Chapter 24 Murakami Music Examination

Murakami's novels have always been full of music, and more of them are rock and jazz in the 1960s. The translations of Lin Shaohua and Lai Mingzhu seem to be not good at this aspect. In order for you to better integrate into the atmosphere when reading, I plan to put these It must have taken a long time to sort out the music, but it was a very pleasant thing for me.This article involves four parts of Haruki Murakami's works, namely,,,,. ① Brook Benton——Rainy night in Georgia This is also one of my personal favorite singers. This song "Rain in Georgia" is sad and moving. Many jazz masters have played or sung it, but only Brook Benton sang it so painfully.

A rainy night in Georgia, such a rainy night in Georgia, Lord, I believe it's rainin' all over the world, I feel like it's rainin' all over the world. ② Beach Boys California girls American music in the 1960s was full of optimism, as if world peace was around us. Of course, this was just a dream, far away from the reality around us. "California Girl" by the Beach Boys is the representative song of this era. It was published in April 1965 and is still popular until now. ③ Glenn Gould——Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 (1959) In the version of Beethoven Steel Association 3, I personally don't like Gould's version. If I want to recommend it, I recommend Ashkenazy's version.

④ Miles Davis——A gal in calico This is the classic recording of the Miles Davis Quartet in July 1955. Both Miles Davis' solo and the band's performance are impeccable.The unspeakable sadness is very suitable for the atmosphere of Murakami's novel. ⑤ Bob Dylan——Nashville Skyline Rag The title song of Bob Dylan's 1969 album Nashville Skyline, the appearance of Johnny Cash in it makes this album have a very strong country music taste. ⑥ Morden Jazz Quartet This band, nicknamed the Rolls Royce of jazz bands, has been established for nearly 50 years and is very good.Its predecessor was the Milt Jackson Quartet, which was formally established in 1952 and is known for its bold and innovative yet very beautiful playing.

⑦Marvin Gaye Black R&B musicians.In its 45 years of life left countless famous songs.He has a sentence that I have always been very impressed with, I was making a lot of money but that didn't seem to help my somewhat empty life I love it. ⑧Elvis Presley Elvis appears in two songs in this book. Return to Sender and Good Luck Charm. The lyrics of Return To Sender are written very helplessly, repeating "Return to sender, address unknown, no such number, no such zone" over and over again. ⑨Paul McCartney——Average Person This song seems to be a BUG. Paul only released this song in the 1980s, but the background of Good Wind Changyin is the late 1960s.All that aside, this song is one of Paul McCartney's finest. Look at the average person, Speak to the man in the street, Can you imagine the first one you'd meet?

⑩Elton John——Spirit In The Sky At that time, Elton John was still a young man with bright eyes and ideals, not reduced to writing a pile of garbage purely for money. This song was released in the late 60s. ⑪Roy Orbison——Lonely Girl Although he appeared at the same time as Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash, he took a completely different road to country pop and rock. Published Another Lonely Girl in 1961. ⑫Peter Paul and Mary A folk group established 40 years ago, debuted in a cafe in Greenwich Village, with countless famous songs, such as Puff, The Magic Dragon, where all the flowers gone and so on, which they learned in English class.

⑬ Mantovani An old light music band, famous for its gorgeous string music.Not much to say. 1973 is a very distant time when I think about it now. The song of the year was Roberta Flack's killing me softly with his song. The Vietnam War ended. George Lucas filmed "American Graffiti". I was just born. Music mentioned in the book includes classical, jazz, and period pop. ① Vivaldi——L'estro armonico (harmonious fantasy) Vivaldi's famous work, which is also one of the representative works of the Baroque era, is a concerto composed of 12 parts. Vivaldi's most performed work is the Four Seasons Concerto. Relatively speaking, the version of this work is much rarer. As far as the few versions I have heard, I recommend the version conducted by Neville Marriner published by DECCA.

