2025年11月6日 星期四

Chris Rea-Fool(If you think it’s over)

 今天介紹一首 One hit wonder。 Chris Rea 所唱的 Fool(If you think its over)

Chris Rea 1951 年出生於英國克里夫蘭 Middlesborough。是一位輕搖滾歌手1978 年獲得Billboard Ho100 排行榜第12名的這一首 Fool是他唯一Top 40 的歌。此曲也在抒情歌曲排行獲得第2名。

 

 Chris Rea - Fool If You Think Its Over (Official Music Video)

這首歌是他寫給妹妹的,因為他妹妹被別人傷透了心。



Fool (If You Think It’s Over)

作詞/作曲:Christopher Anton Rea

 

… Dying flame
You're free again
Who could love
Do that to you?
All dressed in black
He won't be coming back
Well, save your tears
You've got years and years

… The pains of 17s
Unreal, they're only dreams
Save your crying for the day

… Fool if you think it's over
'Cause you said goodbye
Fool if you think it's over
I'll tell you why
Newborn eyes always cry with pain
At the first look at the morning sun
Fool if you think it's over
It's just begun

… Miss teenage dream
Such a tragic scene
He knocked your crown
And ran away
First wound of pride
And how you cried and cried
But save your tears
You've got years and years

… Fool if you think it's over
'Cause you said goodbye
Fool if you think it's over
I'll tell you why
(Fool if you think it's over)
(Fool if you think it's over)

… I'll buy your first good wine
We'll have a real good time
Save your crying for the day (fool if you think it's over)

… Newborn eyes always cry with pain
At the first look at the morning sun
You're a fool if you think it's over
It's just begun

 

 

2025年10月30日 星期四

Joan Baez -Diamonds and Rust

   Joan Baez 1941年9月1日出生於紐約史泰登島(英國和墨西哥混血)。傑出的民歌風格藝術家。 1950年代末期就讀波士頓大學期間,成為政治活動家。 1959年7月,在首屆紐波特民謠音樂節上首次亮相。 1960年代初,她從傳統民歌轉向流行民謠。對鮑勃迪倫的職業生涯發展影響深遠。

  Joan Baez 曾獲得獎項 2007年葛萊美獎終身成就獎 。2017年R&R 搖滾樂名人堂。

  《Diamonds and Rust》專輯於1975年推出後於Billboard專輯排行榜最高獲得第 11名成為她最暢銷的專輯同名單曲則獲得第35名。

  Diamonds and Rust的故事源自美國民谣歌手(Joan Baez)與(Bob Dylan)間複雜的情感纠葛首歌以一次突然的电话联系为引子,回憶起两人往的關係,通过鑽石亮珍贵的记铁锈(时间留下的傷痕與真相)的意象,展现了逝去爱情中爱痛、美好與傷痕複雜心境。 

  〈Diamonds and Rust〉Jone Baez 最後一首Top 40 的暢銷曲是一首不落俗套的情歌

 

Diamonds And Rust

此曲被廣泛認為是關於她與鮑伯迪倫的感情。這首歌是她回應迪倫在他們分手十年後打來的意外電話而創作的,這首歌勾起了他們對過去共同經歷的回憶和情感。


 

Diamonds and Rust

作詞/作曲:Joan Baez

 

Well, I'll be damned
Here comes your ghost again
But that's not unusual
It's just that the moon is full
And you happened to call
And here I sit
Hand on the telephone
Hearing a voice I'd known
A couple of light years ago
Heading straight for a fall

As I remember your eyes
Were bluer than robin's eggs
My poetry was lousy you said
Where are you calling from?
A booth in the midwest
Ten years ago
I bought you some cufflinks
You brought me something
We both know what memories can bring
They bring diamonds and rust

Well, you burst on the scene
Already a legend
The unwashed phenomenon
The original vagabond
You strayed into my arms
And there you stayed
Temporarily lost at sea
The Madonna was yours for free
Yes, the girl on the half-shell
Could keep you unharmed

Now I see you standing
With brown leaves falling all around
And snow in your hair
Now you're smiling out the window
Of that crummy hotel
Over Washington Square
Our breath comes out white clouds
Mingles and hangs in the air
Speaking strictly for me
We both could have died then and there

Now you're telling me
You're not nostalgic
Then give me another word for it
You who are so good with words
And at keeping things vague
'Cause I need some of that vagueness now
It's all come back too clearly
Yes, I loved you dearly
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
I've already paid


 

2025年10月23日 星期四

Margaritaville-Jimmy Buffett

 (Margaritaville)是美國創作歌手吉米·巴菲特(Jimmy Buffett)於1977年創作的一首歌曲收錄於他的第七張專輯《緯度變化態度變化》(Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes)中。在美國,(Margaritaville)在Billboard Hot 100 排行榜上排名第8,並在抒情榜上排名第1,在鄉村歌曲榜上也最高排名第13。告示牌在其1977年年終榜上這首歌排名第14。這首歌是Buffett排名最高的個人單曲。

  Jimmy Buffett 1946年12月25日出生於密西西比州帕斯卡古拉;在阿拉巴馬州莫比爾長大。是一位歌手/詞曲作者/吉他手。擁有南密西西比大學新聞學學士學位。

  在新奧爾良工作後,1969年移居納許維爾。 1969-70年擔任 Billboard 雜誌駐納許維爾記者。1971年定居基韋斯特。著有多部著作。曾客串演出1978年的電影《FM》。

  Margaritaville這首歌以瑪格麗塔雞尾酒命名,歌詞描繪了熱帶氣候下悠閒的生活方式,它已成為 Jimmy Buffett音樂和職業生涯的標誌。

也是 Buffett 授權的幾款商業產品的名稱。多年來,這首歌在流行文化中不斷被引用和翻唱,證明了它持續的流行度。 巴菲特經營一家同名的連鎖度假村。

  Margaritaville因其文化和歷史意義而入選2016年葛萊美名人

2023年,這首歌被美國國會圖書館選入美國國家錄音登記,因其「具有文化、歷史或美學意義」。

  Jimmy Buffett 於2023年9月1日於紐約去世 。 Margaritaville這首歌在2023年9月16日的一周內重新進入排行榜前40名。

 

 

Jimmy Buffet: Margaritaville

吉米巴菲特 (Jimmy Buffet) 是悠閒酷炫的典範。在瑪格麗塔維爾 (Margaritaville) 放鬆身心吧。

 

 Zac Brown Band & Jimmy Buffett Perform 'Margaritaville' | CMT Crossroads

吉米 (Jimmy) 絕對是在現場表演中調動觀眾情緒的高手。


Margaritaville

作詞/作曲:Jimmy Buffett

Nibbling on sponge cake
Watching the sun bake
All of those tourists covered with oil
Strumming my six-string
On my front porch swing
Smell those shrimp, well, they're beginning to boil
Oh, crawfish in New Orleans, yeah

Wasting away again in Margaritaville
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
But I know, it's nobody's fault

