
首《You Keep Me Hangin' On》是美黑人女子三人合唱The Supremes ( 主唱曾鼎鼎大名的Diana Ross ) 於1966所推出的曲,也是在告示牌Hot 100排行榜的第8首冠曲。後此曲被多位歌手及翻唱,像是Rod Stewart、Box Tops、Vanilla Fudge等等。而英女歌手Kim Wilde的翻唱版本,於1987再度登上了美排行榜的冠座 ( UK #2 )。
但在我的中,熟知的是美迷幻Vanilla Fudge的版本,此版本原唱的曲差之大。Vanilla Fudge的鼓手Carmine Appice在2014接受,提到他定翻唱首歌的原因:『我之前於唱慢歌,仔模歌的情境,是一首痛之歌,且其中包含有多的感情。若The Supremes的版本再放快一些,反而得她的音是的。是故,我定歌曲的奏放慢一些,也注入歌的感情,首歌呈出它有的痛感。』言之,就是The Supremes有唱出歌的感情啦!
Vanilla Fudge的版本在告示牌得第6名,是最知名的歌曲。收在中的此曲度有7分20秒,剪後的45曲度不到3分 。年台合唱也喜唱首歌,前奏完,爆出第一句歌,就感有些震撼力。
Set me free, why don't you, baby?
Get out my life, why don't you, baby?
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on
You don't really need me
But you keep me hangin' on
Why do you keep a-coming around
Playing with my heart?
Why don't you get out of my life
And let me make a new start?
Let me get over you
The way you've gotten over me, hey
Set me free, why don't you, baby?
Let me be, why don't you, baby? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Now you don't really want me
You just keep me hangin' on
You say although we broke up
You still wanna be just friends
But how can we still be friends
When seeing you only breaks my heart again?
And there ain't nothing I can do about it
Whoa-whoa-whoa
Set me free, why don't you, baby?
Whoa-whoa-whoa
Get out my life, why don't you, baby? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Set me free, why don't you, baby?
Get out my life, why don't you, baby?
You claim you still care for me
But your heart and soul needs to be free
Now that you've got your freedom
You wanna still hold on to me
You don't want me for yourself
So let me find somebody else, hey
Why don't you be a man about it
And set me free? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Now, you don't care a thing about me
You're just using me (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Go on, get out, get out of my life
And let me sleep at night (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on
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