The Chi-lites -Oh, girl

    The Chi-lites 耐心等待，最後獲得Billboard Hot 100單曲榜冠軍。本周要推薦這個 R&B 合唱團最有名的二首歌。

  該組合是1960 年由 Marchall Thompson 組成的 。 Marchall Thompson 為芝加哥人，曾在 Regal 劇院替 Major Lance、the Dells 及 the Flamingos 合唱團擔任鼓手。Thompson 與團隊成員Creadel Jones 在當地樂隊Desideros一起演唱過。他們曾以 HiLites 團名和 Mercury唱片公司簽約。

  HiLites 的一首名為(Pots and Pans)的單曲推出後成績不佳。他們不但丟了合約也丟了他們的團名。因為另一個團體先擁有它。Thompson 認為如果在團名前面加一個 C 並說明來自芝加哥，這會讓他們 再生。

  正名 Marshall and the Chi-Lites之後他們為James Shelton錄製了唱片，他們與 Mercury唱片公司重新簽約，在 Blue 公司發行了兩首單曲。但 Rock 子公司再次被撤銷。 1967 年，樂團透過 Dakar 製作公與 MCA 達成協議。改變他們的名字永久地為 Chi-Lites。

  1969年春天他們進入了 Hot 100。(Give It Away #88)用的是MCA 的 Brunswick 品牌。

  1971 年 5 月，(Have You Seen Her)這首歌飆升至 Hot100單曲榜第3名。但是接著推出的(I Want to PayYou Back For Loving Me)只勉強獲得了95名，而他們推出的下一首歌 (Oh Girl) 卻是 一首優美的曲子，透過精湛的製作和令人難忘的演唱，觸動了歌迷大眾的心弦。樂評人Joe McEwen寫道:過度的男性化鮮明寫照，甚至不下於當年另外兩個帶有憂鬱風的合唱團The Moments 和 The Delfonics，且效果更好。

  The Chi-Lites 主唱 Eugene Record那尖細的男高音加上偶爾會出現最哀怨孤獨的口琴聲在(Oh Girl)和((The) Coldest Days of My Life)二首歌中，悲情往往是相當戲劇化且有效…。

  The Chi-Lites 繼《Oh Girl》之後的 Top 30 暢銷曲只有(Stoned Out of My Mind) 。

 

(30) The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl - YouTube

50多年過去了，它依然像 1972 年一樣棒。Oh Girl這首歌在BMI最常播出歌曲排行獲得#36名 。

喜歡這首歌一定要再聽他們的 Have You Seen Her。

 

(30) Have You Seen Her - YouTube

絕對最棒的情歌之一…和聲…歌詞…天才歌手…永不過時！經典，永恆。

 

Oh, girl

作詞/作曲：Eugene Record

Oh, girl
I'd be in trouble if you left me now
'Cause I don't know where to look for love
I just don't know how

Oh, girl
How I depend on you
To give me love when I need it
Right on time you would always be

All my friends call me a fool
They say, "Let the woman take care of you"
So I, try to be hip and think like the crowd
But even the crowd can't help me now, oh

Oh, girl
Tell me, what am I gonna do?
I know I've got a guilty face
Girl, I feel so out of place, oh, yeah, yeah

Don't know where to go, who to see, yeah
(Du-du, du-du, du-du)

Oh, girl
I guess I better go
I can save myself a lot of useless tears
Girl, I've gotta get away from here

Oh, girl
Pain will double if you leave me now
'Cause I don't know where to look for love
And I don't, I don't know how

Oh, yeah, mm
Oh, girl
Why do I love you so?
Yeah
(Du-du, du-du, du-du)
Better be on my way, I can't stay, oh yeah
(Du-du, du-du, du-du)
Have you ever seen such a helpless man? Oh, no

 

 

 

The Beach Boys-Good Vibrations

  The Beach Boys是最受歡迎的美國搖滾樂團 ， 1961 年在加州Hawthorne成立。

  由 Wilson 兄弟 Brian Wilson （鍵琴手、貝斯手）Carl Wilson (吉他手) 與Dennis Wilson ；以及他們的表弟 Mike Love（主唱，薩克斯風手）和 Al Jardine（吉他手 ）共同組成。

  The Beach Boys 樂團主唱、流行音樂天才 Brian Wilson 最近去世，享年 82 歲。這位音樂偶像是當代最傑出（也是最麻煩）的歌手、詞曲作者和作曲家之一。The Beach Boys主唱 Brian Wilson 被公認為美國有史以來最偉大的作曲家之一、先進錄音室技術的先驅以及加州經歷最敏感的記錄者之一。