I don't know the reason
Stayed up all season
With nothing to show but a brand-new tattoo
But it's a real beauty
A Mexican cutie
How it got here, I haven't a clue, I really don't know

Wasting away again in Margaritaville
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
But I think it could be my fault, maybe, just maybe

I blew out my flip-flop (how?)
Stepped on a pop top
I broke my leg twice, had to limp on back home
God, I still feel pain
I wish I had some cocaine
But that's been gone since early this morn' (long gone)

Wasting away again in Margaritaville (yes, I am, yes, I am, I'm)
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
And I know, it's my own damn fault

Yeah
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
There always is and I know
It's my own damn fault

Thank you
Alright
This is the original Coral Reefer Band up here now
Everybody having a good time, so far, out there?
Me too
Yeah, this is the way it started out
Yeah, we're gonna get to all those songs now
We're gonna do 'em one at a time

This is a song, that, uh
We'll do this for two sections in the country tonight that are called LA
One of them is out in California
The other is lower Alabama, where I come from, that LA
Affectionately known in some circles as the Redneck Riviera, and ah
Song about where it all came from
And we'll, uh, do this for anybody out there
Who also went through a Catholic education and the altar boy system

 

 

 

2025年10月16日 星期四

Donna, Donna-Joan Baez

    瓊.拜雅(Joan Baez本名Joan Chandos Baez ,1941年9月1日出生於紐約史坦頓島。傑出的民歌藝。 1950年代末期就讀波士頓大學期間,成為政治活動名人。 1959年7月,在首屆「紐波特民謠音樂節 (Newport Folk Festival )上首次亮相。 1960年代初,她從傳統民謠轉向流行民歌。對鮑勃迪倫的職業生涯發展影響深遠。

    瓊.拜雅(Joan Baez)當年建立「抗議歌手」的形象,她錄製狄倫的創作歌曲並跟他巡迴演出,1963年夏天,他們倆成為戀人。

    1965年狄倫的〈鈴鼓先生〉(Mr. Tambourine Man),這首歌後來成了貝茲合唱團(the Byrds)的第1首排行榜冠軍曲,揭開了民謠搖滾的序幕。同時狄倫與瓊.拜雅這一對歌壇佳偶宣告分手。

    瓊.拜雅(Joan Baez)所唱的 Donna Donna 是一首民歌。相信對於全世界各地的人來說,都是非常耳熟能詳的歌曲, 其實這首歌最原始的版本是在二次世界大戰期間、以viddish(意帝緒語)這種德國的猶太人語言所寫成的,(意第緒語,屬於日耳曼語族。全球大約有300萬使用者,大部分為猶太人)歌詞的内容描述著一隻名叫 Donna(多娜)的小牛来影射無助的猶太人,正被載往市集販賣屠殺時是如此的悲傷與無奈、但是風兒(納粹主義者)卻在牝身邊高聲嘲笑著,而農夫(那押解猶太人的納粹爪牙)則對牝說不要抱怨誰叫你是一隻小牛呢。

    這首歌後來直到 1960年代的時候,才被翻課成英文版並且陸績由幾位美國的歌手所演唱,從此開始流行至全世界成為世界民謠·然而、隨著時代的變遷,當年的納粹組織如今皆已瓦解,但是這樣的悲劇卻從來未曾停止過, 諷刺的是猶太人現在屠殺隔鄰無辜的迦薩婦女、兒童毫不手軟。原來全世界的人們對他們的同情已經轉給了那些可憐的小孩。

      瓊.拜雅(Joan Baez2007年獲得葛萊美獎終身成就獎。2017年R&R搖滾名人堂。

     瓊.拜雅(Joan Baez)是英國和墨西哥混血他不是猶太人。

 

 

Joan Baez ~ Donna, Donna


Donna, Donna

作詞:Arthur Kevess and Teddi Schwartz    作曲:Sholom Secunda, Aaron Zeitlin

On a wagon bound for market
There's a calf with a mournful eye
High above him there's a swallow
Winging swiftly through the sky

How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night

Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don

"Stop complaining!" said the farmer
"Who told you a calf to be?
Why don't you have wings to fly with
Like the swallow so proud and free?"

How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night

Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don

Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
Never knowing the reason why
But whoever treasures freedom
Like the swallow has learned to fly

How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night

Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna
Donna, Donna, Donna, Don

 

 

 

 

 

2025年10月9日 星期四

Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson -Tonight I Celebrate My Love

   1983年由 Roberta FlackPeabo Bryson 合唱的〈Tonight I Celebrate My Love〉是一首動聽情歌,在Billboard Hot 100 單曲排行最高獲得第16名。

  Roberta Flack出生於北卡羅來納州的 Black Mountain,原來是一位高中音樂老師。1972與1973年接連以〈The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face〉 〈Killing Me Softly With His Song〉二首冠軍曲成名。

  2025年2月24日,Roberta Flack於紐約曼哈頓去世。

  Peabo Bryson 出生於南卡羅來納州的 Greenville, 是一位 R&B 歌手. 1992年以一首卡通電影插曲〈a Whole New World 〉獲得排行榜冠軍。

  二位抒情歌曲唱將合作的這首歌令人回味無窮。

 

 

 Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack - Tonight I Celebrate My Love (HQsound)

這是兩位真正天籟之音的歌手,以和諧完美的方式演繹出的最純粹、最真實的歌曲之一。

 

 

 

Tonight I Celebrate My Love

作詞:MASSER, MICHAEL / GOFFIN, GERALD   

作曲:MASSER, MICHAEL / GOFFIN, GERALD


Tonight, I celebrate my love for you
It seems the natural thing to do
Tonight, no one's gonna find us
We'll leave the world behind us
When I make love to you

Tonight, I celebrate my love for you
And hope, that deep inside you'll feel it too
Tonight, our spirits will be climbing
To a sky lit up with diamonds
When I make love to you, tonight

Tonight, I celebrate my love for you
And that midnight sun is gonna come shining through
Tonight, there'll be no distance between us
What I want most to do is to get close to you, tonight

Tonight, I celebrate my love for you
And soon, this old world will seem brand new
Tonight, we will both discover
How friends turn into lovers, when I make love to you

Tonight, I celebrate my love for you
And that midnight sun is gonna come shining through
Tonight, there'll be no distance between us
What I want most to do is to get close to you

Tonight, I celebrate my love for you
Tonight

 

 

 

2025年10月2日 星期四

David Gates -Goodbye Girl

 再見女郎》(The Goodbye Girl)是一部1977年的美國愛情喜劇片,由Neil Simon編劇,Herbert Ross執導,李察·德瑞佛斯(Richard Dreyfuss)、瑪莎·梅遜(Marsha Mason)、昆恩·康明斯(Quinn Cummings)主演。男主角李察·德瑞佛斯並以本片中的精彩演出獲得奧斯卡與金球獎(音樂與喜劇類)最佳男主角。

 

  演唱同名主題曲的 David Gates 原來在專業錄音室工作 後來擔任 Bread 合唱團主唱這一首〈Goodbye Girl雖然最高只得到第15名但對電影有牡丹配綠葉的功效對該片幫助很大。