② Haydn——Sonata in G minor Haydn's Sonata in G minor should refer to his Sonata No. 44, composed about 1769, a lyrical and light-hearted piece, but rather unknown.I only have one version, and it's in a compilation. ③ Beatles——Penny Lane In Lin Shaohua's version, it was translated into penny rain. I was quite confused at first, but after reading the original text, I realized that it was because I mistaken Lane and Rain, which have similar pronunciations. Penny Lane is one of the Beatles' famous songs, with a bit of nostalgia in it. ④ Rick Nelson——Hello Mary Lou 1940-1985, one of the pioneers of rock music, very handsome man.Although in the shadow of Elvis Presley, he still created his own sky, the book Hello Mary Lou is a 1961 work.But what I always remember is another part of his lyrics: When they claim my body, they won't have much to say. Except that he lived a good life, he lived every day. And you know he saw the sunshine, and you know he felt the rain. He loved everybody, And he hopes you do the same. Only a genius can write such a verse, but unfortunately he died, we are still alive.

⑤Bobby Vee——Rubberball He was also a rock youth in the 1960s, and "Rubber Ball" was his top work in early 1961.The lyrics probably say, "I wait for life to be like a rubber ball, it just bounces around anyway. It's helpless." ⑥ Stan Getz——Jumping with Symphony Sid My favorite jazz musician, saxophonist, one of the heads of Bossa Nova, one of the representatives of the West Coast, in short, he is an authentic fierce man.This song was recorded in 1957, and the accompaniment is also Jimmy Raney, Al Haig, Teddy Kotick, Tiny Kahn.Now it is impossible to gather so many masters.

⑦ Charlie Parker——Just Friends A 1949 piece, a Charlie Parker classic.Basically every Charlie Parker selection is available. ⑧ Handle He is also a musician of the Baroque era. I guess the wooden flute sonata mentioned in the book should be the flute sonata No. 5. There are several pan flute versions of this piece, but we cannot be sure. ⑨Beatles——Rubber Soul One of the best records of the Beatles, the famous song Michelle is from this album.Needless to say. ⑩ Stephen Foster——Black Old Joe The work of Stephen Foster, the patriarch of American folk songs, "Oh, Susanna" is written by him. The lyrics of this old black jazz are quite sad, but it fits the atmosphere of Murakami very well. Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay, Gone are my friends from the cotton fields away, Gone from the earth to a better land I know, I hear their gentle voices calling "Old Black Joe." On my level, It is difficult to translate into Chinese without losing the original meaning.

⑪ Richard Harris——MacArthur Park Jimmy Webb wrote a song for Richard Harris in 1968, which was number two that year.The lyrics are obscure, and there are even several books devoted to it, which can be regarded as a record.But from the literal and melodic point of view, it is still a very beautiful song. MacArthur Park is melting in the dark, All the sweet, green icing flowing down. ⑫ Pat Boone Translated from Taiwan as Bai Pan, his fame was below that of Elvis Presley in the 1950s. From 1952 to 1962, his name did not appear on the charts. Since the 1980s, it has been an evergreen tree to turn to the Gospel style. Love Letters in the Sand is worth listening to.

