The Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar

  The 2022 Billboard Music Awards「票房雜誌2022年音樂獎」有一個〈Top Tour〉「最叫座的巡迴演唱會」獎，得獎的是The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour) 。

  The Rolling Stones「滾石合唱團」被樂評人定位為 Blues-influenced rock band「藍調搖滾樂團」，1960年代初期組團於倫敦，被譽為搖滾樂史上最佳樂團，他們第一場全英演唱會早在1964年和the Ronettes女聲合唱團合作演出，「滾石合唱團」主唱Mick Jagger出生於1943年7月26日，如今已年近80歲，但仍幾乎年年四處巡迴演唱，可見其魅力驚人。

  滾石合唱團The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour)演唱會以’62-‘22當招牌，歷年Show Openers演唱會開場曲以"Street Fighting Man" (#48/68)唱最多次，演唱會主題歌則以"Brown Sugar"(#1/71)最多次，Show Closers 演唱會結束曲則以" (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"(#1/65)最多次。

  Bob Seger說Rock and Roll Never Forgets，The Rolling Stones「滾石合唱團」有它在圈內一定的份量。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUt0dZXPFoU

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bar7SzNLnY0

 

Brown Sugar

作詞/作曲：Michael Phillip Jagger / Keith Richards

 

Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in the market down in New Orleans
Skydog slaver know he's doin' all right
Hear him whip the women, just around midnight

Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good?
Brown Sugar, just like a young girl should, oh no

Drums beatin' cold, English blood runs hot
Lady of the house wonderin' when it's gonna stop
House boy knows that he's doin' all right
You should have heard him, just around midnight

Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good?
Brown Sugar, just like a young girl should, yeah

Brown Sugar, how come you dance so good?
Oh, got me quittin'
Brown Sugar, just like a black girl should, yeah

Now, I bet your mama was a tent show queen
And all her boyfriends were sweet 16
I'm no school boy but I know what I like
You should have heard them, just around midnight

Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good? Oh, no no
Brown Sugar, just like a young girl should

I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, woo
How come you, how come you dance so good?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, woo
Just like a, just like a black girl should
Yeah, yeah, yeah, woo

 

 

 

Rod Stewart-Blue Moon

  "Blue Moon" 是一首西洋流行音樂的經典之作，1934年由詞曲作者Richard Rodgers 和 Lorenz Hart 合作完成，這是一首極受歡迎的歌謠，在搖滾樂興起的50年代中期之前就已風行全美。

   1961年時the doo-wop樂團The Marcels推出的"Blue Moon"在the Billboard 100排行榜獲得冠軍，次年The Ventures的演奏曲則獲得54名。

     錄過 "Blue Moon"的歌手相當多，包括Frank Sinatra、Jo Stafford、 Ella Fitzgerald及貓王Elvis Presley、Rod Stewart等搖滾樂巨星。

        "Blue Moon" 在電影和電視影集中更常被引用，如果你看過Woody Allen的電影《藍色茉莉》'Blue Jasmine'，你一定會對    Conal Fowkes   以爵士風味演奏的   "Blue Moon"   極為難忘。

     今天另外介紹Rod Stewart在他2005年推出的專輯〈The Great American Songbook Vol. III - Stardust〉與Eric Clapton合唱的   "Blue Moon。

    讓我們一起來感受一下爵士樂風的經典老歌。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NIn6mdUvQ4

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q2_HCczKNA

 

 

Blue Moon

作詞/作曲：Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers

 

Blue moon you saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
Blue moon, you knew just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for

And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will hold
I heard somebody whisper "Please adore me"
And when I looked, the moon had turned to gold!

Blue moon!
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will ever hold
I heard somebody whisper "please adore me"
And when I looked, the moon had turned to gold!

Blue moon!
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

Blue moon!
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

 

 

 

 

Chicago -25 or 6 to 4

  Chicago 1970年第4名的暢銷曲"25 or 6 to 4"歌名是甚麼意思?

  按照作者亦即該團創始團員   Robert Lamm 的解釋   : 此曲是在午夜寫的，歌名因當寫好這首歌時，大約在早晨4點25分到26分左右，"25 or 6 to 4"後來被錯誤地推測為對毒品數量的隱晦提及，或是一種神秘的暗示。 

  也許是一個巧合，Robert Lamm寫的另一首Chicago 的暢銷曲‘Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?’後來成了回答 "25 or 6 to 4"的歌。

  流行搖滾樂團   Chicago 來自芝加哥，主要團員主唱貝斯手   Peter Cetera、主唱吉他手Terry Kath、主唱鍵琴手Robert Lamm，1985年   Peter Cetera   離團單飛，這個團體一蹶不振，但在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜   Chicago 獲得第22名的佳績。

