December 27, 2025 1 Comment

今年已經七十三的名歌星 Sting 於1993年為他的專輯《十個撒慕那的故事》(Ten Summoner's Tales), 創作了《金色禾場》(Fields of Gold)這首歌, Summoner 是 Sting 的姓。
這首歌的靈感來自他英國鄉村的家周圍環繞的大麥田,風吹過麥田的景象帶出他的創作靈感, 靈感也來自他與他未來的妻子 Trudie Styler 的戀愛感受, Sting 大概想定下來娶妻, 但仍然有些三心兩意, 深怕自己過去對愛人輕易許下諾言, 卻總是反悔不能實現的劣跡重演, 歌詞是這樣說的:
Among the fields of gold 在金色的田野裡
I never made promises lightly 我從未輕易許下承諾
And there have been some that I've broken 有些承諾我曾違背
But I swear in the days still left 但我發誓,在未來的日子裡
We'll walk in fields of gold 我們將漫步在金色的田野裡
這首歌於1993年發行, 成為 Sting 最受歡迎、最知名的歌曲, 但是這首歌的持續有名卻是因爲只活了三十三歲的女歌星 Eva Cassidy 拿去唱, Cassidy 所錄的單曲交給唱片公司去發行, 通常單曲歌曲的推廣都是先讓電台播放, Cassidy 的唱片公司特別把唱片做成金色的, 彰顯歌名 Fields of Gold 的 Gold, 這首歌電台一播出就大受歡迎, 很多正在開車的聽眾, 為了專心聽, 竟然把車停在路邊, 聽完再上路.
Sting 現在不經常唱這首歌, 因為他覺得這首歌應該是屬於 Cassidy 的, Sting 是個性情中人, 是所謂的歌唱哲學家 The Singing Philosopher, 這首 Shape of my Heart 就充滿了哲理., 是我很喜歡的一首 Sting 的歌.
He deals the cards as a meditation
And those he plays never suspect
He doesn't play for the money he wins
He don't play for respect
He deals the cards to find the answer
The sacred geometry of chance
The hidden law of a probable outcome
The numbers lead a dance
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
He may play the jack of diamonds
He may lay the queen of spades
He may conceal a king in his hand
While the memory of it fades
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape
The shape of my heart
If I told her that I loved you
You'd maybe think there's something wrong
I'm not a man of too many faces
The mask I wear is one
But those who speak know nothing
And find out to their cost
Like those who curse their luck in too many places
And those who fear are lost
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape
The shape of my heart
December 20, 2025
聖誕老公公存不存在? 很多小孩子都在問這個問題, 但是他們大了以後, 連問題也懶得問, 或者就像我女兒一樣, 說只有”想當聖誕老人的那個人”的確存在, 1897 年, 八歲的 Virginia 寫信給紐約的報紙 The Sun, 就問聖誕老人存不存在, 報紙的專欄作家 Francis Church 也煞有介事的回答這個問題, 他說沒有人能回答這個問題, 每個人都應該自己回答這個問題, 每個人都要自行決定, 聖誕老人送禮物這件事, 在我們生活裏要扮演什麼樣的角色, 你可以只是享受一下送禮收禮的人情溫暖, 或者你可以循著聖誕老人的故事, 去瞭解為什麼耶穌降生是人類莫大的禮物, 讓聖誕的”福音”在你心裏發酵.
December 13, 2025
我照著老徐的建議去做, 過幾天, 果不其然在校園碰到她, 唱片送是送了, 卻沒能約得成她去看電影, 她收了唱片, 問我一句: 誰是 Ray Conniff 啊?, 我沒料到有此一問, 正結結巴巴的時候, 一大群女生轟過來, 她就跟著走開了, 原來唱片封套雖然漂亮, 音樂也不錯, 但誰是 Ray Conniff 我卻不知道, 也沒有去先找資料.
December 06, 2025
Karin
December 27, 2025
Paul,
我很喜歡你寫的〈金色禾場 Fields of Gold〉這篇文章。
你細膩地分享了 Sting(Gordon Matthew Sumner)這位傳奇英國音樂家,以及他在 1993 年專輯 Ten Summoner’s Tales 中那首極具代表性的獨唱作品——Fields of Gold。
而當 Eva Cassidy 接過這首歌重新詮釋時,更唱出了它簡潔卻深刻的靈魂。旋律像一首溫柔流動的敘事詩,讓人靜靜沉浸其中,在金色的田野裡,感受對人生與愛情的深層體悟——那是一首越聽越靠近心底的經典之作。
Karin