Animal Chuki | zh

“动物”乐队是60年代初兴起于英国的节奏布鲁斯舞台上的最重要的乐队之一。在英国摇滚乐“入侵”美国的第一次浪潮中，“动物”乐队是仅次于“滚石”乐队的以节奏布鲁斯为基础的乐队。他们所处的年代正是所谓的“英国入侵”时代，众多来自英国的乐队占据了美国的音乐舞台。在这次改变了美国摇滚音乐格局，甚至改变了整个摇滚音乐发展走向的运动中，“动物”乐队一直是一股重要的力量。 “动物”乐队1963年成立于英国港口城市纽卡斯尔，起初乐队起名为“艾伦·普赖斯小乐队”(Alan Price Com-bo)，后易名为“动物”，被誉为使英国节奏布鲁斯音乐走向鼎盛时期的最为伟大的乐队。主要成员有艾伦·普赖斯 (风琴手/主唱)、希尔顿·瓦伦丁(Hilton Valentine，吉他手)、布赖恩·“蔡斯”·钱德勒(Bryan‘Chas’Chandler，贝司手)以及约翰·斯蒂尔(John Steel，鼓手)。起初每逢周末，他们便去纽卡斯尔的一家破旧拥挤的小俱乐部里演唱，不久他们又移到另一家名叫Club A G0-Go的稍微体面的俱乐部演唱。这一时期，乐队又增加了一名颇具个人魅力的主唱歌手埃里克·伯登(Eric Burdon)。 1964年该乐队进入伦敦，随即易名为“动物”。 “动物”在伦敦出现后，在其周围迅速集结了一大批狂热的崇拜者。他们以伯登的惟妙惟肖的“黑人”歌喉以及普赖斯绝妙的演奏，加之他们狂放不羁的台风，使一位美国布鲁斯歌手不得不惊呼不已，要与其一决高低。这一时期，由于“滚石”在英国的巨大成功，英国的唱片公司都在极力发掘新的布鲁斯乐队。“动物”与EMI所属Columbia分公司签约，由当时仍默默无闻的独立制作人米基·莫斯特(Mickie Most)负责制作“动物”的唱片。第一张唱片出版时，莫斯特未选择那些永远载入史册的布鲁斯经典作品，相反，他却选择了一种新的布鲁斯风格，那就是鲍勃·迪伦*的《宝贝让我跟着你》(Baby Let Me Fol-low You down)。“动物”对关键的词句作了一些改动，将曲名改为《宝贝让我带你回家》(Bable Let Me Take You home)此单曲一经问世，便立刻跃居排行榜第21名。接着，普赖斯又将《旭日之家》(House 0f Rising Sun)改编为摇滚乐，使其在大西洋两岸一举成名。据说，正是这首歌的成功促使了迪伦与他们同台演出。虽说节奏与布鲁斯音乐在英国的成功大半是由于“动物”的努力，但也许是由于与迪伦的关系，“动物”首先在美国获得巨大声誉，并被认为是美国民歌摇滚乐运动的一部分。 1969年，伯登最终解散了“动物”，他本人开始了个人生涯。1976年，乐队的老队员重新聚首，共同录制了《在我们被如此粗暴地打断之前》(Before Inter—erupted)。这张专辑所继承的音乐精神正是乐队在录制《动物主义者》时未能完成的风格。 1983年，乐队的重新组合时间更为持久一些，乐队的新阵容包括了创始成员和心的键盘手祖特·马尼。这次重组的成果之一是专辑《方舟》，这张撞击包括的都是新的音乐素材，评论家对于“动物”的求新求变的精神给予了高度评价。而且，这张专辑取得了不熟的成绩。之后的全球性的巡回演出也非常成功。同年年底，同时也是繁重的巡回演出的最后阶段，种种迹象显示乐队的此次重组也不会持续太久。五人组合再次解散。 1990年，EMI（百代）唱片公司推出了一张双CD的专辑《动物全集》（Inside Looking Out :The 1995~1996 Sessions ）。这是所有“动物”乐队专辑中最精彩的一张。唯一的遗憾是这张专辑并未包括乐队在1964年和1965年同制作人米基· 莫斯特合作时期的作品。 尽管随着时间的推移，曾经在排行版上叱咤风云的“动物”乐队的作品大多已经被人们遗忘，他们的风格却确实影响了许多摇滚乐队的发展。 .

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