 

  Bread 合唱團以抒情歌曲 〈Make It With You Baby I'm-A Want You If 這些動聽情歌受到歌迷們的喜愛 。〈Goodbye Girl是他在Bread合唱團初次解散時寫的。後來他們復合過但不久再度解散。

 

  一起來回憶這一首百聽不厭的老歌。

 

 

The Goodbye Girl • Theme Song • David Gates

這首歌和電影簡直是天作之合。理查德·德萊福斯和瑪莎·梅森的合作簡直太棒了。



David Gates - Goodbye Girl Lyrics

All your life you've waited
For love to come and stay
And now that I have found you
You must not slip away

I know it's hard believing
The words you've heard before
But darlin', you must trust them
Just once more

'Cause, baby, goodbye doesn't mean forever
Let me tell you, goodbye doesn't mean
We'll never be together again

If you wake up and I'm not there
I won't be long away
'Cause the things you do my goodbye girl
Will bring me back to you

I know you've been taken
Afraid to hurt again
You fight the love you feel for me
Instead of givin' in

But I can wait forever
For helpin' you to see
That I was meant for you
And you for me

So remember, goodbye doesn't mean forever
Let me tell you, goodbye doesn't mean
We'll never be together again

Though we may be so far apart
You still will have my heart
So forget your past my goodbye girl
'Cause now you're home at last

 

2025年9月17日 星期三

Bertie Higgins Casablanca

    以〈Key Largo 〉 成名的 Bertie Higgins 1944年出生於佛羅里達州Tarpon Springs。由於他與妻子 Beverly Seaberg常常在周末看老電影,所以熱愛亨弗萊·鮑嘉和英格麗·褒曼這對經典電影搭檔,受到亨弗萊·鮑嘉和英格麗·褒曼主演的 1948 年電影《Key Largo》的啟發他們寫了, 〈Key Largo〉這首歌,推出後並且在Billboard Hot 100排行榜上獲得第8名。  

    在他的《Just Another Day In Paradise》專輯中,有一首沒有推出單曲但非常受歡迎的歌〈Casablanca〉,也是 Bertie Higgins 根據同名電影所寫的歌。

     亨弗萊·鮑嘉和英格麗·褒曼主演的《北非諜影》是一部1942年的美國愛情電影,影史上最成功的經典電影之一。本片榮獲1944年奧斯卡的最佳影片、最佳導演,和最佳改編劇本獎。這部電影的角色、劇情、以及主題曲 都成為了一種文化標誌。2007年美國編劇協會公佈影史「最偉大的101部電影劇本」名單,由「北非諜影」奪冠。


bertie higgins - casablanca - 1982
 這首歌無論聽多少遍,都是一首溫暖人心的美妙歌曲。 



 Casablanca 
作詞/作曲:Bertie Higgins / Sonny Limbo / John Healy
 I fell in love with you watching Casablanca
 Back row of the drive-in show in the flickering light 
Popcorn and cokes beneath the stars 
Became champagne and caviar 
Making love on a long hot summer's night 

I thought you fell in love with me watching Casablanca
 Holding hands 'neath the paddle fans in Rick's candle lit café 
Hiding in the shadows from the spies 
Moroccan moonlight in your eyes 
Making magic at the movies in my old Chevrolet Ooh,
 a kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
 But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh 
Please come back to me in Casablanca 
I love you more and more each day as time goes by 

I guess there are many broken hearts in Casablanca
 You know I've never really been there, so I don't know
 I guess our love story will never be seen 
On the big wide silver screen But it hurt just as bad when
 I had to watch you go 

Ooh, a kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca 
But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh
 Please come back to me in Casablanca
 I love you more and more each day as time goes by
 Ooh, a kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca 
But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh
Please come back to me in Casablanca 
I love you more and more each day as time goes by
 I love you more and more each day as time goes by

2025年9月11日 星期四

The Beatles-In My Life

   為什麼John Lennon 約翰·藍儂與George Harrison喬治·哈里森的關係常常名聲不佳?

  John Lennon是個複雜而矛盾的人,時而樂於助人,時而又輕蔑他人,時而積極樂觀,時而又批判他人。你永遠無法預知他性格中的哪一部分會在特定情況下顯露出來。有時Lennon 對George Harrison很有幫助,有時又會貶低他、侮辱他、冷落他。Lennon對許多其他音樂家和人士都反覆無常所以

Harrison並不是唯一一個承受他反覆無常性格衝擊的人。Lennon的性格也讓很多人惱火,包括Harrison。但與披頭四 the Beatles後期Harrison

 Paul McCartney保羅麥卡尼緊張的關係相比,Lennon的個性還不算太糟。

  1970 年 the Beatles解散後,Lennon、Harrison和林哥史塔爾 Ringo Starr曾考慮過在 Paul McCartney缺席的情況下,由老朋友克勞斯沃曼 Klaus Voorman 擔任貝斯手繼續樂團的創作。但這個想法最終沒有實現。解散後,Lennon和Harrison的關係一直很好,但隨著哈里森 1974 年在美國舉辦《黑馬巡迴演唱會(Dark Horse Tour) ,兩人的關係破裂。Lennon參加了部分巡演,但當他發現哈里森演唱的歌曲是“In My Life” (我生命中)並修改了

Lennon寫的歌詞時,他大吃一驚。演出結束後,Lennon在後台與Harrison對峙,兩人幾乎大打出手,而Lennon非常生氣。Harrison最終將這首歌從歌單中刪除,但此後兩人的關係再也沒有好

  在此之前兩人之間就一直存在著緊張關係,由於他們年齡相差兩歲多,Lennon將Harrison視為弟弟與他地位不相上下。Harrison的個人專輯銷售量比Lennon好,而且Lennon也取得了更大的成功,這可能並沒有起到什麼作用。

Lennon也傾向用家長式的眼光看待 Harrison 好像是他幫助 Harrison 成長為現在的樣子。當Harrison出版自傳《我,我,我的》( I, Me, Mine)時,Lennon再次極度激動,因為 Harrison不僅沒有給他任何榮譽,而且根本沒有提到他。在 1980 年12月Lennon被謀殺前接受《花花公子》(Playboy)雜誌採訪時,Lennon Harrison進行了相當惡毒的抨擊。不幸的是,這些話成為了Lennon對Harrison說的最後一句話,這不得不說是一種刺痛。Lennon被謀殺後,Harrison發現很難回應這些話,因為Lennon已經死了。Lennon活著也沒有機會收回這些評論,儘管不清楚他是否會收回。

 

In My Life (Remastered 2009)

這首歌的歌詞看起來像是一個至少50歲的男人寫的,但約翰寫這首歌時只有25歲。只有天才才能創作出這樣的傑作。

這首歌1966 年錄製沒有推出單曲但屬於 CLASSIC NON-HOT 100 SONGS 經典歌曲 在滾石雜誌RS500 獲得第23名

 

 

In my life

作詞:LENNON, JOHN / MCCARTNEY, PAUL    

作曲:LENNON, JOHN / MCCARTNEY, PAUL

 


