Paul Simon新專輯受歡迎

Paul Simon的Stranger to Stranger在英國獲得26年來第一張專輯排行榜冠軍。

Paul Simon去年四月曾以精選輯The Ultimate Collection獲得專輯排行榜冠軍，但是Stranger to Stranger這一張專輯，是1990年秋天Paul Simon以The Rhythm Of The Saints獲得二週排行榜冠軍以來，他的另一張錄音室新作。

Paul Simon 1941年出生於紐澤西州Newark，是一位出色的作曲人、吉他手及歌手，與Art Garfunkel自1965-1971年以Simon&Garfunkel二重唱之名，在流行歌壇留下不少民謠搖滾的佳作(如:The Sound of Silence、Mr.,Robinson、Bridge Over Troubled Water等)，1990年進入搖滾樂名人堂，2003年並獲Grammy終生成就獎。

Paul Simon1963-1964年曾前往倫登發展，回美國後才與Art Garfunkel錄第一張專輯，因此在英國頗受歡迎，1971年他開始唱Solo，在歌壇一直很受歡迎，他曾與星際大戰的女主角Carrie Fisher結婚，離婚後再娶女歌手Edie Brickell。

Paul Simon於2001年進搖滾樂名人堂，個人在排行榜上成績最好的歌是1975年的三週冠軍曲50 Ways To Leave Your Lover，選自他的專輯唱片Still Crazy After All These Years。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTiyLuZOs1A

50 Ways To Leave Your Lover

Songwriters  SIMON, PAUL

"The problem is all inside your head" she said to me

 "The answer is easy if you take it logically

 I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free

 There must be fifty ways to leave your lover"

She said "It's really not my habit to intrude

 Furthermore, I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued

 But I'll repeat myself at the risk of being crude

 There must be fifty ways to leave your lover

 Fifty ways to leave your lover"

You just slip out the back, Jack

 Make a new plan, Stan

 You don't need to be Coy, Roy

 Just get yourself free

 Hop on the bus, Gus

 You don't need to discuss much

 Just drop off the key, Lee

 And get yourself free

Ooo slip out the back, Jack

 Make a new plan, Stan

 You don't need to be Coy, Roy

 Just listen to me

 Hop on the bus, Gus

 You don't need to discuss much

 Just drop off the key, Lee

 And get yourself free

She said "It grieves me so to see you in such pain

 I wish there was something I could do to make you smile again"

 I said "I appreciate that and would you please explain

 About the fifty ways"

She said "Why don't we both just sleep on it tonight

 And I believe in the morning you'll begin to see the light"

 And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right

 There must be fifty ways to leave your lover

 Fifty ways to leave your lover

You just slip out the back, Jack

 Make a new plan, Stan

 You don't need to be Coy, roy

 Just get yourself free

 Hop on the bus, Gus

 You don't need to discuss much

 Just drop off the key, Lee

 And get yourself free

Slip out the back, Jack

 Make a new plan, Stan

 You don't need to be Coy, Roy

 Just listen to me

 Hop on the bus, Gus

 You don't need to discuss much

 Just drop off the key, Lee

 And get yourself free

前衛搖滾Pink Floyd

英國皇家郵局七月七日將替前衛搖滾樂團Pink Floyd發行一系列的紀念郵票，其中五張郵票是Pink Floyd的招牌專輯封面，另外四張是他們演唱會的主題，而發行的日子正是Pink Floyd前主唱與吉他手Syd Barrett去世十 週年忌日。

前衛搖滾Progressive rock是英美二地1960年代中期至晚期發展出的搖滾樂一個支流，他們揚棄單曲的表現方式，而注重樂器的編排與作曲技巧，並輔以爵士及古典音樂的內涵，目的是希望提升搖滾樂的音樂水平，希望搖滾樂在輿論界受到更多的尊敬。

Pink Floyd團名來自喬治亞州兩位藍調歌手Pink Anderson 與Floyd Council，原先由主唱與吉他手David Gilmour、主唱與貝斯手Roger Waters、鍵琴手Rick Write、鼓手Nick Mason組成，Syd Barrett於1968年取代David Gilmour。

1973-1995年他們有五張專輯獲得排行榜冠軍，其中The Dark Side of The Moon停留在排行榜超過1600 週，是搖滾樂史上一個很特別的紀錄。

The Dark Side of The Moon於1973年推出，歌詞全部由Roger Waters所寫，其中的單曲Money曾獲得熱門排行榜第13名，並獲選入搖滾樂名人堂。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0kcet4aPpQ

Money    Pink Floyd

Money, get away

Get a good job with more pay and you're okay

Money, it's a gas

Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash

New car, caviar, four star daydream

Think I'll buy me a football team

Money, get back

I'm all right Jack keep your hands off of my stack

Money, it's a hit

Don't give me that do goody good bullshit

I'm in the high-fidelity first class traveling set

And I think I need a Lear jet

Money, it's a crime

Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie

Money, so they say

Is the root of all evil today

But if you ask for payrise it's no surprise

That they're giving none away

Away, away, way

Away, away, away

The Beach Boys經典專輯五十周年

The Beach Boys合唱團今年巡迴演唱將舉辦一場特別的秀，慶祝他們的經典專輯Pet Sounds推出五十周年。這個合唱團最近宣布以他們的冠軍曲Good Vibrations開始他們的演唱之旅。The 50 Years of Good Vibrations tour六月17號從加州Pala開始，直到十二月17,18日於佛羅里達州The Village結束。

