June 25,2006 00:47

Menace - Strawberry Sundae / I Love You

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Menace比 Teddy Robin & The Playboys稍後才組成﹐成員包括 Joe Chen 陳任 (主音)﹑Dennis Yu (貝斯)﹑ Derek Cheung (主音結他) 及Robert Chan (鼓)﹐樂隊名稱來自漫畫 Dennis & Menace﹐由 Dennis 改名的。

據90年代一篇陳任的訪問稱樂團成員大多是來自中上階級家庭﹐早期的鼓手 Tony Fan便是立法局議員及骨科名醫方心讓的兒子﹐而Dennis的父親就是大律師余叔紹。陳任加入 Menace 半年後便參加了 Talent Quest 及星島業餘歌唱比賽﹐兩個比賽均得到第4名﹐不久EMI 即邀請加盟﹐但是當時簽約 EMI 的本地樂團都紅不起來﹐故他們也沒有簽約﹐後來約1967/1968年間﹐鑽石唱片主動邀請﹐他們便加盟旗下。同期陳任入讀浸會﹐不單於 China Mail 寫 Teen Page﹐更為每星期隨報附送的 Round Up 出任編輯﹐後來更為商業電台擔任DJ。至於Menace也曾在 Teddy Robin攪的 In Place Club 星期日 Tea Dance 時段演奏﹐另一方面也長駐於半島酒店表演。Menace不久因陳任工作繁忙﹐加上樂團成員往外地升學就解散了。

踏入70年代﹐陳任也出版過幾張專輯﹐包括2nd Impression (1973/Regal/EMI)﹐當中翻唱芳艷芬的名曲“檳城艷” 至今仍經常被人於電台節目中點唱﹐後來他也曾加盟寶麗多唱片﹐新城電台出任台長及香港電台擔任DJ等。

Menace的名曲便有原創歌曲Strawberry Sundae﹐另外也曾翻唱Zager & Evans的冠軍歌 In The Year 2525及On The Isles等。附圖中的唱片封套非常有趣﹐站在花盤上﹑水池邊上拍照﹐都是是60/70年代香港典型的拍照造型。


I Love You (Edited Short Version): 此曲原唱為 People (1968/Capitol)﹐得到Billboard流行榜第14位﹐筆者常把它跟 Yummy Yummy Yummy及 Sugar Sugar聯想在一起﹐大概因為當年筆者的哥哥把這幾首歌曲錄在同一盒卡帶內吧。
(Chris White)


I love you, I love you, I love you
Yes I do but the words won't come
And I don't know what to say

I should tell you I love you, I do
The words should explain but the words won't come
I shouldn't hide my love deep inside
The words should explain but the words won't come

I should tell you just how I feel and I keep try-y-y-in'
But something holds me back when I try to tell you

I love you, I love you, I love you
Yes I do-o-o
I love you, I love you, I love you
Yes I do but the words won't come
And I don't know what to say

I shouldn't hide my love deep inside
The words should explain but the words won't come
If you could see what you mean to me
The words should explain but the words won't come

And oh, how hard I try to tell you I lo-o-ove you
But something holds me back when I try to tell you

I love you, I love you, I love you
Yes I do-o-o
I love you, I love you, I love you
Yes I do but the words won't come
And I don't know what to say, yeah!

I should tell you I love you, I do
The words should explain but the words won't come
I shouldn't hide my love deep inside
The words should explain but the words won't come

And oh, how hard I try to tell you I lo-o-ove you
But something holds me back when I try to tell you

I love you, I love you, I love you
Yes I do-o-o
I love you, I love you, I love you
Yes I do but the words won't come
And I don't know what to say

I love you



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    Dear Muzik,

    I remembered the flip side of "Strawberry Sundae" was "You don't even wink your eyes" which was more popular than "Strawberry Sundae" at that time. Both songs were composed by them. They had covered The Poeple's "I love you" which was captured the hearts of their fans.
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Pepperonie at June 25,2006 01:45
    Dear Pepperonie,

