"Wooly Bully"
又一首令老樂迷聞歌再起舞的經典, 是 "A Go-Go 阿高高" 年代的標誌歌曲之一; 1965年面世, 美國樂壇正處於 "英倫入侵 British Invasion" 的曰子, 而十分難得其銷量有近三百萬張, 並登上六月份 "U.S. Hot 100 Chart" 第二位; 同年八月五日, 榮獲 Recording Industry Association of America 頒發 "RIAA 金唱片獎項"。
"Sam The Sham & Pharaohs"
樂隊的主音歌手 Sam the Sham (Domingo Samudio) 準傋撰寫此曲時, 以讚揚和描繪當年 "Hully Gully Dance" 的熱潮為主題, 並打算取曲名 "Hully Gully", 及後唱片公司通知他, 有一首同名歌曲唱片早已面世, 最後才取其音似, 把它改為 "Wooly Bully", 當然其歌詞與原意不同亦要重寫。今天, 電腦資訊的年代, 較容易再把這歌曲作簡單的闡釋和介紹, 讓我們重温一次吧 !
"Wolly Bully"
原曲是 "Rock n' Roll" 的基本十二節音階 12 Bar 模式, 面世至今, 相信有不少樂迷與拙筆同樣曾嘗試了解其歌詞內容, 當年亦因為這不明確的歌詞, 引致被一些電台禁播。
歌詞是 "Matty" 和 "Hatty" 兩人的對話, 而 "Wooly Bully" 是頭上有兩隻大角, 一身長毛的 "美洲野牛 Bison"; 但是, Sam 的解釋 "Wooly Bully" 是他飼養的小貓名字; 而 Hatty 告知 Matty : "Let's not be L7's" - 我們不要古板/納悶 "Come and learn to dance" 一起來學跳舞吧"。當中的 "L-7" 是用手指構成 "Square 古板/納悶" 的方形手勢。
1972年, Paul McCartney 的樂隊 "WINGS" 一首歌曲名字 "C Moon" 是啟發自 "Wooly Bully" 的歌詞 "Let's not be L7s"; Paul McCartney 把當中的 "L-7" 亦套用在一句歌詞 "It will be L7 and I'd never get to heaven", 以相反闡釋為圓形的月滿手勢。
"Wooly Bully"- Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs 1965
Domingo "Sam the Sham" Samudio - vocals, organ
Ray Stinnet - guitar
David Martin - bass
Jerry Patterson - drums
Butch Gibson - saxophone
Uno-dos-one-two-tres-quatro
AHHHHHHHHHHHH
Wooly bully
Watch it now-watch it
yah girl---watch it
Matty told Hatty
About a thing she saw
Had two big horns
And a woolly jaw
Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully
wooly bully, wooly bully
Matty told Hatty
Let's don't take no chance
Let's not be L7s
Come and learn to dance
Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully
wooly bully, wooly bully
Watch it now, watch it, watch it, watch it
Drive Drive Drive
Matty told Hatty
That's the thing to do
Get you someone really
To pull the wool with you
Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully
wooly bully, wooly bully
Watch it now, watch it, watch it
You got it, you got it, you got it.