喜劇名角唱舞曲—Bette Midler
這張是我寫到目前為止比較「近代」的一張，1995發行的單曲—To Deserve You。
其實Bette Midler很多人都非常熟悉了，拿過四座葛萊美獎、四座金球獎、一座東尼獎、三座艾美獎、差一點得了奧斯卡獎。她的豐功偉蹟我就不多說了，她主演「情比姊妹深」（Beaches）並翻唱Wind Beneath My Wings已經是完全的經典，From A Distance也是「靈性情歌」的代表作。關於情比姊妹深的原聲帶，可以看一下楚門寫的一文章：
http://mypaper.pchome.com.tw/news/seanie942/3/1236195751/20040314051707/
一般人對Bette Midler的印象就是螢幕上很搞笑，在音樂方面則偏好傳統民謠與懷舊抒情曲，不過當Bette Midler唱舞曲是什麼樣子？
圖片中這張單曲To Deserve You是我很喜歡的一首歌，由抒情民謠才女Maria Mckee所寫，是在講一個深陷愛情中女人的濃烈渴望（這好像是她很擅長的主題？）。她寫過並主唱另一首很有名的歌是Show Me Heaven，曾被多人翻唱過，包括Tina Arena。這兩首歌都有個特色就是前面很低，後面來個高八度的副歌，雖然有一點灑狗血，但是讓人聽起來很過癮。
這首歌是收錄自「Bette of Roses」，也是Bette為Atlantic灌錄的最後一張專輯，她會選唱這麼流行口味的歌也讓我頗意外。原曲是相當流暢、舒服的中版抒情歌，不過到了舞曲版卻搖身一變成為house music。這張歌的原製作人Arif Mardin也下海當混音師，這真是非常罕見！因為以他的資深崇高地位，好像跟house music扯不上邊，不過他卻也混出一個還算蠻道地的pop house版本。另兩位混音師是Bonzai "Jim" Caruso與MK。Bette在這些混音版中並沒有重唱，但比較特別的是，加了很多Bette用低沈性感的嗓音唸的歌詞夾雜在歌聲中間，有一點點像Madonna的Justify My Love的那種感覺，很夢幻！
Bette的音樂一直甚少有快版的歌曲，若有也是屬於輕快逗趣那一類的，她第一次嘗試比較舞曲的曲風應該是在前一張專輯「Some People’s Lives」之中的Moonlight Dancing，這首在UK有出單曲並收錄混音版。不過在美國第一次推出混音單曲應該就是這首To Deserve You了，而且這首有打入舞曲榜，也是Bette的第一次。有了這次探路之後，才會有後來更大膽嘗試並獲得舞曲榜冠軍的I'm Beautiful及In these Shoes。
不過，如果我沒記錯的話，這首很流行口味的歌竟然沒有進入流行榜！！倒是這首MV把Bette拍的蠻美的，Bette的MV一向以精簡陽春出名，常看到她就是站在一個布景前面不動，只要擺各種奇怪的pose並對嘴，就可以稱為一首歌。雖然這首也差不多，但是導演用強光把Bette拍的比蕭薔還白，有興趣的人可以到Yahoo Launch!看這首MV（下面連結），裡面還有Every Road Leads Back To You, In This Life, From A Distance，真的看了都會令人發噱！
http://launch.yahoo.com/artist/default.asp?artistID=1017959
曲目：
1. To Deserve You (Arif's Dance Radio Mix) 4:12
2. To Deserve You (Bonzai Club Mix) 7:20
3. To Deserve You (Bonzai's "Die 4" Mix) 7:01
4. To Deserve You (Arif's Club Mix) 7:56
5. To Deserve You (MK Mix) 6:40
6. To Deserve You (Album Version) 4:36
歌詞：
I see so many golden women
When they walk their feet don't touch the ground
How I want, how I want to deserve you
But me, I'm always out of rhythm
My needs too demanding, too proud
How I want, how I want to deserve you
I didn't want you to see me like this
The light of the dawn can be cruel
How I want, how I want to deserve you
And if I could be granted a wish
I'd shine in your eye like a jewel
How I want to deserve you
I would die for you
Could you ever love me that much
How I want, how I want to deserve you
Yes, you tell me this
And I want to believe that it's true
Aah, how I want, how I want to deserve you
I didn't want you to see me like this
I'm weak and I fight like a fool
How I want, how I want to deserve you
And if I could be granted a wish
I'd shine in your eye like a jewel
How I want to deserve you
If I could be your angel
I'd trade in my arms for some wings
to keep you close to me
And if I could trade my voice
for the silence I know that you need
Aaaah, how I want, how I want to deserve you
I didn't want you to see me like this
So frightened of losing so soon
How I want, how I want to deserve you
And if I've caught our love in a grip
just tell me and I'll shake it loose
How I want to deserve you
Oh, na na na na na
Oh, ohhhhh
How I want to deserve you
Na na na na na na na
Whoa, ohhhhh
How I want to deserve you
Oh, I want to deserve you
Na na na na na na . . .
