Mick Jagger要當曾祖父了

老歌星當祖父或祖母已經不算新聞，可是Mick Jagger要快要當曾祖父可是搖滾樂壇新鮮事，滾石合唱團的主唱Mick Jagger已經70歲了，他的孫女Assisi現年21歲，明年將生小孩。

The Rolling Stones滾石合唱團1960年代初於英國倫敦組成，是一個受黑人藍調歌曲影響很深的白人搖滾樂團，對比同時走紅的The Beatles批頭合唱團的清新形象，滾石合唱團被包裝搖滾樂界的壞男孩。

The Rolling Stones的團名取自Muddy Waters的一首叫Rollin' Stone的歌，主唱Mick Jagger原是一個叫Blues，Inc合唱團的主唱。

The Rolling Stones是歷年暢銷歌星與合唱團排行榜第10名的合唱團，被流行樂界公認是當代最偉大的搖滾樂團，他們的成名曲1965年的四週冠軍曲（I Can't Get No）Satisfaction，是滾石雜誌500大歌曲榜第2名的歌。

The Rolling Stones滾石合唱團1986年獲頒Grammy終生成就獎，1989年進入搖滾樂名人堂。

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJUVt-nTS28

(I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION

The Rolling Stones

- words and music by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

I can't get no satisfaction, I can't get no satisfaction

'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try

I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm drivin' in my car, and the man come on the radio

He's tellin' me more and more about some useless information

Supposed to fire my imagination

I can't get no. Oh, no, no, no. Hey, hey, hey

That's what I say

I can't get no satisfaction, I can't get no satisfaction

'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try

I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm watchin' my TV and a man comes on and tell me

How white my shirts can be

But, he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke

The same cigarettes as me

I can't get no. Oh, no, no, no. Hey, hey, hey

That's what I say

I can't get no satisfaction, I can't get no satisfaction

'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try

I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm ridin' round the world

And I'm doin' this and I'm signin' that

And I'm tryin' to make some girl, who tells me

Baby, better come back maybe next week

'Cause you see I'm on a losing streak

I can't get no. Oh, no, no, no. Hey, hey, hey

That's what I say. I can't get no, I can't get no

I can't get no satisfaction, no satisfaction

No satisfaction, no satisfaction

Janis Ian出版童書

民歌手Janis Ian的童書"The Tiny Mouse"「小老鼠」九月17日在美國出版，這本書有32頁還搭配一片CD一起賣，大意是講一隻無聊的小老鼠決定走向大海，最後差點喪命的故事。

 

Janis Ian本名Janis Eddy Fink ，1951年出生於紐約，是一位當代民歌歌手與作曲人，擅長吉他與鋼琴演奏，後來並成功轉行為專欄與科幻小說作家。

 

1965年當Janis Ian只有14歲的時候，她就寫了一首跨種族戀情的歌Society's　Child（Baby  I've  Been Thinking），1967年推出後獲得過第14名，後來此曲被收入Grammy獎歌曲名人堂。

 

1975年Janis Ian則有一首她在排行榜名次最好的歌At Seventeen，除了獲得二週第3名之外，也讓她獲得當年Grammy最佳流行歌曲女歌星獎。

 

Janis Ian第二度獲得Grammy獎則於今年（2013），她因口述自傳Society's　Child而獲最佳專輯旁白獎，而這本自傳40年前就已出版。

 

Janis Ian曾與波多黎各製片Tino Sargo結婚，但於1983年離婚，1993年Janis宣告出櫃，2003年與女友Patricia在多倫多結婚。

 

她曾鼓勵患重病的母親Pearl完成心願得到碩士學位，並於母親往生後成立Pearl Foundation基金會，繼續協助那些年長但有心向學的人。

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCp-ymJpRP4

 

JANIS IAN

At Seventeen

 

I learned the truth at seventeen

That love was meant for beauty queens

In high school girls with clear skinned smiles

Who married young and then retired

The valentines I never knew

The Friday night charades of youth

Were spent on one more beautiful

At seventeen I learned the truth

And those of us with ravaged faces

Lacking in the social graces

Desperately remained at home

Inventing lovers on the phone

Who called to say come dance with me

And murmured vague obscenities

It isn't all it seems

At seventeen

 

 

A brown eyed girl in hand me downs

Whose name I never could pronounce

Said, Pity please the ones who serve

They only get what they deserve

And the rich relationed hometown queen

Married into what she needs

A guarantee of company

And haven for the elderly

Remember those who win the game

Lose the love they sought to gain

Indebentures of quality

And dubious integrity

Their small town eyes will gape at you

in dull surprise when payment due

Exceeds accounts received

At seventeen

 

 