There are places I remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

In my life I love you more

 

 

 

 

2025年9月4日 星期四

Murray Head -One Night In Bangkok

  

  本周要介紹一首1985年獲得過第3名的歌 ,Murray Head 主唱的 (One Night In Bangkok)。

 

  1946年3月5日出生於英國倫敦Murray Head。是一位流行歌手/演員。

曾參與1970年搖滾概念專輯《耶穌基督超級巨星》( Jesus Christ Superstar )的錄製。在1971年電影《星期天,血腥星期天》(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)中擔任主角。

 

  (One Night In Bangkok) 取材自 ABBA 合唱團成員 Benny Andersson Bjom Ulvaeus 作曲,Ulvaeus 英國音樂劇作詞家 Tim Rice 填詞的一齣搖滾樂舞台劇《西洋棋》(Chess)中。與《耶穌基督超級巨星》( Jesus Christ Superstar )和《艾薇塔》(Evita)等其他知名作品一樣,為了籌集資金,在首演前發行了一張非常成功的概念專輯。就《西洋棋》(Chess)而言,概念專輯於1984年秋季發行,而該劇於1986年在倫敦西區開演,並在那裡演出了三年。在英國廣播公司第二台 BBC Radio 2 聽眾評選的英國「頭號必看音樂劇」中,《西洋棋》(Chess)則名列第七。

 

  西洋棋》的發行和上演正值強勢反共產主義運動(後來被稱為「雷根主義」)的頂峰時期 ,它批判並諷刺了20世紀80年代國際政治氛圍的敵意。

 

  (One Night In Bangkok)這首歌於1985年二月底推出後獲得Billboard Hot 100 排行榜第3名是1980年代值得回味的一首名曲。

 

 

Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok (Long Video Version) 1984

儘管歲月流逝,這部作品依然堪稱大師之作!

 

 

One Night In Bangkok - Single Version

 

Bangkok, Oriental setting
And the city don't know that the city is getting
The creme de la creme of the chess world
In a show with everything but Yul Brynner
Time flies doesn't seem a minute
Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boys in it
All change don't you know that when you
Play at this level there's no ordinary venue
It's Iceland or the Philippines or Hastings or
Or this place!
One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster
The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free
You'll find a god in every golden cloister
And if you're lucky then the god's a she
I can feel an angel sliding up to me
One town's very like another
When your head's down over your pieces, brother
It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pity
To be looking at the board, not looking at the city
Whaddya mean?
Ya seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town
Tea, girls, warm, sweet
Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suite
Get thai'd, you're talking to a tourist
Whose every move's among the purest
I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine
One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walking next to me
Siam's gonna be the witness
To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness
This grips me more than would a
Muddy old river or reclining Buddha
And thank God I'm only watching the game controlling it
I don't see you guys rating
The kind of mate I'm contemplating
I'd let you watch, I would invite you
But the queens we use would not excite you
So you better go back to your bars, your temples
Your massage parlours
One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster
The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free
You'll find a god in every golden cloister
A little flesh, a little history
I can feel an angel sliding up to me
One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walking next to me

 

 

2025年8月28日 星期四

Bertie Higgins - Key Largo


  今天介紹一首 One hit wonder ,Bertie HigginsKey Largo

    在披頭四樂團成立前的60年代初期〈Just Another Day In Paradise鼓手 Bertie Higgins(1946年生於佛羅裡達州 Tarpon Springs)在家鄉組了一名為(Romans)的樂團。除了 Bertie之外,樂團成員還包括吉他手Bob Clever、主唱Lane Langfort、貝斯手Joe Pappalardi,和鋼琴手 Ronnie Schwartz。在Tommy Roe 及其製作人 Felton Jarvis的幫助下,樂團在世界各地巡演,並創作了許多優秀的搖滾樂作品。

     Tommy Roe在一次獨家採訪中解釋道:非常喜歡他們,並想為他們製作專輯。當時我經常在英國工作,我們認為讓他們獲得認可的一個好辦法是稍微改一下他們的名字為 the Romans樂隊,並讓他們和我一起巡迴演出。 Felton會和我一起錄製他們的作品,並作為一個獨立的樂隊。他們在ABC上電視節目相當受歡迎,並發行了幾首單曲,但他們從未在全國範圍內受到矚目

    1968年, the Romans樂隊舉辦了他們的最後一場演唱會。在失去榮耀和版稅收入後,Bertie回到了Tarpon Springs。他開始彈吉他、寫歌並觀老電影。

    Bertie 遇見了 Beverly Seaberg,兩人墜入愛河。 「我和 Beverly一起生活了很長時間,」Higgins在《搖滾樂背後的故事(Behind the Hits/Inside Stories of Classic Pop and Rock and Roll)中告訴 Bob Shannon John Javna 「我們過去常常在周末看老電影,對我們來說:亨弗萊·鮑嘉和英格麗·褒曼這對經典電影搭檔的合作是非常棒的。」 兩人分手後 Higgins很難過。受到亨弗萊·鮑嘉和英格麗·褒曼主演的 1948 年電影《Key Largo》的啟發,他決定將他唯一一 首進入排行榜前40的熱門歌曲 〈Key Largo 作為她歸的紀念。她確實回了。 Beverly 和 Bertie 仍然在一起,兩人共同演唱了1982年排行榜名次不很高的歌〈Just Another Day In Paradise〉。但是 Bertie Higgins的〈 Key Largo 1982年4月17日獲得 Billboard Hot 100 排行榜第8名。


    栽培他成名的Tommy Roe 是一位美國搖滾和流行歌手兼作曲家。 Roe 因其熱門歌曲〈Sheila〉、〈Sweet Pea〉和〈Dizzy〉而被人們銘記。

 

 

Bertie Higgins - "Key Largo" (Official Music Video)

歌迷:這首歌彷彿是你進入天堂時會聽到的第一首歌。寧靜、平和、舒緩、美妙。

 

 

NEW * Dizzy - Tommy Roe {Stereo} 1969

1969年的四周冠軍曲


Key Largo

作詞/作曲:Bertie Higgins / Sonny Limbo

Wrapped around each other
Trying so hard to stay warm
That first cold winter together
Lying in each other's arms
Watching those old movies
Falling in love so desperately
Honey I was your hero
And you were my leading lady

We had it all
Just like Bogie and Bacall
Starring in our old late, late show
Sailing away to Key Largo

Here's lookin' at you kid
Missing all the things we did
We can find it once again, I know
Just like they did in Key Largo

Honey can't you remember
We played all the parts
That sweet scene of surrender
When you gave me your heart
Please say you will... play it again
'Cause I love you still
Baby this can't be the end

We had it all
Just like Bogie and Bacall
Starring in our old late, late show
Sailing away to Key Largo

Here's lookin' at you kid
Missing all the things we did
We can find it once again, I know
Just like they did in Key Largo

 

