스웨덴 출신의 안드레아스 존슨(Andreas Johnson)은 1999년에 내놓은 싱글 'Glorious'로 당시 유럽과 아시아, 특히 국내에서 절대적인 사랑을 받았던 가수이다. 그의 세계시장 데뷔작인 에 수록된 'Glorious'는 우리네 정서에 부합되는 멜랑콜리 선율과 드라마틱함을 부각시키는 오케스트레이션, 차갑고도 서정미 넘치는 신시사이저, 그리고 깔끔한 편곡이 어울리면서 그해 말 최고의 FM 방송 횟수를 기록하는 기염을 토했다. 이 때문에 그는 1년 뒤인 2000년 내한하여 쇼케이스 및 기자회견을 갖으며 많은 관심을 불러 일으켰다.
무언가를 갈구하듯 꿈속을 헤매는 듯한 몽롱함과 질주감으로 무장한 이 곡은 1999년을 뛰어넘어 2년이 지난 지금에도 라디오에서 심심찮게 리퀘스트되며 확실한 골든 레퍼토리로 자리잡아가고 있는 중이다. 이는 안드레아스 존슨이 미국 시장에서 찬바람을 맞은 것과는 매우 대조적인데, 그것은 예전부터 국내 팬들만이 선호하는 음악 색깔이 따로 있음을 말해주는 결과가 하겠다.
그때까지 국내는 물론이고, 지구촌에서 명함 한 장 제대로 내밀지 못했던 안드레아스 존슨은 그러나 자국인 스웨덴에서는 어느 정도 지명도를 가지고 있던 보컬리스트. 재즈 뮤지션으로 활동했던 부모님 덕분에 일찌감치 음악에 대한 감수성을 체득한 그는 미국을 비롯한 여러 나라를 돌아다니며 다양한 음악을 접하며 경험을 쌓아나갔다. 이후 펑크 밴드 플래닛 웨이브스(Planet Waves)를 결성하여 1995년 를 내놓았고, 그룹 해산 후 1997년 어쿠스틱 컨트리 스타일의 솔로 작품 를 발표하며 인기를 얻었다.
지금까지 세 장을 작품을 선보였지만, 그 속에 담겨있는 그의 사운드 스펙트럼은 재즈, 펑크, 컨트리, 포크, 모던 록 등 깊고도 넓다. 그의 음악 공력이 단순히 'Glorious'의 블록에 갇혀있지만은 않다는 것을 분명히 보여주는 대목이라 할 수 있다. 이런 사실은 이번에 공개되는 그의 세 번째 솔로 작품인 에서 더욱 확연히 나타난다.
전작 의 투어 기간에 틈나는 대로 만들었던 노래들 중 13곡을 엄선하여 녹음한 신보는 첫 싱글로 내정된 'Shine'부터 안드레아스 존슨과 'Glorious'부터 이미 그의 사운드를 책임지고 있는 프로듀서 피터 크빈트(Peter Kvint)의 변화에 대한 의지를 읽을 수 있다. 빠르게 움직이는 중독성 강한 키보드 사운드와 브릿 팝의 전통을 따르고 있는 애수에 젖은 보컬, 그리고 자극적인 후렴구가 인상적인 이 곡은 웅장함으로 대표됐던 이전의 그의 카리스마와는 다른 모습이다.
물론 'Shine'을 제외하고 대부분의 트랙들은 과거에 내세웠던 음악적 노선을 그대로 고수하고 있다. 현악 사운드가 더해져 풍성한 느낌을 전해주는 모던 록 'End Of The World', 안드레아스 존슨의 보컬이 점차 상승해가며 극적인 전개를 펼쳐내는 발라드 넘버 'Waterfall', 질퍽한 감정의 늪에 푹 빠져있는 보컬이 압권인 팝/록 'Great Undying Love' 등이 웅변해준다.
또한 'My Love (Song For A Butterfly)'는 'Glorious'의 영광을 재현하려는 듯 매우 비슷한 곡 구조와 형식미를 취하고 있고, 'The Pretty Ones'는 달콤쌉싸름한 향기가 나는 로큰롤이다. 차분함이 두드려졌던 에 비해 조금은 밝고 경쾌해졌지만, 전체적인 스타일은 거의 흡사하다.
