6首值得静下心来聆听的欧美民谣，听到第一首就爱上了！
“他 说”
民谣虽小，但很可以从中窥见世道人心，反映一时的社会风尚和舆论趋向，简单而又写实的歌词，欧美民谣总是轻轻的吟唱，配着吉他简单的旋律，给人以安静舒心的感觉。
Sutter's Mill Dan Fogelberg - High Country Snows
《Sutter's Mill》(中文译为《萨特的磨坊》)是奥斯卡电影《三步杀人曲》中的插曲，是丹弗格伯特顿的一首乡村名谣，略显苍凉的声音唱出了John西部寻宝的一生。当他向他的Maker即上帝报到的时候，一分钱也不是他的了。（When old john sutter went to meet his maker, he'd not one penny to his name.）正是那句老话，赤条条地来，赤条条地去，生不带来，死不带去，就这样在世上走了一轮。
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In the Spring of Forty-seven,
So the story, it is told,
Old John Sutter went to the mill site
Found a piece of shining gold.
故事的发生
要从1847年的春天说起
老约翰.萨特在磨坊外
拾到一块金子
Well, he took it to the city
Where the word, like wildfire, spread.
And old John Sutter soon came to wish he'd
Left that stone in the river bed.
于是带着它去了城里
在那里关于金矿的消息
如野火蔓延开来
萨特很快就后悔
该把那块石头留在河床上
For they came like herds of locusts
Every woman, child and man
In their lumbering Conestogas
They left their tracks upon the land.
人们集聚如蝗
男人、女人和孩子们
在大篷车笨重的前行中
将车辙留在原野上
Some would fail and some would prosper
Some would die and some would kill
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill.
有人无功而返
有人心遂所愿
有人长眠异乡
有人图财害命
有人将感激上帝解脱了他们
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房
Well, they came from New York City,
And they came from Alabam'
With their dreams of finding fortunes
In this wild unsettled land.
Well, some fell prey to hostile arrows
As they tried to cross the plains.
And some were lost in the Rocky mountains
With their hands froze to the reins.
Oh...
他们有的来自纽约城
有的来自阿拉巴马州
带着他们的发财梦
来到这荒蛮的土地上
一些人在穿越平原时命丧箭下
一些人失踪在洛基山脉冻饿而亡
Well, some pushed on to California
And others stopped to take their rest.
And by the Spring of Eighteen-sixty
They had opened up the west.
And then the railroad came behind them
And the land was plowed and tamed,
When Old John Sutter went to meet his maker,
He'd not one penny to his name.
Oh...
一些人执著前行去往加州
一些人驻足不往休养生息
1860年时他们开发了西部
铁路随后而至
荒原终被开发和征服
当约翰萨特离开人世
自己却一文不名
Some would fail and some would prosper
Some would die and some would kill
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill.
有人无功而返
有人心遂所愿
有人长眠异乡
有人图财害命
有人将感激上帝解脱了他们
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill
Some men's thirsts are never filled.
有人会诅咒约翰萨特的磨房
有人的欲望却永远无法满足
I Can't Change Sophie Zelmani - A Decade of Dreams 1995-2005
《I Can't Change》，一首值得单曲循环，直到入睡的歌曲。来自瑞典这个北方国度的甜美清新邻家女孩Sophie Zelmani，清脆的吉他合弦衬托着她温暖甜美的歌声，恰如其分不喧宾夺主的鼓与贝斯，陪衬上彷如远方传来的萨克司风及逐渐贴近的长笛或小提琴悠扬旋律，传递出彷佛在冷飕飕的秋天夜晚漫步走在瑞典已然结霜的路上,脚底还不时传出嘎吱细碎声响，那沁凉萧瑟绝美的意境，让人愈听愈沉醉其中难以自拔。
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I have come back dreaming
我回来了，做着梦
so you must lead me through the day
所以请在这白日里引领着我
I will touch you night time
而我会在静夜轻抚你
in the loveliest way
用我最深情的方式
I would feel the sunlight
我愿感受那阳光
but i got burnt from everywhere
但无所不在的是灼热之感
now you must make me a shadow
那么请为我开辟一片树荫
I will shine for you in there
我愿意在那一片阴影你为你而闪耀
I can't change
而我无法改变
I can't change
而我无法改变
I can't change
而我无法改变
My angel took her promise
我的天使带着她的承诺
and left with the worst of lies
在那拙劣的谎言中离开
I will not ever be your future
我将不再是你的将来
If every one just dies
如果每个人都这样死去
I can't change
而我无法改变
I can't change
我无法改变
I can't change
我无法改变
I have come back dreaming
我回来了，做着梦
so you must wake me in a while
所以请你快点唤醒我
You will see me living
你将会看到我好好的
You will get my morning smiles
在晨光中给你我的微笑
My angel made my difference
我的独特来自内心的天使
like no one will look in
Where Do I Begin Andy Williams - Love Story
《Where Do I Begin》是1970年风迷一时的电影《Love Story爱情故事》主题曲，获得当年奥斯卡最佳原创音乐奖。
You Belong To Me Bob Dylan - Natural Born Killers (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
歌曲《You Belong To Me》是一首老掉牙的情歌，是当年风靡一时的老电影《Natrual born killers/天生杀人狂》的插曲。一部充满男人野性的电影，电影是暴力的，但歌是柔情的。这首歌是Bob Dylan的必杀力作，没想到乖张暴戾的唱歌的老家伙Bob Dyalan竟然能抱起吉他，用他那盐碱地般的嗓音，平心静气低声吟唱如此静水深流的歌。
Your Bones Of Monsters And Men - My Head Is an Animal
《Your Bones》是由来自冰岛的独立民谣乐团Of Monsters and Men 所唱,被称为“将岁月悠悠体现的淋漓尽致”的一首歌。
Happy Together Charlie Landsborough - Love, In A Song
Charlie Landsborough 是一位爱尔兰乡村男歌手，声音极富磁性。但和传统乡村的那种固定到似乎连发音、腔调都几乎一致的味道又有不同，他的音乐来得更民间，叙事体民谣在他的作品中最为常见。他的音乐是平易近人的，但是确很能触及人的内心。这个可爱可敬的歌手有着一把无比动人的嗓音。