Dusty Springfield and Richard Carpenter - Something In Your Eyes

      今天介紹一首Karen Carpenter去世之後她的哥哥Richard Carpenter所推出的專輯《Time》當中的歌 。

        Carpenters是歷年暢銷歌星排行榜第72名的兄妹二重唱，1983年2月4日 Karen Carpenter因厭食症導致心臟衰竭而去世，留下許多膾炙人口的抒情曲。

《Time》是Richard Carpenter第一張個人的專輯，1987年10月推出，並邀請Dionne Warwick、Dusty Springfield 及Scott Grimes演唱"In Love Alone"、"Something in Your Eyes"及"That's What I Believe"這幾首歌，同時並以"When Time Was All We Had"向Richard的妹妹Karen Carpenter致敬，後來這首歌也收錄在Carpenters三張一套的專輯《The Ultimate Collection》當中。

  Richard Lynn Carpenter出生於1946年10月，他在與妹妹Karen 組成的二重唱 Carpenters中扮演多種角色，包含:製作人、編曲、鋼琴手、鍵琴手、作詞、作曲，也擔任和聲。

《Time》這張專輯中的"Something in Your Eyes"是由 Pamela Phillips Oland與 Richard Carpenter所寫的，歌詞中對Karen Carpenter有很深的懷念，Dusty Springfield的演唱完全表達Richard 對Karen 的兄妹情誼。

  Dusty Springfield是一位英國籍的Blue-eyed soul白人靈魂歌星，1987年與Pet Shop Boys 合唱的What Have I Done To Deserve This是她排行榜成績最好的歌(#2) ，1999年因癌症去世。

 

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

 

Something In Your Eyes

Dusty Springfield

Songwriters: Pamela Phillips Oland / Richard Carpenter

 

There was a certain face
That filled a thousand nights
With all the sweetest dreams and promises
Of paradise
But that face was gone
When the dawn would come and steal you
Yet I still could feel you
Waiting just a kiss away
I'd surely know your face
When love would cast its spell
I'd recognize each curve and line of you
I knew it well
Now at last you're here and I can tell
Something in your eyes I see
Is all I've ever wanted
(And) Something in your smile for me
Is calling out my name
Your eyes it seems
Are mirrors of my dreams
In ways I can't explain...
And my heart will never be the same
We never said a word
As if we'd always known
That through the bittersweet of waiting
We were not alone
Now we're close enough
For the touch of love to find us
Fantasies designed us
But they never really could
Begin to measure you
No pictures ever do
And as I watch you framed in sunlight
And a sky of blue
I know what my life's been leading to
Something in your eyes I see
Is all I've ever wanted
(And) Something in your smile for me
Is calling out my name
Your eyes it seems
Are mirrors of my dreams
In ways I can't explain...
And my heart will never be the same
Something in your eyes i see
Is all I've ever wanted
(And) Something in your smile for me
Is calling out my name
Your eyes it's seem
Are mirrors of my dreams
In ways I can't explain...

Kenny Rogers -You and I

  今天來介紹一首Kenny Rogers專輯《Eyes That See In The Dark》當中歌迷們不能錯過的歌"You and I"。

《Eyes That See In The Dark》於1983年9月底推出，製作人是Bee Gees的團員Barry Gibb，在Billboard 專輯排行榜最高獲得第6名。

這張專輯是Barry Gibb第三張非Bee Gees的專輯，其中大部分的歌都是Barry Gibb所寫的，曲風很有Kenny Rogers 1960年代後期在 Kenny Rogers & the First Edition.合唱團時的味道。

Barry Gibb 完成他監製Dionne Warwick 的the Heartbreaker 專輯後，Kenny Rogers和他碰面，Rogers跟Barry要了幾首歌，包括標題歌曲"Eyes That See In The Dark "，Barry於1982年底寫過幾首歌，1983初試錄過，當時Barry Gibb正和Bee Gees錄電影「周末的狂熱續集」Staying Alive的插曲，Barry抽空錄了試唱帶給Rogers，Rogers收到後於1983年5月開始錄《Eyes That See In The Dark》這張專輯。

《Eyes That See In The Dark》當中 "Islands in the Stream" (他與 Dolly Parton合唱)獲得2週排行榜冠軍，在數位下載統計獲得金唱片，"This Woman"則獲得第23名，"You and I"這首歌雖然沒有推出單曲，但卻廣受歌迷歡迎，當年在電台經常可以聽到。

