2018-04-06 15:51:37流浪阿狗
老歌亂談(818)You Don't Own Me
此首《You Don't Own Me》為當時僅17歲的美國女歌手Lesley Gore於1963年底所錄唱發行，雖然在次年僅達到告示牌熱門榜的第2名，而冠軍曲是英國披頭合唱團初打入美國市場，當時紅到不行的《I Want To Hold Your Hand》，遇到超強的對手而屈居其下，實在也只能無言。Lesley Gore的成名曲是1963的冠軍曲《It's My Party》，此曲為她第2首的暢銷熱門曲，卻也是她最後一首入榜前10名的歌曲。
此曲歌詞所表達的是對男友的嗆聲，明白的指出男友並不擁有她，所以不必告訴她該做及該說些什麼等等……。此曲讓許多年輕女性得到靈感，也常被認為是形成「第二波女權主義運動」的因素之一。
Lesley Gore於2015死於肺癌 ( 68歲 )，紐約時報在她的訃告中提及，她的這首《You Don't Own Me》是「indelibly defiant ( 不可磨滅的挑戰？)」。Gore死後一個月，澳洲女歌手Grace發行她的首張單曲，就是翻唱此首《You Don't Own Me》( 美國饒舌歌手G-Easy亦穿插在歌曲中 )，Grace and G-Easy的版本在澳洲大賣，獲得「澳洲唱片工業協會 ( ARIA )」銷售3白金 ( 21萬張 ) 的認證。值得一說的是，Grace翻唱版的製作人，正是Lesley Gore當年的同一個製作人Quincy Jones。
2005，Lesley Gore在接受女同雜誌訪談時承認自己是「蕾絲邊 (Lesbian )」，從1982起就和珠寶設計師Lois Sasson在一起，Lois Sasson也成為Gore死後的財產受益人。
Lesley Gore & Lois Sasson (2010)
在眾多的翻唱者中，有見到Dusty Springfield 和Joan Jett，莫非此曲和「女同」有著神秘的關係？哈哈，當然不是。像在1996的電影《The First Wives Club》( 台譯：大老婆俱樂部 ) 中大唱此曲的Bette Midler(貝蒂蜜勒)、Goldie Hawn( 歌蒂韓)和Diane Keaton (黛安基頓)，這三人顯然都不是。
Joan Jett
You don't own me
I'm not just one of your many toys
You don't own me
Don't say I can't go with other boys
And don't tell me what to do
Don't tell me what to say
And please, when I go out with you
Don't put me on display 'cause
You don't own me
Don't try to change me in any way
You don't own me
Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay
I don't tell you what to say
I don't tell you what to do
So just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you
I'm young and I love to be young
I'm free and I love to be free
To live my life the way I want
To say and do whatever I please
And don't tell me what to do
Oh, don't tell me what to say
And please, when I go out with you
Don't put me on display
I don't tell you what to say
Oh, don't tell you what to do
So just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you
I'm young and I love to be young
I'm free and I love to be free
To live