Left Banke團員去世

曾經參加過Left Banke 與 Stories合唱團的主鍵琴手Michael Brown，三月19日不幸去世（65歲）。

Michael的父親是一位於錄音間工作的小提琴手，在紐約擁有一間錄音室，1965年組團的巴洛克風合唱團Left Banke，就由他們父子幫忙製作、發行與管理，身為團員之一的Michael寫了Left Banke的二首暢銷曲"Walk Away Renee" (#5-1966) 及 "Pretty Ballerina" (#15-1967)，但接著錄製的"Ivy Ivy" (#119-1967)，用了錄音間的樂手，成績很糟而且產生磨擦，導致該團解散，雖然後來又重組過沒有Michael的Left Banke，但沒有一首歌進排行榜。

Michael Brown最後加入Stories 合唱團，這個團的第一張專輯與前三首單曲如"I'm Coming Home" (#42-1972) 及 "Brother Louie" (#1-1973—這一首冠軍曲最早竟然沒放在專輯裡)都有Michael的參與。

Michael Brown於1976年組了另一個合唱團取名the Beckies，因沒能成名，失望之餘讓他退出了流行音樂圈。

Walk Away Renee這一首歌於1968年由鼎鼎大名的R＆B合唱團Four Tops重唱亦獲得過第14名，而Left Banke的這首成名曲後來被收進搖滾樂名人堂，於滾石雜誌歷年500大歌曲榜獲得220名。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqAh1dQu_pg

WALK AWAY RENEE

Left Banke

(Brown-Calilli-Sansone)

And when I see the sign that points one way

The lot we used to pass by every day

   Just walk away Renee

   You won't see me follow you back home

   The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same

   You're not to blame

From deep inside the tears that I'm forced to cry

From deep inside the pain that I chose to hide

   Just walk away Renee

   You won't see me follow you back home

   Now as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes

   For me it cries

   ----- Flute -----

   Just walk away Renee

   You won't see me follow you back home

   Now as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes

   For me it cries

Your name and mine inside a heart upon a wall

Still finds a way to haunt me, though they're so small

   Just walk away Renee

   You won't see me follow you back home

   The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same

   You're not to blame

血汗淚合唱團團員去世

1968 年至 1973年擔任過Blood, Sweat & Tears合唱團小喇叭手的Lew Soloff，三月八日因心臟病去世（71歲），Lew Soloff出生於紐約布魯克林，曾在Blood,，Sweat & Tears的五張專輯中擔任樂手，包括"You've Made Me So Very Happy" (#2-1969)、"Spinning Wheel" (#2-1969) 及 "And When I Die" (#2-1969)這幾首名曲都有他的伴奏。

Blood, Sweat & Tears合唱團是帶爵士風的搖滾樂團，1967年由主鍵琴手Al Cooper組團，1969年主唱David Clayton-Thomas加入取代Al Cooper。

Blood, Sweat & Tears是1970年前後知名搖滾樂團，排行榜上成績雖然不特別突出，但特殊的曲風吸引許多歌迷的喜愛。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKuqaZ0DQtk

You've Made Me So Very Happy

Blood Sweat and Tears

I lost at love before

Got mad and closed the door

But you said "Try, just once more"

I chose you for the one

Now we're having so much fun

You treated me so kind

I'm about to lose my mind

You made me so very happy

The others were untrue

But when it came to loving you

I'd spend my whole life with you

Cause you came and you took control

You touched my very soul

You always showed me that

Loving you was where it's at

You made me so very happy

I'm so glad you came into my life  yeah

I love you so much you see

You're even in my dreams

I can hear you, I can hear you callin me

I'm so in love with you

All I ever want to do is

Thank you baby, thank you baby

You made me so very happy

I'm so glad you came into my life

You made me so very happy

You made me so so very happy baby

I'm so glad you came 

Into my life

I want to thank you girl

Every day of my life

I want to thank you

You made me so very happy  (fade)

Gary Glitter被判重刑

以演唱華麗搖滾出名的英籍搖滾樂手Gary Glitter，二月27日於倫敦被判刑17年，罪名是1975至1980年間性侵六位12至14歲的女孩，二月五日他已因一件強暴案、四件有傷風化案及與不滿13歲女孩發生性行為被判罪。

