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October 2, 2017

THE LETTER - The Box Tops


"Give me a ticket for an aeroplane 給我一張機票"
Wayne Carson Thompson 是樂手和作曲家, 一次看到父親寫在便條的一句: "Give me a ticket for an aeroplane", 因而觸發靈感, 很快便完成一首歌詞精簡的作品 ....

" 接到愛妻來信, 細訴孤寂, 盼望丈夫能及早回家; 他急不可待, 棄乘火車, 衹求一張機票, 以盡速與妻子相聚 .... "


THE LETTER - Joe Cocker - Live in Germany 2013

Give me a ticket for an aeroplane
I ain't got time to take no fast train
Oh, the lonely days are gone
I'm coming home
Oh, my baby she wrote me a letter

I don't care how much money I got to spend
I won't find my way, way back home again
Oh the lonely days are gone
I'm coming home
Yeah my baby, she wrote me a letter

Well she wrote me the letter
Said that she couldn't live without me no more
Listen to me mister please don't you ever
My baby once more
Anyway

I don't care how much I've gotta spend
I'm gonna find my way, gonna find my way back home again
Oh, the lonely days are gone
I'm coming home, yeah
Well my baby she wrote me a letter
Yeah

Well she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Oh listen to me mister don't jump the rail
For my baby once more
Anyway

Give me a ticket for an aeroplane
I ain't got time to take no fast train
Oh, the lonely days are gone
I'm coming home
Yeah, my baby she wrote me a letter

My baby wrote me a letter
My baby wrote me a letter
My baby wrote me a letter




Wayne Carson (Thompson) 1943-2015
1966年的首張歌曲作品 "Somebody Like Me"; 翌年, 第二張 "The Letter" 交給了 ARS Studio 的 Chip Moman, 而他找來衹有十六歲的 Alex Chilton 和他的樂隊 "The Box Tops" 試音, 至正式錄音當天, 衹由 Carson 任結他彈奏示範而已。

Wayne Carson 曾對樂隊主歌手 Alex Chilton 的唱腔太過沙啞而納悶, 對歌曲製作亦不滿意, 尤其是唱片監製 Dan Penn 把飛機的引擎聲效加入, 認為對歌曲全沒有意義, 由此曾引起各人一番爭議, 但無可奈何, 祇好等侯唱片面世才算罷。

一首衹有兩分鐘的歌曲面世幾星期後, 即登上美、加流行榜首位置之外, 在世界各國的流行歌曲榜上亦佔高位, 成為六十年代最受歡迎的歌曲之一。樂隊 "The Box Tops" 藉此一曲, 聲名大噪, 年輕的 Alex Chilton, 一把沙啞的唱腔, 更被樂壇業界冠以 "藍眼精騷靈 Blue-eyed soul" 歌手之一。



THE LETTER - Alex Chilton with "The Box Tops" Upbeat 1969

"The Letter" 面世之年, 美國正陷越戰時期, 歌曲唱出越戰軍人, 渴望盡快回家的心聲, 在越南駐軍的電台很受歡迎; 至電腦的年代, 此曲在 "Battlefield Vietnam" 電腦遊戲亦有出現。及後, "Rolling Stone 滾石雜誌" 把此曲列入 "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" 第363位。至今, 原曲翻唱和純音樂演奏, 與及其他語言版本, 有記錄的近百首:

丹麥 DANISH - Billetten
芬蘭 FINNISH - Kirje
法國 FRENCH - Une Lettre
德國 GERMANY - Er hat mir geschrieben
意大利 ITALIAN - Detemi un biglietto d'aereo
西班牙 SPANISH - La carta

Wayne Carson 的作品 "Somebody like Me" 登上 "U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart" 榜首之後, 1967年, 樂隊 "The Box Tops" 把 "The Letter" 打進 "U.S. Billboard Hot 100" 之外, 同年上榜歌曲有第24位的 "Neon Rainbow"; 1969年 "Soul Deep"第18位; 1970年 "You Keep Tightening Up On Me" 第74位, 全是出自 Wayne Carson 的手筆。"The Letter" 一曲, 1970年再由 Joe Cocker 翻唱而登上 U.S. Top 10 Single 美國十大單曲榜首位置, 令不少年輕樂迷均認為這是 Joe Cocoker 的原唱歌曲。