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| 世纪最佳歌曲（三） |
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[ 2007-10-13 5:33:00 | By: 叶公 ] |
世纪最佳歌曲（三）
Rhapsody in Blue （蓝色狂想曲）
《蓝色狂想曲》（Rhapsody in Blue）是作曲家乔治·格什温（George Gershwin）于1924年写给独奏钢琴及爵士乐团的乐曲，它融合了古典音乐的原理以及跟爵士的元素所成。
就像其它格什温最受欢迎的古典乐曲，蓝色狂想曲让他建立了多产作曲家的声誉。
钢琴与交响乐团的版本是在1946年由葛罗菲（Ferde Grofé）所改编，它成為了美国音乐会中最受欢迎的曲目之一。
这里贴出的是由当时的Glen Miller 大乐队演出的现场录音，谢谢欣赏。
Listen：
Big Bands - Glen Miller - Rhapsody in Blue
Night and Day（夜与昼）
这是Cole Porter科尔.波特1932年为Fred Astaire与Ginger Rogers主演的舞台剧《Gay Divorce》（快乐离婚）写的曲子，到了1934年把它拍成电影《Gay Divorcee》，中文译成《快乐的离婚者》，又名《柳暗花明》及《欢喜冤家》。Frank Sinatra唱得不错，影片中Fred Astaire与Ginger Rogers又唱又跳的录音是原唱、但这里选的是Ella Fitzgerald的版本。
1946年一部《Night and Day》的影片是Cole Porter专记电影，由Cary Grant主演，片中除以故事形式介绍作曲家的生平外，还介绍创作《Night and Day》的经过。
 
Night and Day
Cole Porter
Night and day, you are the one
Only you beneath the moon or under the sun
Whether near to me, or far
It's no matter darling where you are
I think of you
Day and night, night and day, why is it so
That this longing for you follows wherever I go
In the roaring traffic's boom
In the silence of my lonely room
I think of you
Day and night, night and day
Under the hide of me
There's an oh such a hungry yearning burning inside of me
And this torment won't be through
Until you let me spend my life making love to you
Day and night, night and day
Listen：
Ella Fitzgerald － Night and Day
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town（圣诞老人来到小镇上）
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
You better watch out,
You better not cry,
You better not pout,
I'm telling you why,
Santa Claus is coming to town.
He's making a list and checking it twice.
Gonna find out whose naughty and nice.
Santa Claus is coming to town.
He sees you when you're sleeping.
He knows when you're awake.
He knows if you're been bad or good.
So be good for goodness sake.
Oh you better watch out,
You better not cry,
You better not pout,
I'm telling you why,
Santa Claus is coming to town.
With little tin horns and little toy drums,
Rooty toot toot and rummy tums tums.
Santa Clause is comin' to town.
He's bringing curly head dolls.
Toddle and coo Elephants,
boats and kiddy-cars too.
Santa Claus is coming to town.
The kids in girl and toyland will have a jubilee.
They're gonna build a toyland town.
All around the Christmas tree.
Oh you better watch out,
you better not cry,
you better not pout,
I'm telling you why,
Santa Claus is comin' to town.
Santa Claus is comin' to town.
叮叮噹！叮叮噹！圣誕老人就要进城了！每年只要叮叮！叮叮噹！每年只要圣誕歌曲一放，大家就知道圣誕节到了。你知道这些的圣誕歌是在唱什么吗？一起來听听好听的圣誕歌曲，順便学学英文的圣誕歌词，过个溫馨又有气质的圣誕节吧！
该曲写于1934年。Perry Como唱的歌朴实自然，很受人喜爱。
listen：
Perry Como - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Misty （薄雾）
Misty
by Erroll Garner & Johnny Burke
Look at me,
I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree
And I feel like I'm clinging to a cloud
I can't understand,
I get misty just holding your hand.
Walk my way,
And a thousand violins begin to play
Or it might be the sound of your hello
That music I hear,
I get misty the moment you're near
You can say that you're leading me on
But it's just what I want you to do
Don't you notice how hopelessly I'm lost
That's why I'm following you.
On my own,
Would I wander through this wonderland alone
Never knowing my right foot from my left,
My hat from my glove,
I'm too misty, and too much in love.
这首《Misty》直译为《薄雾》，意译为《不知所措》，它是一首浪漫的歌曲，它很像一段初恋的开始，歌曲曲势相当流畅、优美，一对恋人陷入感情的漩涡，浸淫在爱情的渴望与无助的感觉......。
Erroll Garner Trio（Erroll Garner三重奏）原唱于1954年。
Listen：
Erroll Garner Trio － Misty
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head（雨点不住地落到我头上）
轻喜剧风格的西部片。 两位主人公都是反英雄类的典型，是令人愉快的个人主义者。特别是保罗·纽曼，自命不凡，永远乐观，从没杀过人，整天幻想着全世界的银行都已时机成熟待他轻取，实实的一个空想家。他与搭档神枪手罗伯特·雷福德爱着同一个女人，他们最擅长的就是在打抢或逃亡时还一路诙谐打趣，这与传统西部片里的歹徒绝对两样。
影片温情而饶有趣味，因纽曼和雷福德的表演而大放光芒。两位男星英俊迷人无疑是主要吸引力，但他们确实也得益于编剧威廉·高曼的机智诙谐和导演的超一流水准。该片最终获得奥斯卡最佳剧本、最佳摄影、最佳音响、最佳音乐项大奖。人们把它推为首席非主流西部片，其实有什么比票房更主流的呢？
影片中的原唱是BJ Thomas。
Raindrops keep on falling on my head
Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Raindrops keep falling on my head
And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
Nothing seems to fit
Those raindrops are falling on my head
They keep falling
So I just did me some talking to the sun
And I said I didn't like the way he got things done
Sleeping on the job
Those raindrops are falling on my head
They keep falling
But there's one thing I know
The blues they send to meet me won't defeat me
It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me
Raindrops keep falling on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red
Crying's not for me
'Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining
Because I'm free
Nothing's worrying me
Listen：
BJ Thomas — Raindrops keep on falling on my head
[Theme from the Three Penny Opera (Mack the Knife)]
（三便士戏剧的主题）
Mack the Knife
Kurt Weill, Berthold Brecht, Marc Blitzstein
Oh the shark has such teeth, dear
And he shows them pearly white
Just a jack knife has old MacHeath, dear
And he keeps it out of sight
You know when the shark bites
with his teeth, dear
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves though wears MacHeath, dear
So there's never, never a trace of red
On the sidewalk, Sunday morning,
Don't you know
Lies a body oozing life
Someone's sneaking round the corner
Could that be our boy, Mack the knife?
From a tug boat by the river
There's a cement bag just dropping on down
The cement's just for the weight, dear
Bet you Mack is back in town
Did you hear about Louie Miller he disappeared
After drawing out all his hard earned cash
And MacHeath spends like a sailor
Could it be our boy did something rash?
Jenny Diver, Sukey Tawdr
Look out Miss ?, and old Lucy Brown
Oh the line forms on the right, babe
Now that Mack is back in town
I said Jenny Diver, Sukey Tawdr
Look out Miss ?, and old Lucy Brown
Oh the line forms on the right, babe
Now that Mack is back in town
1928 年，才华洋溢的德国作曲家寇特威尔（ Kurt Weil ）所谱写的轻歌剧《三便士歌剧》（ The Three-penny Opera ），以 1837 年的苏活区为背景，描述一个杀人不眨眼的江洋大盗被自己心爱的女人出卖的故事，在欧洲各国造成了轰动，但是当这出戏在 1933 年首度进军美国的时候，却遭到了惨败，直到 1954 年重新推出，才获得了成功，而剧中的插曲「 Moritat 」则被改编成英语的「 Mack the Knife 」，同时红遍全球，光是在 1956 年，就至少有包括路易阿姆斯壮在内的七种不同录音版本先后打进排行榜。
Listen：
Bobby Darin — Mack the Knife
连接： 世纪最佳歌曲（四）
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