The Human League-Don't You Want Me

    在後龐克與新浪潮post-punk / new wave的音樂世界裡，The Human League是一個知名的合唱團，樂評人將他們定位為Electro-pop電音流行樂團。

  來自英國約克夏Sheffield的這個團體，主唱是Phil Oakey，他與女主唱Joanne Catherall和Susanne Sulley一同撐起The Human League在流行歌壇的一片天。

  The Human League的代表性專輯是1981年10月推出的〈Dare〉，當時前團員Martyn Ware與Ian Craig Marsh 離開了Human League另組Heaven 17，Phil Oakey帶領這個團朝更易於親近的方向前進，〈Dare〉這張專輯在全球造成轟動，這是一張充滿了令人難忘歌曲的專輯，在1981年Synth-pop「合成流行音樂」革命的邊緣完美地展現出他們的英姿。

  〈Dare〉在英國的專輯排行榜獲得冠軍，在美國的Billboard 專輯排行榜則獲得第3名，其中的單曲“ Don’t You Want Me”、“Open Your Heart”、“Love Action”以及“Sound of The Crowd”都很受歡迎，“ Don’t You Want Me”在Billboard Hot 100 單曲排行榜則獲得冠軍。

  Post-punk /new wave音樂與Rock的不同之處在於電子合成樂器的強化，而Rock是以電吉他為主帶動氣氛。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPudE8nDog0

 

Don't You Want Me

Songwriters: Wright / Oakley / CallisYou were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar

 

When I met you

I picked you out, I shook you up

And turned you around

Turned you into someone new

Now five years later on you've got the world at your feet

Success has been so easy for you

But don't forget it's me who put you where you are now

And I can put you back down too.

Don't. Don't you want me?

You know I can't believe it when I hear that you won't see me

Don't. Don't you want me?

You know I don't believe you when you say that you don't need me

It's much too late to find

When you think you've changed your mind

You'd better change it back or we will both be sorry

Don't you want me, baby?

Don't you want me? Oh!

Don't you want me, baby?

Don't you want me? Oh!

I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar

That much is true

But even then I knew I'd find a much better place

Either with or without you

The five years we have had have been such good at times

I still love you

But now I think it's time I lived my life on my own

I guess it's just what I must do

Don't. Don't you want me?

You know I can't believe it when I hear that you won't see me

Don't. Don't you want me?

You know I don't believe you when you say that you don't need me

It's much too late find

When you think you've changed your mind

You'd better change it back or we will both be sorry

Don't you want me, baby?

Don't you want me? Oh!

Don't you want me, baby?

Don't you want me? Oh!

Don't you want me, baby?

Don't you want me? Oh!

Don't you want me, baby?

Don't you want me? Oh!

Don't you want me, baby?

Don't you want me? Oh!

Don't you want me, baby?

Don't you want me? Oh

Don't you want me, baby?

Don't you want me? Oh!

Don't you want me, baby?

Don't you want me? Oh!