  Chicago 在Billboard Hot 100排行榜上名次最好的歌是1982年在Adult Contemporary抒情歌曲排行榜獲得3周排行榜冠軍的"Hard To Say I'm Sorry"。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpVV4grjoLQ

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A0MPWseJIE

 

25 or 6 to 4

 

Waiting for the break of day
Searching for something to say
Flashing lights against the sky
Giving up, I close my eyes

Sitting cross-legged on the floor
25 or 6 to 4

Staring blindly into space
Getting up to splash my face
Wanting just to stay awake
Wondering how much I can take

Should I try to do some more
25 or 6 to 4
Oh yeah

Feeling like I ought to sleep
Spinning room is sinking deep
Searching for something to say
Waiting for the break of day

25 or 6 to 4
25 or 6 to 4
Alright

 

Kaoma-Lambada

    1989年底有一首舞曲爆紅，雖然它在Billboard Hot 100排行榜只獲得第46名，那就是Kaoma演唱的 “Lambada”「黏巴達」。

  「黏巴達」是源起於巴西的一種舞蹈，為英語lambada的音譯，音樂美妙，舞姿特殊，舞步像是恰恰、探戈及倫巴的混合步，特色是男女舞伴須緊緊的貼身而舞，因此在某些地區被視為傷風敗俗而遭封殺。

  Kaoma 這個團體是來自法國巴黎的多種族歌舞團，領隊是編曲及鍵琴手Jean-Claude Bonaventure。

  讓我們來回憶這一首百聽不厭的One Hit Wonder吧 !

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IzWHGrjz0E

 

Lambada

Lyrics：Alberto Maravi / Gonzalo Hermosa Gonzales / Jose Ari / Marcia Ferreira / Ulises Hermosa Gonzales

 

Chorando se foi quem um dia só me fez chorar
Chorando se foi quem um dia só me fez chorar
Chorando estará ao lembrar de um amor
Que um dia não soube cuidar
Chorando estará ao lembrar de um amor
Que um dia não soube cuidar

A recordação vai estar com ele aonde for
A recordação vai estar pra sempre aonde for

Dança sol e mar, guardarei no olhar
O amor faz perder e encontrar

Lambando estarei ao lembrar que esse amor
Por um dia, um instante foi rei

A recordação vai estar com ele aonde for
A recordação vai estar pra sempre aonde for

Chorando estará ao lembrar de um amor
Que um dia não soube cuidar
Canção riso e dor, melodia de amor
Um momento que fica no ar

Dançando lambada

 

 

Red Hot Chili Peppers-Under The Bridge

    The 2022 Billboard Music Awards「2022年票房雜誌音樂獎」不到一個月就要頒獎了，4月19日 NBC電視宣布歌迷們在5月15日不要忘了欣賞這一場頒獎秀。

  Megan Thee Stallion、Red Hot Chili Peppers、 Latto (Alyssa Michelle Stephens)、Burna Boy 及Rauw Alejandro下個月都將在拉斯維加the MGM Grand Garden Arena「米高梅花園花園體育館」演出。

  Meg 和Latto 是在這個獎的首度演出，她們與Cardi B一同獲得top female rap artist(最佳女子饒舌歌曲獎) ，而the Chili Peppers回到the Billboard Music Awards演出則已經是23年來第一次了，這個搖滾樂團的新專輯《Unlimited Love》二周前剛發行就獲得the Billboard 200專輯排行榜冠軍。

  搖滾樂團Red Hot Chili Peppers 1990年代初期組成於洛杉磯，主唱是Anthony Kiedis，他們暢銷曲很多，2012年獲選進入搖滾樂名人堂，他們最受歡迎的歌是1991年推出的Under The Bridge ，曾獲得Cash Box錢櫃雜誌排行榜冠軍(Billboard Hot 100 #2)。

 

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

 

Under The Bridge

Lyics : Anthony Kiedis / Chad Gaylord Smith / John Anthony Frusciante / Michael Peter Balzary

 

Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel like my only friend
Is the city I live in, the city of angels
Lonely as I am, together we cry
I drive on her streets 'cause she's my companion
I walk through her hills 'cause she knows who I am
She sees my good deeds and she kisses me windy
Well, I never worry, now that is a lie

I don't ever wanna feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way
I don't ever wanna feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way
Yeah, yeah, yeah

It's hard to believe that there's nobody out there
It's hard to believe that I'm all alone
At least I have her love, the city, she loves me
Lonely as I am, together we cry

I don't ever wanna feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way
I don't ever wanna feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, no, no-no, yeah, yeah
Love me, I say, yeah yeah
One time

