August 15, 2019

STORMY WEATHER - 3/3 : 暴 風 雨




STORMY WEATHER 暴 風 雨 
歌曲如其名, 自1933年面世至今, 像暴風雨般影響了流行樂壇, 不少歌曲以風雨來描繪憂鬱的愛情, 就以同名字 "Stormy Weather" 而不同歌曲, 有記載的版本另有七首。至今, Ted Koehler 的原作品歌曲, 有記錄由不同年代的歌手翻唱, 錄音版本達二百多首, 純音樂演繹亦過百首。



Stormy Weather - 1978
Lyric: Tom Snow (Lyricist: Don't Know Much)
Vocal: Leo Sayer

Sometimes you can be like a stranger
In moments when you're so far away
In the night when I reach out to hold you
You just turn away
Why do you turn away
Oh, I love you so when you're smilin'
But your smile has faded overnight
Will we stay like this for a lifetime
Gettin' nothin' right
Oh gettin' nothin' right
Why do we always have stormy weather
Why do we have it so rough
Is it so hard just to stay close together
Why can't we ever have love
Oh, I knew from the first time I saw you
I just had to make you mine
Felt so sad when you told me
'Bout your troubled life
All about your troubled life
So here we are just a few years further
Still tryin' to make it work
I've a feelin' what we really need right now, girl
Is just a little luck
Oh, baby just a little luck
Why should we always have stormy weather
Why should we have it so rough
It's not so hard just to stay close together
Why can't we only have love

But why should we always have stormy weather
Why should we have it so rough
It's not so hard just to stay close together
If we can only have love
Why do we always have stormy weather
Why do we have it so rough
Is it so hard just to stay close together
If we can only have love

Stormy Weather - 1990
Lyric: Frank Black
Vocal: Pixies / Bedroom Walls

Stormy Weather - 2003
Lyric: Anders Wendin
Vocal: MoneyBrother

Stormy Weather - 2005
Lyric: David A Bell
Vocal: Echo & the Bunnymen

Stormy Weather - 2006
Lyric: Grime MC Wiley
Vocal: Wiley

Stormy Weather - 2008
Lyric:Luke Pritchard
Vocal: The Kooks

Stormy Weather - 2008

Lyric: Kepi Ghlouie
Vocal: Kepi and Friends



STORMY WEATHER
2011年一月, 在美國的古董藏品巡迴展, 一幅出自作詞家 Ted Koehler 手筆的油畫、一張裱在相框的 Cotton Club 信箋, 看似是他隨意著筆 "Stormy Weather" 的原手稿, 加上一張與業界名人攝於當年 Cotton Club 的相片, 同被藝術藏品鑑定家評估, 三件藏品的價值合共約五萬美元以上。

1933年, Ethel Waters 的演繹錄音, 於2003年被追封登入 "Grammy Hall of Fame 格蘭美名人殿堂"; 2004年, 美國國會圖書館亦將這錄音列入國家錄音資料登記冊上。同年, Lena Horne 的版本亦被列入 "美國電影學會 American Film Institute" 百年最佳電影歌曲一百首, 列第三十位。