Pieces是SUM41的慢歌中最经典的一首。音乐感觉有点微微的颓废,歌词中又表达着内心的挣扎,思想的徘徊和矛盾,但是配乐却给了人们一种坚定自己的想法和信仰的感觉,再加上主唱略带金属而饱满的朋克唱腔,使整首歌更充满着一种冷冷的激情。
Pieces by SUM 41
I tried to be perfect
But nothing was worth it
I don't believe it makes me real
I thought it'd be easy
But no one believes me
I meant all the things that I said
If you believe it's in my soul
I'd say all the words that I know
Just to see if it would show
But I tried to let you know
That I'm better off on my own This place is so empty
My thoughts are so tempting
I don't know how it got so bad
Sometimes it's so crazy that nothing
But it's the only thing that I have If you believe it's in my soul
I'd say all the words that I know
Just to see if it would show
But I tried to let you know
That I'm better off on my own I tried to be perfect
It just wasn't worth it
Nothing could ever be so wrong
It's hard to believe me
It never gets easy
I guess I knew that all along If you believe it's in my soul
I'd say all the words that I know
Just to see if it would show
But I tried to let you know
That I'm better off on my own
歌手简介:
也许Sum 41的名字有点儿难以琢磨,但其实原因再简单不过了,乐队成立的时候刚好还有41天进入夏季,所以干脆叫起了Sum 41,(简写自“the 41st day of summer”);在一个音乐频道的节目中主唱兼吉他手Derek Whibley是这样解释的,当你把1分、5分、一角和25分的硬币各一枚相加在一起,你就会发现总数刚好是41;另外,还有一种非常有创造力的解释,现在让我们把目光放在平日里使用的键盘上面,你会发现数字健4和1同时也是符号健“$”和“! ”,由此“Sum 41”就是“钱!钱!钱!(sum money!)”。
Sum41于1999年在加拿大的安大略省成立,成员分别为:Derick Whibley (吉他,主唱), Dave Baksh (吉他,主唱), Cone McCaslin (贝斯)和Steve Jocz(鼓手)。乐队以他们在现场强有力的吉他和狂躁的节奏,立即在当地的音乐圈内名声大噪。1999年年底,他们得到了Island唱片的赏识并与该公司签约。
2000年6月,乐队推出了他们的首张专集“Half hour of power”。这张唱片的开场曲“Grab the devil by the horns and fuck him up the ass”就足以颠覆所有人的耳朵。在这首仅1分06秒的歌曲中,人们仿佛可以体验到旧日英国金属的味道,Iron Maiden(铁娘子)式的调子随处可见。 在这首多少有点回顾意义的作品之后,专集马上被铺天盖地的流行朋克旋律所覆盖了。象“Make no difference”和“Summer”这样的作品,都带着很悦耳的hook line,但也有乐评人认为,这张专集并不出色,其中相当一部分作品多少带着早期Green Day和Blink182的影子,那样的作品在电台中是难以得到好的评价的。 2001年,乐队带着在巡演中积累的丰富经验进棚录音。乐队找到了知名制作人Jerry Finn为他们制作第二张专集“All killer no filler”。这张专集让组队还不到两年的Sum41一跃成了MTV台的大明星。
2002年,Sum41的第三张专集“Does this look infected?”发行。在专集的一首MV中,乐队嘲讽了the Strokes,the Hives等乐队,引起极大争议。