2017-03-05 16:47:11流浪阿狗
老歌亂談(684)Love Is The Foundation
此曲為美國鄉村女歌手Loretta Lynn 1973年的專輯《Love Is The Foundation》的同名主打歌,獲得鄉村單曲排行榜的第1名,也是Loretta Lynn的第7首冠軍曲。
Loretta Lynn在15歲 ( 也有一說是13歲 ) 時就嫁給了當時21歲的先生Doolittle Lynn ( 也稱Doo或Mooney ),據報導Loretta的第一把吉他就是Doolittle買給她的,也是他安排Loretta的首次電視表演。顯然Loretta初期的演唱事業,老公Doolittle功不可沒。
Loretta成了閃亮的歌星,老公也附帶成了「名人」,但相信Doolittle的內心並不舒坦。Loretta在自傳中曾提到:Doolittle是個好人,工作也很認真,但……好喝酒、又有暴力行為,同時也是個好色之徒 ( womanizer )。1980,在Loretta Lynn的自傳電影《Coal Miner's Daughter ( 礦工的女兒 ) 》中,湯米李瓊斯 ( Tommy Lee Jones ) 即是飾演Doolittle,對角色的刻畫令人印象深刻。
Mooney & Loretta Lynn
Tommy Lee Jones在《礦工的女兒》中的造型
雖然夫妻倆吵吵鬧鬧,婚姻生活也風風雨雨,但倆人一直未離婚。1995,Loretta鮮少出現在舞台,原因是Doolittle的健康狀況不佳。1996, Doolittle在生日的前五天,因糖尿病去世,也終結了倆人48年的婚姻關係。
I've seen him as he awakens in the morning
He reaches out his hand and without a word
As his fingers softly fall upon my face
He lights the flame of desire and makes me want him
And love is the foundation we lean on
All you need is love to ease your mind
And does it have to be right to be called love
When he gives me more loving
Than a lifetime of looking could ever find
And love is the foundation we lean on
All you need is love to ease your mind
And does it have to be right to be called love
When he gives me more loving
Than a lifetime of looking could ever find