Vanessa Willams-Colors Of The Wind

Vanessa Willams

1963年3月18日出生於紐約 Bronx。 在紐約Millwood長大。 R&B 歌手/演員。 1983年，也是第一位贏得美國小姐選美后冠的的黑人女性。但是在《Penthouse》雜誌醜聞後放棄了后冠。 1987-97 年間與 Ramon Hervey（Babyface 樂團經紀人）結婚。 1991年開始在音樂電視頻道主持Soul of VH-1。

1999年至2005年與NBA球星 Rick Fox 再婚。

 Vanessa Willams 在排行榜上名次最好的歌是 1992 年獲得 Billboard Hot 100 榜連續5周冠軍的 “Save The Best For Last ”,而 她為迪士尼動畫電影演唱的主題曲 “Colors Of The Wind ”除了獲得1995 年Billboard Hot 100 排行榜第4名之外,也獲得當年Grammy 與奧斯卡獎最佳電影歌曲獎,是一首百聽不厭的好歌。

 (9) Vanessa Williams - Save The Best For Last (Official Music Video) - YouTube

 90 年代製作的輕搖滾/成人當代音樂。品質無與倫比。

 

Vanessa Williams - Colors Of The Wind HD

 80、90年代是最好的年代，音樂是真實的，有真實的意義和強烈的生活感。

 

Colors Of The Wind

作詞/作曲：Alan Menken / Stephen Laurence Schwartz

You think I'm an ignorant savage
And you've been so many places
I guess it must be so
But still, I cannot see
If the savage one is me
How can there be so much that you don't know?
You don't know

You think you own whatever land you land on
The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name

You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?

Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
Come taste the sun sweet berries of the Earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once, never wonder what they're worth

The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
The heron and the otter are my friends
And we are all connected to each other
In a circle, in a hoop that never ends

How high does the sycamore grow?
If you cut it down, then you'll never know

And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
For whether we are white or copper skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountain
We need to paint with all the colors of the wind

You can own the Earth and still
All you'll own is Earth until
You can paint with all the colors of the wind

 

 

Bruce Willis - Respect Yourself

    近年傳出身體不適的好萊塢巨星 Bruce Willis 1955 年出生於西德 Idar-Oberstein ，在美國紐澤西州 Penns Grove長大。

     Bruce Willis 1985–89 年在電視影集 Moonlightin (雙面嬌娃)中擔任男主角 David Addison，與女主角Cybill Shepherd 搭檔一炮而紅。Cybill Shepherd因主演電影The Last Picture Show (最後一場電影)於1971年獲得金球獎最佳女子新人獎。

     Bruce Willis後來因主演 the Die Hard (終極警探)成為國際巨星，其後不斷有新作出現。1987年 Bruce Willis曾與the Pointer Sisters 合作推出 Respect Yourself 在Billboard Hot 100 排行榜獲得過第5名。

 

Blue Moon ♫ ♪♬ ♩♫ ♪♬ (Moonlighting) ♫ ♪♬ ♫ ♩♫ ♪ (youtube.com)

Moonlightin (雙面嬌娃)影集的主題曲"Blue Moon"是Marcels 1961年的冠軍曲，Cybill Shepherd 與 Bruce Willis 這一段搭檔演出讓人懷念 。

 

(20) The POINTER Sisters & Bruce Willis "Respect Yourself" (12") - YouTube

Respect Yourself 是1972年Staple Singers 獲得過第12名的老歌新唱。

 

Respect Yourself

作詞/作曲：Luther Thomas Ingram / Mack Rice

If you disrespect anybody that you run in to
How in the world do you think anybody's s'posed to respect you
If you don't give a heck 'bout the man with the bible in his hand, y'all
Just get out the way, and let the gentleman do his thing
You the kind of gentleman that want everything your way, yeah
Take the sheet off your face, boy, it's a brand new day

Respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself
If you don't respect yourself
Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na na na na
Respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself

If you're walking 'round think'n that the world owes you something 'cause you're here
You goin' out the world backwards like you did when you first come here yeah
Keep talkin' bout the president, won't stop air pollution
Put your hand on your mouth when you cough, that'll help the solution
Oh, you cuss around women and you don't even know their names, no
Then you're dumb enough to think that'll make you a big ol' man

Respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself
If you don't respect yourself
Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na na na na
Respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself

Respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself
Respect yourself, yeah yeah respect yourself, respect yourself yeah, respect yourself
You oughta you oughta respect yourself yeah, respect yourself

 

 

John Lennon-（Just Like）Starting Over

 

約翰·藍儂John Lennon 為何移居美國？
John Lennon 移居美國，特別是紐約，是為了逃避披頭四解散帶來的痛苦，也為了擺脫英國古板的保守主義，在那裡，他被一名過度熱心的警察陷害進行緝毒行動。

他選擇紐約是因為 1971 年紐約似乎很適合他。他說如果他生活在羅馬時代，他就會住在羅馬。而此時的紐約是世界的創意中心。

他不想成為囚犯，因為他是名人，在紐約他不受人打擾，可以不受干擾地自由漫步。


根據“John Lennon: New York Years",《約翰·列儂：紐約歲月》一書的作者Bob Gruen 鮑勃·格魯恩介紹，當John Lennon第一次搬到紐約時，他非常興奮——騎著自行車繞著村莊轉，步行穿過城鎮，興奮地發現自己就在這裡。

但他在紐約的九年將考驗他對美國的熱愛，因為尼克森政府會因為他的激進主義和“人民權力”和“聖誕快樂（戰爭結束）”等“激進歌曲”而試圖驅逐他。 “Power to the People" and “Happy Xmas (War is Over).

尼克森沒能除掉他，而約翰·列儂似乎在爭取美國國籍的鬥爭中取得了勝利，因為他將在 1981 年初獲得美國公民身份。但在這一切發生之前，1980年12月8日，一個拼命想引起別人注意的混蛋破壞了一切，全世界都在哀悼。

那個時候，夢想才真正結束了。

披頭四解散後John Lennon 1969-1981 年一共有12 首 top20 的暢銷曲，其中名次最好的歌是1980年獲得5周冠軍的（Just Like）Starting Over，

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfbAAiL5ec8

誠實、真誠的情歌永遠不會令人遺忘。這首歌擁有一切無悔、希望、愛、興奮、激情、幻想和LENNON

 

（Just Like）Starting Over

作詞/作曲：John Winston Lennon

Our life together is so precious together
We have grown, we have grown
Although our love is still special
Let's take a chance and fly away somewhere alone

It's been too long since we took the time
No one's to blame, I know time flies so quickly
But when I see you, darling
It's like we both are falling in love again
It'll be just like starting over (over)
Starting over (over)

Every day, we used to make it love
Why can't we be making love nice and easy?
It's time to spread our wings and fly
Don't let another day go by, my love
It'll be just like starting over (over)
Starting over (over)

Why don't we take off alone?
Take a trip somewhere far, far away
We'll be together all alone again
Like we used to in the early days
Well, well, darling

It's been too long since we took the time
No one's to blame, I know time flies so quickly
But when I see you, darling
It's like we both are falling in love again
It'll be just like starting over (over)
Starting over (over)

Our life together is so precious together
We have grown, mm, we have grown
Oh, although our love still is special
Let's take a chance and fly away somewhere

Starting over (over)
Ooh (over and over and over)
Ah! (Over), ah! (Over)
Ah! (Over), ah! (Over)
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!

 

 

 

The Human League -Human

 

  The Human League 在第一張專輯《Dare》風靡全球獲得成功後之後，於1986年推出第 5 張專輯《Crash》，這張專輯帶來了他們在美國的第二首冠軍單曲"Human"，《Crash》這張專輯由後來加入的美國製作成員Jimmy Jam 與 Terry Lewis 寫了一些歌。

  The Human League 的早期團員Martyn Ware 與Ian Craig Marsh 後來離開Human League 另組 HEAVEN 17 樂團，但成績欠佳。

The Human League - Human (youtube.com)

這首歌就像一條溫暖舒緩的懷舊魔毯。有時令人非常懷念80年代。

Human

Writer(s): Terry Lewis, James Harris

Come on baby, dry your eyes
Wipe your tears
Never like to see you cry
Won't you please forgive me

