Carly Simon -You're So Vain

  Carly Simon 1972 年的冠軍曲"You're So Vain"的歌詞中有一句"I had a dream there were clouds in my coffee"「我夢見我的咖啡裡有雲」是什麼意思 ? 也許大多數聽友會從某人的角度去看，但隨著時光飛逝，這個問題也沒人去關心了。

  Carly Simon表示“ they were clouds in my coffee “這句子的構想來自有一次搭飛機的時候，她的一位工作夥伴Billy Mernit注意到白雲反射在她的咖啡上，告訴她"look at the clouds in your coffee"「看看妳咖啡裡的雲」，這句話後來被套用到她寫的"You're So Vain"的歌詞裡。

  Carly Simon進一步加以說明 : 我咖啡裡的雲朵是生活和愛情中令人困惑的一面，你無法看穿，但似乎很誘人。就像海市蜃樓變成了乾涸的土地。也許在咖啡杯底部你可以讀到一些東西  (就如茶葉或咖啡粉) ，就是這樣。就我自己而言，我很困惑，但這首歌很棒，這神秘的歌詞背後有個故事。

  Carly Simon出生於紐約曼哈坦，父親是一位出版商，原為民歌二重唱The Simon Sisters成員，1972-1983年與James Taylor曾結過婚，她的暢銷曲很多，是1970年代的紅歌星，她在排行榜上名次最好的歌就是這一首1972年獲得過三週排行榜冠軍的"You're So Vain"。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F6VsFau5IA

 

You're So Vain

Songwriters: Simon Carly

 

Son of a gun

You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror, as you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner and

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you

You're so vain (you're so vain)
I bet you think this song is about you
Don't you don't you?

You had me several years ago when I was still quite naive
Well you said that we made such a pretty pair and that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved
And one of them was me
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee clouds in my coffee and
You're so vain

You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain (you're so vain)

I bet you think this song is about you
Don't you don't you don't you?
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee clouds in my coffee and

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you

You're so vain (you're so vain)
I bet you think this song is about you
Don't you don't you?

Well I hear you went up to Saratoga
And your horse naturally won
Then you flew your lear jet up to Nova Scotia
To see the total eclipse of the sun

Well you're where you should be all the time
And when you're not, you're with some underworld spy
Or the wife of a close friend wife of a close friend and

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain (so vain)
I bet you think this song is about you
Don't you don't you don't you?

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
Probably think this song about you
You're so vain

 

 

Madonna-Into The Groove

Madonna 譴責Tory Lanez 盜用"Into the Groove"

  流行歌唱界超級巨星Madonna指責 Tory Lanez的"Pluto's Last Comet"非法盜用她1985年的暢銷曲"Into The Grove"。"Pluto's Last Comet"是Lanez最近第六張專輯〈Alone At Prom〉當中的領銜歌曲，原來是電影Desperately Seeking Susan《神秘約會》的插曲。

  為了吸引他的注意，Madonna 在Lanez最近於Instagram 的貼文後警告他「非法使用他人的歌會get into the groove掉進陰溝」。

  "Into the Groove"作曲及製作是Madonna 與Stephen Bray，是1985年Madonna主演的喜劇電影Desperately Seeking Susan《神秘約會》的插曲。

  "Pluto's Last Comet"作曲及製作是Lanez 與Orlando tha Great and Chaz Jackson。

  Madonna 1958年出生於美國密西根州Bay City，在紐約長大，是歷年暢銷歌星排行榜第4名的巨星，1984-2008年他與Mariah Carey、Whitney Houston、Janet Jackson四人一共唱出51首排行榜冠軍曲，是當代女歌星的超凡紀錄，令歌迷們難以忘懷。

 Madonna的 "Into the Groove"在美國沒有推出單曲，在英國則˙獲得過第4名，加長版還得到金唱片，頗受英國歌迷喜愛。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52iW3lcpK5M

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OQ2pV3lxr4

 

Into The Groove

Songwriters: Stephen Pate Bray / Madonna L. Ciccone

 

And you can dance
For inspiration
Come on
I'm waiting

Get into the groove
Boy, you've got to prove
Your love to me, yeah
Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy, what will it be?

Music can be such a revelation
Dancing around, you feel the sweet sensation
We might be lovers if the rhythm's right
I hope this feeling never ends tonight

Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free
At night, I lock the doors, where no one else can see
I'm tired of dancing here all by myself
Tonight, I wanna dance with someone else

Get into the groove
Boy, you've got to prove
Your love to me, yeah
Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy, what will it be?