  6 月 11 日，他的社交媒體帳戶上發布了一條公告，證實了他的死訊。貼文寫道：「我們懷著悲痛的心情宣布，我們敬愛的父親布萊恩威爾森去世了。」我們現在無言以對。請尊重我們的隱私，因為我們的家人正處於悲痛之中。我們意識到我們正在與世界分享我們的悲傷、愛與憐憫。  

  在高中時他們被稱為 Kenny & The Cadets、Carl & The Passions，然後是 The Pendletones。 1961 年他們替X/Candix 初度錄唱片，點燃了衝浪搖滾熱潮。 1964 年 12 月，Brian Wilson 退出了樂團巡演。曾被 Glen Campbell 取代，直到 1965 年 4 月 Bruce Johnston（Bruce And Terry 樂隊成員）正式加入。1967 年Johnston 和 Campbell 也曾與錄音室樂團 Sagittarius 合作過 。 Love 則於 1977 年組成了 Celebration。 Brian 繼續為樂團創作歌曲並製作音樂；1983 年 重返舞台。

  Captain & Tennille 是他們巡迴演唱時候的鍵盤手。 Brian Wilson 的女兒卡妮 Carnie 和Wendy Wilson是Wilson Phillips 合唱團的成員。 

  The Beach Boys 2001 年獲得葛萊美終身成就獎 。1988 年獲選進 R&R 搖滾樂名人堂。

   The Beach Boys在排行榜上最有名的冠軍曲是1966年的Good Vibrations 。這首歌在滾石雜誌 RS500統計獲得第6名，是搖滾樂史上的經典之作。Brian Wilson 說:這首歌的錄音版本具有 R&B 的主旋律。這首歌很有靈性。Good Vibrations 成為他們的第三首冠軍歌曲。

GOOD VIBRATIONS (HD) THE BEACH BOYS - YouTube

這是有史以​​來創作和表演的最優秀的歌曲之一，安息吧布萊恩威爾遜，這樣的歌曲永遠不會被忘記。

 

Wilson Phillips - Hold On (Official Music Video) - YouTube

Brian Wilson 二個女兒組的Wilson Phillips 合唱團,1990年拿過三首冠軍曲。

 

 

Good Vibrations

Writer(s): Brian Douglas Wilson, Mike E. Love

 

I, I love the colorful clothes she wears
And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair
I hear the sound of a gentle word
On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air

Im pickin up good vibrations
Shes giving me excitations
Im pickin up good vibrations
(oom bop bop good vibrations)
Shes giving me excitations
(oom bop bop excitations)
Good good good good vibrations
(oom bop bop)
Shes giving me excitations
(oom bop bop excitations)
Good good good good vibrations
(oom bop bop)
Shes giving me excitations
(oom bop bop excitations)

Close my eyes
Shes somehow closer now
Softly smile, I know she must be kind
When I look in her eyes
She goes with me to a blossom world

Im pickin up good vibrations
Shes giving me excitations
Im pickin up good vibrations
(oom bop bop good vibrations)
Shes giving me excitations
(oom bop bop excitations)
Good good good good vibrations
(oom bop bop)
Shes giving me excitations
(oom bop bop excitations)
Good good good good vibrations
(oom bop bop)
Shes giving me excitations
(oom bop bop excitations)

(ahhhhhhh)
(ah my my what elation)
I dont know where but she sends me there
(ah my my what a sensation)
(ah my my what elations)
(ah my my what)

Gotta keep those lovin good vibrations
A happenin with her
Gotta keep those lovin good vibrations
A happenin with her
Gotta keep those lovin good vibrations
A happenin

Ahhhhhhhh
Good good good good vibrations
(oom bop bop)
(Im pickin up good vibrations)
Shes giving me excitations
(oom bop bop)
(excitations)
Good good good good vibrations
(oom bop bop)
Shes na na...

