詹姆斯‧狄恩(James Dean),垮世代青年叛逆形象的代表,曾被美國電影學會(AFI)評選為百年來最偉大的男演員第18名。他一生只主演過三部電影,「天倫夢覺」、「養子不教誰之過」、「巨人」,1955年時,因為一場車禍而意外喪生,享年24歲。雖然他的螢幕生涯不長,但他憂鬱、孤獨、放蕩不羈的浪子氣質,卻早已深深的烙印在所有觀眾的心底,並影響了接下來的好幾個世代,成為美國青年文化的一種象徵。
會提到這個,其實是因為老鷹合唱團曾寫過一首歌”James Dean“向他致敬,收錄在專輯On the Border(1974)中,其中的一句歌詞"too fast to live, too young to die",也成為了他最佳的人生寫照。
James Dean, James Dean
詹姆斯‧狄恩,詹姆斯‧狄恩
I know just what you mean
我知道你的意思
James Dean, you said it all so clean
詹姆斯‧狄恩,你說一切都如此乾淨俐落
And I know my life would look allright
而我知道我的人生會看來不錯
If I could see it on the silver screen
如果我能在螢幕上看見它
You were the low-down rebel if there ever was
你是個低下的反叛者,如果那曾經存在
Even if you had no cause
即使你沒有理由
James Dean, you said it all so clean
詹姆斯‧狄恩,你說一切都如此乾淨俐落
And I know my life would look all right
而我知道我的人生會看來不錯
If I could see it on the silver screen
如果我能在螢幕上看見它
We'll talk about a low-down bad refrigerator,
我們將談論著一台劣質的爛冰箱
You were just too cool for school
你對於學校太過冷酷
Sock hop, soda pop, basketball and auto shop,
襪子舞會,汽水,籃球和汽車商店
The only thing that got you off was breakin' all the rules
唯一能讓你卸責的事就是打破所有的規則
James Dean, James Dean
詹姆斯‧狄恩,詹姆斯‧狄恩
So hungry and so lean
如此飢渴,如此貧乏
James Dean, you said it all so clean
詹姆斯‧狄恩,你說一切都如此乾淨俐落
And I know my life would look all right
而我知道我的人生會看來不錯
If I could see it on the silver screen
如果我能在螢幕上看見它
Little James Dean, up on the screen
小詹姆斯‧狄恩,在螢幕上
Wond'rin' who he might be
想知道他可能會是誰
Along came a Spyder and picked up a rider
緊接著來了一輛史派德跑車,載走一位騎士
And took him down the road to eternity
帶著他沿著道路而下直到永遠
James Dean, James Dean, you bought it sight unseen
詹姆斯‧狄恩,詹姆斯‧狄恩,你買下它卻看都沒看
You were too fast to live, too young to die, bye-bye
你活得太短促,死得太年輕,拜拜
You were too fast to live, too young to die, bye-bye
你活得太短促,死得太年輕,拜拜
Bye-bye, Bye-bye, Bye-bye, Bye, bye
拜拜,拜拜,拜拜,拜拜
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