公木砸壇：我愛聽的鄉村歌曲（12）夏日歡歌 Chattahoochee

   

      又到了炎炎夏日，幾乎所有的大中型的城鎮都會有露天音樂節，包括Rock，Blue Grass，Pop等各種形式，當然也少不了Country Music，而Country Music 因為其特有的鄉土氣息和地方特色，深受各地的樂迷喜愛，今天來介紹一首和夏天有關的歌，Alan Jackson的Chattahoochee。

 

     1958年出生於美國佐治亞州的一個名叫Newnan的小鎮的Alan Jackson是最著名的鄉村音樂歌手之一，他繼承了80年代興起的新傳統主義演唱風格。他最早的音樂曆程是從教堂開始，在很小的時候，他就開始在教堂裏的唱詩班唱歌，當他十幾歲的時候，他就成為當地小有名氣的鄉村二重唱團體的一員。

 

     Alan Jackson的唱法樸實自然，情緒飽滿，他一共擁有著20多首冠軍單曲以及巨多的前十名單曲。他在鄉村音樂的地位可以和Jonny Cash,Willie Nelson以及John Denver等巨星相提並論。有機會我們可以單獨介紹一下Alan Jackson。

 

     Chattahoochee是在1993年7月17日在廣告牌的熱門鄉村單曲榜中高居榜首，並停留四個星期。它還榮登Billboard的美國鄉村歌曲年終大榜，去贏得CMA單曲大獎和年度最佳音樂錄影帶獎。

 

 

       Chattahoochee是分割佐治亞州和亞拉巴馬州的界河，雖然這首歌是一個關於成長中的樂趣的歌曲，但它適用於任何一個美國的小鎮。歌曲中的場景包括了夏日，河邊，汽車，女友和啤酒，現在來看，它是一首懷舊的歌曲，更像是對於青澀年少時夏日歡樂時光的眷戀和對於懵懂戀情的回憶，非常傳神地記錄了鄉村小鎮中青年男女的夏日歡愉的場景，一推出來便得到巨大的市場反響，引起無數人的共鳴。

 

"Chattahoochee"

 

Well, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee

It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie

We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt

We got a little crazy but we never got caught.

 

Down by the river on a Friday night

Pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight

Talkin' 'bout cars and dreamin' 'bout women

Never had a plan, just a livin' for the minute.

 

Yeah, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee

Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me

But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was

A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love.

 

Ya ha

 

Well, we fogged up the windows in my old Chevy

I was willin' but she wasn't ready

So I settled for a burger and a grape sno-cone

I dropped her off early but I didn't go home.

 

Down by the river on a Friday night

Pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight

Talkin' 'bout cars and dreamin' 'bout women

Never had a plan, just a livin' for the minute.

 

 

Yeah, way down yonder on the Chattahochee

Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me

But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was

A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love.

 

Well, way down yonder on the Chattahochee

 

It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie

 

We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt

We got a little crazy but we never got caught.

 

Well, we fogged up the windows in my old Chevy

I was willin' but she wasn't ready

So I settled for a burger and a grape sno-cone

I dropped her off early but I didn't go home.

 

Down by the river on a Friday night

Pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight

Talkin' 'bout cars and dreamin' 'bout women

Never had a plan, just a livin' for the minute.

 

Yeah, way down yonder on the Chattahochee

Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me

But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was

A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love.

 

A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love.

 

Ya he

 

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