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(음악) 아름다운 도원경을 향해 가다, XANADU

Category : MUSIC & MOVIE | 2022. 8. 19. 19:14

 

 

 

 

 

영국 출신의 오스트레일리아 가수이자 영화 배우이며 싱어송라이터인 Olivia Newton John은 1978년 뮤지컬 영화 GREASE에 주연으로 출연해서 큰 성공을 거두게 되며, 그녀가 참여한 OST도 빅히트를 치게 됩니다. 이 여세를 몰아 역시 뮤지컬 영화인 XANADU에 주연 및 OST에도 참여하게 되는데 영화는 기대와 달리 큰 성공은 거두지 못하게 되죠. 하지만 OST는 엄청난 히트를 치게 되는데 동명 주제가인 XANADU와 MAGIC이 빌보드 차트 1위에 오르게 되며 앨범 역시 PLATINUM을 기록하게 됩니다. 이 여세는 1981년에 최절정을 이루게 됩니다. 싱글 ‘PHYSICAL'이 빌도드 차트 1위를 기록하게 되는데 무려 10주간 1위를 지속하게 된 것이죠. 

 

아무튼 이번에 소개할 음악은 영화 XANADU에 실린 동명의 OST인 XANADU로 FANTASY적인 영화 분위기를 잘 살린 곡으로 노래 가사 내용대로 사랑하는 사람과 이상향에 도달하는 듯한 몽환적이면서 환상적인 느낌을 잘 살린 노래입니다. 그렇게 느껴진 것은 역시 Olivia Newton John의 아름다운 목소리의 노래와 음악 연주와 코러스를 맡은 ELO(Electric Light Ochestra)의 조합이 매우 훌륭했기 때문입니다. 



노래 제목이나 가사 내용처럼 2022년 8월 8일 저 세상으로 떠난 Olivia Newton John이 XANADU에 도달해 편히 지냈으면 합니다. 
R.I.P. Olivia Newton John


뱀발) XANADU는 도원경, 이상향이란 뜻의 단어인데 원래는 중국어로는 SHANGDU (上都, 상도)라고 불린 원나라의 황제의 별장 지역이었다고 합니다. 그런데 이 SHANGDU를 당시 지배계급인 몽골에서는 SANADU라 불렀고 이것이 XANADU로 널리 퍼져 현재에 이르게 된 것이라고 합니다.

 

 

 

 

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Song : Olivia Newton John

Songwriter : Jeff Lynne

Producer : Jeff Lynne

 

 

 

A place where nobody dared to go

The love that we came to know

They call it Xanadu

(It takes your breath and it'll leave you blind)

And now, open your eyes and see

What we have made is real

We are in Xanadu

(A dream of it, we offer you)

 

A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star

An everlasting world and you're here with me, eternally

 

Xanadu, Xanadu

(Now we are here) in Xanadu

Xanadu, Xanadu

(Now we are here) in Xanadu

 

Xanadu, your neon lights will shine for you, Xanadu

 

The love, the echoes of long ago

You needed the world to know

They are in Xanadu

(With every breath you drift away)

The dream that came through a million years

That lived on through all the tears

It came to Xanadu

(The dream you dream, well it will happen for you)

 

A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star

An everlasting world and you're here with me, eternally

 

Xanadu, Xanadu

(Now we are here) in Xanadu

Xanadu, Xanadu

(Now we are here) in Xanadu

 

Now that I'm here

Now that you're near in Xanadu

Now that I'm here

Now that you're near in Xanadu, Xanadu

 



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