Lisa Germano

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风格: #梦幻流行　#慢核
地区: United States of America 美国

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出生时间： 1958

国籍：美国

风格类型：Alternative Pop/Rock（另类流行/摇滚） Dream Pop（梦幻流行）

如果你了解Lisa Germano的音乐.....

....你会知道"Excepts From A Love Circus"不是一张给你在办公室听的专辑，和你的电话、传真、甚至是email杂混在一起，就像过去一样，Lisa又对著你的耳朵轻诉着某些不为人知的秘密，你不会想错过任何事的。(当然，如果你坚持的话，只建议你在办公室里头听第七条歌’Small Heads’)

如果你了解Lisa Germano的音乐.....。

....那么这会是一个美好的一天，因为你得到了一张真正的好音乐，一张唱述着破碎的人际关系的音乐，仅管Lisa有时候听起来是极为冷酷的，但每每在结尾时你又能听到她奋亢和幽默的一面。她的声音是如此动人，轻易的就能够解除你的武装直入心田，就连她拉奏的小提琴都是如此声声撩人心弦，她的歌词如同一般人的真诚、自私，但对她自己，歌词里的Lisa永远是个坏女孩，但，坦白又怎么会是一种错误呢？

Lisa做了一张叫做*On The Way Down From The Moon Palace*的专辑，它是一张在家里头自己录的专辑，她一个叫做Paul Mahern说服她发表这张专辑，就在她自己的厂牌「大把钞票」(Major Bill)下，为什么叫做「大把钞票」呢？因为它的发行可花了Lisa大把的钞票。(「哈..哈..哈...」Lisa自己这麽说的。)

这张专辑让她和Capitol唱片公司签了一张约，这样她又可以做一张专辑，就叫作*Happiness*，但它唱的是你一直在怀念某种东西，一直在渴望某种东西，直到你发现永远再也不可能拥有它...

*You would give anything...to change back...to when...to waves...were

smaller...and you could jump...over...change back...to when...you laughed...

easy....and all you moves...were childlike*

....它唱的是一个破碎的人际关系，而你努力的想改变它。如果每个人都对你嗤之以鼻，那你一定会想些办法去承受它，不管你是不是比所有的人都了解你自己。就在这种状况下，Lisa了解道当她要快乐时，根本就只在于她自己是否

在乎了(up to her)。

Capitol唱片公司发行了*Happiness*，过没多久，4AD的老板Ivo Watts-Russell在Lisa的演唱会结识了她，并且要求 Capitol把*Happiness*的英国代理权卖给4AD。很快的，Lisa和Capitol很快的了解到双方并不适合再继续合作下去，

於是Lisa到了英国正式加入了4AD，4AD将*Happiness*於以重新混音并且配上V23所设计的封面推出，当初Capitol所坚持的封面*These Boots Were Made ForWalking*则被封杀。

*Happiness*是一张销售非常好的专辑，不过要等到你听到她的第三张专辑*Geek The Girl*之後，也许才能真正发现到Lisa的才能所在。这是一张充满痛苦和精神发泄的一张专辑，在第一人称的引述下，Lisa唱著关於儿童性虐待、暴力的故事，虽然对於某些人而言，听到的也许只是一个故事，或者是与己不相关的事罢了。

*What is Victoria*s secret...What is Victoria*s secret...she says...you*re

ugly...I am pretty...your man wishes....you look like me*

Victoria* s Secret*──一个邮购公司的女性性感内衣名字，现在变成Lisa一条歌，女人为了讨好男人的「工具」，但最终能用来挽回关系的破裂吗? *Messages From Sophia*是Lisa亲身的故事：「当我有一天回到家时，电话答录机中传来一个法国女人性感的声音，我想，喔！这下可被我逮到了吧，於是我不断追问的男友，但他坚决的否认他有外遇，我看著他，决定让这件事就过去了，後来当我在写这条歌时，我真的觉得颓丧。」

*Excerpts From A Love Circus*又直入了Lisa所喜爱的主题──不健全的人际关系，也许你开始在想，为何Lisa为何如此的沉溺於此，却又如此的难以自拔？就像你的英文老师会跟你说，这张专辑有许多矛盾的地方，这里有三条歌是这样的：

