主题:ABBA的歌儿 (1) -- 恒光明
几乎每次都能听到’Dancing Queen’或者’Take a change on me’
去年参加过激流岛一个葡萄庄园的酒会, 席间,助兴的乐队唱起了’Dancing Queen’和’Honey Honey’, 唱着唱着就成了合唱了.
蓝天碧海, 翠绿的葡萄园, 美酒美女…天上人间,想必也不过如此.
纯属玩票,友情出演,没有唱一句。
The new seekers 有一首很有名的歌:
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing:
好听,被可口可乐广告用了不少年。
ABBA绝对是20世纪最伟大的组合之一。
非常有灵气。
BTW,第一次看到Kylie的dancing queen表演,
好身材啊。。。口水,呵呵。
Knowing me Knowing you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pg5NMGOlEE&feature=related
SOS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJTUn1ya6X4&feature=related
今晚俺出去,在车里听了一路的ABBA。
俺最早听的ABBA歌是下面这首,当时听的是不是原唱就无法知道了。
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据说啊,当年ABBA的歌被认为是很俗的,因此有的歌迷都不敢承认自己喜欢ABBA。然而20来年后,ABBA已经成了经典,不少40、50岁的人说,这下可以光明正大地说自己是ABBA的歌迷了。
俺听ABBA的感觉很奇怪,每次听完1盘CD之后就有点烦,不再想听了。但是过了一年半载之后拿出来再听,还是很好听,然后听完再烦。。。。
有个说法,光明兄也提到了,
还有个说法是,瑞典人对世界做的三大贡献是:ABBA,VOLVO(汽车),IKEA(宜家)。后来埃里克森成了英格兰足球队的教练,英国佬开玩笑说,他是第四大贡献。
看起来还是俗人多!
埃里克森还是算了吧,自他当了教练,俺就不饭英格兰了。
俺见过最好的英格兰还是90世界杯和96欧洲杯时的英格兰队。
West Germany-England World Cup -1990
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那还要说起风靡大陆的韩剧了,在《冬日恋歌》这个苦恋直到大结局才有一个算是较为完满的结局的片子中,第一次听到了ABBA的DANCING QUEEN,从此就很喜欢这支曲子。觉得是分朗朗上口,歌词简单,曲调明快。不过楼主介绍的这些都没有听过,在这里多谢了,我会欣赏一下的。
ABBA的歌曲中有一首Fernando,乐曲悠扬,有南美风格,歌词也挺有味道。
歌词:
Can you hear the drums fernando?
I remember long ago another starry night like this
In the firelight fernando
You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar
I could hear the distant drums
And sounds of bugle calls were coming from afar
They were closer now fernando
Every hour every minute seemed to last eternally
I was so afraid fernando
We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die
And I?m not ashamed to say
The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry
There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, fernando
Though I never thought that we could lose
There?s no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, fernando
Now we?re old and grey fernando
And since many years I haven?t seen a rifle in your hand
Can you hear the drums fernando?
Do you still recall the frightful night we crossed the rio grande?
I can see it in your eyes
How proud you were to fight for freedom in this land
There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, fernando
Though I never thought that we could lose
There?s no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, fernando
There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, fernando
Though I never thought that we could lose
There,s no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, fernando
Yes, if I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, fernando...
据WIKI的说法,这首歌的瑞典文歌词写的是男女感情。英文歌词是重新创作的。歌词描写了两个年老的人回忆当年为自由而战斗的情景。歌词中有一句
"the fateful night we crossed the Rio Grande",WIKI作者认为指向墨西哥美国边境的河流Rio Grande。所以歌词可能是以1910年的墨西哥革命为背景。我感觉歌词是为了与音乐风格一致,并非一定要实写60年前的事件。
因为这首歌曲创作与1975年。我特意查了一下,这年度里发生的世界大事包括水门事件,越南统一,柬埔寨统一,还有几个非洲国家,包括莫桑比克取得独立。这些事件都会为词作者提供灵感。歌词中有fight for liberty和Though I never thought that we could lose的文字,从南越流亡人士的角度和美国政府的政治观点看来,作者像是一位右右同志。这不妨碍这首歌为讲西班牙语的fight for liberty的革命者所喜爱。在智利流亡者众多的澳大利亚,这首歌在排行榜首长达14周,整个上榜时间达40周,是澳大利亚有史以来做卖座的单曲之一。
废话讲完,现在听歌:
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ABBA的这首Fernando听过很多次,但从来没有仔细看过歌词。这次结合燕兄贴的歌词和解说,重新欣赏了一遍Fernando,有很多新的收获。
歌曲的前奏是南美风格的排箫,原来一直不明白为什么在悠扬的排箫里又加入了军鼓滚奏,看过歌词才知道原来音乐与歌词在这里非常巧妙地结合。两个老兵在星光灿烂的夜晚回忆年轻时的战斗的生活。虽然年轻的Fernando们被枪炮吓得半死,虽然他们被打败了,但多年之后,他们已经很久不再碰来福枪了,在星光灿烂的午夜,他们听见远处传来的军鼓,他们依然为当年的付出而骄傲无悔。
ABBA的这首歌真是意义深远,真难以想象这是几个从未经历战争的北欧人写给饱经忧患的拉美老兵的。好歌。
原来燕人兄也很喜欢ABBA的歌,
"Fernando"最早是收入在ABBA成员Anni-Frid Lyngstad个人专辑中的作品, 因此,严格的来说, 尽管这首歌的词曲作者以及演唱者均是ABBA成员,并且ABBA后来也多次演唱过,但"Fernando"不能算做ABBA组合的原唱歌曲.
ABBA有不少西班牙语的歌,在西班牙语国家的流行乐排行榜上也取得过很好的成绩。
The Visitors 或许是ABBA歌曲中绝无仅有的带有政治色彩的歌曲, 歌中向前苏联迫害持不同政见者发出了抗议,节选一段歌词如下,
These walls have witnessed all the anguish of humiliation
And seen the hope of freedom glow in shining faces
And now they've come to take me
Come to break me
And yet it isn't unexpected
I have been waiting for these visitors
Help me...
1982年以此歌为主打歌曲的ABBA专辑The Visitors在前苏联被禁.
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我也有一盘ABBA。不过我对古典音乐更有兴趣些。这首Ferdando是看电视英国有个ABBA歌迷唱的。首先是音乐让我想到它的南美背景。
你介绍的这首歌不很好听。看样子艺术作品与政治联系太直接了,也不容易搞得好。
可谓ABBA的知音了。
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