英國實力歌手〔瑞克艾斯里〕──流行舞曲經典──〔Never Gonna Give You Upp／永遠不會放棄妳〕



＜Never Gonna Give you Up＞
Were no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitments what Im thinking of
You wouldnt get this from any other guy

I just wanna tell you how Im feeling
Gotta make you understand

CHORUS:
Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Weve known each other for so long
Your hearts been aching but youre too shy to say it
Inside we both know whats been going on
We know the game and were gonna play it

And if you ask me how Im feeling
Dont tell me youre too blind to see

CHORUS
CHORUS

(Ooh give you up)
(Ooh give you up)
(Ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up)
(Ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up)

Weve known each other for so long
Your hearts been aching but youre too shy to say it
Inside we both know whats been going on
We know the game and were gonna play it

I just wanna tell you how Im feeling
Gotta make you understand

CHORUS

他渾厚的上低音常被誤以為是非洲裔黑人

瑞克出生於曼徹斯特

８０年代中期曾在靈魂樂團FBI擔任鼓手

１９８５年碰到英國製作三人組SAW中的Pete Waterman

後者對他印象深刻　邀他到倫敦的PWL錄音室工作

瑞克在SAW的調教下學習錄音工程

艾斯里的首支唱片錄音是跟女歌手Lisa Carter合唱的〔When You Gonna〕

不過第一支個人單曲則是１９８７年夏天發行的〔Never Gonna Give You Up／永遠不會放棄妳〕

這是一首融合７０年代迪斯可味道與８０年代英國電子合成樂器的Dance-Pop
旋律討好　節奏輕快　在瑞克那濃厚的白人靈魂上低音的詮釋下
讓人印象深刻

果然發行後大受歡迎　在８月登上單曲榜王座　並蟬聯五週　成為１９８７年英國最暢銷的單曲

國際市場相當成功　拿到德國＆澳洲＆荷蘭＆挪威＆瑞典＆紐西蘭冠軍　瑞士＆愛爾蘭亞軍

奧地利＃４　法國＃６

連帶瑞克１９８７年秋天推出的首張專輯〔Whenever You Need Somebody／當你需要人時〕也大賣

光在英國就售出兩百萬張

讓以乾淨英倫紳士形象的艾斯里一砲而紅

隔年艾斯里並得到葛萊美最佳新人提名

在台灣也相當走紅　相信應該很多人都有印象
記得我是１９８８年第一次聽到此曲的

當時根本還沒接觸歐美流行樂

不過卻相當喜歡瑞克渾厚頗富男性魅力的嗓音與琅琅上口的旋律
艾斯里的成功掀起了英國流行樂園壇一陣Blue-Eye Soul風潮
讓８０年代末期許多白人靈魂流行歌手與團體大舉進攻美國

２００７年　一項網路搞笑遊戲〔Rickrolling〕竟讓〔Never Gonna Give You Up〕的MV得到兩千多萬的點閱數

讓淡出媒光燈許久的瑞克再度受到矚目

ＭＶ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

1988

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0LJF5D9a5A

Mix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLRyJ0dawjM

Extened

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