그러나 안드레아스 존슨이 안정적이고 검증 받았던 자신의 음악 루트를 살짝 비켜나서 다분히 변모된 색채를 띤 노래를 일 순위로 미는 것은 모험이지만, 한편으로는 더 큰 가능성을 위한 열린 선택이다. 오직 'Glorious'를 부른 스웨덴의 조그만 도시 룬드 태생의 싱어가 아니라 다채로운 음악을 폭넓게 소화하고 들려주며 세계적으로 인정받는 아티스트로 거듭나기 위해서 말이다. 바로 안드레아스 존슨의 신작 는 그것을 향한 힘찬 전초전이다. -수록곡- 1. Shine (Johnson) - 3:43 2. End of the World (Johnson) - 4:16 3. Waterfall (Johnson) - 4:20 4. The Greatest Day (Johnson) - 3:56 5. Brand New Thing (Johnson) - 2:50 6. Spirit of You (Johnson) - 3:47 7. Great Undying Love (Johnson) - 4:37 8. Deadly Happy (Johnson) - 2:58 9. The Pretty Ones (Johnson) - 3:13 10. This Time (Johnson) - 3:14 11. Make Me Beautiful (Johnson) - 3:54 12. My Love (Song for a Butterfly) (Johnson) - 3:36 13. Starcrossed (Johnson) - 3:48 .... ....
Anywhere with you tonight Any place you like to go Finger tips like satellites Baby it's a private show So tell me what you want Tell me what you need Tell me everything tonight.. Don't be afraid Tell me what you want Tell me what you need Tell me everything To make things right Do you feel my love Do you feel my energy Feel this part of me Slowly less will turn to more Ambition strikes out any doubt
You don't know until it scores What my embrace is all about Do you feel my love Do you feel my energy Feel this part of me stuck in you This part of me submerged into you.. Do you feel.. do you feel.. So tell me what you want Tell me what you need Tell me everything tonight.. Don't be afraid Ooh lover.. ooh lover Anywhere with you tonight We don't need no alibi It's only me and you.. and god As the waves collide
Here she comes with a master plan And I'm starting to lose control Here she comes to this trash of man And I'm ready to taste it all... when She's bringing me in Checking me out Making me Glorious
Here she comes like a brand new day Belly dancing across the room In the moonlight I watch her sway To her rhythm I'll go as groom... with grace... tonight... She's bringing me in Checking me out Making me Glorious
Well Here she comes She's bringing me in Checking me out Making me Glorious She's bringing me in Turning me on Making me Glorious
We gotta make a move Take a chance while the night is young A sweet romance Though we fuss and fight You're my song and dance Almost every night Your heart is mine
Yeah we break up a little bit Make up a little bit Shape up a little bit Try some harder And that's just a part of it It's all for a little bit of love
We've come a long long way From the world we knew And the streets we played And our neighbourhood No matter what they say about me and you We live the way we do, the way we do
Yeah we break up a little bit Make up a little bit Shape up a little bit Try some harder And that's just a part of it It's all for a little bit of love
Oh, you better believe it Darling oh, you better believe it We all need it
So we break up a little bit Make up a little bit Shape up a little bit Try some harder And that's just a part of it It's all for a little bit of love
Oh, you better believe it Darling oh, you better believe it We all need it
I wanna be with you In every room I wanna walk with you As bride and groom
Though we crush and burn We're still in blue Missy give and take you're my fate
So we break up a little bit Make up a little bit Shape up a little bit Try some harder (And that's just a part of it) Yeah we're always gonna Break up a little bit Make up a little bit Shape up a little bit Try some harder And that's just a part of it It's all for a little bit of love
That's just a part of it It's all for a little bit of love
(Go Go, Go, Go, Go for the soul Go, Go, Go, Go for the soul)
It takes a fool to keep this fire burning It takes a fool to love this much It takes a fool to keep up with this yearning So god bless fools like us
I believe We've got nothing to lose in this fight (Keep moving, baby, got to keep moving) And I feel I grow stronger with you by my side
(Go, Go, Go,) Go for the soul And get into the motion Get on your feet and dance with me We've got the music, fire and devotion Go, Go, Go, Go for the soul Go, Go, Go, Go for the soul
It takes a dream to stay above the surface It takes a dream to live and breathe And when I dream, I dream about your face You are the one, that makes me bleed
I believe We've got all that it takes to come true (Keep moving, baby got to keep moving) And I feel I grow stronger each day I'm with you
(Go, Go, Go,) Go for the soul And get into the motion Get on your feet and dance with me We've got the music, fire and devotion Go, Go, Go, Go, for the soul Go, Go, Go, Go, for the soul, go for the soul
In your heart In your mind In your eyes Let me drown Let me stay In your life
(Go, Go, Go,) Go for the soul And get into the motion Get on your feet and dance with me We got the music, fire and devotion
Go, Go, Go, Go, for the soul Go, Go, Go, Go, for the soul Go. Go, Go, Go, for the soul
