Sting保護熱帶雨林

Paul Simon、James Taylor、Dionne Warwick等熱門歌壇巨星將參加Sting的第25屆保護熱帶雨林演唱會。

四月17日演唱會將在紐約卡耐基音樂廳舉行，除了Sting與Paul Simon、James Taylor、Dionne Warwick等熱門歌壇巨星之外，還有歌劇名星Ren'ee Fleming及小喇叭手Chris Botti一同演出。

更多藝人會陸續加入這場演唱會，上次活動於2012年舉辦，主題是Music from the Silver Screen「來自銀幕的音樂」，參加的藝人有James Taylor、Elton John、Bruno Mars、Jennifer Hudson、鄉村歌星Vince Gill、Rosanne Cash與影后Meryl Streep。

「保護熱帶雨林基金會」 由Sting與妻子Trudie Styler於1989年創立，過去23年來協助保護了全球成千上萬畝熱帶雨林。

這場演唱會票價從美金150元起跳，但基金會有美金600到50000元的貴賓券，除了看演唱會外還可以在會後派對與巨星見面。

Sting原是The Police合唱團主唱，1951 出生於英國Wallsend，本名Gordon Sumner， Sting自1985年起個人灌唱片，在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜獲得第209名，他於1983年The Police合唱團時代的8週冠軍曲Every Breath You Take是生涯最有名的歌。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOGaugKpzs

 

EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE

- written by Sting

- as recorded by The Police

- reached #1 in 1983

 

Every breath you take and every move you make

Every bond you break, every step you take

I'll be watchin' you

 

Every single day and every word you say

Every game you play, every night you stay

I'll be watchin' you

 

   Oh, can't you see

   You belong to me

   How my poor heart breaks

   With every step you take

 

Every move you make and every vow you break

Every smile you fake, every claim you stake

I'll be watchin' you

 

   Since you've gone I been lost without a trace

   I dream at night, I can only see your face

   I look around but it's you I can't replace

   I feel so cold and I long for your embrace

   I keep cryin', baby, baby, please

 

   Oh, can't you see

   You belong to me

   How my poor heart breaks

   With every step you take

 

Every move you make and every vow you break

Every smile you fake, every claim you stake

I'll be watchin' you

Every move you make, every step you take

I'll be watchin' you

 

I'll be watchin' you

   (every breath you take, every move you make,

    every bond you break, every step you take)

I'll be watchin' you

   (every single day, every word you say,

    every game you play, every night you stay)

I'll be watchin' you

   (every move you make, every vow you break,

    every smile you fake, every claim you stake)

I'll be watchin' you

   (every single day, every word you say,

    every game you play, every night you stay)

I'll be watchin' you

   (every breath you take, every move you make,

    every bond you break, every step you take)

I'll be watchin' you

   (every single day, every word you say,

    every game you play, every night you stay)

I'll be watchin' you

   (every move you make, every vow you break,

    every smile you fake, every claim you stake)

I'll be watchin' you

   (every single day, every word you say,

    every game you play, every night you stay)

I'll be watchin' you

 

 

 

 

 

敘事歌曲作詞人去世

"The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde" "Billy Don't Be A Hero" "The Night Chicago Died" 及 "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast"這些1960與1970年代暢銷曲的作詞者Peter Callander二月25日已因心臟病於英國Middlesex郡的Haresfield去世（74歲） 。

前述四首歌"The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde"是George Fame1968年第7名的暢銷曲，"Billy Don't Be A Hero"是1974年Bo Donalson的冠軍曲，"The Night Chicago Died"則是Paper Lace 1974年的冠軍曲，而"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast"於1972年由Wayne Newton演唱獲得第4名。

Peter Callander寫的這些歌有共同的特色，可以歸類為Saga敘事歌曲，如Bonnie & Clyde是有名的鴛鴦大盜，"The Night Chicago Died"則提及芝加哥的黑幫老大Al Capone，"Billy Don't Be A Hero"說的是南北戰爭時的一個小兵不聽勸最後戰死沙場的故事，"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast"則是一小孩要老爸別離家而去…，每一首歌的故事都很精彩。

Peter Callander 1939年出生於英國，除作曲外也有自己的出版公司，並創立音樂版稅組織PRS for Music，他的作品在英國亦曾由Cilla Black、Tom Jones、Cliff Richard，Shirley Bassey與The Tremeloes及其他許多名歌星與合唱團演唱。

 

唱紅"The Night Chicago Died"的Paper Lace是一個英國合唱團，且只有這一首Top 40的歌。

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXY1_F5YkoM&list=RDZTy-tWig0bg

 

The Night Chicago Died

 

-Artists: Paper Lace

-peak Billboard position # 1 for 1 week in 1974

-Words and Music by Peter Robin Callander and Mitch Murray

 

 

My daddy was a cop on the east side of Chicago

Back in the U.S.A. back in the bad old days

 

In the heat of a summer night

In the land of the dollar bill

When the town of Chicago died

And they talk about it still

When a man named Al Capone

Tried to make that town his own

And he called his gang to war

With the forces of the law

 

I heard my mama cry

I heard her pray the night Chicago died

Brother what a night it really was

Brother what a fight it really was

Glory be!

