2013-10-04 07:17:48流浪阿狗

老歌亂談(168)Let Me Go, Lover



我初學吉他第一首會彈唱的西洋歌曲,應該就是Hank Williams的《Your Cheating Heart / 田園心聲》了。Hank Williams是知名的鄉村歌曲歌手,卻不幸在1953突然死於趕赴俄亥俄州演唱旅途的車上,得年才二十九歲,死因應與他酗酒有關。
 

同年,有位Jenny Lou Carson,由於十分敬仰Hank Williams的才氣,並從他的驟逝得到靈感,寫了一首關於酗酒的歌《Let Me Go, Devil》。1954哥倫比亞唱片公司的製作人Mitch Miller 覺得這首歌對喜歡熱門歌曲的聽友來說太過於消沉,除了建議將歌名中的Devil改為Lover,並另找了三人團隊以共同筆名Al Hill將歌詞改寫,而成為了這首《 Let Me Go, Lover》。
 

歌曲於1954年底推出後,開始在電視和電台大力打歌宣傳,也立即受到了大眾的喜愛,才一個星期,唱片即銷售出了十萬張。1955年初,這首歌就衝上了告示牌排行榜的榜首,也成為銷售超過百萬張的金唱片,但卻是演唱者Joan Weber唯一的進榜之作。
 

好聽的歌就是這樣,才推出就有一堆的翻唱者。由於我覺得原唱Joan Weber演唱的方式稍過於激情,還是選了我認為唱得比較有味道的Patti Page的版本。

 

 

Go, go, go
Oh, let me go, let me go, let me go, lover
Let me be set me free from your spell
You made me weep, cut me deep I can't sleep, lover
I was cursed from the first day I fell
You don't want me
But you want me to go on wanting you
How I pray that
You will say that we're through
Please turn me loose what's the use, let me go, lover
Let me go, let me go, let me go
You made me weep, cut me deep I can't sleep, lover
I was cursed from the first day I fell
You don't want me
But you want me to go on wanting you
How I pray that
You will say that we're through
Please turn me loose what's the use, let me go, lover
Let me go, let me go, let me go
Oh you please let me go

(悄悄話) 2014-08-26 13:09:24