老歌亂談(231)Black Is Black
Los Bravos是一個西班牙的搖滾樂團，1965成立於馬德里。開始時即是演唱英文的流行歌曲，並在歐洲市場上獲致了一些成功。後樂團與Decca唱片公司簽約，並赴英國與製作人Ivor Raymonde合作，這首《Black Is Black》即是Los Bravos加入Decca後於1966所推出的第一張單曲，獲得的成績亮眼：美國 #4 / 英國 #2 / 加拿大 #1。也成為了第一個擁有國際性熱門單曲的西班牙搖滾樂團。
在911恐怖攻擊事件後不久，美國的媒體集團Clear Channel Communications發送了一份備忘錄，給企業所屬超過1000個電台的節目主管，備忘錄包含了一份162首「歌詞可能會有問題」的歌曲名單，希望各電台儘量避免播放，而這首《Black Is Black》也在其中。
這首歌讓我想起當年MJD合唱團的李勝洋先生，印象中他就常演唱這首歌，也唱得很不錯。李先生熱愛音樂，後來加入電星樂隊及演唱國語歌。再之後移民美國加州，而聽說不幸罹癌，英年早逝，令人惋惜。
Black is black
I want my baby back.
It's grey, it's grey,
since she went away
Oh-oh, what can I do??
'cause I-I-I-I-I,
I'm feelin' blue.
If I had my way,
she'd be back today.
But she don't need time
to see me again.
Oh-oh, what can I do
'cause I-I-I-I-I,
I'm feelin' blue.
I can't choose,
it's too much to lose
my love's too strong.
Maybe she
would come back to me
What did I do wrong?
Bad is bad,
this fella is so sad.
It's time, it's time,
that I found peace of mind.
Oh-oh, what can I do
'cause I-I-I-I-I,
I'm feelin' blue.
I can't choose,
it's too much to lose
my love's too strong.
Maybe she
would come back to me
What did I do wrong?
Black is black
I want my baby back.
It's gray, it's gray,
since she went away
Oh-oh, what can I do
'cause I-I-I-I-I,
I'm feelin' blue.
'cause I-I-I-I-I,
I'm feelin' blue...