其實以上的一段對話是取自Nik Kershaw的”Wouldn’t It Be Good”裏其中一段歌詞,想表達的正是「你睇我好,我睇你好」。
1984年的”Wouldn’t It Be Good”是Nik Kershaw的成名作,收錄在他的首張專輯”Human Racing”中,是此專輯中推出的第二張single。第一張推出的single是”I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me”,當時的成績並不理想。但它因其後”Wouldn’t It Be Good”的成功而再度推出,令它的命運得到180度逆轉,在英國細碟榜成功登上亞軍位置,在歐洲其他國家如荷蘭、瑞士、瑞典、愛爾蘭等等的流行榜都能打進十大。
當年的我很喜歡看”Wouldn’t It Be Good”的MV,覺得是一個很特別的MV,但其實不甚明白它在說甚麽,為甚麼Nik Kershaw會化身透明人?不過人大了理解多了,知道Nik Kershaw所飾演的”失意者”身上所反映的其實是其他人的日常生活與所見所聞。代表了他很羨慕這些人,希望自已像他們一樣。他這樣的想法被其他人視為異類,所以在他所到之處都被人報以奇異目光。最後他決定做回自已,身上的映像消失了,他也回到屬於自已的地方。
Howard Jones與Nik Kershaw差不多是同期出道,都是80年代的紅人,都是來自英國,但甚少同台演出。2008年Howard Jones舉行的紀念入行25週年演唱會中請來Nik Kershaw作特別嘉賓,一同表演”Wouldn’t It Be Good”這首歌,是一次很難得和有意義的演出。
I got it bad
You don't know how bad I got it
You got it easy
You don't know when you've got it good
It's getting harder
Just keeping life and soul together
I'm sick of fighting
Even though I know I should
The cold is biting
Through each and every nerve and fibre
My broken spirit is frozen to the core
I don't want to be here no more
Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes
Even if it was for just one day?
Wouldn't it be good if we could wish ourselves away?
Wouldn't it be good to be on your side?
The grass is always greener over there
Wouldn't it be good if we could live without a care?
You must be joking
You don't know a thing about it
You've got no problem
I'd stay right there if I were you
I got it harder
You couldn't dream how hard I got it
Stay out of my shoes
If you know what's good for you
The heat is stifling
Burning me up from the inside
The sweat is coming through each and every pore
I don't want to be here no more
I don't want to be here no more
I don't want to be here no more
Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes
Even if it was for just one day?
Wouldn't it be good if we could wish ourselves away?
Wouldn't it be good to be on your side?
The grass is always greener over there
Wouldn't it be good if we could live without a care?
I got it bad
You don't know how bad I got it
You got it easy
You don't know when you've got it good
It's getting harder
Just keeping life and soul together
I'm sick of fighting
Even though I know I should