老歌亂談(151)You Were On My Mind
在西洋歌曲中常會出現的一種狀況是，原唱歌曲推出後，成績實在不怎麼樣，但被別人拿去改編翻唱後，則立即爆紅，《You Were On My Mind》也是這樣的一首歌。
來自舊金山的民謠搖滾樂隊We Five翻唱這首歌，卻是將歌曲的旋律和節奏做大翻修：由初始的輕柔逐漸增加強度至高亢，然後又回到輕柔，最後以重節奏的吉他作為結尾，和原唱所展現的是兩種完全不同的曲風。或許是因為先入為主(當年我並沒有聽過原唱)，我覺得還是We Five的版本較為好聽，而且他們的版本也在1965獲得告示牌排行榜第三名的佳績。
歌曲紅了之後，站在寫這首歌及原唱Ian & Sylvia Tyson這對夫婦的立場，我相信他們會認為是We Five沾了他們的光，而到底是誰拉拔了誰，其實也很難說得清。但看Ian & Sylvia Tyson的現場演唱影音，支持的樂迷也不少就是了。
當愛情發生問題的時候，一早醒來，對方的影象就浮現在心中，這也真的是件麻煩事。
When I woke up this morning
You were on my mind
And you were on my mind
I got troubles, whoa, oh
I got worries, whoa, oh
I got wounds to bind
So I went to the corner
Just to ease my pains
Yeah, just to ease my pains
I got troubles, whoa, oh
I got worries, whoa, oh
I came home again
When I woke up this morning
You were on my mind and
You were on my mind
I got troubles, whoa, oh
I got worries, whoa, oh
I got wounds to bind
And I got a feelin'
Down in my shoes, said
Way down in my shoes
Yeah, I got to ramble, whoa, oh
I got to move on, whoa, oh
I got to walk away my blues
When I woke up this morning
You were on my mind
You were on my mind
I got troubles, whoa, oh
I got worries, whoa, oh
I got wounds to bind
台長,
我想 Diana Ross 剛和 Mary Wilson 吵完架, 不然她一直把屁股對着 Mary 的臉, 曲終時才把臉轉過去. (Mary 心中駡 SOB!)
據說這個版本的合音，並不是「至上」的另兩位團員，再要合體演出，難免是會有一些心結。 2013-09-05 05:54:30