자우림, 젊은 날들을 회상하며 미래를 꿈꾸다 한국을 대표하는 밴드 자우림이 2005년 가을 새앨범 『靑春禮讚(청춘예찬)』을 들고 청자들을 찾아왔다. 우선 눈에 띄는 푸르름 위에 빛 바래진, 아름다운 추억이 묻어나올 법한 아트워크가 그 속에 담긴 음악들에 대한 호기심을 자극한다. 그러나 앨범의 내용을 확인하기 위해 살펴 본 트랙리스트는 더 큰 궁금증을 불러 일으킬 만하다. 왜냐하면 다섯번째 앨범까지 그들만의 신선한 감각만으로 채워놓았던 음악적 시도와 달리 다른 아티스트 곡들이 눈에 띄기 때문이다. 게다가 그 이름만으로도 감탄사를 자아내는 외국 유명 팝아티스트의 곡들의 리메이크라니 자우림의 새로운 시도가 기대심리를 자극할 수 밖에 없다. 이는 그 동안 자우림의 음악들이 팬들의 기대를 져버리지 않고 새로운 음악들로 거듭났던 업적들과 더불어 자신들의 곡이 아니면 앨범에 싣지 않았던 밴드의 근성에 반하는 새로운 접근이라는 것만으로 신선한 충격으로 다가오기 때문일 것이다.
[자우림 리ː메이크]: 자우림의 새로운 창작 작업 11곡의 팝과 3곡의 자신들의 곡, 그리고 가요 1곡으로 구성한 이번 앨범들의 트랙리스트를 보면 모두의 고전이라 할 수 있는 Phil Collins의 <Anotherday in Paradis>를 시작으로 모두에게 익숙한 명곡들로 이루어져 있다. 지금의 자우림이 있기까지 즐겨 들어 친숙하고, 존경해서 수 백 번 따라 불렀던 곡 중 60 여개에 달하는 곡을 골라 직접 연주해보고 가장 자우림에게 어울리는 곡을 골라 작업해서인지 너무나도 자우림다운 곡들로 12곡이 탄생하였다. 그리고 본인들의 곡들 중 아끼는 곡들을 재편곡하여 이번 앨범에 걸맞는 새로운 타이틀로 만들었다. 이로서 우리는 1997년 <헤이헤이헤이>를 시작으로 네번째, 다섯번째 앨범까지 자우림이 쌓아온 음악들과 음악에 대한 자세에 대한 신뢰를 확고히 하며 또한 앞으로의 음악적 방향을 앞서 기대할 수 있는 즐거운 상상의 기회가 될 수도 있을 것이다.
밴드음악의 완성, 그 음악에의 헌정 앨범 자우림에게 가장 잘 어울리는, 그리고 실제 라이브에 가장 적합할 곡들을 골라 담은 이번 앨범에서는 밴드 음악의 진수와 함께 다양하게 소화해낸 보이스 컬러와 음악 색깔이 특히 눈에 띈다. 타이틀곡인 <청춘예찬>으로 4집에 실렸던 <#1>이라 곡에 김윤아 특유의 불안한 현재의 모습에도 미래지향적인 의미를 담은 공허하고 읇조리는 듯한 시적 가사와 애잔한 사운드가 특징이라 할 수 있다. 많은 의미를 담고 있어 유명한 <Gloomy Sunday>의 밴드 편곡이나 <Girl, You’ll be a Woman Soon>, <Star man>, <Lover’s Rock>같이 경쾌하고 상큼한 음악에서부터 <Take a Bow>, <Goodbye to Romance>처럼 발라드하게 편곡한 느낌의 곡까지 다양한 장르로 원곡과 비교하며 들어보는 재미도 쏠쏠할 듯 하다. 매 앨범마다 오색찬란한 무지개 빛을 자줏빛 본연의 색을 바탕으로 보여주었던 그들답게, 이번에도 어떠한 한가지 색으로 불리어질 수 없는 독특한 색으로 앨범들의 트랙들을 물들이고 있을지 기대해도 좋을 듯 하다. .... ....
He walks on, doesn't look back, he pretends he can't hear her starts to whistle as he crosses the street seems embarrased to be there.
Oh think twice It's another day for you and me in paradise Oh think twice It's just another day for you, you and me in paradise
She calls out to the man on the street he can see she's been crying she's got blisters on the soles of her feet she can't walk, but she's trying
Oh Lord, is there nothing more anybody can do Oh Lord, there must be something you can say You can tell from the lines on her face you can see that she's been there probably been moved on from every place 'cos she didn't fit in there
I love you so much, can't count all the ways I've died for you girl and all they can say is "He's not your kind" They never get tired of putting me down And I'll never know when I come around What I'm gonna find Don't let them make up your mind. Don't you know.
