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Katie Melua凯蒂·玛露
19岁，俄罗斯人，成长于俄罗斯及英国。2003年底，首支单曲“The Closest Thing To Crazy”发行便强登英国金榜Top 10。不久，广获好评的首张专辑一举挤下英伦人气天后Dido/蒂朵、击退Norah Jones，荣获6周英国金榜后座，成为英国2004开春迄今最畅销专辑。声线兼备蓝调、民谣、爵士味道的Katie Melua，常被乐评拿来与诺拉·琼丝相提并论。但她那相较甜美清澈的年轻嗓音，让人遥想起已逝的跨界流行爵士美声Eva Cassidy。而在被Mike Batt发掘的那天，Katie所演唱的正好就是受Eva启发而学下的创作曲“Faraway Voice”。此外，她也自承在音乐方面受到Queen、Joni Mitchell、Bob Dylan和印度音乐及爱尔兰民谣等多类乐风的影响。
Katie Melua介绍： Katie Melua 8岁时移居到北爱尔兰的贝尔法斯特（BELFAST），6年前又举家迁移到英国，2年前在表演艺术学校BRIT SCHOOL上课的KATIE被知名制作人MIKE BATT挖掘（这位资深制作人近期的作品包括棒辣妹和陈美的专辑），于是和独立厂牌/经纪公司DRAMATICO签下5张唱片合约。小时梦想从政或是朝历史学家方向发展的KATIE，原先并没对写歌和音乐怀有远大志向。她15岁那年参加电视歌唱比赛，演唱MARIAH CAREY的《WHITOUT YOU》，获得冠军；在这之前，她只想象自己是能带给世界和平的人。3年前，KATIE开始写歌，她自称在音乐方面受到皇后合唱团（QUEEN）、琼妮·米歇尔（JONI MITCHELL）、鲍勃·迪伦（BOB DYLAN）、埃拉·菲茨杰拉德（ELLA FITZGERALD）和印度音乐以及爱尔兰民谣等多类乐风的影响。 Katie Melua声线兼备蓝调、民谣、爵士味道，常被乐评拿來与諾拉瓊絲相提並論。但她那相较甜美清澈的年轻嗓音，让人遥想起已逝的跨界流行爵士美声Eva Cassidy

Katie Melua - The Closest Thing To Crazy
How can I think I'm standing strong,
Yet feel the air beneath my feet?
How can happiness feel so wrong?
How can misery feel so sweet?

How can you let me watch you sleep,
Then break my dreams the way you do?
How can I have got in so deep?
Why did I fall in love with you?

This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been
Feeling twenty-two, acting seventeen,
This is the nearest thing to crazy I have ever known,
I was never crazy on my own.
And now I know that there's a link between the two,
Being close to craziness and being close to you.

How can you make me fall apart
Then break my fall with loving lies?
It's so easy to break a heart;
It's so easy to close your eyes.
How can you treat me like a child
Yet like a child I yearn for you?
How can anyone feel so wild?
How can anyone feel so blue?

This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been
Feeling twenty-two, acting seventeen,
This is the nearest thing to crazy I have ever known,
I was never crazy on my own.
And now I know that there's a link between the two,
Being close to craziness and being close to you.
...and being close to you, and being close to you.

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