Savage Garden - The Animal Song 動物之歌

1999 Savage Garden (野人花園) 為電影: "The other sisiter"所出的單曲. 也收錄在他們的專輯"Affirmation"專輯中; 當時我買了這張專輯, 其實對這團體一點也不熟, 為啥買了它, 我現在也不清楚, 只知在2000年, 這首Animal Song, 讓我真的可以瘋狂大唱出心中的鬱悶. 尤其是我最喜歡的其中幾句:

Cause I want to live like animals 因為我要活著像動物一樣
Careless and free like animals 像動物無憂無慮自由自在地
I want to live 我要活
I want to run through the jungle 我要逃出叢林
With the wind in my hair and the sand at my feet 讓風吹過我髮間, 雙腳沾滿砂....

.......

Animals and children tell the truth, they never lie 動物和孩子只說實話從不說謊 ...

當時我對我周遭的感覺, 就是如這首歌一般....表達的很清楚了.

THE ANIMAL SONG

When superstars and cannonballs are running through your head
the television freak show cops and robbers everywhere
Subway makes me nervous, people pushing me too far
I've got to break away
So take my hand now

Cause I want to live like animals
Careless and free like animals
I want to live
I want to run through the jungle
the wind in my hair and the sand at my feet


I've been having difficulties keeping to myself
Feelings and emotions better left up on the shelf
Animals and children tell the truth, they never lie
Which one is more human
There's a thought, now you decide

Compassion in the jungle
Compassion in your hands
Would you like to make a run for it
Would you like to take my hand

Cause I want to live like animals
Careless and free like animals
I want to live
I want to run through the jungle
the wind in my hair and the sand at my feet

Sometimes this life can get you down
It's so confusing
There's so many rules to follow
And I feel it
'Cause I just run away in my mind

When Superstars and cannonballs are running through your head
Television freak show cops and robbers everywhere
Animals and children tell the truth, they never lie
Which one is more human
There's a thought, now you decide

Compassion in the jungle
Compassion in your hands
Would you like to make a run for it
Would you like to take my hand

Cause I want to live like animals
Careless and free like animals
I want to live
I want to run through the jungle
With the wind in my hair and the sand at my feet (repeat X2)

Always M. J.

photo from "All About Jazz"

當我正飛越歐亞大陸回到台灣的途中，他走了....... 雖然我從未為任何一位明星瘋狂過, 但我喜愛許多的西洋歌手的歌曲, 並曾多次參與過幾次國外歌星在台灣的演唱會，當然也包括1993年, Michael第一次在台灣的演唱會。

我很慶幸我曾親身體驗過他舞台的震撼魅力, 甚至於我還在當天近距離的看到他本人....那是巧合, 我正好經過他上場前準備休息的大鐵欄門前, 聽到身後一群記者騷動, 我貼在大家一擁而上的鐵欄杆前, 好奇的要看被我擋住的記者們, 要搶拍哪位也來看演唱會的明星....不是! 出現在眼簾的是他, 真的是他....我並不激動, 只是很高興我能這麼近看到一位國際巨星, 他....已經很白了...但眼神及笑容中掩不住他給我純真的感受。 是的! 我認為他像是個孩子, 我不崇拜, 但他是不折不扣''上帝的禮物'', 上帝給予世間人們一個創造音樂及舞蹈的天才...... 無論世上有許多其他的人, 談論著他的負面... 而我相信他所給予這世界的許許多多....許許多多我不會形容,但是是上帝請他帶來的 doni。


雖然他的歌曲非常多, 我卻偏愛他較不常曝光及較少人注意的歌曲, 如我之前曾po一首"Earth Song", 以下這首"Stranger in Moscow", 讓我聽了身有同感, 尤其我當初獨自一人來到異國, 尋找另一個活下去的力量... 我推薦給各位: "STRANGER IN MOSCOW"......

