公木砸坛：我爱听的乡村歌曲（12）夏日欢歌 Chattahoochee

   

      又到了炎炎夏日，几乎所有的大中型的城镇都会有露天音乐节，包括Rock，Blue Grass，Pop等各种形式，当然也少不了Country Music，而Country Music 因为其特有的乡土气息和地方特色，深受各地的乐迷喜爱，今天来介绍一首和夏天有关的歌，Alan Jackson的Chattahoochee。

 

     1958年出生于美国佐治亚州的一个名叫Newnan的小镇的Alan Jackson是最著名的乡村音乐歌手之一，他继承了80年代兴起的新传统主义演唱风格。他最早的音乐历程是从教堂开始，在很小的时候，他就开始在教堂里的唱诗班唱歌，当他十几岁的时候，他就成为当地小有名气的乡村二重唱团体的一员。

 

     Alan Jackson的唱法朴实自然，情绪饱满，他一共拥有着20多首冠军单曲以及巨多的前十名单曲。他在乡村音乐的地位可以和Jonny Cash,Willie Nelson以及John Denver等巨星相提并论。有机会我们可以单独介绍一下Alan Jackson。

 

     Chattahoochee是在1993年7月17日在广告牌的热门乡村单曲榜中高居榜首，并停留四个星期。它还荣登Billboard的美国乡村歌曲年终大榜，去赢得CMA单曲大奖和年度最佳音乐录影带奖。

 

 

       Chattahoochee是分割佐治亚州和亚拉巴马州的界河，虽然这首歌是一个关于成长中的乐趣的歌曲，但它适用于任何一个美国的小镇。歌曲中的场景包括了夏日，河边，汽车，女友和啤酒，现在来看，它是一首怀旧的歌曲，更像是对于青涩年少时夏日欢乐时光的眷恋和对于懵懂恋情的回忆，非常传神地记录了乡村小镇中青年男女的夏日欢愉的场景，一推出来便得到巨大的市场反响，引起无数人的共鸣。

 

"Chattahoochee"

 

Well, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee

It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie

We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt

We got a little crazy but we never got caught.

 

Down by the river on a Friday night

Pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight

Talkin' 'bout cars and dreamin' 'bout women

Never had a plan, just a livin' for the minute.

 

Yeah, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee

Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me

But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was

A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love.

 

Ya ha

 

Well, we fogged up the windows in my old Chevy

I was willin' but she wasn't ready

So I settled for a burger and a grape sno-cone

I dropped her off early but I didn't go home.

 

Down by the river on a Friday night

Pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight

Talkin' 'bout cars and dreamin' 'bout women

Never had a plan, just a livin' for the minute.

 

 

Yeah, way down yonder on the Chattahochee

Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me

But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was

A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love.

 

Well, way down yonder on the Chattahochee

 

It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie

 

We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt

We got a little crazy but we never got caught.

 

Well, we fogged up the windows in my old Chevy

I was willin' but she wasn't ready

So I settled for a burger and a grape sno-cone

I dropped her off early but I didn't go home.

 

Down by the river on a Friday night

Pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight

Talkin' 'bout cars and dreamin' 'bout women

Never had a plan, just a livin' for the minute.

 

Yeah, way down yonder on the Chattahochee

Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me

But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was

A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love.

 

A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love.

 

Ya he

 

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