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當電影 Saturday Night Fever 熱潮橫掃全世界時﹐最吸引筆者便是 Bee Gees 那一堆歌曲了﹐不過這原聲帶卻是一套雙唱片集呢﹐除了他們外﹐還有許多名字出現當中。這套雙唱片集﹐筆者除了留意Yvonne Elliman﹑Tavares ﹑David Shire及 Walter Murphy外﹐似乎就遺留了 The Trammps了。

The Trammps在這原聲帶中貢獻了一首長達 10分51秒的 Disco Inferno﹐當時我卻不大留意﹐然而往後許多懷舊 Disco經典合輯﹐卻經常收錄了此曲的 Single Edit。直到Madonna為 2006年的Confessions Tour出版 DVD及 Live CD (2007/Warner)﹐才驚覺這首歌曲入型入格﹐因為本來筆者對Madonna的單曲Music並不喜歡﹐然而當她 Sampling了 Disco Inferno加入在其中時﹐頓時令 Music脫胎換骨。

The Trammps來自Philadelphia ﹐成員包括 Jimmy Ellis﹑Earl Young﹑Harold Wade﹑Stanley Wade及 Robert Upchurch。他們初嚐成功的滋味乃是推出單曲 Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart (1974/Buddah) ﹐這首翻唱 Judy Garland的1943年歌曲得到英國流行榜第29位。之後﹐又翻唱了 Billy Ward & The Dominoes的1951年歌曲 Sixty Minute Man僅僅打入 UK Top 40。隨後出版的 Hold Back The Night 除了在英國得到第5位外﹐也首次打入美國 Billboard 第35名。1976年﹐他們轉投到 Atlantic旗下﹐成績僅徘徊於英美流行榜40名之內﹐不算突出。

1976年推出 Disco Inferno﹐在英國流行榜得到第16位﹐可是在美國 Billboard僅得到第53名而已﹐直到翌年因為 Saturday Night Fever而再度推出單曲﹐於是在美國第11位﹐而英國再次上榜得第47名。Disco Inferno於2005年被列入為 Dance Music Hall Of Fame。


Disco Inferno﹕原收錄於“Disco Inferno”(1976/Atlantic) 專輯中﹐其後再度收錄於“Saturday Night Fever”(1977/RSO) 原聲帶中。
(L. Green / R. Kersey)


Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn!
Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn!
Burnin'!

To mass fires, yes! One hundred stories high
People gettin' loose y’all gettin' down on the roof
Do you hear? (The folks are flaming)
Folks were screamin' - out of control
It was so entertainin' - when the boogie started to explode
I heard somebody say

Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burnin'!

Satisfaction (uhu hu hu)
Came in the chain reaction (burnin')
I couldn't get enough, (till I had to self-destroy)
So I had to self destruct, (uhu hu hu)
The heat was on (burnin’)
Rising to the top, huh!
Everybody's goin' strong (uhu hu hu)
And that is when my spark got hot
I heard somebody say

Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down, yoh!
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burnin'!

Up above my head I hear music in the air
I hear music!
That makes me know there's (somebody)
A party somewhere

Satisfaction came in a chain reaction
Do you hear?
I couldn't get enough, so I had to self destruct
The heat was on, rising to the top
Everybody's goin' strong
That is when my spark got hot
I heard somebody say

Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno! (Aah yeah!)
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno, yeah!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno! (Aah yeah!)
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno, yeah!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mama down
Burnin’!

I just can't stop
When (till) my spark gets hot
Just can't stop
When my spark gets hot

Burning, burning, burning, burning...

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Music Inferno - Madonna﹕原收錄於“The Confessions Tour”(2007/Warner) (DVD+CD) 中。




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