2013年8月29日

Alan Jackson


Alan Jackson - Remember When (2003)
~ from The Greatest Hits, Volume Two

Remember When
I Was Young And So Were You
And Time Stood Still
And Love Was All We Knew
You Were The First, So Was I
We Made Love And Then You Cried
Remember When?

Remember When
We Vowed The Vows, And Walked The Walk
Gave Our Hearts, Made The Start, And It Was Hard
We Lived And Learned, Life Threw Curves
There Was Joy, There Was Hurt
Remember When?

Remember When
Old Ones Died And New Were Born
And Life Was Changed, Disassembled, Rearranged
We Came Together, Fell Apart
And Broke Each Others Hearts
Remember When?

Remember When
The Sound Of Little Feet,
Was The Music We Danced To Week To Week
Brought Back The Love, We Found Trust
Vowed We Never Give It Up
Remember When?

Remember When Thirty Seemed So Old
Now Lookin’ Back, Its Just A Steppin’ Stone
To Where We Are, Where We’ve Been
Said We Do It All Again
Remember When?

Remember When We Said When We Turn Gray
When The Children Grow Up And Move Away
We Won’t Be Sad, We’ll Be Glad
For All The Life We’ve Had
And We’ll Remember When.

Remember When?…
Remember When?…

1958年在 Newnan,Georgia 出生的鄉謠歌手Alan Eugene Jackson,成長階段與父母及4位姊姊住在一間小屋裡,走廊就是他的睡處。他孩童時已參加唱詩班,常在教堂表演福音歌曲。

Alan 很早便和高中時期認識的 Denise 結婚,為生計當上汽車銷售員,亦曾做過建築工人和鏟車司機。

1989年,Denise 把 Alan 的 DEMO 交了給 Glen Campbell,得到極大讚賞隨而踏上歌壇之路。
在1990年發行的第一張 CD,Here in the Real World,已非常受歡迎,其後的作品亦大熱及大賣。

輕快而奔放的旋律,純真及溫馨的歌詞,唱出濃濃的鄉土氣息!


1990年的樂壇新人,當時已年過三十
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Remember When 在 Youtube 的點激率是 over 11M 啊!
1998年 Alan和妻子曾短暫分開,Remember When是為復合後而作的。
知道歌曲背後的故事,更能明白當中所表達的意思。
MV 中看到全家成員及生活片段,很溫馨哩!

此 Album 還包括一首很輕快的歌曲,單看歌名已激起極大的鼓舞作用,
甚得我心!剛上班而已,但總有一個地方是5時正,下班了呢!又正如
. . . 何懼黑夜降臨,地球上總會有一個地方旭日初昇。
. . . 何懼狂風暴雨,地球上總會有一個地方陽光普照。

句句都好抵死,响公司邊聽邊揢頭,係咁噏住對、對、對、似HANG咗機!
Getting paid by a penny, but older by years, escape is the only way
But have to settle the bills, to support the luxurious lifestyle…
Need to face the reality, go back to my work after day dreaming.


~ 2010
The years and miles ~
~ may separate you from me
The pain may lessen more ~
~ as time goes by
But as for me ~
~ your memories will never fade
And I'll go on loving you ~
~ 'till the end



他又怎能沒有Gospel Album 呢? Precious Memories,click↓(2)
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