2013-08-16 08:13:55流浪阿狗

老歌亂談(144)Only The Lonely

 

由於1990的電影「麻雀變鳳凰」推出後十分賣座,連帶也使得電影主題曲《OhPretty Woman》被大家所耳熟能詳。而或許有人不知,這首《OhPretty Woman》是1964的冠軍熱門歌曲,也是演唱者Roy Orbison最被廣為周知的一首歌。

 

而其實Roy Orbison的成名曲是1960的這首《Only The Lonely,也曾高居美國告示牌熱門榜的第二名。歌曲剛推出時,因像歌劇式的搖滾民謠曲風,在之前大家從未聽過,而被認為是在搖滾樂革命中具有發展性的一種新風格。

 

這首《Only The Lonely》是Roy OrbisonJoe Melson共同所作。除了寫歌,他最為知名的是他那特殊而強有力的嗓音,以及多重組合的音色,和富有感性所謂的「黑色民謠」風。多年後再聽這首歌,覺得還是很棒,至少台長我是這麼認為的。


 

 

Dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah
Ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah
Oh-oh-oh-oh-wah
Only the lonely

Only the lonely (dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah)
Know the way I feel tonight (ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah)
Only the lonely (dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah)
Know this feelin aint right (dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah)

There goes my baby
There goes my heart
They're gone forever
So far apart

But only the lonely
Know why
I cry
Only the lonely

Dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah
Ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah
Oh-oh-oh-oh-wah
Only the lonely

Only the lonely
Know the heartaches Ive been through
Only the lonely
Know I cried and cried for you

Maybe tomorrow
A new romance
No more sorrow
But that's the chance - you gotta take
If your lonely heart breaks
Only the lonely

Dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah