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[寢馬廁] 나의 음악 여정, 서태지 to 마이클잭슨

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서태지가 그 시작이었다. 오래전 일이라 기억은 흐릿하지만, 초등학교 시절 공중파 한 프로그램에는 매주 신인가수 루키들을 두세명(팀)씩 소개해주는 코너가 있었다. 그때 그 프로에 등장한 신인그룹 '서태지와 아이들'. 

20세기 대한민국 가요 문화사에 영원히 기록될 결정적 한 획을 그은 역사적 현장. 일필로 형용할 수 없는 놀라움의 극치. 지금 생각해봐도 소름이 가시지 않는다. 이때부터였던 듯하다. 음악에 대한 갈증이 생기기 시작했던 건.



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시간이 많이 흘러 기억은 흐릿하지만 그날의 감동은 아직도 생생하다. 음악도 모르는 코흘리개 꼬마 눈에 비친 브라운관 속 세 청년. 빠른 비트와 현란한 춤사위, "오, 그대여 가지 마세요"라며 애절한 가사를 들려주던 귀공자 같은 외모의 서태지.

그리고 당시 춤의 진수를 보여주던 양현석과 이주노. 당시 기성음악계를 대표하는 평가단은 이들의 새로운 스타일을 높이 사진 않았다. 그런데 방송 다음날부터 시작된 서태지 신드롬.


"너, 그거 봤어?"



발매하는 음악마다 새로움과 놀라움, 환희로 가득찼던 그때 그 시절의 그 감동.



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1992년 1집 난 알아요1993년 2집 하여가1994년 3집 발해를 꿈꾸며1995년 4집 컴백홈






발표한 앨범마다 공전의 히트를 넘어 시대의 아이콘, 트렌드가 되고 소녀떼를 몰고 다니며 숱한 사회적 반향을 불러일으키던 서태지와 아이들. '문화대통령'이라는 수식어만큼 이들에게 잘 어울리는 별명도 없었다. 그렇게 '서태지와 아이들'은 나의 초등학교 시절과 중학교 초반의 기억을 그들의 음악으로 가득 물들였다. 



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이후 시작된 아이돌 그룹 음악 전성시대. 갈 곳 잃은 나의 귀는 중학교 벗이 빌려준 '맥스(MAX)'를 접하며 새로운 음악 세계로 빨려든다. '찰칵' 파나소닉 카세트에 밀어넣은 맥스2집. 이어폰으로 흘러 나오던 신세계.



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MAX 2집

01. BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME (CELINE DION) 
02. WHEN I NEED YOU (ROD STEWART) 
03. CHILD (MARK OWEN) 
04. I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FOREVER (DONNA LEWIS) 
05. NO WOMAN NO CRY (FUGEES) 
06. ANGEL (SIMPLY RED) 
07. ONE & ONE (ROBERT MILES) 
08. ON MY WAY HOME (ENYA) 
09. THE MOMENT (KENNY G) 
10. UN-BREAK MY HEART (TONI BRAXTON) 
11. FOREVER LOVE (GARY BARLOW) 
12. HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE / (TAKE THAT) 
13. GIVE ME ONE REASON (TRACY CHAPMAN) 
14. REACH (GLORIA ESTEFAN) 
15. BITTERSWEET ME (R.E.M) 
16. BEAUTIFUL ONES (SUEDE) 
17. STUPID GIRL (GARBAGE) 
18. YOU AND I (SCORPIONS)




당시에는 어떤 가수인지도 모르고 테이프 늘어질 때까지 들었던 앨범 목록. 지금 보니 팝계의 전설들이 한자리에 있다. 당시 히트곡들만 엮어 발매하던 맥스. 아련한 추억. 그렇게 나의 중3 시절을 맥스 2집과 함께 했다. 




토니브렉스톤의 절절한 목소리가 일품인 명곡. 90년대 팝을 대표하는 여성 디바. 

