Alice Cooper -School's Out

 

  第18屆年度巨星雲集聖誕公益演唱會12月14日將在這位以嚇人打扮知名的搖滾樂手Alice Cooper的故鄉鳳凰城舉行。

  Cooper公布了這場盛會的第一批來賓名單，他們有Judas Priest的Rob Halford，Extreme的Gary Cherone 和 Nuno Betancourt，還有受歡迎的藍調吉他手 Joe Bonamassa  與Slaughter 的代表團員Mark Slaughter。

  其他還在邀約的藝人有：搞笑音樂人Gary Mule Deer及諧星Jim Breuer，更多參加的藝人很快地會宣布。

  他們從假日的華麗表演到免費的音樂、舞蹈和聖職表演人，都將前去Cooper 的Solid Rock Teen Centers「青少年搖滾樂中心」。

  這個活動也將邀請中心的舞者Solid Rock Dancers和中心舉辦的才藝競賽優勝著到場演出。

  Alice Cooper本名Vincent Furnier，1948年出生於底特律，在鳳凰城長大，Alice Cooper是17世紀一個女巫的名字，1974年Cooper的The Nazz合唱團解散後，他繼續用這個名字當藝名，並且開始在舞台上以怪異的化妝登台演唱，給歌迷留下深刻的印象，他還應邀在Prince of Darkness及Wayne’s World二部電影演出。

  Alice Cooper暢銷曲很多，成績最好的歌是1972年在美國獲得第7名，在英國獲得第3名的School's Out ，這首歌在滾石雜誌500大歌曲榜獲得第326名。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBqiC5ox8Bw

School's Out  

Songwriters: Alice Cooper / Michael Bruce

Well we got no choice

All the girls and boys

Makin' all that noise

'Cause they found new toys

Well we can't salute ya can't find a flag

If that don't suit ya that's a drag

School's out for summer

School's out forever

School's been blown to pieces

No more pencils no more books

No more teacher's dirty looks yeah

Well we got no class

And we got no principals

And we got no innocence

We can't even think of a word that rhymes

School's out for summer

School's out forever

My school's been blown to pieces

No more pencils no more books

No more teacher's dirty looks

Out for summer

Out till fall

We might not come back at all

School's out forever

School's out for summer

School's out with fever

School's out completely

Ric Ocasek -Emotion in Motion

  The Cars 合唱團主唱、吉它手Elliot Easton在臉書貼文感謝歌迷們對他們的代表性團員Ric Ocasek的去世表達哀悼之意。

  Ric Ocasek九月14日去世(75歲)。

  感謝所有的好友透過各種方式送來他們的關懷和同情，Easton透過文章表示："這些訊息我都讀了，我無法全部都回，但大家要知道在傷心之餘，這些關心對我極有意義"，Elliot並且說："The Cars就像一個家庭，不管如何，我昨天失去了我的大哥"。

  Easton是The Cars仍在世的三名團員之一，另外二位團員是鍵琴手Greg Hawkes、鼓手David Robinson。

  The Cars貝斯手Benjamin Orr因癌症於2000十月去世(53歲)。

  去年(2018)，Ocasek、 Easton、 Hawkes 及 Robinson重聚，他們在克里夫蘭The Cars進入搖滾樂名人堂的典禮上登台演出，以紀念The Cars進入搖滾樂名人堂這件盛事。

  Alice Cooper、Chic 的吉他手及作曲Nile Rodgers、Red Hot Chili Peppers 的鼓手Flea、KISS的Paul Stanley、Billy Idol、Bryan Adams、Richard Marx、Thomas Dolby與Slash等搖滾樂界名人與樂團都表達了他們不捨之情。

    Ric Ocasek 1949年出生於美國馬利蘭州巴爾蒂摩，是The Cars 合唱團主唱、吉它手及作曲，The Cars暢銷曲很多，名次最高的是1981年得到過第3名的Drive ，他個人則於1986年推出過一首Emotion In Motion，獲得排行榜15名，是一首令人懷念的好歌。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVXy7AsjvL4

Emotion in Motion

Ric Ocasek

I would do anything

To hold on to you

That's just about anything

Until you pull through

I'd hold on to you

'Til the stars no longer wink

I'd hold on to you

'Til you figure out

Just what to think

'Cause

You're emotion in motion

My magical potion

You're emotion in motion

To me

I would go anywhere

To meet up with you

That's just about anywhere

For one rendezvous

I'd hold on to you

'Til the mountains crumble flat

I'd hold on to you

Until you figure out

Just where you're at

'Cause

You're emotion in motion

My magical potion

You're emotion in motion

To me

I would…

Tina Turner- What's Love Got to Do with It

  Tina Turner說：我的一生很淒慘，但只往前衝。

  Tina Turner 事業上很輝煌，但大多數歌迷也了解她和已故事業夥伴也是前夫的Ike Turner有毒癮的過往，在紐約時報的一次新的訪問裡，Tina Turner說儘管她跳過了這個高欄，但她覺得她不是女性的偶像，縱然很多歌迷崇拜她，"我不必要當個強人"他說："我的一生很淒慘，但只往前衝，你只要往前衝，希望好事將至"。

  Tina也不考慮她自己當一個女性主義者偶像，她對那事沒興趣，紐約時報加註："Tina Turner 透過反性侵的#MeToo活動改寫她的人生"，她說："我用我的人生證明我自己"，她表示，當別人把他高高在上當個例子，她忙著去工作。

  雖然目前他對離開娛樂圈很高興，她告訴紐約時報："我已對歌唱事業感到厭煩，但那是我一生做的唯一件事"。

  同時，她的一生持續受到激勵，一個百老匯音樂劇10月12日預演，正式演出是11月7日，她是劇本裡的主要人物。當年Tina不看他的傳記片What's Love Got to Do With It?，因為劇情太感傷了，而看Tina: The Tina Turner Musical就沒問題了。

  按紐約時報所載，當音樂劇到倫敦演出時，Tina Turner曾在舞台揭幕前告訴演員怎麼演"I forgive you"﹙我原諒你﹚那一段劇情，那是真實人生都沒發生過的事。她告訴紐時："我不知道我如果能寬恕曾發生在我身上的事﹙結果會怎樣﹚"她大笑，"Ike死了，所以我們不必去擔心他了 "。

  Tina Turner  是一位R&B及Rock女歌手，早年與先生吉它手Ike以Ike&Tina Turner二重唱之名在歌壇奮鬥，1984年以What's Love Got to Do With It獲得三週排行榜冠軍，而成為影歌雙棲藝人，暢銷曲不少，在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜獲得第216名。

  Ike Turner 2007年已去世。

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

What's Love Got to Do with It

Songwriters: Graham Hamilton Lyle / Terry Britten

You must understand though the touch of your hand
Makes my pulse react
That it's only the thrill of boy meeting girl
Opposites attract
It's physical
Only logical
You must try to ignore that it means more than that ooo

What's love got to do, got to do with it
What's love but a second hand emotion
What's love got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken

It may seem to you that I'm acting confused
When you're close to me
If I tend to look dazed I've read it someplace
I've got cause to be
There's a name for it
There's a phrase that fits
But whatever the reason you do it for me ooo

What's love got to do, got to do with it
What's love but a second hand emotion
What's love got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken

I've been taking on a new direction
But I have to say
I've been thinking about my own protection
It scares me to feel this way oh oh oh

What's love got to do, got to do with it
What's love but a second hand emotion
What's love got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken

What's love got to do, got to do with it
What's love but a sweet old fashioned notion
What's love got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken

ooh got to do with it
(What's love but a second hand emotion)
What's love got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken
(What's love got to do with it) got to do with it
(What's love)

Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary

  Creedence Clearwater Revival合唱團的變形版Creedence Clearwater Revisited，由創團貝斯手Stu Cook 與鼓手Doug "Cosmo" Clifford領軍，他們計畫下月開始巡迴演唱，但還有11場北美演唱會要唱。

  其中一場慈善義演Concert for a Cause九月25日在加州Solana Beach的the Belly Up Tavern舉辦，這個活動將為NAMM 一個樂器交易公司籌辦的音樂博物館和一所學院募款，這個博物館將提供音樂教育課與旅程給學童。

  

  談到二個公益活動，Cook強調他們與年輕人一起工作，他們嘗試從製作及學習音樂中獲得正向的道路。

  Cook解釋Creedence Revisited和公益活動結合，為未來的活動和很好的工作募款。

  他們想把這種演出的型態放進演唱會，Stu說表演結束前還會安排傳統的演唱，整晚都看Creedence 的吧。

  Creedence Revisited即將到來的北美演唱會，九月13日於紐約Brookville舉行，之前是內華達州九月9日的演出，Cook告訴電台記者：該團還計畫年底去南美洲演出，那是2020年元月在紐西蘭年終演出之前。

  年終演唱會a trio of festival dates將有Billy Idol、George Thorogood及 Smash Mouth前來助陣。

  Creedence Clearwater Revival合唱團於1967年成立，主要團員是John Fogerty及Tom Fogerty兄弟，他們是1969年的冠軍樂團，在Hot 100排行榜上成績最好的歌是1969年獲得三週第2名的Proud Mary，這首歌也是BMI最常播出百名歌曲榜第24名的名曲。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfyEpmQM7bw

Proud Mary

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Songwriters: John Cameron Fogerty

Left a good job in the city

Workin' for the man ev'ry night and day

And I never lost one minute of sleepin'

Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been

Big wheel keep on turnin'

Proud Mary keep on burnin'

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis

Pumped a lot of pane down in New Orleans

But I never saw the good side of the city

'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen

Big wheel keep on turnin'

Proud Mary keep on burnin'

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

If you come down to the river

Bet you gonna find some people who live

You don't have to worry 'cause you have no money

People on the river are happy to give

Big wheel keep on turnin'

Proud Mary keep on burnin'

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river