2018-03-06 20:41:39流浪阿狗
老歌亂談(809)What's a Matter Baby ( Is It Hurting You？)
此曲由美國女歌手Timi Yuro於1962首錄發行，在告示牌流行榜奪得第12名，也是她的招牌歌之一。
Timi Yuro出生自義裔家庭，初時只是在自家的餐廳唱歌，後不顧父母的反對至當地的夜總會演唱，也因此被「星探」發掘並與唱片公司簽約。Timi Yuro有時被稱為「the little girl with the big voice」，她有著低沉卻又渾厚，幾乎像是男性的聲音，時而交錯，偶又有低啜，創造出引人注目的音質。她也是搖滾時期首批「白人靈魂樂 ( blue-eyed soul ) 」的歌手之一。她在此曲中富情感又優雅的歌聲，與一些黑人爵士歌手極為相似，許多60年代初期的歌友，甚至將她誤認為黑人歌手。
Timi Yuro於2004死於喉癌 ( 63歲 )。老天爺賦予了她一付特殊的嗓音，卻又由此收回了她的生命，如此命運的反差，實在是令人感到唏噓與不解。
初聽此曲，感覺與Bang E. King的《Stand By Me》(1961)有些相似之處，或許是因當時許多歌曲的旋律，都是採取公式的進行方式 ( 例如1→6→4→5 或1→6→2→5 等等 )，而此曲並未被認為有任何抄襲之嫌。
當被前男友拋棄後，又再聽到前男友也被別的女人甩了，會是怎樣的心情？由歌名來看，當然是幸災樂禍，且十分地酸：是怎麼回事，寶貝 ( 它傷到你了嗎？)。尤其是自己又找到了新男友，對方想回頭也來不及了。歌曲最後說：我受的傷已經過去，而對你來說才剛要開始。也算是報應吧！呵呵！
I know the reason you've been crying
Oh yes I heard she won't be needing you
How does it feel being the one left behind
What's a matter baby is it hurting you
I know you found out she's been cheating
And I heard she even told you she was untrue
How does it feel being on the outside looking in
What's a matter baby is it hurting you
Remember
Remember when I needed you so bad
Remember
Remember what you had to say
You told me to find another shoulder to cry on
Then you laughed
You laughed and you walked away
I know that you've been asking about me (ha-ha)
And I'm sorry but I've got somebody new
Now my hurting is just about over
But baby it's just starting for you!