2016-07-18 19:51:01流浪阿狗
老歌亂談(603)If It Don't Come Easy
人生常會面臨到不同機會的抉擇，當決定之後，卻在事後發現，選擇另一個的結果似乎更佳，會不會感到後悔？
Tanya Tucker剛出道時簽在哥倫比亞唱片公司旗下，製作人Billy Sherrill ( 其最著名的是亦為鄉村第一夫人Tammy Wynette及鄉村歌王George Jones的製作人 ) 原安排她唱《The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA》，她卻將機會還回給了Donna Fargo ，自己則是選擇曾在廣播節目中聽Bette Midler唱過的《Delta Down》。結果，《Delta Down》在1972闖進了排行榜第6名，也讓當時才13歲的Tanya Tucker一曲成名。而在次年，澳洲女歌手Helen Reddy翻唱她的版本，卻拿下了排行榜的冠軍。另，《The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA》也在1973替Donna Fargo贏得了一座「最佳鄉村女歌手」的葛萊美獎。這些超越《Delta Down》的成就，Tanya Tucker有為之感到懊悔嗎？她在1988告訴紐約的雜誌，若是以她現在的狀況回到當初唱這首歌，應該也會成為熱門曲 ( 意思也會像Helen Reddy奪得佳績 )。此兩首歌都為Billy Sherrill所製作，她很慶幸能擁有其中之一，要不是如此，她現在恐怕只是某個牛仔區的鄉村歌后或是其他的什麼 ( a rodeo queen or something )。
此曲為Tanya Tucker1988專輯《Love Me Like You Used To》中的第3首單曲，也是她在美國鄉村榜的第9首冠軍曲。以一般的廣告來說，代言的藝人、明星對該項產品應有相關的說服力。「假如感情來得太勉強，最好還是放手吧！」，以Tanya Tucker一長串的緋聞輝煌紀錄，應該沒什麼人會挑戰她的愛情觀吧！
亂談186《The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA》/ Donna Fargo
http://mypaper.pchome.com.tw/tabidog01/post/1326074209
I know a man, a good friend of mine;
He spends all his time tryin' to make love work out right.
But the woman he loves, she don't feel the same, no;
I don't know much about love but at least I learned one thing:
If it don't come easy, you better let it go.
'Cos when it don't come easy, there's no natural flow.
Don't make it hard on your heart, you might be better off alone,
If it don't come easy, you better let it go, yeah.
I know a woman, she's got a heart of gold.
You know she'd do anything to make her man feel right at home.
But the man she loves, now, he's a restless kind of guy,
I wish there was a way I could make her realise.
That if it don't come easy, you better let it go.
'Cos when it don't come easy, there's no natural flow.
Don't make it hard on your heart, when you might be better off alone,
If it don't come easy, you better let it go, yeah.
Let it go, though it's hard I know;
Let it loose, I tell you, it's no use.
If it don't come easy, you better let it go.
'Cos when it don't come easy, there's no natural flow.
Don't make it hard on your heart, when you might be better off alone,
If it don't come easy, you better let it,
You better let it,
You better let it go.
If it don't come easy, you better let it go.
'Cos when it don't come easy, there's no natural flow.