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美國歌手 Tom Waits 在 1973 年推出了他的首張錄音室專輯《Closing Time》標誌著 Tom Waits 音樂生涯的開端也展現了他獨特的音樂風格和獨特的聲音

and i leave rain

i'm on my way home your place

and now the sun's comingright in with ladiesfreeway cars and trucksstars begin to fadejust a wish and I'd staya little girland it's just a feelinggetting strongertime went so quicklyI went naked and split

as i pulled away slowlyfeeling so holygod knowsi was feeling aliveand now the sun's cominglighting with lady lovefreeway cars and trucksfreeway cars and truckscars and trucks

這是 Tom Woods 首張專輯當中的第一首歌曲《Old 54》這首歌曲也是 Tom Woods 音樂當中極少數的描寫在清晨看著太陽升起對未來充滿無限的憧憬和希望的歌曲 Tom Woods 的音樂風格深受藍調和爵士的影響而這些音樂類型本身都帶有濃厚的孤獨和憂鬱的色彩他常常用低沉的嗓音緩慢的節奏和深沉的旋律

营造出一种深夜酒吧或者街头的氛围 I hope that I don't fall in love with youFalling in love just makes me blueThe music plays and you display your heart for me to seeI hear you call out for meAnd I hope that I don't fall in love with youJust cry that people don't know where

I wonder should I offer you a chairWell if you sit down with this old clownTake that frown and break itAll the evening's gone awayI think that we can make itI'm in love with youI does funny things inside of manThese old tomcat feelings you don't understand

I can see that you are lonesome just like meAnd it'd be late if you'd like some companyWell I turn around and look at you

if you look back are you with ease up and split the chair next to your streeti hope you don't fall in love with menow it's closing time the music's fading outlast coffee drinks i'll have another stoutwell i turn around to look at you you know where to be found

这是在 Closing Time 专辑当中我最喜欢的一首 I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You 歌曲表达了对陷入爱情的恐惧和矛盾心理

下面这首 MASA 则是表达了对一个叫做 MASA 的女人的思念和爱慕优美的旋律当中带出淡淡的忧伤反映出了人物内心的孤独和无助以及对一个理解自己的人的渴望 Operator, number pleaseIt's been so many yearsShe remembers my old voiceWhile I fight the tears

meet me out for coffeewhere we'll talk about oh and

i feel so much older nowyou're much older too

how's the husband and how's your kidsyou know that i got married too lucky that i found someone to make you feel secureall so young and foolishand now we are maturethose were days of rosespoetry and proseand my thoughtthat was you and allyou that was

i was always so impulsivei guess that i still amand all that really mattered thenwas that i was a man

I guess that our being together was never meant to beMartha, Martha, I love that you sayThose were days, those were dreams, those and Martha are you and IThere was no tomorrows

I remember quiet eveningsTrembling close to you

1974 年 Tom Woods 推出了他的第二張錄音室專輯《The Heart of Saturday Night》Tom Woods 在這一首 Santiago Serenade 當中講述了一個關於等待和渴望的故事 Never saw the morning till I stayed up all nightNever saw the sunshine till you turned out the light

i never saw my hometown until i stayed away too longi never heard the melody until i needed the songi never saw the white line till i was leaving you behindi never knew i needed you until i was caught up in a bad night

i never spoke i love you till i cursed you in vainnever felt my heart strength until i nearly went insanenever saw the east coast until i moved to the westnever saw the moonlight until it shone off of your breast

i never saw your heart in the summertry to steal it awayi never saw your tearsuntil they rolled down your i never saw the morning till i stayed up all nighti never saw the sunshine till you turned out your love light baby

下面这首 Semi-Sweet 搬进客房当中讲述了一个卡车司机的故事 Well, you hate those diesels rollin'

Friday night's out bowlingWhen he's off for a twelve hour layOver nightYou wish you had a dollarEvery time he hollersThat he's leavingHe's never coming backBut the curtain lays the pillowWith the hands on your pillow

tells you that you're honest man

you're the only one who's ever gonna find it's kinda special and understands it's complicated so you're the only place a man can breathe and collect his thoughtsmidnight you've packed and unpacked so manytimes you've lost track

i

这些银子在我的冰箱里这些泪从天上我正在进入城市的中心我拨打了一辆银子在雨中风吹过我的脸在我腕上这些晚宵这种自由的飞行总是让我唱

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Oceanside it ends the ride with St. Clemente coming upSunday desperadoes slip by and cruise with a drybackAnd the orange driving, the neon billing and the theaters filling to the brimWith slave girls in a hot spur and a bucket full of sinThe metropolitan area with interchanging connections

Fly by nights from RiversideOut of state plates running a little lateBut the sailors jockey for the fast laneSo 101 don't miss itThere's rolling hills and concrete fieldsAnd the broken lines on your mind