Pet Sounds是The Beach Boys第十一張專輯唱片，1966年五月十六日推出後，跟他們前十張專輯相比，在美國市場反應不算很好，在Billboard 200專輯榜只獲得第十名，但是在英國卻反應很好，獲得UK Top 40專輯榜第二名，而且在前十名停留半年之久，Pet Sounds自此獲得全世界流行音樂界的好評，被認為是流行音樂史最有影響力的專輯唱片之一。

Pet Sounds的製作與編曲是該團的傳奇主唱Brian Wilson，他寫了專輯中的大部分歌曲。Brian Wilson一直想製作一張超凡的搖滾樂專輯，他全力投入，在這張專輯裡沒有墊檔的歌，甚而被認為是他個人的專輯，其中領先推出的單曲是"Caroline, No"，接著推出"Wouldn't It Be Nice" (襯底 "God Only Knows") 及 "Sloop John B"，Pet Sounds被歸類為迷幻搖滾、藝術搖滾及前衛流行歌曲 。

滾石雜誌500 Greatest Albums of All Time歷年500最佳專輯榜中，The Beach Boys的Pet Sounds僅次於The Beatles的'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'獲得第二名。

Brian Wilson承認，原先Pet Sounds目標之一是超越The Beatles的1965年專輯 Rubber Soul，沒想到Pet Sounds後來成了The Beatles的'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'的靈感來源，而且成績超過Pet Sounds。

Brian Wilson個人推出的"Caroline, No"，1966年曾獲得33名，在滾石雜誌500大單曲榜獲得第211名。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w7ZeSIC6K0

Caroline, No

Songwriters: WILSON, BRIAN DOUGLAS / ASHER, TONY

Where did your long hair go

Where is the girl I used to know

How could you lose that happy glow

Oh, Caroline no

Who took that look away

I remember how you used to say

You'd never change, but that's not true

Oh, Caroline you

Break my heart

I want to go and cry

It's so sad to watch a sweet thing die

Oh, Caroline why

Could I ever find in you again

The things that made me love you so much then

Could we ever bring 'em back once they have gone

Oh, Caroline no

抗議歌曲"Eve Of Destruction"

鄉村歌手Johnny Sea五月14日去世(75歲)，他回應"Eve Of Destruction"而推出的｢愛國歌曲｣"Day For Decision"曾於1966年獲得第35名，暱稱Seay的他因駕駛單引擎飛機撞行動電話天線，而於德州西部喪命。

Johnny Sea 1940年出生於密西西比州Gulfport，自1959 年至1968年他曾有八首歌進過鄉村歌曲排行榜，包括"Frankie's Man Johnny" (#13-1959) 及 "Nobody's Darling But Mine" (#13-1960)及這一首"Day For Decision"。

"Eve of Destruction"是一首知名的越戰抗議歌曲，是P. F. Sloan 於1964年所寫的，錄過的歌手不少，其中最有名的是民歌手Barry McGuire的一版，1965年由P. F. Sloan 負責guitar，Hal Blaine當鼓手，Larry Knechtel 當貝斯手而組成的洛杉磯一級錄音室組合錄了試唱版，本來還不算正式完成，但被熟識的DJ拿到電台播出後立刻大受歡迎，在1965年九月獲得排行榜冠軍。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfZVu0alU0I

"Eve Of Destruction"

Barry McGuire

The eastern world, it is exploding

 Violence flarin', bullets loadin'

 You're old enough to kill, but not for votin'

 You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'

 And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'

 But you tell me

 Over and over and over again, my friend

 Ah, you don't believe

 We're on the eve

 of destruction.

 Don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say

 Can't you feel the fears I'm feelin' today?

 If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' away

 There'll be no one to save, with the world in a grave

 [Take a look around ya boy, it's bound to scare ya boy]

 And you tell me

 Over and over and over again, my friend

 Ah, you don't believe

 We're on the eve

 of destruction.

 Yeah, my blood's so mad feels like coagulatin'

 I'm sitting here just contemplatin'

 I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation.

 Handful of senators don't pass legislation

 And marches alone can't bring integration

 When human respect is disintegratin'

 This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'

 And you tell me

 Over and over and over again, my friend

 Ah, you don't believe

 We're on the eve

 of destruction.

 Think of all the hate there is in Red China

 Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama

 You may leave here for 4 days in space

 But when you return, it's the same old place

 The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace

 You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace

 Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace

 And, tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend

 You don't believe

 We're on the eve

 Of destruction

 Mm, no no, you don't believe

 We're on the eve

 of destruction.