2025年8月20日 星期三

Sylvia-Nobody

   今天介紹一首 One hit wonder 。 1982 年鄉村歌星 Sylvia 獲得過Billboard Hot 100 排行榜第15名的 〈Nobody

   本名Sylvia Kirby Allen的Sylvia 1957年生於Sylvia印第安納州 Basilkomo,青少年時期,因用鉛筆描繪印第安納州納什維爾小奧普里音樂廳演出的鄉村音樂明星而小有名氣。高中畢業時,Sylvia就確定自己也想成為鄉村音樂女王。 年,Sylvia手捧清唱磁帶,前往納許維爾,一心想成為明星——但就像每年湧向音樂城的眾多渴望成為 (Lorretta Lynns)和 (Dolly Parton)的歌手一樣,Sylvia不得不接受一份不那麼光鮮亮麗的文職工作。幸運的是,他的老闆是 (Tom Collins),當時他正在製作 (Charlie Pride)和 (Barbara Mandrell)的作品。Sylvia說服柯林斯讓她製作樣帶,並為 (Ronnie Milsap)和 (Dave & Sugar)擔任伴唱。最終,在 1979 年夏天,RCA 簽下了她作為獨唱藝人,她的首張專輯《You Don’t MissA Thing》登上了 C & W鄉村歌曲排行榜,成為眾多後續單曲之一。儘管 〈Nobody 是他唯一的流行/搖滾熱門歌曲,但 Syivia 作為鄉村歌手繼續取得成功。

 

Nobody

這首歌也獲得鄉村歌曲排行榜冠軍

 

 

Nobody

Sitting in a restaurant
She walked by
I seem to recall that certain look in your eye
I said who's that?
You said with a smile
Oh, it's nobody
Ah, Nobody

Well, maybe that explains the last two weeks
You called me up, dead on your feet
Working late again
I ask who with
You say nobody
Oh, nobody

Well, your nobody called today
She hung up when I asked her name
Well, I wonder
Does she think shes being clever?

You say nobody's after you
The fact is what you say is true
But I can love you like nobody can even better

Late last night
We went for a drive
You were miles away
I asked who's on your mind?
You said nobody, nobody
Why do you ask?
Oh, her again
I could have told you that

We came back home
Got ready for bed
I said to myself I've got one shot left
You're still mine
And I won't stand in line behind nobody
Oh, nobody

Well, your nobody called today
She hung up when I asked her name
Well, I wonder
Does she think she's being clever?

You say nobody's after you
The fact is what you say is true
But I can love you like nobody can even better

Well, your nobody called today
She hung up when I asked her name
Well, I wonder
Does she think she's being clever?

You say nobody's after you
The fact is what you say is true
But I can love you like nobody can even better

Ahh-ah, your nobody called today
She hung up when I asked her name
Well, I wonder
Does she think she's being clever?
(Fade out)


 

2025年8月14日 星期四

Peabo Bryson -If Ever You're In My Arms Again

 

 今天介紹一首黑人歌手 Peabo Bryson 所演唱抒情歌曲排行榜獲得過第4名的情歌 〈If Ever You're In My Arms Again (Billboard Hot 100 榜#10)。

  Peabo Bryson, 本名Robert Peabo Bryson ,1951年4月13日出生於南卡羅來納州Greenville。 R&B歌手。 1965年與 Al Freeman & The Upsetters樂團合作,開啟職業生涯;1968年至1973年與 Mose Dillard & The Tex-Town Display樂團合作。 1992年與拳擊手Sugar Ray Leonard的前妻 Juanita Leonard結婚。

  Peabo Bryson 暢銷曲不少,如1992 年獲得奧斯卡最佳卡通電影插曲獎的〈A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) (與regina belle 合唱)及1993年獲得最佳卡通電影插曲獎的 〈Beauty And The Beast(與celine dion合唱)加上〈If Ever You're In My Arms Again使他在歷年暢銷歌曲排行獲得第499名。

  〈If Ever You're In My Arms Again是一首1980年代令人懷念的抒情歌曲。

 

If Ever You're in My Arms Again 

此曲了對失去爱情的深刻悔恨和渴望挽回的心情。 歌者在失去后才意到这段感情對他的重要性,並懷抱着再次相爱的希望。

 

 

If Ever You're In My Arms Again

Peabo Bryson


It all came so easy
All the loving you gave me
The feelings we shared
And I still can remember
How your touch was so tender
It told me you cared
We had a once in a lifetime
But I just couldn't see
Until it was gone
A second once in a lifetime
May be too much to ask
But I swear from now on

If ever you're in my arms again
This time I'll love you much better
If ever you're in my arms again
This time I'll hold you forever
This time we'll never end

Now I'm seen clearly
How I still need you near me
I still love you so
There's something between us
That won't ever leave us
There's no letting go
We had a once in a lifetime
But I just didn't know it
Till my life fell apart
A second once in a lifetime
Isn't too much to ask
'Cause I swear from the heart

If ever you're in my arms again
This time I'll love you much better
If ever you're in my arms again
This time I'll hold you forever
This time we'll never end
Never end

The best of romances
Deserve second chances
I'll get to you somehow
'Cause I promise now

If ever you're in my arms again
This time I'll love you much better
If ever you're in my arms again
This time I'll hold you forever
This time we'll never end

If ever you're in my arms again
This time I'll love you much better
If ever you're in my arms again
This time I'll hold you forever
This time we'll never end

If ever you're in my arms again
This time I'll love you much better
If ever you're in my arms again
This time I'll hold you forever
This time we'll never end

 

 

2025年8月7日 星期四

Sam Neely-This ain’t it

 

  今天繼續介紹一首 Sam Neely 的老歌 This aint it

 

  這是已故的山姆·尼利(Sam Neely)生前為他的朋友厄尼·斯塔里(Ernie Starry)歌。製片Tabby Crabb Sam 能否過來拍一段 MV。Sam 的朋友和粉絲都很想念他。影片裡的小女孩是 Sam 養女凱爾西·布蘭德 Kelsea Bland,他全心全意地愛著她。

 

  Ernie Starry 飾演他自己,他的兒子們扮演他小時候的樣子。Sam 勘察了拍攝地點,們一起度過了愉快的時光,拍攝了影片。

 

  由於沒有推出過單曲Sam Neely一共推出過的三張專輯中也找不到這首歌·今天還能聽到如此好聽的老歌很不容易歌迷們不要錯過

 

sam neely Video "This Ain't It

美好時光的美好回憶。

2025年7月31日 星期四

Sam Neely-Loving You Just Crossed My Mind

  今天要介紹一首1970年代前期的老歌,Sam Neely 所唱的( loving you just crossed my mind) 

    1948/08/22 出生於德州 Quero 的 Sam Neely,2006年因心臟病過世(57歲),他是一位 Pop-country 鄉村流行歌手、作曲與吉他手。

    在 disco 流行之前的 1970 年代,留下了不少動聽的歌曲,但因名次不高,很少聽到這首(loving you just crossed my mind ) 1972年在Billboard Hot 100排行榜上只獲得過 29 名,但是值得一聽再聽,也是Sam Neely名次最好的歌。


 Sam Neely - Loving You Just Crossed My Mind - 1972

一首很棒的歌,推薦給你

 

loving you just crossed my mind

Sam Neely

In the morning the time seems to fly.
In the morning the dives seem to die.
The wine I had, it tasted fine,
but it ain't gonna change the times,
Though I have someone else with me,
that's just fine, it's not the wine,
And loving you just crossed my mind.
The price is low, it don't take much,
to live on empty dreams,
So I just sit here laughing, eatin' beans
So I take a drink again,
least I've got one good friend,
But I don't like talking to wine,
but that's just fine, cause it's all mine,
And loving you just crossed my mind.

