【原】Bread《Everything I Own》

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你保护我不受伤害，给我温暖，给我生命，给我自由。

——David Gates

歌名:《Everything I Own》

歌者：Bread

词曲：David Gates

流派：流行

推荐理由

安静的时候非常棒的体验，整体旋律非常舒服、好听。编排非常细腻

歌词

[Verse 1]

You sheltered me from harm

Kept me warm, kept me warm

You gave my life to me

Set me free, set me free

[Pre-Chorus 1]

The finest years I ever knew

Were all the years I had with you

[Chorus]

And I would give anything I own

Would give up my life, my heart, my home

I would give everything I own

Just to have you back again

[Verse 2]

You taught me how to love

What it's of, what it's of

You never said too much

But still you showed the way

And I knew from watching you

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Nobody else could ever know

The part of me that can't let go

[Chorus]

And I would give anything I own

Would give up my life, my heart, my home

I would give everything I own

Just to have you back again

[Bridge]

Is there someone you know

You're loving them so

But taking them all for granted?

You may lose them one day

Someone takes them away

And they don't hear the words

You long to say

[Chorus]

And I would give anything I own

Would give up my life, my heart, my home

I would give everything I own

Just to have you back again

[Post-Chorus]

Just to touch you once again

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多添一点：

今天分享一首面包乐队（Bread）的《Everything I Own》。

今天来首面包乐队的歌曲，温暖的一首。这首歌收录在1972年的专辑《Baby I’m-a Want You》中。20世纪70年代主宰AM收音机的柔和声音的模板就是从这张专辑开始的。面包乐队出色的构建了坚固的旋律，加上录音室专业人员的巧妙演奏，以及来自洛杉矶的最佳和声，经受住了时间的考验，完成了这样优秀的专辑。专辑中有四首在当时排名前40的热门歌曲。可见专辑的质量。今天推荐的歌曲也在榜单前40中。而且更神奇的是这首歌的翻唱版本也都登上了排行榜。1974年牙买加歌手 Ken Booth录制了流行的雷鬼翻唱版本，该版本在英国排行榜上名列榜首。只不过Booth唱的歌词是Anything I Own，而不是“Everything”，但保留了原来的歌名。1987年，Boy George录制了他的电子舞曲流行版本，这次演唱的是“Everything”而不是“Anything”，而这首歌再次登上英国排行榜榜首。可见歌曲的硬实力。

这首歌的作者是David Gates。看起来像是一首情歌，但根据乔恩·库特纳(Jon Kutner)和斯宾塞·利(Spencer Leigh)合著的《英国1000首热门歌曲》一书，在 David Gates父亲的葬礼上，一位朋友把 David Gates拉到一边说，“你爸爸为你所做的事感到非常骄傲。”他回答说:“在我成功的路上也少不了他，因为他对我的影响最大。所以我决定写下并录制关于他的一切。如果你听到这句话，'You sheltered me from harm, kept me warm, gave my life to me, set me free(你保护我不受伤害，给我温暖，给我生命，给我自由)，’这说明了一切。”因此这首歌实际是写给父亲的。