戀上一個人，愛上一座城
朗誦，翻唱，雜感，說出自己，唱出自己，寫出自己。。。
前幾天唱 《What A Wonderful World》選用了Anne Murray版的伴奏。之前對她不熟悉。藕花說最喜歡Anne的《I needed you》，我也找來學習一下。聽了很喜歡。裏麵那種細膩的情緒：
歌名雖然說是你需要我，其實是說我需要你，但是無法想象你也需要我，有一種怯生生的低微到塵埃的感恩之情 - 雖然說我需要你出現，但是沒有奢望到你真的會出現。然而你卻真的出現了，還call我是friends，說你同樣需要我。雖說原創是寫給妻子的，這種受寵若驚般的感恩之情同樣適用於戀情，親情，甚至宗教裏麵跟神的relationship。
The story behind the song. Well worth reading.
https://juliettejagger.com/origin-stories-anne-murray-on-you-needed-me/
The song does not fit in traditional mode as it does not have a chorus part. The singer has to fight the producer to have it labeled as the featured theme song for the CD release. I thoroughly enjoy the song and was blown away by the complex emotion: humbleness, gratification and that blessed feeling of finding love in life.
“When we recorded that song, everyone in the studio was so excited, and these guys were studio players who played for a lot of great artists, but they were just absolutely blown away,” she says. “When we were finished with the song, everybody went silent. We all went into the control room to hear the playback and everyone was just looking at each other shaking their heads––nobody knew what to say. It was truly the most magical moment of my recording career.”
I was confused, you cleared my mind
I sold my soul, you bought it back for me
And held me up and gave me dignity
Somehow you needed me
To face the world out on my own again
You put me high upon a pedestal
So high that I could almost see eternity
You needed me, you needed me
I can't believe it's true
I needed you and you were there
And I'll never leave, why should I leave?
I'd be a fool 'cause I finally found someone who really cares
When I was lost you took me home
You gave me hope when I was at the end
And turned my lies back into truth again
You even called me "friend"
To face the world out on my own again
You put me high upon a pedestal
So high that I could almost see eternity
You needed me, you needed me, you needed me