The Rolling Stones賺很大

根據Billboard雜誌2015 Money-Makers List最新統計，來自英國的老牌搖滾樂團The Rolling Stones，2015年在美國賺了很多錢，遠超過其它搖滾樂與流行音樂退休歌星與團體，The Rolling Stones去年收入三千九百六十萬美元，在這項統計中排第三名。

其中大部分的收入來自北美的演唱會，約三千七百萬，其它包括音樂、出版品銷售，音樂串流的收入。

其他在這個排行前十名的老歌星有第四名的Billy Joel，他的收入有三千一百七十萬美元，The Grateful Dead和之後他們另組的團體第六名，賺了二千三百八十萬美元，U2是第八名，收入二千一百八十萬美元。

十名之外的歌星還有14名的Madonna，一千二百七十萬美元， 15名Elton John一千二百四十萬美元 ，20名Fleetwood Mac，一千一百三十萬美元 Neil Diamond 21名，一千一百一十萬美元 。

The Rolling Stones的名曲 Jumpin’jack flash是他們1968年第三名的歌，獲得滾石雜誌五百大歌曲榜第124名，撰文記者開玩笑將這一則新聞標題寫為 Jumpin’jack cash搏君一笑。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQSGw0hMd_I

Jumpin' Jack Flash

The Rolling Stones  

Album: Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out

{instrumental Intro}

[Verse 1]

 Watch it!

I was born in a cross-fire hurricane

 And I howled at my ma in the driving rain

But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!

 But it's all right. I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash

 It's a Gas! Gas! Gas!

 I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag

I was schooled with a strap right across my back

 But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!

But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash

 It's a Gas! Gas! Gas!

I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead

I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled

I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread.

 Yeah, yeah, yeah

I was crowned with a spike right thru my head

 But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!

 But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash

It's a Gas! Gas! Gas!

[Bridge]

Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas

 Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas

Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas

 Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas

 {Instrumental fade out}

Celine Dion參加Billboard音樂獎

Celine Dion獲ICON獎，並將於2016年Billboard音樂獎頒獎典禮表演。

2016年Billboard音樂獎頒獎典禮將於五月22日美東時間晚上八時於拉斯維加現場播出，Celine Dion將演唱搖滾樂團Queen 1991年的一首名曲The Show Must Go On，她為何不唱自己的歌?演出製作人Mark Bracco說:在這時節Celine 選這首歌對她的一生有其特殊意義(Celine Dion的製作人先生Rene Angelil於今年初去世)。

曾獲得ICON終生成就獎的歌星有2011年的Neil Diamond，2012年的Stevie Wonder，2013年的Prince及2014年的Jennifer Lopez。

Celine Dion 1968年出生於加拿大魁北克的Charlemagne，是抒情歌唱巨星，五歲開始表演，12歲就寫過第一首歌。

Celine Dion三十年的演唱生涯有17專輯進Billboard排行榜，其中12張進前十名，四張得到冠軍，銷售量達二億五千萬張。她在抒情榜有11首歌獲得排行榜冠軍。另外，他得過五次Grammy獎，六次Billboard音樂獎。

Celine Dion在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜獲得74名，在熱門排行榜上名次最好的歌是勞勃瑞福與蜜雪兒菲佛主演的電影Up Close&Personal｢因為你愛過我｣的插曲Because You Loved Me，1996年獲得過六周排行榜冠軍(她另一首受歡迎的電影｢鐵達尼號｣插曲My Heart Will Go On則獲得過二周冠軍)。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpl4if07ics

Because You Loved Me

Songwriters

 WARREN, DIANE

For all those times you stood by me

 For all the truth that you made me see

 For all the joy you brought to my life

 For all the wrong that you made right

For every dream you made come true

 For all the love I found in you

 I'll be forever thankful, baby

You're the one who held me up

 Never let me fall

 You're the one who saw me through

 Through it all

You were my strength when I was weak

 You were my voice when I couldn't speak

 You were my eyes when I couldn't see

 You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach

 You gave me faith 'cause you believed

 I'm everything I am

 Because you loved me, ooh, baby

You gave me wings and made me fly

 You touched my hand I could touch the sky

 I lost my faith, you gave it back to me

 You said no star was out of reach

You stood by me and I stood tall

 I had your love, I had it all

 I'm grateful for each day you gave me

Maybe, I don't know that much

 But I know this much is true

 I was blessed because

 I was loved by you

You were my strength when I was weak

 You were my voice when I couldn't speak

 You were my eyes when I couldn't see

 You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach

 You gave me faith 'cause you believed

 I'm everything I am

 Because you loved me

You were always there for me, the tender wind that carried me

 The light in the dark shining your love into my life

 You've been my inspiration through the lies you were the truth

 My world is a better place because of you

You were my strength when I was weak

 You were my voice when I couldn't speak

 You were my eyes when I couldn't see

 You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach

 You gave me faith 'cause you believed

 I'm everything I am

 Because you loved me

You were my strength when I was weak

 You were my voice when I couldn't speak

 You were my eyes when I couldn't see

 You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach

 You gave me faith 'cause you believed

 I'm everything I am

 Because you loved me

 Ohhhh

 I'm everything I am

 Because you loved me