The Electric Prunes《I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)》

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那就让我们假定我们是睡着了。

——勒内·笛卡尔，《第一哲学沉思集》

歌名:《I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)》

歌者：The Electric Prunes

词曲：Nancie Mantz & Annette Tucker

流派： 车库摇滚

推荐理由

《Nuggets》这张唱片真的是60年代车库摇滚珍贵的记忆。而《I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)》作为这张唱片的第一首曲目，可算是精选中的精选了。

歌词

Last night your shadow fell upon my lonely room

I touched your golden hair and tasted your perfume

Your eyes were filled with love, the way they used to be

Your gentle hand reached out to comfort me

Then came the dawn

And you were gone

You were gone, gone, gone

I had too much to dream last night

Too much to dream

I'm not ready to face the light

I had too much to dream

Last night

Last night

The room was empty as I staggered from my bed

I could not bear the image racing through my head

You were so real that I could feel your eagerness

And when you raised your lips for me to kiss

Came the dawn

And you were gone

You were gone, gone, gone

I had too much to dream last night

Too much to dream

I'm not ready to face the light

I had too much to dream

Last night

Last night

I had too much to dream last night

Too much to dream

I'm not ready to face the light

I had too much to dream

Last night

Last night

Oh, too much to dream

Oh, too much to dream

Too much to dream last night

Oh, too much to dream

Oh, too much to dream

Oh, too much to dream

I had too much to dream

Oh, too much to dream

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多添一点：

今天分享一首The Electric Prunes 的《I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)》。

今天带来首车库时代的经典曲目，这首歌来自他们1967年的专辑《The Electric Prunes》。这首歌在1967年初的全国排行榜上名列第11位。Rhino唱片公司曾发行一张名为《Nuggets》的专辑，记录了60年代末车库摇滚的整体状态。今天分享的这首歌便是《Nuggets》的首曲，足以印证The Electric Prunes 车库时期第一梯队的位置。

很少有乐队能像他们一样同时具有实验性和商业性。这首歌的刚开始是一个反向的模糊炸裂声，颤抖的声音像一只超音速的蜜蜂扑进你的扬声器。还有小提琴般扭曲的吉他伴奏，低沉的人声爆发到近乎尖叫。

让我们看看他们在这首歌里都干了啥。

制作人Dave Hassinger在创作这首单曲时，邀请了两位外部词曲作者Annette Tucker和Nancie Mantz。最初这首歌是为管弦乐队和钢琴创作的，是一首流行歌曲。但The Electric Prunes并不心仪与此，所以故意做了反向的吉他声音。歌手Lowe 回忆道，“我们当时在 Leon Russell 的家里录音。当我们唱到最后的时候，我们把磁带翻过来，重新录了一遍。录音室里的混响声音非常大：震耳欲聋的振动喷气吉他；Ken 一直在摇晃他的 Bigsby 摆动棒，在磁带的末尾带有一 模糊的声音和颤音。正向很酷，但反向的效果更是惊人。”

“这首歌的开头是 Dave Hassinger 通过麦克风呻吟，进入 Fender 放大器上的颤音，”Lowe 透露。“它创造了听起来像弦乐的泛音。” Tulin 补充道：“最后的'spaceship’通过将吉他的高音 E 调到最后一个品格实现的。”

很少有人能在三分钟内把这么多的想法塞进去，各位可以试一试。