Toni Braxton - Unbreak My Heart

[Lyrics]

Don’t leave me in all this pain
Don’t leave me out in the rain
Come back and bring back my smile
Come and take these tears away
I need your arms to hold me now
The nights are so unkind
Bring back those nights when I held you beside me

Un-break my heart
Say you’ll love me again
Undo this hurt you caused
When you walked out the door
And walked outta my life
Un-cry these tears
I cried so many nights
Un-break my heart
My heart

Take back that sad word good-bye
Bring back the joy to my life
Don’t leave me here with these tears
Come and kiss this pain away
I can’t forget the day you left
Time is so unkind
And life is so cruel without you here beside me

Un-break my heart
Say you’ll love me again
Undo this hurt you caused
When you walked out the door
And walked outta my life
Un-cry these tears
I cried so many nights
Un-break my heart
My heart

Don’t leave me in all this pain
Don’t leave me out in the rain
Bring back the nights when I held you beside me

Un-break my heart
Say you’ll love me again
Undo this hurt you caused
When you walked out the door
And walked outta my life
Un-cry these tears
I cried so many, many nights
Un-break my

Un-break my heart
Come back and say you love me
Un-break my heart
Sweet darlin’
Without you I just can’t go on
Can’t go on





레전드그룹 푸지스의 로린 힐, 와이클레프 장, 프라스 삼인조가 레게의 전설 밥 말리 노래 No woman, no cry를 리메이크한 곡. 와이클레프의 천재성이 돋보이는 리메이크 역작. 푸지스를 스타덤에 오르게 해준 곡. 밥 말리의 원곡과는 또 다른 맛을 보여준다. 

Fugees - No Woman, No Cry

[Lyrics]

A dedication to all the refugees
worldwide?
One time say say say?
I remember
when we used to sit?
In the government yard
in Brooklyn?
Oba-Observing the crookedness?
As it mingled
with the good people we meet?
Good friends we had oh?
Good friends
we've lost along the way?
In this great future?
you can't forget your past?
So dry your tears I say?
And to my peeps
who passed away?
No woman no cry?
No woman no cry
say say say?
Hey little sister
don't shed no tears?
No woman no cry
say say say?
I remember
when we used to rock?
In a project yard in Jersey?
And little Georgie
would make the firelight?
As stolen cars
passed through the night?
And then we'd
hit the corner store?
For roots paper
and brew brew?
My drinks my only remedy?
For pain of losing family?
But while I'm gone Shorty?
Everything's gonna be alright?
Everything's gonna be alright?
Fugees come to the dance tonight?
Everything's gonna be alright?
Everything's gonna be alright?
O everything's gonna be alright?
The gun man's in the house tonight?
But everything's gonna be alright?
Oh ah oh ah?
Oh ah oh ah?
Oh ah oh ah?
Oh ah oh ah?
Oh ah oh ah?
Oh ah oh ah?
Oh ah oh ah?
Oh ah oh ah?
No woman no cry?
No woman no cry?
Hey little sister
don't shed no tears?
No woman no cry
say say say?
I remember
when we used to sit?
In a government yard
in Trenchtown?
Oba-Observing the hypocrites?
As they mingled
with the good people we meet?
Good friends we had Oh?
Good friends we've lost?
Along the way hey?
In this great future
you can't forget your past?
So dry your tears I say?
And no woman no cry
No woman no cry say say say?
Hey little sistser
don't shed no tears?
No woman no cry and
to my peeps who passed away?
Oh ah oh ah?
Oh ah oh ah?
Oh ah oh ah?






셀린디온의 대표곡 중 하나. 우리나라에서 맥스2집이 발매될 시점인 1997년 배포된 영화 <타이타닉>의 주제가를 불러 세계적 명성을 얻게 된 세계적 디바.

Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me

[Lyrics]

For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful baby
You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through through it all

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach
You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because I was loved by you
You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

You were always there for me
The tender wind that carried me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

I'm everything I am
Because you loved me





그리고, 특히 내 귀를 강렬하게 자극했던 곡. 스웨이드(Suede)의 뷰티풀 원스(Beautiful Ones). 이 곡을 소개하고 싶어 시작했던 페이지가 추억에 추억을 낳고 서태지부터 마이클잭슨으로 이어졌다. 

