2012-12-17 18:27:43流浪阿狗

老歌亂談(十)Okie From Muskogee


Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson

 

可能是我以前不太聽鄉村歌曲,也可能是當年進入排行榜的名次太低(1970.1.3排行No.41),這首歌是我後來買了一套「新力冠軍年鑑」才聽到的。

 

歌好聽不說,看了歌曲的介紹更是令我印象深刻。這是一首對抗七O年代美國「嬉皮文化」、反「反越戰」的愛國歌曲,也成為代表美國精神的經典名曲,因此Merle Haggard(墨爾海格)也和巨星約翰韋恩一樣被視為英雄偶像。

 

看兩大鄉村歌壇老巨星同台合唱真的很過癮,而且我認為Merle Haggard現在的造型要比年輕時酷多了。

 


Okie From Muskogee(馬斯高基的莊稼漢),曲名中的Okie,指的是從奧克拉荷馬州向外遷移找工作的貧窮農民。


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We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee
We don't take our trips on LSD
We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street
We like livin' right, and bein' free

We don't make a party out of lovin'
We like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do
I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all
Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear
Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen
Football's still the roughest thing on campus
And the kids here still respect the college dean
WAnd I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee
A place where even squares can have a ball.
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all
In Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.



老頭和伊某 2012-12-28 14:55:28

沒想到真的是你。石頭一投漣漪就出來了。現在流行一種東西就是把自己的臉放到書上。我不甘寂寞(在這裡真的很寂寞)不免俗也到那裡吃喝玩樂去了。歡迎來坐勒。
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呵呵!老人家不太會搞這種新玩意兒,還要煙酒煙酒看看。 2012-12-29 14:49:52
老頭和伊某 2012-12-19 08:10:10

不認識。但實在太帥太引人。

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