老歌亂談(1078)Always Remember Us This Way
說來有些不好意思,之前在電視看影片《A Star Is Born》( 台譯:一個巨星的誕生 ),不只對男主角Bradley Cooper不熟識,更不知女主角竟是鼎鼎大名的Lady Gaga ( 對Gaga較深刻的印象是她的「牛肉裝」,至於她的歌曲之前從未聽過。)。
Bradley Cooper是演員出身,曾演出過多部電影及電視劇,像是2013的《American Hustle》( 瞞天大佈局 )、2014的《American Sniper》( 美國狙擊手 ) 及影集《慾望城市》等等,或許由於飾演人物的「性格」不夠突出,台長我是看過也就忘了。此部2018《一個巨星的誕生》,Cooper除了擔任男主角,也是他首次執導,影片成績相當亮眼,獲得8項奧斯卡金像獎的提名,但結果只贏得了一座「最佳原創歌曲」獎;另則是贏得了兩座「葛萊美」獎,而這些當然和Gaga參與影片中音樂的製作和親自演唱有關。
Bradley Cooper在「美國狙擊手」中的造型。
雖然此首《Always Remember Us This Way》在英、美排行榜的成績只分別獲得第25與41名 ( 在冰島和瑞士則為排行榜冠軍 ),卻得到樂評們的不少好評,其中像The Plain Deaier's的Joey Morona寫道:她相當的聲樂能力和控制力……在發自內心的緩慢即興演奏中得到了充分展現。看Gaga正常的樣子唱歌,發揮自如、游刃有餘,確是有「巨星」的水準。
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That Arizona sky burnin' in your eyes
You look at me and, babe, I wanna catch on fire
It's buried in my soul like California gold
You found the light in me that I couldn't find
So when I'm all choked up
But I can't find the words
Every time we say goodbye
Baby, it hurts
When the sun goes down
And the band won't play
I'll always remember us this way
Lovers in the night
Poets tryin' to write
We don't know how to rhyme
But, damn, we try
But all I really know
You're where I wanna go
The part of me that's you will never die
So when I'm all choked up
And I can't find the words
Every time we say goodbye
Baby, it hurts
When the sun goes down
And the band won't play
I'll always remember us this way
Oh, yeah
I don't wanna be just a memory, baby, yeah
Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo
Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo
Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo
So when I'm all choked up
And I can't find the words
Every time we say goodbye
Baby, it hurts
When the sun goes down
And the band won't play
I'll always remember us this way, way, yeah
When you look at me
And the whole world fades
I'll always remember us this way