VOICE CROSSING 交織叠聲 - 4/4 : Hongkongers 香港人

 

Barbra Striesand & Judy Garland

"Voice Crossing 交織叠聲"

"Happy Days Are Here Again" 1929年面世的歌曲, 繼而, 在1930年的電影 "Chasing Rainbows" 港譯《逐彩虹去》 亮聲之後, 更被受注目, 至1932年, Franklin D. Roosevelt 富蘭克林·羅斯福, 角逐美國第三十二任總統, 此曲成為競選活動歌曲。及後, 被美國 "Democratic Party 民主黨" 在不同公開活動用作非正式的黨歌。

 

 

Happy Days Are Here Again - Patti Page 1959

"Happy Days Are Here Again" - Barbra Streisand
1963年一月, Barbra Streisand 以緩慢而富感情的演繹, 把這一曲收錄在她的專輯 "The Barbra Streisand Album"; 同年十月, 在電視節目 The Judy Garland Show", 與 Judy Garland (1922-1969) 來一次大膽嘗試, 两人各用一首歌曲, 二合為一同演繹, 這次現場演唱引起流行樂壇一番哄動, 再次被樂迷追捧, 更成為六十年代 Barbra Streisand 的標誌歌曲。

1967年六月, 在 New York 紐約 Central Park 中央公園舉行的演唱會 "A Happening in Central Park", Barbra Streisand 在十三萬觀眾面前, 演繹過 "Happy Days Are Here Again" 之後, 在她每次出席不同的演唱會, 已成為觀眾不可或缺的邀唱歌曲之一。

2006年, 流行歌曲樂壇的記錄, "Happy Days Are Here Again" 由不同歌手演繹的版本, 收錄在七十六張專輯唱片之外, 亦在八十多部電影或電視片集出現過, 包括許多是二十世紀三十年代的電影。在某程度上, 特別是一些文娛活動或公開場合, 這一曲被視作流行歌曲版的 "Auld Lang Syne 友誼萬歲"

 

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN - Barbra Streisand Live 1986

So long sad times
Go long bad times
We are rid of you at last
Howdy gay times
Cloudy gray times
You are now a thing of the past

 

Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again
So let's sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again

 

All together shout it now
There's no one
Who can doubt it now
So let's tell the world about it now

 

Happy days are here again
Your cares and troubles are gone
There'll be no more from now on
From now on

 

Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again
So let's sing a song of cheer again
Happy times, happy nights
Happy days are here again

"Get Happy" - Judy Garland

基督教福音會復興團契, 一首安撫和勵志的福音歌曲; 1930年二月, Ruth Etting (1896-1978) 首次在電台直播唱出之後, 在流行樂壇的記錄, 翻唱版本有近百個, 但至今仍找不到她演繹這曲的錄音。1950年, 歌舞電影 "Summer Stock" 港譯《萬花錦繡》, Judy Garland 在影片中演唱過 "Get Happy" 之後, 受了這首充滿正能量的歌曲所感召, 自此, 在她往後的表演節目, 成為一首必唱的歌曲。

  

GET HAPPY - Judy Garland 1951

Forget your troubles, c'mon get happy

You better chase all your cares away
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
Get ready for the judgement day

 

The sun is shinin', c'mon get happy
The Lord is waitin' to take your hand
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
We're going to the promise land

 

We're headin' 'cross the river
Wash your sins away in the tide
It's all so peaceful on the other side

 

Forget your troubles, c'mon get happy
You better chase all your cares away
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
Get ready for the judgement day

 

Forget your troubles, c'mon get happy
Chase your cares away
Hallelu, get happy
Before the judgement day

 

The sun is shinin', c'mon get happy
The Lord is waitin' to take your hand
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
We're gonna be goin' to the promise land

 

Were headin' 'cross the river
Wash your sins away in the tide
It's quiet and peaceful on the other side

 

Forget your troubles, get happy
Your cares fly away
Shout "hallelujah", get happy
Get ready for your judgement day

 

C'mon get happy
Chase your cares away
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
Get ready for the judgement day

 

Sun is shinin', c'mon get happy
Lord is waitin' to take your hand
Hallelujah, c'mon get happy
We're goin' to the promise land

 

Headin' 'cross the river
Throw your sins away in the tide
It's all so peaceful on the other side

 

Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
You better chase all your cares away
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
Get ready, get ready, get ready
For the judgement day (hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu)

 

"Happy Days Are Here Again/Get Happy"

1963年, Barbra Streisand 以這一曲 "Happy Days Are Here Again" 與 Judy Garland 的 "Get Happy", 兩首同樣是給予鼓勵和抒解的歌曲, 合而為一之後的 "Happy Days Are Here Again/Get Happy", 首次在電視節目 "The Judy Garland Show" 亮聲, 這創新的演繹, 成為流行樂壇 "Voice Crossing 交織叠聲" 的歌曲範本。

 

六十年後的今天 ....

獻給無論身處何地的 HONGKONGERS,

"Happy days are here, there and everywhere again, GET HAPPY!"

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN/GET HAPPY 

Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand

Forget your troubles Happy days

C'mon get happy Are here again
You better chase all your cares away The skies above are clear again
Shout Hallelujah So lets sing a song
C'mon get happy Of cheer again
Get ready for the judgement day Happy days are here again 

 

The sun is shining Altogether

C'mon get happy Shout it now

The Lord is waiting to take your hand Theres no one who can doubt it now

Shout Hallelujah So let's tell the world 

And just get happy About it now 

We're going to the promise land Happy days are here again

 

We're heading 'cross the river soon your cares will all be gone There'll be no more from now on 

Brabra & Judy: From now on 

Forget your troubles Happy days 

And just get happy Are here again 

You better chase all your blues away The skies above are clear again 

Shout Hallelujah So lets sing a song 

And just get happy Of cheer again, 

 

Happy times Happy times 

Happy nights Happy nights  

Barbra & Judy: Happy days are here again!