[SONG] Sandi Thom/I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)

By Natalia C - 星期日, 4月 15, 2007


Artist: Sandi Thom 珊蒂湯姆
Album: Smile... It Confuses People 笑裡藏刀 / 2006 June
Label: RCA Records / Sony BMG
Genre: POP / Country / Folk / Soul



I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair) 2'31"
Lyrics/Melody: Tom Gilbert & Sandi Thom

Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
In '77 and '69, revolution was in the air
I was born too late, into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair

When the head of state didn't play guitar, not everybody drove a car
When music really mattered and when radio was king
When accountants didn't have control
And the media couldn't buy your soul
And computers were still scary and we didn't know everything

Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
In '77 and '69, revolution was in the air
I was born too late, into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair

When pop stars still remained a myth, and ignorance could still be bliss
And when god saved the queen she turned a whiter shade of pale
My mom and dad were in their teens, and anarchy was still a dream
And the only way to stay in touch was a letter in the mail

Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
In '77 and '69, revolution was in the air
I was born too late, into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair

When record shops were still on top, and vinyl was all that they stocked
And the super info highway was still drifting out in space
Kids were wearing hand-me-downs
And playing games meant kick arounds
And footballers still had long hair and dirt across their face

Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
In '77 and '69, revolution was in the air
I was born too late, into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
I was born too late, into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair



<某C中譯>

噢 我真希望我是髮間帶花的龐克搖滾歌手
在 1977 年與 1969 年 革命氣息蔓延之時
可惜我誕生得太晚 來到這已不在乎的世界
噢 我真希望我是髮間帶花的龐克搖滾歌手

那時總統不會彈吉他 不是每個人都有車開
那時的音樂多重要 而廣播電台多偉大
那時的會計師沒權力 媒體也買不了你的靈魂
那時電腦讓人心驚 而我們仍一無所知

噢 我真希望我是髮間帶花的龐克搖滾歌手
在 1977 年與 1969 年 革命氣息蔓延之時
可惜我誕生得太晚 來到這已不在乎的世界
噢 我真希望我是髮間帶花的龐克搖滾歌手

那時偶像明星只是神話 無知可能就是種幸福
而「天佑女皇」*(註一) 讓她(女皇)成了「蒼白淺影」*(註二)
我的爸媽還年輕 無政府主義還只是個夢
而唯一聯絡彼此的方式僅有郵寄的書信

噢 我真希望我是髮間帶花的龐克搖滾歌手
在 1977 年與 1969 年 革命氣息蔓延之時
可惜我誕生得太晚 來到這已不在乎的世界
噢 我真希望我是髮間帶花的龐克搖滾歌手

那時唱片行的生意最好 進的貨全是黑膠唱片
資訊高速公路*(註三) 只不過是外太空的玩意
小孩老穿哥哥姊姊的舊衣服 而玩遊戲就等於追逐踢鬧
足球員愛蓄長髮 泥水濺過臉頰

噢 我真希望我是髮間帶花的龐克搖滾歌手
在 1977 年與 1969 年 革命氣息蔓延之時
可惜我誕生得太晚 來到這已不在乎的世界
噢 我真希望我是髮間帶花的龐克搖滾歌手
可惜我誕生得太晚 來到這已不在乎的世界
噢 我真希望我是髮間帶花的龐克搖滾歌手




↑龐克文化裡著名的「天佑女皇」LOGO。


*註一:「天佑女皇」(God Save The Queen)是英國著名龐克樂團 The Sex Pistols(性手槍樂團)最罵不驚人死不休的歌曲之一。主唱 Johnny Rotten 刻意在 1977 年伊莉莎白女皇繼位二十五週年的慶祝大典前發行,甚至在紀念日當天於泰晤士河上高唱此曲(直到發生警民暴力衝突為止…),不久成為全民公敵,該曲發行兩次都嚐到被禁的命運。電影《Sid & Nancy》有提到此一事件,有興趣或者想認識 The Sex Pistols 的話不妨看看。


The Sex Pistols〈God Save The Queen〉。


*註二:「蒼白淺影」(A Whiter Shade of Pale)是英國前衛迷幻搖滾老團 Procol Harum 最為人知的冠軍單曲,於 1967 年發行。曾被許多藝人翻唱重新詮釋,算是當時反戰歌曲的經典歌曲以及後期探討六○年代精神的代表歌曲之一。更多詳細資料可點選此文


Procol Harum〈A Whiter Shade of Pale〉。


*註三:資訊高速公路(Super Infomation Highway / Information Super Highway)資料參考於此以及此文第二段。此乃科技業於九○年代新興之名詞,應指高速傳輸、可分享任何資料之網路。


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她是網路傳奇,讓更多想要成名的「地下」歌手燃起一絲希望,希望跟隨她的步伐,邁向成功大道。

她是 Sandi Thom。一個因為沒錢,異想天開在家裡地下室開始為期二十一天的「世界巡迴演唱」--而她只需要花一台網路攝影機的錢的蘇格蘭女孩。就這樣,從第一天的七十人,演變成來自世界各地的數萬人,「巡迴」還沒結束就吸到一張 RCA 的唱片合約。

她的發跡過程為人所津津樂道,而出道後的成績更是嚇嚇叫。可惜的是,在台灣似乎還有很多人不知道這個在 1981 年出生,卻已經成為「傳奇」的人物。原本以為她的專輯台灣沒有發行,沒想到查了一下,發現去年十月台灣就已經上市了。其實,在歐美國家,靠網路發跡的歌手、樂團案例已經越來越多,台灣也有幾個,這時真的得要好好表揚一下 MySpace.comStreetVoice 了,哈~!(點此拜訪 Sandi Thom 的 MySpace。)

剛開始聽到 Sandi Thom 的聲音,我以為又是哪個實力異秉的黑人新女聲崛起,之後就一直偷偷把這個聲音記著,不斷聽著她的聲音還有這首歌令搖滾客熱血沸騰的歌詞;沒想到一見MV,竟是個白白淨淨的女生!聲線之渾厚,真是讓我給傻住了。整首歌只用人聲 Acapella 的方式演出,而MV更是一氣呵成,只靠畫面快轉與放慢來營造歌曲氛圍,讓我當下不得不好奇起來:那現場呢?是不是震懾人心?



上面的影片跟聲音有點糊,但是比較有 Acapella 的感覺!旁邊的人打拍子的時候,如果我在現場大概是會起雞皮疙瘩吧……

... Oh I wish I was a punk rocker, with flowers in my hair!!!




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3 Comment

  1. i'm still a punk but have never seen any w/flowers in their hair. and it would be nice if you'd tell people to r-click and 'save' to their hard-drives instead of stealing bandwidth from my site. or you could've done that yourself and posted it here.

    i pay for my bandwidth and due to people like you, my site's gone down 3x in the last two months.

    thanks in advance, rimone

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  2. To Rimone,

    Well, first of all I am sorry that I link your file from your site. However, I didn't meant to "steal" it. I just wanna let my readers know more about this song; my purpose was not to provide the file to be downloaded.

    In fact, all I did was just to search the song from the mp3 searching site "http://d.sogou.com/" and chose one of the results. If you don't like your file being found, you might need to tell the owner of the site, too, in my opinion. Or, the situation of your site may not get better because there will be more ane more people like me link it, and you won't like that.

    Thank you for your advise, anywway. I don't wanna let you think I am stealing your stuff, so I delete your link.

    Sorry again. And hope you'll feel better.

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  3. thanks for removing the link; i appreciate it. /rimone

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