2018-01-14 14:23:32流浪阿狗
老歌亂談(793)I'm Not Lisa
美國鄉村女歌手Jessi Colter,1943生於亞利桑那州的鳳凰城,父親是一名賽車手,母親為五旬節派的傳教士 ( Pentecostal preacher ),Colter自11歲起即在她禮拜的教堂彈奏鋼琴。1961高中畢業後開始在當地的俱樂部唱歌,因而遇到了吉他手Duane Eddy,倆人隨即結婚。婚後,Colter出過兩首單曲,雖然得到一些電台的播放,但並未獲致突破性的成功。之後,主要是隨夫婿作巡演,而在1968離異。
1969,Jessi Colter嫁給了知名的鄉村歌手Waylon Jennings。此首《I'm Not Lisa》為Jessi Colter所寫,1975在Waylon Jennings的共同製作下發行單曲,不僅在鄉村榜拿下冠軍,也跨進熱門流行榜達到第4名,也是Jessi Colter最為知名的代表作。Jessi Colter也因此曲獲得1976葛萊美獎最佳鄉村女歌手的提名,可惜未能獲獎 ( 獲獎者為Linda Ronstadt --- I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You / 亂談781 )。
Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter
歌曲說的是男友念念不忘前女友Lisa,而讓這位Julie感嘆不已。其實也有人認為,遇到這款走不出過去的男友,再繼續下去會幸福嗎?而愛情有時是非理性的,遇上也了沒辦法,只能說「歡喜做、甘願受」。翻唱此曲的知名歌手也不少,像是Marianne Faithfull、Tayna Tucker及Lynn Anderson等。
延伸閱讀:
亂談(748)Storms Never Last / Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter
http://mypaper.pchome.com.tw/tabidog01/post/1372243974
美國鄉村歌手Erika Jo 的版本 (2005)
I'm not Lisa, my name is Julie
Lisa left you years ago
My eyes are not blue, but mine won't leave you
Till the sunlight has touched your face
She was your morning light
Her smile told of no night
Your love for her grew
With each rising sun
And then one winter day, his hand led her away
She left you here drowning in your tears
Here, where you've stayed for years
Crying, Lisa, Lisa
I'm not Lisa, my name is Julie
Lisa left you years ago
My eyes are not blue, but mine won't leave you
Till the sunlight has touched your face, I'm not Lisa