Girl, you'll be a woman soon, Please, come take my hand Girl, you'll be a woman soon, Soon, you'll need a man
I've been misunderstood for all of my life But what they're saying girl it cuts like a knife "The boy's no good" Well I've finally found what I'm a looking for But if they get their chance they'll end it for sure Surely would, Baby I've done all I could Now it's up to you...
Goodbye love Didn't know what time it was the lights were low oh how I leaned back on my radio oh oh Some cat was layin' down some rock'n roll lotta soul, he said Then the loud sound did seem to fade a ade Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase ha hase That weren't no d.j. that was hazy cosmic jive
There's a starman waiting in the sky He'd like to come and meet us But he thinks he'd blow our minds There's a starman waiting in the sky He's told us not to blow it Cause he knows it's all worthwhile He told me: Let the children lose it Let the children use it Let all the children boogie
I had to phone someone so I picked on you ho ho Hey, that's far out so you heard him too! o o Switch on the tv we may pick him up on channel two Look out your window I can see his light a ight If we can sparkle he may land tonight a light Don't tell your poppa or he'll get us locked up in fright
Angel came down from heaven yesterday She stayed with me just long enough to rescue me And she told me a story yesterday, About the sweet love between the moon and the deep blue sea And then she spread her wings high over me She said she's gonna come back tomorrow And I said, "Fly on my sweet angel, Fly on through the sky, Fly on my sweet angel, Tomorrow I'm gonna be by your side"
Sure enough this morning came unto me Silver wings silhouetted against the child's sunrise And my angel she said unto me, "Today is the day for you to rise Take my hand, you're gonna be my man, You're gonna rise" And then she took high over yonder
Take a bow, the night is over This masquerade is getting older Light are low, the curtains down There's no one here. There's no one here, there's no one in the crowd Say your lines but do you feel them Do you mean what you say when there's no one around [no one around] Watching you, watching me, one lonely star One lonely star you don't know who you are I've always been in love with you I guess you've always known it's true You took my love for granted, why oh why The show is over, say good-bye Say good-bye, say good-bye Make them laugh, it comes so easy When you get to the part, Where you're breaking my heart Hide behind your smile, all the world loves a clown Just make 'em smile the whole world loves a clown Wish you well, I cannot stay You deserve an award for the role that you played No more masquerade, you're one lonely star One lonely star and you don't know who you are All the world is a stage And everyone has their part But how was I to know which way the story'd go How was I to know you'd break, You'd break my heart
Sunday is gloomy My hours are slumberless Dearest the shadows, I live with are numberless Little white flowers Will never awaken you Not where the black coach , Of sorrow has taken you Angels have no thought, Of ever returning you Would they be angry, If I thought of joining you Gloomy Sunday
Sunday is gloomy With shadows I spend it all My heart and I have decided, To end it all Soon there'll be candles and prayers That are said I know, But let them not weep Let them know, That I'm glad to go Death is no dream For in death I'm caressing you With the last breath of my soul I'll be blessing you Gloomy Sunday
Dreaming, I was only dreaming I wake and I find you asleep In the deep of my heart dear Darling I hope That my dream never haunted you My heart is telling you, How much I wanted you Gloomy Sunday
Yeh, you must treat your lover girl right If you wanna make lover's rock You must know a place you can kiss to make lovers rock 'Cause everybody knows it's a crying shame But nobody knows the poor babie's name When she forgot that thing that she had to swallow
You Western man, you're free with your seed When you make lovers rock But woops! there goes the strength that you need To make real cool lovers rock 'Cause a genuine lover takes off his clothes And he can make a lover in a thousand go's An' she don't need that thing that she had to swallow
Summertime and the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is fine Oh your Daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin' So hush little baby, don't you cry
One of these mornings You're goin' to rise up singing Then you'll spread your wings, And you'll take the sky, But till that morning There's a nothin' can harm you With daddy and mammy standin' by
Freezing. Rests his head on a pillow made of concrete.Again Feeling maybe he'll see a little better set a days hand out faces that he sees time again ain't that familiar dark grin. He can't help when his happy looks insane
Even flow. Thoughts arrive like butterflies He don't know so he chases them away-yeah someday yet he'll begin his life again
Kneeling. Looking through the paper though he doesn't know to read praying now to something that has never showed him anything Feeling understands the weather of the winters on its way Ceilings few and far between all the legal halls of shame
Yesterday has been and gone Tomorrow will I find the sun or will it rain Everybody's having fun except me I'm the lonely one I live in shame
I said goodbye to romance Goodbye to friends, I tell you Goodbye to all the past I guess that we'll meet We'll meet in the end
I've been the king I've been the clown Now broken wings can't hold me down I'm free again The jester with the broken crown It won't be me this time around to love in vain
And I feel the time is right Although I know that you just might say to me what you gonna do But I have to check this chance Goodbye to friends and to romance And to all of you and to all of you Come'on now!
And the winter is looking fine And I think the sun will shine again And I feel I've cleaned my mind All the past is left behind again