A Change is Gonna Come!

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will...

應景一下...

美國小馬哥 (喔八馬, barack obama) 第44屆美國總統中獎人,

在2008年11月4日在芝加哥發表的得獎感言中引用了....(點這裡@3:50)

"It's been a long time coming, but tonight, ... change has come to America."

這歌頗有來頭, 他的歷史請看這裡 (懶得翻譯)...

簡單的說...

這是美國60年代人權運動時, sam cooke 的歌, 很有背景故事

翻唱的人一堆, 當然大多是黑人, 十分振奮人心

Sam Cooke / A Change is Gonna Come (original)

1995年勞工節, 搖滾名人堂開場表演

Al Green / A Change is Gonna Come (1995)

老妖婆 Tina Turner 罵街式的唱腔, 提壺灌頂, 猶如多年宿便一次清畢, 通體舒暢, 快哉!

Tina Turner / A Change is Gonna Come (1987)

華麗版的演出

他的聲音總是很美, 但是一直都少了一點靈魂的味道

這版本也少了一種在破磚爛瓦中看到希望的曙光的感覺

Seal/ A Change is Gonna Come (2008)

I was born by the river in a little tent

Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die

Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

I go to the movie and I go downtown somebody keep telling me don't hang around

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

Then I go to my brother

And I say brother help me please

But he winds up knockin' me

Back down on my knees

Ohhhhhhhhh.....

There been times that I thought I couldn't last for long

But now I think I'm able to carry on

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

Sam Cooke

A Change is Gonna Come (1963)