To those of us who knew the pain

Of valentines that never came

And those whose names were never called

When choosing sides for basketball

It was long ago and far away

The world was younger than today

And dreams were all they gave for free

To ugly duckling girls like me

We all play the game and when we dare

To cheat ourselves at solitaire

Inventing lovers on the phone

Repenting other lives unknown

That call and say, come dance with me

And murmur vague obscenities

At ugly girls like me

At seventeen

一首R & B版抒情曲

 有些R & B節奏與藍調歌曲曾被翻唱成鄉村歌曲，而且成績很好，其中Barbara Mandrell的1979年冠軍曲"If Loving You Is Wrong - I Don't Want To Be Right"就是一個例子。

黑人男歌星Luther Ingram 於1972年曾推出這首歌，在熱門歌曲榜獲得過第3名。

唱片製作人Tom Collins回憶：當年他們覺得如果把一首R & B節奏與藍調歌曲改編成鄉村歌曲，說不定能吸引一些鄉村歌迷來買。

"If Loving You Is Wrong - I Don't Want To Be Right"是Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson 與 Carl Hampton一起寫的，是Barbara Mandrell的第二首鄉村歌曲榜冠軍曲，也是第27首暢銷曲。

台灣歌迷熟悉且喜愛的R & B版"If Loving You Is Wrong - I Don't Want To Be Right"的演唱人，黑人歌手與作曲人Luther Ingram，於2007年因糖尿病去世。

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWAUCVbnDUg

(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right

Luther Ingram

If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right

If being right means being without you

I'd rather live a wrong doing life

Your mama and daddy say it's a shame

It's a downright disgrace

Long as I got you by my side

I don't care what your people say

Your friends tell you there's no future

In loving a married man

If I can't see you when I want to

I'll see you when I can

If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right

If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right

Am I wrong to fall so deeply in love with you

Knowing I got a wife and two little children

Depending on me too

And am I wrong to hunger

for the gentleness of your touch

knowing I got somebody else at home

who needs me just as much

And are you wrong to fall in love

With a married man

And am I wrong trying to hold on

To the best thing I ever had

If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right

If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right

Are you wrong to give your love

To a married man

And am I wrong trying to hold on

To the best thing I ever had

If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right

If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right

I don't wanna be right

If it means sleeping alone at night

I don't wanna be right

If it means coming home at night

I don't wanna, I don't wanna

I don't wanna never, never, never be right

The Gambler的故事

按很多作曲者的說法，有些歌出自幾分鐘的一個突發奇想而寫出，而別人也許要花很多天、數月或整年才能完成。

Kenny Rogers 1978 的暢銷曲The Gambler就是花一個下午的時間就完成的，作曲之一Don Schlitz說他當時正從Bob辦公室走回大概二英里距離遠的公寓，心中想著剛才Bob McDill用吉他彈的一個D和弦，回家後他坐在電腦前就寫了三首歌，The Gambler是其中之一，但還沒寫完。

Don Schlitz後來將這首歌完成還錄了樣帶，但是沒有人要錄它，他的出版商乾脆在The Crazy Momma和Capitol二家唱片公司推出Don唱的這首歌，其實大約同一時間，鄉村名歌星Conway Twitty's 的兒子 Charlie Tango和另一位歌手Hugh Moffatt都錄了這首歌，但Don Schlitz的成績最好，最高曾得到鄉村歌曲榜第65名。

有一回在Kenny Rogers的錄音檔期開工前一天，唱片製作人Larry Butler彈了The Gambler給Kenny Rogers聽，他們把這首歌做了一些修改，最後成了Kenny Rogers第15首鄉村歌曲冠軍曲。

Kenny Rogers的這首歌是在United Artists聯藝唱片推出的，1978年10月28日進榜，12月16日起獲得三週排行榜冠軍，這首歌在熱門歌曲榜則獲得第16名。

鄉村歌星Kenny Rogers出生於德州休士頓，暢銷曲極多，是歷年暢銷歌星排行榜第41名的巨星，也是1980年代最受歡迎的影歌双棲藝人。

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn481KcjvMo

 

The Gambler

Kenny Rogers

Songwriters: SCHLITZ, DON

 

On a warm summer's evenin', on a train bound for nowhere

I met up with the gambler.  We were both too tired to sleep.

So we took turns a-starin' out the window at the darkness.

When boredom overtook us, he began to speak.

 

He said, "Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces.

Knowin' what the cards were by the way they held their eyes.

So if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces,

For a taste of your whiskey, I'll give you some advice."

 

So I handed him my bottle, and he drank down my last swallow.

Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.

And the night got deathly quiet, and his faced lost all expression.

He said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy, you gotta learn to play it right.

 

You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em

Know when to walk away, know when to run.

You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.

There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

 

Every gambler knows that the secret to survivin'

Is knowin' what to throw away and knowin' what to keep.

'Cause every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser

And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."

 

And when he finished speakin', he turned back toward the window,

Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.

And somewhere in the darkness, the gambler he broke even.

And in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.

 

You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em

Know when to walk away, know when to run.

You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.

There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.