Feelin' all the pain inside,
you know that don't seem right,
Feelin' all the cries in my eyes.
Loving any woman who don't mind spending time,
Talking over good times and drinking, lots of wine,

Well I don't have a minute, but I've got lot's of time,
And loving you just crossed my mind.
No I don't have a minute, but I've got lot's of time,
And loving you just crossed my mind.
Loving you just crossed my mind,
Loving you just crossed my mind.

 

2025年7月25日 星期五

Elton John -Daniel

Elton John 的歌(Daniel)是什麼意思?

    (Daniel)由約翰和他的作詞人 Bernie Taupin 於 1973 年創作。它出現在Elton John 1973 年的專輯《 Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player》之中

    多年來歌迷們顯然誤解了這首歌的意思。有些人一直以為是一個叫 Daniel的兄弟去世了,而那他們很想念他

    無論如何,這首由 Bernie Taupin 的歌詞在他的網站上解釋了他的創作靈感:我在《時代》雜誌上看到這篇有關春節攻勢的文章。旁邊還有一個側邊欄,講述了許多從越南來的士兵是如何成為淳樸的鄉下人的,他們對於自己所受到的崇拜和敵意(取決於他們來自哪個地區)都感到尷尬。在大多數情況下,他們只是想恢復正常生活,但卻發現很難, 因為他們要面對那麼多令人厭惡的戰爭的負擔。

     Elton John 為這首歌曲創作音樂時,他刪除了最後一段,因為他認為這首歌已經太長了。被刪除的詩句解釋說 Daniel是越戰老兵,戰後回到家鄉農場後,卻無法找到平靜,於是決定離開美國前往西班牙。由於最後一段詩句被刪去,這首歌就變成了兩個兄弟分道揚鑣的模糊故事,不過 Bernie Taupin 說,丟失這段詩句並不是什麼大問題。

    Elton John 1947年出生於英國 Middlesex,Pinner,是一位歷年暢銷歌星排行第3名的 Pop-rock 輕搖滾巨星(Daniel)1973年獲得連續二周第2名也是BMI最常播出歌曲第66名的歌 。

 

Elton John- Daniel

歌迷:我謹以此紀念所有已逝去的丹尼爾。願上帝保佑你們,先生們。

 

Daniel

作詞:Bernie Taupin    作曲:Elton John



Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes

They say Spain is pretty though I've never been
Well Daniel says it's the best place that he's ever seen
Oh and he should know, he's been there enough
Lord I miss Daniel, oh I miss him so much

Daniel my brother you are older than me
Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal
Your eyes have died but you see more than I
Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky

Daniel my brother you are older than me
Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal
Your eyes have died but you see more than I
Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky

Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes
Oh God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes

 

 

 

 

 

2025年7月19日 星期六

Connie Francis-Everybody's Somebody's Fool

  歷年暢銷歌星排行第28名的女歌星 Connie Francis去世,享年 87 歲

  這位 1950s-'60 年代的情歌手最近因“極度疼痛”而住院。

  Connie Francis是 1950 年代和 60 年代深受喜愛的流行歌星,1960 年她憑藉標誌性熱門歌曲“Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool”成為第一位登上 Billboard Hot 100 冠軍的女性 。

  她的公關 Ron Roberts 於週四(7月17日)上午在Facebook上證實了這一消息,他寫道:「我懷著沉痛和極度悲痛的心情告知大家我親愛的朋友Connie Francis 昨晚去世的消息。我知道,康妮會同意她的粉絲們是第一批獲悉這一噩噩的人。」今年 3 月,Francis 告訴粉絲們,由於髖“麻煩且疼痛”,她只能坐在輪椅上,並且正在接受幹細胞治療來解決這個問題。

  Francis 於 2018 年退出流行音樂,此前他的職業生涯包括在 1950 年代末和 60 年代初憑藉 (Pretty Little Baby) (Stupid Cupid)等輕快的流行歌曲以及(Where the Boys Are) (Who’s Sorry Now) (Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You) 等感人至深的而大受歡迎

  (Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool)榮登榜首之後,Francis又以後續作品(My Mind Has a Heart Of Its Own)再次奪冠,並在 1962 年以(Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You) 再次榮登榜首。Francis 多才多藝、擁有悅耳的嗓音和自信的風格, 他的暢銷曲還包括多首top 5 的熱門歌曲,包括 1958 年的 (My Happiness) 和(Lipstick on Your Collar)以及 1961 年的(Where the Boys Are) 。然而,到了 1960 年代中期,隨著大眾的口味轉向披頭四和其他英國樂團更快節奏的搖滾,她在排行榜上的主導地位開始減弱。

  這位 1937 年 12 月 12 日出生於新澤西州紐瓦克的歌手,本名(Concetta Franconero),唱片銷量超過 4000 萬張,是美國最受歡迎的女歌手之一,共獲得 35 首 Top 40 的熱門歌曲,其中 Top10 有16首獲得排行榜冠軍的則有 3 首歌

  儘管 Francis早已退出歌壇和演藝圈,但今年早些時候,當她 1962 年創作此前鮮為人知的歌曲(Pretty Little Baby)因 TikTok 上與這首歌相關的潮流而走紅時,她表示很驚訝,但她承認自己幾乎不記得這首歌了。 「我必須聽一聽才能認出它,」她告訴 Billboard,這首歌迄今為止已在 TikTok 上引發了 300 多萬個影片。「然後,當然我意識到我已經用七種語言做到了這一點」。

 


(37) Connie Francis Everybody's Somebody's Fool (HQ Stereo) (1962) - YouTube

Connie Francis暢銷曲很多老歌迷們應該都知道當年的紅歌星會同時拍電影她的歌應該會給老歌迷們帶來年輕時的美好回憶吧

 

(37) Connie Francis - Pretty Little Baby (Official Audio) - YouTube

老歌迷說:我很高興在她去世前,她有機會看到她的歌曲在這麼多年後如何重新流行起來。

 

 

 Everybody's Somebody's Fool

作詞/作曲:Howard Greenfield / Jack Keller

The tears I cried for you could fill an ocean
But you don't care how many tears I cry
And though you only lead me on and hurt me
I couldn't bring myself to say goodbye

'Cause everybody's somebody's fool
Everybody's somebody's plaything
And there are no exceptions to the rule
Yes, everybody's somebody's fool

I've told myself it's best that I forget you
Though I'm a fool, at least I know the score
Yet darling, I'd be twice as blue without you
It hurts, but I'd come running back for more