⑬Bobby Darin Born in 1936, died in 1973.One of the representatives of old school love songs.The singing voice is slightly sweet and jumpy. I recommend a song I'll be there. ⑭ Platters Since Tang Seng sang Only You, I dare not play Platters, otherwise someone will definitely ask me when there will be an English version of Westward Journey.In addition to Only You, Platters' Smoke Gets In Your Eyes is not low in play rate. Platters is generally translated as Wuheibao, founded in 1953, is a good black harmony singing group, much higher than the current boys. Murakami's works are my personal favorite, followed by this book.It feels like a very helpless book. The protagonist uses various methods to determine his own existence, but he cannot break through. "In the dark, I think of the rain falling on the sea, the rain that falls silently on the vast sea, without anyone knowing. The rain hits the sea quietly, and the fish don't even notice it. I always I was thinking about this ocean until someone came and put his hand gently on my back." Most of the music in the book is classical music and jazz, and it is much simpler to organize. ① South of the Border, East of the Sun The title track of this book, this song is the theme song of the movie South of the Border by the great cowboy singer Gene Autry.It is very interesting that Nat King Cole did not sing this song, but many jazz, country and pop masters have performed it, such as Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Don McLean, Herb Alpert, Willie Nelson, Pasty Cline, etc. It is recommended to put these I found all versions to listen to, because they are all very good. ② Rossini——Overtures Rossini wrote many overtures in his life, the most famous of which is of course "William Tell Overture". Decca's two-piece version Rossini: 14 Overtures is a collectible version, conducted in 1995 by Riccardo Chailly. ③ Beethovan——Pastoral The most beautiful pastoral, the pinnacle of romanticism.Not much to say, my favorite versions are Walter Koster's and Georg Solti's, especially Solti's, I suggest you go and listen to Decca's 90's, you won't be disappointed. ④ Edvard Greig——Peer Gynt Suite Unlike Grieg's other works, Peer Gynt's melody is very catchy, and many people's mobile phone ringtones now use the main theme of the first part of "Morning".Karajan's version is my favorite, but this version has a shortcoming, that is, in the 4th verse, the band's playing is too loose (purely personal opinion).Also, Raymond Leppard in Philips' affordable duo is pretty good too. ⑤ Frank Liszt——Piano Concerto 1 and 2 I like the version of Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and of course Abbado's version published by DG is also very good. ⑥ Nat King Cole——Pretend Nat King Cole's famous songs, his best selections are basically included. In 1953, it reached the second place in the monthly list. The interesting thing is that this song has been sung by many people, and they have all been on the list.But only this version, sung by Nat King Cole's sculpted voice, survives to this day.The lyrics are very melancholy: Pretend you're happy when you're blue, It isn't very hard to do. And you'll find happiness without an end, Whenever you pretend. ⑦ Bing Crosby——Christmas Bing Crosby loves to sing Christmas songs. There are about 20 various anthologies. It seems that Americans spend Christmas listening to his songs. There are two anthologies available for sale on the D version: Very Best of Bing Crosby Chris and Voice of Christmas, which are very warm. ⑧ Divertimento A relaxed and pleasant suite, this genre of music is vast both in terms of composition and performance, I personally recommend one: Mozart's Divertimento in E-Flat Major played by L'Archibudelli, I recommend this piece, as long as you can To accept the classics, you should go and listen to them. ⑨ Duke Ellington——Star Crossed Lovers One of the Shakespeare suites written by Duke called Such Sweet Thunder. Duke is really an incomparable genius. This suite combines classical forms and jazz tunes. Shakespeare Memorial Convention.When it was premiered, it was mainly played by Johnny Hodges and Paul Gonsalves. Johnny played Juliet on alto sax and Paul played Romeo on tenor sax. It was absolutely heartbreaking. In 1999, Sony launched the reprocessed CD version of Such Sweet Thunder, which is worth collecting. ⑩ Embraceable You One of the famous jazz songs, it can be regarded as a must play.From Billie Holiday to Frank Sinatra, including Nat King Cole, Dinah Washington, Judy Garland, Andy Williams, Dinah Shore, etc., there are versions, and they are all worth listening to. ⑪Talking Heads——Burning Down The House Talking Heads is a rock group established in 1974, with extremely diverse styles, ranging from art rock, funk, polyrhythm, world music to single guitar accompaniment, and disbanded in 1991.This song has also been covered by many people, such as Tom Jones, Bonnit Raitt. ⑫ Time Goes By Casablanca's theme song is the one that plays after Humphrey Bogart says "Play it again, Sam".It is also one of the must play, and there are versions for various big names. Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Eroll Gardner, Billie Holiday, etc., and even John Lennon's version. I don’t know if anyone feels it, it feels a lot like an American hard-core detective novel, and the protagonist’s lines seem to be drawn from Raymond Chandler’s novels. This book mainly refers to rock and jazz. ①The Doors The Doors, there's not much more to say. Jim MorrisonVan Morrison, my idol forever, I watched the movie The Doors with tears in my eyes. ② Rolling Stone The Rolling Stones don't have anything to say, but Mick has been a bit late these years, the songs are ugly, the movies are ugly, and his wife is looking more and more beautiful. ③ The Byrds A few days ago someone asked about the song Turn Turn Turn in the movie, which is the work of this band.Although they were almost overshadowed by the Beatles and Rolling Stone in the mid-60s, people have now compared them to them. The best thing about the Byrds is their lyrics, which is fully reflected in their Mr. Tambourine Man album. ④ Deep Purple A hard rock band that has come and gone with a lot of members and has ties to a lot of metal bands.I was a big fan of them in college, and I can still hum the tune of Perfect Strangers. ⑤ Boz Scaggs A rock guitarist, he has been active since the 1950s, and his golden age was from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s.