一起組成Strawberry Alarm Clock合唱團的主奏吉它手Ed King,八月22日不幸於故鄉Nashville去世(68歲),Strawberry Alarm Clock這個合唱團於1967年以一首“Incence And Peppermints”獲得排行榜冠軍而成名。
Ed
King出生於美國加州Glendale,2011年時曾經動過心臟移植手術,他是 Lynyrd Skynyrd 的南方搖滾名曲“Sweet Home Alabama” (#8-1974)的作曲人之一,1972 至1975年他也曾經是Lynyrd Skynyrd 的團員,1987年回到該團直到1996年因心臟病退出,2006年Ed King以Lynyrd
Skynyrd 的團員身份進入「搖滾樂名人堂」“Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall
of Fame”。
Strawberry
Alarm Clock合唱團被歸類為「迷幻搖滾樂團」Psychedelic-Rock Band,迷幻搖滾流行於1967-1969年的英美二地,音樂的內涵包括搖滾樂、民歌、爵士樂…,但與迷幻藥,尤其LSD關係密切。
1985年前後,我曾經在台北的一家Disco酒店遇見過一位Strawberry Alarm Clock的團員,當時我還在電台主持西洋歌曲節目,聊天中他告訴我曾經參加過Strawberry Alarm Clock,我很高興的當場就邀請上節目,但他表示:因為他參加這種與毒品牽扯不清的樂團,家人與朋友都看不起他,他想忘掉這個人生中最感羞恥的一段,不想上媒體再談此事,我也只能尊重他了,也沒留有他的姓名與聯絡資料。
搖滾樂手表面風光,但私下的心情告白與歌迷們相像不一樣,一段往事提供讀者參考。
Incense and Peppermints
Strawberry Alarm Clock
(Ed King - John Carter)
Good sense, innocence, cripplin' mankind
Dead kings, many things I can't define
Occasions, persuasions clutter your mind
Incense and peppermints, the color of time
Who
cares what games we choose?
Little to win but nothin' to lose
Incense and peppermints, meaningless nouns
Turn on, tune in, turn your eyes around
Look at yourself, look at yourself, yeah, yeah
Look at yourself, look at yourself, yeah, yeah, yeah!
To divide this cockeyed world in two
Throw your pride to one side, it's the
least you can do
Beatniks and politics, nothing is new
A yardstick for lunatics, one point of view
Who
cares what games we choose?
Little to win but nothin' to lose
------ instrumental break ------
Good sense, innocence, cripplin' mankind
Dead kings, many things I can't define
Occasions, persuasions clutter your mind
Incense and peppermints, the color of time
Who
cares what games we choose?
Little to win but nothin' to lose
Incense and peppermints
Incense and peppermints
Sha la la
Sha la la
Sha la la
Sha la la
Sha la la
[fade]
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