2014. 2. 17. 19:37ㆍ듣고싶은 곡
The End of the World
- Skeeter Davis -
태양은 왜 계속 타오르나요
파도는 왜 해변으로 밀려드나요.
Don't they know it's the end of the world
이미 세상은 끝나버렸다는 것을 저들은 모르는 걸까요.
cause you don't love me anymore
왜냐하면 당신이 더 이상 나를 사랑하지 않기 때문에
Why do the birds go on singing
새들은 왜 계속해서 지저귀나요
Why do the stars glow above
별들은 왜 저위에서 계속 반짝이지요
Don't they know it's the end of the world
이미 세상은 끝나버렸다는 것을 저들은 모르는 걸까요.
It ended when I lost your love
내가 당신의 사랑을 잃었을 때 (끝나버렸는데)
I wake up in the morning and I wonder
아침에 일어나보니 이상했어요.
why everything's the same as it was
왜 모든 것이 예전과 다름없는 것인지
I can't understand
도무지 이해가 안돼요.
No, I can't understand how life goes on the way it does
아니, 어떻게 이전과 똑같이 삶이
이어져 나갈 수가 있는지 이해할 수가 없어요
나의 가슴이 왜 여전히 뛰고 있는가.
Why do these eyes of mine cry
나의 두 눈에선 왜 눈물이 흐르는 걸까.
Don't they know it's the end of the world
이미 세상은 끝나버렸다는 것을 저들은 모르는 걸까요.
It ended when you said goodbye
당신이 이별을 고했을 때 세상은 끝나버렸어요.
Skeeter Davis(born Mary Frances Penick December 30, 1931 – September 19, 2004) was an American country music singer, who was best known for crossover pop music songs of the early 1960s. She started out as part of The Davis Sisters in the early 1950s. In the late '50s and early '60s, she became a solo star. Her best known hit was the song "The End of the World" in 1963.
* 스키터는 켄터키주 코빙톤의 딕시고교 재학 시 베티 잭 데이비스를 만나 데이비스 시스터즈를 결성한 후 RCA빅터와 음반계약을 맺고 넘버원 히트송인 “I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know”를 발표했다.
* 스키터 데이비스(Skeeter Davis)는 'Davis Sisters' 란 이름으로 친구 B.J Davis 와 함께 듀엣으로 가수 활동을 시작했으나, 1953년 베티 잭이 교통사고로 세상을 떠나자 그녀는 솔로로 전향 하면서 할아버지가 지어준별명과 음악 활동을 해온 B.J Davis의 성(姓)인, Davis를 합친 Skeeter Davis로 활동을 시작했으며, 이후 컨트리와 팝의 수많은 히트곡을 만들어내며 다섯 번의 그래미상을 수상하기도 했다.
* 또한 “Set Him Free”라는 곡으로 그래미상 후보에 오르기도 했다. 41개의 컨트리챠트를 랭크시켰고 그중에서 13곡은 팝챠트에 랭크시켰다. 그 중에서 The End Of The World"는 컨트리와 팝챠트에 2위까지 오르는 대히트를 기록했다.
One of the first women to achieve major stardom in the country music field as a solo vocalist, she was an acknowledged influence on Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton and has been hailed as an "extraordinary country/pop singer" by The New York Times music critic Robert Palmer.
The End of the World
"The End of the World" is a pop music hit by Skeeter Davis that enjoyed international success in the 1960s. The record was released by RCA Records in December 1962 and reached its greatest success in March 1963, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, #2 on the Billboard country singles chart (Davis was a country music vocalist and the record was a crossover music success), and #1 on Billboard's adult Contemporary - easy listening chart. The record also was a #4 hit on Billboard's rhythm and blues chart - making Davis one of the very few Caucasian female vocalists to enjoy a top ten record on that chart. Davis' four-chart top ten accomplishment has never been duplicated by any other female vocalist in the history of the Billboard charts.
Davis went on to score many other country music hits as well as a few major pop crossovers, but she was forever identified with 'The End of the World' and sung it at virtually every concert appearance she would make after its success.
The song has been covered by a number of artists on albums, including The Carpenters, Loretta Lynn, Herman's Hermits, Bobby Vinton, John Cougar Mellencamp, Johnny Mathis, Julie London, Eddy Arnold, Dottie West, Nancy Sinatra, Sonia Evans, Twiggy, Claudine Longet, Agnetha Fältskog (of ABBA fame), Rosie Flores, Patti Page, Anne Murray, Nina Gordon, Vonda Shepard, Exposé, The Vanguards, Leigh Nash, Lobo and others.
* 이 중 The Carpenters의 노래는 우리나라 팝 애호가들에게 널리 사랑받고 있다.
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