Gary Glitter本名Paul Gadd， 1944年出生於英格蘭Oxfordshire的Banbury，他於2006年即因在越南性騷擾兒童被判三年。

Gary Glitter的Rock And Roll part2於1972年獲得過熱門排行榜第7名，後來被收入搖滾樂名人堂，也一度是美國体育活動的加油歌，但因他的糜爛生活表現，2006年後沒人願再用這首歌助興了。

電音舞曲合唱團The Timelords（後來改名The KLF），曾於1988年錄製一首Doctorin' The Tardis，那首歌混合BBC製播的長壽電視節目Dr.Who「超時空博士」的主題曲，和 Gary Glitter的Rock And Roll part2而成，獲得過排行榜第66名。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdTELokKfCk

Doctorin' The Tardis

"Doctorin' The Tardis" was written by Drummond, William Ernest/grainer, Ronald Erle/glitter, Gary/leander, Mike/chapman, Mike/chinn, Nicky/cauty, James Francis.    

(..) lads shout

Dr. Who! (HEY) Dr. Who

Dr. Who! (HEY) The TARDIS

Dr. Who! (HEY) Dr. Who

Dr. Who doc..Dr. Who

Dr. Who doc..Dr. Who

Exterminate!

Bosh Bosh Bosh, loads of money

Who-ha

ha ha ha Who ha

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Dr. Who! (HEY) Dr. Who

Dr. Who! (HEY) The TARDIS

Dr. Who! (HEY) Dr. Who

Dr. Who doc..Dr. Who

Dr. Who doc..Dr. Who

You wot?

You wot?

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Exterminate!

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we obey no-one

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we are the superior beings

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Dr. Who! (HEY) Dr. Who

Dr. Who! (HEY) The TARDIS

Dr. Who! (HEY) Dr. Who

Dr. Who doc..Dr. Who

Dr. Who doc..Dr. Who

You wot?

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Bosh Bosh Bosh Loads of money

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Dr. Who! (HEY) Dr. Who

Dr. Who! (HEY) {THE DALEKS} The TARDIS

Dr. Who! (HEY) Dr. Who

Dr. Who doc..Dr. Who

Dr. Who doc..Dr. Who

Dr. Who! (HEY) Dr. Who

Dr. {THE DALEKS} Who! (HEY) The TARDIS

Dr. Who! (HEY) Dr. Who

Dr. Who doc {THE DALEKS} Dr. Who

Dr. Who doc, Dr. Who

60年代名歌手Lesley Gore 去世

女權主義者、歌手、作曲者Lesley Gore二月16日因癌症在紐約Manhattan的一所醫院中去世（68歲）。

Lesley Gore出生於Manhattan，1963年16歲時在Mercury唱片公司在一家飯店裡辦的活動中演唱，而被音樂指導Quincy Jones發掘和Mercury簽約，Quincy並擔任她的製作人。

Lesley Gore當年就推出的第一張唱片"It's My Party"登上排行榜獲得二週冠軍，贏了Phil Spector 替the Crystals製作的同一首歌，接著推出的"Judy's Turn To Cry" (#5-1963), "She's A Fool" (#5-1964) "You Don't Own Me" (#2-1964, "Maybe I Know" (#14-1964), "That's The Way Boys Are" (#12-1964) 及 "Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows" (#13-1965)都獲得了很好的成績。

"Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows"是偶像歌手Frankie Avalon主演的電影"Ski Party"的插曲，而她唱的"California Nights" (#16-1967)是電視節目"Batman"的插曲。

Lesley Gore後來因去Sarah Lawrence College讀書而漸漸淡出歌壇，但她曾與弟弟Michael一同寫了"Out Here On My Own"，那是1980年知名電影"Fame"「名揚四海」的插曲，Irene Cara演唱曾獲得第19名。

1992年已是知名蕾絲邊的Lesley Gore曾主持美國公共電視非異性戀者話題系列節目"In the Life"，去世時正籌備與她一生相關舞台劇。

 Lesley Gore在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜獲得第271名。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsYJyVEUaC4