Suede - Beautiful Ones

[Lyrics]

High on diesel and gasoline, psycho for drum machine
shaking their bits to the hits,
Drag acts, drug acts, suicides, in your dad's suite you hide
staining his name again,
Cracked up, stacked up, 22, psycho for sex and glue
lost it to Bostik, yeah.
Shaved heads, rave heads, on the pill, got too much time too kill
get into bands and gangs.
Oh, here they come, the beautiful ones, the
beautiful ones
loved up, Doved up, hung around, stoned in a lonely town
shaking their meat to the beat,
High on diesel and gasoline, psycho for drum machine
shaking their bits to the hits,
Oh, here they come, the beautiful ones, the
beautiful ones.
You don't think about it,
You don't do without it,
because you're beautiful,
And if your baby's going crazy
that's how you made me,
la, la, la, la




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그렇게, 맥스2집과 시작된 나의 음악여행. 이후 시작된 팝에 대한 갈증. 힙합, R&B, 소울, 펑크, 레게, 포크로 이어지는 새로운 음악세계.

이후 나의 음악여정은 줄곧 마이클잭슨Michael Jackson으로 향해 있다. 영원한 팝의 황제 King of Pop. 내 귀를 200% 만족시켜주는 건 여전히 엠제이MJ 당신 하나뿐. 




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세기의 곡, 무대, 연출. 어떤 말로도 이 무대를 형용하는 것은 바람직하지 않다.

Michael Jackson - Will You be There

[Lyrics]

Hold Me
Like The River Jordan
And I Will Then Say To Thee
You Are My Friend

Carry Me
Like You Are My Brother
Love Me Like A Mother
Will You Be There?

Weary
Tell Me Will You Hold Me
When Wrong, Will You Scold Me
When Lost Will You Find Me?

But They Told Me
A Man Should Be Faithful
And Walk When Not Able
And Fight Till The End
But I'm Only Human

Everyone's Taking Control Of Me
Seems That The World's
Got A Role For Me
I'm So Confused
Will You Show To Me
You'll Be There For Me
And Care Enough To Bear Me

(Hold Me)
(Lay Your Head Lowly)
(Softly Then Boldly)
(Carry Me There)

(Lead Me)
(Love Me And Feed Me)
(Kiss Me And Free Me)
(I Will Feel Blessed)

(Carry)
(Carry Me Boldly)
(Lift Me Up Slowly)
(Carry Me There)

(Save Me)
(Heal Me And Bathe Me)
(Softly You Say To Me)
(I Will Be There)

(Lift Me)
(Lift Me Up Slowly)
(Carry Me Boldly)
(Show Me You Care)

(Hold Me)
(Lay Your Head Lowly)
(Softly Then Boldly)
(Carry Me There)

(Need Me)
(Love Me And Feed Me)
(Kiss Me And Free Me)
(I Will Feel Blessed)

[Spoken]
In Our Darkest Hour
In My Deepest Despair
Will You Still Care?
Will You Be There?
In My Trials
And My Tribulations
Through Our Doubts
And Frustrations
In My Violence
In My Turbulence
Through My Fear
And My Confessions
In My Anguish And My Pain
Through My Joy And My Sorrow
In The Promise Of Another Tomorrow
I'll Never Let You Part
For You're Always In My Heart.




사진1) 좌-마이클잭슨https://cdn.mirror.wiki/http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/7600000/Bad-michael-jackson-7647469-1787-2560.jpg, 우-월간지 탑텐의 1993년 8월호 표지를 장식한 서태지와 아이들. 출처=서태지아카이브. http://www.seotaiji-archive.com/xe/index.php?mid=photo&search_target=extra_vars2&search_keyword=2%EC%A7%91&page=3&document_srl=126167, 사진2) 서태지와 아이들 공중파 첫방송. http://cfile21.uf.tistory.com/image/21279C4154395B9435C913, 사진3) 서태지와 아이들 정규 1집 테이프. 출처=서태지아카이브, http://www.seotaiji-archive.com/xe/index.php?mid=album&page=1&document_srl=326#, 사진4) 1996년 1월31일, 서태지와 아이들 은퇴 기자회견. 출처=서태지아카이브, http://stjarchive.cafe24.com/xe/files/attach/images/51272/584/063/729299062db70f0ba6c3c81ea3c0f263.jpg, 사진5) 네이버뮤직 맥스2집 검색결과 캡처. http://music.naver.com/album/index.nhn?albumId=8656, 사진6) https://pixabay.com/p-159870/?no_redirect, 사진7)
Michael Jackson. https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2476/3709255361_e666dff6c2.jpg




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