WESTLIFE 乐队成员： Jian John Francis Egan Bryan Nicholas McFadden Shane Filan Nicholas Bernard James Adam Byrne Mark Patrick Feehily 　　如同爱尔兰偶像始祖Boyzone，Westlife的乍红可谓是欧洲偶像音乐界的两大传奇，皆以讨喜的外表和抒情流行曲风夺下了英国男孩团体Take That解散后的偶像音乐市场，连外来的Backstreet Boys与'N Sync在欧洲地区都难以和他们匹敌。而随着Boyzone团员近年来纷纷单飞，Westlife也日渐取代Boyzone成为英国少男少女心中的最佳偶像团体。 　　　Westlife的传奇是从爱尔兰北部的Sligo开始，当时Shane、Mark和几个志同道合的朋友组成了一个专辑演唱Backstreet Boys歌曲的团体IOU，在一场音乐表演中Mark因缘际会地结识了Kian，并邀请他加入IOU，使得IOU成为6人编制的组合。透过当地经纪公司的安排IOU开始在家乡的流行重镇The Point演唱，而且还自资录制了一首曲名为“Together Girl Forver”的单曲寄给Boyzone超级经纪人Louise Walsh。1998年Louise安排IOU在Backstreet Boys都柏林的演唱会上担任暖场团体，而Boyzone的Ronan也到场欣赏他们的演出。然而由于Boyzone的经纪事务太过繁杂，Louise并没有签下IOU的打算，但是他们杰出的表现让Louise十分不舍，于是便将IOU介绍给Ronan认识，并希望他能为团员们上些艺人养成课程。在和IOU团员们进行一番恳谈后，Ronan毅然决定与Louise共同担任他们的经纪人。接着Louise在柏林举行的试演会上挖掘了表演学校毕业的Brian以及原是Leeds United球队的Nicky，与IOU核心人物Shane、Mark和Kian组成了Westside。 　　1998年夏天Westside以现唱演唱Boyz II Men、Boyzone与Take That歌曲的方式开始向各大唱片公司推销自己，然而许多唱片公司兴趣缺缺，直到BMG唱片资深顾问Simon Cowell在还没听过Westside的歌声，便以他们站出来势气马上签下了合约，成为BMG旗下的歌手。1998年Westside与师兄Boyzone展开英国与爱尔兰的巡回表演，紧接着登场的Samsh Hits Tour更让他们一鸣惊人第得到Smash Hits最佳新人奖。不过1999年初时Westside发现在美国有个和他们同名的团体，许多西岸的产品也都以此为名，因此他们便将艺名改为Westlife。同年三月份时Westlife以“Swear It Again”一曲夺下英国金榜冠军后，至今已经创造连续7支冠军单曲的纪录，更打平了Beatles的纪录。出道仅仅两年间，Westlife已经摇身一变成为全球炙手可热的男孩偶像团体。 　　1999年11月Westlife发表了首张同名专辑，不但在英国、爱尔兰两地分别得到了4白金与12白金，世界各地更拥有超越500万张的惊人销售量。在这张专辑中还史无前例地诞生了5首冠军曲，包括“Swear It Again”、“If I Let You Go”、“Flying Without Wings”、“Season In The Sun”与“Fool Again”。而Westlife在美国也以“Swear It Again”在告示牌的销售量上名列第2，成为继Spice Girls之后唯一能征服美国的欧陆流行组合。2000年9月份Westlife接受流行天后Mariah Carey的邀约，与她合唱Phil Collins在84年的冠军经典“Against All Odds”，再度为他们夺下第6首冠军曲。 　　10月份推出的单曲“My Love”不但替Westlife再添一首冠军单曲，更让他们打平了Beatles连续冠军单曲的纪录，成为继Spice Girls之后拿下最多连续冠军的团体。11月份Westlife推出了第二张专辑《Coast To Coast》，他们惊人的买气打败了英国超级女子团体Spice Girls的第三张全新大碟《Forever》，一举登上英国冠军，也证明了他们在英国的不败偶像地位，成为欧洲地区继Take That与Boyzone之后最受欢迎的偶像团体。 [MP=265,70]http://www.gdcp.cn/english/music/seasoninthesun.mp3[/MP] SEASONS IN THE SUN - WESTLIFE Goodbye to you my trusted friend We've known each other since we Were nine or ten Together we've climbed hills and trees Learned of love and abc's Skinned our hearts and Skinned our knees Goodbye my friend it's hard to die When all the birds are singing In the sky Now that spring is in the air Pretty girls are everywhere Think of me and I'll be there We had joy we had fun we had Seasons in the sun But the hills that we climbed were Just seasons out of time Goodbye papa please pray for me I was the black sheep of the family You tried to teach me right from wrong Too much wine and too much song Wonder how I got along Goodbye papa it's hard to die When all the birds are singing in the sky Now that the spring is in the air Little children everywhere When you see them I'll be there We had joy we had fun we had Seasons in the sun But the wine and the songs like the Seasons have all gone We had joy we had fun we had Seasons in the sun But the wine and the song like The seasons have all gone Goodbye Michelle my little one You gave me love and helped Me find the sun And every time that I was down You would always come around And get my feet back on The ground Goodbye Michelle it's hard to die When all the birds are singing in The sky Now that the spring is in the air With the flowers everywhere I wish that we could both be there We had joy we had fun we had Seasons in the sun But the hills that we climbed were Just seasons out of time We had joy we had fun we had Seasons in the sun But the wine and the song like the Seasons have all gone We had joy we had fun we had Seasons in the sun But the wine and the song like the Seasons have all gone We had joy we had fun we had Seasons in the sun But the wine and the song like the Seasons have all gone 感谢神仙JJ让我爱上 [em40] [em40] [em40] 歌曲原地址：http://www.talkforex.com/ShowPost.asp?id=13249[em8] ［此帖子已被 duck0618 在 2004-8-12 1:56:24 编辑过］

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