katie melua- nine million bicycles in beijing

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A very beautiful song
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KATIE MELUA：Nine Million Bicycles

Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:19:06 +0200

赌咒发誓的情歌，很好听。Katie Melua's style is close to the Asian
singers, more melodic than symphonious.

很有趣的是，这首歌的歌词，也是“信仰 faith”和“真理 Truth”的关系的一个常识
例证，并且提到了 liar 这个词，
这对于动不动把自己不相信的学说非要纳入“科学”框架，还说别人是“伪科学”加以
侮辱的科学教教徒来说，是个很好
的启发。不可理解的，不一定是错误的；错误的，也不一定是虚伪的。要证明别人
是伪科学，得首先证明别人：

1. 以科学的名义假冒科学的实质行为
2. 明知自己不是科学，却有假冒科学的动机

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/katiemelua/ninemillionbicycles.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTy3WA0Pq8M
KATIE MELUA LYRICS

"Nine Million Bicycles"

There are nine million bicycles in Beijing
That's a fact,
It's a thing we can't deny
Like the fact that I will love you till I die.

We are twelve billion light years from the edge,
That's a guess,
No-one can ever say it's true
But I know that I will always be with you.

I'm warmed by the fire of your love everyday
So don't call me a liar,
Just believe everything that I say

There are six BILLION people in the world
More or less
and it makes me feel quite small
But you're the one I love the most of all

[INTERLUDE]
We're high on the wire
With the world in our sight
And I'll never tire,
Of the love that you give me every night

There are nine million bicycles in Beijing
That's a Fact,
it's a thing we can't deny
Like the fact that I will love you till I die

And there are nine million bicycles in Beijing
And you know that I will love you till I die!

[Thanks to Franco "FairyKing" Lai (queenjew...@tiscali.it) for these lyrics]

[ www.azlyrics.com ]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Million_Bicycles
Nine Million Bicycles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Katie+Melua+Nine+Million+Bicycles&as=1&and_queries=Katie+Melua+Nine+Million+Bicycles&exact_query=&or_queries=&negative_queries=&search_duration=&search_hl=&search_category_type=all&search_sort=&uploaded=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF_w7MMU0DU&feature=related

这段现场版录像中，可以看到一段类似曲笛音色的演奏，但却是纵向的吹管乐器，类似很细短的箫，不知道是什么。最喜欢曲笛的音色，经典乐曲《姑苏行》。

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Million_Bicycles
Adrian Brett, who played the ethnic flutes on Batt's album Caravans (1978), contributed to the song; an ocarina was used for the low sounds, and a Chinese bamboo flute for the high sounds.

据说用了埙(ocarina)和竹笛，熟悉的清新婉约的风格。但是许多演奏中并没有用支那乐器，而是用的不知道名字的铜管乐器，音色和竹笛却很象。

Melua said that she liked the song "because it is a simple juxtaposition of a trivial idea ("Nine Million Bicycles") against an important idea ("I will love you till I die")".[2]

这其实就是支那《诗经》中所用的“兴”的修辞手法。:)

The website indieLondon named it one of the "highlights" of Piece by Piece, describing it as "genuinely sweet ... The meandering blasts of flute that weave their way throughout lend the song a Chinese feel and make it quite enticing."[3]

可见，人类的乐感是相通的，老外也觉得笛子的音色“meandering 婉转”，enticing 迷人。虽然笛子也是从西域传入支那，但是就如围棋几乎成为日本的文化代表，在谁那里发扬光大，就算是哪国文化。:)

许多民乐听来确实令人沉醉。现在老外也开始发掘资源了。:) 从新文化运动以来，支那音乐家已经发掘整理了很多，而之前，都是散落在民间，宫廷，寺庙中的。

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0SHLJAzB3I&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo8166ZG2os

这两段现场录像中，采用的是竹笛，但看起来是粗短的梆笛，不是细长的曲笛。

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkCG4_dQhdY 这里她唱错词了。
1:04 there are six billion light years in the world

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZIdjUXfGa4
学者指出她歌词里说我们距离宇宙边界 120 亿光年是错的，应该是 137 亿光年。Katie 说，没办法，那不合拍。;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqY-rBM-eo0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-TOD8vu9ww&feature=related
Katie Melua 是格鲁吉亚 (Georgia) 裔，移民到北爱尔兰。

自由的世界给各民族精英提供舞台。

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKr8TLDXqJE
Katie Melua 在瑞士的现场演出和访谈

http://www.bikebeijing.com/9million_bicycles.htm
北京一些公司开始用这首歌做自行车租赁和旅游宣传了。

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