UFO-Too Hot To Handle

  

  前 UFO 合唱團貝斯手 Pete Way去世

  重搖滾樂團UFO和他們的創團團員之一的貝斯手Pete Way說再見了。

  Pete Way於八月14日星期五過世(69歲)。他的Facebook透露: "Pete Way因為二個月前發生致命意外，經持續二個月的搶救無效而喪生 "，臨終前他的太太Jenny在旁邊。

  Pete Way成立UFO合唱團於1968年，主唱 Phil Mogg，吉它手 Mick Bolton，鼓手Andy Parker，是一個來自英國的重搖滾樂團Hard-Rock Band。

  在2019年的一次訪問中，Way假裝還不會漸漸變老，他說 : "但你回憶以往，回到那時節，又不能不去算已經許多年了，我不知道，我有非常棒的機會和一些好夥伴們玩音樂"。

  Hard-Rock Band在1970年代曾經紅過 ，如the Who、Boston、 Led Zeppelin、Deep Purple、Aerosmith、 Kiss、Queen、 AC/DC 與 Van Halen都獲得商業上的成就，而2000年後當年的巨星仍在流行音樂界存活的已經不多，但是這種音樂仍有他死忠的歌迷。

  UFO在Billboard Hot 100 排行榜只有一首歌出現過，那是1977年推出，僅獲得106名的Too Hot To Handle。

  認識一下重搖滾樂吧，吉它的部份是特色 !

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

 

Too Hot To Handle

UFO

 Songwriters : Pill Mogg/ Pete Way

 

Caught in the crossfire, warnin' fight

Legends make or break game

Swept up by the rolling waves of the night

The paper chase for fame

I was too, too hot, baby

Too hot to handle

Yeah, i was too, too hot

Too hot to handle

Wink of an eye, the feelings ran high

A real rock and roll molest

But i ain't no romance

And i ain't no slow chance

Won't get no quick change

*and i'm too, too hot, baby

Too hot to handle

Yeah, i'm too, too hot, baby

Too hot to handle

**sha la la la, roll you over

Turn you around and do it again

Sha la la la , keep on coming

Do it once but never the same

**repeat

I'm in your town, won't fool around

I'll make some action stick

Just like the story says, these boys are bad

So keep out of shootin' range

* repeat

* repeat (ad lib)

 

Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer-No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)

 Barbra Streisand與Donna Summer的合唱歌曲在投票廣告出現

   The Vote Proud「驕傲地去投票」是個政治團體，主要鼓勵the LGBTQ+ community (LGBTQ  Lesbian  、 Gay 、 Bisexual 、 Transgender 、Queer or Questioning) 的選民去做投票登記，他們推出的新廣告用了Barbra Streisand與Donna Summer的合唱歌曲。

   "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" 是 1979年的暢銷曲，共同作曲人是Vote Proud組織發起人之一的Bruce Roberts，他和 Lisa Halliday 與 Jake Resnicow一起創設了Vote Proud。

   "我多年前寫了Enough is Enough這首歌，Barbra Streisand與Donna Summer合唱的這首歌賣得很好，獲得全球各地的排行榜冠軍"，Roberts 補充:"多年之後這首歌已經變成今日美國改變與平等的頌歌"。

   這個MV聚焦於川普政府帶來光明的事實，因為少之又少的同性戀團體the queer community的會員已經登記，這個廣告影帶鼓勵他們去登記以便於2020年11月的總統大選得以投票。

   Barbra Streisand與Donna Summer合唱的這首  "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"於1979年10月20日推出，11月24日起獲得2周排行榜冠軍。

 Barbra Streisand出生於紐約Brooklyn區，影歌雙棲，1992年獲得Grammy傳奇歌星獎，1995年再獲終生成就獎，是歷年暢銷歌星排行榜第50名的巨星。

  Donna Summer出生於Boston，在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜獲得第55名，暱稱「迪斯可歌后」the Queen Of Disco，可惜已於2012年因肺癌去世(63歲)。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5i2Dj5YO3Q

 

No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)

Songwriters: Paul F. N Jabara / Bruce Roberts

 

