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。

 

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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