Sergio Mendes -Never Gonna Let You Go

巴西音樂傳奇人物Sergio Mendes 去世，享年 83 歲

    他的家人證實，格萊美獎得主巴西音樂家 Sergio Mendes 去世，他以Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 合唱團名在美國的流行音樂市場闖出了知名度。
    根據一份家庭聲明，Mendes 於 9 月 5 日在洛杉磯去世，身邊環繞著他的妻子兼音樂夥伴格拉西尼亞 Gracinha 和孩子們。家人補充說，在過去的幾個月裡，由於長期受到 COVID-19 的影響，Mendes 遭受了健康挑戰。他最後一次演出是在 2023 年 11 月。

    Mendes 是一位鋼琴家、作曲家和編曲家，他將巴西風味音樂帶到了美國，融合了巴薩諾瓦、桑巴、爵士樂和流行音樂，首先加入Antônio Carlos Jobim 樂隊，後來成立 Brasil '66 樂團。 1968 年，他的重大突破出現了，當時他和 Brasil '66 在奧斯卡電視轉播中表演了他新版本 的“The Look of Love”，由 Janis Hansen 演唱，此曲是彼德席勒主演的電影《皇家夜總會》插曲，獲得了Billboard Hot 100 單曲排行榜第4名。
    Sergio Mendes 另一首獲得第4 名的暢銷曲是1983 年的“Never Gonna Let You Go”，由 Joe Pizzulo 和 Leeza Miller 合唱。
    Mendes 的其他暢銷曲包括翻唱Little Anthony & the Imperials合唱團的“Goin' Out of My Head”、披頭四的歌曲“The Fool on the Hill”、Simon & Garfunkel 的“Scarborough Fair ”、Buffalo Springfield 的“For What It's”。
    2011 年，Mendes 幫助創作了動畫電影《裡約熱內盧》的配樂，並憑藉其中一首電影歌曲"Real in Rio."獲得奧斯卡提名。他的最後一張錄音室專輯是 2002 年的《In the Key of Joy》。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFGBkkqEG2E

此曲原來由 Dusty Spring 於1967年推出獲得22名， Mendes的重新編曲版本很有南美洲 bossa nova 巴沙諾瓦風味。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c12ity9FE1w

這首歌於音樂的調變反映了人類情感的廣泛範圍。女主唱Leeza Miller與男主唱Joe Pizzulo 的搭配相當完美。是一首 80年代很令人懷念的情歌。

 

Never Gonna Let You Go

作詞/作曲：Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil

 

I was as wrong as I could be
To let you get away from me
I'll regret that move
For as long as I'm livin'
But now that I've come to see the light
All I want to do is make things right
So just say the word
And tell me that I'm forgiven

You and me
We're gonna be better than we were before
I loved you then but now I intend
To open up and love you even more
This time you can be sure

I'm never gonna let you go
I'm gonna hold you in my arms forever
Gonna try and make up for all the times
I hurt you so
Gonna hold your body close to mine
From this day on we're gonna be together
Oh I swear this time
I'm never gonna let you go
Looking back now
It seems so clear
I had it all when you were here
Oh you gave it all
And I took it for granted
But if there's some feeling left in you
Some flickers of love
That still shines through
Let's talk it out
Let's talk about second chances
Wait and see
It's gonna be sweeter than it was before
I gave some then but now I intend
To dedicate myself to giving more
This time you can be sure
I'm never gonna let you go
I'm gonna hold you in my arms forever
Gonna try and make up for all the times
I hurt you so

Oh, so if you'll just say
You want me too

Adele-Hello

  2008年開始在歌壇出現的Adele本名Adele Adkins ，1988年5月5日出生於倫敦 Tottenham，是一位 Adult Alternative 成人抒情風歌手、作曲與吉他手。

  Adele與Taylor Swift 同時出道，2015年的10周冠軍曲“Hello”（與1984 Lionel Richie的抒情名曲“Hello”不同）是他成績最好的歌。

  Taylor Swift 目前當紅，經常有冠軍曲出現，Adele則略遜， 2021年有一首冠軍曲Easy On Me。
  Adele是2008 Grammy 最佳新人獎 Best New Artist 得主。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHsXMglC9A

不到10年的歌，不算老歌吧?

Hello

作詞/作曲：Adele Laurie Blue Adkins / Gregory Allen Kurstin

Hello, it's me
I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet
To go over everything
They say that time's supposed to heal ya, but I ain't done much healing

Hello, can you hear me?
I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be
When we were younger and free
I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet

There's such a difference between us
And a million miles

Hello from the other side

I must've called a thousand times
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
But when I call, you never seem to be home

Hello from the outside
At least I can say that I've tried
To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart
But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore

Hello, how are you?
It's so typical of me to talk about myself, I'm sorry
I hope that you're well
Did you ever make it out of that town where nothing ever happened?

It's no secret that the both of us
Are running out of time

So hello from the other side (other side)
I must've called a thousand times (thousand times)
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
But when I call, you never seem to be home

Hello from the outside (outside)
At least I can say that I've tried (I've tried)
To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart
But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore

Ooh (lows, lows, lows, lows), anymore
(Highs, highs, highs, highs)
Ooh (lows, lows, lows, lows), anymore
(Highs, highs, highs, highs)
Ooh (lows, lows, lows, lows), anymore
(Highs, highs, highs, highs)
Anymore (lows, lows, lows, lows)

Hello from the other side (other side)
I must've called a thousand times (thousand times)
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
But when I call, you never seem to be home

Hello from the outside (outside)
At least I can say that I've tried (I've tried)
To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart

But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore