"ONCE IN A BLUE MOON"
MCFC - PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPION 2013-14
"BLUE MOON"
英文彦語: "Once in a blue moon" 大概是 "Very rarely 非常稀有" 之意. "Manchester City FC 藍魔" 曼城粉絲以 "Blue Moon" 為會歌, 是否要問鼎英超, "藍月再升, 機會難逢" ?
1934年一首抒情歌曲, 是作曲家 Richard Rodgers 與作詞家 Lorenz Hart 兩人合作撰寫的作品, 它歷盡幾翻波折成為今天的經典之一 ....
電影: "Hollywood Party 荷里活狂歡會"
1933年, M-G-M 美高梅要籌劃拍攝的一齣電影, 女星 "Jean Harlow 珍摩露" 要求將原歌曲 "Blue Moon" 改名為 "PRAYER" (Oh Lord, Can You Make Me a Star?) 而曲詞更要特别為她更改。歌詞改寫完成, 她未仍能與影片公司達成協議和條件, 最終雙方弄致鬧翻, 歌曲和影片一拍两散。
劇情再經改編之後, 两位諧星 Laurel & Hardy 羅路與哈地, 男星 Jimmy Durante 與女星 Lupe Vélez 拍製成另一齣歌舞電影, 加上特技效果的 "Mickey Mouse 米奇老鼠"在影片中出現。1934年 "Hollywood Party" 在港上映, 譯作"荷里活狂歡會", 而早前特別為 Jean Harlow 改寫的曲詞, 並沒有錄製成唱片。
"Oh Lord, Can You Make Me a Star?"
Jean Harlow - Intro lyric
Oh, Lord,
If you ain't busy up there,
I ask for help with a prayer
So please don't give me the air
Oh, hear me Lord,
I wanna see Garbo in person
With Gable when they rehearsin'
While some director is cursin'.
Please let me open up my eyes at seven
And find I'm looking through the Golden Gate
And walking right into my movie heaven,
While some executive tells me I'll be great
Oh, Lord,
I know how friendly you are
If I'm not going too far,
Be nice and make me a star.
Oh, Lord,
If you ain't busy up there,
I ask for help with a prayer
So please don't give me the air
Oh, hear me Lord,
I wanna see Garbo in person
With Gable when they rehearsin'
While some director is cursin'.
Please let me open up my eyes at seven
And find I'm looking through the Golden Gate
And walking right into my movie heaven,
While some executive tells me I'll be great
Oh, Lord,
I know how friendly you are
If I'm not going too far,
Be nice and make me a star.
電影: "Manhattan Melodrama 俠友"
"Blue Moon"繼而再為另一影片重新編寫歌詞, 準備加插在一齣有關黑幫故事的電影"Manhattan Melodrama", 1934年在港譯作"俠友"; 而影片中的挿曲"Blue Moon" 改名為"The Bad In Every Man", 由女歌手 Shirley Ross 在影片任幕後代唱。
"MANHATTAN MELODRAMA" movie clip -1934, 幕後代唱 Shirley Ross
首映禮當晚, 一名黑幫頭子步出影院時被幾位警察槍殺, 原因是曲詞內容對某些人物描述太過正面及吹噓, 令執法者蒙羞, 憤怒之下而出重手施予暗襲; 事件發生後, 以平息社會忿氣, 唯有將該歌曲從電影中刪掉。
THE BAD IN EVERY MAN (Blue Moon) 在影片令致警察不滿的原曲歌詞:
THE BAD IN EVERY MAN (Blue Moon) 在影片令致警察不滿的原曲歌詞:
Oh Love
What's is a man with me
I'm just one minute to see
The bad in every man
I'm here in love
I could be good to a lover
But then I always discover
The bad in every man
They like it tell you that they love you all year
and you believe it, though you know you all wrong
A little whole room can be awfully lonely
And then I can be hoped very long
Oh love
Perhaps I love you my plan
and over look it I can
the bad in every man
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