Aimee Mann曾担任80年代新浪潮团体Til Tuesday的主唱。乐队在出了三张专辑后解散,。她的第一张个人专辑在1993年夏天推出,较之Til Tuesday,该专辑表现得更为内省和民间,并且赢得了一致地肯定。
早在1995年,Mann就在美国梅尔罗斯(Melrose)地区成功推出了单曲《That\'s Just What You Are》后,于1995年春开始准备她的第二张个人专辑,但Imago公司却在专辑出版前破产了。Mann遂与Reprise唱片签订了合同,但Imago却阻止她出任何专辑。整个95年Mann都在努力尝试让Imago公司给她厂牌上的自由,终于在年底得到了自己的独立。解决了与Imago厂牌的纷争后,她签约于DGC唱片公司。她的第二张唱片《I\'m With Stupid》终于在英国发行,96年1月开始在美国发行。专辑再次赢得肯定,但销售量却并不乐观。Mann的音乐生涯在2000终于有了全新的开始,单曲《Save Me》入围奥斯卡奖最佳电影歌曲。最初仅只接受了现场采访,她的solo专辑《Bachelor No.2》便开始在全国发行。2002年夏,Mann凭借专辑《Lost In Space》再次回到音乐的前沿阵地。
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Calling It Quits
He's a serious mister
Shake his hand and he'll twist your arm
With monopoly money
We'll be buying the funny farm
So i'll do flips,
And get paid in chips
From a diamond as big as the ritz--
Then i'm calling it quits
Eyes the color of candy
Lies to cover the handicap
Though your slippers are ruby
You'll be led to the booby trap
And there's no prize,
Just a smaller size
So i'm wearing the shoe til it fits--
Then i'm calling it quits
Now he's numbering himself among the masterminds
Cause he's hit upon the leverage of valentines
Lifting dialogue from judy garland storylines
Where get-tough girls turn into goldmines
But oh, those polaroid babies
Taking chances with rabies
Happy to tear me to bits--
Well, i'm calling it quits
Yes, i'm calling it quits.
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