對《Butterflies》的一點淺淺的賞析

來源 ：MJJCN 作者：spicylily

很喜歡這首歌~~旋律很有層次感~~
MJ的真假音交錯令人仿佛墜入了一個宇宙異元空間一樣~~一層接著一層地往內部墜入~~每層的風景都不一樣~~

又或者像是品味千層糕一樣層層不同的享受~~

 

 

下面歌曲的創作背景轉自Wikipedia

"Butterflies" was recorded by Michael Jackson in 2001 for his tenth, and final, studio album, Invincible, which was released the same year.The song was written by Andre Harris and Marsha Ambrosius, who is one half of the London bred neo-soul act Floetry, and was produced by Jackson and Harris.Jackson had first met Ambrosius and Natalie Stewart, who is also a member of Floetry, through John McClain, who is DreamWorks's senior urban executive and Jackson's manager. Stewart said she was surprised that Jackson invited her and Ambrosius to a studio and asked for their input on the recording of the track.She recalled in an interview with LAUNCH magazine, "It was incredible because he asked, he continually asked, 'Marsh, what's the next harmony? Girls, does this sound right? What do you think? Is this what you were looking for? He was so open"..

When Ambrosius first met Jackson , it took a few minutes to calm down.She recalled to the same publication Stewart was interviewed by, "To begin with, I was kinda shook. Because you don't realize how you're going to feel until you're put in that kind of situation. I had the tears in my eyes and got kinda nervous. But as I got into it, I realized it was work, it was a job. I had to vocally conduct a legend."Harris commented on the single, "He's showing you, I'm still the Michael Jackson that did 'Billie Jean' and 'Rock With You' because 'Butterflies' really falls along those lines." The song has been said to be Jackson's favorite track from the Invincible album.Unlike the previous single released from Invincible, a music video was not released to promote the song, although in 2002, the Los Angeles Times reported that Jackson had "never responded" to a video concept that was pitched by Sony Music Entertainment for "Butterflies". There is a remix for the song featuring rapper Eve.

"Butterflies" is a midtempo love ballad song with groove musical influences. The track is cited as having pop, R&B, and adult contemporary musical styles. Vaughn Watson of the Providence Journal noted that the track is a "velvety old-school soul ballad" with "elegiac horn riffs" and "simple '70s-style David Ruffin soul." Stephen Thomas Erlewine, a writer for Allmusic noted that "Butterflies" had "Bacharach-styled horns." Lonell Broadnax, Jr., a contributing writer to the Daily Helmsman Online felt that "Butterflies" is a soulful song which takes Jackson back to his "rhythm and blues roots". Ben Rayer of the Toronto Star felt that the song had a "oozy slow jam"."Butterflies" is written in the time signature of common time. Throughout the song Jackson 's vocal range spans from E♭4 to E♭6.The track is played in the key of A♭ major."Butterflies" has a moderately slowly tempo and its metronome is ninety-two beats per minute. Lyrically, "Butterflies" describes the feeling of being in love.

“蝴蝶”錄於2001年，是由邁克爾傑克遜為他的第十張，也是最後一張錄音室專輯——《天下無敵》製作的。這張專輯于同年發表。這首歌由Andre Harris 和Marsha Ambrosius共同寫成，由傑克遜和Harris.Jackson一起製作。MJ首先通過夢工廠的高級城市行政John McClain和傑克遜的經紀人認識Ambrosius 和 Natalie Stewart（夢工廠唱片成員），Stewart說令她感到驚訝的是傑克遜邀請她和Ambrosius一起參觀他的工作室，並讓她們參加錄音製作（應該是先唱demo給MJ聽聽看）。Stewart在接受LAUNCH雜誌採訪時回憶說，“這真是不可思議，因為MJ問，他不斷地問，'Marsh，什下一個和聲是什麼？女孩們，這樣聽起來好嗎？你覺得呢？這是你們要找的嗎？他對於不同意見是如此地開放”.. 。

 

Ambrosius第一次見到傑克遜時，花了幾分鐘時間先冷靜下.她在與Stewart所接受的同一刊物的採訪中回憶道，“首先，我有點兒發抖。因為你不知道你如何去感受，直到你親臨那種情況。我緊張得淚水都在眼眶裏打轉。但當我進去了，我意識到這是工作，這是一份工作。我不得不用自己的嗓音創造一個傳奇。”Harris對於這一單曲評論說：“他在告訴你，我仍然是那個創作了'Billie Jean' 和 'Rock With You' 的邁克爾傑克遜。因為 'Butterflies' 的水準與那些一致，”這首歌曲據說是MJ在《天下無敵》專輯中最喜愛的一首歌。但這首歌不像《You ROCK MY WORLD》那樣有MV宣傳。雖然在2002年，洛杉磯時報報導，傑克遜已經“再也不回應”索尼公司提出的有關MV的概念，但這首歌有rapper Eve的混音版本。

“蝴蝶”是一首及其悅耳動聽的中搖愛情歌曲。這首歌被稱作集流行，R＆B和當代成人音樂風格於一體。普羅維登斯日報的Vaughn Watson 指出，‘蝴蝶’是一首融合了“天鵝絨般的懷舊的靈魂民謠”、“挽歌角即興演奏”和“70年代風格的大衛魯芬靈魂簡單風格”的歌曲。”Allmusic的作家Stephen Thomas Erlewine指出，“蝴蝶”有“巴哈拉赫式”風格。”Daily Helmsman Online 的作家Lonell Broadnax, Jr.認為，“蝴蝶”是一首把傑克遜帶回到了他的“富有節奏感的藍調音樂時代”的一首充滿深情的歌曲。Toronto Star的 Ben Rayer認為，歌曲有“如同讓人陷入軟泥一般的慢搖即興演奏”。“蝴蝶”一開始是四分之四拍。在整個歌曲傑克遜的音域跨度從E♭4達到了E♭6，這首歌的主旋律是A♭。“蝴蝶”有一個溫和緩慢的節奏，他的節拍是每分鐘92拍。在歌詞上，“蝴蝶”則詩情畫意地描述了在沐浴在愛河中的感覺~~
 

