澳大利亞搖滾樂團［工作者／Men at Work］──新浪潮／流行搖滾──［Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive／赫基爾博士和吉夫先生］

 

 

Dr. Heckyll works late at the laboratory
Where things are not as they seem
Dr. Heckyll wishes nothing more desperately
Than to fulfill his dreams

Letting loose with a scream in the dead of night
As hes breaking new ground
Trying his best to unlock all the secrets
But hes not sure what hes found

Dr. Heckyll is his own little guinea pig
Cause they all think hes mad
Sets his sights on the search of a lifetime
And hes never, never sad

Whoa oh, its off to work he goes
In the name of science and all its wonders

This is the story of Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive
They are a person who feels good to be alive
This is the story of Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive
Believes the underdog will eventually survive

Not long now till the ultimate experiment
Hes breaking all the rules
He wants to cure all matter of imbalance
In this world of fools

He locks the door and looks around nervously
He knows theres no one there
He drinks it down and waits for some reaction
To all his work and care

Hey, hey he fumbles for what to say
He loves the world except for all the people

This is the story of Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive
They are a person who feels good to be alive
This is the story of Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive
Believes the underdog will eventually survive

Whoa, oh, its out at night he goes
He slips easily into conversation
Oh, hey hey, hes cool in every way
Sometimes he likes to sing that old black magic

This is the story of Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive
They are a person who feels good to be alive
This is the story of Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive
Believes the underdog will eventually survive

This is the story of Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive
They are a person who feels good to be alive
This is the story of Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive
Believes the underdog will eventually survive

 

 

 

１９８１－８２年，澳大利亞五人搖滾樂團工作者（Men at Work）以首張大碟［Business as Usual／照常營業］（Columbia唱片發行）走紅國際．

１９８３年４月，工作者推出第二張大碟［Cargo／貨物］

Peter McIan製造，樂評良好．

［Cargo／貨物］登上澳大利亞專輯榜冠軍，取得１白金（５萬張）

 

美國告示牌專輯榜＃３──３白金唱片(300萬張+)（年度：1983#39）

加拿大＃３──３白金唱片(30萬張+)

英國＃８──金唱片(10萬張+)（年度： 1983#13）　

紐西蘭亞軍──１白金唱片(1.5萬張+)（年度：1983#15）　

挪威＃４．

德國＃７──（年度：1983#16），瑞典＃８

荷蘭＃１１（年度：1983#46）　

日本(30萬張+)   義大利＃１１

 

 

 

１９８２年１０月推出的［Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive／赫基爾博士和吉夫先生］是澳洲首支單曲／美國第三主打．

由 歌手兼吉他手Colin Hay創作。

歌講述了一位名叫Heckyll博士的瘋狂科學家的故事，他發明了一種藥劑，使他變成了一個圓滑、英俊、健談的男人。

標題是對英國作家羅伯路易斯史蒂文森（Robert Louis Stevenson）１９８６年的中篇小說《The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde/化身博士與海德先生的奇案》的戲仿。

這個故事也與１９６３年電影［The Nutty Professor瘋狂教授］的前提非常相似。

MV展示了一位福爾摩斯式的偵探調查赫基爾博士的案件

 

 

Peter McIan製造成一首新浪潮／流行搖滾．依舊維持輕快節奏．

 

［［Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive］登上澳洲單曲＃６（年度：1983#88）

美國告示牌單曲榜＃２８．

另拿到副榜──主流搖滾榜＃１２，

英國＃３１　紐西蘭＃１６，加拿大＃２４，愛爾蘭＃２５　

MV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZkOn0-yt9E

 

 

Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqYug49O7xA

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pKNo_GkKco

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYBKjib0mH4

 

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrdOA6jinZ4