听听谁是你的菜 | 年末劲爆音乐大盘点（一）

听听谁是你的菜 | 年末劲爆音乐大盘点（一）

YOYO说旅行--《驰骋大东欧》暂告一段落啦~错过全六集（克罗地亚、阿尔巴尼亚、“玫瑰之国”保加利亚、罗马尼亚、斯洛伐克和诗情画意的绿色波兰）的朋友们可在本专栏查看往期文章哦。

上周，YOYO老师推出了新节目《YOYO聊音乐》开篇--业界良心之 BBC Music Sound of the New Year Longlist. 想看的童鞋可以点击“”，从第一集追随YOYO的音乐之旅吧~~

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上一期咱们研究了权威音乐人榜单 BBC Music Sound 的2016年版本 (BBC Music Sound of 2016 longlist)。相信各位对于来年有哪些 solo artists 和 groups 既能成为广大 music lovers 的心头爱，又能赢得严苛的 critics 青睐，同时还能兼顾 chart 红红火火，应该已经心知肚明；至少我们知道，这份由各种大咖级 DJs, critics and writers 坐镇的榜单共提名了15枚，其中 solo acts 居多，各种 sub-genres of pop 居多，而 group 较少，rock 较冷（上期答案就在以上内容中）。

这周，咱们则将回溯2015年的这份名单。原因有三：

第一，它让咱们听到更多好音乐。虽然2015年即将过去，但是名单中诸位天才音乐人及他们的作品的热度丝毫未减；

第二，它让大家了解腐国音乐走向。加上上周的2016版本，我们即将拥有两份名单，这将使我们对当今英国乐坛的现状和趋势都更加了解；

第三，它是雅思口语的优质资源。因为它不仅提供 longlist，还自带几乎所有艺人的 description，内含 genre, feel, background, career, experiences, circle 等 Music 话题的各种高分表达，真心不容错过。

老规矩，在看小文前，还请各位先关注以下两个要点——相对上周的问题而言，这两个要点会 open 许多，不过，它同样会使你的阅读更高效。

一. 文中描述 James Bay, George The Poets, 和 Rae Morris 时，分别谈到了哪些方面的信息（比如 style of music, educational background, etc.）？

二. 作者为了证明该榜单的权威性，采用了哪些手段？

答案将在下期【YOYO说句】部分揭晓；现在，就请各位展开对 2015 longlist 的探索吧~

BBC Music Sound of 2015 longlist revealed

Solo artists such as James Bay, George The Poet and Raury make up most of this year's list of musicians tipped for big things in 2015

Tim Jonze

James Bay, Kwabs and George The Poet are among the names to feature on next year's BBC Music Sound Of 2015 longlist.

The poll, which aims to predict the artists likely to make a splash over the coming 12 months, mirrors last year in being dominated by solo artists, with Låpsley, Novelist, Rae Morris, Raury, Shamir, Shura, SOAK and Stormzy among the names on the list. The groups Sunset Sons, Wolf Alice, Slaves and Years and Years make up the full longlist.

Singer songwriter James Bay is likely to emerge as the favourite to win – his gentle folk-pop marks him out as in a similar vein to chart favourite Ed Sheeran. Bay also recently received a nomination for the Brits Critics Choice award, along with George The Poet and Years and Years, and it should be noted that last year's BBC Sound of 2014 poll winner, Sam Smith, won the Brits Critics' Choice Award too.

Tipped for 2015 ... James Bay Photograph: Maria Jefferis/Redferns via Getty Images

Several names stand out from the list. With rock music virtually ignored, the primal, punky sound of duo Slaves set them apart. The Kent group's music is reminiscent of groups like the Fall, as well as this year's culttwo-piece Sleaford Mods.

Elsewhere, the spoken word music of George The Poet could be likened to that of Kate Tempest. Born George Mpanga, the 23 year old's journey has taken him from a north London council estate to Cambridge University. Rae Morris is a songwriter from Blackpool who has worked with artists such as classical/dance chart toppers Clean Bandit and indie group Bombay Bicycle Club. Novelist is a teenage grime rapper and producer from South London who is at the forefront of the current grime revival.

Of the 15 artists on the longlist, 13 hail from the UK. Atlanta artist Raury is one of the exceptions, and his intriguing mixture of folk, hip hop and psychedelia makes his sound harder to pin down than most on the list. Sunset Sons feature British and Australian members and have been described, somewhat alarmingly, as being “quite the storm among Europe's surfing community”.

