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他雖然曾有好幾首跳舞曲登上海流行榜﹐近年更轉唱 Standard﹐不過若要把他定位﹐他終終是一位 Rock Star﹐他是 Rod Stewart。

大約1979年﹐在銅鑼灣渣甸街一間唱片店櫥窗﹐放了一張巨大的唱片海報﹐那是一名其貌不揚的金髮老外﹐穿上了鮮桃紅色的外衣﹐配上了鮮桃紅色的背景﹐就是那麼簡單卻又非常囑目的大頭設計﹐然後海報旁就用魚絲吊掛著幾張跟海報一樣設計照的唱片封套﹐非常囑目﹐那是 Rod Stewart Greatest Hits (1979/Warner)。那時我對 Rod Stewart的歌曲毫不認識﹐心想這男子穿上那樣搶眼的服裝﹐也實在太姣了吧﹐沒想到一兩年後﹐自己會掏腰包買了這張唱片﹐而且當中好幾首歌曲原來是聽過的。

當中有一首歌曲 Da Ya Think I’m Sexy便是自己很期待能聽到的歌曲﹐後來還請教朋友為何 Do You會變成 Da Ya。Da Ya Think I’m Sexy乃是 Rod Stewart事業上第3張最成功的單曲﹐得到4星期 Billboard冠軍位置﹐而英國方面也稱冠﹐並且把版稅捐贈予聯合國 UNICEF兒童基金。雖然之後他還有好幾首不俗的跳舞歌如 Passion及 Young Turks ﹐但論成績﹐還是 Da Ya Think I’m Sexy最成功。此曲原收錄於“Blondies Have More Fun”(1978/Warner) 專輯中。

Da Ya Think I’m Sexy - Rod Stewart
(R. Stewart / C. Appice)


Sugar, sugar

She sits alone waiting for suggestions
He's so nervous avoiding all the questions
His lips are dry, her heart is gently pounding
Don't you just know exactly what they're thinking

If you want my body and you think I'm sexy
Come on sugar let me know
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
Come on honey tell me so
Tell me so baby

He's acting shy looking for an answer
Come on honey let's spend the night together
Now hold on a minute before we go much further
Give me a dime so I can phone my mother
They catch a cab to his high rise apartment
At last he can tell her exactly what his heart meant

If you want my body and you think I'm sexy
Come on honey tell me so
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
Come on sugar let me know

His heart's beating like a drum
'Cos at last he's got this girl home
Relax baby now we are alone

They wake at dawn 'cos all the birds are singing
Two total strangers but that ain't what they're thinking
Outside it's cold, misty and it's raining
They got each other neither one's complaining
He say's I sorry but I'm out of milk and coffee
Never mind sugar we can watch the early movie

If you want my body and you think I'm sexy
Come on sugar let me know
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
Come on honey tell me so

If you really need me just reach out and touch me
Come on sugar let me know
If you really, really, really, really need me
Just let me know
Just reach out and touch me
If you really want me
Just reach out and touch me
Come on sugar let me know
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
Come on sugar let me know
If you, if you, if you really need me
Just come on and tell me so


其實當時買了Rod Stewart 的精選後﹐要第一時間聽聽 Da Ya Think I’m Sexy﹐乃是因為筆者先接觸林子祥的粵語改編版“邊位算係性感”﹐然而當時我並不欣賞黃霑所寫的詞﹐尤其這一首更屬粗俗之作﹐所以很想聽聽英文版的原貌﹐經過一番比較﹐粵語版的水準實在相距甚遠。“邊位算係性感” 原收錄於“夏日金輝”(1980/EMI) 合輯中﹐至今已絕版多時﹐印象中也未曾作CD發行。

邊位算係性感 (Edited Short Version) - 林子祥
曲﹕R. Stewart / C. Appice
詞﹕黃霑


邊位邊位 至算係性感
蘇珊Lucy 瑪莉定係咪咪
邊位邊位 係亞玲定係亞麗
小珍 小珠 或隔離屋班女仔
點樣至係 Sexy 點先至係 Sexy 點樣至係我未知
點樣算係 Sexy 點樣最 Sexy 一於你地話我知

