【歌為心聲】The Rose 送給小艾艾

Song: The Rose

Artist: Bette Midler

Some say love it is a river

that drowns the tender reed

Some say love it is a razer

that leaves your soul to bleed

Some say love it is a hunger

an endless aching need

I say love it is a flower

and you it's only seed

It's the heart afraid of breaking

that never learns to dance

It's the dream afraid of waking

that never takes the chance

It's the one who won't be taken

who cannot seem to give

and the soul afraid of dying

that never learns to live

When the night has been too lonely

and the road has been too long

and you think that

love is only for the lucky and the strong

Just remember in the winter

far beneath the bitter snows

lies the seed

that with the sun's love

in the spring

becomes the rose

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小艾艾,

喜歡你甜美動人的歌聲，總是如此的情真意切，每次被你這“從心裏流淌的歌聲”所打動。歌為心聲, 更喜歡你真實坦誠的為人。送給你我喜歡的The Rose，謝謝你唱的一首首難忘的歌曲......

忘記告訴你了，也喜歡你的名字小艾艾，永遠的小艾艾：甜美可人。

Yours forever fan,

Rebecca
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The Rose is a 1979 film which tells the story of a 1960s drug-addled rock music star whose life comes unraveled when she travels to her home town in Florida to put on a concert in order to show the people she grew up with that she had "made it." The story is loosely based on the life of Janis Joplin. The film stars Bette Midler, etc. The film was marketed with the tagline "She gave and gave, until she had nothing left to give".

The Rose was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Frederic Forrest), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Bette Midler, in her screen debut), Best Film Editing and Best Sound.

The lyrics of the theme song, "The Rose", sung by Bette Midler, play across the screen at the end of the credits.

Plot summary

In 1969, Mary Rose Foster is a famous rock 'n' roll diva known as The Rose. She is burnt out and lonely but is kept working by her gruff, greedy manager and promoter Rudge Campbell who supplies her with shots of adrenalin to keep her going. Rose is an alcoholic and former drug user and she has a tough past from growing up in Florida. This past haunts her and she keeps talking about showing everyone how she made it. After a country singing star named Billy Ray orders her to never sing one of his songs again and ridicules her morals, Rose is furious. She takes off with a limosine driver named Houston Dyer and starts a romance with him.

Rudge thinks Houston is just another hanger on, but Rose thinks she has finally met her true love. Houston tells her that he is actually an AWOL sergeant from the Army, and she tells him of her past in Florida. They have a rocky relationship and Rose meets an Army PFC named Mal who tags along for the tour. Her lifestyle of Drugs, Sex, and Rock and Roll and constant touring lead her to an inevitable breakdown and the inability to exist in the real world. In the film's ending, Rose collapsed on stage from a fatal drug overdose during her hometown concert in Florida.
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Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a powerful, sexy and distinctive voice as well as for her lyrical themes of pain and loss. To many, she personified that period of the Sixties when the San Francisco sound, along with (then considered) outlandish dress and life style jolted the country.  Joplin died, aged 27. Her death was caused by an overdose of heroin on October 4, 1970.

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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• 頂！ -山野村夫- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 13:52:12

• 山野村夫, thank you. How are you doing so far? Have a nice after -林貝卡- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 13:57:43

• Have a nice afternoon. -林貝卡- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 13:58:54

• Oops, 小小艾, 剛發現把你的名字給寫錯了，成了小艾艾。Sorry. -林貝卡- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 14:14:11

• 沙發被搶了，坐dengdeng，問好用心用情的Rebecca！ -微笑的魚- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 14:22:35

• 微笑的魚, 你哪裏是幾點了？我這是5:38PM. -林貝卡- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 14:38:17

• 早你那一天的11：12AM，再問好！有你這樣的朋友真開心！ -微笑的魚- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 15:13:15

• 微笑的魚, we are friends forever. -林貝卡- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 16:04:49

• 癡了～有流淚的衝動。。需要深呼吸。謝謝你！ love is a flower ～～ -小小艾- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 14:30:04

• 小小艾, 是你一首首深情的歌聲打動了我的心，謝謝你！ -林貝卡- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 14:39:31

• 玫瑰真美！ -白檸檬月光- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 15:07:56

• 月光下的白檸檬，象一首美麗的詩。 -林貝卡- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 15:43:18

• 頂~ 也支持一下小艾艾！ -聖牛- ♂ (13 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 15:09:53

• 謝謝小弟。Have a nice evening. -林貝卡- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 15:43:44

• The Rose 美麗,動聽.謝謝林貝卡! -lindaaa- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 15:23:17

• Linda, how are you doing? Have a nice evening. -林貝卡- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 15:44:24

• I am great ,thanks. -lindaaa- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 17:54:05

• 愛~~~~ -磨坊小劄- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 15:43:23

• 回複：愛~~~~ -林貝卡- ♀ (985 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 15:58:29

• 回複：回複：愛~~~~ -磨坊小劄- ♀ (953 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 17:29:45

• 回複：回複：回複：愛~~~~ -林貝卡- ♀ (671 bytes) () 10/12/2006 postreply 05:43:06

• Deeply touched by the song, by the gesture. -Autumn- ♀ (30 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 18:37:51

• Autumn, say whatever you want to say. Nice day. -林貝卡- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2006 postreply 05:24:29

• 感人的貼, 謝謝林貝卡, 問候你 ! -肖蕭- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2006 postreply 21:02:20

• 肖蕭. thank you. Have a nice day. -林貝卡- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2006 postreply 05:25:08