Joe Dassin

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风格: #法国流行　#根源唱作人
地区: United States of America 美国

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对大多数朋友而言，Joe Dassin这个名字也许是陌生的；但对于70年代的欧洲听众，这个名字绝对是如雷贯耳。贯穿整个七十年代，他的唱片销量达几千万（仅在欧洲），在没有美国市场的情况下，这个成绩是极为了不起的。而更特别的是，Joe Dassin这个唱法语歌的明星，竟然是个美国出生的美国佬。

Joe Dassin，1938年11月5日出生在美国纽约市。他的父亲是著名的导演Jules Dassin，由于被认为是共产党，举家迁至法国。就这样，12岁的Joe来到了巴黎。他的父亲在法国电影界则如鱼得水，获得比在美国还要大的名气，并在1954年获得了戛纳电影节最佳导演奖。在这段时间中, Joe Dassin也受到法国文化的熏陶，对他后来的成功是不可或缺的。

1956年，父母离婚后，Joe回到了美国，在密西根大学进修。与此同时，他开始在一些民歌俱乐部唱歌。毕业后，参演了一些父亲拍的电影，都是些小角色。与此同时，他与Jacques Plaid合作，在法国发行了一些流行歌曲，可是销量都很一般。不久，当他的同名专辑开始在北美有销量的时候，Joe的歌唱生涯开始转变了。1967年，Joe主持了第一届MIDEM节（应该是与音乐市场有关的），公众曝光使得Joe成了名人，并促使他的歌“Les Dalton”在法国达到了供不应求的程度。

从此，他的名曲一首接一首的不断涌现，其中包括“Les Champs-Elysees”， “La fleur aux dents”，“Les plus belles années de ma vie”，”Salut les amoureux”。在1975年之前，他的唱片总销量已经达到了不可思议的2000万张。

1975、76年他又推出了一系列畅销单曲，包括翻唱意大利组合Albatros的歌曲“L'été indien&、&Et si tu n'existais pas&、&Il était une fois nous deux&、&Salut”，以及他改编的“ Ça va pas changer le monde” 和与别人合作写的&À toi” 。

令人叹息的是，1980年，Joe Dassin在塔希提岛上他自己的土地上去世。不过他那浪漫的声音在20年后依然到处回荡着。

Joe Dassin的嗓子也许不是最好的，但他对歌曲意境的掌握绝对是一流的。无论是欢快的、忧伤的歌曲，还是无奈的歌曲，他都能将歌曲的内在展现给听众。我觉得这也是我最喜欢他的原因吧。当然，优美的旋律是绝对不可或缺的。

由于Joe Dassin实在有太多好听的歌曲，所以笔者只能从中选出最喜欢的6首来推荐。他翻唱Albatros乐队的四部曲，他最出名的歌曲&Les Champs-Elysees&，以及他参与创作的&À toi”。

他翻唱Albatros的第一首歌叫L'été indien&（印度的夏天）,原名是&Africa&。Joe的对白贯穿了整首歌，其中包括开始的一分钟，虽然他从第50秒才开始唱歌，但这首歌的旋律实在是美，再加上背景的和声，使得这首歌在1975年十分畅销，也成为了Joe的代表歌曲之一。

&Et si tu n'existais pas&和&Salut“（你好）是他翻唱的第二和第三首歌，这两首歌有一个共同的特点，那就是他们让我听着觉得像老一代苏联电影中的插曲。每当听他们的时候，我都仿佛走进了另外一个世界，特别的美好，特别的浪漫。就连我那平时对我音响里放出的歌从来不屑一顾的父母也在这两首歌面前折服了，尤其是”&Et si tu n'existais pas&，当我父母第一次听到它的时候都说这肯定是苏联歌曲，说它太抒情了。在此，我不由的感叹法语的优美，更感叹Joe Dassin对法语歌的真情诠释。

&Il était une fois nous deux&（我俩曾经在一起）是他翻唱的第四首歌。歌曲由一段钢琴乐打开序幕，紧接着，歌曲进入中快速的高潮部分，不久后，又来到了优美起伏的抒情阶段。听这首歌就像看一部电影一样，让人听完后常常回味。这首歌听来还是像苏联歌风格，旋律极其的优美，属于为数不多我总是听完的歌曲之一（还包括上两首）。

&Les Champs-Elysees&（爱丽舍）是他最畅销、最出名的歌曲。不过我最早接触这首歌的版本是Daniele Vidal的，当时就很喜欢。后来才知道原来Joe Dassin是原唱，但我还是更喜欢Daniele Vidal 的版本。本歌曲的风格属于欢快类，可能还有些幽默气息吧。正如我之前说的，Joe Dassin对欢快歌曲的掌握绝对是完美的。

&A Toi&（与你在一起）这首歌拥有与Jane Birkin的名曲&Ex Fan Des Sixties&几乎一样的序幕音乐，这也是这首歌引起我的注意的原因。这首歌属于传统的Joe Dassin式歌曲：浪漫。

