老歌亂談(224)Mighty Quinn
這首歌原名為《Quinn the Eskimo / 愛斯基摩的昆恩》，是民謠搖滾王子Bob Dylan所寫，但在1967錄為音樂帶後並未正式發行。1968被英國樂團Manfred Mann拿去翻唱，並以《Mighty Quinn / 萬能的昆恩》歌名推出，立即成為大熱門曲，在英國奪得了冠軍寶座，在美國告示牌排行榜則為第10名。
一般咸信，Bob Dylan所創造的歌中人物Mighty Quinn，靈感來自於影星安東尼昆 ( Anthony Quinn ) 在1961的電影「雪海冰上人 / The Savage Innocents」中，所飾演的一位愛斯基摩人的角色。而在歌曲中的Quinn則是一位超凡人物，由於他的到來，能將絕望變為歡樂，混亂變為平靜，同時還能吸引動物來到他的身旁。所以，有許多人認為Mighty Quinn應該是耶穌的化身。而也有人覺得，可以如此萬能轉變境況的，顯然是在影射使用迷幻藥品了。但據Bob Dylan自己引述，說這只不過是一首單純的童歌罷了。
1989有部同名電影「破繭威龍 / The Mighty Quinn」，由丹佐華盛頓主演，影片中也出現此曲，不過被改編成了雷鬼曲風。一直想不起來這首歌當年的中譯歌名，依稀有印象好像是「？？大帝」？
新的一年，希望每個人心中的Mighty Quinn隨時降臨。心想事成！平安如意！馬到成功！
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Everybody's building ships and boats
Some are building monuments, others jotting down notes
Everybody's in despair, every girl and boy
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Everybody's gonna jump for joy
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
I like to go just like the rest, I like my sugar sweet
But jumping pews and making haste
Just ain't my cup of meat
Everyone's beneath the trees feeding pigeons on a limb
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
All the pigeons gonna run to him
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Listen to what I want to do, I can't decide on my own
Just tell me where it hurts, and I'll tell you who to call
Nobody can get no sleep, if someone's on everyone's toes
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Everybody's gonna want to doze
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
聽到這首歌是不會轉台的. Manfred Mann 演唱1968電影"十字街頭" Up the Junction 主題曲, 當年看完電影就記憶深刻,但是找不到唱片. 电影中 Susan George担任一亇小角色,誰能料到 1970与 Charles Brownson的 "Twinky", 1971与 Dustin Hoffman的稻華人 "Straw Dog", 1974与 Peter Fonda的 "Dirty Mary Crazy Larry" 成為國際巨星. 安東尼昆的 雪海冰上人 台灣好像1970年以後上映過, 只記得如果有人到安東尼昆家過夜,如果不和他老婆睡覺, 安東尼昆會生氣!? 祝馬年萬事平安如意!
說到明星竄紅，讓我印象最深刻的是尤伯連納主演的『豪勇七蛟龍』，片中包含史提夫麥昆，查理士布朗遜、詹姆士柯本等，當時都還不怎麼出名，但後來各自都擁有一片天。
原住民的熱情，有時恐怕還消受不起。聽一位朋友說，有次他去山裡玩(溪釣)，初認識的原住民朋友還特別弄了鍋雞湯招待他，但他看湯中還飄有些小的雞毛，就實在有點喝不下去。愛斯基摩人的老婆，恐怕一年也沒洗幾次澡吧。呵呵呵！ 2014-02-02 07:51:49
當愛斯基摩人的老婆幸福嗎？
只是不知若來的是女客，是否由先生負責接待共眠？呵呵呵呵！ 2014-02-15 19:01:28