Cliff Richard-Devil Woman

  倫敦高等法院七月19日裁定，英國廣播公司2014年現場播報Cliff Richard在他家大樓門口襲警時，Cliff Richard以嚴重與有些聳人聽聞的方式攻擊播報人員。法庭判決他需付274,000罰金。Cliff Richard並未被指控有任何攻擊行為。該警員已私下與Cliff Richard以518,000美元和解。

  Cliff Richard於1940年出生於印度Lucknow，是一位搖滾樂歌手、吉他手、電影演員，1948年他回去英國，曾加入演奏樂團The Shadows，1967年開始個人演唱生涯，1969年The Shadows解散，但Cliff Richard後來在英國成了超級巨星，一共有125首單曲進排行榜，其中有14首歌獲得排行榜冠軍，他演出的電影The Young Ones、Summer Holiday…也都很受當年的青少年歡迎。

  Cliff Richard於1995年獲英國女王頒授爵位，他在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜獲得第350名，在美國的熱門歌曲排行榜名次最好的歌，是1976年第6名的歌Devil Woman。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tuAkdlLhTE

DEVIL WOMAN

Cliff Richard

I've had nothing but bad luck

Since the day I saw the cat at my door

So I came here to you, sweet lady

Answering your mystical call

Crystal ball on the table

Showing the future, the past

Same cat with them evil eyes

And I knew it was a spell she'd cast.

*Chorus

She's just a devil woman

With evil on her mind

Beware the devil woman

She's gonna get you

She's just a devil woman

With evil on her mind

Beware the devil woman

She's gonna get you from behind.

Give me the ring on your finger

Let me see the lines of your hand

I can see me a tall dark stranger

Giving you what you hadn't planned

I drank the potion she offered me

I found myself on the floor

Then I looked in those big green eyes

And I wondered what I came there for.

(Repeat chorus)

Stay awake

Look out

If you're out on a moonlit night

Be careful of the neighbourhood strays

Of a lady with long black hair

Tryin' to win you with her feminine ways

Crystal ball on the table

Showing the future, the past

Same cat with them evil eyes

You'd better get out of there fast

She's just a devil woman

With evil on her mind

Beware the devil woman

She's gonna get you.

Steely Dan-Do It Again

紐約市為已故Steely Dan合唱團團員Walter Becker劃了一條Walter Becker Way（Walter Becker路 ），以向這位該市Queens區長大的搖滾樂手致敬。

  紐約市將於年底向Steely Dan合唱團的創辦人之一的Walter Becker致敬，他出生地Queens區的一條路，將以他這位名列搖滾樂名人堂的藝人為名。

  這條路的一角是 Walter Becker成長的地方，位於112街附近這條路10月28日將在一個慶祝活動後改名Walter Becker Way。

  Walter Becker的遺孀Delia表示：Walter的粉絲在全美辦活動、他們老是有創意去辦不一樣的表演。到時候特別來賓和Walter的朋友、同事和歌迷們都將齊聚一堂。

  Walter Becker和Donald Fagen一起在Steely Dan合作了四十多年，他在和食道癌抗爭了一段時間後，2017年9月3日不幸去世。

  Steely Dan合唱團是一個錄音室臨時編組（Studio Unit），由Walter Becker和Donald Fagen領銜，樂手都來自錄音室裡的職業伴奏，1981-1992年二人曾經分手，他們在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜獲得第382名，成名曲是1972年第6名的Do It Again。

 Steely Dan合唱團於 2001年進入搖滾樂名人堂。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Fs5GrUBwI

Do It Again

Steely Dan

In the mornin' you go gunnin' for the man who stole your water

And you fire till he is done in but they catch you at the border

And the mourners are all singin' as they drag you by your feet

But the hangman isn't hangin' so they put you on the street

You go back, Jack, do it again, wheels turinin' 'round and 'round

You go back, Jack, do it again

When you know she's no high climber then you find your only friend

In a room with your two timer, but you're sure you're near the end

Then you love a little wild one, and she brings you only sorrow

All the time you know she's smilin', you'll be on your knees tomorrow

Chorus

Guitar Solo

Keyboard Solo

Now you swear and kick and beg us that yopu're not a gamblin' man;

