Mott The Hoople- All The Young Dudes

  哪一本搖滾樂自傳是最棒的?

  Ian Hunter的《Diary of a Rock and Roll Star》是其中佼佼者，陳述著巡迴演唱的辛勞，該自傳一一提及便宜的旅館，廉價的食物，廉價的飲料，廉價的毒品還有廉價的女人，有些內容讀來令人愉快，還有些事則令人懷疑為什麼有人要過這種日子?

  Ian Hunter是來自英格蘭Oswestry的搖滾樂手，是著名的華麗搖滾樂團Mott The Hoople的主唱 (1969-1974)。在David Bowie錄製《The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Star and The Spiders From Mars 》專輯的那段日子，Ian Hunter曾擔任David Bowie的助理及編曲。這張專輯中著名的單曲" Space Oddity "在英國獲得排行榜冠軍，1973年在美國則獲得第15名。

  Mott The Hoople在Billboard Hot 100 排行榜上名次最好的歌是獲得第37名的" All The Young Dudes"，此曲在滾石雜誌RS500獲得256名，是這個Hard Rock band「硬式搖滾樂團」的代表作，David Bowie所唱的版本沒有發行單曲，但也甚獲歌迷們喜愛。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IqiRY60ZDE

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYYRH4apXDo

 

Space Oddity

Lyrics：David Bowie

 

Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

Ground Control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may God's love be with you

Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Lift off

This is Ground Control to Major Tom
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare

This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today

For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do

Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows

Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you...

Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do