I wouldn't ever try to hurt you
I just needed someone to hold me
To fill the void while you were gone
To fill this space of emptiness

I'm only human
Of flesh and blood I'm made
Human
Born to make mistakes

So many nights I longed to hold you
So many times I looked and saw your face
Nothing could change the way I feel
No one else could ever take your place

I'm only human
Of flesh and blood I'm made
Human
Born to make mistakes
(I am just a man)
(Human
Human)
Please forgive me

(The tears I cry aren't tears of pain
They're only to hide my guilt and shame
I forgive you, now I ask the same of you
While we were apart I was human too)

(Human
Human)

I'm only human
Of flesh and blood I'm made
(I am just a man)
Human
Born to make mistakes

(Human
Human).

The Human League-Don't You Want Me

  在 Martyn Ware 和 lan Craig Marsh 離開更具實驗性的早期 The Human League樂團組成 Heaven 17 後，Phil Oakey 帶領樂團走向了一個新的、更平易近人的方向。他的專輯《Dare》風靡全球，這張專輯充滿了令人難忘的歌曲，它完美地處於1981 年合成流行音樂革命的邊緣。

《Dare》與龐克風格相去甚遠，它光鮮亮麗、引人入勝，但其核心仍然保留著一點神秘感。像是'I Am the Law'，《Darkness》和《Seconds》這樣的曲目， 使專輯變得莊重。 "'Sound of the Crowd' 是古怪的流行時刻，帶有不合常理的節奏和混搭的類「俱樂部詩歌」。 "Don't You Want Me'、'Love Action' 及"Open Your Heart' 是風靡全球的熱門歌曲，唱著關於愛與失落的小調，預示著光鮮亮麗、雄心勃勃的 80 年代。

《Dare》成為那十年最受歡迎和最有影響力的電子專輯之一。Steve Sutherland於〈Melody Maker〉雜誌寫道「肯定會讓一些人感到不安，更多地賣給數百萬人，所以它應該如此，就像它踐踏搖滾傳統一樣。」《Dare》在英國流行音樂排行榜上停留了驚人的74週。

The Human League 三重唱來自英國約克夏 Sheffield，主唱Philip Oakey，女主唱Jaonne Catherall與 Susanne Sulley，早期團員離開後曾另組Heaven 17。

The Human League 的“Don't You Want Me”1982年獲得Billboard Hot 100單曲排行連續3周冠軍。

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

The Human League 是一個electro-pop電子流行樂團，樂評人將之歸類為New Wave樂團。此曲是一個加長版，讓歌迷們一次聽個夠。

Don't You Want Me

作詞/作曲：Phil Oakey / Jo Callis / Philip Oakey / Philip Adrian Wright

You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
When I met you
I picked you out, I shook up and turned you around
Turned you into someone new

Now five years later on, you've got the world at your feet
Success has been so easy for you
But don't forget, it's me who put you where you are now
And I can put you back down too

Don't, don't you want me?
You know I can't believe it when I hear that you won't see me
Don't, don't you want me?
You know I don't believe you when you say that you don't need me
It's much too late to find
You think you've changed your mind
You'd better change it back, or we will both be sorry

Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me, oh?
Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me, oh?

I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
That much is true
But even then I knew I'd find a much better place
Either with or without you

The five years we have had have been such good times
I still love you
But now I think it's time I lived my life on my own
I guess it's just what I must do

Don't, don't you want me?
You know can't believe it when I hear that you won't see me
Don't, don't you want me?
You know I don't believe you
When you say that you don't need me
It's much too late to find
You think you've changed your mind
You'd better change it back, or we will both be sorry

Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me, oh?
Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me, oh?

Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me, oh?
Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me, oh?

Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me, oh?
Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me, oh?

Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me, oh?
Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me, oh?