  如果從聽歌的次數來算，Bee Gees是我最喜歡的合唱團，Kenny Rogers & the First Edition.正是1960年代後期與Bee Gees同時期我喜歡的其它合唱團之一， 1970年代後期Kenny Rogers個人在歌壇開始有卓越的表現，使我更喜歡他的歌，Kenny Rogers和Barry Gibb在 Eyes That See In The Dark 專輯中的歌可以聽到他模仿Bee Gees早年在歌曲中抖音的唱腔，很有意思。

推薦你去年(2020)三月20日去世的Kenny Rogers抒情曲"You and I"。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5l3oLFIH5I

 

You and I

Songwriters: Barry Gibb / Maurice Ernest Gibb / Robin Hugh Gibb

 

All the man I am
You are the reason for me
You help me understand
I'll be your shelter from rain
That never ends
Girl, you've always got a friend in me
All the love we had
I should've known our love
Was older than the past
Throwing my life away on songs I never heard
Just the speaking of a special word
I made you die inside, but you loved me
And don't believe the word
No the word can't give us paradise
When you make your love to me
Till I just could not see the light
As long as I got you
As long as you got me
As long as we got you and I
I won't let you down
No better love will be there
When you turn around
I'll be living for you till the oceans turn to sand
There will never be any man
Could love you just the say
That I love you
So don't believe the word
No the world cant't give us paradise
In the eye within the storm
When I just could not make it through the night
As long as I got you, as long as you got me
As long as we got you and I

 

 

 

CCR-Have You Ever Seen The Rain

Creedence ClearwaterRevival(CCR)在Billboard雜誌第一次獲得排行榜冠軍

  Creedence ClearwaterRevival的"Have You Ever Seen The Rain"是在Billboard雜誌的 the Rock Digital Songs搖滾樂數位銷售榜獲得冠軍。  

  "Have You Ever Seen the Rain"是CCR的領銜團員John Fogerty的作品，1970年元月首度推出，最高獲得第8名，這首歌五十年後於搖滾樂數位銷售榜獲得冠軍。

  CCR的歌最近越來越紅主要因為Fogerty把他們的音樂影帶在 TikTok〈抖音〉播放。

  儘管CCR在Billboard Hot 100排行榜有9首top 10暢銷曲，但是並沒有任一首歌在任一個排行榜得過冠軍，儘管其中有五首歌是得過第2名的。

  CCR的 "Bad Moon Rising" 與 "Fortunate Son"這二首歌，在數位搖滾樂銷售榜同時獲得第9 名及第10名。

  搖滾樂團Creedence ClearwaterRevival組團於美國加州El Cerrito，四名團員是主唱John Fogerty、哥哥吉它手Tom Fogerty、鍵琴手Stu Cook、鼓手Doug Clifford。1967年經過好幾次團名變更後定名為Creedence ClearwaterRevival，John Fogerty於1971年離團而去從事個人的歌唱事業，CCR也於1972年解散。

  CCR是1969年的冠軍樂團，他們所唱的Proud Mary與其它暢銷曲是那一代台灣年輕人共同的回憶。

  ( CCR 5首在Billboard Hot 100排行榜獲得過第2名的單曲小唱片是Proud Mary 、Bad Moon Rising、Green River、Traveling Band/ Who'll Stop The Rain當時唱片正反面二首歌都獲第二名、Looking Out My Back Door)。        

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4flAZEgtjs

 

Have You Ever Seen The Rain
John Fogerty

Someone told me long ago
There's a calm before the storm
I know, It's been comin' for some time
When it's over, so they say
It'll rain a sunny day,
I know, shining down like water

I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?
Comin' down on a sunny day?

Yesterday, and days before
Sun is cold and rain is hot
I know, been that way for all my time
Till forever, on it goes
Through the circle, fast and slow
I know, it can't stop, I wonder

I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?
Comin' down on a sunny day?

Yeah!

I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?
Comin' down on a sunny day?

