美國實力歌姬［狄昂．華薇克］──流行／靈魂／抒情曲──［Odds And Ends／零碎物件］

 

Your pillow wasnt slept upon

Your closet was empty, too

All of your shirts and ties were gone

There wasnt a trace of you

How could you go and leave so completely?

Nothing was left of all the memories that we used to share

Just an empty tube of toothpaste

And a half-filled cup of coffee

Odds and ends of a beautiful love affair

At least you could have said goodbye

You shouldnt have to run away

Were you afraid that I would cry?

My tears might have made you stay

Gone are the dreams that kept us together

Nothing was left to show that we were once so happy then

Just an empty tube of toothpaste

And a half-filled cup of coffee

Odds and ends of a beautiful love affair

How could you go and leave so completely?

Nothing was left of all the memories that we used to share

Just an empty tube of toothpaste

And a half-filled cup of coffee

Odds and ends of a beautiful love affair

Odds and ends of a beautiful love affair

 

 

 

１９６９年７月．２８歲半的美國非裔歌姬紅星的狄昂．華薇克（Dionne Warwick，1940-）推出非專輯單曲［Odds And Ends／零碎物件］（Scepter出版）

由導師Burt Bacharach＋Hal David創作，Burt Bacharach編曲，

Burt Bacharach＋Hal David製作成一首流行／靈魂／抒情曲，

旋律悅耳，編曲精緻，節奏中速，狄昂以細膩的嗓音演繹女主角面對分手後，情人離去的惆悵心境．

敘事者思念愛人的陪伴，周圍環繞著「一段美好戀情的零碎物件」。

這首歌的特色在於口哨聲，在歌曲的開頭、器樂部分和結尾漸弱之前都能聽到。

 

 

［Odds And Ends］登上美國Billboard單曲榜＃４３

分榜──成人當代榜＃７．

美國Cash Box雜誌單曲榜＃３１．

加拿大＃４０．澳洲＃７６．

 

２０１８年，Rhino唱片推出狄昂的精選輯，便以此曲名之──［Odds & Ends - Scepter Records Rarities］．

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4hDJ9jIspk

 

(Alternate Version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4prdLHrNk7o