三月六日晚青韻的Let's Folk晚會中，最希望聽到的一隻歌就係Joan Baez的Diamond and Rust，估唔到就聽到PPM唱出來，真係不枉此行。
其實呢隻歌在197x年聽到時，已經被那段結他Intro所吸引，居然一位弱質女子也可彈得這麼好(當時自己真是有些大男人主義)，真是很佩服。但是只知道好聽，Diamond and rust是何解也不懂。直至年紀大些才明白多些歌詞的意義。
這首歌應是Joan Baez寫給她的男友Bob Dylan，描述她倆十年的戀情無疾而終，無論當中有好的回憶(Diamond)亦有不如意的回憶(Rust)也好，她說她也一一付出過。
歌詞中不乏很多地方顯示她對Bob Dylan 的文釆仰慕，她不介意Bob說她的詩詞寫得lousy，反而在最尾還讚Bob-"You who are so good with words"，還不諱言直說"Yes I loved you dearly"，女性能夠那麼真挈地直言，真是令我佩服。Anyway,這一隻Let's Folk雙CD，令我重新令我記起這首歌。

希望Michael叔叔能給我們多一些Joan和Bob的拍拖(或者說是合作)的資料。

DD Chan



Diamonds and rust　　　　 Joan Baez

Well , I'll be damned .Here comes your ghost again
But that's not unusual
It's just that the moon is full and you happened to call
And here I sit, hand on the telephone
Hearing a voice I'd known, a couple of light years ago
Heading straight for a fall

As I remember your eyes
were bluer than robin's eggs
My poetry was lousy, you said
"Where were you calling from?"
"A booth in the Midwest"
Ten years ago I bought you some cufflinks
You brought me something
We both know what memories can bring
They bring diamond and rust

Well, you burst on the scene were already a legend
The unwatched phenomenon,
the original vagabond you strayed into my arms
And there you stayed ,temporarily lost at sea
The Madonna was yours for free
Yes, the girl on the half shell
Could keep you unharmed

Now I see you standing
　　with brown leaves falling all around
Snow in your hair
Now you're smiling out the window
　　of that crummy hotel over Washington Square
Our breath comes out white cloud mingles
　　and hangs in the air
Speaking strictly for me
We both could've died then and there

Now you're telling me you're not nostalgic
Then give me another word for it
You who're so good with words
　　and at keeping thing vague
Cause I need some of that vagueness now
It's all come back too clearly
Yes , I love you dearly
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
I've already paid

DD Chan兄, 我曾經D/L過一首Diamonds & Rust既rock版, 男士唱既, Michael叔叔唔知有冇資料

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Dear DD Chan,
我同你一樣,係3月6日的House Party,我最希望聽到的就是由PPM唱出Diamonds and Rust. 我第一次聽到此歌就是PPM係Webradio "Folk聱高唱"中演譯的版本,後來PPM大哥又將Joan Baez的版本send了給我,而係幾個月前,經亞東推介的"歌-木結他的純真往事"一書中更知道此曲的來由,鐘愛程度就更加有曾無減了. 近日更download了此曲的Tab譜,深深被前奏所吸引. 所以係House Party當日一見到PPM大哥,就讓求佢唱出此曲. 聽了現場演譯版本,又另有一番滋味.

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^Lydia^

引文:

PPM，你今晚�鬗中蒍u係唱得好正，攪到Ivy話封你為香港男Joan Baez，重成日話要學好唱這首歌，你快�爣苳U佢喇，唔該。

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"推廣民歌。服務社群。鍛鍊自我"

引文:

添, 我個D叫不知所謂, Iris小妹妹唱If I Had A Hammer就好正

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PPM叔叔

你唔玩啦，我呢d三腳貓功夫仔...嚇死人呀！
不過真係好多謝你抽時間帶埋阿嫂出來，又同我地唱左咁多首ppm既歌.....
因為平時想搵人唱下都無人陪呀.....慘......
謝謝你

^___^

PPM 唱 PP&M 的歌勁就係人都知 la ，得閒就多 D 來青韻同我地唱下歌，開心下 la！ 而 Iris 唱 "If I had a Hammer" 唱得好好呀，快 D 表演比大家睇下 la ............

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I'm Fornia

how to post songs up, i mean other people window media

Kenneth,

Just copy the link and paste into the following source code....

＜EMBED src="http://www.4english.cn/songs/folks/a06.mp3" width=280 height=45 type=application/x-mplayer2 volume="10000" loop="2" AUTOSTART="FALSE"＞


For a demo to you, I have changed the <> code to ＜＞, remember to change it back if you want to show us the song from other web... : ) Enjoy!

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