Gloria
那天聽 radio 裡的 DJ 談著自己的音樂經驗，他說道小時候總是趁大人不在家的時候把老媽的唱片拿出來一片一片聽著，聽到後來竟有些膩了，總是些流行的節奏配著無味的歌詞；直到有一天，他抖抖某張封面上的灰塵，抽出黑色的膠片，輕輕地放上唱針，當那第一句歌詞從唱盤的喇叭傳了出來，光那一句，他就知道有什麼被改變了，原來有這樣的音樂存在，他的音樂視野從此改觀；然後，那一句，就在我看著窗外的黑暗時，從我車上的 radio 傳了出來……
Jesus died for somebody's sins
but not mine…
起雞皮疙瘩啊 >_<
不只是因為離經叛道的歌詞，那喑啞的歌聲好像引著你朝她描繪的景象看去。
原來這就是 Patti Smith 的聲音。
這首 Gloria 是她 1975 年專輯 Horses 的第一首歌，按這裡可以聽到專輯版，但我很喜歡這個側錄的 Live 版，在演唱前她以自身的經驗，鼓勵現場觀眾面對生命永遠不要低頭，聽她說話真是舒服。
That day the DJ on radio was talking about his music experience. He said that when he was a little kid, he was used to listen to his mom’s music collection when no parents were at home. Even so, he was getting tired of most of them because of the pop melody with flavourless lyrics. Until one day, he dusted off a record cover, took out a LP, and contacted the stylus with the vinyl record. When the first word came out, he knew immediately that his world has been changed. He was totally in awe that this kind of music existed. Then, that first word came out from the radio when I was driving in the dark…
Jesus died for somebody's sins
but not mine…
I suddenly got some goose pimples.
Not only because of the rebellious lyrics, but also the convincing voice which led you to the place where she was describing.
Now I know that is Patti Smith’s voice.
Gloria was the first song of Patti’s first album, Horses, released in 1975. I found an amateur live vision which was taped during the little concert for reissued “Horses” in 2005. Before singing the song, she shared some personal stories to encourage her audience to never give up. Because if you don’t open to the bad stuff, you’re not gonna notice the good stuff. It’s truly a pleasant to listen to her speaking.
Gloria
By Patti Smith from Horses, 1975
Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine
meltin' in a pot of thieves
wild card up my sleeve
thick heart of stone
my sins my own
they belong to me, me
people say "beware!"
but I don't care
the words are just
rules and regulations to me, me
I-I walk in a room, you know I look so proud
I'm movin' in this here atmosphere, well, anything's allowed
and I go to this here party and I just get bored
until I look out the window, see a sweet young thing
humpin' on the parking meter, leanin' on the parking meter
oh, she looks so good, oh, she looks so fine
and I got this crazy feeling and then I'm gonna ah-ah make her mine
ooh I'll put my spell on her
here she comes
walkin' down the street
here she comes
comin' through my door
here she comes
crawlin' up my stair
here she comes
waltzin' through the hall
in a pretty red dress
and oh, she looks so good, oh, she looks so fine
and I got this crazy feeling that I'm gonna ah-ah make her mine
and then I hear this knockin' on my door
hear this knockin' on my door
and I look up into the big tower clock
and say, "oh my God here's midnight!"
and my baby is walkin' through the door
leanin' on my couch she whispers to me and I take the big plunge
and oh, she was so good and oh, she was so fine
and I'm gonna tell the world that I just ah-ah made her mine
and I said darling, tell me your name, she told me her name
she whispered to me, she told me her name
and her name is, and her name is, and her name is, and her name is G-L-O-R-I-A
G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
I was at the stadium
There were twenty thousand girls called their names out to me
Marie and Ruth but to tell you the truth
I didn't hear them I didn't see
I let my eyes rise to the big tower clock
and I heard those bells chimin' in my heart
going ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong.
ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong
counting the time, then you came to my room
and you whispered to me and we took the big plunge
and oh. you were so good, oh, you were so fine
and I gotta tell the world that I make her mine make her mine
make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine
G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria,
G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
and the tower bells chime, "ding dong" they chime
they're singing, "Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine."
Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A,
Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A, G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria,
G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria,
G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria .
Gloria 是個 sweet young thing，充滿自信不受教條約束，承擔自己所作所為；當她翩翩走來，鐘聲為她而響只因生命的美好，不因眾人的禮讚。
期許自己從她走去。
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