他, 至少終於可以 Rest In Peace.....今晚深夜是他的追思會

STRANGER IN MOSCOW

(Written and composed by michael jackson.
Produced by michael jackson.) M.J. 作詞作曲製作


I was wandering in the rain 我在雨中遊蕩
Mask of life, feelin insane 隱藏的生活, 感到瘋狂
Swift and sudden fall from grace 迅速突然失去恩典
Sunny days seem far away 溫暖的日子似乎遠去
Kremlins shadow belittlin me 克里姆林宮陰影輕視著我
Stalins tomb wont let me be 史達林的棺木不讓我..
On and on and on it came 它不停地來
Wish the rain would just let me 希望雨就讓我這樣

How does it feel (how does it feel) 這是甚麼樣的感覺
How does it feel
How does it feel
When youre alone 當你孤獨時
And youre cold inside 內心是非常冷的

Here abandoned in my fame 我在這裡放棄我的名利
Armageddon of the brain 大腦思想的世界末日
Kgb was doggin me KGB 一直尾隨著我
Take my name and just let me be 取走我的名字就讓我做自己
Then a begger boy called my name 一個乞兒呼叫我的名字
Happy days will drown the pain 快樂的日子可以淹沒苦痛
On and on and on it came 它一直一直地來
And again, and again, and again... 一次..一次再一次
Take my name and just let me be

How does it feel (how does it feel)
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel (how does it feel now)
How does it feel
How does it feel
When youre alone
And youre cold inside

How does it feel (how does it feel)
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel (how does it feel now)
How does it feel
How does it feel
When youre alone
And youre cold inside

Like stranger in moscow 如在莫斯科的陌生人
Like stranger in moscow
Were talkin danger 正談論著危險
Were talkin danger, baby
Like stranger in moscow
Were talkin danger
Were talkin danger, baby
Like stranger in moscow
Im livin lonely 我孤獨的活著
Im livin lonely, baby
Stranger in moscow

(kgb interrogator - （KGB審訊員-
Russian to english translation) 俄語翻成英文)
Why have you come from the west? 為什麼你來自西方？
Confess! to steal the great achievements of 坦白！竊取的偉大成就
The people, the accomplishments of the workers... 人民，及廣大勞工的成就...

Cher - Believe 相信 1998

1998 believe

2000年11月，帶來義大利的CD之一。在旅館晨起必放的歌，為了給自己一點刺激吧？總是音量放大跟著狂唱（不知道當時有沒有人和旅館經理抗議過﹍哈），獨自瘋狂的日子﹍﹍自己問自己

Believe 這首得過Grammy Award全球"Best Dance Recording"白金唱片，當年英國及澳大利亞年度排名第一。

Believe

(fade in..then out...singing:) After love (repeat 12 times)

No matter how hard I try
You keep pushing me aside
And I can't break through
There's no talking to you
It's so sad that you're leaving
It takes time to believe it
But after all is said and done
You're gonna be the lonely one, oh

Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough now,
Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough now

What am I supposed to do
Sit around and wait for you
Well I can't do that
And there's no turning back
I need time to move on
I need love to feel strong
'Cause I've had time to think it through
And maybe I'm too good for you, oh

Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough, no
Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough, no

Well I know that I'll get through this
'Cause I know that I am strong
And I don't need you anymore
No, I don't need you anymore
Oh, I don't need you anymore
No, I don't need you anymore

Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough, no
Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough, no
Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough, no
Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough, no (fade)

Ascolta il mio passato 聽音樂.想過去 Don Maclean - Crying

Crying - Don Maclean

最近下載一些歌到我的手機裡；因為我出門都使用大眾交通工具: 火車、地鐵和電車，有些地方收音機的收訊很差，或有干擾，這樣我可以轉至MP3來聽歌。 我對新歌沒太大興趣，選著選著，發現選的都是有過去回憶故事的老歌。

從小就跟媽媽聽西洋歌曲，那時播放西洋歌曲的電台節目少的可憐，到了國中，每到夜晚，警廣余光的"青春之歌"開始，到了凌晨的節目開場歌-morning has broken，伴隨我國中苦讀的三年時光，一直到後來的ICRT，終於有個電台可以全天後聽。

