Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Paul Potts的故事

在風高浪急的市況下,禤中怡手上卻沒有太多東西要做,要買入的,已買了,走唔切的,亦不宜多想,不如同大家分享吓一些有趣故事。開口唱出悅耳歌劇的Paul Potts(保羅.波茨)原來已到港宣傳其新碟《One Chance》,禤中怡心思思,也想去買番張欣賞欣賞。


在維基百科之中,已經有大量資料關於這個傳奇人物的資料。這位於1971年出生的音樂家於英國威爾士塔爾伯特港(Port Talbot),職業是一名流動電話銷售員,也是業餘歌唱家。真正讓他從舞台上綻放出光芒的,必然是今年6月9日,保羅參加於英國威爾士千禧中心舉行的《Britain's Got Talent》比賽節目,比賽開始前,評判面對這個參賽者,均露出懷疑的眼光,可能單從外貌來說,一不靚仔,二是身形肥胖矮小,在演藝圈發展的條件的確一點也談不上合格。但從YouTube上載的片段可見,當他開腔唱出歌劇普契尼的《今夜無人入睡》(Nessun Dorma)時,卻震撼全場2,000名觀眾,更有人起立鼓掌讚賞其演出,有評判更因其表演眼泛淚光,場面令人動容。這段影片上載至YouTube後,一周已有逾250萬人次收看。


保羅.波茨以《告別時刻》(Con te partirò)一曲晉身總決賽,竟吸引高達950萬名電視觀眾收看,連他工作的Carphone Warehouse公司亦在多間分店貼出海報,呼籲公眾支持保羅。當然,他成功拿下冠軍,奪得10萬英鎊獎金(約160萬港元),更有機會於年底在女皇伊利莎伯二世面前獻唱。保羅.波茨過去曾在歌劇界發展,甚至在英國皇家愛樂管弦樂團擔任獨唱手,並在意大利北部巡迴表演。可惜他於2003年切除腎上腺腫瘤,康復後騎摩托車時遇上意外,導致鎖骨爆裂,歌唱事業自然受到打擊,今次憑着實力可重新站起來,確是一宗美事。


禤中怡並非叫大家必定投身娛樂圈,而是與大家分享積極的信息,努力的成果不會白費,即使遇上任何難阻,也只不過是短暫性的,像身體受傷,總有一日會康復過來。當然,不能忽視中間所經歷的訓練、練習等等過程,所付出的汗水更非筆墨所能形容。


此外,非主流音樂並不代表難獲公眾歡迎,如他與《Britain's Got Talent》節目評判Simon Cowell簽約所錄製的唱片《One Chance》於上月中於15個國家面世,單是於新西蘭銷情便相當不俗,並已獲得白金唱片的銷量。


未知哪位軍師如此醒目,安排保羅.波茨來港訪問,實行向亞洲市場挺進,可能知道知音人多,況且這類音樂的盜版料不會嚴重,大家肯花錢聽好音樂吧!


如果想看他的成名作,可登入:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oxTy7KIAaA


(8月22日刊於《am730》)

12 Comments:

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Paul Potts 並非在6月9日參加BGT比賽,6月9日只是ITV電視台播放該場比賽的日子。Paul Potts 參加BGT比賽的正確日子是今年3月17日,地點是Cardiff 的 Wales Millennium Centre。而他所唱的Nessun Dorma 是歌劇 Turnadot 最後一幕中的獨唱曲(aria)。你所謂的歌劇普契尼,更加是一大錯誤,普契尼是義大利著名作曲家 Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini,他是人,而不是歌劇。

Kenny

 
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