AMSTERDAM - 歌 曲 的 生 命
1969年, David Bowie 以簡單的木結他伴奏, 令此曲同樣有戲劇性的演繹, 結尾咆哮的一句: "And he pisses like I cry, on the unfaithful love" 把 Jacques Brel 的感情世界, 帶進另一新世代。
Port Of Amsterdam - DAVID BOWIE 1971
In the port of Amsterdam, there's a sailor who sings
of the dreams that he brings from the wide open seas.
In the port of Amsterdam, there's a sailor who sleeps
while the riverbank weeps through the old willow trees.
In the port of Amsterdam, there's a sailor who dies full of beer,
full of cries in a drunken down fight.
In the port of Amsterdam, there a sailor who's born
on a muggy hot morn, by the dawn's early light.
In the port of Amsterdam, where the sailors all meet,
there's a sailor who eats only fish heads and tails.
He will show you his teeth that have rotted too soon
that can swallow the moon, that can haul up the sail.
And he yells to the cook with his arms open wide,
bring me more fish, put it down by my side.
And he wants so to belch, but he's too full to try
so he gets up and he laughs, and he zips up his fly.
In the port of Amsterdam, you can see sailors dance,
haunchs bursting their pants, grinding women to paunch.
They've forgotten the tune that their whisky voice croaked,
and they're spitting the night with the roar of their jokes.
And they turn and they dance, and they laugh and they lust
to the rancid sound of the accordian's burst.
then it's out into the night with their pride in their pants
and a slut that they tow underneath the street lamps.
In the port of Amsterdam, there's a sailor who drinks.
and he drinks, and he drinks, and he drinks once again.
He drinks to the health of the whores of Amsterdam
who have promised their love to a thousand other men.
And they bargain their bodies and their virtue, long gone,
for a few dirty coins, and when he can't go on,
he plants his nose in the sky and we wipes it up above
then he splits/pisses like I cry for an unfaithful love,
in the port of Amsterdam, in the port of Amsterdam, in the port of Amsterdam.
"AMSTERDAM"
這一曲面世不久, 這城市很快便成了世界各地 "Hippies 嬉皮士" 朝聖之地, 更令青年男女背包客注目, 他們拿着一點點盤川, 以"順風車 Hitch Hike"亦要前往當地, 體驗一下無拘無束和開放自由的生活。當年祗有二十七歲, 出道不久的 John Denver 亦不例外, 對阿姆斯特丹 Amsterdam 這城市同樣向往, 而同名字的歌曲怎會走漏了眼呢? 當年, 他被公認是個健康形象的青年民歌手, 不會像 David Bowie 把歌曲完結前的一句, 用上粗俗的詞彙 "PISSES"!
JOHN DENVER - 1970
至今, "阿姆斯特丹 Amsterdam" 的歴史和文化, 仍令人們向往不絕, 這包括了歐洲各國的歌手, 他們早已用不同語言, 抒發出各人對這城市的感受。目前有記錄以 "Amsterdam" 為歌曲名字, 與及有關這城市的描繪的歌曲, 包括不同語言和純音樂的版本多近百首, 而全部的錄音達一千七百多個。樂迷聴過 Jacques Brel 的原作品法文版本之後, 對它的曲調有否感到並不陌生呢? 從樂壇的文字有記載, 衹不過 Jacques Brel 沒有告訴我們, 他的作品 "Amsterdam" 原樂譜的引子, 是啟發自十六世紀英國的傳統民謠作品 "GREENSLEEVES"
不同歌詞或語言的作品, 同是描繪 "阿姆斯特丹 Amsterdam":
"A Bar In Amsterdam" by Katzenjammer
"A Windmill in Old Amsterdam" by Ted Dicks and Myles Rudge
"Aan de Amsterdamse grachten" Amsterdam Canal by Pieter Goemans - DUTCH
"Aan jou mooi Amsterdam" To you beautiful Amsterdam by Het Zwanenkoor - DUTCH
"All of the Stars" by Ed Sheeran
"American in Amsterdam" by Wheatus
"Amesterdão" Amsterdam (Have Big Fun) by Mão Morta - PORTUGUESE
"Amsterdam Crown" by Eszter Balint
"Amsterdam" (In he havenkwartier) In the port quarter by Will Ferdy - DUTCH
"Amsterdam" by Adam Gardner, Brian Rosenworcel, Ron Aniello, Ryan Miller, Tony Goddess
"Amsterdam" by Al Stewart
"Amsterdam" by Alejandro Escovedo
"Amsterdam" by Alex Alberts, Frans Smit, Maggie MacNeal, Robert Verwey - DUTCH
"Amsterdam" by Alice Phoebe Lou
"Amsterdam" by Axel Fischer
