Category Archives: 西洋音樂

小時候住在眷村，隔壁叔叔家中有一台留聲機，在那個時代有台留聲機可非常炫的。隔壁叔叔每天放唱片喧天價響，吵得鄰居雞犬不寧哇哇叫。我倒還好，滿喜歡聽他放的音樂，多數是西洋歌曲，雖然聽不懂，但會跟著曲調和節奏哼唱打拍子。到了初中爸媽上班工作很忙，讓我去住校並送給我一台收音機。記得是正聲廣播電台，每晚有西洋歌曲節目，開始了我聽西洋歌曲的習慣，偶而還會寄張明信卡去點歌。
到了高中，我還是住校，晚上一樣在床上拿著收音機聽熱門音樂，但多了志同道合的同學。不但一起聽西洋歌曲，我們還組了合唱團。高二有一位學長，外號叫恐龍，彈得一手好吉他，另一位同學擔任鼓手，記得他的母親好像是電視製作人。為慶祝學校新建的大禮堂(也是教堂)，我們參加演出，還蠻轟動的。唱了幾首歌已經不記得，但有兩首是Michael row the boat ashore和 Diana
可惜，高二上結束前，校長請家父到學校去，當面告訴家父說，恐怕你兒子畢不了業，最好能先轉學。家父回家後描述當時的景況說：當他點頭同意辦理轉學的時候，他看到校長大大的鬆了一口氣如釋重負。若不然，我或許會與同學繼續第二年的表演；不過，轉到新學校後參加學校樂隊，玩起Auto撒克斯風，也覺得不錯~~~~
服役期間是聽西洋歌曲的黃金時代，當時我在屏東空軍一個飛機維修單位服務，有許多美軍物資，大型高功率真空管，看著士官長留下的線路圖，DIY了好多套超高級HiFi，屏東中正路上有一家唱片行經常有老唱片拍賣，記得是1塊錢2片，每晚用自己組裝的HiFi與音箱，聽著廉價買來的老歌，真是不亦樂乎。
退伍回家時，帶了一千多張黑膠唱片，一直保存到後來錄音帶取代唱片，搬到路口垃圾桶旁準備丟棄。不料，才剛轉頭，立刻有人將之全部搬走。原來，這些絕版的黑膠老唱片，在市場上每片竟然可以賣到數百元!!!
總之，那段時期的西洋歌曲現在依然覺得回味無窮，因此花了一些時間將那段時期常聽的歌曲收錄下來，再補充歌詞和歌曲背景簡介，歡迎一起來欣賞~~~~

For loving me

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By Peter Paul and Mary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5v89eqDEsI

Lyrics

That’s what you get for lovin’ me That’s what you get for lovin’ me Everything you had is gone, as you can see That’s what you get for lovin’ me.

I ain’t the kind to hang around With any new love that I’ve found Movin’ is my stock in trade I’m movin on I won’t think of you when I’m gone.

So don’t you shed a tear for me I ain’t the love you thought I’d be I’ve got a hundred more like you so don’t be blue I’ll have a thousand ‘fore I’m through.

Now there you go you’re crying again Now there you go you’re crying again But then someday when your poor heart is on the mend I just might pass this way again

That’s what you get for lovin’ me That’s what you get for lovin’ me Everything you had is gone, as you can see That’s what you get for lovin’ me

Fellow the boys

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 Follow the Boys is a 1963 song that was used as the theme song to the 1963 comedy film of the same name and was also a Top 20 hit for Connie Francis.
Three different versions of the song exist.
The first version was recorded on June 30, 1962 during the shooting of the on-location scenes in Italy, where Francis overdubbed her vocals to a playback which had been pre-recorded under the direction of Geoff Love at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios in London. This version was used for the opening and closing credits of the film.
The second recording of the “Follow the Boys” theme song was conducted by LeRoy Holmes, a veteran of the classic MGM musicals who by 1963 had left that studio to compose for United Artists films; however he returned to MGM to work with Francis whose 1958 hit “Stupid Cupid” he’d conducted. The recording took place on September 27, 1962. This version was released on the original MGM Records Single.
The third recording was recorded on January 10, 1963. This version used the original September 1962 playback with Francis overdubbing new vocals. This version was released on the album “Follow the Boys” (MGM Records SE-4123), which featured the film’s songs on the A-Side and a selection of Italian-flavored songs to fit the movie’s setting on the B-Side although they didn’t appear in the actual movie.
“Follow the Boys” was stylistically reminiscent of the hit theme song from Where the Boys Are written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield but was in fact written by Benny Davis and Ted Murry (pseudonym for Murray Mencher) the composers of Francis 1962 #1 “Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You”.
Released in February 1963, “Follow the Boys” reached #17 that April on the Billboard Hot 100 where it would be Francis’ final Top 20 entry. The song was markedly more successful as ranked by Cash Box spending two weeks at #11.

By Connie Francis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoDwlws0Mdg

Lyrics

I’ll follow the boys, wherever they goI’ll follow the boys, ’cause in my heart I knowI know that somewhere, somewhere along the wayI’ll find my love, my own true love, somedayAnd there’ll be no place too far, no ocean too wideWherever he goes, I’ll be right by his sideI’ll follow the boys, and wait until the timeTill that boy that I’m following is mineThere’ll be no place too far, no ocean too wideWherever he goes, I’ll be right by his sideSo I’ll follow the boys, and wait until the timeTill that wonderful boy that I’m following is mine