雖然國中成績很好，聯考時，自己犯了太自信的毛病，考前不但不太唸書，還猛跑眷村裡的中正堂和海光去看電影，到了聯考成績出來，沒有上到"自己以為"一定會考上的高中(其實我也清楚，既使考上第一志願，我爸也不會讓我唸)，結果被逼去唸了國立五專，混了5年。

這首歌，是我五專一年級，初戀結束後，每晚我必放的唱片歌曲之一 (其他還有許多悲傷情歌，中文的就是當時的民歌囉，王海玲的"忘了我是誰"、齊豫的"橄欖樹"等等)，一面唱一面掉淚，心想我這輩子都會這樣難過下去，現在想想，年輕無知真是單純啊! 現在再次欣賞，覺得蠻甜蜜的，以前"少年維特"式的煩悶憂鬱，讓我的回憶裡，沒有留白的地方.......其實我也很想下載我當時初戀進行中時，常聽的一首歌，可惜......經過這麼多年，那段日子，讓我痛苦的從未忘記，甜蜜時光時的旋律，確怎麼想，也想不起來........。


** Don Maclean 小紀事 **
-1945年生，美國籍的創作歌手，他的代表作包括長達八分鐘的《American Pie》（美國派）以及膾炙人口的《Vincent》。
- 在1980年，Maclean 創作了一首由Roy Orbison演唱獲得全球第一名的暢銷經典歌曲 "Crying"，這首歌曲是先在海外發行取得成功後才在美國出版，成為了1981年前十名的暢銷作品。Orbison 本人曾說過Maclean是：" 本世紀的聲音。" ，並在之後再度錄製本歌曲且混合了Maclean 的版本。

- 1991年，麥克林的"American Pie"因為重新成為話題而再度回到英國金榜前二十名的排行上，這首歌在2000又因為瑪丹娜重新編曲演唱而再度成為全球大熱門歌曲。

在2006年，他繼續著自己從美國延伸到歐洲的巡迴演唱活讀，新專輯Addicted to Black在這之後就會搭配他的自傳Killing Us Softly: The Don McLean Story一起發行。一位同樣也是歌手兼創作人的藝人"Lori Lieberman"，曾在演唱會看了麥克林演唱自己的創作 "Empty Chairs" ，之後就有感而發的寫下了一首名為 "Killing me softly with his blue"。藉此詩為靈感，之後兩位創作人Norman Gimbel/Charles Fox 也才寫出經典歌曲"Killing Me Softly with His Song。" (維基)

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 波希米亞狂想曲

這兩天都在聽音樂，我突然想起這首我國中一年級，第一次接觸queen歌 Bohemian Rhapsody ，真的讓我震撼不已。這首歌出自QUEEN 1975年的 A Night at the Opera ，這是由主唱，英年早逝的 Freddie Mercury 所寫的: 我愛極了。

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
1977 年，在這首上市後兩年，即被尊為近25年來最佳單曲
2000 年，被英國人選為百年最佳歌曲
2002 年，金氏世界記錄 Guinness World Records經過調查，被選為永遠最美的歌曲
2004 年，進入葛來美 Grammy Hall of Fame
2008 年，由網路 votenumber1.com所辦調查，由40多的國家共100多萬人的投票，被選為永恆最美之歌。

 

Is this the real life- 這是真的生活嗎?
Is this just fantasy- 還只是幻想?
Caught in a landslide- 陷在一個滑坡
No escape from reality- 不能從現實逃脫
Open your eyes 睜開你的眼睛
Look up to the skies and see- 看看天空
Im just a poor boy,i need no sympathy- 我只是個窮孩子，我不需要同情
Because Im easy come,easy go, 因為我來去自如
A little high,little low, 有點高，有點低
Anyway the wind blows,doesnt really matter to me, 總之風在吹，對我毫無感覺
To me

