♫ 愛上音樂公主的男孩 _ Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout, “ Let's Change the World with Music ” 2oo9 . 合成芽 新作 「讓我們用音樂改變世界」。

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是 我 們 改 變 了 世 界 ，
還 是 世 界 改 變 了 我 ？

愛樂的人，還在聽歌 . .
愛樂的人，還在寫歌 . .
愛樂的人，還在做歌 . .
愛樂的人，還在唱歌 . .

愛樂 go on . .

__Let's Change the World with Music__ 7 Sep. 2009
Prefab Sprout’s 8th album since 2001. Written by, Performer, Recorded by, Producer: Paddy McAloon (Jun. 7 1957- ,Durham)


◎ 音 樂 是 位 公 主 . Music is a Princess

音樂是位公主 Music is a princess
我只是位襤褸的男孩 I'm just a boy, in rags
我樂意花上我一生 I would gladly spend my life
追隨她 carrying her flags

從我第一次聽到她 From the first time I heard her
她的聲音 the sound of her voice
和她的美擄獲我 and her beauty completely bewitched me,
當時我不明所以 I was lost then and there
自此我沒有選擇的餘地 I was given no choice
在那我心不止 ever since, there's been no peace for me.

你看 You see,
音樂是位公主 music is a princess
我只是位樂意 I'm just a nobody
為她的尊貴奉獻一生的 who'd gladly give his life
無名小卒 for her majesty.

如果她死 我會搖她 讓她心跳復甦 If in dying I'd move her or make her heart stir
如果我遲疑一下 我將錯失.. if I thought for one moment I'd be missed...
但裝樣子對她無用 but extravagant gestures are wasted on her
她是位公主 我是孤雛 she's a princess, I'm Oliver Twist.

音樂是位公主 Music is a princess
我只是位襤褸的男孩 I'm just a boy, in rags
我樂意花上我一生 I would gladly spend my life
追隨她 carrying her flags

如果這些遠超乎我的預期 If their weight is much greater than I first supposed
我會記得我效忠的誓詞 I'd remember my oath of allegiance
真愛是位不遜位的君主 true love is a monarch who won't be deposed,
沒叛變可言 treason hasn't a chance.

音樂是位公主 Music is a princess
我只是位..襤..褸的男孩 I'm just a boy, in raaa-aags

音樂是位公主 Music is a princess
我將默默無名 I will remain unknown,
當夜晚我入睡 falling asleep at night
夢著她的王冠 dreaming of her throne

但她珠寶的光芒 超過我雙眼所能承受 But her jewels are brighter than my eyes can bear
雖然她是我的渴望 and although she is something to die for,
我並沒有她等著要穿的拖鞋 I do not have the slipper she's waiting to wear
所以我的夢 只能是夢罷了 so my dreams remain dreams nothing more.

她珠寶的光芒 超過我雙眼所能承受 Her jewels are brighter than my eyes can bear
是的 她是我的渴望 yes, she is something to die for,
但我沒有她等著要穿的拖鞋 but I don't have the slipper she's waiting to wear
我是位在她門前衣衫襤褸的男孩 I'm a boy dressed in rags at her door.

音樂是位公主 Music is a princess
我只是位..襤..褸的男孩 I'm just a boy, in raaaaaags
衣衫 ..襤..褸的男孩 In raa-aaaa-aags
衣衫襤褸 In rags


愛上某個樂團/藝人 日後對其作品失望的例子並不少見
Prefab Sprout 是少數 作品不會教人失望的團體
主唱 Paddy McAloon 那似乎澆不息的創作靈感 和唱故事的歌喉是保證; 雖然在樂迷心中 很難再有一張專輯 超越他們 1985 年的經典 Steve McQueen (Two Wheels Good)
但聽到視力受損的 Paddy McAloon 還在譜寫、還在製作、還在為人生中的故事發聲
還是教愛樂人心動

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two discs of the later period of Prefab Sprout:
re-issue of the 1985 classic album “Steve McQueen ” [ produced by Thomas Dolby] in 2007, with acoustic disc recorded by Paddy McAloon during 2005.
Paddy McAloon’s solo projet album “I Trawl the Megahertz” 2003, instead of singing, he spoke.

∮ _translation & words© 2009_ Jero Smith.朱