    Ha, I can't believe I missed this song because when I was writing the article, I was listening to those diamond recording CD issued by Polygram duirng the 90's. This was a song I often heard during my early days. But somehow, I eventually missed it, so now I put it back. Thanks.
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Muzikland at June 25,2006 04:30
    Hi Muzik

    "I love you" was composed by the bassist of the Zombies Mr. Chris White. The Zombies signed to Decca and recorded their first hit "She's Not There" which was released in mid-1964. The next year, the Zombies' "Tell Her No" became a huge seller in both England and the United States. Doris Hardy, a local female singer sang this song on TV very often during the mid 1960s. But the Zombies' subsequent recordings in 1966 including "I Love You," "Indication," "Whenever You're Ready," and "Is This the Dream" were also of high quality, none achieved the success of "She's not there" and "Tell her no".

    I still have the Zombies' LP containing "I love you".

    Back to the Menace, they also covered "One, two three red light" and some other bubble gum music in the 1960s which is not really the kind of music I like, sorry, guys!!!

    Joe
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Joe at August 10,2006 16:56
    Dear Joe,

    I don't have any Zombies LP, I heard the song "I Love You" when I was a kid, so actually I didn't know what version I heard at that time, it could be Zombies or Menace. What I remember was that my brother reocrded the song to tape from a fake record and it didn't have information or even correct spelling of the singers.
    For the song "She's Not There", the first version I heard was Santana, but the reason I knew Zombies was the song “Time Of The Seasons”.
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Muzikland at August 10,2006 20:37
    "I Love You"這首歌雖然是Zombies結他手Chris White在1966年的作品及原唱,但該歌卻是由另一隊在當年代寂寂無名的People合,於1968年把歌曲略作編改及重唱後才廣受歡迎。尤其是當時的本地樂壇,電台DJ日夜播放,風靡一時,我也是因被該版本吸引,從而走上熱愛收聽西洋歌曲之路.....

    其實People的"I Love You"版本,最為吸引之處是它的前奏部份,由主音結他、間歇性的鼓鈸聲、些許電子琴聲、及樂隊成員的伴和聲音,組成了那般美妙的起首Instrumental,節奏高低起伏,並即匯合樂曲的首句簡單及主要表達歌詞 - I Love You,I Love You,I Love You, Yes I Do But The Words Won't Come .....

    EMI Capital在1994年,曾把People的"I Love You"原LP版,以CD形式限量出版,而本地的KPS金獅影音連鎖店新港中心分店,在1997年也曾有該CD出售,但因我當時只是間中光顧該店,致未能購到這珍品。現時只有網上的二手出售,但也被炒高到差不多壹百美元。

    http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf700/f731/f73137ma6lq.jpg

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000008N6J/qid=1155273298/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-4175856-6765435?v=glance&s=music

    其後我退而求其次,在網上找獲了兩張雜錦CD,裏面有這People的"I Love You"全長四分卅三秒版的精彩絕倫歌曲。

    http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd400/d431/d43124out5x.jpg

    http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre700/e791/e79161c9g3p.jpg

    後記:最早期的單曲版是沒有上述的前奏Instrumental部份。
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Eddie Ho at August 11,2006 04:33
    Hi Eddie

    I have a different copy of the Rock -N- Roll's Greatest Hits of All Time, Vol. 3 containing the People's "I love you". It is a 2-CD set. Except the cover, I think the one I have is the smae to the one you mentioned (Volume 6).

    It is still available at Amazon
    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000I92D/qid=1155258011/

    Both versions of "I love you" by the Zombies and the People are good. By the way, the Zombies were the group in 1960s UK pop scene that had more "A" than any other British groups. Members of the Zombies had completed their GCE A Level exam in early 1960 and scored excellent result.

    Joe
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Joe at August 11,2006 09:21
    Dear Eddie,

    I'm sorry that I replaced your allmusic.com description hyperlink with the record cover link because the links were too long and they exceed the width of the blog.

