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雖然 Gerry & Pacemakers 樂團的壽命只得數年而已﹐但是一直以來唱片公司為他們發行了無數精選﹐我想這是為何外國的歌曲不容易被遺忘的道理﹐最近在HMV就見到另一張平價精選了﹐售價不到50塊錢﹐卻收錄了27首歌曲﹐相當超值。

The Very Best Of Gerry & The Pacemakers (2008/EMI) Track List:
01 How Do You Do It
02 I Like It
03 It's Gonna Be Alright
04 I'll Be There
05 Girl On A Swing
06 Come Back To Me
07 When Oh When
08 Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
09 You'll Never Walk Alone
10 I'm The One
11 Walk Hand In Hand
12 La La La
13 It's All Right
14 Give All Your Love To Me
15 Hallelujah I Love Her So
16 Ferry Cross The Mersey
17 Pretend
18 Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
19 You're The Reason
20 Summertime
21 Away From You
22 You've Got What I Like
23 You You You
24 Baby You're So Good To Me
25 Without You
26 Dreams
27 Think About Love So

因著對 Gerry & Pacemakers 的偏愛﹐於是就藉這張精選把餘下的歌曲介紹一下吧。


Girl On A Swing﹕原收錄於“Girl On A Swing”(1966/EMI Columbia) 單曲中﹐不過在英國沒有取得成績﹐在美國尚有餘波﹐得到Billboard 第28位﹔其後此曲收錄於美國的“Girl On A Swing”(1966/Laurie) 專輯中。
(Ralph Mirandal)


I stand out of sight & watch as the light
From the sun shines through her hair
From yonder she came, I don’t know her name
Still I love that girl on a swing

Girl on a swing, swing high
Girl on a swing, swing low
Take all the hate from the world that we’re in
Girl on a swing, swing high
Girl on a swing, swing low
& you can cast all your troubles to the wind
She comes with the light then goes with the night
Oh my heart just yearns, but then comes the dawn & she returns

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La La La (Edited Short Version)﹕原收錄於“La La La”(1966/EMI Columbia) 單曲中﹐不過在英美皆沒有取得流行榜成績﹔其後此曲收錄於美國的“Girl On A Swing”(1966/Laurie) 專輯中。
(G. Marsden)


Now I’m gonna try & find a girl
Who will make me feel so good
& when I do, I’ll sing this song
& I know I’ll love her like I should
I’ll sing:

La la la la, la la la la la la la la
La la la la, la la la la la la la
Whenever I am lonely, girl
& I ain’t got no place to go
I don’t sit around & mope all day
I get up & here’s what I say
I say:

You get no fun out of hangin’ around
Or moanin’ every day & night
It’s so much better if you take it off
You cannot sit & fuss & fight
Well let me hear you now:

If you got your troubles just like all the other guys
Don’t be a jerk like them, my friend
Just shout this & your mouse & hide
Let’s shout:

La la la la la

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Pretend﹕原是 Nat King Cole 的經典名曲﹐不過 Gerry & The Pacemakers 棄用其擅長的滄桑演繹﹐故此令到歌曲過份輕快。
(Lew Douglas / Cliff Parman / Frank Levere)


Pretend you’re happy when you’re blue
It isn’t very hard to do
And you will find happiness without an end if you’ll pretend
Remember, anyone can dream
And nothing’s bad as it may seem
The little things you haven’t got could be a lot if you’ll pretend

You’ll find the love you can share
One you can call your own
Just close your eyes, you’ll be there
You’ll never be alone
And if you sing this melody
You’ll be pretending just like me
Well, what’s mine, it can be yours, my friend
So why don’t you pretend?

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Pretend - Nat King Cole﹕原收錄於“Pretend”(1953/Capitol) 單曲中﹐得到 Billboard 第3位。
(Lew Douglas / Cliff Parman / Frank Levere)


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Without You (Edited Short Version)﹕原是“La La La”(1965/EMI Columbia) 單曲的 B Side﹔其後此曲收錄於美國的“Girl On A Swing”(1966/Laurie) 專輯中。
(G. Marsden)


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Think About Love So (Edited Short Version)
(G. Marsden)




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Gerry & Pacemakers - It's Gonna Be Alright (1964)
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