IT'S MY PARTY

Lesley Gore

Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone

Judy left the same time

Why was he holding her hand

When he's supposed to be mine

  It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to

  Cry if I want to, cry if I want to

  You would cry too if it happened to you

Playin' my records, keep dancin' all night

Leave me alone for a while

'Till Johnny's dancin' with me

I've got no reason to smile

  It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to

  Cry if I want to, cry if I want to

  You would cry too if it happened to you

------ LEAD BREAK ------

Judy and Johnny just walked through the door

Like a queen with her king

Oh what a birthday surprise

Judy's wearin' his ring

  It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to

  Cry if I want to, cry if I want to

  You would cry too if it happened to you

白人藍調吉它手Sam Andrew去世

Big Brother & the Holding Company合唱團創團人與主吉它手Sam Andrew二月12日去世（73歲），他數週前因心臟病住院治療。

1968年Big Brother & the Holding Company錄製的"Piece Of My Heart"是他們的經典之作，但同年Sam隨主唱Janis Joplin離團而去，另組Kozmic Blues Band，1970年Janis Joplin因吸食海洛因過量猝死（27 歲），Sam Andrew又回到 Big Brother & the Holding Company，但近年來僅擔任該團的音樂指導工作。

Sam Andrew一直個人演唱，且參加了幾部電影的演出。

"Piece Of My Heart"曾獲熱門歌曲排行榜第12名，滾石500大歌曲榜則獲得第344名，並被收進Grammy與搖滾樂名人堂。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIHny7QEf7o

Piece of My Heart

Janis Joplin

Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on!

Didn I make you feel like you were the only man eah!

Didn I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can ?

Honey, you know I did!

And each time I tell myself that I, well I think Ie had enough,

But I gonna show you, baby, that a woman can be tough.

I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,

Take it!

Take another little piece of my heart now, baby!

Oh, oh, break it!

Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, oh, have a!

Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,

You know you got it if it makes you feel good,

Oh, yes indeed.

Youe out on the streets looking good,

And baby deep down in your heart I guess you know that it ain right,

Never, never, never, never, never, never hear me when I cry at night,

Babe, I cry all the time!

And each time I tell myself that I, well I can stand the pain,

But when you hold me in your arms, Il sing it once again.

Il say come on, come on, come on, come on and take it!

Take it!

Take another little piece of my heart now, baby.

Oh, oh, break it!

Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah,

Oh, oh, have a!

Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,

You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good.

I need you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,

Take it!

Take another little piece of my heart now, baby!

oh, oh, break it!

Break another little bit of my heart, now darling, yeah, con now.

oh, oh, have a

Have another little piece of my heart now, baby.

You know you got it hoahhhhh!!

Take it!

Take it! Take another little piece of my heart now, baby,

Oh, oh, break it!

Break another little bit of my heart, now darling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

Oh, oh, have a

Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, hey,

You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good.

Glen Campbell歌曲獲獎

2015 年Grammy獎二月八日於洛衫磯舉行，Glen Campbell是以他患阿茲海默症的記錄片"I'll Be Me"的插曲"I'm Not Gonna Miss You"獲得最佳鄉村歌曲獎，其實挺傷感的，因阿茲海默症日益惡化，Glen Campbell將如這首歌所說的「我不會想念親友與喜愛他歌曲的歌迷們」，因為他終將完全失憶。

Carole King的音樂劇"Beautiful: The Carole King Musical"則獲劇院音樂專輯獎。

而由 Darlene Love, Merry Clayton主演，眾多知名歌手出現的 "20 Feet From Stardom" 「伴唱人生聚光燈外20呎」 則獲尊為最佳音樂電影。

Darlene Love曾在The Crystals唱過主唱，Merry Clayton則擔任過Ray Charles的伴唱，"20 Feet From Stardom"這部流行音樂記錄片值得歌迷們的期待。

資深爵士歌手Tony Bennett與Lady Gaga合作的"Cheek To Cheek"獲得傳統流行歌曲專輯獎。

Yesterday When I Was Young是Roy Clark 1969年第19名的名曲，今天聽Glen Campbell唱來令人不勝欷虛。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og8dVo2WY1U&index=9&list=PLKYx4pBPq3FQI4IqoSeu5EzSz4OU4m73L

 

"Yesterday When I Was Young"

written by Herbert Kretzmer, Charles Aznavour.