We gotta make a move Take a chance while the night is young A sweet romance Though we fuss and fight You're my song and dance Almost every night Your heart is mine
Yeah we break up a little bit Make up a little bit Shape up a little bit Try some harder And that's just a part of it It's all for a little bit of love
We've come a long long way From the world we knew And the streets we played And our neighbourhood No matter what they say about me and you We live the way we do, the way we do
Yeah we break up a little bit Make up a little bit Shape up a little bit Try some harder And that's just a part of it It's all for a little bit of love
Oh, you better believe it Darling oh, you better believe it We all need it
So we break up a little bit Make up a little bit Shape up a little bit Try some harder And that's just a part of it It's all for a little bit of love
Oh, you better believe it Darling oh, you better believe it We all need it
I wanna be with you In every room I wanna walk with you As bride and groom
Though we crush and burn We're still in blue Missy give and take you're my fate
So we break up a little bit Make up a little bit Shape up a little bit Try some harder (And that's just a part of it) Yeah we're always gonna Break up a little bit Make up a little bit Shape up a little bit Try some harder And that's just a part of it It's all for a little bit of love
That's just a part of it It's all for a little bit of love
We gotta make a move Take a chance while the night is young A sweet romance Though we fuss and fight You're my song and dance Almost every night Your heart is mine
Yeah we break up a little bit Make up a little bit Shape up a little bit Try some harder And that's just a part of it It's all for a little bit of love
We've come a long long way From the world we knew And the streets we played And our neighbourhood No matter what they say about me and you We live the way we do, the way we do
Yeah we break up a little bit Make up a little bit Shape up a little bit Try some harder And that's just a part of it It's all for a little bit of love
Oh, you better believe it Darling oh, you better believe it We all need it
So we break up a little bit Make up a little bit Shape up a little bit Try some harder And that's just a part of it It's all for a little bit of love
Oh, you better believe it Darling oh, you better believe it We all need it
I wanna be with you In every room I wanna walk with you As bride and groom
Though we crush and burn We're still in blue Missy give and take you're my fate
So we break up a little bit Make up a little bit Shape up a little bit Try some harder (And that's just a part of it) Yeah we're always gonna Break up a little bit Make up a little bit Shape up a little bit Try some harder And that's just a part of it It's all for a little bit of love
That's just a part of it It's all for a little bit of love
There ain't no other way This feeling's tearing me apart I'm going down the only way With this promise of a brand new start No nothing is gonna stop us now, no I wanna fly away with you tonight I wanna dance beneath the moonlit sky Take my hand come join the caravan So let the moonlight flow and the music play Let this feeling lead the way To heartland, come join the caravan The stars are shining is your eyes There's a fire burning in your soul The way you make me lose my mind I let the map and compass go, there ain't no other way, hey I wanna fly away with you tonight I wanna dance beneath the moonlit sky Take my hand come join the caravan So let the moonlight flow and the music play Let this feeling lead the way To heartland come join the caravan Nobody knows, but you and me Nobody sees the things we see Nobody plays the way we do The secret games that gets us through the summer nights Uhhh (come join the caravan) Uhhh I wanna fly away with you tonight I wanna dance beneath the moonlit sky Take my hand come join the caravan So let the moonlight flow and the music play Let me take you all the way To heartland come join the caravan Uhh, uhh, uhh (Fly away with you tonight Dance beneath the moonlit sky Moonlight flow, music play Feeling safe, all the way) So let the moonlight flow and the music play Let me take you all the way To heartland come join the caravan
When the daylight strikes And all proteciton is gone When the raincloud's hangin' Over love undone
All the angels left To make my bed unsafe Won't you come around? Just come and make me brave
Oh come on sunshine, sunshine With the grace of God come and steal my time Sunshine, sunshine of mine (ohh)
When the night is falling and my spirit it weak When this troubled heart Is growing out of reach
And the weight is too heavy On a scattered soul Won't you come around? Just come and make me whole
Oh come on sunshine, sunshine With the grace of God, come and please my mind Sunshine, sunshine of mine
Ohh