    I just heard the samples provided by allmusic.com, I haven’t heard their version before though theirs had entered the charts during the 60’s. Their version was quite 迷幻, but Zombies’ was pop style. Compare with Zombies and Menace, I like Menace’s version more.
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Muzikland at August 11,2006 14:09
    The Menace給我的感覺相當特別。一方面有一種很乖很斯文的感覺,另一方面他們會玩一些比較前衛的歌。例如大碟竟然有The Doors的歌Hello I Love You。很難想像在香港60年代有樂隊唱The Doors的歌,而且是The Menace唱的(如果是Teddy Robin或者Anders Nelson唱The Doors的歌我反而覺得沒有那麼出奇)。

    他們的Strawberry Sundae是我很喜歡的歌,歌詞很有趣。
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    http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1535318/0/nouser_1535/T0_-1_1535318.jpg
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Stephen at August 16,2006 00:01
    Dear Stephen,

    所以我覺得 Menace 都好有 character。
    你的收藏真厲害﹐如果早點認識你﹐我相信我這個60年代系列的資料就會比現在豐富得多了﹐不過現在也很謝謝你常來留言分享。
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Muzikland at August 16,2006 00:28
    哈囉,大家好!

    看您們聊到People的"I Love You",不禁想起當年(1968)台灣一些電台DJ,利用暑假辦了一場西洋熱門樂團比賽。由於當時本地政府對娛樂稅課的稅率較高,他們就想出了買唱片送門票以規避稅則的方法(唱片價格自然就比較高),並將唱片中的曲目列為比賽指定曲,而其中就包含了有這首"I Love You"。

    記得有兩個合唱團都唱這首指定曲,而印象裡其中一團還唱得不錯說。哈,個人一點回憶,多嘴了。

    可惜這張特製的唱片封套破損已丟棄,也沒好好的保管生霉了。
    | 檢舉 | Posted by 流浪狗 at August 20,2006 14:43
    Dear 流浪狗,

    你怎會是多嘴呢﹐很歡迎你來一同參與分享啊。獨樂不如眾樂﹐是嗎﹖
    你提價的兩張唱片﹐在當時都是翻版唱片吧﹐而我家也有一批﹐雖然歌曲不一樣﹐但感覺很親切﹐使我回憶起一些童年點滴。
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Muzikland at August 21,2006 02:19
    Hi Guys

    The song “I love you” makes me talk about the Zombies again. I am wondering you guys did watch a show by Much More Music early this month hosted by Paul Shaffer, who leads the house band for the “Late Show with David Letterman”.

    The show was named “Paul Shaffer and His British Invasion: A Tribute to Mike Smith”. In paying tribute to paralyzed former Dave Clark Five singer Mike Smith, Paul Shaffer hosted a tribute concert on 2 August 2006 at the B.B. King Blues Club in New York featuring an all-star cast including The Zombies, Billy J. Kramer, and Peter and Gordon. Colin Blunstone still has a great way of vocal communication singing “I love you”, “Tell her no”, “She’s not there” … etc beautifully, like no other. Rod Argent is still strong as ever. They are really great musicians with skill and energy on stage. A DVD of the show has been produced and will soon be released.

    Joe
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Joe at August 25,2006 09:49
    Diamond鑽石唱片其後曾為Joe Chen 陳任出版了一張個人LP "Say Hello To Yesterday",The Menace時期灌錄的幾首歌曲也包括了在內。

    http://xs.to/xs.php?f=JoeChenSayHelloToYesterday.jpg&h=xs210&d=06500

    LP內的歌曲如下:
    - You Don't Even Wink Your Eye.
    - I Ain't Got Time Anymore
    - One Two Three Redlight
    - The Seeker
    - On The Isles
    - Birdie, Spider, Lion, Honey Love And Me
    - I Love You
    - It's Nice To Be With You
    - Goody Goody Gumdrops
    - Stawberry Sundae
    - Graduation Day

    我還保存了一篇1972年10月香港電視週刋訪問陳任的文章。

    http://xs.to/xs.php?f=JoeChannewsinTVWeek256.jpg&h=xs511&d=07020
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Eddie Ho at January 15,2007 02:39
    Dear Eddie Ho,