 

Yesterday when I was young

 The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue

 I teased at life as if it were a foolish game

 The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame

 The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned

 I always built, alas, on weak and shifting sand

 I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day

 And only now I see how the years ran away

 Yesterday when I was young

 So many drinking songs were waiting to be sung

 So many wayward pleasures lay in store for me

 And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see

 I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out

 I never stopped to think what life was all about

 And every conversation I can now recall

 Concerned itself with me, me and nothing else at all

 Yesterday the moon was blue

 And every crazy day brought something new to do

 I used my magic age as if it were a wand

 And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond

 The game of love I played with arrogance and pride

 And every flame I lit too quickly, quickly died

 The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away

 And only I am left on stage to end the play

 There are so many songs in me that won't be sung

 I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue

 The time has come for me to pay for yesterday when I was young

詩人歌者Rod McKuen去世

有詩人背景的作曲人、歌手及演員Rod McKuen元月29日因肺炎感染在比佛利山一家養老院去世（81歲）。

Rod McKuen 1933年出生於加州Oakland，他錄過的詩歌專輯有九張進過排行榜，單曲"Oliver Twist"則於1962年獲得過第76名，是他唯一的進排行榜歌曲，1959年他用"Rod"倒過來寫的名字"Dor"與Bob McFadden曾合作推出一首單曲"The Mummy"則獲得過第39名。

1960年代早期McKuen搬到巴黎去，因而認識了比利時籍法國香頌歌手Jacques Brel，他按Brel的作品"Ne me quitte pas"改寫成英語的"If You Go Away"，而1974年由Terry Jacks唱紅的冠軍曲"Seasons In The Sun"則改寫自Brel的作品"Le Moribond" ，Rod McKuen亦改寫了不少法籍作曲人如Gilbert Bécaud、Pierre Delanoé、Michel Sardou等人的作品。

1978年Jacques Brel去世的消息傳到McKuen的耳中，讓他感到非常難過的把自己關在臥房一個星期，他最後只能把悲傷回饋到像他們子女一般的歌中，並反復在他們從前未完成的歌曲中去回想。

除了"Seasons In The Sun" 之外，1969 年由 Frank Sinatra 演唱的"Love's Been Good To Me" 曾獲得第75名，而1969年由Oliver推出獲得過第二名的歌"Jean"，是電影"The Pride Of Miss Jean Brodie"「春風不化雨」的插曲，此曲替Rod McKuen獲得奧斯卡電影歌曲獎提名，也讓他獲得一座金球獎。

"Jean"當年是輸給電影「虎豹小霸王」的插曲"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"。

Rod McKuen寫過1500首以上的歌曲，銷售量超過一億張，表演者包括自Barbra Streisand至倫敦交響樂團等無數知名歌星與樂團。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfziQHKQpfc

 

If You Go Away

(J.Brel, R.McKuen)

 

If you go away on this summer day,

Then you might as well take the sun away;

All the birds that flew in the summer sky,

When our love was new and our hearts were high;

When the day was young and the night was long,

And the moon stood still for the night bird's song.

If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.

But if you stay, I'll make you a day

Like no day has been, or will be again;

We'll sail the sun, we'll ride on the rain,

We'll talk to the trees and worship the wind.

Then if you go, I'll understand,

Leave me just enough love to fill up my hand,

If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.

If you go, as I know you will, you must tell the world to stop turning

Till you return again, if you ever do, for what good is love without loving you,

Can I tell you now, as you turn to go, I'll be dying slowly till the next hello,

If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.

But if you stay, I'll make you a night

Like no night has been, or will be again.

I'll sail on your smile, I'll ride on your touch,

I'll talk to your eyes that I love so much.

But if you go, go, I won't cry,

Though the good is gone from the word goodbye,

If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.

If you go away, as I know you must,

There'll be nothing left in the world to trust,

Just an empty room, full of empty space,

Like the empty look I see on your face.

I'd have been the shadow of your shadow

If I thought it might have kept me by your side.

If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.