Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton -Islands in the Stream

    今天介紹另一首男女對唱的經典情歌 Kenny Rogers and Dolly Dolly Parton 合唱的 "Islands in the Stream"。

    在與RCA唱片公司簽約，獲得超過2000萬美元的報酬後 Kenny Rogers邀請 BEE GEES 合唱團的 Barry Gibb 擔任他新廠牌、首張專輯的製作人。「幾年前，我本來打算做一張專輯，和幾個人合唱，例如 Dolly Parton、Willie Nelson、Barry Gibb等等，」Rogers在1983年接受《花花公子》雜誌 David Rensin 採訪時說道，但最終沒能實現。當我和Lionel Richie 的合作結束後，我正在尋找新的合作夥伴，這時我想起了Barry曾經寄給我的一首歌，這首歌後來成了他的一首不錯的鄉村熱門歌曲。所以我給他打了電話。

    那一張《Eyes That See in the Dark》專輯中的一首歌，Rogers邀請了另一位 RCA唱片公司的藝人與他合唱， Dolly·Dolly是第四位與 Rogers合作並登上排行榜冠軍的女歌手。另外三位是:Kim Cames、Dottie West 、Sheena Easton 。

      "Islands in the Stream"是這張專輯的第一首單曲，於1983年8月27日進入 Billboard Hot 100，並用了九週時間登上榜首。在合作之前 Kenny和 Dolly 各自都只有一首冠軍單曲。

  〈Islands in the Stream〉的成績斐然。除了榮登鄉村單曲榜和成人當代單曲榜榜首之外它還獲得了全美音樂獎最佳鄉村單曲獎（Kenny Rogers已獲得18項全美音樂獎，比其他任何藝人都多），並被鄉村音樂學院評為年度最佳二重唱和年度最佳單曲。

     Kenny Rogers 1938年8月21日出生於休斯頓，除了歌唱之外，在其他領域也取得了卓越成就。他是一位作家，與 Len Epand合著了《音樂致富之道》（Making It With Music）。他的演技也日臻完善，憑藉電視電影《賭徒》（The Gambler）和《賭徒2》（The Gambler II）獲得了很高的收視率。他是一位人道主義者，受已故好友 Harry Chapin 的啟發，他和妻子Marianne 發起食物募捐活動，致力於對抗世界飢餓問題。

    專輯《Eyes That See in the Dark》中除了冠軍曲"Islands in the Stream"之外另有 "This Woman"獲得23名。標題歌曲"Eyes That See in the Dark"則只獲得79名。專輯中還有一首沒有推出單曲的 " YOU AND I"，歌迷們千萬不能錯過，就一起欣賞吧!

 

You And I

BEE GEES的詞曲創作和 Kenny Rogers的演唱簡直是絕配。

 

Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers - Islands In The Stream (Official 4K Video)

真正的二重唱 。兩位偶像的經典二重唱，永不過時。

 

 

Islands in the Stream

作詞/作曲：Barry Alan Gibb / Maurice Ernest Gibb / Robin Hugh Gibb

Baby, when I met you there was peace unknown
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb
I was soft inside
There was something going on

You do something to me that I can't explain
Hold me closer and I feel no pain
Every beat of my heart
We got something going on

Tender love is blind
It requires a dedication
All this love we feel needs no conversation
We ride it together, ah ha
Making love with each other, ah ha

Islands in the stream
That is what we are
No one in between
How can we be wrong?
Sail away with me
To another world
And we rely on each other, ah ha
From one lover to another, ah ha

I can't live without you if the love was gone
Everything is nothing if you got no one
And you did walk in the night
Slowly losing sight of the real thing

But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt
Too deep in love and we got no way out
And the message is clear
This could be the year for the real thing

No more will you cry
Baby, I will hurt you never
We start and end as one
In love forever
We can ride it together, ah ha
Making love with each other, ah ha

Islands in the stream
That is what we are
No one in between
How can we be wrong?
Sail away with me
To another world
And we rely on each other, ah ha
From one lover to another, ah ha

Sail away
Oh, come sail away with me

Islands in the stream
That is what we are
No one in between
How can we be wrong?
Sail away with me
To another world
And we rely on each other, ah ha
From one lover to another, ah ha

Islands in the stream
That is what we are
No one in between
How can we be wrong?
Sail away with me
To another world
And we rely on each other, ah ha
From one lover to another, ah ha

Islands in the stream
That is what we are
No one in between

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