It's raining, it's pouring

My lovelife is boring me to tears, after all these years

No sunshine, no moonlight, no stardust, no sign of romance

We don't stand a chance

I've always dreamed I found the perfect lover

But he turned out to be like every other man

Our love, our love

Raining (raining)

Pouring (pouring)

There's nothing left for us here

And we won't waste another tear

Ah, yeah

If you've had enough, don't put up with his stuff, don't you do it

If you've had your fill, get the check pay the bill, you can do it

Tell him to just get out

Nothing left to talk about

Pack his raincoat show him out

Just look him in the eye and simply shout

Enough is enough (is enough)

I can't go on, I can't go on no more, no

Enough is enough (is enough)

I want him out, I want him out that door now

I've always dreamed I found the perfect lover

But he turned out to be like every other man

Our love (I had no choice from the start)

Our love

Our love (I've gotta listen to my heart)

Our love (Tearing us apart)

Our love, ooh

Enough is enough (is enough)

I can't go on, I can't go on no more, no

Enough is enough (is enough)

I want him out, I want him out that door now

Goodbye mister, goodbye, goodbye mister

Goodbye sugar

No more tears

No more tears

No more tears

I've had it, we've had it, you've had it, he's had it

No more tears

Is enough, is enough, is enough, is enough, is enough, is enough, is enough

 

Boyz II Men-End Of The Road

   上週介紹Patty Smyth與Eagles團員Don Henley合唱的情歌Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough是1992年連續獲得6週第2名的一首暢銷曲，這麼一首動聽的歌為什麼沒能登上冠軍寶座呢 ? 因為前面有一首更受歡迎的歌擋道，那就是Boyz II Men的End Of The Road 。

  1992年9月26日當Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough進Billboard Hot 100 排行榜第7周時獲得第2名(9/26-10/31)，而Boyz II Men的 End Of The Road當周已經連續獲得7周排行榜冠軍了，因為End Of The Road後來一共獲得13周排行榜冠軍(8/15-11/7)，所以 Patty Smyth無緣在Billboard Hot 100 榜得到一次冠軍，不過在另一本Radio & Records雜誌的排行榜上Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough倒是得到3周冠軍，也算是個安慰獎吧。

        Boyz II Men是一個來自賓州費城的R&B合唱團，New Edition的Michael Bivins發掘他們入門，1992年曾應邀在迷你電視劇集The Jacksons : An American Dream演出，"End of the Road"在排行榜上創13周冠軍紀錄後，他們接著推出的"I'll Make Love to You" 及 "One Sweet Day" ( 與Mariah Carey合唱 )又獲得14周及16周冠軍，因為一再於Billboard Hot 100 排行榜留下歷史紀錄，Boyz II Men是1992與1994年的冠軍合唱團，在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜獲得第69名。

  "End of the Road"也獲得當年Grammy最佳R&B歌曲及最佳合唱團獎。

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKO6XYXioc

 

End Of The Road

Boyz II Men

Songwriters: Kenneth Edmonds / Antonio Reid / Daryl Simmons

 

Girl you know we belong together
I don't have no time for you to be playing with my heart like this
You'll be mine forever baby
You just wait

We belong together
And you know that I am right
Why do you play with my heart?
Why do you play with my mind?

Said we'd be forever
Said it'd never die
How could you love me and leave me and never
Say goodbye?

When I can't sleep at night
Without holding you tight
Girl, each time I try I just break down and cry
Pain in my head
Oh, I'd rather be dead
Spinning around and around

Although we've come
To the end of the road
Still I can't let go
It's unnatural
You belong to me
I belong to you
Although we've come
To the end of the road
Still I can't let go
It's unnatural
You belong to me
I belong to you

Girl, I know you really love me
You just don't realize
You've never been there before
It's only
Your first time

Maybe I'll forgive you
Maybe you'll try
We should be happy together forever
You and I

Will you love me again
Like you loved me before
This time I want you to love me much more
This time instead
Just come to my bed
And baby just don't let me go

Although we've come
To the end of the road
Still I can't let go
It's unnatural
You belong to me
I belong to you
Although we've come
To the end of the road
Still I can't let go
It's unnatural
You belong to me
I belong to you