Sergio Mendes -Never Gonna Let You Go

巴西音樂傳奇人物Sergio Mendes 去世，享年 83 歲

    他的家人證實，格萊美獎得主巴西音樂家 Sergio Mendes 去世，他以Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 合唱團名在美國的流行音樂市場闖出了知名度。
    根據一份家庭聲明，Mendes 於 9 月 5 日在洛杉磯去世，身邊環繞著他的妻子兼音樂夥伴格拉西尼亞 Gracinha 和孩子們。家人補充說，在過去的幾個月裡，由於長期受到 COVID-19 的影響，Mendes 遭受了健康挑戰。他最後一次演出是在 2023 年 11 月。

    Mendes 是一位鋼琴家、作曲家和編曲家，他將巴西風味音樂帶到了美國，融合了巴薩諾瓦、桑巴、爵士樂和流行音樂，首先加入Antônio Carlos Jobim 樂隊，後來成立 Brasil '66 樂團。 1968 年，他的重大突破出現了，當時他和 Brasil '66 在奧斯卡電視轉播中表演了他新版本 的“The Look of Love”，由 Janis Hansen 演唱，此曲是彼德席勒主演的電影《皇家夜總會》插曲，獲得了Billboard Hot 100 單曲排行榜第4名。
    Sergio Mendes 另一首獲得第4 名的暢銷曲是1983 年的“Never Gonna Let You Go”，由 Joe Pizzulo 和 Leeza Miller 合唱。
    Mendes 的其他暢銷曲包括翻唱Little Anthony & the Imperials合唱團的“Goin' Out of My Head”、披頭四的歌曲“The Fool on the Hill”、Simon & Garfunkel 的“Scarborough Fair ”、Buffalo Springfield 的“For What It's”。
    2011 年，Mendes 幫助創作了動畫電影《裡約熱內盧》的配樂，並憑藉其中一首電影歌曲"Real in Rio."獲得奧斯卡提名。他的最後一張錄音室專輯是 2002 年的《In the Key of Joy》。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFGBkkqEG2E

此曲原來由 Dusty Spring 於1967年推出獲得22名， Mendes的重新編曲版本很有南美洲 bossa nova 巴沙諾瓦風味。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c12ity9FE1w

這首歌於音樂的調變反映了人類情感的廣泛範圍。女主唱Leeza Miller與男主唱Joe Pizzulo 的搭配相當完美。是一首 80年代很令人懷念的情歌。

 

Never Gonna Let You Go

作詞/作曲：Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil

 

I was as wrong as I could be
To let you get away from me
I'll regret that move
For as long as I'm livin'
But now that I've come to see the light
All I want to do is make things right
So just say the word
And tell me that I'm forgiven

You and me
We're gonna be better than we were before
I loved you then but now I intend
To open up and love you even more
This time you can be sure

I'm never gonna let you go
I'm gonna hold you in my arms forever
Gonna try and make up for all the times
I hurt you so
Gonna hold your body close to mine
From this day on we're gonna be together
Oh I swear this time
I'm never gonna let you go
Looking back now
It seems so clear
I had it all when you were here
Oh you gave it all
And I took it for granted
But if there's some feeling left in you
Some flickers of love
That still shines through
Let's talk it out
Let's talk about second chances
Wait and see
It's gonna be sweeter than it was before
I gave some then but now I intend
To dedicate myself to giving more
This time you can be sure
I'm never gonna let you go
I'm gonna hold you in my arms forever
Gonna try and make up for all the times
I hurt you so

Oh, so if you'll just say
You want me too

Adele-Hello

  2008年開始在歌壇出現的Adele本名Adele Adkins ，1988年5月5日出生於倫敦 Tottenham，是一位 Adult Alternative 成人抒情風歌手、作曲與吉他手。

  Adele與Taylor Swift 同時出道，2015年的10周冠軍曲“Hello”（與1984 Lionel Richie的抒情名曲“Hello”不同）是他成績最好的歌。

  Taylor Swift 目前當紅，經常有冠軍曲出現，Adele則略遜， 2021年有一首冠軍曲Easy On Me。
  Adele是2008 Grammy 最佳新人獎 Best New Artist 得主。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHsXMglC9A

不到10年的歌，不算老歌吧?

Hello

作詞/作曲：Adele Laurie Blue Adkins / Gregory Allen Kurstin

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 (lows, lows, lows, lows), anymore
(Highs, highs, highs, highs)
Ooh (lows, lows, lows, lows), anymore
(Highs, highs, highs, highs)
Ooh (lows, lows, lows, lows), anymore
(Highs, highs, highs, highs)
Anymore (lows, lows, lows, lows)

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