2014-02-13 16:12:11流浪阿狗

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...