这么一篇短短的文章是绝对无法概括Joe Dassin的传奇一生和无数金曲，但却浓缩了他职业生涯的精华，希望朋友们也会感受到他的歌曲中的美丽境界。

by Steve Huey

American expatriate Joe Dassin was one of France's most popular singers during the late '60s and '70s, initially building his name with stylized adaptations of folk and country material from his birthplace. As his career blossomed, Dassin turned increasingly to traditional-style chansons penned by some of the genre's best writers, scoring an all-time classic with his 1975 smash &L'Eté Indien.& Notorious for his perfectionism, Dassin could play the introverted romantic, but his persona also played off of American archetypes and imagery. His premature death of a heart attack in 1980 robbed French pop of one of its greatest modern-day practitioners. Joseph Ira Dassin was born November 7, 1938, in New York City. His father was future film director Jules Dassin, and his mother was Hungarian violinist Beatrice Launer. In 1940, the family moved to Los Angeles to further Jules' highly promising directing career; however, it was interrupted when he fell victim to the McCarthy-era blacklist. Moving to Europe in search of work, the family lived a migratory existence for a time, and finally settled in Paris in 1950. Joe's parents divorced in 1956; stung, he returned to the United States and enrolled at the University of Michigan, where he studied medicine and anthropology. In his free time, he worked as a radio DJ, and began singing folk songs and Georges Brassens compositions around the area with another French-speaking student. After returning to France, Dassin worked some low-level jobs in the film industry, including a few small parts in his father's movies; he also worked in radio and wrote freelance articles for Playboy and The New Yorker.In late 1964, at the urging of his future wife Maryse, Dassin made a demo recording for CBS France that turned some heads; soon, the label made him its first French signer. His debut single was &Je Change un Peu de Vent,& an adaptation of the American folk song &Freight Train& with additional lyrics by Jean-Marie Rivat (who would become a frequent Dassin collaborator). It flopped, as did two EPs released in 1965. However, 1966's &Bip Bip& -- an adaptation of John D. Loudermilk's &Road Hog& -- was a hit, and CBS subsequently teamed Dassin with one of France's top producers, Jacques Plait. Minor hits in &Ça M'avance à Quoi?& and &Excuse Me, Lady& followed, but Dassin's career really took off when he was tapped to host the inaugural MIDEM music festival at Cannes in 1967; well covered by the French media, it gave him crucial exposure. Not long after, Dassin collaborated with Jean-Michel Rivat and Frank Thomas on an original work, the gunfighting-cowboy ballad &Les Dalton.& Dassin had intended to give the song to another singer, but recorded it himself at Plait's vehement insistence; the result was a breakthrough smash hit, one that made Dassin a genuine star. His deep, charismatic voice and good looks made him highly popular with female audiences, but his American roots also lent him a certain novelty, a link to the free open spaces and flower-child optimism of his native country.Dassin had further success in the late '60s with hits like &Marie-Jeanne& (a version of Bobbie Gentry's &Ode to Billie Joe&), &Siffler sur la Colline& (&To Whistle on the Hill&), &La Bande à Bonnot,& and &Le Petit Pain au Chocolat.& He suffered a minor heart attack in 1969, but recovered to make a triumphant appearance at the Olympia in Paris later that year, and scored his biggest hit yet with &Les Champs-Elysées,& an international smash that broke him across Europe. Further hits followed in 1970 with &L'Amerique& and &Cécilia& (the Simon & Garfunkel song), both adapted by legendary French songwriter Pierre Delanoé; he and Claude Lemesle gradually replaced Rivat and Frank Thomas as Dassin's primary suppliers of material. &La Fleur aux Dents& and &L'Équipe de Jojo& were successes in 1971, and the following year, amid heavy international touring, Dassin bought a second home in Tahiti.1973 started well for Dassin, as &Le Moustique& and &Salut les Amoureux& became enormous hits. Sadly, though, his wife gave birth to a premature son who died not long after; always moody and private anyway, Dassin sank into a deep depression that effectively stalled his career for over a year. He recovered his momentum in late 1974 with the singles &Si Tu T'appelles Melancolie& and &Vade Retro,& and in 1975 he scored the biggest hit of his career, the French pop classic &L'Été Indien& (&Indian Summer&), which was adapted by Delanoé and Lemesle from an Italian song (&Africa,& by Albatros). &L'Été Indien& kicked off probably the most successful period of Dassin's career; over the next two years, he landed smash after smash, including &Et Si Tu N'existais Pas,& &Salut,& &Ça Va Pas Changer le Monde,& &Le Jardin du Luxembourg,& and &À Toi.&Dassin divorced his wife in 1977 and married his new girlfriend early the next year. His first child was born later in 1978; by that time, disco had begun to take over the French music scene, and a new generation of pop singers were also making their presence felt. Dassin kept pace with &Si Tu Penses à Moi,& a disco-reggae adaptation of Bob Marley's &No Woman No Cry,& but although his international tours continued to sell out, the momentum of his recording career began to falter somewhat. He performed at the Olympia for what proved to be a final time in 1979; by the end of the year, his second marriage was on the rocks, and he suffered a heart attack. Early in 1980, not long after the birth of his second child, Dassin's marriage officially broke up. With his personal life in turmoil, and feeling the pressure for a comeback hit, Dassin suffered a heart attack that summer; while in the hospital, he also underwent surgery for a stomach ulcer. Nonetheless, Dassin attempted to make his way to his second home in Tahiti for a break from the pressure. During a layover in Los Angeles, Dassin suffered yet another heart attack; still, he pressed on with the journey. On August 20, 1980, while dining in a restaurant in Papeete, Tahiti, Dassin suffered a final, fatal heart attack; he was not quite 42 years old.

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