Antonio's song - Michael Franksi ★

Antonio lives life's Frevo

열정적인 인생을 사는

Antonio prays for truth

안토니오는 진실을 위해 기도해요.

Antonio says our friendship is a hundred-proof

우리의 우정은 절대 변치 않을 거라고 안토니오는 말하죠

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The vulture that circles Rio

리오에서 맴돌던 독수리는

Hangs in this L.A. sky

LA하늘을 배회하고

The blankets they give the Indians

인디안에게 주었던 담요는

Only make them die

그들에게 죽음을 초래하고 말았죠

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But sing the song forgotten for so long

하지만 아주 오랫동안 잊혀진 그 노래를 불러봐요

And let the music flow like light into the rainbow

그리고 무지개에 비치는 빛처럼 음악이 흐르도록 해봐요

We know the dance, we have

예전에 추었던 춤을 알고 있잖아요

We still have the chance to break these chains and flow like light into the rainbow

​이 구속을 떨쳐 버리고 무지개에 비치는 빛처럼 흘러갈 기회가 아직 있어요

 

Antonio loves the desert

사막을 사랑하는 안토니오는

Antonio prays for rain

비를 갈구하며 기도하죠

Antonio knows that pleasure is the child of pain

​고통은 쾌락이 낳은 자식이라는 걸 안토니오는 알고 있어요

 

And lost in La Califusa when most of my hope was gone antonio's samba led me to the amazon

​LA에서 길을 잃고 헤매며 희망이 거의 사라졌을 때 안토니오의 삼바 리듬이 나를 아마존으로 이끌었어요

 

But sing the song forgotten for so long

하지만 아주 오랫동안 잊혀진 그 노래를 불러봐요

And let the music flow like light into the rainbow

그리고 무지개에 비치는 빛처럼 음악이 흐르도록 해봐요

We know the dance, we have

예전에 추었던 춤을 알고 있잖아요

We still have the chance to break these chains and flow like light into the rainbow

​이 구속을 떨쳐 버리고 무지개에 비치는 빛처럼 흘러갈 기회가 아직 있어요

 

마이클 프랭스 (Michael Franks) 

1944년 9월 18일 미국 캘리포니아 주 라호야(La Jolla) 출생

갈래를 구분하지 않고 다양한 노래를 듣다 보면 생각하지도 못했던 의외의 노래에서 문득 감동을 받고 그 노래가 한없이 좋아질 때가 있다. 이런 점에 있어서는 재즈 음악도 예외는 아닌데 영화나 광고 등에 사용되면서 우리에게 무척 친근한 노래인 '루이 암스트롱(Louis Armstrong)'의 'What A Wonderful World'나 영화 <접속>에 삽입되면서 말 그대로 뜨거운 사랑을 받았던 '사라 본(Sarah Vaughan)'의 'A Lover’s Concerto'도 바로 그런 테두리에 포함되는 노래들 일 것이다.

하지만 우리나라의 팝 팬들에게 오랜 세월 동안 꾸준히 사랑 받고 있는 재즈 음악은 앞서 언급한 두 곡이 아니라 아마도 미국 캘리포니아 출신의 스무드 재즈 가수 '마이클 프랭스'가 1977년에 발표했던 'Antonio's Song (The Rainbow)'이 아닐까 생각한다. 성인 취향의 스무드 재즈 음악으로 오랜 세월 동안 변합없이 꾸준한 활동을 펼치고 있는 마이클 프랭스는 스윙(Swing: 생기있고 활발한 느낌의 선율이 흐르는 재즈 음악) 음악을 좋아했던 부모의 영향을 받아 어려서 부터 '냇 킹 콜(Nat King Cole)', '어빙 벌린(Irving Berlin)', '페기 리(Peggy Lee)' 같은 가수들의 음악을 자주 들으면서 성장하였다.