Showing posts with label Odessa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Odessa. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Odessa (City On The Black Sea)

近這幾個月來發生及現時仍在持續進行中的俄羅斯軍事入侵烏克蘭事件,相信眾多的港澳看官們,對烏克蘭這國家內的各大少城鎮名稱的認識,從過往可能僅只限於基輔 (Kyiv)這最大首都城市外,隨着透過每天在各式媒體新聞內不斷被廣泛報導,以至就其它較次要的城鎮,如哈爾科夫 (Kharkiv)奧德薩 (Odessa)第聶伯城 (Dnipro)頓涅茨克 (Donetsk)利維夫 (Lviv)米哥諾夫 (Mykolaiv)馬里烏波爾 (Mariupol)盧甘斯克 (Luhansk)赫爾松 (Kherson)等,都已變得可耳熟能詳了。

1969年3月30日,一冊由寶麗多唱片(Polydor Records)公司出版、及世界知名兄弟檔樂隊Bee Gees灌錄之《Odessa》雙長壽唱片LP專集,就是以烏國第三大城市、及其最大港都的奧德薩 (Odessa)為名。而該專集內收錄的歌曲,除了主題曲的Odessa (City On The Black Sea)外,還包括了其後被收編於1971年公映的〈Melody (兩小無猜)〉電影中作為插曲之"Melody Fair"、"Give Your Best"、"First Of May",及筆者極喜愛的"Lamplight"。

雖然這LP專集推出後並未被昔日的歐美樂壇廣泛受落,惟其仍被現今歌迷公認為Bee Gees樂隊於六十代演繹的最重要唱片專集。


Odessa              (Polydor Records - 1969/582049 & 582050)




Side One
  1. Odessa (City On The Black Sea)    (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
  2. You'll Never See My Face Again    (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
  3. Black Diamond    (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
Side Two
  1. Marley Purt Drive    (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
  2. Edison    (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
  3. Melody Fair    (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
  4. Suddenly    (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
  5. Whisper Whisper    (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
Side Three
  1. Lamplight     (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
  2. Sound Of Love    (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
  3. Give Your Best    (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
  4. Seven Seas Symphony*    (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
  5. With All Nations (International Anthem)*    (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
Side Four
  1. I Laugh in Your Face    (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
  2. Never Say Never Again    (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
  3. First Of May    (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
  4. The British Opera*    (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)
*Instrumental (純樂器奏曲)

《Bee Gees.Odessa》唱片專集全部歌詞連結


"Odessa (City On The Black Sea)"

Fourteenth Of February, Eighteen Ninety-Nine.
The British Ship Veronica Was Lost Without A Sign.
Baa Baa Black Sheep, You Haven't Any Wool.
Captain Richardson Left Himself A Lonely Wife In Hull.

Cherub, I Lost A Ship In The Baltic Sea.
I'm On An Iceberg Running Free.
Sitting, Filing This Berg To The Shape Of A Ship;
Sailing My Way Back To Your Lips.
One Passing Ship Gave Word That You Have Moved Out
Of Your Old Flat.

You Love The Vicar More Than Words Can Say.
Tell Him To Pray That I Won't Melt Away
And I'll See Your Face Again.

Odessa, How Strong Am I?
Odessa, How Time Goes By?

Treasure, You Know The Neighbours That Live Next Door.
They Haven't Got Their Dog Anymore.
Freezing, Sailing Around In The North Atlantic,
Can't Seem To Leave The Sea Anymore.
I Just Can't Understand Why You Just Moved To Finland.
You Love That Vicar More Then Words Can Say,
Ask Him To Pray That I Won't Melt Away
And I'll See Your Face Again.

Odessa, How Strong Am I?
Odessa, How Time Goes By?

Fourteenth Of February, Eighteen Ninety-Nine.
The British Ship Veronica Was Lost Without A Sign.



"You'll Never See My Face Again"


"Black Diamond"


"Marley Purt Drive"


"Edison"


"Melody Fair"


"Suddenly"


"Whisper Whisper"


"Lamplight"

Alons, Viens Encore, Cherie.
J'attendrai Patiemment
Sous La Lampe Dans La Vieille Avenue.

Then I May End,
She Had Things To Buy.
I Close My Eyes
Yet I Don't Know Why.
I Gave Her Money,
Said She Knew Someone
And She Said She Won't Be Long.

Lamplights Keep On Burning
While This Heart Of Mine Is Yearning.
Lamplights Keep On Burning
Till This Love Of Yours Is Mine.

I Sat Alone With My Thoughts And Laughed.
Then Saw Your Face In An Old Photograph.
I Didn't Think That I Could Live
Without You But What Am I To Do?

Lamplights Keep On Burning
While This Heart Of Mine Is Yearning.
Lamplights Keep On Burning
Till This Love Of Yours Is Mine.

Come Home Again Dear.
I Have Waited Year After Year
Under The Lamp In Our Old Avenue.
If All In The World That's Laughing,
Why Should It Make Us Cry?

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"Sound Of Love"


"Give Your Best"


"Seven Seas Symphony"


"With All Nations (International Anthem)"


"Never Say Never Again"


"First Of May"


"The British Opera"


1985年及往後年間,《Odessa》這LP專集被轉檔為CD格式出版面世,惟只得美國及俄國版本有收錄了全數原曲,"With All Nations (International Anthem)"這支純樂器奏曲在其它國家製作的版片則欠奉。

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