也许你从来不听欧美音乐，也许你也并不喜爱音乐，但不可否认好的音乐会触及你的神经和灵魂，The Fray也许你没听过他们没事，进来听听吧，不会耽误你多少时间的！我给你们推荐的都是偶特别爱的歌，也许你是独树一帜的一个人不爱听这些，但这音乐绝对在公共场所放的话，一定是受人喜爱的！要不是The Fray的单曲Over My Head (Cable Car)最终登上了单曲榜的前一百名，这个在去年就推出首张大碟的乐队一定会被我忽略，而现在回头看看这支组合，我又突然想到有着相同状况的Maroon5，他的专辑最初发行的时候同样无人问津，最后成为前两年的销售强手，The Fray就暗自希望成为第二个Maroon5吧，虽然历史重复的可能性并不太大。成立于2002年的丹佛乐队The Fray由四人组成，经过三年的努力，在去年的九月份推出了首张专辑How to Save a Life，之前提到的单曲Over My Head (Cable Car)最早出现在电影原声大碟Stealth之中。聊到The Fray的音乐，也许并无新鲜感可言，但也决不是下三烂的垃圾货。虽然不一定是模仿，但一听就会让人联想到两支英国的乐队，Coldplay和Keane，特点在于The Fray对于钢琴的钟爱，对于Coldplay的相似之处，我可以这么说，有时候你在听一首歌的前奏的时候，期待的是Chris Martin的声音，直到主音的声音出现，你才发觉你原来在听The Fray的音乐，专辑也绝对是可听的，我说的可听的指的是，如果在公共场所播放他们的专辑，机会没有人会提出任何的异议，虽然很对人会无视他的存在。主打歌曲Over My Head (Cable Car)无疑是一首值得多听几遍的歌曲，在当今这类歌曲在排行榜上不多见的情况下，这依然是一首不错的好歌。标题歌曲How to Save a Life来得更加的抒情，开场的钢琴绝对让人沉醉，歌曲也在很大程度上和Over My Head (Cable Car)打成平手，She Is的前奏比较英式摇滚化，而歌曲不出意外地抒情又注重旋律。在这样一首单调之中，All at Once在不打破专辑统一性的前提下，大胆地把专辑的节奏推进到了一个更高的高度，表现也更加放松，更加摇滚，虽然在很多看来，这样的摇滚还是不够。歌曲Hundred有着一分钟的前奏，你可以尽情享受他们的钢琴小品，但歌曲主题闪现出更多的成熟，至少是嗓音上的表现，更加脱离一种固定的模式，Look After You的高潮我不能说是catchy，还一个词应该是深刻，虽然唱的只是oh oh的呻吟。另外一些比较有力的作品是Dead Wrong和Little House。专辑有着那么几首不错的单曲，但是过于平铺的结构和质量，也许真实专辑未能引起太大注意的原因。
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The Fray - How to Save a Life
Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life
