2008年7月18日 星期五

With or Without You - U2

With or Without You




With or Without You乍聽之下是首情歌,其實表達了U2對祖國愛爾蘭愛恨交織的情緒。

With or Without You收錄在1987年專輯The Joshua Tree。U2雖然崛起於80年代初期,直到推出四海交讚的專輯The Joshua Tree,方才成為世界性的搖滾樂團。The Joshua Tree在48小時內就創下白金銷售,打破英國唱片工業有史以來「銷售速度最快的專輯」紀錄。The Joshua Tree使U2奪得葛萊美獎(Grammy Awards)年度專輯(Album of the Year )、最佳團體搖滾(Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal )兩項大獎。

U2 - The Joshua tree - Front


什麼是Joshua Tree呢?那是一種南加州沙漠特有的一種造型獨特的樹:

Joshua tree


With or Without You拿下美國Billboard流行單曲及主流搖滾榜冠軍,蟬連三週之久,接著歐洲地區奪冠,英國金榜則拿下Top 4,這也是U2首次打進Billboard成人抒情榜(第23名)。Bono表示,這首歌靈感來自Scott Walker的Climate of Hunter專輯,有人說這是描寫男女情感間的折磨與苦痛,也有人認為這是他闡揚基督無私的愛,由於南北愛爾蘭政治理念不同,戰爭紛亂不斷,所以也出現U2對祖國愛恨交織情緒的解讀。

U2祖國愛爾蘭原為英國殖民地,後來分裂為二,南愛爾蘭主張獨立,北愛爾蘭則投效英國,雙方政治觀點的差異,加上英國軍隊的鎮壓,使得島上戰亂頻仍、爭端不斷。因為這個特殊的背景,愛爾蘭的歌手經常以戰爭、政治、民族情感所構成的複雜情結為主題,音樂中流露的憤怨與無奈顯而易見。

1998年,日本年度最高收視率的推理懸疑劇《沉睡的森林》(眠れる森),選了這首歌做為插曲,使得這首歌再次風行起來,U2正巧在當時推出精選輯The Best of 1980-1990,光是日本就售出近一百萬張。

With or Without You也收錄在U218 SinglesThe Best of 1980-1990

U218

The best of 1980-1990


With or Without You歌詞:

See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you

Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you

With or without you
With or without you

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And Im waiting for you

With or without you
With or without you
I cant live
With or without you

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

My hands are tied
My body bruised, shes got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

With or without you
With or without you
I cant live
With or without you

With or without you
With or without you
I cant live
With or without you
With or without you



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