow me down
Like a wheel, gonna spin it
Nobody´s gonna mess me round
Hey Satan, payed my dues
Playing in a rocking band
Hey Momma, look at me
I´m on my way to the promised land
I´m on the highway to hell
(Don´t stop me)
And I´m going down, all the way down
I´m on the highway to hell
10.Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours
Girl of sixteen, whole life ahead of her
Slashed her wrists, bored with life
Didn't succeed, thank the lord
For small mercies
Fighting back the tears, mother reads the note again
Sixteen candles burn in her mind
She takes the blame, it's always the same
She goes down on her knees and prays
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But i think that god's got a sick sense of humor
And when i die i expect to find him laughing
Girl of eighteen, fell in love with everything
Found new life in jesus christ
Hit by a car, ended up
On a life support machine
Summer's day, as she passed away
Birds were singing in the summer sky
Then came the rain, and once again
A tear fell from her mother's eyes
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But i think that god's got a sick sense of humor
And when i die i expect to find him laughing
11.U2 - A Day Without Me
Starting a landslide in my ego
Look from the outside
To the world I left behind
I´m dreaming
You´re awake
If I were sleeping
What´s at stake
A day without me
Whatever the feelings
I keep feeling
What are the feelings
You left behind
Today´s a day without me
I started a landslide in my ego
Look from the outside
To the world I left behind
In the world I left behind
Wipe their eyes, and then let go
To the world I left behind
Shed a tear, and then let go...
12.311 - Beyond The Gray Sky
It is a gift I know
A moment of bliss that we hold
A firecracker flash of light then on
To the next plane soul remain
Come along if you dare
It's gonna be that you're scared
Lovely life I thank you
For the reason to see the pain through
Light a candle for the dead
The wick is burning returning what we have
It's who we are
We'll reach you if you're beyond the furthest star
Don't give up the fight to stay alive and even if
you have to
Find the reason of another's pain if they lose you
If not for your self then those around who care
like I do
One day you'll see the clear blue
Beyond the Gray Sky
Light a candle...
The wick...
It's who we are...
One day you铆ll see the clear blue
Beyond the Gray Sky
I can't believe you didn铆t call
What made you want to end it all
Wasn't there something I should have tried
To help you see beyond the gray sky
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