2008年7月20日 星期日

One - U2

One








如果只能選一首歌當作U2的代表作,相信
One一定會當選。許多U2迷認為One是U2最偉大的歌,我也不例外。

One收錄在1991年推出的專輯Achtung Baby。「Achtung」在德文是「注意」(attention)的意思。Achtung Baby的推出空前成功,在全球賣出超過一千五百萬張,把U2推向一個高峰。滾石雜誌列列Achtung Baby為「史上五百大最佳專輯」第62名。U2卻面臨樂團轉型,大伙都想突破The Joshua Tree所築起的高牆,可是U2的四位成員差點為了Achtung Baby而鬧翻拆伙,因為當時Bono和The Edge想要創作些實驗性的舞曲和電子音樂,可是別外兩位成員卻大力反對。U2當時濔漫著緊張的氣氛,後來是One救了他們!

Achtung Baby


One的歌詞就有這麼一段:「We're one, but we're not the same. We get to carry each other, carry each other......」U2的四位成員才深深體認到他們雖然是一體的,可是卻又得容忍大家的差異。

One拿下美國Billboard流行單曲榜Top 10、主流搖滾榜及現代搖滾榜雙料冠軍、成人抒情榜Top 24、澳洲金榜 Top 4和英國金榜Top 7,2003年,VH1票選「25年百大歌曲」,One奪得前五名,2004年滾石雜誌列One為「史上五百大最佳歌曲」第36名,成為U2進榜的六首作品中名次最高的歌曲,2006年,One的歌詞獲得英國民眾票選為「最佳作詞」。

One雖然被許多人認為是在描寫對愛情的失望,述說兩個相愛卻互相傷害太深的人,試圖挽回雙方關係。可是因為其歌詞的暖昧,又被認為另有其意。有一個說法是One描寫的是一個同性戀的兒子,在患上愛滋病後面對父親的複雜感情,因為上面的第一支MV似乎就意有所指,可能暗指Bono在母親死後與父親相處的緊張關係。也有人認為One是暗示兩德統一後的矛盾,因為U2在製作Achtung Baby時,在德國待了好一陣,當時柏林圍牆倒塌,兩德的統一正沸沸颺颺,而且第一支MV也是在柏林拍攝的。除了那支在柏林拍攝的MV,One還有另外兩支MV。

很有趣的是The Edge在接受Q雜誌訪問時指出,他知道有些人會在婚禮播放One,可是他卻納悶他們到底有沒有好好用心地搞清楚歌詞在說什麼啊XD

不管解釋如何,我覺得One最偉大之處,是失望中的希望,在體認失望後,又鼓起勇氣面對現實,繼續向前走!

One也收錄在精選輯U218 SinglesThe Best of 1990 - 2000

U218

The best of 1990-2000


One的歌詞:

Is it getting better?
Or do you feel the same?
Will it make it easier on you now?
You got someone to blame
You say

One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
One love
We get to share it
Leaves you baby if you
Don't care for it

Did I disappoint you?
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it's

Too late
Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One

Have you come here for forgiveness?
Have you come to raise the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus?
To the lepers in your head

Did I ask too much?
More than a lot.
You gave me nothing,
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
Well we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt

One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other

One

One



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