Paul Revere 去世

 

Paul Revere & the Raiders的領隊與鍵琴手Paul Revere Dick，十月四日因腦癌於愛達荷州家鄉去世（76歲），今夏他才宣佈因健康問題退休。

Paul 原來在愛達荷州Caldwell開餐廳，1950年代後期他認識了在麪包店工作的Mark Lindsay，他們合組了the Downbeats合唱團，但後來改以Paul的名字領銜並穿南北戰爭時代的軍服表演吸引注意。

他們先錄了the Kingsmen的暢銷曲"Louie Louie"，然後於1961年又推出取材自古典音樂的演奏曲"Like, Long Hair"，此曲雖然只得到38名，但受到Columbia唱片公司青睞，於是全隊轉到洛衫磯去發展，1966年他們的"Just Like Me" (#11), "Kicks" (#4) and "Hungry (#6)讓他們嚐到了走紅的滋味。

Paul Revere & the Raiders成了名主持人Dick Clark的每天播出電視節目 "Where The Action Is"的固定樂團，Paul 與Mark也在 "Happening '68" 電視節目與Dick一同擔任主持人。

成功一直持續著，改以the Raiders團名推出的暢銷曲有"Good Thing" (#4-1967), "Him Or Me-- What's It Gonna Be" (#5-1967) 與"Let Me" (#20-1969) ，但1971年的"Indian Reservation" 終於讓他們獲得了排行榜冠軍。

在the Raiders走紅的同時，主唱Mark Lindsay開始錄個人的唱片，流言使Mark於1975年終於離開了自己創立的the Raiders，其實沒有主唱全力配合，自1973年開始他們的唱片就不再進top 40。

Paul 與 the Raiders於2007年被選入 the Oregon Music Hall of Fame，並於2010年選入 Hit Parade Hall of Fame，暢銷曲 "Kicks" 在滾石雜誌歷年 500 大歌曲榜則獲得400名，他們也是歷年暢銷歌星與合唱團排行榜第165名的受歡迎搖滾樂團。

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP8G4clUJBY

 

Kicks

Paul Revere & The Raiders    

(Barry Mann - Cynthia Weil)

 

Intro:

 

        12-string [2X; chords implied]:

 

        (Fm)          (Bb)

         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

        -----------------|-----------------

        -----------------|-----------------

        -----1---3---1---|---1-------------

        -3-----3-------3-|-----3-1-----1---

        -----------------|---------3-------

        -----------------|-----------------

 

        Bass [enters 2nd time]:

 

         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

        -----------------|-----------------

        -----------1-2-3-|-------3-1---0---

        -3-----3-3-------|-----------------

        -----------------|-----------------

 

Verse (chords on first two lines implied by guitar/bass riffs above):

 

                  (Fm)                                 (Bb)

        Girl, you thought you found the answer on that magic carpet ride last

            (Fm)      (Bb)

            night

                     (Fm)                       (Bb)

        But when you wake up in the mornin' the world still gets you

              (Fm)     (Bb)

            uptight

                 Db

        Well, here's nothin' that you ain't tried

            Fm            /E    /Eb   /D

        To fill the emptiness inside

             Db

        But when you come back down, girl

                              C

        Still ain't feelin' right

 

Chorus:

 

        [1,2,4:  And don't it seem like]

         Ab                      Db

        Kicks just keep gettin' harder to find

                            [3, 4: Oh, you don't need kicks, girl]

                      Ab                  Db

        And all your kicks ain't bringin' you peace of mind

                            [3, 4: You just need help, girl]

                    Ab

        Before you find out it's too late, girl

                         C

        You better get straight

 

Link (over intro guitar/bass riffs, 2X):

 

                          (Fm)      (Bb)

        No, but not with kicks

                      (Fm)        (Bb)

        You just need help, girl

 

Verse 2:

 

        Well you think you're gonna find yourself a little piece of

            paradise

        But it ain't happened yet, so girl, you better think twice

        Don't you see no matter what you do

        You'll never run away from you

        And if you keep on runnin'

        You'll have to pay the price

 

[repeat chorus]

 

Bridge:

 

                            F

        No, you don't need kicks

                     Dm

        To help you face the world each day

                       Bb

        That road goes nowhere

                   C

        I'm gonna help you find yourself another way

 

[repeat chorus 2X; fade second time]