《Downtown》是美剧《迷失》第3季16集的插曲,这里介绍一下这首歌和歌手。
佩屈拉.克拉克(Petula Clark),1932年十一月出生于伦敦的近郊,父母都是在医院从事看护的专业人员,不过都有著歌唱的天赋,她的父亲还曾经做过明星梦。承袭自父母的天生美好歌喉,使得她从三岁起就开始跟母亲一起在教堂里歌唱。发现女儿歌唱才华的父亲,决心扶植她来实现自己未能达成的美梦,於是在她九岁那年,透过关系,安排小佩屈拉去参加BBC的一个现场广播节目。当时正是大战期间,在排练的时候,忽然响起了空袭jing报,观众立刻一阵慌乱。节目的制作人赶快问现场有没有人愿意上台歌唱,来安抚观众。佩屈拉自告奋勇的登台,果然成功的让大众安定下来。就这样,她成了节目的常客。
1964年,在先后有许多支单曲轰动法国之后,她的唱片制作人汤尼海奇(Tony Hatch)带著一堆自己写的歌曲来找她,并且建议她,应该可以再度尝试用英语来灌录唱片了。佩屈拉克拉克回答说,她愿意回到英国发展,但前提是必须要先找到合适的歌曲。在她跑到厨房去泡茶来招待客人的时候,汤尼海奇随手在钢琴上弹奏了一段自己刚刚谱出来的旋律,她在厨房里听到了,立刻冲出来,问汤尼那是什么歌曲。汤尼表示,那首歌叫做「Downtown」,但是还没有歌词。佩屈拉说,那首歌曲很棒,假如汤尼可以写出相配的歌词,她愿意灌录,并且藉以回到英国歌坛。
这首歌曲录制完成后,先是在英国推出,得到了第二名,接著又进军美国市场。过去,从1951到1962年间,早已在英国、澳洲、加拿大以及欧洲各地都相当有知名度的佩屈拉克拉克,曾经在美国推出过好些单曲,但是都不太成功。「Downtown」的推出,改变了一切。1964年的十二月十九日,这首歌第一次打进美国排行,获得第八十七名,随即开始急速的往上窜升,五个星期后,就在1965年的一月二十三日,夺得了美国的冠军,蝉联两周,使她成为摇滚年代以来第一个夺得美国冠军的英国女歌手。
Petula Clark: Downtown Lyrics
Songwriters: Tony Hatch
When you're alone
And life is making you lonely
you can always go down town.
When you got worries,
All the noise and the hurry
seems to help,
I know down town.
Just listen to the music
Of the traffic in the city,
linger on the sidewalks
Where the neon signs are pretty.
How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles,
Forget all your cares.
So go down town.
Things'll be great
When you're down town.
No finer place for sure-
Down town.
Everything's waiting for you
Down town.
Don't hang around
And let your problems surround you,
there are movie shows down town.
Maybe you know some little places to go
to where they never close down town.
Just listen to the rhythm
Of a gentle bossa nova.
You'll be dancing with 'em too
Before the night is over happy again.
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles,
Forget all your cares.
So go down town.
Where all the lights are bright
Down town.
Waiting for you tonight
Down town.
You're gonna be alright now
Down town.
When you're alone
And life is making you lonely
you can always go down town.
When you got worries,
All the noise and the hurry
seems to help,
I know down town.
And you may find somebody kind-
To help and understand you,
someone who is just like you
And needs a gentle hand
To guide them along.
So maybe I'll see you.
There we can forget all our troubles,
Forget all our cares.
So go down town.
Things'll be great when you're
Down town.
Don't wait a minute more
Down town.
Everything's waiting for you
Down town.
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