2月23日。我的流行音樂達人朋友 #howard 接續他上個月的主題分享,今天是「以城市地方為名的歌曲」 Part 2:美國篇。我們從美國南方開始,大致以逆時針的方向進行音樂旅行,城市包括Tennessee 、Kentucky 、Georgia 、Memphis 、Massachusetts 、New York 、Chicago ,然後飛到本土之外,到美國面積最大的聯邦州,最西北端的Alasca,最後以3首加州相關的歌曲: California Girls 、It Never Rains in Southern California 、 Hotel California做結束。
這些歌曲有的歌頌夢想、有的紀念人物,有的唱著思念、也有的充滿困惑。確實,「地方」只是背景,真正在經歷歌曲的都是人們自己,所描述的也都是人的心境。這些「以城市地方為名的歌曲」真正在書寫的,是「人」本身,內容談的是人的心思、人的感觸,人的慾望和夢想,是「人」提升了「地方」,也是「人」把自己困住在某處、或定義了某地。歡迎收聽Bravo FM91.3【愛的故事】一一以城市地方為名的歌 (美國篇)。
今天隔空歡唱的單元,我們選擇合唱英國搖滾樂隊Tears for Fears 1985年推出的Billboard 排行冠軍單曲【Everybody Wants To Rule The World 】(人人都想控制世界),這是聽完Eagles 的Hotel California之後的思考。但願我們在追求自由、追求成功、爭取更好人生的同時,小心不要被壓垮或被綑綁了。以下附歌詞,我們一起合唱舒壓3分鐘。
【Everybody Wants To Rule The World 】
Welcome to your life there's no turning back
Even when we sleep
we will find you acting on your best behavior
Turn your back on mother nature
Ev'rybody wants to rule the world
It's my own design, it's my own remorse
Help me to decide,
Help me make the most of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I'll be right behind you
So glad we've almost made it
So sad they had to fade it
Ev'rybody wants to rule the world
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the world
Say that you'll never, never, never, need it
One headline, why believe it?
Everybody wants to rule the world
All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world












