LL Cool J -Hey Lover

  LL Cool J 因COVID-19確診陽性而取消‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’新年搖滾夜的演出。

  LL Cool J 於感染COVID-19之後，將不再於New Year’s Rockin’ Eve活動中與 Ryan Seacrest 主持的演唱會一起演出。Ryan Seacrest是美國傳媒界名人，主持過American Idol、American Top 40及On Air with Ryan Seacrest. 幾個受歡迎的節目，2006年起   Seacrest 成為Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 這個紐約時代廣場年度活動的共同主持人及執行製作，直到2012年Dick Clark去世不冠Dick Clark之名。

  The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame搖滾樂名人堂提名人將於當天午夜後在時代廣場演出近年暢銷曲。

  LL Cool J在接受   Billboard  雜誌的訪問時說:我知道歌迷們會很失望，但我檢測的結果是陽性即不能公開演出，我祝福大家新年快樂。

  LL Cool J本名James Todd Smith，1968年出生於紐約長島Bay Shore，是一位饒舌歌手及演員，也是一位有影響力的嘻哈藝人，演過幾部電影之外，也在Marion Hill等電視劇集演出，他也是Grammy獎   2012-16  的主持人。

  LL Cool J 暢銷曲很多，在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜獲得第155名，在Billboard Hot 100 排行榜上名次最好的歌則是1995年連續8周獲得第3名的Hey Lover，此曲由Boyz II Men 伴唱，創意來自Michael Jackson的The Lady In My Life。

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um99r6sgspY

 

Hey Lover

LL Cool J, Boyz II Men

Songwriters: James Todd Smith / Rod Temperton

 

I've been watchin' you from afar
For as long as I can remember
You are all a real man can need
And ever ask for, this is love
This is more than a crush

It was all up at Ruckers, I saw with your man
Smiling, a coach bag in your hand
I was layin' in the coup with my hat turned back
We caught eyes for a moment and that was that
So I skated off as you strolled off
Looking at them legs, god damn they looked so soft
I gotta take ya from your man that's my mission
If his love is real he got ta handle competition

You only knew about 5 months
Besides he drinks too much and smokes too many blunts
And I've been workin' out everyday thinkin' 'bout you
Lookin' at my own eyes in the rear view
Catchin' flash backs of our eye contact
Wish I could lay ya on your stomach and caress your back
I would hold ya in my arms and ease your fears
I can't believe it, I aint had a crush in years

Hey lover

Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush

I see you at the bus stop waitin' everyday
Your man must think it's safe for you to travel that way
And I don't want ta violate your relationship
So I lay back in the cut with a crush that'a trip
Still he can't stop me from having day dreams
Tonguing you down with vanilla ice cream

Kissing on your thighs in the moonlight
Searching your body with my tounge girl all night
I wonder one day could it be, simple dreams can turn into reality
Our love would come down so naturally
We would walk down the isle of destiny
What your man got his hustle on gotcha type scared
Break ya off a little chump change to do your hair
That seems to be enough to satisfy your needs
But there's a deeper level if you just follow my lead

Hey lover

Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush

Last week I saw ya at the mall
Standing at the pay phone 'bout to make a call
I had a vision, it was me on the other end
Telling you come by and then you walked in
I touched you gently with my hands
We talked about travellin' the distant lands
Escaping all the madness out here in the world
Becomin' my wife no longer my girl

Then you let your dress fall down to the floor
I kissed you softly and you yearned for more
We experienced pleasure unparallel
Into a ocean of love we both fell
Swimming in the timeless, currents of pure bliss
Fantasies interchanging with each kiss
Undying passion unites our souls
Together we swim until the point of no control

But its a fantasy, you won't come true
We never even spoke and your man swear he love you
So I'm gonna keep all these feelins inside
Keep my dreams alive until the right time

Hey, hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover

 

 

Evanescence-Across the Universe

    搖滾樂團   Evanescence「幻滅合唱團」最近推出一首老歌新唱曲"Across The Universe"，這是披頭合唱團The Beatles 專輯《Let It Be》當中的一首名曲"。

  Amy Lee 與她的隊友於2018 年的〈Synthesis〉「綜合體」巡迴演唱時最早翻唱這首歌。

  這首老歌新唱收錄於他們的新專輯《The Bitter Truth》「難以接受的真相」當中，在 Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums排行榜獲得冠軍，Evanescence在推特中向歌迷表示:很榮幸能翻唱這首Beatles的傳奇歌曲。

  Evanescence「幻滅合唱團」來自美國阿肯薩州小岩城，主唱Amy Lee，以2003年以Bring me to life(#5)成名，同年並獲Grammy最佳新人獎。

  The Beatles的"Across The Universe"於1969年錄製完成，並沒有推出單曲，但很受歌迷們喜好。

  歌詞   Jai Guru Dev 為梵文， 意指你內在偉大的勝利，你內在那既莊嚴又詼諧的大心智的勝利。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4nwKQrne0s

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqUzU552X8A

 

Across the Universe

The Beatles

Songwriters: Lennon John Winston / Mccartney Paul James

 

