美國舞后〔寶拉阿巴杜〕的初試啼聲之作──流行放克舞曲佳作──〔Knocked Out／擊倒〕



I was in love the moment that
I saw you
I followed you thru the crowd and I almost lost you
I was dying to tell you but scared of your reaction
But I can't hold back because I'm rushed
with this thing called passion

You've got me knocked out turn me inside out
It's you that makes my heart beat
You've got me knocked out
Baby there's no doubt
You swept me off my feet

I walked your way hoping that
Maybe you noticed
I don't want to move so fast
I don't want to blow it
Never did I think love could be so amazing
But the things that you're making me do
It's driving me crazy

Repeat chorus twice

I want us to be closer, boy I wanna be
Startin' somethin with you baby
My heart is steady knockin boy you've got my body rockin,
caught blow-by-blow, love T.K.O.

Repeat chorus twice and fade

美國歌手寶拉阿巴杜（Paula Abdul） 是８０年代著名的編舞師

１９８７年　她寄一張試唱帶給維京（Virgin）公司

雖然寶拉的嗓音未經訓練　但她的編舞能力卻受到重視

被看好能在當時以MTV視覺取向的歌壇走紅

１９８８年６月　２６歲的寶拉發行第一張大碟〔Forever Your Girl／永遠是你的女孩〕

首支單曲是春天推出的〔Knocked Out／擊倒〕

這是由當時剛走紅不久的黑人製作小組L.A. Reid& Babyface操刀的流行放克舞曲

〔Knocked Out〕在美國流行榜只拿到＃４１

不過登上黑人榜＃８　在節奏藍調界累積些許人氣

舞曲界亦有中等成績（舞曲銷售＃１１　舞廳播放＃１４）逐漸累積人氣

在英國　〔Knocked Out〕總共發行三次：１９８８年９月拿到＃９４

１９８９年８月＃４５　１９９０年７月以混音版登上＃２１

加拿大則是＃２３

既然寶拉以編舞出身　她當然不會在放過這個強項

事實上　舞蹈根本就是她音樂錄影帶的重點
MV中　阿巴杜與一群男女舞者在一處寬敞的室內盡情狂舞
這種大隊舞的畫面讓人印象深刻
個人覺得寶拉的舞蹈充滿強烈的個人色彩
比起其他舞曲歌手　她的風格較為複雜
並不太容易模仿 難怪她常會是各類音樂錄影帶或編舞獎項的得主

在寶拉的歌曲中　〔Knocked Out〕一直是我相當喜歡的一首

個人特別偏愛那重擊放克節拍
推薦這首熱情有勁的舞曲给各位

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3gTLXpXxtk