Barenaked Ladies (BNL)

   Barenaked Ladies (BNL) 是一個來自加拿大的 Alterative-Rock 「另類搖滾樂團的，於 1988 年在安大略省多倫多郊區 Scarborough 成立。該樂團在加拿大開發了一群追隨者，他們 1991 年發行的同名卡帶成為第一張在加拿大獲得金唱片認證的獨立唱片公司(非主流唱片公司)發行版。 1997年，Barenaked Ladies 加盟Reprise 唱片公司後,推出的單曲“ the old apartment” 和 “Brian Wilson”，成績乏善可陳,但 1998 年接著推出的“ one week ” 獲得了Billboard Hot 100 排行榜冠軍。

  One-hit wonders 是指一位流行歌手或合唱團憑藉一首熱門歌曲取得了成功，但隨後卻沒有類似的成就。 Barenaked Ladies 即是一個例子。他們的“ one week ”甚至在 2020年一個 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders 的統計中獲得冠軍。

  我將在往後的西洋歌曲選粹中陸續介紹令人難忘的 One-hit wonders，在排行榜中如流星般擦身而去的懷念的旋律，將每周重現於這個部落格，喜歡老歌的朋友們，敬請期待。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC_q9KPczAg

他們在這首很棒的歌曲中引用了大量 90 年代流行文化的方式。這是一首很棒的歌曲，可以證明你是個真正的人類，不再是吸血鬼。哈哈!

 

 

one week

作詞/作曲：Ed Robertson

It's been one week since you looked at me
Cocked your head to the side and said, "I'm angry"
Five days since you laughed at me
Saying, "Get that together, come back and see me"
Three days since the living room
I realized it's all my fault, but couldn't tell you
Yesterday, you'd forgiven me
But it'll still be two days 'til I say I'm sorry

Hold it now and watch the hoodwink
As I make you stop, think
You'll think you're looking at Aquaman
I summon fish to the dish, although I like the Chalet Swiss
I like the sushi 'cause it's never touched a frying pan
Hot like wasabi when I bust rhymes
Big like LeAnn Rimes, because I'm all about value
Bert Kaempfert's got the mad hits
You try to match wits, you try to hold me but I bust through
Gonna make a break and take a fake
I'd like a stinking aching shake
I like vanilla, it's the finest of the flavors
Gotta see the show, 'cause then you'll know
The vertigo is gonna grow
'Cause it's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver

How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad?
Trying hard not to smile, though I feel bad
I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
Can't understand what I mean? Well, you soon will
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of taking off my shirt

It's been one week since you looked at me
Threw your arms in the air and said, "You're crazy"
Five days since you tackled me
I've still got the rug burns on both my knees
It's been three days since the afternoon
You realized it's not my fault not a moment too soon
Yesterday, you'd forgiven me
And now I sit back and wait 'til you say you're sorry

Chickity China, the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'
Watching X-Files with no lights on
We're dans la maison
I hope the Smoking Man's in this one
Like Harrison Ford, I'm getting frantic
Like Sting, I'm tantric
Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy
Like Kurosawa, I make mad films, 'kay, I don't make films
But if I did they'd have a Samurai
Gonna get a set of better clubs
Gonna find the kind with tiny nubs
Just so my irons aren't always flying off the back-swing
Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon
'Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes
That make me think the wrong thing

How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad?
Trying hard not to smile, though I feel bad
I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
Can't understand what I mean? You soon will
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of losing my shirt

It's been one week since you looked at me
Dropped your arms to the sides and said, "I'm sorry"
Five days since I laughed at you and said
"You just did just what I thought you were gonna do"
Three days since the living room
We realized we're both to blame but what could we do?
Yesterday, you just smiled at me
'Cause it'll still be two days 'til we say we're sorry

It'll still be two days 'til we say we're sorry
It'll still be two days 'til we say, "Wasabi"
Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie