澳大利亞歌手［海倫芮迪］──軟式搖滾／成人流行抒情曲──［Summer of 71／1971年夏天］

Me and my friends

Mary, Jess, and Kathy

Lived together

Sitting round and talking to each other

About life

How we feel and what we

Have in common with each other

 

Were out of our mescaline minds

And talking ’bout the friends we left traveling behind

And digging that we seemed to be three of a kind

Having such a good time

 

Me and my friends

Mary, Jess, and Kathy

Hike our way down

To the canyon store

Buy a bottle of wine

Then we puff and sweat

Our way back up the hill again

 

Were out of our mescaline minds

And talking bout the friends we left traveling behind

And digging that we seemed to be three of a kind

Having such a good time

 

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Me and my friends

Mary, Jess, and Kathy

Drive the car out

To Manhattan beach

Munching Sandy Sandwich

Laughing at the ocean

Knowing why it’s laughing right back

 

Were out of our mescaline minds

And talking bout the friends we left traveling behind

And digging that we seemed to be three of a kind

Having such a good time

 

１９７１年上半葉　澳大利亞籍歌手海倫芮迪（Helen Reddy）以首張大碟〔I Don’t Know How to Love Him／我不知如何愛他〕與同名單曲走紅

Capital公司為打鐵趁熱, １９７１年１１月立即為她推出第二張專輯──同名大碟［Helen Reddy］

仍由Larry Marks製作, 樂評出色。

《AllMusic》Joe Viglione 評價其：“一次愉快的聆聽體驗，儘管這是她早期專輯中唯一一張沒有出現在她的精選輯中的專輯。因為這張專輯沒有大受歡迎，所以不像她的其他唱片那樣出名，但它絕對有魅力，是她音樂收藏的重要組成部分。

 

首支主打［No Sad Song／沒有傷心歌曲］只登上美國Billboard單曲榜＃６２

第二單曲為［Summer of 71／1971年夏天］

由海倫與Jack Conrad合寫, Larry Marks製作成一首軟式搖滾／成人流行抒情曲，

在簡潔清爽的編曲中，芮迪以恬靜的唱腔娓娓詮釋．

［Summer of 71／1971年夏天］登上紐西蘭單曲榜＃１６

 

由於單曲反應不佳, 大碟［Helen Reddy］銷售慘淡, 只升到美國專輯榜＃１６７，　也沒打入澳大利亞榜

讓海倫乍得聲勢受挫, 幸好下年的冠軍經典［I Am Woman］改變她的音樂事業

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp4sfPsx_WI

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK7yl0_033Q

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycpAzPs2Aw8