Girl, I'm here for you
All those times at night
When you just hurt me
And just ran out with that other fella
Baby I knew about it
I just didn't care
You just don't understand how much I love
Do you?
I'm here for you

I'm not about to go out on cheat you
(Maybe I'll forgive you)
Just like you did baby
But that's alright
I love you anyway
(Maybe you will try)
And I'm still going to be here for you until my dying day
(We should be happy together forever)
Right now
I'm just in so much pain baby
'Cause you just won't come back to me (You and I)
Will you?
Just come back to me

Yes baby, my heart is lonely (Lonely)
My heart hurts baby (Lonely)
Yes, I feel pain too
Baby please

This time instead just come to my bed
And baby just don't let me go

Although we've come
To the end of the road
Still I can't let go
It's unnatural
You belong to me
I belong to you
Although we've come
To the end of the road
Still I can't let go
It's unnatural
You belong to me
I belong to you

Although we've come
To the end of the road
Still I can't let go
It's unnatural
You belong to me
I belong to you
Although we've come
To the end of the road
Still I can't let go
It's unnatural
You belong to me
I belong to you

 

 

Patty Smyth-Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough

 

  Patty Smyth回憶她曾經婉拒加入Van Halen重搖滾樂團

  Patty Smyth說 : Eddie Van Halen曾經邀請她在David Lee Roth離開該團時加入Van Halen。

  這位前Scandal合唱團的主唱表示 : 她之所以不願加入Van Halen主要因為他們酒癮很大。

  "他們都是酒鬼" Patty Smyth告訴記者，"我不喝酒"，她也不想離開家鄉，"我從沒想過會在洛杉磯生活，我來自紐約，我不要搬去洛杉磯"。

  但是Smyth說他說不定會答應Van Halen的邀約一起錄一張專輯。

   "那是一種意涵因為如果Eddie對我說 '我們錄一張唱片'，我會說OK，但是加入他們---對她而言---'我的天，當時來自荷蘭的 Eddie和他弟弟Alex Van Halen常吵架，我不想深陷於不穩定的狀態，因為我那時懷孕八個月，也許荷爾蒙激素影響吧，我想的是如何保護好我自己，但我遺憾拒絕了他，很長一段時間我都後悔，當你開始後悔心裡會想 ' 喔 ! 說不定如果去了我會賺很多錢 ' "。

   "很多年來我從未跟別人講此事，我打電話給Eddie，他很高興，他說 : '我不想說我邀請你加入我們樂團的事，我怕Sammy Hagar知道我先邀請妳會感覺他是第二個選擇 '，所以後來我也不說此事 "。

   Van Halen重搖滾樂團1970年代後期成立於加州Pasadenna，暢銷曲很多，是歷年暢銷歌星排行榜第176名的知名Hard-Rock重搖滾樂團，David Lee Roth離開Van Halen之後1985年由 Sammy Hagar取代他主唱的位置，直到1996年離開。

  Patty Smyth  1957年出生於紐約布魯克林區，是Scandal合唱團的女主唱，他的第二任丈夫是知名的職業網球選手John McEnroe約翰麥肯洛。

 

  Patty Smyth在排行榜上名次最好的歌是1992年連續獲得6週第2名，與Eagles團員Don Henley合唱的傷心情歌Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough。

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdzbjUWu2VU&list=RDqdzbjUWu2VU&start_radio=1

 Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough

Songwriters: Glen Burtnik / Patty Smyth

 

Now, I don't want to lose you,
but I don't want to use you just to have somebody by my side.
And I don't want to hate you,
I don't want to take you, but I don't want to be the one to cry.
And I don't really matter to anyone anymore.
But like a fool I keep losing my place and
I keep seeing you walk through that door.

But there's a danger in loving somebody to much,
and it's bad when you know it's your heart you can't trust.
There's a reason why people don't stay where they are.
Baby, sometimes love just ain't enough.

Now, I could never change you,
I don't want to blame you.
Baby, you don't have to take the fall.
Yes, I may have hurt you, but I did not desert you.
Maybe I just want to have it all.
It makes a sound like thunder, it makes me feel like rain.
And like a fool who will never see the truth,
I keep thinking something's gonna change.

