【原】Skid Row 《18 And Life》

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世上没有一个陷阱像你自设的陷阱那般害人。

—— [美] 雷蒙德·钱德勒《漫长的告别》

歌名: 《18 And Life》

歌者：Skid Row 

词曲：Dave “The Snake” Sabo & Rachel Bolan

流派：  强力民谣

推荐理由

 18岁的悲惨经历，促成了婉转悲伤的旋律。

歌词

[Verse 1]

Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone

Lived nine to five and he worked his fingers to the bone

Just barely out of school, came from the edge of town

Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down, no

[Pre-Chorus]

He had no money, no

No good at home

Walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone

And now it's

[Chorus]

Eighteen and life, you got it

Eighteen and life, you know

Your crime is time and it's eighteen and life to go

Eighteen and life, you got it

Eighteen and life, you know

Your crime is time and it's eighteen and life to go

[Verse 2]

Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline

It kept his motor running but it never kept him clean

They say he loved adventure, "Ricky's the wild one"

He married trouble, had a courtship with a gun

[Pre-Chorus]

Bang-bang, shoot 'em up, the party never ends

You can't think of dying when the bottle's your best friend

And now it's

[Chorus]

Eighteen and life, you got it

Eighteen and life, you know

Your crime is time and it's eighteen and life to go

Eighteen and life, you got it

Eighteen and life, you know

Your crime is time and it's eighteen and life to go

Yeah, yeah

[Bridge]

"Accidents will happen," they all heard Ricky say

He fired his six-shot to the wind

And that child blew a child away, yeah, yeah

Hey, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]

Eighteen and life, you got it

Eighteen and life, you know

Your crime is time and it's eighteen and life to go

Eighteen and life, you got it

Eighteen and life, you know

Your crime is time and it's eighteen and life to go

Yeah

[Outro]

Whoa, whoa, whoa

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多添一点：

今天分享一首Skid Row的《18 And Life》。

最近很偏爱这种旋律好听又充满力量的音乐。这首歌来自Skid Row1989年发行的同名首张录音室专辑《Skid Row》。虽然外界对它的评价褒贬不一，但这张专辑在Billboard 200上还是排名第六，并获得了美国唱片业协会(RIAA) 5倍白金唱片认证。专辑产生了四首单曲：《Youth Gone Wild》《18 and Life》《I Remember You》和《Piece of Me》。这些单曲的轮播也为Skid Row带来了更高的人气。要知道，在此之前他们仅仅作为Bon Jovi和Aerosmith的开场表演出现。

今天这首《18 And Life》是他们最大的热门歌曲，在美国公告牌百强单曲榜上排名第4，在公告牌专辑摇滚曲目排行榜上排名第 11位。它于1989 年 9 月 13 日被美国唱片工业协会(RIAA) 认证为黄金唱片，当时它售出了 500,000 张。这首歌还在英国单曲榜上排名第 12 ，在加拿大排名第 6，在爱尔兰排名第 5。

这首歌讲述了18岁的Ricky的故事，他贫穷、坚强，但醉酒后用枪误杀了自己的朋友，并因此被判终身监禁。Skid Row吉他手Dave“Snake”Sabo在当地报纸上看到了这个故事后，写下了这首歌。乐队的贝斯手Rachel Bolan也参与了这首歌的创作。看看歌手。

Skid Row是一支美国摇滚乐队，于 1986 年在新泽西州汤姆斯河成立。他们目前的阵容包括贝斯手Rachel Bolan、吉他手Dave Sabo和Scotti Hill、鼓手 Rob Hammersmith 和歌手Erik Grönwall。该乐队在 1980 年代末和 1990 年代初取得了商业上的成功，其前两张专辑Skid Row (1989) 和Slave to the Grind (1991) 获得了多白金认证，后者在Billboard 200上排名第一。这两张专辑还制作了一些 Skid Row 在美国国内外最受欢迎的热门歌曲，包括“《 18 and Life》和《I Remember You 》登上Billboard Hot 100前10名，以及《 Youth Gone Wild》、《Monkey Business》、《Slave to the Grind》、《Wasted Time 》等排行榜单曲。乐队的吉他手Dave Sabo和Jon Bon Jovi是好朋友，所以在成功路上Jon Bon Jovi也帮助他们不少，包括帮他们争取到了一份唱片合约。