'Cause everybody's somebody's fool
Everybody's somebody's plaything
And there are no exceptions to the rule
Yes, everybody's somebody's fool

Someday you'll find someone you really care for
And if her love should prove to be untrue
You'll know how much this heart of mine is breaking
You'll cry for her the way I cry for you

Yes, everybody's somebody's fool
Everybody's somebody's plaything
And there are no exceptions to the rule
Yes, everybody's somebody's fool

 

2025年7月16日 星期三

Simply Red-Holding Back the Years

今天要來回味一首 1986年的冠軍曲,Simply Red所唱的 (Holding Back the Years

   1960年6月8日 Everly Brothers 的( Cathy's Clown) 獲得排行榜冠軍。當天 Mick Hucknall 出生於英格蘭曼徹斯特。他的父親是一名理髮師,他的母親在他二歲時離開了家,所以米克是由他的阿姨帶大。阿姨的女兒 Sheila 帶小米克去聽 《A Hard Day's Night》 演唱會。他成了自稱是披頭四狂熱分子。

  Mick 12 歲時買了第一張單曲唱片 Diana Ross 的(Doobedood'ndoobe,Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoo) 是Diana人第二張專輯《Everything Is Everything 》當中的一首歌,沒想到十五年後 Diana Ross會請 Mick Hucknall 為她寫歌。

  他寫了一首歌名為 (Shine) 的歌(收錄在Diana第21張專輯Red Hot Rhythm &Blues中)。 他受到底特律(Tamla-Motown)唱片和孟菲斯唱片 (Stax Volt)唱片最強的的影響。 14 歲時,他就成為了曼徹斯特一名俱樂部 DJ,他在那裡的雷鬼音樂樂隊 Big Youth and Burning Spear唱 James Brown與雷鬼音樂的歌。

  他後來就讀於藝術學校,但音樂仍然是他生活中的主要部分。 17 歲時,他組建了一支樂隊,名為 Frantic Elevators,將 punk 與 R&B 融為一體。他們在一家名為 Eric's 的酒吧演奏。樂隊經理 Roger Eagle 向當地藝人經紀人 Elliot Rashman 介紹了 Hucknall 的樂隊。 Rashman來到曼徹斯特理工學院的一場演出現場聆聽樂團演奏。

 「我聽到這個聲音,就像一個溺水的人,倒著來了——我看到的不是我的過去,而是我的未來在我眼前閃過。我想:「這是一個不可思議的聲音,一個擁有一切卻尚未成形的聲音。 「Rashman 在《音樂家》雜誌中中告訴 Fred Schruers

  The Frantic Elevators 樂團在一起待了三年。然後 Hucknall 組了另一個樂團,經紀人 Elliot 認為這個樂隊應該被稱為〈Concrete Wig或〈Corn Gods。Hucknall 有另一個想法。「最初我只是想把這個樂隊命名為‘紅色’,因為最初我們打算以個人名義組建樂隊,」他在接受《洛杉磯周刊》 Bill Bentley 採訪時說道。 「我本來想用我的紅頭髮來命名樂隊,真的。後來, 我的經紀人 Rashman 打電話的時候,有人問樂隊叫什麼他就說,Simply "Red"就叫‘紅’。 

  在他們的第一首單曲中,Simply Red 錄製了 Hucknall 在俱樂部播放唱片時發現的一首歌曲:Valentine Brothers 的《Money's Too Tight (To Men-tion)》。該歌曲在英國大獲成功,並於 1985 年 8 月作為美國第一首單曲發行,但未能進入Hot 100 單曲榜。

   (Holding Back the Years)被描述為自傳式的歌,是第二首單曲。 Hucknall 19 歲時與 Frantic Elevators 樂隊的吉他手 Neil Smith 共同創作了這首歌。他們的原版很難找到,而 Hucknall自己也只有一份。 Simply Red 錄製的歌曲於 1986 年 4 月 5 日進入 Billboard Hot 100 單曲榜,並在 14 週後登頂榜首。 《Money's Too Tight (To Men-tion)》作為後續作品重新發行,最高排名第 28 名。

  Hucknall深情的歌聲招致了英國媒體的猛烈批評。但其他方面也給予了讚揚。樂團被邀請為 James Brown 做開場表演。不僅 Diana Ross 要求創作一首歌曲,就連曾為 The Supremes 創作過 10 首冠軍單曲的 La-mont Dozier 也同意與一起創作一些歌曲。他們在洛杉磯 Dozier 的家中待了一天,為the Men and Women 》專輯創作了兩首歌曲。 

 

Simply Red - Holding Back The Years (Official 4K Remaster)

Simply Red這位主唱 Mick Hucknall 被樂評人定位為blue-eyed soul白人靈魂歌手。

 

Holding Back the Years

Writers: Mick Hucknall

 

Holding back the years,
Thinking of the fear I've had for so long.
When somebody hears,
Listen to the fear that's gone.
Strangled by the wishes of pater,
Hoping for the arm of mater,
Get to me sooner or later,

Nothing ever could, yeah.
I'll keep holding on,
I'll keep holding on,
I'll keep holding on,
I'll keep holding on.

Chance for me to escape from all I know.
Holding back the tears.
There's nothing here has grown.
I've wasted all my tears,
Wasted all those years.
Nothing had the chance to be good,

Nothing ever could, yeah.
I'll keep holding on,

I'll keep holding on,
I'll keep holding on,
I'll keep holding on.
So tight.


 

2025年7月10日 星期四

Crystal Gayle-Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

  今天介紹一1977年獲得3周第2名的跨界鄉村抒情歌曲。Crystal Gayle所唱的 (Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue)

  Crystal Gayle 本名 Brenda Gail Webb 於 1951 年1月9日出生於肯塔基州 Paintsville;在印第安納州 Wabash 長大。是著名的鄉村歌手「礦工的女兒 」 Loretta Lynn 妹。

  1970 年至 1990 年間,共獲得 52 首鄉村熱門歌曲(其中18首獲得排行榜冠軍)。Billboard Hot 100 排行榜也有4首Top 20的暢銷曲。

  Loretta Lynn Crystal Gayle中間還有一位Peggy Sue Wright和他們的大哥 Willie 'Jay' Lee Webb

 都是鄉村歌手他們可謂鄉村歌曲世家

  (Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue) 獲得Grammy最佳鄉村歌曲及最佳女聲歌曲獎也獲得 CMA 鄉村音樂協會年度歌曲獎

 

CRYSTAL GAYLE - DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE (1977) - HQ AUDIO VIDEO EDIT

歌迷:一位美麗的女用美妙的嗓音演唱了這首浪漫的大師級歌曲...

