【Madonna】Take a Bow

	偶然在网上听到这个熟悉的旋律。去年 Madonna 在莫斯科举办过一个演唱会，我不知道她有没有演唱这首在1995年荣登多个国家Billboard 榜首的Take a bow。 我对 Madonna 没什么好感，即便她写了儿童故事并煞有其事地参加了多场诵读会，在我的眼里，她始终是放荡的。但我不得不承认她的音乐才华，尤其是这首Take a bow，陪伴我度过了大学的四年。
1993年对我来讲有很多里程碑式的意义，其中包括对欧美流行音乐的接触和狂热。调频101.7和103.7成为我重要的音乐来源和精神支柱。当时特别喜欢的节目是《立体声之友》、《人头马怀旧金曲》和《澳大利亚音乐航班》。《人头马怀旧金曲》里的主持人、老客勒查理林播放的都是一些欧美四五十年代的音乐，那句沪语开场白“大家（ga）好，我是香港查(qia)理林，现(yi)在大家听到的（e），是怀（wa）旧金曲节目……”听上去真是舒服。《澳大利亚音乐航班》的裴紫安说话总是柔情细语，“本次航班马上就要起飞了”总让我产生莫名的激动，而那句“感谢音乐记载了我们的日子，使我们既拥有了缅怀的权利，又拥有了做梦的家园”是我们与音乐之间最贴切的写照。我对于Grammy Award的了解多来自《立体声之友》，Boys II Man, Backstreet boys, Elton John, Sting, U2, Tina Turner, Sheryl Crow, Rolling Stones等等的歌手和组合都是从那个时候开始熟悉起来的。还有那一边听节目一边忙着换磁带录歌、终于收集全100首奥斯卡获奖歌曲的日子。现在，我似乎仍更钟情于那个岁月所聆听到的歌曲和音乐，如今的Grammy，已经距离我的taste越来越远了。
在这里介绍一下Take a bow 的歌词： Take a bow, the night is over This masquerade is getting older Lights are low, the curtains down There's no one here [There's no one here, there's no one in the crowd] Say your lines but do you feel them Do you mean what you say when there's no one around [no one around] Watching you, watching me, one lonely star [One lonely star you don't know who you are] Chorus: I've always been in love with you [always with you] I guess you've always known it's true [you know it's true] You took my love for granted, why oh why The show is over, say good-bye Say good-bye [bye bye], say good-bye Make them laugh, it comes so easy When you get to the part Where you're breaking my heart [breaking my heart] Hide behind your smile, all the world loves a clown [Just make 'em smile the whole world loves a clown] Wish you well, I cannot stay You deserve an award for the role that you played [role that you played] No more masquerade, you're one lonely star [One lonely star and you don't know who you are] (chorus, repeat) Say good-bye [bye bye], say good-bye All the world is a stage [world is a stage] And everyone has their part [has their part] But how was I to know which way the story'd go How was I to know you'd break [You'd break, you'd break, you'd break] You'd break my heart I've always been in love with you [I've always been in love with you] Guess you've always known You took my love for granted, why oh why The show is over, say good-bye Say good-bye [bye bye], say good-bye Say good-bye