Mamma,just killed a man, 媽媽，我剛殺了一個人
Put a gun against his head, 用槍指著他的頭
Pulled my trigger,now hes dead, 我按下板機，現在他死了
Mamma,life had just begun, 媽媽，生命才剛開始
But now Ive gone and thrown it all away- 但我現在又把它丟棄
Mamma ooo,
Didnt mean to make you cry- 我不是故意要讓妳傷心
If Im not back again this time tomorrow- 如果明天我不能再回來
Carry on,carry on,as if nothing really matters- 繼續下去，就好像一切都無關緊要

Too late,my time has come, 太遲了，我的時間到了
Sends shivers down my spine- 一股寒氣襲上我的脊椎
Bodys aching all the time, 身體到處都在痛
Goodbye everybody-Ive got to go- 再見了各位，我該走了
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth- 應該將你們拋在腦後去面對事實
Mamma ooo- (any way the wind blows) 媽媽... (總之風在吹)
I dont want to die, 我不想死
I sometimes wish Id never been born at all- 有時我想我根本不應該被生出來

I see a little silhouetto of a man, 我看到一個人的翦影
Scaramouche,scaramouche will you do the fandango- 膽小鬼! 膽小鬼你會跳西班牙的三步舞嗎
Thunderbolt and lightning-very very frightening me- 雷聲和閃電嚇壞我了
Galileo,galileo, 上帝啊
Galileo galileo
Galileo figaro-magnifico- 祢是偉大的
But Im just a poor boy and nobody loves me- 我只是個窮孩子，沒人愛我
He's just a poor boy from a poor family- 他只是個窮孩子生在窮困的家庭
Spare him his life from this monstrosity- 讓他從怪胎式的生活逃出來
Easy come easy go-,will you let me go- 簡單來簡單去，你會讓我走嗎?
Bismillah! no-,we will not let you go-let him go- 以上帝之名啊 不! 我們不會放你走! (讓他走!)
Bismillah! we will not let you go-let him go 以上帝之名啊 不! 我們不會放你走，(讓他走!)
Bismillah! we will not let you go-let me go 以上帝之名啊 不! 我們不會放你走，(讓我走!)
Will not let you go-let me go
Will not let you go let me go
No,no,no,no,no,no,no-
Mamma mia,mamma mia,mamma mia let me go- 天啊呀 讓我走
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,for me,for me- 魔王放了一個魔鬼在我身邊

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye- 所以你認為你可以禁錮我並吐口水到我眼睛
So you think you can love me and leave me to die- 所以你認為你可以愛我並讓我死
Oh baby-cant do this to me baby- 喔寶貝 你不可以這樣對待我
Just gotta get out-just gotta get right outta here- 我正要，正要從這裡出去

Nothing really matters, 沒有甚麼是重要的
Anyone can see, 每個人都看到
Nothing really matters-,nothing really matters to me, 對我而言，沒有甚麼是重要的

Any way the wind blows....

P.S.: 為何galileo figaro manifico的解釋來源:

http://it.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080212092006AAkwN9N

"The boy is in a terrible trap - he wants to get out of this nightmare, but he can't. And, like a last hope, the choir calls: "Galileo figaro magnifico". It's the key phrase, which reveals the entire meaning of the song, and usually it isn't translated by the researchers. And, if they DO translate it, they translate it from Italian, getting "Galileo is a great barber".
What Galileo? What has barber to do with that?
Yes, it's a nonsense. But don't make Freddie an idiot. Actually, it's a slightly corrupted Latin phrase, "Galileo figuro magnifico" - translated as "Magnify the Galilean's image". "Galileo", repeated five times, translated from the Latin as "Jesus Christ" - that was His name in the ancient Rome. In other words, the only way to get out of the demonic nightmare is to magnify Jesus Christ and ask Him for help. But the boy can't believe that God is concerned about him, and refuses the salvation ("nobody loves me"). "
==>questo afferma che la frase originale avrebbe dovuto essere "galileo figuro magnifico" che tradotta diventa "esaltate l'immagine galileiana" e che galileo in realta nella roma antica stava per Gesu Cristo"... e poi aggiunge che il ragazzo della canzone lo invoca per farsi salvare dai demoni....