Gonna get to know you in a special way
This doesn't happen to me every day
Don't try to hide it, love wears no disguise
I see the fire burning in your eyes

Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free
At night, I lock the doors, where no one else can see
I'm tired of dancing here all by myself
Tonight, I wanna dance with someone else

Get into the groove
Boy, you've got to prove
Your love to me, yeah
Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy, what will it be?
Yeah

Live out your fantasy here with me
Just let the music set you free
Touch my body, and move in time
Now I know you're mine (you've got to)

Get into the groove
Boy, you've got to prove
Your love to me, yeah
Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy, what will it be?

Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free
At night, I lock the doors, where no one else can see
I'm tired of dancing here all by myself
Tonight, I wanna dance with someone else

Live out your fantasy here with me
Just let the music set you free
Touch my body, and move in time
Now I know you're mine

Now I know you're mine
Now I know you're mine
Now I know you're mine
Now I know you're mine
You've got to

Get into the groove
Boy, you've got to prove
Your love to me, yeah
Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy, what will it be? (Yeah)
Got to
Get into the groove
Boy, you've got to prove
Your love to me
Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy, what will it be?
You've got to
Get into the groove
Boy, you've got to prove
Your love to me, yeah
Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy, what will it be?
You've got to
Get into the groove
Boy, you've got to prove
Your love to me
Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy, what will it be?

 

LL Cool J -Hey Lover

  LL Cool J 因COVID-19確診陽性而取消‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’新年搖滾夜的演出。

  LL Cool J 於感染COVID-19之後，將不再於New Year’s Rockin’ Eve活動中與 Ryan Seacrest 主持的演唱會一起演出。Ryan Seacrest是美國傳媒界名人，主持過American Idol、American Top 40及On Air with Ryan Seacrest. 幾個受歡迎的節目，2006年起   Seacrest 成為Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 這個紐約時代廣場年度活動的共同主持人及執行製作，直到2012年Dick Clark去世不冠Dick Clark之名。

  The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame搖滾樂名人堂提名人將於當天午夜後在時代廣場演出近年暢銷曲。

  LL Cool J在接受   Billboard  雜誌的訪問時說:我知道歌迷們會很失望，但我檢測的結果是陽性即不能公開演出，我祝福大家新年快樂。

  LL Cool J本名James Todd Smith，1968年出生於紐約長島Bay Shore，是一位饒舌歌手及演員，也是一位有影響力的嘻哈藝人，演過幾部電影之外，也在Marion Hill等電視劇集演出，他也是Grammy獎   2012-16  的主持人。

  LL Cool J 暢銷曲很多，在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜獲得第155名，在Billboard Hot 100 排行榜上名次最好的歌則是1995年連續8周獲得第3名的Hey Lover，此曲由Boyz II Men 伴唱，創意來自Michael Jackson的The Lady In My Life。

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um99r6sgspY

 

Hey Lover

LL Cool J, Boyz II Men

Songwriters: James Todd Smith / Rod Temperton

 

I've been watchin' you from afar
For as long as I can remember
You are all a real man can need
And ever ask for, this is love
This is more than a crush

It was all up at Ruckers, I saw with your man
Smiling, a coach bag in your hand
I was layin' in the coup with my hat turned back
We caught eyes for a moment and that was that
So I skated off as you strolled off
Looking at them legs, god damn they looked so soft
I gotta take ya from your man that's my mission
If his love is real he got ta handle competition

You only knew about 5 months
Besides he drinks too much and smokes too many blunts
And I've been workin' out everyday thinkin' 'bout you
Lookin' at my own eyes in the rear view
Catchin' flash backs of our eye contact
Wish I could lay ya on your stomach and caress your back
I would hold ya in my arms and ease your fears
I can't believe it, I aint had a crush in years

Hey lover

Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush

I see you at the bus stop waitin' everyday
Your man must think it's safe for you to travel that way
And I don't want ta violate your relationship
So I lay back in the cut with a crush that'a trip
Still he can't stop me from having day dreams
Tonguing you down with vanilla ice cream

Kissing on your thighs in the moonlight
Searching your body with my tounge girl all night
I wonder one day could it be, simple dreams can turn into reality
Our love would come down so naturally
We would walk down the isle of destiny
What your man got his hustle on gotcha type scared
Break ya off a little chump change to do your hair
That seems to be enough to satisfy your needs
But there's a deeper level if you just follow my lead

Hey lover

Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush

Last week I saw ya at the mall
Standing at the pay phone 'bout to make a call
I had a vision, it was me on the other end
Telling you come by and then you walked in
I touched you gently with my hands
We talked about travellin' the distant lands
Escaping all the madness out here in the world
Becomin' my wife no longer my girl

Then you let your dress fall down to the floor
I kissed you softly and you yearned for more
We experienced pleasure unparallel
Into a ocean of love we both fell
Swimming in the timeless, currents of pure bliss
Fantasies interchanging with each kiss
Undying passion unites our souls
Together we swim until the point of no control

But its a fantasy, you won't come true
We never even spoke and your man swear he love you
So I'm gonna keep all these feelins inside
Keep my dreams alive until the right time

Hey, hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover, hey lover, hey lover, this is more than a crush
Hey lover

 

 

Evanescence-Across the Universe

    搖滾樂團   Evanescence「幻滅合唱團」最近推出一首老歌新唱曲"Across The Universe"，這是披頭合唱團The Beatles 專輯《Let It Be》當中的一首名曲"。

  Amy Lee 與她的隊友於2018 年的〈Synthesis〉「綜合體」巡迴演唱時最早翻唱這首歌。

  這首老歌新唱收錄於他們的新專輯《The Bitter Truth》「難以接受的真相」當中，在 Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums排行榜獲得冠軍，Evanescence在推特中向歌迷表示:很榮幸能翻唱這首Beatles的傳奇歌曲。

  Evanescence「幻滅合唱團」來自美國阿肯薩州小岩城，主唱Amy Lee，以2003年以Bring me to life(#5)成名，同年並獲Grammy最佳新人獎。

  The Beatles的"Across The Universe"於1969年錄製完成，並沒有推出單曲，但很受歌迷們喜好。

  歌詞   Jai Guru Dev 為梵文， 意指你內在偉大的勝利，你內在那既莊嚴又詼諧的大心智的勝利。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4nwKQrne0s

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqUzU552X8A

 

Across the Universe

The Beatles

Songwriters: Lennon John Winston / Mccartney Paul James

 

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me

Jai guru deva, om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letterbox they
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe

Jai guru deva, om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing
Through my open ears inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe

Jai guru deva, om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva

 

 

Bruce Springsteen-Blinded By The Light

  1977年Manfred Mann’s Earth Band的冠軍曲“Blinded By The Light”是Bruce Springsteen 1973年所寫的歌，但他沒有推出單曲。

  Springsteen清楚地承認這首歌受到Bob Dylan早期曲風的影響很深，“Blinded By The Light”幾乎是對Dylan的一種模仿，他把看似隨機的、不連貫的的想像片段扔出來，以創造更大的整體效果。

  這首歌來自“Mr. Tambourine Man”，是Dylan那個時代最容易理解的歌曲之一"

  Springsteen談到了歌曲中的具体字詞跟他年少時的朋友和地方有關，他也了解如何把這些字詞當作種子，並查閱了押韻辭典來補充歌詞，副歌因包括Springsteen最早提到的改裝汽車和暗夜車手主題而出名，Springsteen這些主題支撐了他大部分的職業生涯。

  但在歌詞結尾因那種一場甚麼都不是的狄倫風格，使他無法使抽象合併成更大的整體意象，他放棄這種方法而用簡潔的措辭以利更接地氣。

  Manfred Mann 出生於南非約翰尼斯堡，於倫敦組pop-rock合唱團，1964年以 Do Wah Diddy Diddy獲得排行榜冠軍成名。

     Bruce Springsteen出生於美國紐澤西州Freehold，1960年代中期在紐澤西地區俱樂部及著名的紐約Green Village俱樂部駐唱而出名，綽號The Boss，是一位獲歷年暢銷歌星排行榜120名的知名歌手。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi3GzpHNkdQ

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku_KhAX3BIA

 

Blinded by the Light

Songwriters: Bruce Springsteen

 

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Madman drummers bummers

Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat

In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps

His way into his hat

With a boulder on my shoulder

Feeling kinda older, I tripped the merry-go-round

With this very unpleasing, sneezing and wheezing

The calliope crashed to the ground

The calliope crashed to the ground

But she was

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Some silicone sister with a manager mister

Told me I got what it takes

She said "I'll turn you on, Sonny, to something strong

Play the song with the funky break"

And go-cart Mozart was checking out the weather chart

To see if it was safe outside

And little early-pearly came by in his Curly-wurly

And asked me if I needed a ride

Asked me if I needed a ride

But she was

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light

She got down but she never got tired

She's gonna make it through the night

She's gonna make it through the night

But, mama, that's where the fun is

But, mama, that's where the fun is

Mama always told me not to look into the eye's of the sun

But, mama, that's where the fun is

Some brimstone baritone anticyclone rolling stone

Preacher from the east

Says, "dethrone the Dictaphone, hit it in it's funny bone

That's where they expect it least"

