最近狂喜欢Maroon 5的主打歌This Love，觉得曲风很特别，旋律顺耳，
有点Funk rock的感觉，看完这首歌的MTV，更觉这首歌有型有格。
吸引我注意的是主唱Adam Levine唱歌的表情，和甩microphone的动作，
惰性地趴在地上，潇洒极了。
This Love
I was so high I did not recognize
The fire burning in her eyes
The chaos that controlled my mind
Whispered goodbye and she got on a plane
Never to return again
But always in my heart
This love has taken its toll on me
She said Goodbye too many times before
And her heart is breaking in front of me
I have no choice cause I won't say goodbye anymore
I tried my best to feed her appetite
Keep her coming every night
So hard to keep her satisfied
Kept playing love like it was just a game
Pretending to feel the same
Then turn around and leave again
This love has taken its toll on me
She said Goodbye too many times before
And her heart is breaking in front of me
I have no choice cause I won't say goodbye anymore
I'll fix these broken things
Repair your broken wings
And make sure everything's alright
My pressure on her hips
Sinking my fingertips
Into every inch of you
Cause I know that's what you want me to do.
于是很有兴趣翻查这支乐队的资料，竟然是支来自美国L.A.的摇滚乐队，他们的
音乐揉合funk,R&B,另类Rock。乐队由五人组成，分别是：
Adam Levine - Vocals, Guitar 主唱，吉他
James Valentine - Guitar 吉他
Jesse Carmichael - Keyboards 键盘手
Mickey Madden - Bass 低音乐器
Ryan Dusick - Drums 鼓手
好懒翻译，有兴趣的朋友可以看看以下简介。
1995年9月16日 以Kara's Flowers为名，首次在洛杉矶演出，爆炸性的舞台演出受到注意；
1997年夏天 解散Kara's Flowers，出版处女大碟＜The Fourth World>;
1999年 正式以Maroon 5确定乐队的名字和乐队的音乐风格，即混合流行，funk,punk，soul和摇滚；
2004年 最新专辑<Songs About Jane>.
Take one listen to Maroon 5's "Songs About Jane" (Octone Records) and you'll instantly hear what a little bit of soul can do to the heart of alternative rock. Fronted by Adam Levine, a guitar wizard with a captivating voice and a strutting attitude, and backed by powerhouse players James Valentine, Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick, the band blends elements of R and B and funk influences into their rock and roll songs. Maroon5 is not here to shove their ideas down your throat, but when Adam's belting out a tune and the band is drawing a mesmerized audience into their world, you know they mean it.
Schoolmates since junior high school, Maroon5 (formerly known as Kara's Flowers) played their first show at The Whisky in Los Angeles on September 16, 1995. Hundreds gathered to see their eclectic mix of pop, punk and rock music. It was their energy onstage that made the audience take notice.
By summer of 1997, Kara's Flowers had released "The Fourth World", their critically acclaimed debut album on Reprise Records, and the band immediately set out on the road playing with bands like Reel Big Fish and Goldfinger.
Kara's Flowers left Reprise Records in 1999 to start a new musical direction. After years of experimentation and exploration (as well as the addition of guitar wizard James Valentine), the unique melding of rock, R&B and soul emerged that now defines Maroon 5's musical style. Their sound had begun to transform as the band members absorbed new influences through their college experiences. From its roots as an alternative-rock band in the tradition of acts like Weezer and Nada Surf, Maroon 5 began to experiment and evolve. Hints of R and B and folk were gradually woven through the alternative rock fabric that was the band's musical base. New songs like the album's first single, "This Love," as well as "Sunday Morning," "Secret," and "Not Coming Home" reflect a sound evocative of the band's deep interest in soul music.
"During the time between our record deals," Adam recalls, "I spent a lot of time in New York where I was exposed to an urban and hip-hop culture in a way that had never happened to me in L.A. It turned me on to an entirely new genre of music which has had a profound impact on my songwriting."
After performing showcases for senior executives at many major labels, Maroon 5 ultimately chose to sign with newly founded New York City based independent label, Octone Records is distributed by BMG Music Entertainment and has a Joint Venture deal with Clive Davis and J Records.
The band recorded "Songs About Jane" in Los Angeles with producer/mixer Matt Wallace (Train, Blues Traveler, Third Eye Blind, Faith No More) at Rumbo Recorders, the same studio where such seminal artists as Guns N' Roses, Stone Temple Pilots, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Smashing Pumpkins and John Mellencamp have recorded some of their best work.
Now based in Los Angeles, Maroon 5 regularly plays to sold-out crowds at many of the city's finest clubs such as the El Rey, House of Blues and the Viper Room and have already opened for artists such as Michelle Branch, Evan and Jaron and Nikka Costa.
With "Songs About Jane", Maroon 5 is up to the task of converting music lovers into their groove-based rock and roll world. As declared in "Shiver," "I won't be satisfied 'til I'm under your skin."
[此贴子已经被作者于2004-6-7 10:45:03编辑过]
