聽聽誰是你的菜 | 年末勁爆音樂大盤點（一）

聽聽誰是你的菜 | 年末勁爆音樂大盤點（一）

YOYO說旅行--《馳騁大東歐》暫告一段落啦~錯過全六集（克羅地亞、阿爾巴尼亞、“玫瑰之國”保加利亞、羅馬尼亞、斯洛伐克和詩情畫意的綠色波蘭）的朋友們可在本專欄查看往期文章哦。

上周，YOYO老師推出了新節(jié)目《YOYO聊音樂》開篇--業(yè)界良心之 BBC Music Sound of the New Year Longlist. 想看的童鞋可以點擊“”，從第一集追隨YOYO的音樂之旅吧~~

大家好，我是YOYO

上一期咱們研究了權(quán)威音樂人榜單 BBC Music Sound 的2016年版本 (BBC Music Sound of 2016 longlist)。相信各位對于來年有哪些 solo artists 和 groups 既能成為廣大 music lovers 的心頭愛，又能贏得嚴(yán)苛的 critics 青睞，同時還能兼顧 chart 紅紅火火，應(yīng)該已經(jīng)心知肚明；至少我們知道，這份由各種大咖級 DJs, critics and writers 坐鎮(zhèn)的榜單共提名了15枚，其中 solo acts 居多，各種 sub-genres of pop 居多，而 group 較少，rock 較冷（上期答案就在以上內(nèi)容中）。

這周，咱們則將回溯2015年的這份名單。原因有三：

第一，它讓咱們聽到更多好音樂。雖然2015年即將過去，但是名單中諸位天才音樂人及他們的作品的熱度絲毫未減；

第二，它讓大家了解腐國音樂走向。加上上周的2016版本，我們即將擁有兩份名單，這將使我們對當(dāng)今英國樂壇的現(xiàn)狀和趨勢都更加了解；

第三，它是雅思口語的優(yōu)質(zhì)資源。因為它不僅提供 longlist，還自帶幾乎所有藝人的 description，內(nèi)含 genre, feel, background, career, experiences, circle 等 Music 話題的各種高分表達(dá)，真心不容錯過。

老規(guī)矩，在看小文前，還請各位先關(guān)注以下兩個要點——相對上周的問題而言，這兩個要點會 open 許多，不過，它同樣會使你的閱讀更高效。

一. 文中描述 James Bay, George The Poets, 和 Rae Morris 時，分別談到了哪些方面的信息（比如 style of music, educational background, etc.）？

二. 作者為了證明該榜單的權(quán)威性，采用了哪些手段？

答案將在下期【YOYO說句】部分揭曉；現(xiàn)在，就請各位展開對 2015 longlist 的探索吧~

BBC Music Sound of 2015 longlist revealed

Solo artists such as James Bay, George The Poet and Raury make up most of this year's list of musicians tipped for big things in 2015

Tim Jonze

James Bay, Kwabs and George The Poet are among the names to feature on next year's BBC Music Sound Of 2015 longlist.

The poll, which aims to predict the artists likely to make a splash over the coming 12 months, mirrors last year in being dominated by solo artists, with Låpsley, Novelist, Rae Morris, Raury, Shamir, Shura, SOAK and Stormzy among the names on the list. The groups Sunset Sons, Wolf Alice, Slaves and Years and Years make up the full longlist.

Singer songwriter James Bay is likely to emerge as the favourite to win – his gentle folk-pop marks him out as in a similar vein to chart favourite Ed Sheeran. Bay also recently received a nomination for the Brits Critics Choice award, along with George The Poet and Years and Years, and it should be noted that last year's BBC Sound of 2014 poll winner, Sam Smith, won the Brits Critics' Choice Award too.

Tipped for 2015 ... James Bay Photograph: Maria Jefferis/Redferns via Getty Images

Several names stand out from the list. With rock music virtually ignored, the primal, punky sound of duo Slaves set them apart. The Kent group's music is reminiscent of groups like the Fall, as well as this year's culttwo-piece Sleaford Mods.

Elsewhere, the spoken word music of George The Poet could be likened to that of Kate Tempest. Born George Mpanga, the 23 year old's journey has taken him from a north London council estate to Cambridge University. Rae Morris is a songwriter from Blackpool who has worked with artists such as classical/dance chart toppers Clean Bandit and indie group Bombay Bicycle Club. Novelist is a teenage grime rapper and producer from South London who is at the forefront of the current grime revival.

Of the 15 artists on the longlist, 13 hail from the UK. Atlanta artist Raury is one of the exceptions, and his intriguing mixture of folk, hip hop and psychedelia makes his sound harder to pin down than most on the list. Sunset Sons feature British and Australian members and have been described, somewhat alarmingly, as being “quite the storm among Europe's surfing community”.