來源 ：Michael Jackson顫慄台灣Magazine  Xuite日誌

 

Butterflies 意亂情迷

Genre：Contemporary R&B
Writer(s)：Marsha Ambrosius、Andre Harris
Producer：Michael Jackson、 Andre Harris
Released November 8, 2001 「Invincible」（Album)
《Invincible》專輯中的“Butterflies”只限在美國本土做電臺發行。該單曲在主流音樂單曲榜上取得了一個不錯的名次，排名為#14，並在榜上駐留了難以置信的20周。值得一提的是，該曲在R&B單曲榜上的表現尤為成功。它在R&B單曲榜上停留了近40周並佔據亞軍寶座達1個月之久。

考慮到該曲既無相應的MV配合，也沒有做商業發行，該曲仍然取得如此大的成功實在令人難以置信，尤其是在R&B領域。Sony Music一次再次推遲單曲的商業發行以至最後索性取消商業發行的行為對該曲來說簡直就是一場災難。如果Sony Music按原計劃對“Butterflies”做商業發行（注意：仍然沒有MV），該曲將輕而易舉拿下R&B單曲榜的冠軍寶座並至少在冠軍位置上停留1個月。

  而一支R&B冠軍單曲將不可避免引起一起R&B和Pop 兩類電臺的交流，一向拒抗Michael Jackson歌曲的大型流行電臺為大勢所驅將不得不將這支R&B冠軍單曲列入播放表單。這一切將進而順利將Butterflies推上POP單曲榜的冠軍寶座（考慮到商業發行的單曲銷量積分，“Butterflies”即使拿不到#1至少也是Top 5曲目）。

“Butterflies”在R&B榜取得的成功使得該曲成為2002年度最熱門R&B單曲的第12名，同時也是Michael Jackson自“Billie Jean”在1983年拿下R&B榜亞軍後成績最優秀的R&B單曲。
單曲的在榜上的持久生命力自然也推進了專輯的銷量，使《Invincible》從2001年12月1日到2002年2月2日的時間內都停留在美國榜的前40名。

/ 幕後故事 /
Floetry前團員Marsha Ambrosius仍在就學時便寫下這首歌，她與合作人Natalie Stewart會見麥可，麥可聽到這首歌之後，便決定錄製下來。麥可邀請兩位女孩到錄音室，Natalie Stewart說這非常不可思議，因為麥可不斷地問她們：「女孩，這聲音對不對？您覺得呢？這是您要的嗎？」他是如此坦率。

One half of the former group Floetry, Marsha Ambrosius of the English Neo-Soul duo Floetry wrote this ballad when she was still at school, She and her Floetry colleague Natalie Stewart ... met Jackson, MJ heard this song and decided he wanted to record it. Jackson invited the two Floetry girls to the studio and asked for their input on the recording of the song. Natalie Stewart of Floetry told: "It was incredible because he asked, Girls, does this sound right? What do you think? Is this what you were looking for? He was so open."
她回憶道：「首先，我有點震驚。因為您原本沒感覺，直到這種情況發生。我的眼淚在眼眶裡，我很緊張。但因為我投入後，我意識到這是工作，這是一份工作，我必須暢所欲言地說明。」

She recalled: "To begin with, I was kinda shook. Because you don't realize how you're going to feel until you're put in that kind of situation. I had the tears in my eyes and got kinda nervous. But as I got into it, I realized it was work, it was a job. I had to vocally conduct a legend."
麥可曾經表示這首歌是他專輯裡喜歡的一首。
Michael Jackson has said that this is his favorite song on the album.

Butterflies 意亂情迷 

All you gotta do is just walk away and pass me by  你只須從我身邊走過 
Don't acknowledge my smile when I try to say hello to you, yeah  當我試圖想向你問好時，無須回應我的微笑 
And all you gotta do is not answer my calls when  當我給你電話的時候，你也只須 
I'm trying to get through  不用理睬 
To keep me wondering why  讓我猜測原因 
when all I can do is sigh  我所能做的便是歎息 
I just wanna touch you  我只想觸摸到你 
I just wanna touch and kiss  我只想觸摸你親吻你 
And I wish that I could be with you tonight  我但願今晚我能與你同在 
You give me butterflies inside, inside and I  你讓我內心深處，意亂情迷 

All I gotta say is that I must be dreaming, can't be real  我所能說的是我一定是在夢中，不可能真實 
You're not here with me, still I can feel you near me  你並不在我身邊，我卻依然感到你的存在 
I caress you, let you taste us, just so blissful listen  我愛撫著你，讓你品位這一切，快樂的聆聽 
I would give you anything baby, just make my dreams come true }  我願意奉獻所有 只要能讓我的夢想成真 
Oh baby you give me butterflies  哦，寶貝，你讓我意亂情迷 
If you would take my hand, baby I would show you  如果你能牽我的手，寶貝我就會讓你看見 
Guide you to the light babe  引領你走向光明，寶貝 
If you would be my love, baby I will love you, love you  如果你能成為我的愛人，寶貝我就會愛你愛你 
‘Til the end of time  直到地老天荒