如同白開水潤喉止渴朗朗上口的Singalongsong
2008/12/30 自由時報娛樂版刊載了一段方大同音樂創作的經驗談,提到他偏愛在農曆年前兩週密集地創作,而陪著他雞鳴則起從早到晚關在練功房裡的,有一把吉他、一架鋼琴,和一些白開水。前些時候,雪花糖透過廣播聽到Hi FM夜貓DJ丹尼斯老闆轉述華納工作人員與方大同合作的感想,說他就像一個準時交功課的模範學生,每天都會完成預定的工作進度交給唱片公司。
父親是職業鼓手,母親是填詞人如嵐,Soulboy方大同血液裡流動著與生俱來的音樂DNA。4歲學打鼓,5歲時受到50年代Rock'’n Roll傳奇歌手Ritchie Valens的傳記電影啟蒙,開啟了他的音樂視野;15歲自學吉他,18歲自學彈琴,生命與音樂密不可分的方大同尤其鍾愛50至70年代的懷舊藍調、靈魂等黑人音樂。由此看來,方大同具有如此龐大的音樂創作能量,除了天賦異稟的遺傳及環境耳濡目染,也來自每天每天嚴以律己的學習與規律生活。
在華納唱片的專輯網頁,大同提到他和音樂的關係是「當我在寫歌時和編曲時,我腦裏早已有一個完整清晰的影像,知道歌曲由頭至結束時我想要的聲音和感覺是怎樣,而這些創作多是回到70年代我喜愛的synths和電子鋼琴的音樂風格。」
Babyface的音樂令方大同踏上了創作之路,而就像黑人同胞擁有天生的音樂細胞和靈魂嗓音,方大同的音樂創作也彷彿是渾然天成,來自上天的禮物。日前在香港電台專訪裡,他提到【橙月】專輯的第一首歌《Singalongsong》就是這麼一首神來一筆的創作,因為這首歌從開始寫歌到完成,中間休息喝水,前前後後只花了30分鐘,就已經完成作曲、編曲,以及七成左右的歌詞。
這首信手拈來的《Singalongsong》,超強的MELODY就像偶然碰上的天降甘霖,或是一掬深山雪水,清澈透明毫無雜質。如人飲水,冷暖自知,這是一首讓人感受深刻的好歌,是方大同為你寫的歌,像喝白開水那般自然隨和,潤喉且滿足靈魂的渴,儘管敞開喉嚨跟大同一起唱著,無需忐忑。
'Cuz this is a song for everybody to sing along...
Singalongsong
曲/詞/唱 : 方大同
I wrote this song it's not too long cos' I've been thinking 'about you
I wrote this song maybe I'm wrong To be caught up about you
Well I don't know what you think 'bout me Maybe you think nothing at all
But maybe you could just lie to me And we could be in love you see
Oh it's a singalong song that's not too long It's when I think about you that I hear songs
And you can singalong maybe if you want to Cos'baby I wrote this I wrote this for you
I wrote this song it's not too long Cos' I'm the one who loves you
I wrote this song this can't be wrong I don't wanna smile without you
Well I just want to make you happy but maybe you want nothing at all
and how I wish that you're meant to be forever and a day with me
Oh it's a singalong song that's not too long It's when I think about you that I hear songs
And you can singalong maybe if you want to Cos'baby I wrote this for you
In everyway you mean more to me than you'll ever know
girl I'll do my best to show these words are true
and if you'd like to make a song and be a perfect harmony with me
I'd find the greatest words to sing so we could write our own romance
Oh it's a singalong song that's not too long It's when I think about you that I hear songs
And you can singalong maybe if you want to Cos'baby I wrote this I wrote this for you
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