聽英文歌全攻略——骨灰級音樂排行榜

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（懷念BOYZONE，世間再無STEPHEN，NO MATTERWHAT的MV）話說練聽力，聽教材錄音自然最沒有出息，聽電影、新聞、有聲電子書的難度又大大超過了菜鳥的能力，所以五爺認為在剛學英語之後最好聽英文歌，難度不高又容易上癮，接受的還是西方主流文化。所以上大學的時候先後經歷了搜刮磁帶、CD和網路的歲月，從「奧斯卡經典情歌」起步，然後到長達數年的「西城后街野人花園裡的小甜甜」階段，這批音樂大受中國人歡迎，卻為有資歷的西方樂迷所不齒，例如我以前的美國室友JakeMirbegian同學認為BSB很幼稚，KENNY G是最差的SAXOPHONE手，根本不知WESTLIFE為何物。而且聽到後來，他們的歌都聽熟聽爛了，新出專輯風格都變另類了，或者各自從巔峰滑落了，沒什麼意思。後來我自行挖掘了TRADEMARK、HUMANNATURE，ERIC表弟推薦了GARETH GATES和ShayneWard等英國後起之秀，但仍覺鳳毛麟角。那麼西方音樂的主流究竟是什麼呢？帶著這樣的思考，五爺逐漸進入西方音樂殿堂。

音樂排行榜的作用就出來了，我找的不是一周、一年的英美排行榜，而是史上最暢銷排行榜。廣大人民群眾最喜歡的，就是主流了。美國唱片工業協會的這個榜單應該是最權威的，雖然只是美國國內的數據，以下為鑽石級（賣出一千萬張，即10白金）專輯排行（鏈接）：白金銷量,Title,Artist,29,EAGLES/THEIR GREATESTHITS 1971 - 1975,EAGLES,28,THRILLER,"JACKSON,MICHAEL",23,LED ZEPPELIN IV,LEDZEPPELIN,23,THE WALL,PINKFLOYD,22,BACK INBLACK,AC/DC,21,DOUBLE LIVE,"BROOKS,GARTH",21,GREATEST HITS VOLUME I& VOLUME II,"JOEL, BILLY",20,COME ON OVER,"TWAIN,SHANIA",19,RUMOURS,FLEETWOODMAC,19,THE BEATLES,"BEATLES,THE",18,APPETITE FORDESTRUCTION,GUNS "N ROSES,17,BOSTON,BOSTON,17,THE BODYGUARD(SOUNDTRACK),"HOUSTON, WHITNEY",17,NO FENCES,"BROOKS,GARTH",16,THE BEATLES 1967 -1970,"BEATLES, THE",16,HOTELCALIFORNIA,EAGLES,16,PHYSICAL GRAFFITI,LEDZEPPELIN,16,GREATEST HITS,"JOHN,ELTON",16,JAGGED LITTLEPILL,"MORISSETTE, ALANIS",16,CRACKED REAR VIEW,HOOTIE& THE BLOWFISH,15,SUPERNATURAL,SANTANA,15,GREATESTHITS,JOURNEY,15,THE BEATLES 1962 -1966,"BEATLES, THE",15,SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER(SOUNDTRACK),BEE GEES,15,BORN IN THEU.S.A.,"SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE",15,DARK SIDE OF THEMOON,PINK FLOYD,14,BAT OUT OF HELL,MEATLOAF,14,ROPIN" THE WIND,"BROOKS,GARTH",14,SIMON &GARFUNKEL"S GREATEST HITS,SIMON &GARFUNKEL,14,...BABY ONE MORETIME,"SPEARS, BRITNEY",14,BACKSTREETBOYS,BACKSTREET BOYS,14,METALLICA,METALLICA,13,TEN,PEARLJAM,13,WHITNEY HOUSTON,"HOUSTON,WHITNEY",13,PURPLE RAIN(SOUNDTRACK),PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION,13,BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN& E STREET BAND LIVE 1975 - "85,"SPRINGSTEEN,BRUCE",13,MILLENNIUM,BACKSTREETBOYS,13,GREATEST HITS1974-1978,"MILLER, STEVE BAND",12,KENNY ROGERS" GREATESTHITS,"ROGERS, KENNY",12,FORRESTGUMP,SOUNDTRACK,12,YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKEYOU,MATCHBOX TWENTY,12,NO JACKETREQUIRED,"COLLINS, PHIL",12,HYSTERIA,DEFLEPPARD,12,II,BOYZ IIMEN,12,ABBEY ROAD,"BEATLES,THE",12,WIDE OPEN SPACES,DIXIECHICKS,12,HOT ROCKS,"ROLLINGSTONES, THE",12,SLIPPERY WHEN WET,BONJOVI,12,THE WOMAN IN ME,"TWAIN,SHANIA",12,LED ZEPPELIN II,LEDZEPPELIN,12,BREATHLESS,KENNYG,12,PIECES OFYOU,JEWEL,11,FALLING INTO YOU,"DION,CELINE",11,SGT. PEPPER"S LONELYHEARTS CLUB BAND,"BEATLES, THE",11,EAGLES GREATEST HITSVOLUME II,EAGLES,11,DIRTYDANCING,SOUNDTRACK,11,HUMANCLAY,CREED,11,DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE,KIDROCK,11,UP!,"TWAIN,SHANIA",11,HOUSES OF THE HOLY,LEDZEPPELIN,11,AEROSMITH"S GREATESTHITS,AEROSMITH,11,NO STRINGS ATTACHED,"NSYNC,11,CRAZYSEXYCOOL,TLC,11,JAMES TAYLOR"S GREATESTHITS,"TAYLOR, JAMES",11,TITANIC,SOUNDTRACK,11,SPEAKERBOXXX / THE LOVEBELOW,OUTKAST,10,FAITH,"MICHAEL,GEORGE",10,LET"S TALK ABOUTLOVE,"DION, CELINE",10,PYROMANIA,DEFLEPPARD,10,THE STRANGER,"JOEL,BILLY",10,COME AWAY WITH ME,"JONES,NORAH",10,PLEASE HAMMER DON"T HURT"EM,HAMMER,10,GREATEST HITS,"CLINE,PATSY",10,UNPLUGGED,"CLAPTON,ERIC",10,FLY,DIXIECHICKS,10,"N SYNC,"NSYNC,10,LED ZEPPELIN,LEDZEPPELIN,10,HYBRID THEORY,LINKINPARK,10,GREATEST HITS,"PETTY, TOM& THE HEARTBREAKERS",10,TRAGIC KINGDOM,NODOUBT,10,DOOKIE,GREENDAY,10,NEVERMIND,NIRVANA,10,THE IMMACULATECOLLECTION,MADONNA,10,LIKE AVIRGIN,MADONNA,10,CAN"T SLOW DOWN,"RICHIE,LIONEL",10,LEGEND,"MARLEY, BOB& THE WAILERS",10,TAPESTRY,"KING,CAROLE",10,THE BEST OF THEDOORS,"DOORS, THE",10,BEST OF THEDOOBIES,DOOBIE BROTHERS,10,LIFE AFTERDEATH,NOTORIOUS B.I.G.,10,THE LIONKING,SOUNDTRACK,10,SEVENS,"BROOKS,GARTH",10,GARTH BROOKS,"BROOKS,GARTH",10,1984 (MCMLXXXIV),VANHALEN,10,THE HITS,"BROOKS,GARTH",10,VAN HALEN,VANHALEN,10,OOPS!...I DID ITAGAIN,"SPEARS, BRITNEY",10,MUSIC BOX,"CAREY,MARIAH",10,DAYDREAM,"CAREY,MARIAH",10,CONFESSIONS,USHER,10,1,"BEATLES,THE",10,SONGS IN THE KEY OFLIFE,"WONDER, STEVIE",10,ELIMINATOR,ZZTOP,10,THE JOSHUATREE,U2,這個基於銷量榜單太彌足珍貴了，因為網路時代來臨之後，正版的銷售數字太可憐了，不再能說明音樂的流行程度。另有WIKIPEDIA上的List of best-selling albumsworldwide排行榜，但統計很難有RIAA那麼準確了。兩榜最大的分別是MICHAELJACKSON的THRILLER的地位，在全世界THRILLER賣得太恐怖了，超過了10鑽石，超過第二名AC/DC的BACKINBLACK一倍多！在美國卻奇怪地屈居老鷹的翅膀之下排第二。