I heard my mama cry

I heard her pray the night Chicago died

Brother what a night the people saw

Brother what a fight the people saw

Yes indeed!

 

And the sound of the battle rang

Through the streets of the old east side

'Til the last of the hoodlum gang

Had surrendered up or died

There was shouting in the street

And the sound of running feet

And I asked someone who said

"'Bout a hundred cops are dead!"

 

I heard my mama cry

I heard her pray the night Chicago died

Brother what a night it really was

Brother what a fight it really was

Glory be!

I heard my mama cry

I heard her pray the night Chicago died

Brother what a night the people saw

Brother what a fight the people saw

Yes indeed!

 

And ther was no sound at all

But the clock upon the wall

Then the door burst open wide

And my daddy stepped inside

And he kissed my mama's face

And he brushed her tears away

 

The night Chicago died

Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na

The night Chicago died

Brother what a night the people saw

Brother what a fight the people saw

Yes indeed!

 

The night Chicago died

Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na

The night Chicago died

Brother what a night it really was

Brother what a fight it really was

Glory be!

 

The night Chicago died

Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na

The night Chicago died

Brother what a night the people saw

Brother what a fight the people saw

Yes indeed!

 

 

Youngbloods團員去世

民謠搖滾樂團The Youngbloods的創團吉它手Jerry Corbitt三月九日不幸於德州家中去世，這個合唱團1966年由Jesse Colin Young領銜於波士頓組成，起初是一個民歌二重唱，後來加入了Lowell Levinger 與Joe Bauer才從民歌二重唱變身為民謠搖滾樂團，接著就和RCA唱片公司簽了約。

The Youngbloods的第一首單曲是Grizzly Bear只得到第52名，但第二張專輯裡的Get Together後來讓他們成名，這首歌1967年初次推出也只得到62 名，但1969年因為被選為全美基督教與猶太教大會的宣傳用歌，讓第二次推出的Get Together得到了第5名，原先擔任作曲與主唱的Jerry Corbitt也於該年離團而去，後來與Charlie Daniels一度以二重唱的形態巡迴演唱。

Jerry Corbitt除了製作後 Youngbloods的專輯外，也幫Don McLean的暢銷曲Castles In The Air擔任過製作人，1984-1985年Jerry曾復出與The Youngbloods老友一同開演唱會。

Get Together是一首百聽不厭令人懷念的民歌。

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4fWN6VvgKQ

 

Get Together

Youngbloods

 

Love is but a song to sing

Fear's the way we die

You can make the mountains ring

Or make the angels cry

Though the bird is on the wing

And you may not know why

 

Come on people now

Smile on your brother

Everybody get together

Try to love one another

Right now

 

Some may come and some may go

We shall surely pass

When the one that left us here

Returns for us at last

We are but a moment's sunlight

Fading in the grass

 

Come on people now

Smile on your brother

Everybody get together

Try to love one another

Right now

 

Come on people now

Smile on your brother

Everybody get together

Try to love one another

Right now

 

Come on people now

Smile on your brother

Everybody get together

Try to love one another

Right now

 

If you hear the song I sing

You will understand (listen!)

You hold the key to love and fear

All in your trembling hand

Just one key unlocks them both

It's there at you command

 

Come on people now

Smile on your brother

Everybody get together

Try to love one another

Right now

 

Come on people now

Smile on your brother

Everybody get together

Try to love one another

Right now

 

Come on people now

Smile on your brother

Everybody get together

Try to love one another

Right now

 

Right now ... Right now......

 

 

Steely Dan打工團員要版稅

早年曾參加過搖滾樂團Steely Dan的團員David Palmer，二月底為版稅問題在洛杉磯法院出庭，他認為該團在網路與衛星通路播的歌有他1972到1973年唱過的歌，但這還不是主要的問題，因另一筆在2012年底到2013年共九個月的版稅，他確曾領過六分之一即八千美元，所以這個版稅爭議要從2000年時開始查起。

David曾唱過"Dirty Work" 與 "Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)"，也唱過"Reeling In the Years"等歌的和聲，他還寫過Carole King暢銷曲"Jazzman"的歌詞，他從這些工作賺取版稅。

Steely Dan是於洛杉磯組成的搖滾樂團，主要成員是主唱與吉他手Donald Fagen及主唱與貝斯手Walter Becker，他們是一個錄音室合唱團，除二位主要團員外，其餘團員都從錄音室網羅，David Palmer即其中之一。

Steely Dan在排行榜上名次最好的歌是1974年第4名的歌Rikki Don't Lose That Number，在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜獲得第382名，2001年獲選入搖滾樂名人堂。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfZWp-hGCdA

 

Rikki Don't Lose That Number

 

We hear you're leaving, that's OK

 I thought our little wild time had just begun

 I guess you kind of scared yourself, you turn and run

 But if you have a change of heart

 

 [Chorus]

 Rikki don't lose that number

 You don't want to call nobody else

 Send it off in a letter to yourself

 Rikki don't lose that number

 It's the only one you own

 You might use it if you feel better

 When you get home

 

 I have a friend in town, he's heard your name

 We can go out driving on Slow Hand Row

 We could stay inside and play games, I don't know

 And you could have a change of heart

 

 [Chorus]

 

 You tell yourself you're not my kind

 But you don't even know your mind

 And you could have a change of heart

 

 [Chorus]