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老歌亂談(345) Jessie's Girl

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澳洲歌手Rick Springfield在1972年以一首《Speak to the Sky》走紅，並開始赴美國打拼事業，1981推出專輯中的這首《Jessie's Girl》，不僅獲得告示牌熱門百大的兩週冠軍，也為他贏得了一座最佳搖滾男歌星的葛萊美獎。不過，這也是他唯一的一首冠軍曲。

這首歌的背景故事是：Rick Springfield在70年代末期，因工作的需要，曾在加州的Pasadena( 帕薩迪納 ) 市參加過一個「彩色玻璃 ( stained glass )」課程班，同班學員有個叫Gary的老兄，還帶了個女友 ( 名字不詳 )，Rick Springfield對此女友驚為天人，可惜對方態度冷淡，對他並不來電。Springfield竟然因此得了性焦慮 ( sexual angst )，所以回家後寫下了關於當時愛上朋友的女友的心情。後經考慮，覺得使用朋友的真名或許不妥，也由於 Gary 這個字唱起來不順口，才決定將名字改成 Jessie。

由於Rick Springfield在該課程班只待了4個月就離開了，之後也就和Gary及其女友失去了連絡。多年後Springfield將此事告知了電視名主持人歐普拉( Oprah Winfrey )，而歐普拉的工作團隊還真的派人大老遠的去找當年的授課老師，也被他們找到了，可惜這位老師在兩年前已過世，而相關的資料也在一年前被拋棄。所以，包含Springfield及其他對之好奇的人，均無緣再見到這位「Gary's girl」了。

這首《Jessie's Girl》已成為播放輕搖滾以及經典熱門曲的電台經常播放的曲目，2006年，VH1 (Video Hits One )將此曲列為80年代100首最佳歌曲的第20名。

愛上好友的女友的確是件麻煩事，一般來說都難以圓滿收場。不過，這年頭像才結婚就外遇 ( 彎彎 ) 或是亂劈腿 ( 九把刀 )，三角戀情早已就不是什麼新鮮事了。

1985現場演唱版

Jessie is a friend, yeah
I know he's been a good friend of mine
But lately something's changed that ain't hard to define
Jessie's got himself a girl and I want to make her mine
And she's watching him with those eyes
And she's lovin' him with that body, I just know it
Yeah 'n' he's holding her in his arms
Late, late at night
You know, I wish that I had Jessie's girl
I wish that I had Jessie's girl
Where can I find a woman like that
I play along with the charade
There doesn't seem to be a reason to change
You know, I feel so dirty when they start talking cute
I wanna tell her that I love her but the point is probably mute
'Cause she's watching him with those eyes
And she's lovin' him with that body, I just know it
And he's holding her in his arms
Late, late at night
You know, I wish that I had Jessie's girl
I wish that I had Jessie's girl
Where can I find a woman like that
Like Jessie's girl
I wish that I had Jessie's girl
Where can I find a woman
Where can I find a woman like that
And I'm lookin' in the mirror all the time
Wondering what she don't see in me, I've been funny
I've been cool with the lines
Ain't that the way love supposed to be
Tell me, where can I find a woman like that
You know, I wish that I had Jessie's girl
I wish that I had Jessie's girl
I want Jessie's girl
Where can I find a woman like that
Like Jessie's girl
I wish that I had Jessie's girl
I want, I want Jessie's girl

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