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

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 與

 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 對 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

 

 

 

 

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日出生於英國倫敦的 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)中擔任男主角。

 

  (One Night In Bangkok) 取材自 ABBA 合唱團成員 Benny Andersson 與 Bjom Ulvaeus 作曲，Ulvaeus 和英國音樂劇作詞家 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