7.18. 搖滾密碼

1929-------50年初期起就嘗試著舞台表演,甚至以拳擊餬口的
Screamin' Jay Hawkins,1956年終於以一首"I Put A Spell On You"
走紅. 這首歌,有數不清的藝人曾經改編或翻唱過.我最喜歡的是
C.C.R.跟Nina Sinone的版本,不過, Screamin' Jay Hawkins的表演
魅力卻是無人能出其右.
Screamin' Jay Hawkins.本名Jalacy Hawkins.他加上”Screamin'”
可是一點也不誇張….其實,單是”Screamin'”還不夠形容他的演唱風
格,他在表演時,時常會準備很多道具,有時候,甚至會把棺材給搬上舞台,
由棺材裡爬出來,伴隨著火焰,塑膠做的大蛇….骷髏頭……,這是在
1955年呢……
你是不是會想起Alice Cooper,還是Kiss,甚至Marilyn Manson…?
沒錯, Screamin' Jay Hawkins真算得上是這一派的”老祖宗”.
Screamin' Jay Hawkins誕生於1929年今天,2000年2月12日去逝.
看過Screamin'的許多介紹,訪問.覺得他真是很幽默,很可愛.
節錄這這一段,聽聽他形容自己取名”Screamin'”的故事:

"I couldn't sing that well until I went to a place in Nitro, West Virginia"
HAWKINS recounts, "There was this big, big, huge, fat lady there... just
allow your mind to roam free when I say fat. Glutton, beast, obese. The
woman made the average elephant look like a pencil, that's how fat she
was.And she was spy! She mas downin' Black and White scotch and Jack
Daniels at the same time, and she kept lookin' at me. She says:" Scream
baby ,scream Jay " I said to myself you want a name well there it is "

說到他對自己音樂表演的看法:

“I’m one of the old ancient still alive vampires but more or less from the
werewolf witchery and sorcery days. I would say in all sincerity, if you
really wanted to know the truth, I would say I’m what you would call a
good witch. There are bad witches but there are also good witches.” “I’m
enjoying life. I think life is beautiful. as a matter of fact, I love this world.
It’s just the people in it that drive me crazy,” he says. “Just because I like to
eat raw chicken’s feet while they’re walking, there’s nothing wrong with me.”,

讀完,你是否跟我一樣忍不住地笑, 呵呵.. Screamin' Jay Hawkins是各很
有趣的人…

YouTube找到Screamin' Jay Hawkins大約是很晚期的舞台表演
"I Put A Spell On You," 當然.跟早期他自己的表演舞台效果是不能比的.
但也算是值得看看的
還有,Nina Simone也有小段的表演,也感覺很珍貴.
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You

Nina Simone - 'I Put A Spell On You'. (1968)