一直以來對於hiphop都有種難以解釋的排斥
尤其是在看到Billboard上面充斥著hiphop的時候都有種無以名狀的氣悶
心中一直很疑惑早期剛接觸西洋音樂時候的那些聲音難道都是只有在台灣才算流行嗎?
也因為這樣讓我對於很多被冠上hiphop的歌手先有一種先入為主的拒絕心態
就連去年usher當紅的時候我也抱持著一樣的看法
而這心態到底什麼時候起了微妙的變化的?!連自己也不知道
或許是因最近對流行不得不注意吧!也可能是因為天氣不錯心情不錯就姑且聽之吧!
誰知道呢?!

但是就在聽到Akon的這首Lonely的時候我確認的確有了大變化了

說實話這一首歌在那麼多的HIPHOP或是R&B的作品中並不算特別出色就算在Akon的這一張Trouble的專輯中他也不算是最好的一首
但卻是改變我想法的一首歌不得不記下這樣的轉折

初次聽到這歌雖然知道是經過處理的但是一開始的聲音的確吸引了我
而且有種非常熟悉的感覺我幾乎可以肯定有翻唱或是借用別人的歌曲
很奇妙的是一向最討厭經過loop的聲音的我竟然覺得這一段顫音挺可愛的
當時就覺得這首歌應該滿通俗能夠受到歡迎的甚至可以當成芭樂歌曲了
找了下資料後發現這一首歌是Akon的英國美國的打榜歌曲
在美國他的第二首單曲Ghetto表現不算很好所以在英國就以這首Lonely在作為打榜的單曲了
果不其然還真讓他衝上了榜首的位置了
而這一個冠軍距離他這張專輯的發行足足有將近一年的時間了
這讓我產生了更大的興趣了因為這張專輯該算是張慢熱型的專輯了

LONELY這歌的MTV也有點意思
一開始的掌聲後出現後的竟然是一個是面對空盪盪的舞台和聽眾席後的落寞
翻唱自Bobby Vinton在1964年的一首老歌Mr Lonely
加上了段不算挺難懂的RAP
歌詞就只是很簡單的因為愛人離去後獨嘗寂寞而自責懊悔
AKON的這張專輯從Locked Up到後來的Ghetto都算能讓人覺得舒服而輕易接受的旋律
到了Lonely算是集了大成...配合了抒情的旋律讓這首lonely更能琅琅上口
讓Bobby Vinton當年那首悲情的Mr Lonely換了個不同的味道
有點像是時代在變連面對悲傷寂寞的表現都有點不同了

仔細聽過Akon的專輯後發現稱呼他為RAP歌手實在不太正確
Akon的 rap並不算特別地道而且有些顯得無精打采的
而且更多時候偏向R&B的節奏還多一些
但是說他是r&b又不夠純正
就像大家說的一樣他或許不是一個很好的歌手
他的聲音或許也沒那麼的好
但這一張專輯其實滿耐聽的再發行一年的時間還能有這樣的表現就足以說明了

在看過Akon的相關資料後卻讓我聯想到宋岳庭
同樣因為牢獄之災而激發創作才能在音樂中宣泄牢中生活的苦悶與對生命的感悟
只不過宋岳庭可以說是誤交損友而被陷害,Akon卻是因為吸毒而被關呢!!
相較而言同情心該偏像哪邊好像也早能知曉
但是在東方嚴苛的倫理標準下像Akon這樣的故事大概很難發生
經過了監獄之後還能夠被接受甚至成為大明星
宋岳庭若不是英年早逝我也很懷疑他的作品能否像現在這般的被傳頌
所以這樣說來高唱Lonely的人在另一種層面上反而不見得非常Lonely了

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Lonely I'm Mr. lonely,
I have nobody,
For my owwnnn
I’m so lonely,
I’m Mr. Lonely
I have nobody,
For my owwnnn
I’m so lonely,

Yo, this one here,
Goes out to all my playas out there, man, ya kno
you gotta have that one good girl
That’s always been there man like
Took all the bullshit
Then one day she can’t take it no more
And decides to leave

Yeah
I woke up in the middle of the night
And I noticed my girl wasn't by my side,
Coulda sworn I was dreamin,
For her I was feelin,
So I had to take a little ride,
Back tracking ova these few years,
Tryna figure out what I do to make it go bad,
Cuz Ever since my girl left me,
My whole life came crashin

I’m so lonely (so lonely),
I’m Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own) girl

I’m so lonely (so lonely)
I’m Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own) girl

Cant believe I hadda girl like you
And I just let you walk right outta my life,
After all I put u thru u still stuck
Around and stayed by my side,
What really hurt me is I broke ur heart, baby
You a good girl and I had no right,
I Really wanna make things right,
Cuz, without u in my life girl

I’m so lonely (so lonely)
I’m Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own) girl

I’m so lonely (so lonely)
I’m Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own) girl

Been all about the world ain't neva met a girl
That can take the things that you been through
Never thought the day would come
Where you'd get up and run
And I would be out chasing u
Cuz aint nowhere in the globe id rather be,
Aint no one in the globe I’d rather see
Then the girl of my dreams that made me be
so happy but now so lonely

lonely (so lonely)
I’m Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own)

I’m so lonely (so lonely)
I’m Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own) girrll

Never thought that id be alone (be alone),
I didn’t think you'd be gone this long,
I jus want u to call my phone,
So stop playing girl and
Come on home (come on home),
Baby girl I didn't mean to shout,
I want me and you to work it out, (work it out)
I never wished Id ever
Hurt my baby (Hurt my baby)
And it’s drivin me crazy cuz...

I’m so lonely (so lonely)
I’m Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own)

I’m so lonely (so lonely)
I’m Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own) girl

Lonely, so lonely
So lonely, (so lonely),
Mr. Lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, (so lonely), Mr. Lonely