Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
再拖出一线来,也是不得已。有始有终,始于自然,终结于戏剧,音
乐是最讲结构的,也讲究些礼仪。我还是把先前三条线作个Links:
我喜欢的Beatles
http://www.mayacafe.com/forum/topic1sp.php3?tkey=1236229613
我喜欢的Beatles(I)
http://www.mayacafe.com/forum/topic1sp.php3?tkey=1236784875
我喜欢的Beatles(II)
http://www.mayacafe.com/forum/topic1sp.php3?tkey=1237562511
Finale在歌剧中指终场,很长的一片段。比如魔笛,No.21(帕米娜寻
短)以后就进入Finale。终场总还是要精彩的吧,留下的歌不多了,也
还能凑出一场戏。还是从Sgt Pepper...这开场白贴起罢:
It was twenty years ago today,
Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play
They've been going in and out of style
But they're guaranteed to raise a smile.
So may I introduce to you
The act you've known for all these years,
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
We're Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,
We hope you will enjoy the show,
We're Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,
Sit back and let the evening go.
Sgt. Pepper's lonely, Sgt. Pepper's lonely,
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
It's wonderful to be here,
It's certainly a thrill.
You're such a lovely audience,
We'd like to take you home with us,
We'd love to take you home.
I don't really want to stop the show,
But I thought that you might like to know,
That the singer's going to sing a song,
And he wants you all to sing along.
So let me introduce to you
The one and only Billy Shears
And Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
MTV是Beatles卡通电影Yellow Submarine中的。Sgt Pepper...
是一个很好的专辑,所谓概念专辑,弄得象一场演出,起始就是这首
歌,中间还有一个Reprise,估计这条线就只能承痛割爱了。
末了掺杂了几句歌是With A Little Help From My Friends.
The Origin of the name Sgt Pepper is disputed. The Beatles'
former road manager Mal Evans is sometimes cited as having
created it as a jokey substitute for 'salt 'n' pepper'. Others
suggest he name was derived from the popular American
soft drink 'Dr. Pepper'.
- posted on 03/25/2009
Martha My Dear
这首歌我一直很喜欢,是Paul作的,带有些许爵士味,歌词浅淡,歌
曲绕人。Martha本是他的一只小狗名,这里成了他的灵感女神:)
The song began as a two-handed piano exercise, something
that was deliberately beyond his level of competence at the
time and designed to stretch him musically.
前面一段引子,真有Blackbird中吉他似的迷人,当然,过门也棒。
'Martha My Dear' is a plea to a girl who has always been the
singer's muse: he asks her to remember him because he still
believes that they were meant for each other.
In Jan, 1968, Paul and Jane Asher had annouced that they were
going to get married during the year but Paul began dating other
girls while Jane was away acting and in July she called off the
engagement.
- posted on 03/26/2009
Eleanor Rigby
刚把WOA推荐的Across the Universe电影看了,应该还可以,不
能算太好,至少,我不觉得应该把那么多歌挤在一起,应该向Beatles
道歉三声。
电影中感觉到有些喊叫的歌的力度,比如Come Together就很好。
我还是按照原计划把这一线贴完,只怕是过了这个村,就没了这个甸
了。人的感觉很微妙的,至少,现在我还能沉醉Beatles的歌。
Eleanor Rigby是一首写教堂的歌,在Yellow Submarine中也出现过
,表现一种冷寞世界的孤寂。当然,这个从歌的起句就能感:
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice
In the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face
That she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Father McKenzie, writing the words
of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near
Look at him working, darning his socks
In the night when there's nobody there
What does he care?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby, died in the church
And was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt
From his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved
All the lonely people
(Ah, look at all the lonely people)
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
(Ah, look at all the lonely people)
Where do they all belong?
As is true of many of McCartney's songs, the melody and first
line of the song came to him as he was playing around on his
piano. The name that came to him, though, was not Eleanor Rigby
but Miss Daisy Hawkins. In 1966, McCartney recalled how he
got the idea for his song:
"I was sitting at the piano when I thought of it. The first few
bars just came to me, and I got this name in my head... 'Daisy
Hawkins picks up the rice in the church'. I don't know why. I couldn't
think of much more so I put it away for a day. Then the name
Father McCartney came to me, and all the lonely people. But I
thought that people would think it was supposed to be about my
Dad sitting knitting his socks. Dad's a happy lad. So I went through
the telephone book and I got the name McKenzie. "
- posted on 03/26/2009
Hey Jude
昨晚转了那首Eleanor Rigby,这孤寞感都入梦了的。但愿玛雅不要
把她误解成Eleanor,有时我自己就觉得象Father McKenzie,咖啡
就象一个小教堂,唉,不敢多想象了。。。
那一线说海子,这一线就放一首欢快但不失内抑的歌,也是Beatles
最通俗的歌之一Hey Jude,这Jude到底是谁呢?一般人们以为是列
侬的儿子于连,那时他很小,父母将离异,这歌是Paul作的:
Paul had always enjoyed a close relationship with John's son Julian
, then five years old and, to show his support for mother and child
during the beakd-up, he drove down to Weybridge from his home in St John's
Wood bearing a single red rose. Paul often used driving time to work
out new songs and ,on this day, with Julian's uncertain future on his
mind, he started singin 'Hey Julian' and improvising lyrics on the theme
of comfort and reassurance.