Na na na na na
Na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na
Do do do do do
Do do do
Do do do do do
Do do do

Sly and the Family Stone-Everyday People

  Sly Stone 去世。

  Sly and the Family Stone 的開創性是「 放克與迷幻搖滾」 funk and psych-rock 音樂的先驅之一，也號稱 rock and soul 「靈魂搖滾」樂手。是過去 60年來最具影響力的流行音樂家之一。

  據 Sly Stone 家人發表的聲明稱， Sly Stone 是具有開創性的「 放克與迷幻搖滾」先驅，曾在 1960 年代至 80 年代初領導標誌性的 Sly and the Family Stone 樂團。他於週一 (6 月 9 日) 去世。享年82歲。

  來自加州舊金山 1966 年成立的的跨種族「迷幻靈魂」樂團 The Stoners 後來改稱 The Family Stone 樂團。還組過 Little Sister樂團。 1969 年他們參加了Woodstock 伍德斯托克音樂節。 1970 年代中期，他的職業生涯開始走下坡。

  Sly and the Family Stone 2017 年曾獲得葛萊美終身成就獎 。1993 年進入搖滾樂 R&R 名人堂。在歷年暢銷歌星合唱團排行獲得第236名。

  Sly and the Family Stone 在Billboard Hot100排行榜名次最好的歌是

1968年的4周冠軍曲 Everyday People，這首歌在滾石雜誌 RS500 排行榜獲得第146 名。

Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People (Official Video) - YouTube

Sly and the Family Stone 的《Everyday People》是一首關於團結和平等的歌曲。它強調每個人都是同一個「普通人」的一部分，無論他們有何差異，都應受到尊重和理解。

 

 

Everyday People

composed by Sly Stone 

 

Sometimes I'm right, I can be wrong.
My own beliefs are in my song.
A butcher, a banker, a drummer, and then
makes no difference what group I'm in.

I am everyday people! (yeah yeah)

There is a blue one who can't accept the green one

for living with the black one trying to be a skinny one
Different strokes, for different folks!
And so on, and so on, and scooby-dooby-doo. (oooh, sha sha!)

We've got to live together!
I am no better, and neither are you.
We are the same whatever we do.
You love me, you hate me, you know me and then,
you can't figure out the bag I'm in.

I am everyday people! (yeah yeah)

There is a long hair who doesn't like the short hair

for being such a rich one that will not help the poor one.
Different strokes, for different folks!
And so on, and so on, and scooby-dooby-doo. (oooh, sha sha!)

We got to live together!

There is a yellow one who won't accept the black one
who won't accept the red one who won't accept the white one.
Different strokes, for different folks!
And so on, and so on, and scooby-dooby-doo. (oooh, sha sha!)

I am everyday people!

 

Glenn Medeiros -Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You

  今天介紹一首動聽的情歌，Glenn Medeiros 所唱的 Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You。

  Glenn Medeiros 的父母親都是葡萄牙人，他則出生於夏威夷。 Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You 這一首歌1987年在Billboard Hot 100排行榜獲得第12名，在英國排行榜則獲得第4名。

  Glenn Medeiros 唱紅 Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You 這一首歌後，1990年曾由 Whitney Houston 的前夫 Bobby Brown 領銜推出一首 She Ain’t Worth It，獲得過 2 周排行榜冠軍，此曲 Brown 味較濃 ，Medeiros 迷恐怕較難接受。

  一起來回味這一首 1980 年代後期的名曲 Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You。

 

 

Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's gonna change my love for you

 

 

Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You

作詞/作曲：Gerry Goffin / Michael Masser

 

… If I had to live my life without you near me
The days would all be empty
The nights would seem so long
With you I see forever, oh, so clearly
I might have been in love before
But it never felt this strong

… Our dreams are young and we both know
They'll take us where we want to go
Hold me now, touch me now
I don't want to live without you

… Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You oughta know by now how much I love you
One thing you can be sure of
I'll never ask for more than your love

… Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You oughta know by now how much I love you
The world may change my whole life through
But nothing's gonna change my love for you

… If the road ahead is not so easy
Our love will lead the way for us
Like a guiding star
I'll be there for you if you should need me
You don't have to change a thing
I love you just the way you are

… So come with me and share the view
I'll help you see forever too
Hold me now, touch me now
I don't want to live without you

… Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You oughta know by now how much I love you
One thing you can be sure of
I'll never ask for more than your love

… Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You oughta know by now how much I love you
The world may change my whole life through
But nothing's gonna change my love for you

… Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You oughta know by now how much I love you
One thing you can be sure of
I'll never ask for more than your love

… Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You oughta know by now how much I love you
The world may change my whole life through
But nothing's gonna change my love for you

… Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You oughta know by now how much I love you
One thing you can be sure of
I'll never ask for more than your love

… Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You oughta know by now how much I love you
The world may change my whole life through
But nothing's gonna change my love for you
Nothing's gonna change my love for you