BUBBLEGUM MUSIC
是六十年代美國流行樂壇的 "泡泡糖音樂" 熱潮, 當年的樂隊 "The Ohio Express" 其標誌歌曲 "Yummy Yummy Yummy", "Chewy Chewy" 與及樂隊 "1910 Fruitgum company" 的代表作 "Simon Says" 是年輕樂迷和大小派對的首選歌曲。
"Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)"
1974年, 一首內容集結五、六、七十年代流行樂壇大拼盤的歌曲; 包括不同廣播電台和唱片騎師名字、歌曲與歌手名字、音樂人和唱片公司名字, 有近百多個同在歌詞中出現。歌曲由當年樂隊 "The Ohio Express" 的主音歌手 Joey Levine 帶領一眾錄音室幕後樂手, 組成一隊名為 "Reunion" 的樂隊錄製。
Paul DiFranco 以近乎說唱格調撰曲; 作詞 Norman Dolph 所用的字彙之多, 可能是歌詞中的表表者, 如果沒有歌詞在手, 相信不是一般歌手能把歌曲演譯出來; 而普羅樂迷, 甚至是當年代流行樂壇人士, 手執歌詞亦難於完全理解它的內容; 有業界稱, 歌曲的啓發是來自 Don Mclean 1971年的作品 "American Pie", 而歌詞內容的引述還更為廣泛。在歌曲完結, 漸漸淡出的音樂, 是樂隊 "The Four Tops 的 "Baby I Need Your Loving"、Three Dog Night 的 "Celebrate"、Sly & the Family Stone 的 "I Want to Take You Higher" 與及 Stevie Wonder 的 "Uptight (Everything's Alright); 這要資深的樂迷才可以聽到出來了。唱片面世後, 即登上美國流行榜 "US Billboard Hot 100 Chart" 第八位, 英國單曲榜 "UK Single Chart" 第三十三位。
樂迷從歌詞中所提及的人物, 和歌曲名字, 能夠認識有多少, 這就是你在歐西流行曲的年資。此外, 亦可以從它的連結網址, 查看歌詞原來的字彙所指; "有引號" 是歌曲名字, 其他藍色是人物名字。由於原作品歌詞失傳已久, 部份沒有記載, 是樂迷遍聽遍筆錄下來, 一些與流行歌曲無關的字彙, 不被拙筆截錄。
LIFE IS A ROCK (But the radio rolled Me) - "Reunion" 1974
B. B. Bumble and the Stingers
Mott the Hoople, Ray Charles Singers
Lonnie Mack and Twangin' Eddy
"Here's my ring we're goin' steady"
"Take It Easy", "take me higher"
"Liar, Liar", house on fire
"Loco-Motion", Poco, Passion
Deep Purple, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Baby baby gotta gotta
"Gimme gimme" gettin' hotter
Sammy's cookin', Lesley Gore
Ritchie Valens - end of story
Mahavishnu, "Fujiyama"
Kama-sutra, "rama-lama"
Richard Perry, Spector, Barry
Righteous, Archies, Nilsson Harry
"Shimmy shimmy ko-ko bopping"
Fats is back and "Finger Popping"
Life is a rock
But the radio rolled me
Gotta turn it up louder
So my DJ told me (whoa whoa
Life is a rock
But the radio rolled me (life is a rock, whoo whoo)
At the end of my rainbow
Lies a golden oldie
FM, AM, hits are clickin'
While the clock is tock-a-tickin'
Friends and Romans, salutations
Brenda and the Tabulations
Carly Simon, I behold her
Rolling Stones and centerfoldin'
Johnny Cash and Johnny Rivers
Can't stop now, I got the shivers
Mungo Jerry, Peter Peter
Paul and Paul and Mary Mary
Dr. John the nightly tripper
Doris Day and Jack the Ripper
Gotta go Sir, gotta swelter,
Leon Russell, "Gimme Shelter"
Miracles in smokey places
Slide guitars and Fender basses
Mushroom omelette, Bonnie Bramlett
Wilson Pickett, stomp and kick it
Life is a rock but the radio...
Life is a rock but the radio... Whoo!
Arthur Janov's "Primal Screamin"
Hawkins, Jay and Dale and Ronnie
Kukla, Fran and Norman, Okla
Denver John and Osmond Donny
JJ Cale and ZZ Top and
LL Bean and "De De Dinah"
David Bowie, Steely Dan
And sing me prouder, "CC Rider"
Edgar Winter, Joanie Sommers
Ides of March and Johnny Thunder
Eric Clapton, pedal wah-wah
Stephen Foster, "do-dah do-dah"
"Good Vibrations", "Help Me Rhonda"
"Surfer Girl" and "Little Honda"
"Tighter, tighter", "Honey, honey"
"Sugar, sugar", "Yummy, yummy"
CBS and Warner Brothers
RCA and all the others
Life is a rock
But the radio rolled me (Life is a rock, whoo whoo)
Gotta turn it up louder,
So my DJ told me
Whoa whoa whoa who-o-oah
Life is a rock
But the radio rolled me (Life is a rock, whoo whoo)
At the end of my rainbow
Lies a golden oldie
Listen, "Remember"
They're playing our song
Rock it, sock it
Alan Freed me Murray Kaufman
Try to leave me
Fish, and Swim, and "Boston Monkey"
Make it bad and play it funky
(Wanna take you higher!)
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Freddie King and Albert King
B.B. King and frolicking
Get it on and Mark and Marty
Pappalardi, hale and hearty! (Baby baby baby baby, "light my fire"!)
(Celebrate!) Yeah (Dance to the music!)
There's a perfect more than human
Gentle words of Randy Newman
One, two, three song apiece Anni Frid
Aretha!
Tito Puente, Boffalongo
Cuban War and even Mongo
Vietnam Bay of Tonkin
Laos, Leningrad, whoa (Baby baby baby baby, light my fire!)
("Celebrate"! Dance to the music!)
Baby... Everything is all right - Whoo!
California (Everything is all right)
Beatlemania (Uptight)
New York City (Out of sight) Transylvania
S.& G. and V.B.C. and Bobby Vee
And S.R.O., yeah!
Conway Twitty, "Do Wah Diddy"
Conway Twitty, Do Wah Diddy
混合版唱片完結淡出 fade out 歌曲:
"Baby I Need Your Loving" - The Four Tops
"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" - Stevie Wonder
"Celebrate" - Three Dog NIght
"I Want to Take You Higher" - Sly and the family Stone
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