美國的鄉村音樂(counry music)的發祥地是田納西州(Tennessee),我的接待家庭在肯塔基州(Kentucky)與田納西州的邊界,當年出遊或購物到田納西州的次數比在肯塔基州還多(不過田納西州的州稅比肯塔基州還高)。
鄉村音樂便成了我在美國時每天都聽的音樂,家家戶戶、商店、校車,凡是廣播開著的地方都是,我迄今還忘不了它的台呼--K.D. Country!
不過,我覺得鄉村音樂聽久會膩,因為它的調調太像了,古典吉他上手,唱歌帶點鼻音,重點是打扮一定要牛仔模樣。
想介紹這首鄉村音樂,歌時用念的,旋律很輕鬆,但是卻是講女朋友不見了!
男人收到女友不告而別的藍色紙條,藍色又有憂鬱之味,最後終於走出陰霾,把藍色紙條折成飛機丟掉。MV完全照歌詞演出,輕鬆好聽,與大家分享。
[The song from Youtube]
See that big blue note,
Over there on the counter?
You don't wanna read that thing, man,
It's a real get-you-downer.
But don't you dare say nothin' else,
Bad about her: she's gone.
No, no, no, no, don't, don't throw it away,
'Cause tonight, I might need it.
It gets real lonely around here at night some times,
An' I have to read read it.
Besides, you can show it to the boys down town,
They won't believe that she's gone.
There used to be a time I was all she ever wanted.
All the man that she'll ever need.
I come home to find, just like that, she's up an' vanished.
An' the only thing she left behind for me:
Is this big blue note,
Folded up in my pocket.
Yeah, don't laugh: it's been two months;
I still got it.
Sometimes I have to read the sucker twice,
Just to make sure I ain't forgot that she's gone.
You know, my psychiatrist said:
"Tell me, what do you see,
"When you look at these inkspots,
"Of, er, reds, yellows an' greens?"
You know, I looked at 'em all,
But they all looked to me like big blue notes.
There used to be a time I was all she ever wanted.
All the man that she'll ever need.
I come home to find, just like that, she's up an' vanished.
An' the only thing that's left to do for me:
Is stand high on this cliff,
Overlooking the sea.
With my big blue notepaper aeroplane,
That I just set free.
An' I'm gonna wait here a few more minutes,
An' if it don't come back to me:
You guessed it: she's gone.
Crash landing.
Bye bye, baby.
[Reference]
※http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/keith-toby/big-blue-note-15919.html
※http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvmsHOnTZkM
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