But there's a danger in loving somebody to much,
and it's bad when you know it's your heart they can't trust.
There's a reason why people don't stay who they are.
Baby, sometimes love just ain't enough.

And there's no way home when it's late at night and you're all alone.
Are there things that you wanted to say?
And do you feel me beside you in your bed,
there beside you where I used to be?

But there's a danger in loving somebody to much,
and it's bad when you know it's your heart you can't trust.
There's a reason why people don't stay where they are.
Baby, sometimes love just ain't enough.

 

 

Panic! at the Disco -High Hopes

    上週提及的尼爾森年中統計從一月到六月排行前五名的搖滾樂單曲是Imagine Dragons的"Believer"、Journey的 "Don't Stop Believin" 、Queen的 "Bohemian Rhapsody"、 Panic! at the Disco的 "High Hopes" 以及The Eagles的"Hotel California"，本週我們來探討一下第四名Panic! at the Disco的 "High Hopes"。

   "High Hopes" 本來是二十世紀歌王Frank Sinatra(1915-1998) 於1959年獲得過30名的一首老歌，它也獲得當年奧斯卡金像獎最佳電影歌曲獎，它是Frank Sinatra自己主演的電影A Hole In The Head的插曲，單曲以Frank Sinatra and a bunch of kids(featuring Eddie Hodges)推出。

  Panic! at the Disco的"High Hopes"則是他們的主唱Brendon Urie的創作歌曲，與Frank Sinatra的版本並不相同。

  Panic! at the Disco是一個來自拉斯維加的龐克搖滾樂團，主唱是Brendon Urie，2006年他們以I Write Sins Not Tragedies獲得Billboard Hot 100排行榜第七名而嶄露頭角，他們的"High Hopes"於2018年6/9推出37週後最高獲得第4名，是他們在流行歌曲榜名次最好的歌。

     Panic! at the Disco的主唱Brendon Urie 很崇拜Frank Sinatra，唱起Sinatra的老歌也很有韻味，他以"High Hopes"的意思「厚望」寫了這首歌，歌迷們愛屋及烏也很喜歡這首歌，有人誤以為是Frank Sinatra所唱，還有歌迷說他的祖父因此曲而喜歡Brendon Urie的歌。

     Spencer Day是一位現代爵士歌手、作曲人，2002-2003從CBS 追星節目出線，他以仿Frank Sinatra的復古感錄了Panic At The Disco 的"High Hopes"這首歌(High Hopes - Panic At The Disco (Vintage Frank Sinatra Style Cover) ft. Spencer Day)，表演的感覺像極了Frank Sinatra走紅的那個年代，歌喉又像Brendon Urie，就連Nora Germain的小提琴獨奏都受到許多歌迷們的歡迎，有人覺得小提琴能奏來像薩克斯風，也真不簡單。 

  近幾年流行的 PostModern 後現代老歌新唱，讓Ballad歌謠、Big-band大樂隊、Smooth抒情曲、Ragtime散拍音樂、Bluegrass青草地、R&B節奏與藍調、 Soul 靈魂歌曲…等各個時代的經典重現，這首以PostModern手法演唱新創作的"High Hopes"是其中的佼佼者。

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPXIgEAGe4U

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGvo_YY3GkE

 High Hopes

Panic! At The Disco

Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing
Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Didn't know how but I always had a feeling
I was gonna be that one in a million
Always had high, high hopes

Mama said
Fulfill the prophecy
Be something greater
Go make a legacy
Manifest destiny
Back in the days
We wanted everything, wanted everything
Mama said
Burn your biographies
Rewrite your history
Light up your wildest dreams
Museum victories, everyday
We wanted everything, wanted everything

Mama said don't give up, it's a little complicated
All tied up, no more love and I'd hate to see you waiting

Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing
Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Didn't know how but I always had a feeling
I was gonna be that one in a million
Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes)

Mama said
It's uphill for oddities
Stranger crusaders
Ain't ever wannabes
The weird and the novelties
Don't ever change
We wanted everything, wanted everything

