What a Wonderful World is a pop ballad written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss. They were both prominent in the music world, Thiele as a producer and Weiss as a composer. The song was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released in 1967 as a single. Interestingly, it was not initially a hit in the United States, where it sold fewer than 1,000 copies because ABC Records head Larry Newton did not like the song and therefore did not promote it, but was a major success in the United Kingdom, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart. Armstrong’s recording was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. George Weiss recounts in a book that he, inspired by Armstrong’s ability to bring people of different races together, wrote the song specifically for the unique Armstrong.
歌曲《多么美好的世界》由鮑勃·蒂勒(署名喬治·道格拉斯)和喬治·戴維·韋斯創(chuàng)作,爵士樂(lè)之王路易斯·阿姆斯特朗首唱并錄制單曲發(fā)行(1967),他的嗓音具有強(qiáng)烈的感染力。阿姆斯特朗的唱片于1999年進(jìn)入格萊美名人堂,而韋斯曾回憶說(shuō),這首歌就是為阿姆斯特朗量身打造的,因?yàn)樗绱霜?dú)特,能把不同種族的人凝聚在一起。此曲成為20世紀(jì)“流行音樂(lè)的圣歌”(The Anthem of Pop Music),中外很多歌手翻唱過(guò)這首歌。這首經(jīng)典歌曲還曾在多部影片中出現(xiàn),包括《早安,越南》《12只猴子》《雨中的請(qǐng)求》《北京遇上西雅圖》《海底總動(dòng)員2》等。
What a Wonderful World
I see trees of green red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying How do you do
They’re really saying I love you
I hear babies cry I watch them grow
They’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world
多么美好的世界
我看見(jiàn)綠樹(shù)紅玫
看見(jiàn)它們?yōu)槟阄议_(kāi)放
我不禁想到,多么美好的世界
我看見(jiàn)藍(lán)天白云
明麗神佑的白天,幽暗圣潔的夜晚
我不禁想到,多么美好的世界
天上的彩虹,顏色如此美麗
映照在過(guò)往行人的臉上
我看見(jiàn)朋友們握手,互致問(wèn)候
他們其實(shí)在說(shuō):我愛(ài)你
我聽(tīng)見(jiàn)嬰兒哭泣,看著他們長(zhǎng)大
他們的學(xué)識(shí)將遠(yuǎn)勝于我
我不禁想到,多么美好的世界
我不禁想到,多么美好的世界
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▲ 路易斯·阿姆斯特朗原版
▲ 朗誦版
▲ 《早安,越南》插曲版
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