Is where I drew some blood
(Under the bridge downtown)
I could not get enough
(Under the bridge downtown)
Forgot about my love
(Under the bridge downtown)
I gave my life away
Yeah, yeah
Oh, no, no-no-no, yeah, yeah
Oh, no, I said, oh, yeah, yeah
Where I stay

The Casinos-Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

  今天來介紹一首One Hit Wonder，即在歌壇曾經曇花一現的暢銷曲。

   來自美國俄亥俄州辛辛那堤的The Casinos合唱團，有一首動聽的情歌"Then   You Can Tell Me Good Bye"，1967年獲得過Billboard Hot100排行榜第6名，他們的領隊是Gene Hughes，這首歌在BMI統計經常於電台播出的100首歌曲排行榜獲得第83名，可見其受歡迎程度。

    1967年距今已遠，當年七月一日台北市剛剛升格為院轄市，Top 100 Of 1967的冠軍曲是Lulu在薛尼包迪Sidney Poitier主演的電影「吾愛吾師」To Sir With Lve片中所唱的同名電影插曲，「吾愛吾師」是那一代年輕人共同的回憶。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT9Xs42n4kg

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT5OmavfOWg

 

 

Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

lyrics：john Loudermilk

 

Kiss me each morning for a million years
Hold me each evening at your side
Tell me you'll love me for a million years
Then if it don't work out
Then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye

Sweeten my coffee with a morning kiss
Soften my dreams with your sighs
Tell me you'll love me for a million years
Then if it don't work out
Then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye

If you must go, oh no, I won't grieve
If you wait a lifetime before you leave

But if you must go
Mm, I won't tell you no
Just so that we can say we tried
Tell me you'll love me for a million years
Then if it don't work out
Then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye

Joni Mitchell-Woodstock

  本屆Grammy獎最佳歷史性專輯Best Historical Album是由JONI MITCHELL 《ARCHIVES, VOL. 1: THE EARLY YEARS (1963-1967)》獲得。這個獎是從1979年開始頒發，原名Best Historical Repackage Album，後來改名Best Historical Reissue Album，1982年起使用Best Historical Album這個名字，Repackage重新包裝、Reissue重新發行，總之就是再版的意思。

  今年獲提名的除了Joni Mitchell這張專輯之外，還有Prince的《SIGN O’ THE TIMES (SUPER DELUXE EDITION) 》以及Marian Anderson的《BEYOND THE MUSIC: HER COMPLETE RCA VICTOR RECORDINGS》和包括多位藝人演唱的精選輯《ETCHING THE VOICE: EMILE BERLINER AND THE FIRST COMMERCIAL GRAMOPHONE DISCS, 1889-1895》與《EXCAVATED SHELLAC: AN ALTERNATE HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S MUSIC》。

  Joni Mitchell本名Roberta Joan Anderson，出生於加拿大Alberta，1966年移居紐約，是一位知名的民歌手，2002年即獲得Grammy終生成就獎，她寫的"Both Sides Now"與" Woodstock "是二首最有名的歌，"Both Sides Now"在滾石雜誌500大歌曲榜獲得第171名。

1960年代即將結束時，Joni Mitchell的婚姻也將告終，但她的音樂事業卻有亮點，因為Judy Collins 翻唱她的作品"Both Sides Now"獲得Billboard Hot 100排行榜第8名(1968)，Mitchell於她的1969年的專輯《Clouds》當中也唱了這首歌，她說她寫這一首歌是對現實和幻想的沉思…，構想很偉大，但她自謙只了解一點皮毛。而她寫的另一首名曲" Woodstock "則由超級民謠搖滾巨星組合Crosby, Stills, Nash &Young於於1970年灌唱，推出後曾獲得Billboard Hot 100 單曲榜第11名，而另一個由英籍歌手Ian Matthews組成的Matthews’Southern Comfort合唱團則於1971翻唱此曲，獲得英國排行榜第3名。

1969年8月15日在紐約Woodstock開唱的音樂盛會，令歌迷們永難忘懷。

 

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

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn9hi9fAwUQ

 

Woodstock

lyrics：Joni Mitchell

 

Well, I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, "Tell me, where are you going?"
And this he told me

Said, "I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm
Gonna join in a rock 'n' roll band
Got to get back to the land
Set my soul free"

We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion-year-old carbon
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

Well, then can I walk beside you?
I have come to lose the smog
And I feel myself a cog
In somethin' turning

And maybe it's the time of year
Yes, and maybe it's the time of man
And I don't know who I am
But life is for learning

We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion-year-old carbon
And we got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion-year-old carbon
And we got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

By the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere was a song
And a celebration

And I dreamed I saw the bomber jet planes
Riding shotgun in the sky
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation

We are stardust, we are golden
We are caught in the devil's bargain
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden