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        Lynyrd Skynyrd的《Free Bird》一直是我心目中最好的摇滚曲目之一，高潮处吉他solo的绚丽奔放自然是经典之至，怎么选都会在guitar solo top 100，前奏的旋律也异常的温婉醉人，听多少遍都会让我感动不已。前几天淘到两张向LS致敬的合辑，一张是——

Pickin' on Lynyrd Skynyrd: A Tribute

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给我的感觉就像Amazon上那条留言说的那样：一开始听到说是蓝草音乐和美国南方摇滚的结合、acoustic版的LS，兴奋得很，听过之后马上觉得略嫌乏味、段数实在不高。（... it's not horrible, it's just dull. This sounds like a bunch of session musicians playing for scale, no heart, no passion. Nothing interesting or unique about the arrangements. To borrow from Skynyrd's album title, this is Nothin' Fancy. It makes ok background music, plesant enough to play in our retail store.... Reviewed by L. Lawhead "LSquared35"）

这张合辑所属的Pickin' On系列专搞流行乐队的bluegrass版，从Metallica、Ozzy Osbourne、Bon Jovi到Radiohead、Green Day、Air到Neil Young、John Denver、Eric Clapton等等，莫能幸免……我向来对跨界的融合不抱乐观的态度。不过，众多acoustic乐器的曼妙声响的确让人耳膜愉悦，这包括有banjo, fiddle, dobro, steel guitar, mandolin等等bluegrass常规武器。或许，这就够了。我要是期望从bluegrass里听到电吉他细腻的揉弦、痛快激昂的solo，干吗不直接听摇滚版的原作呢。

另一张是——

Under the Influence: A Jam Band Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd

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所见的评论无不把这张东西批得体无完肤，说名不副实，说模仿拙劣，说毫无新意，说它叫这名字简直是讽刺，说这是一个坏得不能再坏的点子。有这么糟吗……不至于吧……

打开头炮的就是我非常喜欢的Primus乐队的贝司手兼主唱Les Claypool重新演绎的《Call Me The Breeze》，完全是他的个人风格——这毫不意外，他的贝司版《Master of Puppets》不也让人瞠目结舌吗！——批评者说他让这首歌变得根本不像LS的作品。如果这也是批评理由的话，那真没什么好说的了。还是那句话，要听纯粹的原始风味、要最符合预期，干吗不直接听原作？其实……如果我有LS的碟，你以为我还会找这些tribute来望梅止渴吗~~~>_<~~~你以为我还会拿这点儿破事儿出来抖搂吗……说回来，这张专辑的贝司好像都挺突出的。另外，它在选曲上至少比上面说的那张bluegrass有眼光，没有漏掉《Simple Man》。

[附] 一个叫SKYNYRD TRIBUTE的网页，搜罗了LS的TRIBUTE BAND、TRIBUTE CD、TRIBUTE SONG，大牌不少哦，想必佳作也不少，也怪不得批评UNDER THE INFLUENCE的人那么苛刻……

[附] LYNYRD SKYNYRD的介绍及FREE BIRD歌词（均引自www.sing365.com，请细心欣赏……//陶醉中）

Freebird
   ------Lynyrd Skynyrd

(Allen Collins - Ronnie VanZant)

If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be traveling on, now,
'Cause there's too many places I've got to see.
But, if I stayed here with you, girl,
Things just couldn't be the same.
'Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you cannot change.
Oh…Oh...Oh… Oh…
And this bird you cannot change.
And this bird you cannot change.
Lord Knows I Can't Change.

Bye, bye, Baby its been a sweet love.
Yea, yea
Though this feeling I can't change.
But please don't take it so badly,
'Cause the Lord knows I'm to blame.
But, if I stayed here with you girl,
Things just couldn't be the same.
Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you'll never change.
Oh…Oh...Oh… Oh…Oh….
And this bird you cannot change.
And this bird you cannot change.
Lord knows, I can't change.
Lord help me, I can't change.
Lord I Can't Change,
Won't You Fly High Free Bird Yea.