讓人回味無窮的黑人靈魂歌曲 (1)

讓人回味無窮的黑人靈魂歌曲 (1)
●(If Loving You is Wrong,) I don’t want to be Right ( 無悔的愛 )●
by Luther Ingram

If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right
If being right means being without you
I'd rather live a wrong doing life
Your mama and daddy say it's a shame
It's a downright disgrace
Long as I got you by my side
I don't care what your people say

Your friends tell you there's no future
in loving a married man
If I can't see you when I want to
I'll see you when I can
If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right
If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right

Am I wrong to fall so deeply in love with you
knowing I got a wife and two little children
depending on me too
And am I wrong to hunger
for the gentleness of your touch
knowing I got somebody else at home
who needs me just as much

And are you wrong to fall in love
with a married man
And am I wrong trying to hold on
to the best thing I ever had
If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right
If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right

Are you wrong to give your love
to a married man
And am I wrong trying to hold on
to the best thing I ever had
If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right
If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right

I don't wanna be right
if it means sleeping alone at night
I don't wanna be right
if it means coming home at night
I don't wanna, I don't wanna
I don't wanna never, never, never be right

●今夜感觸特別多，因此再介紹一首我很喜愛的靈魂老歌，這是一首旋律優美動聽的靈魂老歌，為黑人歌星Luther Ingram於1972年所唱紅的，從很口語話的歌詞可以了解，這是一首描述出軌戀情的歌曲。歌曲中的已婚男主角，不顧家人的唾棄與道德心靈的譴責，瘋狂 的愛上歌曲中的女主角，同時也埋怨著女主角，為何明知這將會是無情結局的戀情，卻又願意對他釋出愛意？
●我是一個道德觀念很保守的人，一旦逾越義理道德的規範尺度，即使再怎麼轟轟烈烈，再怎麼刻骨銘心的不倫戀情，我也難以認同。因此，我對歌詞裡所敘述的故 事沒有太多的感動，因為我無法想像那樣的情境與心理，我只是被優美動人的旋律，以及Luther Ingram的感性歌聲所感動罷了。已於今年3月19日去世的Luther Ingram，其實並沒有留下太多的暢銷曲，唯獨這首【(If Loving You is Wrong,) I don't want to be Right】讓人懷念不已。●重新翻唱這首歌的藝人不少，包括幾個白人歌星，但韻味真的比「老黑」唱的差多了。若真的要挑選，則我會推荐有「搖滾公雞」稱 號的Rod Stewart，在其1977年的專輯【Foot Loose & Fancy Free】裡翻唱這首歌還蠻有味道的。
●以下我選了兩個版本請樂友們回味，其中，Luther Ingram唱的是演唱會版本，但已90%接近錄音室版本，味道沒跑掉。另一個版本則是由唱紅【When a Man Loves a Woman】的Percy Sledge所唱的，韻味還不錯。這首歌曲的CD可能不太好找了，想買的話就費心一點兒啦！先聽聽吧：

◎Luther Ingram / (If Loving You is Wrong,) I don't want to be Right.
http://www.youtube.com./watch?v=Bm4F9Q0nH18

◎Percy Sledge / (If Loving You is Wrong,) I don't want to be Right.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75AI...related&search=


Rod Stewart / Foot Loose & Fancy Free.
手邊有收集這張專輯的樂友，趕緊翻出來聽看看，味道差很多喔！深夜聽這首歌特別有感覺。