【Madonna】Take a Bow

	偶然在網上聽到這個熟悉的旋律。去年 Madonna 在莫斯科舉辦過一個演唱會，我不知道她有沒有演唱這首在1995年榮登多個國家Billboard 榜首的Take a bow。 我對 Madonna 沒什麽好感，即便她寫了兒童故事並煞有其事地參加了多場誦讀會，在我的眼裏，她始終是放蕩的。但我不得不承認她的音樂才華，尤其是這首Take a bow，陪伴我度過了大學的四年。
1993年對我來講有很多裏程碑式的意義，其中包括對歐美流行音樂的接觸和狂熱。調頻101.7和103.7成為我重要的音樂來源和精神支柱。當時特別喜歡的節目是《立體聲之友》、《人頭馬懷舊金曲》和《澳大利亞音樂航班》。《人頭馬懷舊金曲》裏的主持人、老客勒查理林播放的都是一些歐美四五十年代的音樂，那句滬語開場白“大家（ga）好，我是香港查(qia)理林，現(yi)在大家聽到的（e），是懷（wa）舊金曲節目……”聽上去真是舒服。《澳大利亞音樂航班》的裴紫安說話總是柔情細語，“本次航班馬上就要起飛了”總讓我產生莫名的激動，而那句“感謝音樂記載了我們的日子，使我們既擁有了緬懷的權利，又擁有了做夢的家園”是我們與音樂之間最貼切的寫照。我對於Grammy Award的了解多來自《立體聲之友》，Boys II Man, Backstreet boys, Elton John, Sting, U2, Tina Turner, Sheryl Crow, Rolling Stones等等的歌手和組合都是從那個時候開始熟悉起來的。還有那一邊聽節目一邊忙著換磁帶錄歌、終於收集全100首奧斯卡獲獎歌曲的日子。現在，我似乎仍更鍾情於那個歲月所聆聽到的歌曲和音樂，如今的Grammy，已經距離我的taste越來越遠了。
在這裏介紹一下Take a bow 的歌詞： Take a bow, the night is over This masquerade is getting older Lights are low, the curtains down There's no one here [There's no one here, there's no one in the crowd] Say your lines but do you feel them Do you mean what you say when there's no one around [no one around] Watching you, watching me, one lonely star [One lonely star you don't know who you are] Chorus: I've always been in love with you [always with you] I guess you've always known it's true [you know it's true] You took my love for granted, why oh why The show is over, say good-bye Say good-bye [bye bye], say good-bye Make them laugh, it comes so easy When you get to the part Where you're breaking my heart [breaking my heart] Hide behind your smile, all the world loves a clown [Just make 'em smile the whole world loves a clown] Wish you well, I cannot stay You deserve an award for the role that you played [role that you played] No more masquerade, you're one lonely star [One lonely star and you don't know who you are] (chorus, repeat) Say good-bye [bye bye], say good-bye All the world is a stage [world is a stage] And everyone has their part [has their part] But how was I to know which way the story'd go How was I to know you'd break [You'd break, you'd break, you'd break] You'd break my heart I've always been in love with you [I've always been in love with you] Guess you've always known You took my love for granted, why oh why The show is over, say good-bye Say good-bye [bye bye], say good-bye Say good-bye