【文:Xavier】
研究西洋音樂,有時候喜歡回去聽70跟80年代的歌曲。很多歌手或樂團,也許不見得整個歌唱生涯都能大紅大紫,但只要能有一首膾炙人口的經典歌曲,10多年後依然能讓許多人記得和懷念。
如同The Police的Every Breath You Take、Simon & Garfunkel的Bridge over Troubled Water、The Everly Brothers的All I Have to Do Is Dream等,來自美國的雙人組合England Dan & John Ford Coley也有一首傳唱30多年的經典歌曲:I`d Really Love to See You Tonight(我今晚真的很想見妳)
歷年來England Dan & John Ford Coley不乏一些打進美國Billboard Hot 100的作品,如I`d Really Love to See You Tonight、Nights are Forever Without You、We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again和Love Is the Answer等。其中,又以1976年發行的I`d Really Love to See You Tonight流傳最廣,成為England Dan & John Ford Coley最具代表性的抒情歌曲。
England Dan & John Ford Coley
有時候在晚上我會想起這首歌,我喜歡這首歌的意境。曾經深愛的女人,也許早就沒有過去在一起那種感覺,但今晚此時此刻我卻突然想見妳,一起做什麼都好,即便只是看個電視。不必撒謊跟我說沒空,因為,過了今晚,我想我就想離開了,但我今晚真的很想見到妳。
而在I`d Really Love to See You Tonight發行後沒幾年,England Dan & John Ford Coley就解散了,主唱Dan Seals開始他的個人演唱生涯。雖然之後Dan Seals在民謠界也闖出一些成績,也曾出現像Bop這樣的經典民謠,但始終沒有再唱出像I`d Really Love to See You Tonight這樣影響深遠的作品,他本人也於2009年過世。
Dan Seals
England Dan & John Ford Coley的成員John Ford Coley
England Dan & John Ford Coley - I`d Really Love to See You Tonight (Live) :
England Dan & John Ford Coley - I`d Really Love to See You Tonight Lyrics 中英文歌詞
I`d Really Love to See You Tonight
Hello, yeah, it's been a while
Not much, how about you
I'm not sure why I called
I guess I really just wanted to talk to you
And I was thinking maybe later on
We could get together for a while
It's been such a long time
And I really do miss your smile
*I'm not talking about moving in
And I don't want to change your life
But there's a warm wind blowing, the stars around
And I'd really love to see you tonight
We could go walking through a windy park
Or take a drive along the beach
Or stay at home and watch TV
You see it really doesn't matter much to me
I won't ask for promises
So you don't have to lie
We've both played that game before
Say I love you and say goodbye
我今晚真的很想見妳
哈囉,有一陣子沒見面了
妳最近過得怎樣?
我不確定我為什麼要打這通電話
我想我只是想跟妳說說話
我想,也許是待會
我們可以聚一聚
已經好久沒見面了
我真的很想念妳的笑容
我並不是想搬進去住
也不想改變妳的生活
但暖風吹拂著,滿天都是星星
今晚我真的很想見妳
我們可以散步到微風吹拂的公園
也可以開車到海邊兜風
或只是留在家裡看電視
你看,我一點都無所謂
我不會要求妳承諾
所以妳不需要說謊
這樣的遊戲我們以前玩過很久了,
說我愛你,然後就說再見
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