
熟悉美國流行音樂史的朋友都知道,
其實有許多流行經典名曲是來自百老匯音樂劇舞台的!


第四十八屆葛萊美獎各項得獎名單揭曉
第四十八屆葛萊美獎頒獎典禮於2 / 9舉行,
歌唱事業再創新高峰的流行天后瑪麗亞凱莉總共獲得八項入圍,但最後只拿下三獎。
顯然葛萊美評審只認識U2這組老字號樂團!
U2一口氣抱走年度最佳歌曲、年度最佳專輯等五項大獎,成為本屆葛萊美的大贏家。
嘻哈才子Kanye West則不負眾望,奪下三項大獎。
第四十八屆葛萊美主要獎項得獎名單如下:
最佳鄉村合唱演出:費絲希爾與提姆麥克羅

關於這個團,光聽團名就很有意思,台灣樂迷翻譯成「午夜石油合唱團」,
事實上,在英文裡Midnight Oil有「開夜車」的說法,
有句成語「焚膏繼晷」不就叫「Burn the midnight oil」?
還記得以前當學生常常開夜車夜讀,一面苦中作樂的聽著Midnight Oil 的專輯,
那個挑燈夜戰聽著AB版卡帶,外加AM, FM電台的全盛的時期,從未在年少的記憶中消失。
Midnight Oil一直以來都是眾搖滾樂評口中的社會政治歌曲詮釋與實踐的最佳代表團體,
主唱Peter Garrett不僅能創作詞曲,擁有法律系高學位的他更是一位堅實公義的基督徒,
從他的音樂創作理念中,融合了政治批判、社會關懷、種族文化、環保生態…等多元議題。
1987年轟然推出的專輯「Diesel and Dust」,在美國排行榜上獲得了廣大的迴響,
曾經盤踞全英Top 6,全美Top 17的「Beds Are Burning」展現獨樹一幟的搖滾風貌。
來看MV!
Beds Are Burning –
Midnight Oilhttp://birdbbs.idv.tw/~topmuzik/summer/Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning.mpg
Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees
The time has come
To say fairs fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The time has come
A facts a fact
It belongs to them
Lets give it back
How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep when our beds are burning
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From kintore east to yuendemu
The western desert lives and breathes
In forty five degrees
(live - on scream in blue
The time has come
A facts a fact
It belongs to us all
Lets give it back)


I Know Him So Well – Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson
http://birdbbs.idv.tw/~topmuzik/summer/Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well.mp3
I Know Him So Well – Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson
Nothing is so good it lasts eternally
Perfect situations must go wrong
But this has never yet prevented me
Wanting far too much for far too long.
Looking back I could have played it differently
One of few more moments who can tell
But it took time to understand the man
Now at least I know I know him well.
Wasnt it good? oh so good
Wasnt he fine? oh so fine
Isnt it madness he cant be mine?
But in the end he needs
A little bit more than me
More she needs security
He needs his fantasy and freedom
I know him so well.
No one in your life is with you constantly
No one is completely on your side
And though I move my world to be with him
Still the gap between us is too wide.
Looking back I could have played it differently
Could have played things some other way.
Learn about the man before I fell
I was just a little careless
But I was ever so much younger then.
I was so much younger then
Now at least I know I know him well
Wasnt it good? oh so good
Wasnt he fine? oh so fine
Isnt it madness he wont be mine?
Didnt I know how it would go?
If I knew from the start
Why am I falling apart?
Wasnt he fine? isnt it madness
He wont be mine?
But in the end he needs a little bit more than me
More she needs security
He needs his fantasy and freedom
I know him so well
It took time to understand me
I know him so well.