BEAT IT
They Told Him Don't You Ever Come Around Here
Don't Wanna See Your Face, You Better Disappear
The Fire's In Their Eyes And Their Words Are Really Clear
So Beat It, Just Beat It
You Better Run, You Better Do What You Can
Don't Wanna See No Blood, Don't Be A Macho Man
You Wanna Be Tough, Better Do What You Can
So Beat It, But You Wanna Be Bad
Just Beat It, Beat It, Beat It, Beat It
No One Wants To Be Defeated
Showin' How Funky Strong Is Your Fighter
It Doesn't Matter Who's Wrong Or Right
Just Beat It, Beat It
Just Beat It, Beat It
Just Beat It, Beat It
Just Beat It, Beat It Who!
They're Out To Get You, Better Leave While You Can
Don't Wanna Be A Boy, You Wanna Be A Man
You Wanna Stay Alive, Better Do What You Can
So Beat It, Just Beat It
You Have To Show Them That You're Really Not Scared
You're Playin' With Your Life, This Ain't No Truth Or Dare
They'll Kick You, Then They Beat You,
Then They'll Tell You It's Fair
So Beat It, But You Wanna Be Bad
Just Beat It, Beat It, Beat It, Beat It
No One Wants To Be Defeated
Showin' How Funky Strong Is Your Fighter
It Doesn't Matter Who's Wrong Or Right
Just Beat It, Beat It, Beat It, Beat It
No One Wants To Be Defeated
Showin' How Funky Strong Is Your Fighter
It Doesn't Matter Who's Wrong Or Right
Just Beat It, Beat It, Beat It, Beat It, Beat It
Beat It, Beat It, Beat It, Beat It
No One Wants To Be Defeated
Showin' How Funky Strong Is Your Fighter
It Doesn't Matter Who's Wrong Or Right
Just Beat It, Beat It, Beat It, Beat It
No One Wants To Be Defeated
Showin' How Funky Strong Is Your Fighter
It Doesn't Matter Who's Wrong Or Who's Right
Just Beat It, Beat It, Beat It, Beat It
No One Wants To Be Defeated
Showin' How Funky Strong Is Your Fighter
It Doesn't Matter Who's Wrong Or Right
Just Beat It, Beat It, Beat It, Beat It
No One Wants To Be Defeated
Showin' How Funky Strong Is Your Fighter
It Doesn't Matter Who's Wrong Or Right
Just Beat It, Beat It
Beat It, Beat It, Beat It
《Beat It》是一首反对社会暴力音乐作品。通过《Beat It》告诫年轻人避免不必要的麻烦,暴力不能解决一切问题,只会伤害到自己。
此曲由杰克逊亲手作词、作曲,并演唱,后经时任美国总统的里根的建议,将这首歌用在一个劝导禁止酒驾的公益广告中。杰克逊本人也因此被里根总统邀其至白宫,亲自为其颁发了“世界杰出青年奖”以及“特别贡献奖”。同时杰克逊也凭借《Beat It》这首歌获得了第26届格莱美最佳摇滚男歌手。这首歌曲的音乐录影带的设计与拍摄更是跨世纪的,广受好评。
Michael借用演唱的形式给当时美国的青年一代提出了善意的忠告,这首非迪斯科风格的硬式摇滚风格的4/4拍舞曲定会让你耳目一新。在开篇突如其来的如同号角一般的重击声后,流畅跳动的旋律随之源源涌出,Michael在其中激情而好斗地演唱着。这首歌曲所要表达的真正主体却与它的演唱方式不同,也许这种方式更让人印象深刻。
此曲的一大亮点便是Van Helen乐队的灵魂人物Eddie Van Helen的跨刀演出,他娴熟高超的吉他技艺在歌中展露无疑,那段令人凝神屏气、一气呵成的吉他独奏不知成为了后代多少吉他爱好者的必修课题。正是由于《Beat It》和专辑其他歌曲的优秀,才使得《Thriller》专辑达到了音乐顶峰的水准。
《Beat It》也被《滚石》评为“史上最伟大的100首流行歌曲”之一,排在第22名。
本歌的创作背景是迈克尔杰克逊根据自己的亲自经历写的一首歌,他小时去姥姥家路经一家商店,被店主误为小偷,被打,保镖来后才解围,打官司都没赢,因为他是黑人,而店主是白人。
“Beat It”是《Thriller》的第三只单曲。它紧接着“Billie Jean”于1983年2月在美国,1983年3月在世界其他地区公开发行。它在英国榜上最高排名第3。与“Billie Jean”的巨大成功相比,它的表现有些不尽人意,但《Thriller》专辑却在此时开始在英国售出惊人的数目。而“Beat It”的单曲碟内并没有新录音材料的加入,因此也给它的潜在销量带来了不利影响。
在美国,它则夺下了Michael自己的“Billie Jean”所占据的冠军宝座,并卖出了100多万张(获得白金唱片认证)。它在前100名热门单曲榜内逗留了25周(比“Billie Jean”还长一周),还拿到了R&B单曲榜的冠军。在两个排行榜的冠军位置上它都停留了一周。紧接着“Billie Jean”发行该曲的聪明营销策略使其在短期内获得了巨大的点播率,并促进《Thriller》专辑在1983年二月底爬升到冠军的位次。
而在全球范围内,这只单曲几乎在各个国家(除了意大利)的排行榜上都闯入了前5名。在丹麦的排行榜上它也是冠军。
迈克尔?杰克逊在1998年出版的自传《Moonwalk》对《Beat it》的评价:
当时我已经自己创作了一些歌曲,但在看到其他人创作的歌曲以前,我并没有拿给昆西看。第一首歌是"你该干点儿什么"(Wanna Be Startin’ Something),早在制作《Off the Wall》时我就写了一首歌,喜欢得要命,就舍不得拿出来给别人看,制作《Thriller》时,我甚至把"避开"(Beat It)藏了好长时间,没告诉昆西。他一直不停的跟我说,在《Thriller》中我们需要一首非常棒的摇滚歌曲,他说:“来吧,它在哪儿?我知道你有这么一首。”我很喜欢我自己的歌,但一开始我总是很害羞,不敢唱给别人听,因为我很害怕人们会不喜欢它们,对我来说,这是非常痛苦的。
昆西终于说服了我,让我把歌曲拿出来,我给他演唱了"避开",他高兴得简直要疯了,我看他这样,心里甜滋滋的,也美上了天。
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