英文歌曲与文化

英文歌曲与文化

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50年代Bill Haley-Rock Around The Clock

理由：

(1)歌曲内容

One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock, rock

Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock, rock

Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock, rock

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight

Put your glad rags on and join me, hon

We'll have some fun when the clock strikes one

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight

We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight

We're gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight

When the clock strikes two, three and four

If the band slows down we'll yell for more

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight

We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight

We're gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight

When the chimes ring five, six and seven

We'll be right in seventh heaven

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight

We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight

We're gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight

When it's eight, nine, ten, eleven too

I'll be goin' strong and so will you

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight

We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight

We're gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight

When the clock strikes twelve, we'll cool off then

Start a rockin' round the clock again

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight

We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight

We're gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight

（2）时代文化特征

20世纪以来的两次世界大战给世界人民带来了深重的灾难。这种灾难不仅体现在人类在肉体上，更在精神上。它破坏了千百年来人类的理性秩序，践踏了人类的精神家园。这种现实

的扭曲，使得传统艺术高雅、完美的光环显得黯淡无力，不能帮助人们恢复信念，而后现代主义音乐嘈杂和狂乱的节奏似乎暂时适应了现代人这种扭曲而茫然无定位的情绪，人们不再相信传统文化的理想式的崇高境界的拯救力量，要求更多地表现纯客观的世界以及个人的参与，通俗歌曲以及爵士乐的自由节奏、即兴演奏技巧正是这一愿望的体现。

后现代主义是一种复杂的文化现象。纵观世界文化艺术的发展，我们会发现一直处于“欧洲中心”的理论中，仿佛欧洲即为世界的归宿。到了后现代时期，打破了欧洲中心论。随着西方内部的不断发展，自身已达饱和状态，无法在原有基础上继续发展。于是为了求发展，西方必然将注意的焦点转向东方。西方学者、音乐家从异国情调的好奇心到严肃的研究和渴望、理解，鉴赏东方音乐的传统，从自身单一文化的音乐体验向东方文化音乐的体验扩展，这不能不说是对原来的西方音乐“高级”，非西方音乐“低级”的态度与观念的重大转变。

60年代：Simon & Garfunkel-The sound of silence

理由：

（1）歌曲内容：

Hello darkness, my old friend

I've come to talk with you again

Because a vision softly creeping

its seeds while I was sleeping

And the vision that was planted in my brain

Still remains Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams

I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone

'Neath the halo of a street lamp

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light

That split the night

And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw

Ten thousand people, maybe more

People talking without speaking

People hearing without listening

People writing songs that voices never share

And no one dare disturb the sound of silence

"Fools" said I, "You do not know

Silence like a cancer grows”

Hear my words that I might teach you

Take my arms that I might reach to you

But my words like silent as raindrops fell

And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made.

And the sign flashed out its warning

And the words that it was forming

And the sign said:

"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls

and tenement halls

And whispered in the sound of silence."

（2）时代文化背景

60年代，摇滚音乐复杂化：借反文化概念玩技巧，玩艺术，玩出位。反金钱文化成为赚钱文化，赚到钱的歌手感到迷惑。底层身份和感受不复存在，关心家人和自己胜过同情他人，道德和价值观悄然蜕变。

六O年代对美国而言是个多事之秋，历经了一连串的动荡与不安。对内，反种族歧视民权意识高涨；对外背负著“越战”沉重的包袱。内忧外患之际，美国人的精神领袖约翰肯尼迪(John F.Kennedy)总统于1963年11月22日在德州的达拉斯遇刺身亡，举世震惊，全国悲恸。由黑人人权领袖马丁路德金博士(Martin Luther King Jr.)所领导的反暴力反种族歧视正如火如荼的展开，国内反越战的声音也日益壮大。美国人民的梦在肯尼迪总统倒下的一刻，也跟着粉碎了!就在这样的时空背景下，美国的民谣歌手保罗·西蒙(Paul Simon)创作了这首家喻户晓、发人深省的歌曲：寂静之声(The Sound Of Silence)，献给了动荡的六O年代。只可惜这样一首针砭时弊的好歌，于1964年发行时，却得不到青睐，人们依旧是听而不闻(hearing withoutlistening) 。若非一位DJ特别钟爱这首歌，增加这首歌在电台播放的频率，哥伦比亚唱片公司也不会考虑将这首歌重新编曲，以单曲发行。然而冥冥中似乎注定，才华洋溢如保罗赛门是不该被时代埋没的。于是史上最优美的二重唱西蒙与加丰科(Simon & Garfunkel)便在这首重新编曲的“寂静之声”中浴火重生。

70年代：Bertie Higgins-CASABLANCA

理由：

（1）歌曲内容

I fell in love with you 我坠入了爱河

Watching Casablanca 与你一起看《卡萨布兰卡》时

Back row of the drive-in show 在露天汽车剧院后排

In the flickering light 摇曳的亮光中

Pop-corn and cokes 可乐与爆米花

Beneath the stars 在星空下

Became champagne and caviar 仿佛香槟和鱼子酱

Making love 爱意情长

On the long hot summer's night 漫长炎热的夏夜里

I thought you fell in lov e with me 我以为你也爱上了我

Watching Casablanca 与你一起看《卡萨布兰卡》时

Holding hands beneath the paddle fan 电扇下双手相拥

In Rick'’s candle-lit cafe 在Rick咖啡店的烛光下

Hiding in the shadows from the spots躲在银幕的阴影里

Moroccan moonlight in your eyes 你的眼里映着摩洛哥的月光

Making magic in the movie In my old Chevrolet 在看电影时和你在我旧雪弗莱车中热吻Oh a kiss is still a kiss 啊，《卡萨布兰卡》中的亲吻

