陈奕迅的经典《不如不见》曾深深打动了无数人,在2012浮想联翩张国荣演唱会上,陈奕迅坦言这首歌和哥哥张国荣其实也有渊源。

其实,最开始录制《好久不见》的时候,陈奕迅声音所传达出的感情无法令监制CY满意。Edson后来就想哥哥会如何去演绎这首歌,他说自己可能不止这一首歌受到哥哥的影响。我从网上翻出了这版转载自C.Y网站的陈奕迅demo,比之CD,这版调更低,张国荣的影子也若有若无地出现。

作曲者C.Y对这首歌有如下评价

06. 不如不见 Better Not to Meet Original Working Title(内部名称): LTNC (Long Time No See)好久不见

Music 曲: Salsa Chen 陈小霞 | Lyrics: Lin Xi 林夕 | Arrangement 编: Anthony Sun 孙伟明 / C.Y. / Pak Chan 陈珀 Produced by Davy Chan / C.Y. / Eason Production

The mandarin version of this song was the 1st song recorded. 这首歌最先录制的是国语版《好久不见》。

Salsa Chen was passing by Hong Kong and actually went into studio to help take Eason's vocals.

陈小霞路过香港顺便到录音棚帮Eason负责人声。

However we weren't satisfied - cos the song requires a lot more emotions and feelings that, at the time Eason did not deliver enough.

但我们都不满意Eason当时的唱法。因为这首歌需要很多表情与感情,当时Eason还做得不够。

I always felt that this song sounds very 'leslie" style - and when we did the Cantonese version, I asked Eason to try once to imitate Leslie! We all actually liked this version best, cos somehow when he imitated 'Goh Goh', he even brought along some feelings that Leslie used to deliver.

我总觉得这首歌听起来很“张国荣”——而且当我们录制粤语版时,我问Eason能不能试试模仿张国荣!我们其实最喜欢的是这个版本。因为在Eason学哥哥唱法时,他把张国荣的感觉也体现得很到位。

However, of course we could not use this version as the final, cos then people will say he tried to copy or imitate Leslie.

Eason kept re-singing this and eventually got a little upset with me, cos I still said the emotions' not good enough. But after many sessions, in the end he delivered a take that I think is very touching - and this is the one that got on the CD.

然而我们不能把这个版本作为最后成品,因为人们就会说他在模仿张国荣。Eason一遍又一遍地唱,最后甚至有点烦我,因为我总是在说:“你的表情不够。”

But after many sessions, in the end he delivered a take that I think is very touching - and this is the one that got on the CD. The song is not difficult to sing, especially for Eason. But because it requires a lot of feelings, moods, emotions, it makes it very difficult. And we think at the end Eason did a very god job.

但在很多次工程之后,终于他唱出了一种感觉,我认为十分感人——这就是CD的正式版本。这首歌不难唱,尤其对Eason而言。但因为需要很多感觉、情绪、表情,加大了这首歌的难度。我们最后都认为Eason做得非常不错。

虽然CY建议Edson模仿,但陈奕迅终究是一位极具个人特色的港乐高手,CD版的《不如不见》最终演绎成了他自己的经典。2012浮想联翩张国荣演唱会上的《不如不见》他致敬哥哥已非常感谢。歌曲的最后Edson说“We miss you ,Leslie”让人动容。

这个现场还看到了已经故去的唐奕聪,弹琴伴奏的乐手没有看错的话应是这次新版《春夏秋冬》的钢琴伴奏孙伟明老师。加上C.Y,这些生前的合作伙伴去年为张国荣完成了新专辑,冥冥之中有天意。

张国荣  陈奕迅(当时我幻想张国荣如何演绎这首歌)(1)

张国荣走了,但他对于音乐人和歌手的影响依然还在,一个歌者的精神能够流传并影响行业内的人,这方能体现歌者之伟大。那些和Leslie有过合作的音乐人都用自己的方式在怀念着他。

“你离开了 却散落四周。”

——We miss you ,leslie。

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