2018-09-23 12:49:38流浪阿狗
老歌亂談(868)It Won't Be Long
此曲為披頭合唱團於1963在英國發行的第二張專輯《With The Beatles》的開場歌曲,雖然寫歌者掛名為John Lennon與Paul McCartney,但主要還是由Lennon作曲,McCartney只是在歌詞和編曲上作了些協助。
依據McCartney的說法,他曾在學校上過文學課,對於「相關詞」和「擬聲詞」特別感興趣,歌詞中的「It won't be long till I belong to you」,將be long和belong連用在同一句中,McCartney認為是此曲的特色,對此也頗為自得。
在披頭的歌曲中,經常會作「轉調」,而使得音律產生豐富、多樣化,此曲也是。倫敦時報曾評論披頭將「Aeolian cadences ( 很不好譯,應是有關「調式音階」樂理的名詞。)」置入了此曲,而使得中產階級開始聽他們的歌曲 ( The Beatles原在俱樂部演唱,只有一些年輕的聽眾粉絲。) John Lennon後來在接受訪談時說:我至今不知「Aeolian cadences」是什麼東東,聽發音像是一種異國的鳥類(exotic birds)。此首《It Won't Be Long 》也是Bob Dylan一直記得的歌曲之一,對此曲不受一般樂理的束縛,將一些「不該」在一起的和弦合併,認為是「outrageous,just outrageous!( 誇張的?無法無天的?outrageous雖為負面字,在此處應有贊許之意。)」
此曲仍沿用披頭之前歌曲的套路,不斷的出現「Yeah!」( 有資料說是56次?),而Lennon自己對此曲的評價則有些嚴苛,認為並不是太成功,或許是因為那些的「Yeah!Yeah!」,太容易使人聯想起之前的那首《She Loves You》。有人將此曲詮釋為女孩盼望參與戰爭的男友,早日返回她的身邊。當時越戰尚在進行,應該是位美國聽友的想法吧。60年代初期的熱門歌曲,樂團只是使用簡單的電吉他、貝士和鼓,吉他音箱的效果也有限,相較於現今,當年的音樂雖然單純,卻感覺清新而令人懷念不已。
It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, till I belong to you
Every night when everybody has fun
Here am I sitting all on my own
It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, till I belong to you
Since you left me, I'm so alone
Now you're coming, you're coming on home
I'll be good like I know I should
You're coming home, you're coming home
Every night the tears come down from my eyes
Every day I've done nothing but cry
It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, till I belong to you
Since you left me, I'm so alone
Now you're coming, you're coming on home
I'll be good like I know I should
You're coming home, you're coming home
So every day we'll be happy I know
Now I know that you won't leave me no more
It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, till I belong to you, woo