2023-03-18 16:35:38流浪阿狗

老歌亂談(1151)Summer of '69

1983,加拿大歌手Bryan Adams才以一首《Straight From the Heart》打進美國告示牌排行榜第10名,成績斐然。而真正讓他開始在國際流行歌壇大放異彩的,卻是次年所發行的專輯《Reckless》( 獲得美國專輯榜的第1名 )和專輯中的多首歌曲,當然也包含了此首《Summer of '69》。

此曲為Bryan Adams和與他長期合作的寫歌搭檔Jim Vallance所合寫。歌詞述說的是一些青春記事,包含組樂團、工作及戀愛,看似是發生在「69年的夏天」,其實這只是一種時間意向,應是指「曾經的某一年」( 否則Adams還未滿10歲 ),而且是令人深刻難忘的一年。Adams在接受訪談時非常勁爆的透露,說歌名其實是在暗喻「性愛 」( 見下圖文字說明 ) ,但合寫歌的Vallance並不表同意。台長我也實在想不通Adams為何要做如此的釋疑?



青春雖然美好,但回頭看似乎又非常短暫,每個人應該都有自己的「69年的夏天」。年輕時充滿了機會和選擇,若能重活一次,會走不一樣的路嗎?後悔也好、感嘆也罷,還是好好的把握當下吧!

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I got my first real six-string
我買了我人生的第一把吉他
Bought it at the five-and-dime
花了五塊錢外加一角硬幣
Played it till my fingers bled
我彈它彈到我的手指流血
It was the summer of '69
那年是69年的夏天

Me and some guys from school
我和一些學校裡的傢伙
Had a band and we tried real hard
組了個團我們死命練
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
吉米離團了,茱蒂跑去嫁人
I shoulda known we'd never get far
我早該知道我們撐不了多久
Oh when I look back now
喔!但現在回想起來
That summer seemed to last forever
那年夏天似乎永不結束
And if I had the choice
如果我還能有選擇
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
我會一直待在那裡
Those were the best days of my life
那是我生命中最棒的日子

Ain't no use in complaining
抱怨沒什麼用
When you got a job to do
當你找了個工作做
Spent my evenings down at the drive-in
我利用晚上開車送貨
And that's when I met you
就在那時遇見了妳

Standing on your mama's porch
站在妳媽媽家門口
You told me that you'd wait forever
妳說妳會永遠等著我
Oh and when you held my hand
喔!當妳握住我的手
I knew that it was now or never
我知道再不把握就沒機會了
Those were the best days of my life
那真是我生命中最棒的日子

Back in the summer of '69
回到69年的夏天吧!

Man we were killing time
天啊!我們有消磨不完的時間
We were young and restless
我們年輕而且永不覺得累
We needed to unwind
沒有人可以管得住我們
I guess nothing can last forever - forever, no
我猜沒有任何事物可以持續到永遠

And now the times are changing
時代一直在改變
Look at everything that's come and gone
看著每件事情來來去去
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
有時當我彈著那把破吉他
I think about ya wonder what went wrong
總會想著到底那裡出錯了

Standing on your mama's porch
站在妳媽媽家門口
You told me it would last forever
妳說我們的愛會直到永遠
Oh the way you held my hand
喔!那種妳緊握我的手的樣子
I knew that it was now or never
我知道再不把握就沒機會了
Those were the best days of my life
那真是我生命中最棒的日子
Back in the summer of '69
回到69年的夏天吧!

【中英歌詞摘自「音樂庫」網站】