Tommy James and the Shondells-Mony Mony

  Billy Idol 的歌 "Mony Mony"是甚麼意思?

  Billy Idol是翻唱1968年由Tommy James and the Shondells所寫的同名暢銷曲，"Mony Mony"其實是紐約一家保險公司Mutual of New York Insurance Company的縮寫 M-O-N-Y。

  Tommy James解釋起初他們沒有一首歌的概念，只是想創作一張派對搖滾唱片，1968年有很多60年代早期的老歌新唱，沒人真的製作派對搖滾唱片，他有把加州、陽光、大鼓、賺錢的元素集合起來的概念，促成了他製作派對搖滾唱片的決定。

  Tommy James and the Shondells的團隊帶了以上的概念進了錄音室，把鼓和吉他也帶來，準備來一次音響革命，大伙在一起忙了一個月。歌詞寫了不少，可是一直沒想好歌名，這事讓大家很煩，他們曾想用類似二個音節的女孩名子例如'Sloopy'會比較好記，但也挺驢的。

  Tommy James與作曲搭檔Ritchie Cordell在他紐約的家裡想歌名急得發瘋，他們把吉它丟到地上，然後到陽台抽菸，仰頭長嘆，沒想到一眼就看到一家保險公司的廣告the Mutual of New York Insurance Company. M-O-N-Y。

  Tommy James回想這段往事，Mony，M-O-N-Y，Mutual of New York.。二人當時在陽台相視而笑了十分鐘，說「幾近完美」! 二人都覺得很不錯，歌名誕生了。

  Billy Idol來自英格蘭，曾是倫敦龐克樂隊Generation X領隊(1977-1981)， 〈Mony Mony "Live "〉是他個人在Billboard Hot 100排行榜名次最好的歌，1987年曾獲的單周冠軍。

  Tommy James and the Shondells是1960年代的知名合唱團，他們在排行榜名次最好的歌是1966年的成名成名曲"Hanky Panky"與1968年的"Crimson and Clover"，這二首歌都獲得二週冠軍。他們的"Mony Mony"1968年曾獲得第3名。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYYAv-QW38Q

Billy Idol用現場演唱版推出單曲而獲得冠軍

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_OoEx9WOl8

Tommy James原唱版

 

Mony Mony

Lyrics：Tommy James / Ritchie Cordell / Bobby Bloom / Bo Gentry

 

Here she comes now, say "Mony, Mony"
Well, shoot 'em down, turn around, come on
Oh, yeah
Hey, she gives me love and I feel alright now
(Everybody)
You got me tossin', turnin' in the middle of the night
And I feel alright

I say, yeah
(Yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)

Well, you make me feel (Mony, Mony)
So (Mony, Mony)
Good (Mony, Mony)
Yeah (Mony, Mony)
So good (Mony, Mony)
Alright (Mony, Mony)
Come on (Mony, Mony)
Alright, baby (Mony, Mony)

I say, yeah
(Yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Come on

Break me, shake me, Mony, Mony
Shotgun, get it done, come on, Mony
Don't stop, 'cause it feels so good, yeah

Hey, eh
Well don't stop now, hey, come on, Mony
Well, come on, Mony

Yeah
(Yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)

Well, you make me feel (Mony, Mony)
So (Mony, Mony)
Good (Mony, Mony)
Yeah (Mony, Mony)
Alright (Mony, Mony)
Come on (Mony, Mony)
So good (Mony, Mony)
Alright (Mony, Mony)

I say, yeah
(Yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Aaaaahh

So good
(Ooh, I love you, Mony, mo, mo, Mony)
So good
(Ooh, I love you, Mony, mo, mo, Mony)
Alright
(Ooh, I love you, Mony, mo, mo, Mony)
Yeah, Mony, Mony

Yeah
(Yeah)
Everybody
(Yeah)
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah

Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
Everybody
Alright (Mony, Mony)
Alright (Mony, Mony)

Come on
Well, you've got it
Yeah
Hey, yeah
Oh, yeah