Vienna Teng

Vienna Teng

Vienna Teng:来自旧金山的华裔歌手Vienna中文名字史逸欣，放弃电脑工程师工作，投身音乐创作，於美国独立厂牌Virt Records发行首张个人专辑。Vienna的音乐如同Tori Amos、 Suzanne Vega与Sarah Mclachlan的综合体，充满灵性和女性意识， 曲式中融入民谣、摇滚等风格，藉由钢琴和简单的器乐配置，表达生活里的二三事。
　　Vienna Teng是一位受过古典钢琴训练且备受欢迎的唱作人。在没有学音乐压力的情况下，她在五岁的时候要求上钢琴课，正当她完全地研究巴哈和萧邦的古典音乐作品之际，就已经沈醉在即兴演奏里，同时表达浮现在自己脑海中的想像。六岁时写了自己的第一首歌，16岁时就拥有一张器乐演奏的作曲专辑，即使学院生活里的挑战并不多，在她仍在史丹佛大学时期发行了一张4首歌的EP，在她毕业前还完成第一张专辑所有曲子的录音。
　　Vienna Teng从小就和钢琴结下不解之缘，小时候总是喜欢在别人家的钢琴上敲敲琴键，於是就开始了长达12年的学习。总是会在正式表演的时候紧张，但是仍然获得听者的一致赞誉；曾经在大学的宿舍里不经意地弹奏，引来许多人的驻足聆听，腼腆的Vienna认为这样的表演是她觉得最美好的表演方式之一。她作的曲子从轻柔的钢琴搭配清新的歌声之外，也有很华丽的配器.「waking hour」专辑中不只对流行音乐、民谣和摇滚音乐有所研究，也对新世纪以及世界音乐的打击乐有涉猎。黑色短发，恬淡秀美的一张脸，钢琴声里细语倾诉的清亮声线，这样的音乐、这样的人对于我们来说似乎是再亲切不过了。Vienna Teng，我们不知道有多少亚裔女子有着和她同样的经历，美国西海岸阳光与雨水沐浴下成长的24年，应当有所改变，应该也有不变，至少她在音乐上的亲和力让我们感觉到很真实的舒服，而我宁愿相信这和血脉上的相近并无关联24岁的忧伤与思考，24岁的快乐与通达。也许我们正和她同龄，这个城市里每一天路过眼前的事物和大洋彼岸的旧金山能有多少不同？无谓的日子有时其实只是一种存在，没有资格称其为生活。Vienna Teng付诸于音乐上的敏锐感悟多少让我们为自己感到了一点切实的悲哀。

Homecoming

it's desert ice outside but this diner has thawed my ears
hot coffee in a clean white mug and a smile when the waitress hears
that I was born in North Carolina
not an hour from her home town
and we used to play the same pizza parlor pinball

and there's a glance in time suspended as I wonder how it is
we've been swept up just by circumstance to where the coyote lives
where my days are strips of highway
and she's wiping tables down
holding on and still waiting for that windfall

but I've come home
even though I've never had so far to go
I've come home

I pay the check and leave the change from a crumpled ten-dollar bill
head across the street where VACANCY is burning in neon still
well the night eats up my body heat
and there's no sign of another
and I find myself slipping down into that black

but things are good I've got a lot of followers of my faith
I've got a whole congregation living in my head these days
and I'm preaching from the pulpit
to cries of “Amen brother”
closing my eyes to feel the warmth come back

and I've come home
even though I swear I've never been so alone
I've come home

I just want to be living as I'm dying
just like everybody here
just want to know my little flicker of time is worthwhile
and I don't know where I'm driving to
but I know I'm getting old
and there's a blessing in every moment every mile

thin white terry bars of soap and a couple little plastic cups
old Gideons Bible in the nightstand drawer saying “Go on open up”
well I'll kneel down on the carpet here
though I never was sure of God
think tonight I'll give Him the benefit of the doubt

Itch off the lights and imagine that waitress outlined in the bed
her hair falling all around me
I smile and shake my head
well we all write our own endings
and we all have our own scars
but tonight I think I see what it's all about

because I've come home
I've come home

[ra]http://www.china-aors.com/webapp/images2/viennateng-homecoming.mp3[/ra]


The Tower
the one who survives by making the lives
of others worthwhile
she's coming apart
right before my eyes
the one who depends on the  services she renders
to those who come knocking
she's seeing too clearly what she can't be
what understanding defies
she says I need not to  need
or else a love with intuition
someone who reaches out to my weakness and won't let go
I need not to need
I've always been the tower
but now I feel like  I'm the flowers trying to bloom in snow
she turns out the light anticipating night falling tenderly around her
and watches the dusk
the words won't  come
she carries the act so convincingly the fact is
sometimes she believes it
that she can be happy the way things are
be happy with the things she's done
she says I need not to  need
or else a love with intuition
someone who reaches out to my weakness and won't let go
I need not to need
I've always been the tower
but now I feel like  I'm the flowers trying to bloom in snow
reach out hold back
where is safety
reach out and hold back
where is the one who can change me
where is the one
the one  a... a....a...
music .........
reach out  hold back
where is safety
reach out
and hold back
where is the one who can save me
where is the one
the one a...a...a...
I need not to need
or else a love with intuition
someone who reaches out to my weakness and won't let go
I need not to need
I've always been the tower
but now I feel like  I'm the flowers trying to bloom in snow
I feel I like I'm the flowers trying to bloom in snow
I dingerous I the power find down the floor
[ra]http://soft.qzyz.cn/qhb/mp3/viennateng-tower.mp3[/ra]

我喜欢她的那首“Between”……《Waking Hours》里的……~~