2015-01-11 16:04:04流浪阿狗
老歌亂談(383)Please Please Me
這首《Please Please Me》是披頭合唱團於1963所推出的第2張單曲。據寫歌的John Lennon說，其靈感是來自於聽了Roy Orbison的《Only the Lonely》，而也想來寫一首類似風格的曲子。又因為也很著迷於Bing Crosby ( 平克勞斯貝 ) 的歌曲《Please》中的歌詞 --- Please lend a little ear to my pleas'，重複使用Please這個字的雙意手法，而譜寫完成了此曲。
問題是，當唱片製作人George Martin聽到這首歌時，對於模仿Roy Orbison式的藍調風格並不滿意，建議加快節奏及加入伴奏的口琴。此曲推出後獲得英國排行榜的第2名，但在美國的發行並不順利，因Capitol及Atlantic等大唱片公司均興趣缺缺，結果由一家小唱片公司Vee-Jay接手，偏偏又將團名誤印為Beattle's ( 多了個「t」)，發行後也未受到什麼迴響，只賣出了7310張。隔年1964再度發行 ( B面歌曲換為《From Me to You》)，這一次就打入了告示牌熱門100排行榜，並爬升至第3名，唱片也賣出了110萬張。
這首歌名被譯為《請取悅我》，至於歌詞內容，有些老外認為這是一首隱喻「口交」的歌，至於事實如何，應該只有Lennon自己心裡清楚。其實，一首歌能讓聽者有各自想像的空間，也不是一件壞事。
Last night I said these words to my girl
I know you never even try, girl
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Please, please me, whoa yeah
Like I please you
You don't need me to show the way, love
Why do I always have to say, love?
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Please, please me, whoa yeah
Like I please you
I don't want to sound complaining
But you know there's always rain in my heart
(In my heart)
I do all the pleasing with you
It's so hard to reason with you
Whoa yeah, why do you make me blue?
Last night I said these words to my girl
I know you never even try, girl
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Come on (Come on)
Please, please me, whoa yeah
Like I please you
(Please me)
Whoa yeah, like I please you
(Please me)
Whoa yeah, like I please you