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我在巨蛋帮你听了desperado 满脸都是泪
——黄舒骏 - 改变1995

long long time ago，在音像店门口的箩筐(那边通常放打折CD)里找到了一张老鹰的《冰封地狱》精选集，封皮上被盖了个红红的章：“江苏音像 平价正版 15元”。里面除了地球人都知道的 Hotel california 外，就有这首 desperado。其实，当年我就是冲着 Hotel california 去的，所以对 desperado 没太多印象 ：P

后来听了“改变1995”，才好奇的把它又翻了出来，也才发现有这么一首被我无视了的好歌。

前阵子因为觉得 Best Audiophile Voices 第一辑非常好听，于是想方设法的又找到了 Best Audiophile Voices II，里面的第一首：desperado！

Desperado

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Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses?
You been out ridin’ fences for so long now.
Oh, you’re a hard one,
But I know that you’ve got your reasons.
These things that are pleasin’ you,
Can hurt you somehow.

Don’t you draw the queen of diamonds, boy,
She’ll beat you if she’s able.
Know the queen of hearts is always your best bet.
Now it seems to me, some fine things,
Have been laid upon your table.
But you only want the things that you can’t get.

Desperado, oh, you ain’t gettin’ no younger:
Your pain and your hunger, they’re drivin’ you home.
And freedom, oh freedom,
Well, that’s just some people talkin’
Your prison is walking,
Through this world all alone.

And don’t your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won’t snow, the sun won’t shine
It’s hard to tell the night time from the day
You’re loosin’ all your highs and lows
Ain’t it funny how the feeling,
Goes away?

Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, and open the gate
It may be rainin’, but there’s a rainbow above you,
You better let somebody love you,
You better let somebody love you,
You better let somebody love you,
Before it’s too late.

说明一下：这套 CD 都是些女歌手把老歌翻唱成爵士乐版的，而 desperado 的演唱者是 Emi Fujita（藤田惠美）。想说的是：这套 CD 给我的惊喜真的不少呢！在 Best Audiophile Voices 第一辑里就有 Eva Cassidy 翻唱的 Ain’t No Sunshine ——我本来以为有了 Lighthouse family 的版本存在后，其它人再来唱，都是毫无意义的，结果 Eva Cassidy 唱来还真的很不错，并不是单纯的模仿，而是加入了自己的东西，并且没有硬掺进去的感觉。在第二辑里，她还翻唱了 Sting 大人的 Fields of Gold，也不错。

恩，回到 desperado。和号称喜欢 Sting 的林一峰相比，藤田惠美这个小日本的唱腔里真是一点怪怪的感觉都没有，听着很舒服。查了一下，她曾出过两张英文专辑，里面也有 Sting 大人的 Fields of Gold 哦！哈哈

kazaa 里还找 Johnny Cash 这个老家伙的唱的 Desperado，不是很喜欢。

另外在 Best Audiophile Voices II 还有另一个版本的 Both sides now，个人感觉也比 Love Actually 的 OST 里 Joni Mitchell 唱得更入耳些，更能体现歌词之美 ：）

Both sides now

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Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air,
And feather canyons everywhere, i’ve looked at cloud that way.
But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone.
So many things i would have done but clouds got in my way.

I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now,
From up and down, and still somehow
It’s cloud illusions i recall.
I really don’t know clouds at all.

Moons and junes and ferris wheels, the dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real; i’ve looked at love that way.
But now it’s just another show. you leave ‘em laughing when you go
And if you care, don’t let them know, don’t give yourself away.

I’ve looked at love from both sides now,
From give and take, and still somehow
It’s love’s illusions i recall.
I really don’t know love at all.

Tears and fears and feeling proud to say “i love you” right out loud,
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds, i’ve looked at life that way.
But now old friends are acting strange, they shake their heads, they say
I’ve changed.
Something’s lost but something’s gained in living every day.

I’ve looked at life from both sides now,
From win and lose, and still somehow
It’s life’s illusions i recall.
I really don’t know life at all.

还有 fly away 和 stay 这两首歌名正好相反的曲子，也都很不错
美中不足的是倒数第二首，when i fall in love，被唱坏了，配器也乱七八糟的，不喜欢 ：（

曲目：

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01. Desperado - Emi Fujita
02. Fields of Gold - Eva Cassidy
03. Better be home soon - Andrea Zonn
04. I left my heart in San Fransisco - Jean Frye Sidwell
05. Do that to me one more time - Jheena Lodwick
06. Fly away - Corrinne May
07. That ole devil called love - Etta Jones
08. Can’t take my eyes off you - Sofia Petersson
09. Both side now - Jeanette Lindstrom & Steve Dobrogosz
10. Stay - Alison Krauss
11. Someone to watch over me - Susannah McCorkle
12. My foolosih heart - Salena Jones
13. In a sentimental mood - Jacqui Dankworth
14. When I fall in love - Claire Martin
15. Cry me a river - Tania Maria