Stay up on that rise
Stay up on that rise and never come down, oh
Stay up on that rise
Stay up on that rise and never come down

Mama said don't give up, it's a little complicated
All tied up, no more love and I'd hate to see you waiting
They say it's all been done but they haven't seen the best of me
So I got one more run and it's gonna be a sight to see

Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing
Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision
Always had high, high hopes

Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Didn't know how but I always had a feeling
I was gonna be that one in a million
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing
Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Didn't know how but I always had a feeling
I was gonna be that one in a million
Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes)

Songwriters: Brendon Boyd Urie / Ilsey Anna Juber / Jake Sinclair / Jenny Owen Youngs / Jonas Jeberg / Lauren Pritchard / Samuel Hollander / Tayla Parx / William Ernest Lobban-Bean

 

Imagine Dragons-Believer

   

   到目前為止(2020)The Beatles依然是搖滾樂團的頭牌。

   The Beatles的唱片銷售量在2020前半年是搖滾樂團的冠軍。

    根據尼爾森年中統計，這個指標性合唱團從一月到六月專輯與網路下載及串流總數達 100萬9,400次。

      排前五名的另外四個搖滾樂團是 Queen、Imagine Dragons、Fleetwood Mac 、Metallica。

        排行榜前五名的專輯是Queen的 Greatest Hits、Elton John的Diamonds 、Creedence Clearwater Revival的 Chronicle Vol. 1、Journey的Greatest Hits 以及Fleetwood Mac的Rumours 。

    排行前五名的單曲是Imagine Dragons的"Believer"、Journey的 "Don't Stop Believin" 、Queen的 "Bohemian Rhapsody"、 Panic! at the Disco的 "High Hopes" 以及The Eagles的"Hotel California"。

    Imagine Dragons是一個另類搖滾樂團，組團於拉斯維加，主唱是Dan Reynolds，2012年他們以一首Radioactive獲得Billboard Hot 100排行榜第3名，後來獲得Grammy 最佳搖滾樂演唱獎而成名。

    Imagine Dragons這一首"Believer"於2017年獲得過第4名，這個目前搖滾樂單曲銷售第一名的歌目前觀看次數已超過15 億，一首2017的暢銷曲能勝過Journey 1981年即推出的老歌，可見其受歡迎的程度，我想 1977年Bob Seger的名曲"Rock and Roll Never Forgets"這一個歌名可以描寫搖滾樂代代相傳，從來沒有被歌迷們忘記來形容這個現象。

 

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

 

Believer  

Imagine Dragons

 

First things first
I'ma say all the words inside my head
I'm fired up and tired of the way that things have been, oh-ooh
The way that things have been, oh-ooh
Second thing second
Don't you tell me what you think that I can be
I'm the one at the sail, I'm the master of my sea, oh-ooh
The master of my sea, oh-ooh

I was broken from a young age
Taking my soul into the masses
Write down my poems for the few
That looked at me took to me, shook to me, feeling me
Singing from heart ache from the pain
Take up my message from the veins
Speaking my lesson from the brain
Seeing the beauty through the...

Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Pain!
You break me down, you build me up, believer, believer
Pain!
I let the bullets fly, oh let them rain
My luck, my love, my God, they came from...
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

Third things third
Send a prayer to the ones up above
All the hate that you've heard has turned your spirit to a dove, oh-ooh
Your spirit up above, oh-ooh

I was choking in the crowd
Living my brain up in the cloud
Falling like ashes to the ground
Hoping my feelings, they would drown
But they never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing
Inhibited, limited
Till it broke up and it rained down
It rained down, like...

Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Pain!
You break me down, you built me up, believer, believer
Pain!
I let the bullets fly, oh let them rain
My luck, my love, my God, they came from...
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

Last things last
By the grace of the fire and the flames
You're the face of the future, the blood in my veins, oh-ooh
The blood in my veins, oh-ooh
But they never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing
Inhibited, limited
Till it broke up and it rained down
It rained down, like...

Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
Pain!
You break me down, you built me up, believer, believer
Pain!
I let the bullets fly, oh let them rain
My luck, my love, my God, they came from...
Pain!
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer