[Johnny Go! Go! Go!] Johnny B. Goode

上週做了首新歌, 詞曲的部分大致抵定, 但到練團的時候發現致命的錯誤, "樂句過度緊湊導致主副歌情緒不明顯!!" 儘管在簡化副歌的吉他比重後, 感覺上勉強過關, 但跟原本預計的主唱情緒還是稍有落差, 藉此機會, 來複習一下大師是怎麼處理的!

想到緊湊的樂句, Chuck Berry的"Johnny B. Goode"一定要拿出來聽一下, Chuck Berry的音樂實在太有趣了, 不管是相較於當時, 或是與現在的音樂相比, 誇張的舞台動作搭配讓人想隨著搖擺的流暢旋律, 怎能不愛他!!!

這首歌在音樂上的成功, 首先要歸功於那個殺到不行的前奏, 吉他的強拍重擊明顯預告這是首high歌, 主歌的歌詞很緊湊, 這時候就要用快的速度來挑動聽眾, 後來有很多版本把速度減慢, 這部分的樂趣就降低了許多; 副歌的搭配, 用的是呼喊的句子, 主歌的緊湊是要給聽眾聆聽的, 在此, 副歌是要求回應, "Go Johnny Go Go Go!", 簡單到不行的樂句對聽者而言並不簡單, 且由於速度夠快, 一段副歌裡重複四次也不覺得厭煩!

很多人講到Chuck Berry都會提到他不檢點的生活，或是對他大半時間待在牢裡感到遺憾, 或許正如這些人說的, 如果Chuck Berry不要沈溺在女人與毒品裡, 那....; 但相對的, 如果那不是他的生活態度與模式, 那麼, 他還會是Chuck Berry嗎?



"Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry

Deep down Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play the guitar just like a ringing a bell

(chorus)
Go go
Go Johnny go
Go
Go Johnny go
Go
Go Johnny go
Go
Go Johnny go
Go
Johnny B. Goode

He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
Oh, the engineerswould see him sitting in the shade
Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made
People passing by they would stop and say
Oh my that little country boy could play

(chorus)

His mother told him "Someday you will be a man,
And you will be the leader of a big old band.
Many people coming from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
Maybe someday your name will be in lights
Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight."

(chorus)