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「翻唱」、「口水歌」的英文怎麼說?
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「翻唱」、「口水歌」的英文怎麼說?
Teacher Sammy
Teacher Sammy
August 01, 2014
1 min
「翻唱歌」或「口水歌」的英文說法是 cover song
指的是由其他歌手重新詮釋一首原唱者已發表的歌曲
像圖片中就是知名美國歌手 John Mayer 翻唱 Michael Jackson 歌曲以悼念他的畫面
一首歌的翻唱版本叫它的 cover version
比如:
John Mayer did a good cover version of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It.”
(約翰梅耶翻唱麥克傑克森的Beat It唱得還不錯。)
假如想問有誰翻唱過某首歌,就是把cover這個字當作動詞來指翻唱
像是:
Who has covered Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”?
(誰翻唱過惠妮休斯頓的 I Will Always Love You 這首歌?)
A lot of singers have covered the Beatles’ “Let It Be.”
(已經有很多歌手翻唱過披頭四的Let It Be這首歌。)

而一個以翻唱別人歌曲為主的歌手就是 cover singer / cover artist
造個句:
Megan Nicole is one of the most popular cover singers on Youtube.
(梅根妮可是Youtube網站上最受歡迎的翻唱歌手之一。)
還有有些歌手會出所謂的「口水歌」專輯,也就是整張專輯都是翻唱歌曲
像這樣的專輯就叫 cover album
例句:
Joanna Wang has released a few cover albums.
(王若琳已發行過幾張翻唱專輯。)
而有些樂團則專門翻唱別人的歌,叫 cover band
通常會是在婚禮或宴會表演的樂團

要注意的是,如果只講 cover art 則和翻唱歌曲無關
而通常指的是書或音樂專輯等的封面美術作品哦

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