*You are a nothing...but all I can think of is you*-----*Bruises*

*You*re a snot...and I adore you*-----*I Love a Snot*

*I hate you cause I love you...I love you cause I hate you...I like it when

you hurt me*......*Forget It,It*s a Mystery*

Lisa原本没办法把*I Love a Snot*放进专辑里的，「Ivo跟我说，他不晓得我为何要写一首关於『鼻涕』(snot)的歌，我说，不，Ivo，这不是『鼻涕』，而是一个『贱骨头』 (snot另义)，一个另人讨厌的人(snotty)，一个自大的人(snobby)，後来我把这个故事讲给4AD在L.A.办公室的人听，说我没想到 Ivo居然误会『贱骨头』的意思，这个字在英国大概只能当鼻涕讲。没想到办公室的人也说直到我跟他们说後他们才知道，不管如何，这个字如果在歌里头当鼻涕解时是根本没有意义的。」

*Forget It*这条歌则是这张专辑里头少数朝正面观点走的曲目，根据Lisa的说法，这来自Paul Mahern不断的鼓励及要求，他同时也鼓励了Lisa发表她的第一张专辑。「Paul说，为了导引我写些较为正面的歌曲，有一天他真的会放一把火把我家烧掉以驱逐恶灵...」 Lisa说。

Lisa Germano is one of those artists who's never belonged to one core crowd. Doing the big rock thing wasn't important to her, although time spent playing with John Mellencamp in the late '80s and early '90s opened her eyes to the ever-changing ways of the music business. Germano worked her craft without becoming a conformist; music is her soul and writing is her fuel.

Born in Mishawaka, IN, at the dawn of 1958, Germano was the middle of six kids. Her parents were teachers and musicians who encouraged their children to learn an instrument until they turned 18. At the age of seven, she wrote her first piece of music, a 15-minute opera on the piano and, in due time, Germano learned the violin, an instrument that would ultimately guide her to a professional career in music. She made her debut as John Mellencamp's violinist and fiddle player on his 1987 hit album Lonesome Jubilee. Germano would spend the next seven years with Mellencamp, shaping a smooth, fearless playing style. Additional tours and recording sessions with Simple Minds and the Indigo Girls motivated Germano to do something on her own. She found her voice at the age of 30 and developed a quirky sound rooted in folk-rock and poetry. The lo-fi, shadowy On the Way Down from the Moon Palace was issued on her own Major Bill label in 1991, marking Germano's proper introduction as a solo artist.

Happiness was much more melancholy and acerbic when it appeared two years later on Capitol. Sales were fair, but Germano didn't care for the major-label buzz, so she signed with Ivo Watts-Russell's 4AD in 1994 and reissued a new version of the album. (4AD eventually included the fantastically dramatic Inconsiderate Bitch EP with its re-release in 1999.) Geek the Girl, which also appeared before the year's end, captured Germano's secrets of a wavering self-concept and her disgust for social ignorance. This particular album of sexual conflicts earned Germano her biggest praise from the press to date. People started to connect with her, and that's exactly what Germano wanted. Excerpts from a Love Circus was gushing in adoration when it arrived in 1996, but critics didn't take to this glossy body of work. The emotional double-cross of Slide (1998) didn't do as well, either, so Germano took some time off. Within months, Germano lost her deal with 4AD. She questioned her place in music and basically vowed to never make another record.

A move to Hollywood for a simple kind of life gave Germano a much needed break. She took a job as a clerk at Book Soup and enjoyed her anonymity. Songwriting remained an integral part of her life, but having it be a means to making a living wasn't a concern. Joining other artists such as David Bowie, Anna Waronker, and Neil Finn on their respective projects kept Germano connected. Luckily for fans, Germano inked a deal with the ARTISTdirect imprint Ineffable in 2002. Germano's classic, twisted sense of humor was at its finest on Lullaby for Liquid Pig, which was issued in April 2003. Her music found another new home, Michael Gira's Young God label, where Germano released In the Maybe World in summer 2006.

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