老歌亂談(729)I Hear You Knockin'
此首《I Hear You Knockin'》的首錄者為美國黑人歌手Smiley Lewis,1955在節奏藍調排行榜得到了第2名。照說成績已經很不錯,但才隔年 ( 1956 ),美國女演員兼流行歌手Gale Storm的翻唱版不僅在告示排「流行榜」同樣地拿下第2名,另在錢櫃的「唱片最佳銷售榜」,更獲得了第3名的佳績 ( 當然也是為「金唱片」 )。之後又有Fats Domino翻唱,但走的都是以鋼琴等樂器伴奏的節奏藍調曲風。
1970,威爾斯歌手Dave Edmunds亦錄唱此曲,但以吉他取代了鋼琴伴奏,所呈現的為不同的搖滾曲風。披頭樂隊的John Lennon在某次訪談時曾提到:我一直都喜歡單純的搖滾歌曲,現在英國就有一首很棒的--- I Hear You Knockin'。Dave Edmunds不僅在歌曲中加入了吉他滑音,在間奏時還喊出50年代幾位歌手的名字「Fats Domino、Smiley Lewis、Chuck Berry、Huey Smith」。其版本在1970英國排行榜奪得冠軍,在美國告示牌亦拿下第4名,也是他歌唱生涯中成績最好的一首歌。
歌曲闡述的是:男女感情生變,一方雖苦苦哀求,但另方仍執意要離開,當某日想回頭再來敲門時,卻是狠狠地被拒於門外。所以……,凡事都能替自己預留一條後路,或許是較聰明的做法。
Wynonna Judd的版本也很不錯聽
You went away and left me long time ago
Now you're knocking on my door
I hear you knocking, but you can't come in
I hear you knocking, go back where you been
I begged you not to go but you said goodbye
And now you're telling me all your lies
I hear you knocking, but you can't come in
I hear you knocking, go back where you been, oh yeah
You better get back to your used-to-be
'Cause you're kinda love ain't good for me
I hear you knocking, but you can't come in
I hear you knocking, go back where you been
I told you way back in Fifty-two
That I would never go with you
I hear you knocking but you can't come in
I hear you knocking, go back where you been