Listen

近年來的歌唱選秀節目多得數不清，辦得最成功的無非是American Idol和The X Factor，以致因這類選秀而成名的新星多得讓人記不住名字。而最新出爐的，就是剛贏得第一季The X Factor US佳冠的Melanie Amaro。也許她并不是最好的，至少，她是近年來少有的實力新秀。

Melanie Amaro是久違的power house參賽歌手(上一個讓我激賞的是2004年第三屆Amercian Idol的Latoya London)，爆發力強，自第一回她audition，就光芒四射了。你聽她翻唱MJ的Earth Song和Man in the Mirror，whitney houston的I have nothing無一不令人驚嘆。不得不說的是，即使在她還未成為冠軍的當時，但她的台風和表現，已很有巨星風範。

Beyonce的Listen是首很有張力的歌曲，且不說那歌詞中那撕心裂肺的痛，歌曲本身對歌手的功力就是一大考驗。如沒有相當的功力，演唱這首歌曲只會自取其辱。Beyonce的表演已經非常飽滿，Melanie Amaro的演繹更是令人讚歎，她爆發時的的感染力讓我聽得雞皮疙瘩都出來（毛管凍），即使現在再聽，仍會聽得眼濕濕。

或許，過幾個月，我就會忘了自己曾經為這位歌手喝采，至少，她讓我激動過，至少，她讓我認真的欣賞了Listen這首歌。


Melanie Amaro - Audition 1 - THE X FACTOR 2011


Beyonce - Listen Official Video HD

Listen to the song here in my heart
A melody I start but can't complete
Listen to the sound from deep within
It's only beginning to find release

Oh, the time has come for my dreams to be heard
They will not be pushed aside and turned
Into your own all 'cause you won't
Listen

Listen, I am alone at a crossroads
I'm not at home in my own home
And I've tried and tried to say what's on mind
You should have known

Oh, now I'm done believing you
You don't know what I'm feeling
I'm more than what you made of me
I followed the voice you gave to me
But now I've gotta find my own

You should have listened, there is someone here inside
Someone I thought had died so long ago
Oh, I'm screaming out and my dreams'll be heard
They will not be pushed aside on words
Into your own all 'cause you won't
Listen

Listen, I am alone at a crossroads
I'm not at home in my own home
And I've tried and tried to say what's on mind
You should have known

Oh, now I'm done believing you
You don't know what I'm feeling
I'm more than what you made of me
I followed the voice you gave to me
But now I've gotta find my own

I don't know where I belong
But I'll be moving on
If you don't, if you won't

Listen to the song here in my heart
A melody I start but I will complete

Oh, now I'm done believing you
You don't know what I'm feeling
I'm more than what you made of me
I followed the voice you think you gave to me
But now I've gotta find my own, my own


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