Then you find you're back in Vegas with a handle in your hand

Your black cards can bring you money so you hide them when you're able

In the land of milk and honey you must put them on the table

Chorus

John Lennon -Imagine

  美國郵局發行John Lennon 紀念郵票，九月將在紐約舉辦一場揭幕典禮。

  美國郵局宣布他們計畫辦一場官方揭幕典禮，向已故的搖滾樂巨星John Lennon致敬，這場活動計畫於九月7日上午11時在紐約中央公園the Namburg Bandshell音樂台舉行，活動將由美國郵政部長Megan J.Brennan主持。

 Lennon 紀念郵票是美國郵政部永恆音樂巨星系列的新作，其中有替前Beatles合唱團長期拍照的知名攝影師 Bob Gruen所拍攝的John Lennon的1974年個人專輯Walls and Bridges的封套圖片。

  這套郵票的內頁有16張郵票，設計成45轉唱片套的樣子，反面包括Peter Fordham所拍John Lennon坐在他的白色鋼琴前那張照片，後來John Lennon的搖滾樂經典唱片Imagine曾用之推廣。

  唱片套正面也有一些說明，包括John Lennon的生活花絮及事業成就，例如：這位天才音樂創作家在All You Need Is Love、Strawberry Fields Forever、Imagine、Jealous Guy這些歌後面所展現的是第一位搖滾樂歌手唱出關於人道主義和他個人的親身體驗和不安、他至今仍是搖滾樂電台的舵手，全球聽眾都喜歡他的音樂，持續談著真理、和平及容忍。

  這個揭幕典禮將在John Lennon 1980年生前的住宅Dakota building附近舉行，當時John Lennon與妻子Yoko Ono與兒子Sean同住那裏，也在門口遭人槍殺。

  Imagine這首歌於1971年獲得二週第2名，是滾石雜誌500大歌曲榜第3 名的名曲，John Lennon在他英格蘭Tittenhurst的家裡寫了這首歌，太太Yoko Ono看著Lennon坐在白鋼琴前的樣子，透過影片和照片的傳播而為全球歌迷熟悉。

  這首近乎完美的歌表達John Lennon全球一家的思想，而Yoko Ono對此曲也有影響，因為第一句歌詞Imagine there's no heaven 即來自Ono 1964年出版的書Grapefruit中。

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

  Imagine

John Lennon And The Plastic Ono Band

Imagine there's no heaven

It's easy if you try

No hell below us

Above us only sky

Imagine all the people

Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries

It isn't hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions

I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world...

The Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night

  The Bay City Rollers的開團貝斯手Alan Longmuir七月2日不幸去世(70歲)，三週前他才從墨西哥度假地返回蘇格蘭家裡。

  1976年Alan Longmuir和他弟弟the Bay City Rollers的鼓手Derek離團而去，但他倆在“Rollermania”專輯唱片裡的歌“Saturday Night (#1-1976)、“Money Honey” (#9-1976) 及 “Rock And Roll Love Letter” (#28-1976)給歌迷們留下了深刻的印象，來自蘇格蘭愛丁堡的the Bay City Rollers主唱是Les McKeown，他們在美國的熱門排行榜有8首進榜歌曲，在全世界唱片銷售量達到一億二千張。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BKKaKT_dtM

Saturday Night

The Bay City Rollers

- written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter

SATURDAY night!

SATURDAY night!

SATURDAY night!

SATURDAY night!

Gonna keep on dancin' to the

rock and roll

On Saturday night, Saturday night

Dancin' to the rhythm in our

heart and soul

On Saturday Night, Saturday night

IIIII just can't wait,

IIII got a date

*At the good ole rock and roll road

show, I gotta go

Saturday Night,

Saturday Night

Gonna rock it up, roll it up

Do it all, have a ball,

Saturday Night,

Saturday Night

It's just a Saturday Night

It's just a Saturday Night

It's just a Saturday Night

Gonna dance with my baby till the

night is thru

On Saturday Night, Saturday Night

Tell her all the little things I'm

gonna do

On Saturday night, Saturday Night

IIIIlove her so

III I'm gonna let her know

*repeat

SATURDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY NIGHT,

SATURDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY NIGHT,

It's just a Saturday night

It's just a Saturday Night,

IT's just a Saturday Night,

It's just a Saturday Night,