有時候一首歌可以瞬間轉換妳的心情。這首歌就是Play of the day.做為今天的結尾歌曲應該是挺適合的。雖然聖誕節還有一點遠，但我想老天會再今天讓這首歌撥出來，應該是有他的意義在吧。
1998年Brian Mcknight的Bethlehem專輯中的這首Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas，有種非常溫暖人心的感覺。要是在天冷的聖誕節聽到這首歌，應該也會充滿聖誕節的感覺吧。
Bethlehem（伯利恆 ）也就是耶穌誕生之地，顧名思義這張專輯就是個聖誕專輯。外國歌手很喜歡在聖誕節前夕出一些聖誕專輯。目前我比較常聽的就是Babyface的Christmas with Babyface，Brian Mcknight的Bethlehem跟John Legend的Sounds of the season。
Girl, it's been a long, long time comin'
But I, I know that it's been worth the wait
It feels like springtime in winter
It feels like Christmas in June
It feels like heaven has opened up it's gates for me and you
And every time I close my eyes
I thank the lord that I've got you
And you've got me too
And every time I think of it
I pinch myself 'cause
I don't believe it's true
That someone like you
Loves me too
Girl, I think that you're truly somethin'
And you're, you're every bit of a dream come true
With you baby, it never rains and it's no wonder
The sun always shines when I'm near you
It's just a blessing that I have found somebody like you
[Hook]
To think of all the nights
I've cried myself to sleep
You really oughtta know
How much you mean to me
It's only right that you be in my life right here with me
Oh baby, baby
Let's back to the 90's which is the golden era of old-school R&B. 這首Slow jam雖然現在聽起來有點舊了，但他的精神還是保有了過去Smooth R&B的那種和諧感。聽聽那完美飽滿的合音，so smooth so silk.隨著柔順的旋律來到後來掏心掏肺的唱法，就像從平坦的一般道路開上了山路一樣，開始繞來繞去，然後就是臨場發揮，然後一直往上竄，你會有一股靈氣到最後從你的天靈蓋竄出，哇!真他媽的武俠小說(靠，這一定是被朱旭影響的)。反正爽就好，好好的來聽歌爽一下吧!
陶喆這幾年雖然負面的消息大過於正面，但在華語樂壇的90年代末期與21世紀初期，他其實扮演了很重要的角色。這首普通朋友是在他第二張專輯-找自己裡面的一首經典歌曲，多少男女在戀愛的過程中，愛不到對方常常就會用這首普通朋友來抒發自己的心情XD，當時也非常有Old school R&B音樂的水準，尤其是裡面的Acoustic Guitar，更是經典。附上演唱會版本。但每次講到這首歌就一定要提到Tension的只做朋友，為什麼呢?因為他就是普通朋友的Part 2。
這首好天氣，會給人一些正面陽光的感覺，這也是我認為韋禮安給我的感覺，而且中間的真假音轉換(又是真假音轉換，個人就是愛這一味的)，非常的smooth，若你是個愛唱歌的人，這首歌還蠻適合讓你練習一下真音假音的轉換，許多有R&B味道的歌曲都有這樣可練習的片段在，比如說陶喆的愛很簡單，在I Love you的那幾句就是讓你可以切來切去的片段。
2001年Face 2 Face專輯中，很棒的一首歌。Babyface在90年代應該是殺遍天下無敵手，90年代的R&B真的是個經典，雖然進入2001年了，但這張專輯裡面還是有蠻多首可聽的好歌，例如U should know, With him等。
這首What if其實在述說的故事就是，如果當初怎樣怎樣，那現在會變成怎樣的故事。也許有一天你變成了大肚男，在街上閒逛，看到了好久不見的Ex.，說不定你就會有What if的心情出現。這首歌Babyface在詮釋的時候有些詞聽起來卡卡的，並不是那麼的smooth，可能是要把那Rythem的步調唱出來吧。藉由一次又一次的What if ，提出了許多問題，情緒在最後的副歌時進入了高潮。如果是這樣的話，那可能是我的XX，那可能是我的OO等。
I ran into a friend of yours the other day
And I asked her how you've been
She said my girl is fine; just bought a house, got a job, real good man
I told her I was glad for you; that's wonderful
But does she ever ask 'bout me?
She said she's happy with her life right now
Let her go, let her be
And I told myself I would, but something in my heart just would not let you go
I just want to know
[Chorus]
What if we were wrong about each other?
What if you were really made for me?
What if we was 'sposed to be together?
Would that not mean anything?
What if that was 'sposed to be my house that you go home to every day?
How can you be sure that things are better?
If you can't be sure your heart is still here with me
Still wanting me
Your friend asked me if there was someone special in my life that I was seeing
I told her there was no one in particular
There's just I, myself, and me
I told her that I dream of you quite often
She just cut her eyes at me
She said you got a home, you're very happy
So just stop your meddling
I told her that I won't
I said things were cool, but I guess I was wrong
I still can't move on
[Chorus]
Now that could be my car
That could be my house
That could be my baby boy that you're nursing
That could be the trash that I always take out
That could be the chair that I love to chill in
That could be my food on the table at the end of the day
Hugs and the kisses, all the love we make
What the hell do you expect me to say?
What if it's really 'sposed to be this way?
What if you're really 'sposed to be with me?
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