In Casablanca 缠绵依旧

A kiss is not a kiss without your sigh 失去你的叹息，温情不再

Please come back to me 回到我的身边来

In Casablanca 随着《卡萨布兰卡》

I love you more and more each day 时光虽流逝

As time goes by 对你的爱恋却与日俱增

I guess there are many broken hearts 我想，在卡萨布兰卡

In Casablanca 一定会有许多破碎的心

You know I've never really been there 你知道我不曾到过那儿

So I don't know 所以不得而知

I guess our love story will never be seen 我想，我俩的爱情故事永远不会出现

On the big wide silver screen 在银幕上

But it hurt just as badly 但是，看着你离我而去

When I had to watch you go 我的心一样痛楚

Oh a kiss is still a kiss 啊，《卡萨布兰卡》中的亲吻

In Casablanca 缠绵依旧

A kiss is not a kiss without your sigh 失去你的叹息，温情不再

Please come back to me 回到我的身边来

In Casablanca 随着《卡萨布兰卡》

I love you more and more each day 时光虽流逝

As time goes by 对你的爱恋却与日俱增

Oh a kiss is still a kiss 啊，《卡萨布兰卡》中的亲吻

In Casablanca 缠绵依旧

A kiss is not a kiss without your sigh 失去你的叹息，温情不再

Please come back to me 回到我的身边来

In Casablanca 随着《卡萨布兰卡》

I love you more and more each day 时光虽流逝

As time goes by 对你的爱恋却与日俱增

I love you more and more each day 时光虽流逝

As time goes by 对你的爱恋却与日俱增

（2）时代文化背景

市场经济强化，减税和扩充军备

强化市场经济宣传，强调美国梦

宣扬贪婪健康，以民主为铺垫

两极分化加剧，美国梦破灭，蓝领阶层等沉溺物质主义，社会道德沦丧。大家拼命赚钱，赚钱消费，感官刺激，刺激升级，人性麻木，两极分化

流行音乐变化丰富，反常英语时常出现，摇滚价值卑微。

80年代：The Carpenters -Please，Mister Postman

理由：

歌曲内容：

(Stop)

Oh yes, wait a minute Mister Postman

(Wait)

Wait Mister Postman

Please Mister Postman, look and see

(Oh yeah)

If there's a letter in your bag for me

(Please, Please Mister Postman)

Why's it takin' such a long time

(Oh yeah)

For me to hear from that boy of mine

There must be some word today

From my boyfriend so far away

Pleas Mister Postman, look and see

If there's a letter, a letter for me

I've been standin' here waitin' Mister Postman

So patiently

For just a card, or just a letter

Sayin' he's returnin' home to me

(Mister Postman)

Mister Postman, look and see

(Oh yeah)

If there's a letter in your bag for me

(Please, Please Mister Postman)

Why's it takin' such a long time

(Oh yeah)

For me to hear from that boy of mine

So many days you passed me by

See the tears standin' in my eyes

You didn't stop to make me feel better

By leavin' me a card or a letter

(Mister Postman)

Mister Postman, look and see

(Oh yeah)

If there's a letter in your bag for me

(Please, Please Mister Postman)

Why's it takin' such a long time

(Why don't you check it and see one more time for me, you gotta) Wait a minute

Wait a minute

Wait a minute

Wait a minute

(Mister Postman)

Mister Postman, look and see

(C'mon deliver the letter, the sooner the better)

Mister Postman

到了20世纪80年代，近代哥特运动在英国开始上演，哥特运动的出现或许可视为是先前朋克运动(punk) 的延续。不论如何，哥特精神开始在音乐上展现其影响力，哥特音乐以表现人性的阴郁、空虚为主题，并且对死亡亦有着浓烈的兴趣，缓慢、悲伤甚至是恐怖都是其音乐的特色。

90年代：Alan Jackson-where were you when the world stopped turning

理由：

歌曲内容

Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)

Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day?

Were you in the yard with your wife and children

working on some stage in L.A.?

Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke

Rising against that blue sky?

Did you shout out in anger, in fear for your neighbor

Or did you just sit down and cry?

Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones

And pray for the ones who don't know?

Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble

And sob for the ones left below?

Did you burst out with pride for the red, white and blue

And the heroes who died just doin' what they do?

Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer

And look at yourself and what really matters?

CHORUS (1x)

Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day?

Teaching a class full of innocent children

Or driving down some cold interstate?

Did you feel guilty cause you’re a survivor

In a crowded room did you feel alone?

Did you call up your mother to tell her you loved her;

Did you dust off that Bible at home?

Did you open your eyes and hope it never happened,

Close your eyes and not go to sleep?

Did you notice the sunset for the first time in ages,

Speak to some stranger on the street?

Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow,

And go out and buy you a gun?

Did you turn off that violent home movie you’re watchinAnd turn on I Love Lucy

reruns?

Did you go to a church and hold hands with some stranger

or stand in line and give your own blood?

Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family,

Thank God you had somebody to love?

CHORUS 2x

CHORUS

I'm just a singer of simple songs

I'm not a real political man;

I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you

The difference in Iraq and Iran.

But I know Jesus, and I talk to God,

And I remember this from when I was young:

Faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us,

And the greatest is love.

And the greatest is love.

And the greatest is love.

Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?

时代文化背景：

911谜团，911受益者，指鹿为马的文化气氛

乡村音乐的右翼倾向，新乡村商业化

厌恶父辈，自视社会牺牲品，自我作践为表达方式

战争带来团结和发展，和平带来繁荣和愤怒，青少年的愤怒代代相传，代代湮灭，流行歌曲秉承反叛立场和底层标准。