The 8's go east and the 5's go northThe merging exits back and forthYou see your sign cross the lineSignaling with a blinkAnd the radio's gone off the airGives you time to thinkAnd you hear the rumbleAs you fumble for a cigaretteAnd blazing through this midnight jungleRemember someone that you metOne more blockThe engine talksWhispers home at last

It always makes me sing

嗯

Tom Woods 即興的吟唱和簡單的古典再加上低音 Bass 的伴奏使得歌曲充滿了旅行的感覺剛才這一首《Diamonds on my windshield》描寫了一個人在汽車擋風玻璃上看到鑽石般的水滴象徵著生活中美好的瞬間下面是這張專輯的標題作品也是整張專輯當中我最喜歡的一首《Looking for the Heart of Saturday Night》

歌曲以一種悠閒的節奏和簡單的吉他伴奏傳達出一種對於生活的渴望和探索描述了人們在周六夜晚尋找意義的過程 I got gas to the end of weekYou're on your sweet homeYou're on the smokeyHailing down the boulevardYou're looking for the heart of Saturday nightYou got paid on Friday

你的肩膀在晃动你能看到灯光你都在叹息因为你在旅行你正在寻找星期天的心你把你的头髮捏紧你摇摇脸尝试把每个一天的痕迹都清洗掉

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You're behind the wheel

Telephones ringing at your second cousinThe barmaid is smilingOn a rubber rideMagic of the melancholyTearing your eyes

嗯嗯嗯

《The Heart of Saturday Night》是一张充满了情感和诗意的经典专辑展现了汤姆威斯早期音乐的风格和魅力不仅在商业上获得了成功在乐评界也获得了高度评价奠定了他在音乐界的地位 1976 年汤姆威斯发表的第四张录音室专辑《Small Change》

标志着 Tom Wyss 音乐风格的进一步发展融合了爵士、Blues、民谣、摇滚等多种音乐元素展现了他独特的音乐才华和深刻的歌词创作 Wasted and woundedIt ain't what the moon didGod what I paid for nowSee you tomorrowIf Frank can borrow

A couple of bucks from youTo goWaltzing MatildaWaltzing MatildaYou goWaltzing Matilda with me

I'm an innocent victim of a blinded alleyAnd I'm tired of all these soldiers hereNo one speaks English and everything's broken

and my stasis are soaking wetI took a walk with MatildaWalking MatildaYou go walking Matilda with meNow the dogs are barking

and the taxi cabs parkinga lot they can do for meI begged you to stab meyou tore my shirt openand I'm down on my knees tonightall the bush mills have staggeredyou buried the dagger

You're still a window lightTo goWaltzing MatildaWaltzing MatildaYou goWaltzing Matilda with meNow I lost my Saint ChristopherNow that I've kissed her

And the one armed bandit knowsAnd the maverick ChinamanAnd the cold blooded scytheAnd the girls down by the striptease showsGo old Sing MatildaOld Sing Matilda you

Go old St. Matilda with meNo, I don't want your sympathyThe fugitives sayThat the streets aren't for dreaming now

The manslaughter dragnetsAnd the ghosts that sell memoriesThey want a piece of the action anyhowGo, old St. MatildaGo, old St. MatildaWith me

You can ask any sailorAnd the keys from the jailerAnd the old men in wheelchairs knowThat Matilda's the defendantShe killed about a hundredAnd she follows wherever you may go

Waltzing MatildaWaltzing MatildaYou go waltzing Matilda with meAnd it's a battered old suitcaseTo a hotel someplaceAnd a wound that will never heal

and goodnight matilda too

这一首 Tom Travers Blues 被看作是 Tom Woods 最为经典的一首歌曲有着令人心碎的美丽这首歌曲的创作灵感源自于 Tom Woods 在洛杉矶的 Skid Row 平民窟的一次经历他喝了一瓶威士忌之后开始 O2 然后创作了这首歌曲歌曲的副标题是 Four Sheets

《To the Wind in Copenhagen》则是描写了他有一次在哥巴哈根追了不省人事的经历歌曲的主人公 Tom Travert 在异国他乡陷入困境 生无分文歌词中充满了对孤独 绝望和寻求慰藉的描绘

下面这一首《I Wish I Was In New Orleans》描写了一个人在远方对新奥尔良这座城市的思念充满了对自由和冒险的渴望以及对美好时光的怀念新奥尔良以其丰富的音乐文化爵士乐和夜生活而闻名汤姆威斯通过这首歌曲表达了对这座城市深深的向往和怀念

I was in New OrleansI can see it in my dreamsI'm an arm down BurgundyA bottle and my friends and me

I can hear the world begin

The saints go mad in the endThe whiskers on my chinNew Orleans I'll drink you under the table

me a red nosego for what the old horse would havewant his red peas and ricethe dress I like so wellmeets me at the old saloon

