“The House of the Rising Sun” is a traditional folk song from the United States. Also called “House of the Rising Sun” or occasionally “Rising Sun Blues“, it tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans. The most successful commercial version was recorded by the English rock group The Animals in 1964, which was a number one hit in the United Kingdom, United States, Sweden, Finland and Canada. The song is in chromatic-minor. Continue reading
“The end of the world” 是相當受歡迎的一首歌，曾是錢櫃雜誌 (Cashbox現已停刊 )1963年度的年終排行冠軍曲，也是鄉村女歌手Skeeter Davis唯一的傳世之作。從內容看來，這又是一首失戀的情歌，但原作曲者乃是因為父親逝世，覺得猶如世界末日一般而寫出這首歌。Skeeter Davis的演唱平實而動人，而且自己擔任和聲，成就了一首流行經典。 Continue reading
“Tennessee Waltz” is a popular/country music song with lyrics by Redd Stewart and music by Pee Wee King written in 1946 and first released in December 1947 as a single by Cowboy Copas that same year. The song became a multimillion seller via a 1950 recording – as “The Tennessee Waltz” – by Patti Page. Continue reading
這是一首相當深情的歌曲，歌中的男主角湯米為了賺得一只給蘿拉的結婚戒指，參加了危險性極高的非法賽車，結果賠上了自己的性命，臨終前仍不忘說：告訴蘿拉我愛她……。但是對這首歌推出時的60年代，這種涉及死亡的歌詞，在美國當時保守的社會風氣，卻是相當引人爭議的，雖然歌中提及的死亡是十分含蓄而且微不足道，但在許多衛道人士對剛興起的搖滾樂還視為洪水猛獸的當時，這首語涉死亡的歌曲，簡直是道德的淪喪，對生命的褻瀆。 Continue reading
This Land Is Mine was written for 1960 film “Exodus” by Ernest Gold, who won an Oscar for the score. Words added in 1961 by Pat Boone as “This Land Is Mine.” Various versions charted in 1961 by Ferrante and Teicher (#2); Mantovani (#31); Eddie Harris (jazz rendition, #36); Pat Boone (#64); and Edith Piaf (#116) Continue reading