    謝謝你的資料及貼圖﹐很喜歡細讀這些當年的書刊雜誌﹐那麼從訪問中看來﹐Diamond 的壽命不止10年啊﹐單是這一張唱片屬於1972年的製作﹐它至少有12年的歷史了。
    請問幾首Menace 的歌曲是陳任翻唱的單飛錄音嗎﹖
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Muzikland at January 15,2007 20:53
    那幾首Menace 的歌曲全是原來的錄音版本。在那年代,本地的唱片公司一般是不會把曾灌錄的歌曲重錄。Sam Hui許冠傑翻唱Timi Yuro的Interlude可能是個例外,但都是因那歌首個版本是由麗風Life灌錄,其後他重投寶麗金,才作重新灌錄。且這兩版本的配樂安排是完全不同的。我想"Say Hello To Yesterday"這張LP是唱片公司的商業決定,把Menance的歌曲和Joe Chan個人所曾灌唱其它的歌曲併合一起來出版。
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Eddie Ho at January 15,2007 23:47
    Dear Eddie,

    其實一個歌手從一個樂團單飛﹐因為歌不夠的情況下﹐出版這樣的一張精選也不算奇怪喇﹐就像現今的 Sting 精選﹐不時也一樣加入Police 的歌曲。

    陳任發了這張唱片後﹐翌年便跳糟到EMI了﹐可能是Diamond 賣了給寶麗多﹐而且有些要員轉投了EMI也說不定﹐因為好些歌手在 Diamond 之後也在EMI發片。
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Muzikland at January 16,2007 13:14
    其實陳任在EMI的日子中,也有為他們灌錄歌曲的。我有的一張EMI在1975年出版的雜錦LP"Hit Sounds",就有收錄了Joe Chen灌唱的"How Can I Tell Her?"。但這歌曲並不是Lobo唱的那首,只是同名而已。

    http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs203&d=06270&f=HitSounds.jpg

    該LP內的歌曲如下:

    Side One
    1) When Will I See You Again (Teresa Carpio)
    2) Kung Fu Fighting (Joey Villanueva)
    3) Reasons Why (Ming)
    4) Sunshine On My Shoulders (Felicia Wong 王愛明)
    5) How Can I Tell Her? (Joe Chen)
    6) I Don't Know How To Love Him (Irene Ryder)

    Side 2
    1) The Night Chicago Died (Anders Nelson)
    2) The Lord's Prayer (Esther Chan)
    3) Laughter In The Rain (Anders Nelson)
    4) Sad Sweet Dreamer (Teresa Carpio)
    5) Feel Like Making Love (Maria Wu 鄔瑪莉)
    6) You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (Betty Chung 鍾玲玲)
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Eddie Ho at January 17,2007 20:20
    Dear Eddie,

    你的收藏量真豐富﹐你也有 Joe Chen 2nd Impression 專輯嗎﹖近年喜歡聽陳任電台節目的聽眾﹐就常常刻意點播他的“檳城艷”了。
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Muzikland at January 18,2007 01:10
    Dear Muzikland,

    我沒有他的那張2nd Impression,因我不大喜歡他唱粵語歌的腔調。
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Eddie Ho at January 19,2007 02:37
    Dear Eddie,

    其實我也沒細心聆聽過﹐只是常聽人說聽眾們都喜歡點播該首歌曲﹐不過相信是人家想戲弄一下陳任﹐要鬧著玩吧。
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Muzikland at January 19,2007 14:48

    聽到消息﹐陳任今天病逝了﹐令人惋惜。

    陳任生前的訪問談及早期DJ生涯﹕


    另貼上幾首他的歌曲﹐以表悼念。

    Strawberry Sundae - Menace



    Yummy Yummy Yummy - Menace



    檳城艷 - 陳任
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Muzikland at November 1,2008 16:50

    RIP Mr. Chan !
    | 檢舉 | Posted by Sarah at November 3,2008 22:28