Make sure there's a dixie moonNew Orleans have

And if the cards roll the diceIf it ain't that old Chucky WiseAnd Claiborne never knewMe and youSam Jones and allAnd I wish I was in New Orleans

I can see in my dreamsArm and armor down BurgundyOh, but all in my friends and meAll in I'll be there

他始終表達對生活的觀察和人性的思考同時也表現出他獨特的幽默這首《The Piano Has Been Drinking》通過描述鋼琴的狀態用一種幽默而又深刻的方式探討了音樂與情感的關係《The Piano Has Been Drinking》《My Nectar Is Sleeping》

And the combo went back to New YorkThe jukebox says to take a leakAnd the carpet needs a haircutAnd the spotlight looks like a prison breakCause the telephone's out of cigarettes

The balcony is on the makeAnd the piano has been drinkingThe piano has been drinkingAnd the men whose are all freezingAnd the light man's blind in one eyeAnd they can't see out of the other

And a piano tuner's got a hearing acheAnd he showed up with his motherAnd a piano has been drinkingAnd a piano has been drinkingAs the pouncer is a sumo wrestlerCream puff, Casper milk toast

And the owner is a mental midgetWith a IQ of a fence postCause the piano has been drinkingThe piano has been drinkingAnd you can't find your waitressWith a Geiger counter

And she hates you and your friendsAnd you just can't get served withoutAnd the parks office is droolingAnd the bar stools are on fireAnd the newspapers were foolingAnd the ashtrays are retired

cause the piano has been drinkingthe piano has been drinkingthe piano has been drinkingnot menot menot menot menot me

1977 年 Tom Woods 发表了他的第五张录音室专辑《Falling Affairs》这张专辑表现了他在音乐上的大胆尝试和创新我们来听这一首《Muriel》《Muriel》

Diamond Twinkle

i know

I'll see you every night

Muriel MurielHey buddy got a lifeStop me if you've heard this oneI feel as though we've met before

Perhaps I am mistakenBut it's just that I remind you ofSomeone you used to care about

Oh but that was long agoNow tell me do you really think I'd fall for that old lineI was not born just yesterdayBesides I never talked to strangers anywayThat ain't a bad guy when you get to know me

喔

This town is full of guys like youAnd you're looking for someoneTo take the place I haveYou must be reading my mailYou're bitter cause it left youThat's why you're drinking in this bar

I heard that.Maybe we're just wiser now.

啊

可能听到的是在这一张《Foreign Affair》专辑当中我最喜欢的一首歌曲由 Tom Woods 和女歌手 Bette Mitra 合作的《I Never Talk To Strangers》歌词探讨了人和人之间的关系怀旧 分世基础和社会的复杂性

to california

You see a redhead in a uniform always get your honeyAnd with a hairnet and those white shoes and a name tag in her hatShe drove like Andy GranatelliKnew how to fix a flatJack was almost at the bottom of his MD 2020Neil was yelling out the window trying to buy some penniesFrom a Lincoln full of MexicansAnd her left rear tire blowed

Jack was out of cigarettes

and as we crossed the yellow linethe gas pumps looked like tombstones from the yearand they felt lonelier than a parking lotwhen the last car pulls awayand the moonlight dressed the double-breasted footees in the mirrorweaving out a negligee in a black brazilthe mercury was running hot

we were almost out of gasand just then Florence Nightingaleshe dropped the drawersand stuck her fat asshalfway out the windowto a Wilson Pikachuand shot a kettle load of thisand gave a finger to the moonscabbling without his eyesand I never felt a doubt about it

佛罗兰西的歌

Jack was nodding out and wishing he was in a barWith Charlie Parker on the bandstandAnd not a worry in the worldAnd a glass of beer in one handAnd his arms around a girlAnd Neil was singing to the nurseUnderneath the holly moonI, I love youAnd somehow you could just tell

咦

Tom Woods 的歌词创作深受垮掉一代的文学影响刚才这一首 Jack and Neil California Here I Come 当中描述了 Jack 和 Neil 的公路旅行展现了他们一路上的荒诞经历和对自由的追求今天节目最后我们听到这一首 A Side for Sure Eyes 描述的是主人公在酒吧和老朋友重逢的场景

传达了对过去的怀念和对生活变化的感慨歌词中充满了对旧时光的回忆和对老朋友的问候 Sight for sunriseIt's a long time no seeWorking hard, hardly workingHey man, you know meWaller under the bridgeDid you see my new car

to the old days and to Margie O'Toole

And old Drysdale and MandelhultWhitey Ford and TooleenOh you know the old gang ain't aroundEveryone has left townSept for Thumb and ChardinaSaid they just might be downOh half drunk all the timeAnd I'm all drunk the rest

Monk's still the championOh but I am the bestAnd they bark at meWhat's keeping you Keep pouring drinksFrom all these palookasThey know what I thinkThat we're toastTo the old days and the miles here

Tries to hold a medalWhat if for them to you