澳洲流行巨星［海倫芮迪］──美國榜冠軍──瘋狂女孩謀殺案──［Angie Baby／安姬寶貝］

 

You live your life in the songs you here

On your rock and roll radio

And when a young girl doesn't have any friends

It's a really nice place to go

Folks hoping you'd turn out cool

But they had to take you out of school

You're a little touched you know

Angie baby

Lovers appear in your room each night

As they whirl accross the floor

But they always seem to fade away

When your daddy taps on your door

Angie girl are you alright?

Tell the radio goodnight

All alone once more angie baby

Chorus

Angie baby

You're a special lady

Living in a world of make believe

Well maybe

Stopping at her house is a neighbour boy

With evil on his mind

Cos he's been peeking in angies room

At the night through the window blind

I see your folks have gone away

Won't you dance with me today

I'll show you how to have a good time

Angie baby

(angie baby) (angie baby)

When he walks in the room

He feels confused

Like he walked into a play

And the music's so loud

It spins him around

Till his soul has lost it's way

And as she turns the volume down

He's getting smaller with the sound

It seems to pull him off the ground

No more the radio is bound

Never to be found

The headlines read that a boy disapeared

And everyone thinks he died

Except a crazy girl with a secret lover

Who keeps him satisfied

It's so nice to be insane

No one asked you to explain

Radio by your side

Angie baby

Chorus

Angie baby

You're a special lady

Living in a world of make believe

Well maybe

Well maybe

Well maybe

Well maybe

Songwriters: ALAN EARLE O'DAY, ALAN EARLE O DAY

Angie Baby lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

 

 

 

 

１９７４年秋天　３３的澳洲籍歌手海倫芮迪（Helen Reddy）發行第六張大碟［Free and Easy］

製作人為Joe Wissert

Billboard雜誌給它十分熱情的評價, 認為十首歌中有八九首皆能主打

首支單曲為［Angie Baby／安姬寶貝］由美國創作者Alan O’Day所寫

描述一名休學在家, 精神狀況有問題的孤獨女孩Angie, 迷戀收音機的音樂, 已達癡迷地步

某日一個帶有邪念的男孩想要引誘Angie, 結果消失在她房裡

鎮上傳說男孩已被謀殺……

由於Alan O’Day歌詞寫得含糊曖昧, 因此衍生出許多解釋

 

［Angie Baby］推出後大受歡迎, 在１９７４年底登上美國單曲榜后座

在副榜Easy Listening, 也成為其第五首冠軍　並拿到百萬金唱片

這也是海倫在英國首支入榜歌曲, 登上上單曲榜＃５──事業最高

另外澳洲＃１３　加拿大＃３　愛爾蘭＃５　紐西蘭＃５

由於單曲成功　讓［Free and Easy］登上美國榜＃８　成為芮迪第五張金唱片

在英國登上排行榜＃１７　成為銀唱片

 

［Angie Baby］中的故事眾說紛紜

海倫對歌曲真義拒絕任何評論 她說部份原因是她很享受聆聽他人對此曲的猜想

芮迪也說, 這也是一首她從未推銷電談播出的歌曲

Anyway, 這是歐美流行樂史上的神秘經典之一

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQKyGt_I5L4

 

1975

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gdlFKsevBs

 

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg9U-jQjYlU

 

Live 1981

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMc4gDh_QRA

 

Helen Reddy - Angie Baby Cartoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeAcjRLLjnw