※ 引述《currie (咖哩颗粒)》之铭言： : 我很喜欢的50年代歌手Johnny Horton有一堆历史叙事歌, 不只好听, 题材也很丰富: : 例如"The Battle of New Orleans"(英美战争), "Sink the Bismarck"(二次大战) : "North to Alaska"(淘金热) Johnny Horton (1925-1960), 人称 The Singing Fisherman (因为他嗜钓如命) 录音生涯只有短短五年 (1956-1960), 风格却相当多样: 除了在传统 honky-tonk 和新兴的 rockabilly 之间游走的轻快歌曲占了大半, 也有怀念金曲级的芭乐歌 (老歌精选都会收的 "Whispering Pines", "The Mansion You Stole", "All for the Love of a Girl"), 以及生涯晚期源自民谣, 用歌说故事的 "saga songs" 这些叙事歌有些满"卡通"的, 举两段 "The Battle of New Orleans" 的歌词 Well we fired our cannon til the barrel melted down so we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round We filled his head with cannon balls and powdered his behind and when they tetched the powder off, the gator lost his mind Yeah they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico 也有像"Jim Bridger"这种叙述拓荒史上的无名英雄, 带着历史重量的歌: Once there was a mountain man who couldn't write his name Yet he deserves the front row seat in History's Hall of Fame He forgot more about the Indians than we will ever know He spoke the language of the Sioux - the Black Foot and the Crow He spoke with General Custer and said listen Yellow Hair The Sioux are the great nation so treat 'em fair and square Sit in on their war councils, don't laugh away their pride But Custer didn't listen - at Little Big Horn Custer died 他死後发表的单曲 "North to Alaska" 也是 John Wayne 同名电影 (中译"北国寻金记") 的主题曲, 讲的是19世纪末的淘金热; Horton本人年轻时也去淘过金, 而他另一首作品 "When It's Springtime in Alaska" 或许就把个人经验写了进去吧 对了, 唱不同风格的歌时, Horton 的唱腔听起来也大不相同 浅斟低唱的 "Whispering Pines" 和尖酸滑稽的 "The Battle of New Orleans" 完全不像是同一个人唱的 :) 他也常在乐句尾转个喉音, 听来就是多了一分诙谐感 附个八卦: Horton 的遗孀 Billie Jean 原是 Hank Williams 的老婆 (1952年10月结婚) Hank Williams 过世後 (1953年1月) 改嫁给 Horton (1953年9月) 而 Horton 1960年车祸丧生的地点 (Milano,Texas), 正是当年他得知 Williams 死讯 的所在 参考网页 http://www.rockabillyhall.com/JohnnyHorton1.html 试听 (Amazon) http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Horton-Greatest-Hits/dp/B0000026AG 我还记得小时候家母天天放Johnny Horton当起床号 如果放的是快歌我就乖乖起来, 放的是芭乐歌就继续赖 XD --

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