When the ground is hollow Wherever I put my feet And when the distance is growing To the truth I came to seek
Oh come on sunshine, sunshine With the grace of God, come and please my mind Sunshine, sunshine Ohh, sunshine, sunshine of mine Sunshine, sunshine of mine Sunshine, sunshine of mine Sunshine, sunshine of mine
What seed will grow and last Penetrate the piles of trash Ooh child, when everything you know... Is images of broken dreams Scattered hearts and vicious schemes Ooh child, don't you go' Where dead trees cast no shadow Blackbirds no relief, the dry stone... no spring of water Only in your mother's arms, you will be free Only in your mother's arms, you will be... Unbreakable If I could show you something else Than the shadow, who follows you in the morning And who grows to meet you up at night Intoxicated you come alive In search for God, he passes you by Ooh child, ain't that fate... As dead trees cast no shadow Blackbirds no relief, and the dry stone... no spring of water Only in your mother's arms, you will be free Only when you're high enough, you will be... Unbreakable Unbreakable Unbreakable
Home, it's good to be back home If only just for half a day, if only just for now Time, were moving out of time If only we could stay away, if only we could stay... Safe, someday my love we will be safe Somewhere above we will be safe from harm Safe from harm Clouds, hanging down below If only we could stay above, if only we could stay... Safe, somewhere above we will be safe... Someday my love we will be safe from harm Safe, safe like dream when it's safe Safe like a child when it's... safe from harm Now you... you lead me through your door... But will you be around for me when I come back for more... Safe, somewhere above we will be safe Someday my love will be safe from harm Safe, safe in a dream we will be safe Safe like a child when it's... safe from harm
Waiting for a sign, a touch of your grace To carry me home, under these waves... I'm slipping... Crying like a child for the day to begin, to follow your breeze, hunted by your skin I'm slipping So please, do me right woman Cause I'm hanging by a thread, far from divine Wish I could flourish and speed up the time... I'm slipping... I'm sliding down... So please, do me right woman Please, do me right woman Do me right woman, enter my space... Fragile and pure... I will follow your pace Just do me right woman... please... I've taken all your wisdom, but my plate is not filled My spirit is not calm, my soul yet to be thrilled And my heart has not got enough... I'm still slipping... So please, do me right woman Please, do me right woman Just do me right now
In a city of cream, were floating by Like creeps and tarts under neon skies In colours of green, scarlet and blue Dhe's taking my hand... leading me to... S secret room, I can feel her breath Her body is tanned, my head in a mess Yhe flavour is sweet, god-given bright... Master of intelligence won't find me tonight All these beautiful faces, taking me places Leaving me spaceless... All these beautiful faces, taking me places I'm coming home... in a stretchout car, on a lowside street She's pulling me close, to make me complete The colour is green, turning to red Her fingers are crossed over my head... All these beautiful faces, taking me places Leaving me spaceless... All these beautiful faces, taking me places I'm coming home...Tonight... In a city of cream, were floating by Like creeps and tarts under neon skies All these beautiful faces, taking me places Leaving me spaceless... All these beautiful faces, taking me places I'm coming home tonight...
She's like an angel watching over me She's all the beauty god provides to see Ooh when she comes, she'll make me the one Until that day I'm waiting patiently She's like a sunbeam floating through my mind Within this dark room, she might rise and shine Ooh when she aches, I'm the one that she breaks Until that day I'm waiting patiently All my love changing everyday, in shapes of blue All my love stuck inside a dream... of you Until that day comes shining over me... Ooh when she needs I'm the one that she leaves Until that day I'm waiting patiently All my love changing everyday, in shapes of blue All my love kept inside a box... saved for you Until your love comes shining over me... Until that day I'm waiting patiently
Staring at a photograph of where we jused to be When the sky was bright and crystal clear and life was just a breeze Oh well, now something's taking you over You're burning all your bridges and you're left without a clue You wonder why these memories keeps staring back at you Oh well, now don't look over your shoulder
Sing for life Sing for joy Sing for every man and woman, girl or boy Sing a song, a simple melody Sing out loud or just hum Sing for moments in the past and times to come Sing for history and destiny Won't you sing for me?
