這篇網誌包含的歌曲:- 1. Tennessee Waltz(1950)
Patti Page 原名 Clara Ann Fowler。1927年11月8日出生於 Oklahoma(奧克拉荷馬州)的Claremore。 她是在 Tulsa 地方的無線電臺開始她的職業歌唱生涯的,週末也偶爾參加一些爵士音樂會。 藝名 Patti Page 是在 Page Milk 贊助的一個節目中取的,雖然後來她離開了這檔節目,這個藝名卻保留了下來。 這期間 Patti 跟隨一支由 Jimmy Joy 領導的樂隊,在全國巡迴演出,1947年在芝加哥結束。 同年又在 Benny Goodman 一個附屬的小演唱組內唱歌,並贏得了和 Mercury唱片公司的一份合同。 她是50年代唱片銷售量最多的女歌手。一直到60年代中期,她推出的歌曲,一直在排行榜高據首位。 *** 我放在 "Xuite" Patti Page的歌曲,是她當年的錄音。在60歲時,她也從新灌錄了一輯 CD,聲線已不及她年青的時候。這方面,在女歌手來說更甚,反之,如男歌手Andy Williams 等,也不會覺得有太大分別。 Tennessee Waltz 由美國作曲家 Pee Wee King 作於1948年,Patti Page 在1950年唱了此曲,這是她一生中最成功的歌曲,1950年11月18日登榜首13周之久,此曲被選定為Tennessee state song(田納西州州歌)。
Tennessee Waltz 1950 作詞:Redd Steward I was dancing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz, When an old friend I happened to see. I introduced her to my love one and while they were dancing My friend stole my sweet heart from me I remember the night And the Tennessee Waltz. Now I know just how much I have lost. Yes, I lost my little darling the night they were playing The beautiful Tennessee Waltz 有沒有留意到唱和音的和主音出奇地合拍? 因全都是由Patti Page一人包辦! 這首歌敍述歌者被自己的好朋友橫刀奪愛,原因是歌者在舞會上把自己的愛人介紹給一位好朋友,當他們在跳這首田納西華爾滋時,她的愛人就愛上了她的好朋友。 雖然Patti Page在1953年推出的"Changing Partner" 原唱者不是她, 但這歌曲總會令人聯想起"Tennessee Waltz" , 所以她的版本又是最受歡迎及銷售量最多的。 Changing partners 1953 作曲:Larry Coleman
We were waltzing together to a dreamy melody When they called out "Change partners" And you waltzed away from me Now my arms feel so empty as I gaze around the floor And I'll keep on changing partners Till I hold you once more *Though we danced for one moment And too soon we had to part In that wonderful moment Something happened to my heart So I'll keep changing partners Till you're in my arms And then Oh, my darling I will never change partners again(*) 中文版本 舞伴淚影 由 姚莉 唱出 :-
詞 : 秦冠 Music by : Jessie Mae Robinson
I went to your wedding You came down the aisle, Your mother was crying You came down the aisle, Oh, your mother was crying 認識這首歌曲,是因為 P.5A、P.6A教我們英文的麥SIR,偶爾會在課堂上唱起英文歌來, 他亦介紹過這首 Whatever will be, will be,而他經常唱的是 My Way,在 五年愉快的小學生涯-在月華街 的網誌內,我也提及過。 被迫聽著麥SIR學生時代的歌曲,對我來說很受用,聽歌學英文,我極之樂意。到了今時今日,我還是在聽著這些歌曲,若他老人家知道有我這麼的一個乖學生,數十年來,謹隨他的教誨,他應會以我為傲! 各位曾在月華街基X小學讀過 P.5A、P.6A的學友們,我帶給您們一個大好的消息,從一位小學同學的口中得知,麥SIR還是很精神滿滿的,她剛在街上碰到他。 幾年前聽陳任的節目時 (他已於 2008年返回天家了),有很多聽眾總是點唱 I went to your wedding,他的第一個反應是:「好悶呀,聽嚟聽去都係嗰幾首,不如我介紹隻正嘢你聽吖!」慘被他作為替代的歌曲,就是以下的這一首 - Go on with your wedding,果然是好介紹,一聽之下又愛上了。 陳任雖不是屬於我的年代,我是後來才認識他及聽他主持的電台節目,很可惜只得三幾年時間,但他的想法對我卻影響深遠,我學懂了聽歌要有要求,我懂得去欣賞更多更多的好歌,不斷地開闊聽歌的領域。 但也請體諒一些年長的聽眾們,「人總是給自己畫了一個框框, 亦只願留在這個 comfort zone 的範圍裡,請不要入來擾亂我的小天地,亦不要硬拉我出來面對新鮮的事物」。據我的觀察,年紀越大,這種思想就越強烈。 何需太過執著,只是輕輕鬆鬆地聽聽歌罷了。年長了,更應順著自己的喜好而行。
Go on with the wedding 1956 Music by : Arthur Korb/Charlie Purvis/Milt Yakus Go on with the wedding; (spoken) The wedding march was beginning Go on with the wedding, (spoken) Go on with the wedding, 不放這首,怎能交代,是一首輕快調皮的歌曲,有沒有跟著扮狗吠?