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me

Jai guru deva, om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letterbox they
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe

Jai guru deva, om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing
Through my open ears inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe

Jai guru deva, om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva

 

 

Bruce Springsteen-Blinded By The Light

  1977年Manfred Mann’s Earth Band的冠軍曲“Blinded By The Light”是Bruce Springsteen 1973年所寫的歌，但他沒有推出單曲。

  Springsteen清楚地承認這首歌受到Bob Dylan早期曲風的影響很深，“Blinded By The Light”幾乎是對Dylan的一種模仿，他把看似隨機的、不連貫的的想像片段扔出來，以創造更大的整體效果。

  這首歌來自“Mr. Tambourine Man”，是Dylan那個時代最容易理解的歌曲之一"

  Springsteen談到了歌曲中的具体字詞跟他年少時的朋友和地方有關，他也了解如何把這些字詞當作種子，並查閱了押韻辭典來補充歌詞，副歌因包括Springsteen最早提到的改裝汽車和暗夜車手主題而出名，Springsteen這些主題支撐了他大部分的職業生涯。

  但在歌詞結尾因那種一場甚麼都不是的狄倫風格，使他無法使抽象合併成更大的整體意象，他放棄這種方法而用簡潔的措辭以利更接地氣。

  Manfred Mann 出生於南非約翰尼斯堡，於倫敦組pop-rock合唱團，1964年以 Do Wah Diddy Diddy獲得排行榜冠軍成名。

     Bruce Springsteen出生於美國紐澤西州Freehold，1960年代中期在紐澤西地區俱樂部及著名的紐約Green Village俱樂部駐唱而出名，綽號The Boss，是一位獲歷年暢銷歌星排行榜120名的知名歌手。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi3GzpHNkdQ

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku_KhAX3BIA

 

Blinded by the Light

Songwriters: Bruce Springsteen

 

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Madman drummers bummers

Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat

In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps

His way into his hat

With a boulder on my shoulder

Feeling kinda older, I tripped the merry-go-round

With this very unpleasing, sneezing and wheezing

The calliope crashed to the ground

The calliope crashed to the ground

But she was

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Some silicone sister with a manager mister

Told me I got what it takes

She said "I'll turn you on, Sonny, to something strong

Play the song with the funky break"

And go-cart Mozart was checking out the weather chart

To see if it was safe outside

And little early-pearly came by in his Curly-wurly

And asked me if I needed a ride

Asked me if I needed a ride

But she was

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light

She got down but she never got tired

She's gonna make it through the night

She's gonna make it through the night

But, mama, that's where the fun is

But, mama, that's where the fun is

Mama always told me not to look into the eye's of the sun

But, mama, that's where the fun is

Some brimstone baritone anticyclone rolling stone

Preacher from the east

Says, "dethrone the Dictaphone, hit it in it's funny bone

That's where they expect it least"

And some new-mown chaperone was standing in the corner

Watching the young girls dance

And some fresh-sown moonstone was messing with his frozen zone

Reminding him of romance

The calliope crashed to the ground

But she was

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light

She got down but she never got tired

She's gonna make it through the night

 

 

Adele-Hello

       Adele的《 30  》是美國一年多以來發行的第一張銷售量突破百萬張的專輯，《 30 》在美國傳統專輯銷售剛好超過百萬張，包括CD、黑膠專輯、卡帶及數位專輯下載，這張專輯自11月19日推出第一週就賣了692,000套，第二周又賣了225,000套。

   上一張暢銷百萬的美國新專輯是Taylor Swift的《Folklore》，那張專輯2020年7月24日推出，2020年10月22日銷售量破百萬，到12月2日銷售量達到150萬，《Folklore》是美國2020年唯一銷售量破百萬的專輯。

        Adele本名Adele Adkins，1988年5月5日出生於英國倫敦Tottenham，2008年獲得Grammy最佳新人獎，她的暢銷曲很多，在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜獲得第319名。其中成績最好的歌是是2015年在Billboard Hot 100排行榜獲得連續10週冠軍的"Hello"。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM6M5gDy1HY

 

Hello

Songwriters: Greg Kurstin / Adele Adkins

 

Hello, it's me
I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet
To go over everything
They say that time's supposed to heal ya
But I ain't done much healing

Hello, can you hear me?
I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be
When we were younger and free
I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet

There's such a difference between us
And a million miles

Hello from the other side
I must've called a thousand times
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
But when I call, you never seem to be home

Hello from the outside
At least I can say that I've tried
To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart
But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore

Hello, how are you?
It's so typical of me to talk about myself, I'm sorry
I hope that you're well
Did you ever make it out of that town where nothing ever happened?

