比吉斯團員Barry Gibb 登鄉村音樂殿堂Grand Ole Opry演出

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◄圖/翻拍自網路。Bee Gees合唱團僅存的團員 Barry Gibb ,最近實現了他平生最想達成的一個願望,那就是7月27日到田納西州納許維爾著名的電臺現場節目Grand Ole Opry參加了演出,當天他和得過Grammy獎的鄉村歌星Rick Scaggs一同表演,第一首歌唱得是When The Roses Bloom Again但接着唱的是Bee Gees的名曲How Can You Mend A Brcken Heart和to Love Somebody。Grand Ole Opry是鄉村音樂之都納許維爾WSM電臺自1925年開始播出每週一次的一個現場轉播音樂節目聽衆還可以到場觀賞歌星們的演出,節目至今已有87年曆史,原名The WSM Barn Dance「WSM穀倉派對」,最早主持人是George D Hay,因節目在一個古典音樂節目後播出,他開玩笑說接着就請大家聽Grand Ole Opry「老大歌廳」的歌吧(相對於高雅歌劇George自嘲鄉村歌曲也很不賴),節目後來就改名Grand Ole Opry了。這個節目原先還被地方人士反對,他們擔心鄉村歌謠會帶給外地人對納許維爾的錯誤印象,但因漸漸有不少人透過小窗口歌手們的表演,電臺乾脆開放觀衆入場,後來場地亦越換越大。Grand Ole Opry是世界歷時最久的廣播電臺現場轉播的音樂節目,每年有近百萬人去現場看他們喜歡的歌星表演,知名的鄉村歌星如:Hank Williams、Roy Acuff、Randy Travis、Dolly Parton和Garth Brooks等都到Grand Ole Opry去表演過,難怪Barry Gibb要跨界演出,到Grand Ole Opry一償宿願了。How Can You Mend A Broken Heart是Bee Gee合唱團1971年4周冠軍曲。

How Can You Mend A Broken HeartSongwriters: GIBB, ROBIN HUGH / GIBB, BARRY ALAN I can think of younger days when living for my life Was everything a man could want to do I could never see tomorrow But I was never told about the sorrow

And how can you mend a broken heart? How can you stop the rain from falling down? How can you stop the sun from shining? What makes the world go round?  How can you mend this broken man? How can a loser ever win? Please help me mend my broken heart And let me live again

I can still feel the breeze That rustles through the trees And misty memories of days gone by We could never see tomorrow No-one said a word about the sorrow

And how can you mend a broken heart? How can you stop the rain from falling down? How can you stop the sun from shining? What makes the world go round?

How can you mend this broken man? How can a loser ever win? Please help me mend my broken heart And let me live again

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