小姐要咩樣 就確實算係性感
邊一位 係美麗夾 Sexy
筲箕灣芝女 定那旺角的翠綺
周太既妹 定或大埔的 Rose
阿A 阿B 定係對面個個阿C
深灣既金水 或獅子山既品姨
點樣至係 Sexy 點先至係 Sexy 點樣至係我未知
點樣算係 Sexy 點樣最 Sexy 一於你地話我知

實在係純情 所以你話我點知邊個係 Sexy
不必呻笨 今天我問未遲
小姐小姐 你地答我未驚
小姐小姐 只想聽你一聲
邊位邊位 至算係性感
蘇珊 Lucy 瑪莉定係咪咪
邊位 邊位 係亞玲定係亞麗
小珍 小珠 或隔離屋班女仔
點樣至係 Sexy 點先至係 Sexy 點樣至係我未知
點樣算係 Sexy 點樣最 Sexy 一於你地話我知


事隔多年﹐跳舞歌曲流行 Sampling舊歌﹐於是 Rod Stewart的 Da Ya Think I’m Sexy也被採用了﹐由 N-Trance配上 Rap Talk 並且 Sampling了 Rod Stewart的原曲﹐令人一新耳目﹐打上英國流行榜第7位﹐當時我也買了一張 Maxi Single。

Da Ya Think I’m Sexy (1997/AATW) Track List:
01 Da Ya Think I’m Sexy (Radio Edit)
02 Da Ya Think I’m Sexy (Full Vesrion)
03 Stayin’ Alive (Live Version)
04 Spice

Da Ya Think I’m Sexy - N-Trance featuring Rod Stewart
(R. Stewart / C. Appice / Hutchings)


Kelly
Sexy baby, you drive me crazy
Sexy baby, you drive me crazy
Oooh you sexy baby, you drive me crazy


Ricardo
Player, player, pop the style
N-trance is in the house to make the party wild
It's the new dance another smash so let me set it
See how we rollin' this year, copacetic
Groupies, they all wanna do me sippin'
Moet everyday poppin' coochies
Bring that boody over here girl
See I been watching that for years girl
An' if ya wore silk you wont regret it
Ya mamma made ya
I wanna sweat it, I see you at this party
Cool with everybody
But my body wanna push up on your body
Big poppy, ain't with old jalopy, one whiff of the shhh.....
Somebody stop me!
Coz it be going down like this, when I flex see
Let me know if my flow be sexy

Rod Stewart
If you want my body, And you think I'm sexy
Come on sugar let me know
If you really need me, just reach out and touch me
Come on honey tell me so

Kelly
Sexy baby, you drive me crazy
Oooh you sexy baby, you drive me crazy

Ricardo
Mmm, how d'ya like ya bubble bath?
Huh, told ya I would make ya laugh
You an' me together
I'll be the bread you be the butter
Underneath the covers
Take it up another notch
Let me see how you stack & what you really got
One shot, she hit that spot like rum
Come baby come baby, baby
Come come, You thought I was a sleeper
Oh let me see now, oh, who got the fever?
N-trance and the only one
Nine seven in the mix & it's just begun
Coz it be going down like this
It's the rhymes from the source that you can't resist
So baby when I flex see
On the real let me know if my flow be sexy

Rod Stewart
If you want my body, and you think I'm sexy
Come on sugar let me know
If you really need me, just reach out and touch me
Come on honey tell me so

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Kelly
Sexy baby, you drive me crazy
Oooh you sexy baby, you drive me crazy

Ricardo
Sarah, Ali, Kiki, Hayley, Raquel, Sophie, Jo, Mercedes
Mad honeys with the shapely thighs
Soft hands, dark tans & the almond eyes that's right
Ooh ya better recognise,
N-trance & Ricky Raw got the enterprise
An' that's how we be doin'
Coz when I flex see, you know that it's sexy

Rod Stewart
If you want my body, and you think I'm sexy
Come on sugar let me know
If you really need me, just reach out and touch me
Come on honey tell me so
Crowd
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