How much is that doggie in the window 1953 Music by : Bob Merrill How much is that doggie in the window (arf, arf) I must take a trip to California How much is that doggie in the window (arf, arf) I read in the papers there are robbers (roof, roof) I don't want a bunny or a kitty How much is that doggie in the window (arf, arf)
兩位都是我很喜歡的歌手,很和諧的合唱,私人珍藏,百聽不厭! Till We Meet Again with Bing Crosby Songwriters: Raymond B Egan; Richard Whiting |
2011年8月26日
Patti Page
2011年8月20日
And the Sun will Shine
這篇網誌包含的歌曲 :-
1. And the Sun will Shine by Bee Gees
2. Sunshine on my shoulder by John Denver
3. Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks
4. You’re the sunshine of my Life by Stevie Wonder
5. ‘O sole mio by Luciano Pavarotti
6. You are my Sunshine by Bing Crosby
~ 他叫日頭照好人,也照歹人;降雨給義人,也給不義的人。 ~
小學入讀的是一所基督教學校,星期一會有一堂週會堂,是在教堂裡聽道理。
這應是我的小睡時間,但偶爾也會清醒一下,忽然就聽到以上這一句。
那時我就有了決定,讓我先做個歹人吧,相信壞人的世界會比較有趣,
我保證,將來我一定會做回好人的。 況且,我好像曾聽過這個故事:-
一百隻羊當中,若走失了一隻,上帝也會去找它回來,亦一定會得到祂的原諒。
那麼,我可以很放心地享用我的壞人時間了。
然而,我的反叛,只是在腦裡天馬行空罷了,並沒有付諸行動,雙親應感慶幸!
↑ 2011/8/17 8:30am 手機拍攝
And the Sun Will Shine - Bee Gees
Live performance in Melbourne, Australia in 1974
2011年8月17日
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2011年8月13日
DESSERTS !!!
【作曲】:王福齡
【作詞】:瓊瑤
有一條小小的船
漂泊過東南西北 西北東南
盛載了多少憧憬 多少夢幻
船兒美麗 夢兒旖旎
穿過海洋 渡過河川
來來往往 無牽絆
【影片】船 (My Dreamboat) 1967
【導演】陶秦
【主演】何莉莉 (飾唐可欣)、嚴俊 (飾杜沂)、金漢 (飾紀遠)、楊帆 (飾杜嘉文)、林嘉 (飾杜嘉齡)、井莉 (飾鄭湘怡)、金峰 (飾胡如葦)、陳燕燕 (飾唐母),其中楊帆、林嘉、井莉都是新加入「邵氏」的新星。
2011年8月10日
A Dancing Partner/Pretender
Though the dance is over The music does go on. I can’t be your dancing partner Coz’ I don’t know dancing at all But I’m a great pretender, it’s for sure. Thro' the lonely nights I sing Waiting for the dawn to come. I sing the starless night away Searching my soul like a needle in the hay I long to be a knight once more Heaven knows if there is such a day In the path of darkness I hastily venture Searching for the light that would end my maze For a thousand days I will take this torture Find the light that chase the night away.
Remember When, I first met you? It’s a long story from a long long time. I am a good listener too. I love to hear your story, And the life you’ve been gone thro’ from the bottom of my heart. Yes, I’m a great pretender, but my friendship is real
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2011年8月6日
Enola Gay
今日是日本廣島原爆 66周年紀念日。廣島市上午在市中心的和平公園舉行儀式,追悼死難者。當年美軍為迫使發動侵略戰爭的日本盡快投降,向廣島投下一枚原子彈,導致廣島 20萬人死傷,市內化為一片廢墟,成為第一座遭原子彈轟炸的城市。
我上年也寫了一篇關於長崎原爆的網誌, 淚そうそう, 今天就讓我們從另一個角度看看吧。
"Enola Gay"是美軍當年所派遣去廣島投下原子彈的那架 B-29 轟炸機的名字,是以戰鬥機駕駛員Paul W. Tibbets的媽媽的名字命名的。
Paul W. Tibbets in "Enola Gay"
Enola Gay after Hiroshima mission, entering hard-stand
Bombardier Thomas Ferebee with the Norden Bombsight on Tinian after the dropping of Little Boy
由英國樂隊O.M.D.在1980 灌錄的"Enola Gay",是一首具反戰意識的歌曲,歌詞在述說著它當時在日本廣島投下原子彈的任務,"little boy" 就是那兩顆原子彈的軍事代號...
