September 17, 2013

SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 4/1 : The Birth Of



 



TOM & JERRY
同是生於1941年的 Paul Simon 與 Art Garfunkel 一起成長於紐約皇后區, 一個猶太人社區相互為隣, 受教育於同一小學, 至中學時兩人同活躍於校內的戲劇活動與歌唱表演。

1955年, 两人就讀初中時, 已開始撰寫自己的歌曲, 很快便給音樂業界發掘, Simon 化名 Jerry Landis (女友名 Sue Landis), Garfunkel 化名 Tom Graph (因他習慣用 Graph Paper 來寫作) , 因此以 "TOM and JERRY" 的二人組合名字參與唱片錄音, 由此踏進音樂事業, 至1957年的首張歌曲 "Hey, Schoolgirl" 與 "Dancin' Wild" 细碟銷量達十萬張, 並打進 Billboard 流行榜列四十九位, 漸參與不同的電視節目演出, 被樂迷評為有 The Everly Brothers 的格調。


HEY SCHOOLGIRL

Hey schoolgirl in the second row
The teacher's lookin' over
So I got to whisper way down low
To say who-bop-a-loo-chi-bop
Let's meet after school at three

She said, "Hey babe
But there is one thing more
My school is over at half past four
Maybe whe we're older, then we can date
O-oh, let's wait"

Chorus
She said, "Hey babe, I got a lot to do
It takes me hours
'Til my homework's through
Someday we'll go steady
So don't you fret
O-oh, not yet"

Chorus

Then she turned around to me
With that gleam in her eye
She said, "I'm sorry if I passed you by
I'm gonna skip my homework
Gonna cut my class
Bug out of here real fast"

Hey schoolgirl in the second row
Now we're going steady
Hear the words that I want you to know
Well it's who-bop-a-loo-chi-bop
You're mine, I knew it all the time


DANCIN' WILD

Dancin' wild with me
Dancin' wild with me
Dancin' wild with me, now move!

REFRAIN: 
Oooh-la-la, you my baby, 
Oooh-la-la, don't mean maybe, 
Well, ooh-la-la, drive me crazy 
When you're dancin' wild with me.

Dancin' wild we move to the other jack.
Drop your shoes in the corner 'till we get back.
Oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh, dancin' wild.  

REFRAIN:
 La la-la la-la-la-la la-la la-la la.
 La la-la la-la-la-la la-la la-la la.
Oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh, dancin' wild.

That night we crash the party down the block.
We learn that crazy step; the kids all rock.
Oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh, dancin' wild.

REFRAIN:
The clock says now it's time that you gotta go.
There's only one thing more that you must know:
I love you so. Oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh, dancin' wild.

REFRAIN:
When you're dancin' wild with me.
When you're dancin' wild with me.
La la-la la-la-la-la la-la la-la la.
La la-la la-la-la-la la-la la-la la.