The Moody Blues -Isn't Life Strange

 

為什 the Moody Blues 「多愁善感的藍調」合唱團將他們的第八張專輯稱為 《第七次旅居》Seventh Sojourn?

這是他們用當年那個陣容發行的第七張專輯，而不是他們的第八張！1966 年之前的原始陣容只有一張專輯，但當 Denny Laine和Ron Clark於 1966 年離開，Justin Heyward 和John Lodge加入取代他們，它本質上已經是一個非常不同的樂隊。關於《第七次旅居》Seventh Sojourn 這張專輯，團員們花了一段時間才確定標題，因為它的起源非常艱澀。許多歌曲觸及政治問題，而不是通常的愛情和渴望浪漫主義的歌曲。貝斯手/歌手/詞曲作者John Lodge多年後轉述說：這張專輯創意來自於英國詩人Chaucer喬叟的一本短篇小說集The Canterbury Tales 《坎特伯雷故事集》。強調講故事，但要有音樂。也是 Justin Hayward、 John Lodge、Mike Pinder、Ray Thomas 及Graeme Edge 組成的一個不平凡樂團創作的第七張專輯，所以這個標題似乎很完美。樂隊也四處巡迴演出，因此標題在這方面是有點道理的。

他們的後續作品，1977 年的Octave專輯是該陣容的第八張專輯，一個八度音階也有八個音符。所以對於這兩張專輯來說，代表樂團有點聰明。

於英國伯明罕組成的 Art-rock「藝術搖滾」樂團 the Moody Blues 由吉他手Denny Laine 、長笛 Ray Thomas 、鍵琴手Michael Pinder（ 他們都擔任主唱） ，加上貝斯手 Clint Warwick 、鼓手 Graeme Edge 組成。Denny Laine 與 Ron Clark 於 1966 年夏天離開；取代者為 Justin Hayward 和 John Lodge 。 Laine於1971年加入前披頭 Paul McCartney的Wings合唱團。瑞士出生的Patrick Moraz（Yes的前鍵盤手）於1978年取代Pinder 。
Moody Blues 於Billboard Hot 100排行榜上名次最好的歌是“Nights In White Satin”（#2），這張專輯在專輯排行榜則獲得五周冠軍，是他們在美國成績最好的專輯，其中的單曲“Isn't Life Strange”獲得第29名。

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Isn't Life Strange

作詞/作曲：John Charles Lodge

Isn't life strange?
A turn of the page
Can read like before
Can we ask for more?
Each day passes by
How hard man will try?
The sea will not wait
You know it makes me want to cry, cry, cry

Wished I could be in your heart
To be one with your love
Wished I could be in your eyes
Looking back, there you were and here we are

Isn't love strange?
A word we arrange
With no thought or care
Maker of despair
Each breath that we breathe
With love we must weave
To make us as one
You know it makes me want to cry, cry, cry

Wished I could be in your heart
To be one with your love
Wished I could be in your eyes
Looking back, there you were and here we are

Isn't life strange?
A turn of the page
A book without light
Unless with love we write
To throw it away
To lose just a day
The quicksand of time
You know it makes me want to cry, cry, cry

Wished I could be in your heart
To be one with your love
Wished I could be in your eyes
Looking back, there you were

Wished I could be in your heart
To be one with your love
Wished I could be in your eyes
Looking back, there you were

Wished I could be in your heart
To be one with your love
Wished I could be in your eyes
Looking back, there you were

Wished I could be in your heart
To be one with your love
Wished I could be in your eyes
Looking back, there you were

Wished I could be in your heart
To be one with your love