A Horse with No Name

mp寒梅 2016-06-14

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A Horse with No Name（无名之马）是美国民谣摇滚乐队America（亚美利加合唱团）第一支单曲，由Dewey Bunnell创作，收录在乐队首张录音室专辑《America》（1971年）中。

凭借着处子单曲和专辑都获得冠军的优异成绩（《A Horse With No Name》Billboard Hot 100冠军三周、《America》Billboard 200冠军五周），America在1972年格莱美奖上力压Eagles（老鹰乐队）、Harry Chapin等艺人，获得最佳新人奖。[1]

Michael Jackson专辑《Xscape》中的第四支单曲《A Place with No Name》（2014年8月12日发行）便取材于这首歌

America（亚美利加合唱团）是二十世纪七十年代初期的一支民谣摇滚乐队，乐队的3名成员都是美国驻英空军军官的儿子。1971年他们推出了首支单曲《A Horse With No Name》，在英国排行榜上名列第三。乐队的吉他演奏清脆悦耳，被评论界称为"原声版的Crosby Still Nash and Young"。在乐队的首张同名专辑《America》中，他们继续保持了这种清新的风格。在英国大获成功后，乐队返回美国本土寻求发展。《A Horse With No Name》挤下Neil Young的《Heart of Gold》，冲上了排行榜的首位。1973年他们被格莱美音乐大奖评为"年度最佳新人"。他们在英美两地都大红大紫，但是这种热力很快就消散了， 1973年他们仅有一支单曲勉强打入了Billboard榜的前40名。1977年乐队推出《Harbor》之后，Dan Peek出于宗教信仰的考虑决定离开乐队，剩下的两名乐手仍然坚持录音，但亚美利加合唱团的鼎盛时期已告终止。

A Horse with No Name　America
　　On the first part of the journey
　　I was looking at all the life
　　There were plants and birds and rocks and things
　　There was sand and hills and rings
　　The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz
　　And the sky with no clouds
　　The heat was hot and the ground was dry
　　But the air was full of sound
　　I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
　　It felt good to be out of the rain
　　In the desert you can remember your name
　　Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
　　La, la...
　　After two days in the desert sun
　　My skin began to turn red
　　After three days in the desert fun
　　I was looking at a riverbed
　　And the story it told of a river that flowed
　　Made me sad to think it was dead
　　You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
　　It felt good to be out of the rain
　　In the desert you can remember your name
　　Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
　　La, la...
　　After nine days I let the horse run free
　　Cause the desert had turned to sea
　　There were plants and birds and rocks and things
　　There was sand and hills and rings
　　The ocean is a desert with its life underground
　　And a perfect disguise above
　　Under the cities lies a heart made of ground
　　But the humans will give no love