老歌亂談(1169)Look Out ( Here Comes Tomorrow )
1967,美國樂團The Monkees ( 台譯:頑童樂團 ) 發行了他們第2張的錄音室專輯《More of the Monkees》,與首張專輯一樣,成績依舊嚇嚇叫,不僅同時拿下英、美專輯排行榜的冠軍,唱片銷售也超過了500萬張 ( 5白金 )。
The Monkees是為了錄製一個系列性的音樂電視節目,經海選成員而組成的團體,團員雖也會彈奏樂器,但在錄製歌曲時仍被由專業樂師代為操刀,前述專輯中的歌曲錄製時也是,甚至該張專輯為由公司自行作業發行 ( 歌曲之前即已錄製在檔 ),團員事後才得知,此當然讓團員感到不滿,經過爭取,之後才有了較多包含自己彈奏的參與。
此張專輯的成功,除了樂團因電視節目播出正當紅外,歌曲站上排行榜才是關鍵,其中像《I'm a Believer》、《A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You》分別獲得排行榜第1、2名。巧的是,包含此首《Look Out 》,三首歌曲的作者均是Neil Diamond,這當然讓出道不久的Neil Diamond在寫歌上奠定了名聲,日後更是自寫自唱成為知名的歌星。
Look Out有「小心」「留意」之意,要小心的是「明天就要到了」!因為明天必須做出抉擇,是要愛Mary還是Sandra?為了這種事傷腦筋其實還是蠻幸福的,滿有趣的一首歌。以下影音應是擷取電視節目的片段,無論是唱歌或跳舞,現今看來或許有些「俗」,而在當年會認為是「酷」吧!此曲主唱Davy Jones為英國籍,2012死於心肌梗塞,享年66歲。
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Look out, here comes tomorrow
That's when I'll have to choose
How I wish I could borrow
Someone else's shoes
Mary, oh what a sweet girl
Lips like strawberry pie
Sandra, the long hair and pig tails
Can't make up my mind
I see all kinds of sorrow
Wish I only loved one
Look out, here comes tomorrow
Oh, how I wish tomorrow would never come
Told them both that I loved them
Said it, and it was true
But I can't have both of them
Don't know what to do
I see all kinds of sorrow
Wish I only loved one
Look out, here comes tomorrow
Oh, how I wish tomorrow would never come
Mary
I love you
Sandra
I love you
Well, I see all kinds of sorrow
Wish I only loved one
Look out, here comes tomorrow
Oh, how I wish tomorrow would never come
I love you
Darling
I love you