老歌亂談(九十七)To Love Somebody
若是問我喜不喜歡The Bee Gees(比吉斯)合唱團?答案應該是「一半」吧。因為他們的歌曲中有一些像《Night Fever》是屬於Disco曲風,不是阿狗我的菜;但也有像《To Love Somebody》、《My World》這種偏靈魂、節奏藍調的歌曲,又讓我非常的喜歡。
我常說,人的運氣要來,城牆也擋不住。當年Bee Gees兄弟還默默無聞的時候,被邀替靈魂歌手Otis Redding寫歌,他們就依據「Sam & Dive」及「The Rascals」的那種靈魂抒情曲風,寫出了這首《To Love Somebody》。歌寫出來了,但 Otis Redding卻遭逢飛機失事身亡,稍後比吉斯兄弟獲得了自己灌錄這首歌曲的機會,而他們在全世界大放異彩的歌唱事業,也就由此展開。
這首歌曲於1967推出後,成績並不理想,在美國告示牌排行榜最高只得到了十七名,但這卻是The Bee Gees被翻唱次數最多的歌曲。老阿狗我當年背著電吉他,也喜歡在台上嘶吼這首歌呢。哈哈哈!
There's a light
A certain kind of light
That never shone on me
I want my life to lived with you
Lived with you
There's a way everybody say
To do each and every little thing
But what does it bring
If I ain't got you, ain't got?
You don't know what it's like, baby
You don't know what it's like
To love somebody
To love somebody
The way I love you
In my brain
I see your face again
I know my frame of mind
You ain't got to be so blind
And I'm blind, so very blind
I'm a man, can't you see
What I am
I live and I breathe for you
But what good does it do
If I ain't got you, ain't got?
You don't know what it's like, baby
You don't know what it's like
To love somebody
To love somebody
The way I love you
You don't know what it's like, baby
You don't know what it's like
To love somebody
To love somebody
The way I love you
You don't know what it's like, baby
You don't know what it's like (you don't know what it's like)
To love somebody