Smash Mouth《Walkin’ on the Sun》

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我们能不能和睦相处？

——Greg Camp

歌名:《How You Remind Me》

歌者：Avril Lavigne

词曲：Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake & Ryan Vikedal

流派：  朋克

歌曲评分：满分五星，歌词意境、旋律动听程度（包括歌手的演唱是否优美）、情感的丰富性、配乐水平、流行程度等五个方面判断。

学习难度：最容易的为1星，最难为5星。

歌词

[Verse 1]

It ain't no joke I'd like to buy the world a toke

And teach the world to sing in perfect harmony

And teach the world to snuff the fires and the liars

Hey I know it's just a song but it's spice for the recipe

This is a love attack, I know it went out but it's back

It's just like any fad, it retracts before impact

And just like fashion it's a passion for the with-it and hip

If you got the goods they'll come and buy it

Just to stay in the clique

[Chorus]

So don't delay, act now, supplies are running out

Allow, if you're still alive, six to eight years to arrive

And if you follow, there may be a tomorrow

But if the offer's shunned

You might as well be walking on the sun

[Verse 2]

Twenty-five years ago they spoke out and they broke out

Of recession and oppression and together they toked

And they folked out with guitars around a bonfire

Just singing and clapping, man, what the hell happened?

Then some were spellbound some were hell-bound

Some they fell down and some got back up and

Fought back against the melt down

And their kids were hippie chicks, all hypocrites

Because fashion is smashing the true meaning of it

[Chorus]

So don't delay, act now, supplies are running out

Allow, if you're still alive, six to eight years to arrive

And if you follow, there may be a tomorrow

But if the offer's shunned

You might as well be walking on the sun

[Verse 3]

It ain't no joke when a mama's handkerchief is soaked

With her tears because her baby's life has been revoked

The bond is broke up, so choke up and focus on the close up

Mr. Wizard can't perform no godlike hocus-pocus

So don't sit back, kick back and watch the world get bushwhacked

News at ten, your neighborhood is under attack

Put away the crack before the crack puts you away

You need to be there when your baby's old enough to relate

[Chorus]

So don't delay, act now, supplies are running out

Allow, if you're still alive, six to eight years to arrive

And if you follow, there may be a tomorrow

But if the offer's shunned

You might as well be walking on the sun

[Outro]

You might as well be walking on the sun

You might as well be walking on the sun

You might as well be walking on the sun

You might as well be walking on the sun

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多添一点：

今天分享一首Smash Mouth(破嘴合唱团）的《Walkin’ on the Sun》。

今天带来的歌曲来自一个名声不是很响的团队，但歌曲依旧是好歌。这首歌来自他们1997年的专辑《Fush Yu Mang》。在专辑发行之前他们先发行了单曲，但并没有销售单曲。这首歌在现代摇滚排行榜上排名第一，在Airplay排行榜上排名第二（因为这首歌没有作为单曲销售，所以没有资格进入百强单曲榜)。这首歌能被大众知晓主要靠着一位坚定不移的支持者——Carson Daly，他是另类摇滚电台KOME的DJ。虽然Smash Mouth组合没有签约他们的电台，但他还是愿意推荐他们的歌曲。后来Daly换到了洛杉矶电台KROQ，依然推荐他们的歌曲。后来其他小电台也效仿推荐。才让这首歌和这个组合被更多的人知道，并获得冠军。果然是需要忠心耿耿的伯乐啊。

欢快的旋律掩盖了这首歌严肃的本质，这首歌内容关于1992年洛杉矶暴乱。由乐队吉他手 Greg Camp创作的，他说：“这首歌基本上是社会和种族斗争的呐喊。我们发出这样的呐喊：我们能不能和睦相处？”他在罗德尼·金事件期间写的这首歌。当时四名白人警察殴打黑人司机罗德尼·金(Rodney King)，后被无罪释放。殴打录像曝光后，引发了1992年洛杉矶暴乱。歌曲中第一句歌词也点名了这点。“这不是玩笑，我想给全世界买个烟”（引用了1971年可口可乐的一个著名广告，他们唱，“我想给世界买一杯可口可乐。”小E广告歌曲文章中有提到。）最近暴力事件那么多，真的也很想问一句：人类还能不能和睦相处？

这首歌加入了电子音乐二人组佩雷(Perrey)和金斯利(Jean-Jacques Perrey和Gershon Kingsley) 1966年的单曲Swan’s Splashdown的键盘即兴段，赋予了它60年代的复古风格。1992年Greg Camp就创作了这首歌，但当时他在另一个乐队，乐队拒绝了他这首歌。他1994年加入Smash Mouth时，他把它带给了他们。再次说明，审美眼光很重要。

Camp透露:“这首歌是我在一把廉价的尼龙弦吉他上写的，听起来更像Santana 之类的感觉。在最初的演示版本中有手鼓和沙球。然后他们又在曲子中加入了火车头感觉的音效。再加上主唱的沙哑声音。所以带来了很好的效果。”