Standing at the station and you don't know where to go You're trying hard to hold on to the world you jused to know Oh well, don't let it get to you baby
Sing for life Sing for joy Sing for every man and woman, girl or boy Sing a song, a simple melody Sing out loud or just hum Sing for moments in the past and times to come Sing for history and destiny Won't you sing for me?
Don't look back, just keep moving on Get on your feet and walk into a different zone Don't care what they say, just let the music play Hey
Won't you sing for me? (Sing for me) Sing for me
Sing for life Sing for joy Sing for every man and woman, girl or boy Sing a song, a simple melody Sing out loud or just hum Sing for moments in the past and times to come Sing for history and destiny Won't you sing for me? (Sing for life) (Sing for joy) (Sing for every man and woman, girl or boy) Sing for me
Ready for the night to sweep me all away Ready for the streets to lead my feet a stray to my surprise Everything is cool... when... I'm not breathing I hold my breath, I feel alive Not breathing All my pain is put aside...Not breathing Ready for a breeze to blow right through my mind Ready for a change to leave it all behind to my surprise Everything is fine... when... I'm not breathing I hold my breath, I feel alive Not breathing All my pain is put aside...Not breathing Ready for the sun to crash above my head Ready for the moon to strike this body dead to my surprise Everything is still... when... I'm not breathing I hold my breath, I feel alive Not breathing All my pain is put aside...Not breathing I'm not breathing
Lay down by my side, the truth won't hurt me now Even in this last goodbye, there is beauty we can't deny Maybe, maybe, maybe it's a crime dear... Maybe, maybe, maybe I don't want to see Why you give yourself away... when...
It should have been me, should have been my love It should have been me, should have been my kind of love Escape with me tonight, this moment is all there is When the morning comes we're cast aside, now there's farewell in every kiss You stumble through emotions with great and deep concern You cross my line of defence, you know how weakness makes me yearn Then you throw my love away, afraid of what you see
Hell, you ought to know by now...
It should have been me, should have been my love It should have been me, should have been my kind of love When you walk beside him down the aisle in your brilliant wedding dress When the ring is on your finger, and he wants you to get undressed Will you fall into his arms, will you set his spirit free, will he ever get to know... It should have been me Maybe, maybe, maybe I'm alone here Maybe, maybe, maybe I don't want to see When you give yourself away... It should have been me, should have been my love It should have been me, should have been my kind of love
If I could stay here a million years If I could climb into your tree Will you be around to watch my fears And to let our love grow free If I could be there when all ends meet If I knew where to begin Will we ever find the gold we seek It's so hard to look within I wanna wake up in the city light To reach out for the country side And be there with love... be there To be the someone, somewhere down the road to whisper...
Do You Believe In Heaven If I could disappear from where I came If I could see not to be seen Will you be around to wear my name Will you be around for me... I wanna wake up in the city steam To reach out to where I never been And be there with love... be there... To be the someone, somewhere down the road to whisper...
Do you believe in heaven Do You Believe at all Do you believe in heaven Do You Believe in love
I wanna wake up in the city light To reach out for the country side And be there with love... be there with... Love I sleep to drift away, for you I find a place to stay And be there with love... be there... To be the someone, somewhere down the line to whisper... Do you believe in heaven
You say it's solid poetry It's what you want to see Some sensuality When you cry, I just can't prove you wrong No I just play along I guess it turns you on...
The games we play The shows we give The hearts we break We live through this...The games we play
Do right, it's getting critical Are we to cynical... Could use a miracle... The games we play The shows we give My heart you break I live through this...The games we play The games we play The rules we make Like secret codes, we can't escape The games we play...
You say there really is no doubt We just can't do without...
The games we play The shows we give The hearts we break We live through this The games we play The rules we bend With lovers lust, we will defend The games we play... You say it's solid poetry.
내 사랑 안드레아스 욘슨. 한 번이라도 볼 수 있을까. 스웨덴과 한국이라는
이 엄청난 간극. 07년도 발매된 그의 베스트 앨범은 울 나라에선 구할 수도 없다.
어찌어찌 파일만 구해 듣고 있는데 다 들었던 노래들이긴 해도 그래도 좋다.
몇몇 곡들은 내 스타일 아니지만-_-ㅎㅎ
베스트 앨범이 나왔다는 사실을 엊그제 알고서 미친듯이 찾아 들었는...
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