Paul Hardcastle -19

  本週介紹 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 ，是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