私の美樂地

若要說2007年娛樂界最ㄏㄤ的新聞

莫過於"星光大道"捧紅的星光幫吧

從今年初節目開播以來

每天娛樂版頭條永遠不缺他們的消息

從誰被打敗

謊報年齡

疑似比賽成績作假

被迫退出淚灑舞台

黑道介入簽約


一切的一切

正如一場肥皂劇般無關生活痛癢

卻每天的話題總圍繞著他們打轉

彷彿股市柴米油鹽醬醋茶以外

就會來上一段他們的最新八卦

歌唱比賽可以弄得如此

造成一種社會現象

也真佩服現代媒體炒作與操弄的強大力量


回顧早年電視史

未曾沒有如今的歌唱比賽

除了歷史十分悠久的"五燈獎"

期間電視臺也辦過不少歌唱比賽

比如廿多年前的"臺視名人歌唱排行榜"

也挖掘了像是楊烈....田希仁等歌手

華視的"TV新秀爭霸賽"

更是小虎隊初出茅蘆的發跡地點

只是

真的沒有這樣的現象產生


其實國外

也有類似的大型歌唱選秀比賽

讓有實力者一圓明星夢

像是歐洲歌唱大賽

就是一個很重要的比賽

來自歐洲，甚至於有來自土耳其或是以色列等環地中海的亞洲國家各國好手一爭上下

像是ABBA就在1972年贏得冠軍榮耀

才有日後的成績


1987年的冠軍得主強尼．羅根(Johnny Logan)唱了這支單曲"Hold Me Now"

這首前奏悵然若失的傷感到後面不願離去的掙扎無奈的吶喊

這樣纏綿悱惻的情歌

在他那深情款款如泣如訴的嗓音下

再恰當也不過了

連後來1989年陳淑樺推出英文專輯時也翻唱了這首歌曲

還當做專輯主打歌

在國內受歡迎的程度

可見一斑

不過後來他也消聲匿跡了

留下這首動聽的歌曲

也算是美好的回憶吧


"自動播放:Hold Me Now(Johnny Logan版)"







Don't... don't close your heart to how you feel
Dream, and don't be afraid the dream's not real
Close your eyes, pretend it's just the two of us again
Make believe this moment's here to stay
Touch... touch me the way you used to do
I know tonight could be all I'll have with you
From now on, you'll be with someone else instead of me
So tonight, let's fill this memory
For the last time -

Hold me now
Don't cry, don't say a word
Just hold me now
And I will know -
Though we're apart, we'll always be together
Forever in love
What do you say when words are not enough?

Time... time will be kind once we're apart
And your tears... tears will have no place in your heart
I wish I... I could say how much I'll miss you when you're gone
How my love for you will go on and on and

Hold me now
Don't cry, don't say a word
Just hold me now
And try to understand that
I hope at last you've found
What you've been searchin' for
And though I won't be there anymore
I will always love you

(Hold me now)
(Don't cry,) don't say a word
Just hold me now
And I will know -
Though we're apart, we'll always be together
Forever in love
What do you say when words are not enough?

What can I say?
Now my words are not enough