Around 140 music industry experts were polled by the BBC, including journalists, DJs and bloggers. Past winners have included Adele, Jessie J and Ellie Goulding, as well as the likes of 50 Cent, Keane and Haim.

BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens said: “It's always an exciting time of year to take stock and look at what might be making us dance, cry and jump for joy into the year ahead. I'm excited because there are a lot of artists I and my fellow DJs have supported on the list, and it's another great chance to share the music we love with an even bigger audience”.

The winner will be announced on Friday 9 January after a countdown of the top five.

The full list
George The Poet
James Bay
Kwabs
Låpsley
Novelist
Rae Morris
Raury
Shamir
Shura
Slaves
SOAK
Stormzy
Sunset Sons
Wolf Alice
Years & Years

YOYO聊音乐

folk-popFolk的一种sub-genre；曲如其名，一面是folk之火，一面是pop之潮。究竟是一种什么样的体验？用名单中JamesBay的一首歌来感受一下吧（）                       
                        
If You Ever Want To Be In Love
                        
James Bay - If You Ever Want To Be In Love           
            
需要说明的是，这里提到的民谣 Folk，指的是20世纪中期的 Folk Revival之后产生的 contemporary folk music，或称 folk revival music；它虽然与真正的民乐 traditional folk 有些渊源，但二者的区别在更多情况下会让你忽略掉这点渊源——如果说民乐更原生态，更纯粹的话，当代的民谣则更加多元化。除了 folk-pop 之外，还包括 folk rock, folk metal, electric folk 等各种融合曲风。

Punk 朋克，也有叫庞克的，上世纪七十年代中期产物，应该可以算是摇滚乐中最为简单原始的一种。从音乐技巧上说，朋克值得关注的地方实在不能算多，不过它歌词中满溢的反抗精神，以及表演者和表演本身反主流要解放的姿态，吸引了大批年轻粉丝拥护并践行着朋克文化。

psychedelia 迷幻音乐。也是太 general 的一个 genre 了，其实它也包括很多 subgenres，像是 psychedelia rock, psychedelia pop, psychedelia hip-hop, psychedelia soul, psychedelia folk, psychedelia electronic 等。

不过可惜这种音乐如今已然式微——哪怕经过了 revival，却仍无法回到上世纪六十年代那曾经的辉煌。现在更多是以元素的形式保存在其他风格的音乐中。

虽然名为 psycheledia，但真的听过之后可能会感觉并没有本义所描述的那么重口，这种风格反而更为“流畅”，并“尝试将印第安音乐，东方音乐以及自由风格的爵士乐等各种元素杂揉起来”，并且融合“另类的电子乐和合成效果”（）。

各位想尝试的话从PinkFloyd的专辑《TheEndlessRiver》开始就好（），下面给大家试听几首，有兴趣的可以自己去搜索哦：                                                                                 
                        
Side 1, Pt. 1: Things Left Unsaid
                        
Pink Floyd - The Endless River                               
                        
Side 1, Pt. 2: It's What We Do
                        
Pink Floyd - The Endless River                                            

YOYO说词
feature 成为重头戏，担任重要角色

make a splash over 在…掀起狂澜/引发热潮（想想水花四溅的模样，真是形象的表达），与后文 ’quite a storm among’ 异曲同工

mirrors照镜子是一种什么样的体验？就是一样一样一样的！还记得上周小文中是哪个短语 paraphrase 它吗? 对，就是– ‘As with previous years’

make up（共同）组成

Singer songwriter 唱作型歌手

emerge as 本义是“浮出”，不过想象一下，于如此众多的艺人当中还能受人肯定，用“脱颖而出”来解释也许更合适；文中相似用法还包括：mark sb.out, stand out, set sb. apart 等

in a similar vein to 一脉相承；不过联系上下文，实际上就是指 James Bay 的音乐从曲风上来说，与已成巨星好几年的 Ed Sheeran 非常相似，或者说前者让人想到了后者；此语境中与此相似的用法，后文中还包括 is reminiscent of 和 be likened to

Ed Sheeran

Virtually 简直是，真的是，其实是

the primal, punky sound 原始的朋克之音

duo 二人（组），类似用法还包括后文的 two-piece

cult 部分人所狂热追求的，为特定人群极度欢迎的

the spoken word music 对说唱乐非常棒的一个 paraphrase

at the forefront of 在前沿

hail from 表示‘来自…’的正式用法，逼格很高

pin down 下定义（到底是个神马风格）

alarmingly（表示引用的那种描述说的）让人怕怕

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