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筆者早期認識的 Boney M 歌曲﹐其實來自他們的精選唱片﹐首次聽他們的專輯﹐乃是1979年的 Oceans Of Fantasy﹐這也是他們的第四張專輯。

Oceans Of Fantasy (1979/Hansa) Track List:
01 Let It All Be Music (Featuring Precious Wilson) 5:33
02 Gotta Go Home 3:46 [UK#12]
03 Bye Bye Bluebird 4:47
04 Bahama Mama 3:33
05 Hold On I'm Coming (Featuring Precious Wilson) 4:00
06 Two Of Us 3:16
07 Ribbons Of Blue 2:00
08 Oceans Of Fantasy 5:26
09 El Lute 5:03
10 No More Chain Gang 5:51
11 I'm Born Again 4:09 [UK#35]
12 No Time To Lose 3:26
13 The Calendar Song 3:24

Oceans Of Fantasy專輯是從朋友借來的﹐那個時期筆者購買唱片不多﹐部份是向友人借來﹐然後再抽取一些喜歡的歌曲錄在卡帶來﹐當時只錄下了Let It All Be Music及 Gotta Go Home﹐其後才發現自己遺漏了一首歌曲﹐那就是Bahama Mama。

這張專輯明顯上以原創歌曲為主﹐而每首歌曲也註明了誰是主音﹐然而Maizie Williams及Bobby Farrell的名字卻不知所蹤﹐最耐人尋味乃是當中兩曲Let It All Be Music及 Hold On I'm Coming 竟由 Eruption的主音Precious Wilson主唱。這倒是近日翻查資料時才發現﹐可想當時Eruption 與 Boney M 不單製作方針近似﹐風格也分別不大。

這張專輯嚴格來說發行了3張單曲﹐可是Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday並沒有收錄在內﹐倒是這單曲的 B Side “Ribbons Of Blue”卻被收錄了一個短短兩分鐘的版本﹐而另外兩張單曲分別是Gotta Go Home及I'm Born Again。慣聽 Boney M 歌曲的樂迷其實未免會失望﹐因為他們為了力圖求變進入流行歌曲行列﹐於是跳離單一 Disco 歌曲的枷鎖﹐不過這改變是好是壞﹐則屬見仁見智了﹐雖然這專輯在德國及英國依然稱冠﹐然而單曲已漸見失利。

Gotta Go Home﹕在德國稱冠﹐在英國得到第12位﹐其 B Side為 El Lute。
(Farian / Huth / Jay)


Headin’ for the islands
Were ready man and packed to go
When we hit those islands
There’s gonna be a big hello
Diggin’ all the sunshine
It’s easy not to say goodbye
Bye bye bye

Headin’ for the islands
Heyeah, were really flyin’ high
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home

Walkin’ down the beaches
Tomorrow mornin’ well be there
Golden sandy beaches
Say, I can smell the breezy air
One more celebration
And then were ready for goodbye
Bye, bye,bye

Walkin’ down the beaches
Heyeah, were really flyin’ high
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home

Going back home
Going back home
Going back home
Going back home

Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home, home, home
Gotta go home

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El Lute﹕它是單曲“Gotta Go Home”的 B Side。
(Farian / Blum / Jay)


This is the story of El Lute
A man who was born to be hunted like a wild animal
Because he was poor
But he refused to accept his fate
And today his honor has been restored

He was only nineteen
And he was sentenced to die
For something that somebody else did
And blamed on El Lute
Then they changed it to life
And so he could escape
From then on they chased him
And searched for him day and night
All over Spain
But the search was in vain for El Lute

He had only seen the dark side of life
The man they called El Lute
And he wanted a home just like you and like me
In a country where all would be free
So he taught himself to read and to write
It didn’t help El Lute
He was one who had dared to escape overnight
They had to find El Lute

Soon the fame of his name
Spread like wild fire all over the land
With a price on his head
People still gave him bread
And they gave him a hand
For they knew he was right
And his fight was their fight

No one gave you a chance
In the Spain of those days
On the walls every place they had put up
The face of El Lute
And he robbed where he could just like once Robin Hood
They finally caught him and
That seemed the end
But they caught him in vain
Cause a change came for Spain
And El Lute

He had only seen the dark side of life
The man they called El Lute
And he wanted a home just like you and like me
In a country where all would be free
And then freedom really came to his land
And also to El Lute
Now he walks in the light of a sunny new day
The man they called El Lute

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I'm Born Again﹕在德國得到第7位﹐在英國得到第35位﹐其 B Side為Bahama Mama。
(Rulofs / Jay)


I’m born again, I feel free
No longer alone
A bright light is shinning
And shows me a world that I own
I can see my way through
I know I will walk beside you
All those prayers of mine weren’t in vain
I’m born again

I’m born again, I feel free
There’s a quite different me
No longer I’m tossed like a ship
On an unruly sea
I’ve been blessed with a love
That’s meant for the rest of my time
All those prayers they were not in vain
I’m born again

Since love touched my heart right
My life has a meaning
I feel I’m no longer drifting in space
I believe once again that there is a tomorrow
A brand new tomorrow, I know I can face

I’m born again, I feel free
No longer alone
A bright light is shinning
And shows me a world that I own
I can see my way through
I know I will walk beside you
All those prayers of mine weren’t in vain
I’m born again

All those prayers they weren’t in vain
‘cause I’m born again

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Bahama Mama﹕它是單曲“I’m Born Again”的 B Side﹐香港有甄妮的國語版“夢中的媽媽”﹐收錄於“夢中的媽媽”(1980/新興全音) 專輯中﹐台灣方面則收錄於“一對鳥兒飛”(1980/愛波音響) 專輯中。
(Farian / Jay)


Bahama, bahama mama
Got the biggest house in town bahama mama
Bahama, bahama mama
But her troubles getting down bahama mama

She has six daughters
And not one of them is married yet
And she’s looking high and low
And none of them plays ever hard to get
So if you’re lonesome go there go

Bahama, bahama mama
You should all be looking for bahama mama
Bahama, bahama mama
And I’m sure you will adore bahama mama

Bahama, bahama mama
Got the biggest house in town bahama mama
Bahama, bahama mama
But her troubles getting down bahama mama

You’ll meet her daughters
They’ll be treatin’ you to honeycake
They’ll be sweet and nice to you
And maybe there is one you’d like to take
Well then you’ll know just what to do

Bahama, bahama mama
She is really in a fix bahama mama
Bahama, bahama mama
Being stuck with all them six bahama mama

What’s the matter with men today
Six beautiful roses
And nobody to pluck them
It’s a crying shame

Bahama, bahama mama
Got the biggest house in town bahama mama
Bahama, bahama mama
But her troubles getting down bahama mama

The thing is each of them looks
Like a gorgeous movie queen
Every one a perfect find
And if a man refused that temptin’ scene
He simply can’t make up his mind

Bahama, bahama mama
Got the biggest house in town bahama mama
Bahama, bahama mama
But her troubles getting down bahama mama



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