【簡介】
"Take It Easy" 是 Jackson Browne 在1971年為他自己的首張專輯開始創作的一首歌,當時的隣居好友 Glenn Frey 聽到初版後非常的喜歡,Jackson Browne 就把這首歌給了 Glenn 组的新樂團,也就是老鷹(Eagles)搖滾合唱團。
Glenn Frey拿到後填寫了第二段的歌詞並決定自己唱,成為老鷹(Eagles)搖滾合唱團錄製的第一張單曲,是首張專輯 Eagles 的第一首歌,也成為演唱會必唱的招牌歌曲。
"Take It Easy" 在May 1, 1972 發行,打入美國熱門排行榜第十二名,後來更選入搖滾樂名人堂500首塑造搖滾樂的歌曲之一 (The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll)。
有趣的是,歌詞中被提到的亞利桑那州溫斯洛市政府(Winslow, Arizona)也照歌詞描述(I'm a standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona),在街角路灯前安置了一個真人大小的銅像(見上圖)。(節譯)Wikipedia
【心語】
正如歌詞開始時的描述,獨自在空曠的高速公路上開車前行,有時蜿蜒,有時起伏,身在漫長無際的情境中,自然而然的會放任思緒天馬行空。"Take It Easy" 整曲像潺潺溪流般的流暢,盈溢優美的和聲共鳴。
主奏吉他手 Bernie Leadon 巧思設計的前奏特殊(0:00 ~ 0:16 / 3:33),和弦輕快節奏不但吸引人,樂音更具震撼力深入腦海,吉他獨奏(1:43 ~ 2:10 / 3:33)採用高音三弦中的兩弦差八度和音,達到非常好聽的鐘音共鳴效果,自己彈時才更能真正感受到它的優美。
貝斯手 Randy Meisner 在第二段起頭的兩句和音也很精彩,他的第二部和聲清清楚楚,但仍然與第一部保持和諧(1:02 ~ 1:14 / 3:33)。鼓手 Don Henley (Hotel California 主唱)則在結尾("Though we will never be here again...)時加入和音。
第一次聽到這首歌,是曾在台北美軍倶樂部獻唱的小姜來宿舍玩時,應要求表演才知道的。小姜平時說話偶而結巴,但自彈自唱倶屬上乘,把其中味道完全的唱出來,吉他獨奏(solo)更是一瀉千里 (1:43 ~ 2:10 / 3:33),氣勢磅礴技壓全場。知味後就此上鈎,列入百首最愛之中。小姜是個非常有才華的人,可惜當時各忙各的,平常少有聯絡,聽說他來美唸建築,不知何時能再有耳福。
「凡住過必留下隣居,凡走過必留下痕跡。」 - 卜學亮 (超級星期天的超級任務)
【歌曲】Take It Easy Lyrics
【歌曲】Eagles - Take It Easy - ( Alta Calidad ) HD
【歌曲】How to play Take It Easy by The Eagles (Guitar Lesson SB-402)
【歌詞】TAKE IT EASY - EAGLES
INTRO:
G C/G Am7/G
G C/G Am7/G
(verse #1)
G G
Well, I'm a runnin' down the road, tryin' to loosen my load,
D C
I've got seven women on my mind.
G D
Four that wanna own me, two that wanna stone me,
C G
one says she's a friend of mine.
Em C G
Take it easy, take it ea - sy,
Am C Em
don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy.
C G C G
Lighten up while you still can, don't even try to understand,
Am C G
just find a place to make your stand and take it easy.
(Verse #2)
G
Well, I'm a standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
D C
and such a fine sight to see:
G D
it's a girl, my Lord, in a flat bed Ford
C G
slowin' down to take a look at me.
Em D C G
Come on, ba - by, don't say may - be.
Am C Em
I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me.
C G C G
We may lose and we may win though we will never be here again.
Am C G
So open up, I'm climbin' in, so take it easy.
(guitar solo )
G D C
G D C G
Em C G
Am C G
(Verse #3)
G
Well, I'm a runnin' down the road, tryin' to loosen my load,
D C
got a world of trouble on my mind.
G D
Lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover,
C G
she's so hard to find.
Em C G
Take it easy, take it ea - sy,
Am C Em
don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy.
C G C G
Come on, ba - by, don't say may - be.
Am C G
I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me.
C G
C G
(Ending)
C G G9 C
Oh, we got it ea - sy,
G G9 C
we oughta take it ea - sy.
(end on) Em
CHORDS:
C/G 3x2013
Am7/G 3x0213
G9 30212x
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