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Salute to Classic- Desperado， by The Eagles
"Desperado"is a song by the American rock band Eagles. It was written by GlennFrey and Don Henley and appeared on the 1973album Desperado as well as numerous compilation albums. Althoughthe song was never released as a single, it is one of the group's best knownsongs and ranked No. 494 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of "The 500Greatest Songs of All Time".
“亡命之徒”是美国摇滚乐队老鹰演唱的歌曲。它是由Glenn Frey和Don Henley创作的，出现在1973年发行的同名专辑中，还在其他众多的合集中大量出现。尽管歌曲从没有作为单曲发行过，它却是乐队最有名的歌曲之一，在滚石于2004年发布的“有史以来最伟大的500首歌曲”中她排在了494名。
Accordingto Henley, Desperado was based on a song he started in 1968, written in thestyle of old songs by Stephen Foster.The song was originally about afriend named Leo and began with "Leo, my God, why don’t you come to yoursenses..."In 1972, after they had recorded their first album Eagles inLondon, Glenn Frey and Henley decided that they should write songstogether. In their first songwriting session after returning from London,Henley played Frey the unfinished version of the song, and said: "When Iplay it and sing it, I think of Ray Charles and Stephen Foster. It’sreally a Southern Gothic thing, but we can easily make it moreWestern." According to Henley, Frey "leapt right on it – filledin the blanks and brought structure", and the song became "Desperado".Henley added: "And that was the beginning of our songwriting partnership... that’s when we became a team."
根据Henley的回忆，亡命之徒来自于他于1968年开始创作的一首歌。风格是Stephen Foster的老歌。歌曲原来是写一个叫Leo的朋友，开头是“Leo，上帝啊，你为何还不清醒过来。。。”1972年，当他们在伦敦录制完他们的第一张专辑“老鹰”之后。 GlennFrey和Henley决定他们要一起创作歌曲。从伦敦回来后的第一次合作时，Henley为Frey演唱了他那首未完成的歌曲，并说：“当我弹琴并演唱时，我想的就是Ray Charles和Stephen Foster，这完全是南方哥特式的感觉，但我们可以很轻松地把它改造成西部的风格。”据henley说，Frey“立刻投入其中，完成了创作并搭好了结构。”歌曲也改成了“亡命之徒”。Henley又说道：“那就是我们合作写歌的开始，从那时我们组队了。”
"Desperado"is one of the Eagles' most famous songs, and it was ranked No. 494 onthe Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"in 2004. It was voted the No. 2 favorite Eagles song in a pollof Rolling Stone readers. In 2000 the song was listedin MOJO magazine's list of greatest songs compiled with songsnominated by songwriters such as Paul McCartney and HalDavid and Brian Wilson. Members of the Western Writers ofAmerica included it in their list of the Top 100 Western songs of alltime.
“亡命之徒”是老鹰乐队最有名的歌曲之一，在滚石于2004年发布的“有史以来最伟大的500首歌曲”中它排在了494名。在滚石组织的一次老鹰乐队歌曲评选中，它名列老鹰乐队歌曲的第二名。2000年这首歌还被MOJO杂志收录在他们的最伟大歌曲的名单之中，入围的还有创作者提名的歌曲，这些人包括PaulMcCartney和 Hal David 和 Brian Wilson。美国西部作家协会的成员还把这首歌列入他们评选的有史以来最佳100首西部歌曲之中。
WilliamRuhlmann of AllMusic considered it one of Eagles' major compositions. Paul Gambaccini of Rolling Stone felt it was Henley'srough voice that made the song memorable. Although the song is one of theEagles' best-known songs, their recording never charted on Billboard untilthe death of Glenn Frey, when it reached No. 20 on the Rock Digital Songschart.
来自音乐指南（allmusic）的William Ruhlmann认为这首歌是老鹰乐队的主要作品。而滚石的Paul Gambaccini觉得是Henley沙哑的嗓音使这首歌难忘。但尽管这是老鹰乐队最出名的歌曲，在Glenn Frey去世之前它却始终没有进入过Billboard排行榜的榜单中，当时它名列摇滚数码歌曲榜的第20位。
Desperado- 老鹰, The Eagles（Lyrics）
Desperado, whydon't you come to your senses
You been out ridin'fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hardone
I know that yougot your reasons
These things thatare pleasin' you
Can hurt yousomehow
Don't you draw theQueen of Diamonds, boy
She'll beat you ifshe's able
You know the Queenof Hearts is always your best bet
Now, it seems tome some fine things
Have been laidupon your table,
But you only wantthe ones that you can't get
Desperado, oh, youain't gettin' no younger
Your pain and yourhunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, ohfreedom, well that's just some people talkin'
Your prison iswalking through this world all alone
Don't your feetget cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snowand the sun won't shine
It's hard to tellthe night time from the day
You're losin' allyour highs and lows;
Ain't it funny howthe feeling goes away?
Desperado, whydon't you come to your senses?
Come down fromyour fences; open the gate
It may be rainin',but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebodylove you, before it's too late
Writer(s):Richard Lynn Carpenter, John Bettis
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