读书时偶然听到Dionne Warwick的《I’ll Never Love This Way Again》这首歌,慢慢记起歌词,对着日落的天空哼着。
Dionne有很独特嗓音和音乐魅力,她被誉为美国乐坛R&B始祖,地位有多重不言而喻。但她很快遇到事业瓶颈,陷入很深的低潮期,就像很多人的人生一样。
后来是《I’ll Never Love This Way Again》让她重新振作,也凭着这首歌,让她再次获得格莱美奖。那一年是1979,70和80年代流传至今的经典歌曲很多,但这首是经典中的经典。
几个月前,将近60岁,白发苍苍的Dionne在一场演唱会上唱起这首歌,全场出席者与她一起唱副歌部分,那是一份岁月和回忆沉淀带来的感动。
You looked inside my fantasies and made each one come true, something no one else had ever found a way to do.
I’ve kept the memories one by one, since you took me in and I know I’ll never love this way again.
I know I’ll never love this way again, so I keep holdin’ on before the good is gone.
I know I’ll never love this way again, hold on, hold on, hold on.