情為何物－蒼穹未央

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Foreigner 外國人合唱團，成軍於70年代的硬式搖滾樂團，初期的幾張專輯反應相當不錯。1981年的專輯「４」忽然大為暢銷，佔據專輯榜冠軍多時，深情單曲" Waiting for a girl like you 等待像你一樣的女孩 "在單曲榜亞軍位置待了九週。1984年的專輯再度發威，單曲" I want to know what love is "終於站上榜首。主唱 Lou Gramm 路葛蘭一直是備受樂評人稱許的搖滾嗓音，爆發力與柔情兼備。這首單曲剛錄製好時，製作人和團員都不甚滿意，後來有人提議加入大合唱，於是他們請來錄音地點當地著名的紐澤西彌撒合唱團前來助陣，頓時使這首歌跳脫世間男女情愛的層次，結果大家都非常滿意，推出後成為當年MTV頻道和電台播放率最高的單曲，這也是該團眾多暢銷曲中唯一的冠軍曲。

I want to know what love is
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Foreigner

I gotta take a little time
A little time to think things over
I better read between the lines
In case I need it when I'm older

Now this mountain I must climb
Feels like the world upon my shoulders
Through the clouds I see love shine
It keeps me warm as life grows colder

*In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
Can't stop now
I've traveled so far to change this lonely life

I want to know what love is
I want you to show me
I want to feel what love is
I know you can show me

I'm gonna take a little time
A little time to look around me
I've got nowhere left to hide
It looks like love has finally found me(*)

Let's talk about love
I want to know what love is
The love that you feel inside
I want you to show me
And I'm feeling so much love
I want to feel what love is
No, you just can't hide
I know you can show me

I want to know what love is (let's talk about love)
I know you can show me
I wanna feel it too
I want to feel what love is
I wanna feel it too, and I know and I know
I know you can show me
Show me love is real, yeah
I want to know what love is...

我想知道愛是什麼
　　　　　　　　　外國人合唱團

我應該花一點時間
好好的徹底思考
我得仔細思索其中意涵
當我年老，我會需要它

我得爬過這座山
感覺全世界都壓在我肩上
穿過雲霧，看到愛在閃耀
當人生變得冰冷，愛使我溫暖

在我一生中，曾有心痛和苦楚
我不知道是否能再次面對
已經無法停止
為了改變寂寞人生，我已走得太遠