And some new-mown chaperone was standing in the corner

Watching the young girls dance

And some fresh-sown moonstone was messing with his frozen zone

Reminding him of romance

The calliope crashed to the ground

But she was

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce

Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light

She got down but she never got tired

She's gonna make it through the night

 

 

Adele-Hello

       Adele的《 30  》是美國一年多以來發行的第一張銷售量突破百萬張的專輯，《 30 》在美國傳統專輯銷售剛好超過百萬張，包括CD、黑膠專輯、卡帶及數位專輯下載，這張專輯自11月19日推出第一週就賣了692,000套，第二周又賣了225,000套。

   上一張暢銷百萬的美國新專輯是Taylor Swift的《Folklore》，那張專輯2020年7月24日推出，2020年10月22日銷售量破百萬，到12月2日銷售量達到150萬，《Folklore》是美國2020年唯一銷售量破百萬的專輯。

        Adele本名Adele Adkins，1988年5月5日出生於英國倫敦Tottenham，2008年獲得Grammy最佳新人獎，她的暢銷曲很多，在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜獲得第319名。其中成績最好的歌是是2015年在Billboard Hot 100排行榜獲得連續10週冠軍的"Hello"。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM6M5gDy1HY

 

Hello

Songwriters: Greg Kurstin / Adele Adkins

 

Hello, it's me
I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet
To go over everything
They say that time's supposed to heal ya
But I ain't done much healing

Hello, can you hear me?
I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be
When we were younger and free
I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet

There's such a difference between us
And a million miles

Hello from the other side
I must've called a thousand times
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
But when I call, you never seem to be home

Hello from the outside
At least I can say that I've tried
To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart
But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore

Hello, how are you?
It's so typical of me to talk about myself, I'm sorry
I hope that you're well
Did you ever make it out of that town where nothing ever happened?

It's no secret that the both of us are running out of time

So hello from the other side (Other side)
I must've called a thousand times (Thousand times)
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
But when I call, you never seem to be home

Hello from the outside (Outside)
At least I can say that I've tried (I've tried)
To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart
But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore

Ooh-ooh, anymore
Ooh-ooh-ooh, anymore
Ooh-ooh, anymore
Anymore

Hello from the other side (Other side)
I must've called a thousand times (Thousand times)
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
But when I call, you never seem to be home

Hello from the outside (Outside)
At least I can say that I've tried (I've tried)
To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart
But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore

 

Stealer’s Wheel-Stuck in the Middle with You

為何"Stuck in the Middle with You"這首歌這麼像Bob Dylan的作品? 

  因為是故意的。它的歌詞是蘇格蘭歌手及作曲人Gerry Rafferty所寫，當年他與朋友合組了Stealer’s Wheel合唱團並擔任主唱，他對Bob Dylan臭名昭彰的偏執狂直接模仿(這首歌的曲是他的隊友Joe Egan所作)。

  Rafferty從未期待"Stuck in the Middle with You"這首歌能成為暢銷曲，原來只是想讓歌迷們當它是個笑話，所以當它成了國際知名的流行歌曲頗讓他震驚。

     蘇格蘭歌手及作曲人Gerry Rafferty出生於1947年4月，2011年元月4日因肝病去世(63歲)。他個人在Billboard Hot 100排行榜上名次最好的歌是1978年獲得第2名的"Baker Street"。

  Stealer’s Wheel合唱團這首"Stuck in the Middle with You"於1973年獲得過第6名。

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMAIsqvTh7g

Stuck in the Middle with You

Stealers Wheel

Well I don't know why I came here tonight.
I've got the feeling that something ain't right.
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs.

Clowns to the left of me!
Jokers to the right!
Here I am stuck in the middle with you.

Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you,
And I'm wondering what it is I should do.
It's so hard to keep this smile from my face.
Losing control and running all over the place.

Clowns to the left of me!
Jokers to the right!
Here I am stuck in the middle with you.

When you started off with nothing
And you're proud that your a self-made man.
Ooooo-ooo-oooh
And your friends they all come crawling,
Slap you on the back and say
Please . . .
Please . . .

Trying to make some sense of it all
But I see it makes no sense at all.
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor?
I don't think that I can take anymore.

Clowns to the left of me!
Jokers to the right!
Here I am stuck in the middle with you.

When you started off with nothing
And you're proud that your a self-made man.
Ooooo-ooo-oooh
And your friends they all come crawling,
Slap you on the back and say
Please . . .
Please . . .

Well I don't know why I came here tonight.
I've got the feeling that something ain't right.
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs.

Clowns to the left of me!
Jokers to the right!
Her I am stuck in the middle with you.
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you . . .
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you . . .
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you . . .
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you . . .