Hey Jude, don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better
Hey Jude, don't be afraid
You were made to go out and get her
The minute you let her under your skin
Then you begin to make it better
And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders
For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder
Na na na, na na, na na na na
Hey Jude, don't let me down
You have found her, now go and get her
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better
So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin
You're waiting for someone to perform with
And don't you know that it's just you? Hey Jude, you'll do
The movement you need is on your shoulder
Na na na, na na, na na na na, yeah
Hey Jude, don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her under your skin
Then you begin to make it better
Better, better, better, better, better, oh!
Na na na, na-na na na......
.............
这首歌的幅歌可好,抒情合声,连绵无尽。
At some point during the hour-long journey, 'Hey Julian' gave way to
'Hey Jules' and Paul developed the lines 'Hey Jules, don't make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.' It was only later, when he came
to flesh out the lyric, that he changed Jules to Jude, feeling that Jude
was a name which sounded stronger.
- Re: 我喜欢的Beatles(Finale)posted on 03/26/2009
原来是这样。我原来只知道列侬和Ono的儿子Sean. 还以为列侬是标准好爸爸呢,原
来也够混的哈。A big turn-off.
xw wrote:这Jude到底是谁呢?一般人们以为是列
侬的儿子于连,那时他很小,父母将离异,这歌是Paul作的: - Re: 我喜欢的Beatles(Finale)posted on 03/27/2009
艺术家嘛,列侬算是顶好的啦。
Susan wrote:
原来是这样。我原来只知道列侬和Ono的儿子Sean. 还以为列侬是标准好爸爸呢,原
来也够混的哈。A big turn-off.
xw wrote:这Jude到底是谁呢?一般人们以为是列
侬的儿子于连,那时他很小,父母将离异,这歌是Paul作的: - posted on 03/27/2009
Lucy in the Sky with Diamond
上面是Paul写Julian,其实歌曲早已“异化”掉了,就连Julian都不
承认。但是,列侬写的这首Lucy绝对与Julian有关联,是Julian在幼
儿园画的一幅画,画的是同班的一位女孩Lucy,当列侬问他画中涂得
炫丽的色彩,他说,Lucy in the Sky with Diamond。这是个了不
起的名称,作为诗人的列侬,自然善意捕捉,并写成名歌曲。
有人从歌名破译此歌有关联LSD trip,列侬一直以Julian的事来否认
。看Julian怎么说的:
"I don't know why I called it that or why it stood out from
all my other drawings but I obviously had an affection for
Lucy at that age. I used to show dad everything I 'd built
or painted at school and this one sparked off the idea for
a song about Lucy in the sky with diamonds."
电影也是原版卡通中的。正好作写字版,这几句:
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
...
Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain,
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies.
这首歌太有名,再废话一句:就是Johanson在Ethiopia发现的顶有
名的古人类化石--Lucy,即是以此歌命名。
- posted on 03/29/2009
Free As A Bird
想贴Within You Without You,又想贴Yellow Submarine,有许
多好歌,只能割爱。这里我还是贴一下列侬后来作的一首歌,被Beatles
聚合成功,并打在他们的纪念集(Anthology1-3),成为单曲。
顺便说一声,Across the Universe再看一遍,确实很耐看。以歌曲
铺展出的电影,而不是电影歌曲,这秩序搞对了,电影也值得多看几
遍。我个人觉得I want you,Happyness is a Warm Gun,I am the
Walrus,Because等片段的超现实作得好,当然,Come Together,
Hey Jude和All You Need is Love作得更好…应该是歌迷的珍惜。
The song had been written and recorded as a demo by John
Lennon in 1977. Paul McCartney asked Lennon's widow Yoko
Ono for any unreleased material by Lennon, and "Free as a Bird"
was chosen as being the song all three remaining Beatles could
be involved in, as they could finish the arrangement and write
extra lyrics. Jeff Lynne of The Electric Light Orchestra was
asked to co-produce the record as he had worked with George
Harrison as part of The Traveling Wilburys.
Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey
Free as a bird,
it's the next best thing to be.
Free as a bird.
Home, home and dry,
like a homing bird I'll fly
as a bird on wings.
Whatever happened to
the life that we once knew?
Can we really live without each other?
Where did we lose the touch
that seemed to mean so much?
It always made me feel so...
Free as a bird,
like the next best thing to be.
Free as a bird.
Home, home and dry,
like a homing bird I'll fly
as a bird on wings.
Whatever happened to
the life that we once knew?
Always made me feel so free.
Free as a bird.
It's the next best thing to be.
Free as a bird.
Free as a bird.
Free as a bird.
贴在这里,也是纪念两位故去的甲壳虫。
Structure
The song is the key of A Major, in a meter of 4/4, and uses the
I-vi-iv-V7 model, with the exception that (in typical Lennon style
-- see "In My Life") the iv chord is rendered as a minor chord (in
this case Dm rather than D major). The structure is composed of:
Intro
Verse (2X - Lennon)
Bridge (McCartney)
Verse (2X)
Bridge (Harrison - half-length)
Guitar solo (over a verse)
Verse
Outro
这里还有混成的Beatles版MTV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_YQ9ROp4lE
- posted on 03/30/2009
Within You Without You
这首歌是George Harrison的,我以为是他最好的歌,Beatles最好的
歌之一。就是Beatles成员中也都极欣赏George这首歌。
因为是最后一线,也曾在另一线提到过此歌,总觉得不好再贴。此线
到这里,也应该有一首慢而长的歌,也曾想到The Long and Winding
Road,还是觉得太“成熟”了的,我喜欢的是Beatles的原创,象他
们在Mother Nature's Son里面唱的清泉似的歌曲。
Sit beside a mountain stream--see her waters rise
Listen to the pretty sound of music as she flies.
这歌里有大段Sitar过门,使人沉醉不已。上个周末去博物馆看Sitar
,真是各式各样,有种大个的,有两层弦,底层贴琴枕分布密集的细
弦,丝丝共鸣的声音即由此发出。而上层的弦,也有尽量勾、绕、柔
等动作,把声音处理得如九曲回肠似的恒河中部流域。
George first became interested in Eastern thought as a consequence
of discovering the sitar in 1965 and, having studied the instrument
under Ravi Shankar, made his first explicit statement of his new-found
philosophy in 'Within You Without You'.
还有一个版本是与Tomorrow Never Knows混合的,简短一些。
Written as a recollected conversation, the song put forward the
view that western individulism - the idea that we each have our
own ego - is based on al illusion that encourages separation and
division. In order ofr us to draw closer and get rid of the 'space
between us all', we need to give up this illusion of ego and realize
that we are essentially 'all one'.
Although the view expressed in 'Within You Without You' was drawn
from Hindu teaching, it touched a chord amongst those experimenting
with acid at the time. Through a chemically-induced destruciton
of ego, acid trippers often felt as if they had been absorbed into
a greater 'cosmic consciousness'.
此歌曲中还有几样印度乐器:Dilruba, tabla, etc.
In an interview with International Times in 1967, George said:
"We're all one. The realization of human love reciprocated is such a
gas. It's a good vibration which makes you feel good. These vibration
that you get through yoga, cosmic chants and things like that,
I mean it's such a buzz. It buzzes you out of everywhere. It's
nothing to do with pills. It's just in your own head, the realization.
It's such a buzz. It buzzes you right into the astral plane."
- posted on 03/30/2009
Let it Be
这首歌象Yesterday一样,太有名,是Paul作的,当然有Beatles解
散的前奏。关于Beatles解散,有许多种说法,我都不感兴趣。要说还
是George说的解散了好,我也觉得有聚有散,尤其是艺术上有始有终
最好。更好的是Beatles留下那么多高水平的歌,以后怎及?
Let it Be是一首歌,也是他们的一个专辑名,很高水平。也是一部
电影名,难得的纪录片,对于后世乐队弥足珍贵。
Released as a single in March 1970, 'Let it Be' sounded as if
it had been deliberately recorded as the Beatles' swansong.
However, the fact is it was recorded in Jan 1969. No one had
any idea that it was going to be the last single.
When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me,
speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me,
speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.
And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree,
there will be an answer, let it be.
For though they may be parted there is still a chance that they will see,
there will be an answer. let it be.
Let it be, let it be, .....
And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light, that shines on me,
shine until tomorrow, let it be.
I wake up to the sound of music, mother Mary comes to me,
speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be, ..... MTV是同名电影中的场面。
Written in the style of a modern hymn, the religious feeling was
heightened by the invocation of 'mother Mary' which appeared to
be a reference to the Virgin Mary but was in fact a reference to
Paul's own mother, who he was imagining being there and offering
support.
"I used to lie in bed and wonder what was going on and feel quite
paranoid," Paul revealed. "I had a dream one night about my mother
. She had died when I was 14, so I hadn't heard from her in quite
a while and it was very good. It gave me some strength. In my
darkest hour, mother Mary had come to me."
- posted on 03/30/2009
The End
把这一线了结了吧,省得拖得太长就不好了。好在Beatles有一首歌
,正好就叫The End.这首歌是Abbey Road的最后一首歌,Abbey
Road是他们最后一个专辑,虽然Let it Be因故更晚推出。
Thanks for youtube, for wikipedia, for A Hard day's Write,
for A day in Life, for thebeatles.com, for www.sing365.com,
mayacafe.com, Susan, Maya, Woa, LHC, etc...
Oh yeah, all right
Are you going to be in my dreams
Tonight?
And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make.
THE END.
- Re: 我喜欢的Beatles(Finale)posted on 03/30/2009
xw wrote:
Free As A Bird
顺便说一声,Across the Universe再看一遍,确实很耐看。以歌曲
铺展出的电影,而不是电影歌曲,这秩序搞对了,电影也值得多看几
遍。
这就对了。 - Re: Beatles stars reunite at concertposted on 04/05/2009
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