 

 

Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue Crystal Gayle

作詞/作曲:Richard C Leigh



Don't know when I've been so blue
Don't know what's come over you
You've found someone new and
Don't it make my brown eyes blue

I'll be fine when you're gone
I'll just cry all night long
Say it isn't true and
Don't it make my brown eyes blue

Tell me no secrets, tell me some lies
Give me no reasons, give me alibies
Tell me you love me and don't let me cry
Say anything but don't say goodbye

I didn't mean to treat you bad
Didn't know just what I had
But honey now I do
And don't it make my brown eyes
Don't it make my brown eyes
Don't it make my brown eyes blue

 

 

2025年7月2日 星期三

Waylon Jennings - luckenbach, texas (back to the basics of love)

 本周介紹介紹一位另類鄉村歌星Waylon Jennings和他一首都很棒的歌

  Waylon Jennings 1937 年 6 月 15 日出生於德州利特爾菲爾德。 2002 年 2 月 13 日因糖尿病逝世(享年 64 歲)。在德州拉伯克擔任 DJ 期間,Jennings 搖滾樂傳奇歌星 Buddy Holly成為了朋友。

  1958 年 Holly 製作了 Jennings 的第一張唱片“Jole Blon”。Jennings 隨後加入了Holly的伴奏樂隊,擔任貝斯手,1959演奏了命運多舛的"Winter Dance Party" tour 「冬日舞曲宴」1970年代中期,Jennings成為鄉村音樂「亡命之徒」運動 the "outlaw" movement 的領導者 。「亡命之徒」鄉村音樂運動是美國鄉村音樂的一個子流派,由活躍於1970 年代和80 年代初的一小群藝創作,統稱為亡命之徒運動,他們在納什維爾的權威之外爭取並贏得了創作自由(納許維爾的權威決定了大多數音樂的聲音)

  1969/10/26/,Waylon Jennings 與鄉村女歌星 Jessi Colter 結婚

  Waylon Jennings 在電影《納許維爾叛逆者》和《麥金托什》中演出。並在電視劇《正義前鋒》The Dukes Of Hazzard 擔任解說員。

  2001 Waylon Jennings進鄉村歌曲名人堂。1975年獲得最佳男歌手。1976 年最佳二重唱 (與 Willie Nelson 合作)

  今天來欣賞一首在 Billboard Hot 100 過第25名的歌(鄉村榜#6)首與傳統納許維爾作品不同風格的跨界鄉村歌曲 luckenbach, texas (back to the basics of love)

 

Waylon Jennings Luckenbach Texas

Willie Nelson 唱ending

 

 

 luckenbach, texas (back to the basics of love)

作詞/作曲:Bobby Emmons / Chips Moman

The only two things in life that make it worth livin'
Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin' women
I don't need my name in the marquee lights
I got my song and I got you with me tonight
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love

Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas
With Waylon and Willie and the boys
This successful life we're livin'
Got us feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys
Between Hank Williams' pain songs and
Newbury's train songs and "Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain"
Out in Luckenbach, Texas, ain't nobody feelin' no pain

So baby, let's sell your diamond ring
Buy some boots and faded jeans and go away
This coat and tie is choking me
In your high society, you cry all day
We've been so busy keepin' up with the Jones
Four car garage and we're still building on
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love

Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas
With Waylon and Willie and the boys
This successful life we're livin' got us feudin'
Like the Hatfield and McCoys
Between Hank Williams' pain songs and
Newbury's train songs and "Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain"
Out in Luckenbach, Texas, ain't nobody feelin' no pain

Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas
Willie and Waylon and the boys
This successful life we're livin's got us feudin'
Like the Hatfield and McCoys
Between Hank Williams' pain songs
And Jerry Jeff's train songs and "Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain"
Out in Luckenbach, Texas, there ain't nobody feelin' no pain

2025年6月25日 星期三

Paul Hardcastle -19

  介紹 One Hit Wonder是Paul Hardcastle 於1985 年獲得 Billboard 單曲排行第 15 名的 "19"。〈標題指的是越南美軍士兵的平均年齡〉


  "19"是來自倫敦的當代爵士樂鍵琴手 Paul Hardcastle 創作的一首歌曲 他的同名第三張錄音室專輯 Paul Hardcastle (1985) 中的第一首單曲

  這首歌傳達了強烈的反戰訊息,重點是美國捲入越南戰爭及其對服役士兵的影響。

 

  該曲因創新使用採樣和處理過的語音而聞名,特別是對「19」和「毀滅」

使用的「合成口吃」效果。還包括各種非語音、重新配音的取樣,例如人群噪音和軍號聲吸引了歌迷的注目。

 

  這首歌在英國排行獲得第5名。

 

  順便介紹一首越戰時期美國的「愛國歌曲」1966年曾獲得連續5周冠軍曲 "The Ballad Of The Green Berets"那也是一首 One Hit Wonder

 

  演唱者 SSGT Barry Sadler 1940 年 11 月 1 日出生於新墨西哥州卡爾斯巴德。 1989 年 11 月 5 日因心臟衰竭去世(享年 49 歲)。美國陸軍特種部隊(又稱綠扁帽)參謀軍士在越南服役,直到腿部被炸彈炸傷。

 

 

Paul Hardcastle ~ Nineteen ~ Baz

有人說這是 80 年代霹靂舞歌曲的先驅。

 

 

(11) Ballad OF THE GREEN BERET - YouTube

 1988年他在瓜地馬拉家中遭遇搶劫時頭部中彈,導致腦性麻痺 。

 

 

 

 

19

 作詞/作曲:Jonas Mccord / Paul Hardcastle / William Couturie

In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war, but it wasn't
It was different in many ways, as so were those that did the fighting
In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was twenty-six
In Vietnam he was nineteen
In inininininin Vietnam he was nineteen

In inininininin Vietnam, he was nineteen
In Vietnam, he was nineteen
N-n-n-n-nineteen

The heaviest fighting of the past two weeks
Continued today twenty-five miles northwest of Saigon

I really wasn't sure what was going on

N-n-n-n-nineteen, nineteen
N-nineteen, nineteen

In Vietnam the combat soldier typically served a twelve-month tour of duty
But was exposed to hostile fire almost every day

N-n-n-n-nineteen
(N-n-n-n-nineteen) nineteen

In Saigon a US military spokesman said today
More than seven hundred enemy troops were killed last week
In that sensitive border area
In all of South Vietnam
The enemy lost a total of two thousand six hundred eighty-nine soldiers

All those who remember the war
They won't forget what they've seen
Destruction of men in their prime
Whose average age was nineteen

D-d-d-d-d-destruction
D-d-d-d-d-destruction

According to a Veteran's Administration study
Half of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered From what psychiatrists call
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten years after coming home
Almost eight-hundred-thousand men
Are still fighting the Vietnam War

None of them received a hero's welcome

Nineteen
S-S-S-S-Saigon
Nineteen, n-n-n-n-n-ninteen
N-n-n-n-n-ninteen

Nineteen n-n-n-n-n-ninteen
N-n-n-n-n-ninteen, nineteen

Purple heart, Saigon

 


Chris Rea-Fool(If you think it’s over)

  今天介紹一首 One hit wonder。 Chris Rea 所唱的 Fool ( If you think it ’ s over ) 。 Chris Rea 1951 年出生於英國 克里夫蘭 的 Middlesborough 。是一位輕搖滾歌手 。 1...