由英國樂隊O.M.D.在1980 灌錄的"Enola Gay",是一首具反戰意識的歌曲,歌詞在述說著它當時在日本廣島投下原子彈的任務,"little boy" 就是那兩顆原子彈的軍事代號...
Enola Gay, you should have stayed at home yesterday
Enola Gay,昨天你應該待在家裡。
Aha words can't describe the feeling and the way you lied
言語無法描述你說謊的感覺,以及你說謊的方式
These games you play, they're gonna end it more than tears someday
你玩的這些遊戲,有一天,它會結束得豈只是眼淚來得更可怕。
Aha Enola Gay, it shouldn't ever have to end this way
Enola Gay,如此的結束, 沒有必要。
It's 8:15, and that's the time that it's always been
那是上午的八點十五分,時間將永遠停頓在那一刻。
We got your message on the radio, conditions normal and you're coming home
我們透過電台獲得了你的信息,情況一切正常,你將回航歸來。
Enola Gay, is mother proud of little boy today
Enola Gay,媽媽今天會以你這小男孩為榮否?
Aha this kiss you give, it's never ever gonna fade away
你給的這個吻,永遠不會消逝。
Enola gay, it shouldn't ever have to end this way
Enola Gay,如此的結束, 沒有必要。
Aha enola gay, it shouldn't fade in our dreams away
Enola Gay,它不應將我們的夢想幻滅。
It's 8:15, and that's the time that it's always been
那是上午的八點十五分,時間將永遠停頓在那一刻。
We got your message on the radio, conditions normal and you're coming home
我們透過電台獲得了你的信息,情況一切正常,你將回航歸來。
Enola Gay, is mother proud of little boy today
Enola Gay,媽媽今天會以你這小男孩為榮否?
Aha this kiss you give, it's never ever gonna fade away
你給的這個吻,永遠不會消逝。
6th of august 1945
The Hiroshima bomb, known as "Little Boy" - a reference to former President Roosevelt, contained the equivalent of between 12 and 15,000 tons of TNT and devastated an area of five square miles (13 square kilometres). More than 60% of the buildings in the city were destroyed.
Official Japanese figures at the time put the death toll at 118,661 civilians. But later estimates suggest the final toll was about 140,000, of Hiroshima's 350,000 population, including military personnel and those who died later from radiation. Many have also suffered long-term sickness and disability.
2011年8月4日
Another Suitcase in Another Hall
很喜歡這張劇照, 強作輕鬆的提著皮箱,
去一個陌生的國度, 開展另一段的人生旅程!
當人生中遇到重大變化的時候, 這些歌詞常常在激勵著我!
~ Well maybe not that fine, but I'll survive anyhow
Another Suitcase in Another Hall
~ Sarah Brightman
I don't expect my love affairs to last for long
Never fool myself that my dreams will come true
Being used to trouble I anticipate it
But all the same I hate it - wouldn't you?
So what happens now?
Another suitcase in another hall
So what happens now?
Take your picture off another wall
Where am I going to?
You'll get by, you always have before
Where am I going to?
Time and time again I've said that I don't care
That I'm immune to gloom, that I'm hard through and through
But every time it matters all my words desert me
So anyone can hurt me - and they do
So what happens now?
Another suitcase in another hall
So what happens now?
Take your picture off another wall
Where am I going to?
You'll get by you always have before
Where am I going go?
Call in three months time and I'll be fine I know
Well maybe not that fine, but I'll survive anyhow
I won't recall the names and places of Each sad occasion
But that's no consolation -- here and now
So what happens now?
Another suitcase in another hall
So what happens now?
Take your picture off another wall
Where am I going to?
You'll get by, you always have before
Where am I going to?
About Sarah Brightman : All I Ask of You
Madonna在1996年演出的電影 Evita裡,當這歌曲響起時,我更深印象的是另一個場景,Madonna 一邊從樓梯下來, 一邊將名畫除下!
Evita (1996)
Storyline
High-flying, adored! The film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical depicting the infamous real-life story of Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron, who rose from poverty to become the most famous Argentine woman in history. Her huge political influence and constant charity works earned her scorn and fear from the military and upper classes but adoration and love from the workers and descamisados. Evita's legendary life is displayed before your eyes as the most hated and most beloved woman in Argentina.
Director: Alan Parker
Cast : Madonna (Eva Perón), Antonio Banderas (Ché), Jonathan Pryce (Juan Perón)
2011年8月3日
I'll Leave This World Loving You
I'll Leave This World Loving You (1980)
Once in a while let me hear from you
If we never meet again
I'll leave this world loving you
For they're good ones and they'll see me through
If we never meet again
I'll leave this world loving you
but life will be so lonesome without you
If we never meet again
this side of Heaven
I'll leave this world loving you
If we never meet again
I'll leave this world loving you