"Amsterdam" by Baukje Wytsma - FINNISH
"Amsterdam" by Benny Neyman - DUTCH
"Amsterdam" by Bernard Odendaal, Naòmi Morgan - AFRIKAANS
"Amsterdam" by Branko Završan
"Amsterdam" by Buck Owens
"Amsterdam" by Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion
"Amsterdam" by CirKus
"Amsterdam" by Coldplay
"Amsterdam" by Crowded House
"Amsterdam" by Daughter
"Amsterdam" by Douwe Heeringa - FRISIAN
"Amsterdam" by Duilio Del Prete - ITALIAN
"Amsterdam" by Ernst van Altena - DUTCH
"Amsterdam" by Fettes Brot
"Amsterdam" by Gregory Alan Isakov
"Amsterdam" by Guster
"Amsterdam" by Horst Riedel - GERMAN
"Amsterdam" by Imagine Dragons
"Amsterdam" by Jacques Brel - FRENCH
"Amsterdam" by Jo Muylaert, Kris De Bruyne
"Amsterdam" by Joan Baez
"Amsterdam" by John Cale
"Amsterdam" by Joop Sijbrands, Peter de Wijn - DUTCH
"Amsterdam" by Juha Vainio - FINNISH
"Amsterdam" by Katya Sambuca
"Amsterdam" by Kevin Coyne
"Amsterdam" by Liesbeth List
"Amsterdam" by Liisa Ryömä - FINNISH
"Amsterdam" by Maggie MacNeal
"Amsterdam" by Mando Diao
"Amsterdam" by Mort Shuman
"Amsterdam" by Nephew (Danish band)
"Amsterdam" by Nothing but Thieves
"Amsterdam" by Ørjan Nilsen - NORWEGIAN
"Amsterdam" by Peter Bjorn and John
"Amsterdam" by Psoy Korolenko - ITALIAN
"Amsterdam" by Riblja Čorba - CROATIAN
"Amsterdam" by Rick Ross
"Amsterdam" by Richard Clapton
"Amsterdam" by Rico Love
"Amsterdam" by Scott Walker
"Amsterdam" by Shane Alexander
"Amsterdam" by The Dreadnoughts
"Amsterdam" by Van Halen
"Amsterdam" by Werner Schneyder - GERMAN
"Amsterdam" (In he havenkwartier) In the port quarter by Will Ferdy - DUTCH
"Amsterdam" by Wojciech Młynarski
"Amsterdam" by Wouter Hamel
"Amsterdam" by Xabier Lete - SPAINISH
"Amsterdam, the first days" by Brainbox
"Amsterdamned" by Lois Lane
"ΑΜΣΤΕΡΝΤΑΜ" Amsterdam by Γιώργος Αραπάκης (George Arapakis) - GREEK
"Artis" by Spinvis - DUTCH
"Big City" by Tol Hansse
"Bij ons in de Jordaan" With us in Jordan by Johnny Jordaan - DUTCH
"Blind Man in Amsterdam" by George Ezra
"Dans Le Port d'Amsterdam" In the port of Amsterdam - by Jaques Brel - FRENCH
"De stad Amsterdam" Amsterdam the City by Acda en De Munnik - DUTCH
"Geef mij maar Amsterdam" Give me Amsterdam by Tante Leen - DUTCH
"Hallelujah Amsterdam" by Ramses Shaffy
"Heart of Amsterdam" by The Gentle Storm
"Ik verveel me zo" - I am so bored (in Amsterdam-Noord North) by Drukwerk - DUTCH
"In Amsterdam" by Paul Weller
"In The Port Of Amsterdam" by Rod McKuen
"Kalverstraat" Calves Street by Willy Alberti - DUTCH
"Kamer in Amsterdam" Room in Amsterdam by De Mens - DUTCH
"Le port d'Amsterdam" The port of Amsterdam by Praga Khan - FRENCH
"Little Amsterdam" by Tori Amos
"Lost in Amsterdam" by Parov Stelar Band
"Lost Weekend" in Amsterdam by Lloyd Cole
"Maar in Amsterdam" Only in Amsterdam by Lenny Kuhr - DUTCH
"Mary Jane Holland" by Lady Gaga
"Mooi Amsterdam" Beautiful Amsterdam by Ad van dee Gein, Willem van Dam - DUTCH
"New Amsterdam" by Elvis Costello
"Origineel Amsterdams" Original Amsterdam by Osdorp Posse - DUTCH
"Port of Amsterdam" by David Bowie
"'t Is Stil in Amsterdam" It's tranquil in Amsterdam by Ramses Shaffy - DUTCH
"The Port of Amsterdam גיל אלון שר בנמל באמסטרדם" by Dan Almagor - JEWISH
"Three Jolly Fishermen" (children's folk song)
"Tulpen aus Amsterdam" Tulips from Amsterdam by Jean Walter - DUTCH
"Tulips from Amsterdam" by Max Bygraves