(MICHAEL JACKSON的THRILLER,史上最強MV)按榜下載了排在前面的專輯，現在硬碟上光排行榜目錄下就有128張CD共1800多首英文歌。我還在MP3專輯目錄之前標記白金數，開始循環地聽。一些專輯開始有FEEL了，例如GARTHBROOKS，之前也買過一盤他的磁帶，覺得是美國一個唱歌的鄉巴佬而已，沒想到他的鄉村歌賣出了128白金，史上僅排在BEATLES之後，卻在貓王之前——BEATLES有4個人，所以論人均賣出來算，這個在中國名氣不算很大的BROOKS更厲害，聽了他最經典的鑽石專輯，才發現感人至深的黑洞頻率片尾曲是他老人家唱的；

（FREQUENCY是十年難得一遇的催淚彈，片尾曲WHEN YOU COME BACK TO MEAGAIN真是太溫馨了。）榜單也讓我學會了欣賞WHITNEYHOUSTON，不再認為她是「過氣老餅」，對女歌手的品味從此突破「小甜甜」階段；RIAA上還有各類型歌曲的年銷售量數據，原來ROCK是市場佔有率第一的，而不是POP，也就是說，那些震耳欲聾歇斯底里的搖滾是絕對主流而非另類，目前我已經喜歡上了AC/DC和METALLICA，在開大功放後搏命搖頭能體驗到強大的快感，對GUNS"NROSES也能慢慢接納了，但是搖滾中最骨灰級的LEDZEPPELIN還在找FEEL——這便是為何我只敢稱自己為「入門級」。按著這些史上最暢銷的「骨灰級」排行榜一直聽下去，英文音樂世界盡在我心中也！我最新發現，香港劇集《壹號皇庭》主題音樂整體取自恐怖海峽的YOURLATEST TRICK！

後來還得知有個「Rolling Stone The 500 Greatest Songs of AllTime」，有心人收集全了以後在VERYCD上發壓縮包MP3!我下來以後每100首放一個目錄，至今這500首已聽過兩遍，發現我在未入門前日日聽的歌手一首歌都不入「最偉大」——滾石專家的口味，跟老百姓是有差別的，跟中國老百姓的差別就更大了。還好，這500首里還是挖掘出十幾首確實很好的歌，例如排在484名的I Love Rock "NRoll。

（錢櫃只有布蘭妮的翻唱版KTV，已足以五爺唱得全場震撼，但1982年JOANJETT原版只有絕對強悍，沒有嗲聲嗲氣，那時小甜甜毛都未出齊。）
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