It's no secret that the both of us are running out of time

So hello from the other side (Other side)
I must've called a thousand times (Thousand times)
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
But when I call, you never seem to be home

Hello from the outside (Outside)
At least I can say that I've tried (I've tried)
To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart
But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore

Ooh-ooh, anymore
Ooh-ooh-ooh, anymore
Ooh-ooh, anymore
Anymore

Hello from the other side (Other side)
I must've called a thousand times (Thousand times)
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
But when I call, you never seem to be home

Hello from the outside (Outside)
At least I can say that I've tried (I've tried)
To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart
But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore

 

Stealer’s Wheel-Stuck in the Middle with You

為何"Stuck in the Middle with You"這首歌這麼像Bob Dylan的作品? 

  因為是故意的。它的歌詞是蘇格蘭歌手及作曲人Gerry Rafferty所寫，當年他與朋友合組了Stealer’s Wheel合唱團並擔任主唱，他對Bob Dylan臭名昭彰的偏執狂直接模仿(這首歌的曲是他的隊友Joe Egan所作)。

  Rafferty從未期待"Stuck in the Middle with You"這首歌能成為暢銷曲，原來只是想讓歌迷們當它是個笑話，所以當它成了國際知名的流行歌曲頗讓他震驚。

     蘇格蘭歌手及作曲人Gerry Rafferty出生於1947年4月，2011年元月4日因肝病去世(63歲)。他個人在Billboard Hot 100排行榜上名次最好的歌是1978年獲得第2名的"Baker Street"。

  Stealer’s Wheel合唱團這首"Stuck in the Middle with You"於1973年獲得過第6名。

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMAIsqvTh7g

Stuck in the Middle with You

Stealers Wheel

Well I don't know why I came here tonight.
I've got the feeling that something ain't right.
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs.

Clowns to the left of me!
Jokers to the right!
Here I am stuck in the middle with you.

Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you,
And I'm wondering what it is I should do.
It's so hard to keep this smile from my face.
Losing control and running all over the place.

Clowns to the left of me!
Jokers to the right!
Here I am stuck in the middle with you.

When you started off with nothing
And you're proud that your a self-made man.
Ooooo-ooo-oooh
And your friends they all come crawling,
Slap you on the back and say
Please . . .
Please . . .

Trying to make some sense of it all
But I see it makes no sense at all.
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor?
I don't think that I can take anymore.

Clowns to the left of me!
Jokers to the right!
Here I am stuck in the middle with you.

When you started off with nothing
And you're proud that your a self-made man.
Ooooo-ooo-oooh
And your friends they all come crawling,
Slap you on the back and say
Please . . .
Please . . .

Well I don't know why I came here tonight.
I've got the feeling that something ain't right.
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs.

Clowns to the left of me!
Jokers to the right!
Her I am stuck in the middle with you.
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you . . .
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you . . .
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you . . .
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you . . .

 

 

Ed Sheeran - Perfect Duet (with Beyoncé)

回味今年的63屆Grammy獎晚會是一個女藝人之夜

  Beyonce 超越Allison Krauss成為獲獎最多次的女歌星，Taylor Swift成為唯一四次獲得年度專輯獎歌星也是第三次獲得年度專輯獎的女歌星，H.E.R以“I Can’t Breathe”得到年度歌曲獎，Billie Eilish以“Everything I Wanted”獲得年度唱片獎，Megan Thee Stallion則以第一位女性饒舌歌手獲得本世紀最佳新人獎。

  Beyonce本名Beyonce Knowles，1981年出生於德州休士頓，是一位R&B歌手、作曲、演員，原為Destiny’s Child合唱團的團員，妹妹Solange與先生J-Z都是圈內名人，Beyonce與 J-Z夫妻檔曾於2018年以The Carters名出過唱片。Beyonce也演過The Pink Pantherd 「粉紅豹」等幾部電影。

  2017年，Beyonce曾與英籍Pop- rock歌星Ed Sheeran合作過一首“Perfect”， Ed Sheeran的個人版“Perfect”在Billboard Hot 100排行榜上獲得連續6周冠軍。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=817P8W8-mGE

 

"Perfect"

 

I found a love for me

Darling, just dive right in and follow my lead

Well, I found a girl, beautiful and sweet

Oh, I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

 

'Cause we were just kids when we fell in love

Not knowing what it was

I will not give you up this time

But darling, just kiss me slow

Your heart is all I own

And in your eyes you're holding mine

 

Baby, I'm dancing in the dark

With you between my arms

Barefoot on the grass

Listening to our favourite song

When you said you looked a mess

I whispered underneath my breath

But you heard it,

Darling, you look perfect tonight

 

Well, I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know

She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I'll share her home

I found a love to carry more than just my secrets

To carry love, to carry children of our own

 

We are still kids but we're so in love

Fighting against all odds

I know we'll be alright this time

Darling, just hold my hand

Be my girl, I'll be your man

I see my future in your eyes

 

Baby, I'm dancing in the dark

With you between my arms

Barefoot on the grass

Listening to our favourite song

When I saw you in that dress

Looking so beautiful

I don't deserve this

Darling, you look perfect tonight

 

No, no, no

 

Baby, I'm dancing in the dark

With you between my arms

Barefoot on the grass

Listening to our favourite song

I have faith in what I see

Now I know I have met an angel in person

And she looks perfect

I don't deserve this

You look perfect tonight