青春永駐〈Forever Young〉,是德國新浪潮隊伍 Alphaville 成軍首支創作曲,燃燒青春熱情的雋永名曲,Alphaville 以電子合成樂聞名,也算是最早的Techno了……強烈的節奏,帶著優美的旋律,讓很多歌手也翻唱過,印象之中周華健與黃鶯鶯都有唱過,但筆者其實最喜歡〈Self Control〉主唱蘿拉布蕾妮根的版本……Alphaville在 1984年推出的第一張的專輯就全球知名,但是之後,這個團就比較沒有知名的曲子出現了,不過〈Forever Young〉的歌詞具批判性,歌曲也優美,值得欣賞。
Let's dance in style
讓我們翩然起舞
Let's dance for a while
讓我們盡情跳舞
Heaven can wait
天堂會等我們
We're only watching the skies
我們就這樣仰望著天空
Hoping for the best
期盼著最美好的
But expecting the worst
卻等到了最壞的
Are you going to drop the bomb or not
你是否準備要投下炸彈
Let us die young or let us live forever
讓我們英年早逝,或讓我們長生不死
We don't have the power
我們雖沒有權力
But we never say never
但我們絕不說:絕不
Sitting in a sandpit
坐臥在沙坑中
Life is a short trip
人生是一段短暫的旅行
The music's for the sad men
音樂是為了悲傷的人而存在
Can you imagine when this race is won
你能想像當我們贏得比賽
Turn our golden faces into the sun
我們將金色的臉龐轉向太陽
Praising our leaders
讚美我們的領袖
We're getting in tune
我們隨著音律擺動
The music's played by the madmen
狂人們正演奏著音樂
Forever young, I want to be forever young
永遠年輕,我想要永遠年輕
Do you really want to live forever
你真的想活到永遠
Forever -- and ever
永遠,永遠----
Some are like water
有些人像流水
Some are like the heat
有些人像熱氣
Some are a melody and some are the beat
有些人像一段旋律,又像是節拍
Sooner or later, they all will be gone
遲早,他們終將消逝
Why don't they stay young
為何他們無法青春永駐
It's so hard to get old without a cause
年歲漸長而漫無目標真是情何以堪
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
我不願如白駒過隙一般虛度
Youth's like diamonds in the sun
青春就像陽光下的鑽石
And diamonds are forever
而鑽石是永恆的
So many adventures couldn't happen today
如今有太多的冒險不敢去試
So many songs we forgot to play
太多的歌已經忘記怎麼唱
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
太多的夢想隨憂鬱擺盪
We'll let them come true
我們將使它們實現

Let us die young or let us live forever. We don't have the power but we never say never⋯⋯
It's so hard to get old without a cause. I don't want to perish like a fading horse.
前輩好: Alphavill這首也在我的收藏裡面,只是...好像就這首, 沒有其他比較受注目的歌!!
我也是只有收藏他們這一首(Apple Music 可以單購一首30元)版權而已,而且⋯⋯我是先聽蘿拉布蕾妮根的版本,好奇原唱唱的如何?結果也不錯啦!