Around 140 music industry experts were polled by the BBC, including journalists, DJs and bloggers. Past winners have included Adele, Jessie J and Ellie Goulding, as well as the likes of 50 Cent, Keane and Haim.

BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens said: “It's always an exciting time of year to take stock and look at what might be making us dance, cry and jump for joy into the year ahead. I'm excited because there are a lot of artists I and my fellow DJs have supported on the list, and it's another great chance to share the music we love with an even bigger audience”.

The winner will be announced on Friday 9 January after a countdown of the top five.

The full list
George The Poet
James Bay
Kwabs
Låpsley
Novelist
Rae Morris
Raury
Shamir
Shura
Slaves
SOAK
Stormzy
Sunset Sons
Wolf Alice
Years & Years

YOYO聊音樂

folk-popFolk的一種sub-genre；曲如其名，一面是folk之火，一面是pop之潮。究竟是一種什么樣的體驗？用名單中JamesBay的一首歌來感受一下吧（）                       
                        
If You Ever Want To Be In Love
                        
James Bay - If You Ever Want To Be In Love           
            
需要說明的是，這里提到的民謠 Folk，指的是20世紀(jì)中期的 Folk Revival之后產(chǎn)生的 contemporary folk music，或稱 folk revival music；它雖然與真正的民樂 traditional folk 有些淵源，但二者的區(qū)別在更多情況下會讓你忽略掉這點淵源——如果說民樂更原生態(tài)，更純粹的話，當(dāng)代的民謠則更加多元化。除了 folk-pop 之外，還包括 folk rock, folk metal, electric folk 等各種融合曲風(fēng)。

Punk 朋克，也有叫龐克的，上世紀(jì)七十年代中期產(chǎn)物，應(yīng)該可以算是搖滾樂中最為簡單原始的一種。從音樂技巧上說，朋克值得關(guān)注的地方實在不能算多，不過它歌詞中滿溢的反抗精神，以及表演者和表演本身反主流要解放的姿態(tài)，吸引了大批年輕粉絲擁護(hù)并踐行著朋克文化。

psychedelia 迷幻音樂。也是太 general 的一個 genre 了，其實它也包括很多 subgenres，像是 psychedelia rock, psychedelia pop, psychedelia hip-hop, psychedelia soul, psychedelia folk, psychedelia electronic 等。

不過可惜這種音樂如今已然式微——哪怕經(jīng)過了 revival，卻仍無法回到上世紀(jì)六十年代那曾經(jīng)的輝煌�，F(xiàn)在更多是以元素的形式保存在其他風(fēng)格的音樂中。

雖然名為 psycheledia，但真的聽過之后可能會感覺并沒有本義所描述的那么重口，這種風(fēng)格反而更為“流暢”，并“嘗試將印第安音樂，東方音樂以及自由風(fēng)格的爵士樂等各種元素雜揉起來”，并且融合“另類的電子樂和合成效果”（）。

各位想嘗試的話從PinkFloyd的專輯《TheEndlessRiver》開始就好（），下面給大家試聽幾首，有興趣的可以自己去搜索哦：                                                                                 
                        
Side 1, Pt. 1: Things Left Unsaid
                        
Pink Floyd - The Endless River                               
                        
Side 1, Pt. 2: It's What We Do
                        
Pink Floyd - The Endless River                                            

YOYO說詞
feature 成為重頭戲，擔(dān)任重要角色

make a splash over 在…掀起狂瀾/引發(fā)熱潮（想想水花四濺的模樣，真是形象的表達(dá)），與后文 ’quite a storm among’ 異曲同工

mirrors照鏡子是一種什么樣的體驗？就是一樣一樣一樣的！還記得上周小文中是哪個短語 paraphrase 它嗎? 對，就是– ‘As with previous years’

make up（共同）組成

Singer songwriter 唱作型歌手

emerge as 本義是“浮出”，不過想象一下，于如此眾多的藝人當(dāng)中還能受人肯定，用“脫穎而出”來解釋也許更合適；文中相似用法還包括：mark sb.out, stand out, set sb. apart 等

in a similar vein to 一脈相承；不過聯(lián)系上下文，實際上就是指 James Bay 的音樂從曲風(fēng)上來說，與已成巨星好幾年的 Ed Sheeran 非常相似，或者說前者讓人想到了后者；此語境中與此相似的用法，后文中還包括 is reminiscent of 和 be likened to

Ed Sheeran

Virtually 簡直是，真的是，其實是

the primal, punky sound 原始的朋克之音

duo 二人（組），類似用法還包括后文的 two-piece

cult 部分人所狂熱追求的，為特定人群極度歡迎的

the spoken word music 對說唱樂非常棒的一個 paraphrase

at the forefront of 在前沿

hail from 表示‘來自…’的正式用法，逼格很高

pin down 下定義（到底是個神馬風(fēng)格）

alarmingly（表示引用的那種描述說的）讓人怕怕

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