 

Gary Numan -Cars

    在歷年最受歡迎的100首汽車歌曲〈The 100 Greatest Car Songs of All Time〉中有一首Synth-techno-rock電音搖滾歌手Gary Numan所唱的" cars "排名第15。

       這首歌是他1980年個人推出的第一張專輯《The Pleasure Principle》當中的歌，在Billboard Hot 100排行榜曾獲得第9名，在英國則獲得冠軍。

       Gary Numan 1948年出生於倫敦，他有飛行員執照，1981年時曾想環繞世界飛行，在開了一系列比預期時間早的告別演唱會後，1982年他如願達成願望，

    Gary Numan還因間諜和走私罪在印度被捕。

        Gary Numan 也是Tubway Army的主唱，在Tubway Army發行第一張單曲That’s Too Bad時，Gary Numan 當時名叫Valerian，在Post-Punk & New Wave〈後龐克與新浪潮〉的音樂領域，Gary Numan有很重要的地位。

         歌迷們對Gary Numan評價很高，認為" cars "這首歌與它的音樂影帶Music Video是史上最棒的，說它是一首來自過去的未來歌曲。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im3JzxlatUs

 

Cars

Songwriters: Gary Webb (pak: Gary Numan)

 

Here in my car

I feel safest of all

I can lock all my doors

It's the only way to live

In cars

Here in my car

I can only receive

I can listen to you

It keeps me stable for days

In cars

Here in my car

Where the image breaks down

Will you visit me please

If I open my door

In cars?

Here in my car

I know I've started to think

About leaving tonight

Although nothing seems right

In cars

 

Bruce Springsteen-Born To Run

        以汽車為主題的歌已經存在流行歌壇很多年了，但新冠肺炎流行以來，Car Songs「汽車歌曲」在流行歌曲、音樂影帶及演唱會裡更顯突出。汽車歌曲大多聚焦在道路上，包含卡車音樂，但車後座的那檔事也少不了，與巴士和摩托車相關的也有一點。 

   流行音樂界專業人士最近挑選出歷年最受歡迎的100首汽車歌曲The 100 Greatest Car Songs of All Time，獲得這個排行榜冠軍的是Bruce Springsteen的"Born To Run"。

    這首歌是Bruce Springsteen的專輯〈Born To Run〉的標題歌曲， 1975年在Billboard Hot 100排行榜獲得第23名，但是後來在滾石雜誌500大歌曲榜獲得第21名，足證Springsteen 是一位獲得流行音樂界專業人士肯定的搖滾樂巨星。

          "Born To Run"有4分半鐘長，受到唱片製作人Phil Spector開發的錄音技術Wall of Sound「聲牆」的影響，努力了3個半月才推出，Springsteen 此曲的伴奏用了弦樂、鐵片琴、多個鍵琴和超過一打的吉他的組合，歌詞無情地傾洩而出，敘述一對年輕情侶在新澤西高速公路上的故事。

    Springsteen告訴滾石雜誌的記者:「我一開始不知道伴奏的配置有多重要，這是那配置背後的構想，可以用在新澤西、加州或阿拉斯加。

         Bruce Springsteen  1949年出生於美國新澤西州Freehold，外號The Boss「老闆」，1960年代中期他就在新澤西和紐約著名的Greenwich Village唱歌，1973他年成立E-Street Band。1975年在〈Born To Run〉推出後，法院曾禁止他發行任何新唱片，直到1978年才解禁。

         Bruce Springsteen暢銷曲很多，是歷年暢銷歌星排行榜第120名的知名搖滾樂手，1999年進入搖滾樂名人堂。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuThNgl3YA

 

Born To Run

 

In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream

At night we ride through the mansions of glory in suicide machines

Sprung from cages out on highway nine,

Chrome wheeled, fuel injected,and steppin' out over the line

H-Oh, Baby this town rips the bones from your back

It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap

We gotta get out while we're young

`Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run

 

Yes, girl we were

 

Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend

I want to guard your dreams and visions

Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims

And strap your hands 'cross my engines

Together we could break this trap

We'll run till we drop, baby we'll never go back

H-Oh, Will you walk with me out on the wire

`Cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider

But I gotta know how it feels

I want to know if love is wild

Babe I want to know if love is real

 

Oh, can you show me

 

Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard

Girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors

And the boys try to look so hard

The amusement park rises bold and stark

Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist

I wanna die with you Wendy on the street tonight

In an everlasting kiss

 

One, two, three, four

 

The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive

Everybody's out on the run tonight

But there's no place left to hide

Together Wendy we can live with the sadness

I'll love you with all the madness in my soul

H-Oh, Someday girl I don't know when

We're gonna get to that place

Where we really wanna go

And we'll walk in the sun

But till then tramps like us

Baby we were born to run

 

Oh honey, tramps like us

Baby we were born to run

 

Come on with me, tramps like us

Baby we were born to run