Rock and Roll 50週歲﹐似乎外國推出有很多商品作為紀念。剛收到Newsletter﹐華納會推出一套5張的History Of Rock And Roll DVD﹐頗為吸引﹐不知何時會運來香港。
Disc One:
Ep 1. "Rock 'n' Roll Explodes"
Ep 2. "Good Rockin' Tonight"

Disc Two:
Ep 1. "Britian Invades, America Fights Back"
Ep 2. "The Sounds of Soul"

Disc Three:
Ep 1. "Plugging In"
Ep 2. "My Generation"

Disc Four:
Ep 1. "Guitar Heroes"
Ep 2. "The '70s: Have a Nice Decade"

Disc Five:
Ep 1. "Punk"
Ep 2. "Up From the Underground"

節目談及Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard等早期的Rock N Roll巨星﹐Rock N Roll怎樣影響美國膚色界限﹐英國音樂及披頭四旋風入侵美國﹐美國Motown音樂如何確定自家的音樂風格。更會談及騷靈音樂巨星如Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Aretha Franklin等。當然更不能少的是結他英雄﹐70年代﹐崩音樂﹐街頭音樂如何成為主流音樂等topic﹐所以Led Zeppelin﹐Jerry Lee Lewis﹐Madonna﹐Joni Mitchell﹐Ozzy Osbourne﹐Tom Petty﹐Pink Floyd﹐Iggy Pop﹐Elvis Presley﹐Public Enemy﹐The Ramones﹐Red Hot Chili Peppers﹐B.B. King﹐Little Richard﹐Neil Young﹐Run DMC﹐Smokey Robinson﹐The Yardbirds﹐The Sex Pistols﹐Talking Heads﹐The Temptations﹐Van Halen﹐U2﹐Muddy Waters﹐The Who﹐Carlos Santana 的出現﹐一定是少不了。
有空的話﹐去看看。

http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/all/us/sweepstakes/enter.jsp?sid=rocknroll&show=SWEEPSTAKES

Yahoo也有特別的網頁篇幅來介紹Rock N Roll 50年。

http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/50yearsofrock/

當中有很多我的最愛經典MV收看呢, 如Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975) , Van Halen - Jump (1983) , A-ha - Take On Me (1985) , Dire Straits -
Money For Nothing (1985) , Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love (1986) , Bjork - It's Oh So Quiet (1995)

Dear Chris,

Sorry for late response to this topic! After reading, I found it is interesting. I totally agree with Christine that why doesn't have "Queen" on the list. Freddie is the most important artist who affects me too much and "A Night at the Opera" is the most important Ablum in my house. I still remembered that I picked up my dictionary to check the jargons written in "Bohemian Rhapsody" after I first heard this song in "Eric Ng" - radio special of late 70's called "Golden Melody". Totally support to make "Queen" on the list again!!! For Eagles, Clapton, I don't surprise that they are not on the list. As to compare with Beatles, Stones, Jimi Hendrix...etc, Eagles and Clapton are little boys. However, it shouldn't have Madonna!!!

Rgds,
Frankie (Capo)

引文:




Dear Frankie,

謝謝你的回應。不過正如Michael叔叔所言, "這50個名字的巨星樂隊都由一位著名歌手寫一篇有關這一位星的特質、受人尊敬愛戴的地方，真是很有意思及珍貴.........."
當然﹐知道你是Queen的超級fans當然不會對你為他們不值而覺得奇怪啦。A Night at the Opera是我當年接觸他們的第一張黑膠﹐是後期的事了﹐朋友告知這是Art Rock, 我才知搖滾都有這麼多種。Bohemian Rhapsody 更是極品﹐特別它的和聲﹐及帶有歌劇的味道。現今玩band的朋友也真的不妨從這歌取取經。

Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)



Is this the real life
Is this just fantasy
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy,I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go,
A little high, little low,
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me,
To me

Mama, just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head,
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead,
Mama, life had just begun,
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama oooh,
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters

Too late, my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time,
Goodbye everybody, I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama oooh (any way the wind blows)
I don't want to die,
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche, scaramouche will you do the Fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning, very very frightening me
Galileo,Galileo,
Galileo Galileo
Galileo figaro, Magnifico
But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come easy go, will you let me go
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go, let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go, let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go, let me go
Will not let you go, let me go
Will not let you go let me go
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh baby, can't do this to me baby
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right out of here

Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters, nothing really matters to me,

Any way the wind blows....