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April 1, 2016

ANSWER ME "Mütterlein" - 3/3 : Original & Remade



 "Answer Me, Lord Above"
英、美兩地不同版本的歌曲, 出自同一作品, 同時登上英國流行榜首; 之後, "BBC 英國廣播公司" 卻認為這作品是宗教主題的歌曲, 不應在普通的流行音樂節目播放, 除非撰詞人把歌詞修改才允許在電台的非宗教節目出現。

撰詞人 Carl Sigman 很快將歌詞修改, 删除對天主禱告的字句, 改以對愛人懇求和原諒, 願以重修舊好的愛情歌曲, 以配合 BBC 的要求, 繼續在其他節目播放; 同時另改上新的歌曲名字 ....


"Answer Me, My Love"
完成歌詞修改後, 英國歌手 David Whitfield 即時重新錄音; 美國歌手 Frankie Laine 亦即返回 Columbia Records 哥倫比亞公司, 把新版的 "Answer Me, My Love" 再一次錄音。新舊版本很快同時發售; 但是, Frankie Laine 的新錄音版本在英國卻不再被樂迷接受, 樂壇人士多認為新版本的音樂編曲、背後和唱效果, 較遜於前版本, 而多數人還是喜歡前者較有宗教氣紛 !


"Answer Me, My Love" - Frankie Laine - 1953

自此, 樂壇多以簡稱 "Answer Me" 的翻唱版本陸續出現, 大多數是男歌手的演譯, 當中最為樂迷認識, 甚至以為原唱是 Nat King Cole 之外, 還有 Bing Crosby, Engelbert Humperdinck, Matt Monro, Ray Peterson, Johnny Rivers, Gene Pitney,  Eddy Arnold, Roy Orbison, Martin Robbins, Bryan Ferry,  Ray Stevens, Mark Wynter ....

可能男士在愛情路上的無助感, 唱出他們的失落和悔疚 ? 不過, 亦有女士在愛情路上難捨難離, 祈待重拾往日情懷之際, 此曲同樣給情海波灡的男女, 一解情結的佳作 ....


Tammy Jones - 1976


Joni Mitchell - 2000


Inger Marie Gundersen - 2011
Answer me, Oh My love
Just what sin have I been guilty of?
Tell me, how I came to lose your love
Please answer me, sweetheart

You were mine yesterday
I believed that love was here to stay
Won't you tell me where I've gone astray?
Please answer me, my love

If you're happier without me
I'll try not to care
But if you still think about me
please listen to my prayer

You must know I've been true
Won't you say that we can start anew?
In my sorrow now I turn to you
Please answer me, my love
Answer me, my love


Tierney Sutton - 2014

Nat King Cole 仍然是多數樂迷難忘的歌手 ....
"Answer Me, My Love" !


Nat King Cole - December 1953