Torn between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor │ 기다림

Torn between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor 메리 맥그리거의 양다리 1977 Mary MacGregor Torn between Two Lovers 　 Torn between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor There are times when a woman has to say what's on her mind, Even though she knows how much it's gonna hurt, Before I say another word, let me tell you "I love you". Let me hold you close, and say these words as gently as I can, There's been another man that I've needed and I've loved, But that doesn't mean I love you less, And he knows he can't possess me, and he knows he never will, There's just that empty place inside of me that only he can fill. Torn between two lovers, feeling like a fool, Loving both of you is breaking all the rules, Torn between two lovers, feeling like a fool, Loving you both is breaking all the rules. You mustn't think I blame you just because there's someone else, You were the first real love I ever had, And all the things I ever said, I swear they still are true, For no one else can have the part of me I gave to you. Torn between two lovers, feeling like a fool, Loving both of you is breaking all the rules, Torn between two lovers, feeling like a fool, Loving you both is breaking all the rules. I couldn't really blame you if you turned and walked away, So with everything I feel inside, I'm asking you to stay. Torn between two lovers, feeling like a fool, Loving both of you is breaking all the rules, Torn between two lovers, feeling like a fool, Loving you both is breaking all the rules. Torn between two lovers, feeling like a fool, Loving you both is breaking all the rules. Loving you both is breaking all the rules... Mary was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she studied classical piano from the age of six. Within eight years, she was singing professionally with a local big band. After attending the University of Minnesota, where she continued singing with Minneapolis and St. Paul groups, Mary began touring the rest of the country with various folk, R&B, and rock bands. It was during one of these national tours that she caught the attention of Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary. Impressed with her double-octave range, Yarrow invited her to join him on a national tour as a backup vocalist. His next step was putting her voice on vinyl: Mary was heard singing backup on Yarrow's Love Songs album. Her blossoming vocal talent led to her first solo endeavor, produced by Yarrow, the fateful "Torn Between Two Lovers." "I never liked the song too much, and I still don't," said Mary. "There are just some songs I like, and some I don't, and this is one of them. Peter and I had a very long relationship. We're both very emotional people, and whenever we got together it was a very volatile experience. Sometimes it was positive, sometimes negative, and on this particular song we had a lot of fights. Was it really good? Was it going to make it? We had a lot of discussions about this song. "For me to sing anything, I have to get emotionally involved. That's what really makes it for me. I didn't like 'Torn' mostly because it was boring to sing. It's a real 'sleeper' kind of ballad. Peter thought it was a real statement, and he wanted it to happen. He wanted a woman to sing it, and he wanted that woman to be me. "I recorded the song in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, while standing in a bathroom. It was a room that was actually part of the studio, just sort of built-in there. They had a boom stand with a microphone on the end of it. The boom was in the studio, and the mike kind of stuck in through the door, hanging over the mirror. It was a tiny little room, but I finally worked things around so I didn't have to stare at myself singing. It's a great place. You get a lot of natural echo in bathrooms." Mary was trembling when she recorded her big song, and not from the studio air conditioning. At the time, she'd been happily married for five years, and just the thought of being unfaithful to her husband, Don, was traumatic. But then came stardom, and the hopes, pressures, fears, and disappointments that come with it. on May 25, 1978, Mary filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences." Her next release -- a flop -- was called "Memories." "A lot of people are torn between two lovers," said Mary, "or have been, or will be. The single itself must have touched a lot of them, because it sold more than two million copies worldwide." "Torn Between Two Lovers" began its rise in November 1976, finally peaking at number one in February 1977. It put Mary in the spotlight -- for the moment -- but ruined her career singing advertising jingles. Living on her central California ranch where she raises horses and writes songs, Mary looked back at her moment in the spotlight. She says the song ultimately proved to be a strain -- "not because I was sleeping with someone else, but because I was living with my career instead of with him. But those things happen." "Now I'm in a dilemma because I'm too well known to return to being an anonymous singer for a bank, but I'm not well known enough to get bookings. I never thought about being a success until 'Torn.' I was trying to make a career out of doing commercials. Now I can't. "Success is so fickle," she warned. "You're only as good as you're next hit." Mary would never repeat the commercial success of "Torn," however she did crack the Top 40 one more time before the end of the decade with "Good Friend," which was featured on the soundtrack of the Bill Murray comedy Meatballs. 발췌 : http://www.superseventies.com/1977_7singles.html Gloomy Sunday 이 영화도 양다리를 얘기하는 거 아닐까요? 오늘은 이 영화를 꼭 봐야 겠다.... 1976년에 발표된 곡이고, Carpenters 풍의 냄새가 많이 나는듯 하지만, 그러고 보니 ABBA나 Carpenters, 그리고 Mary Macgregor 이렇게 셋의 목소리가 비슷하다는 느낌이 드는 것은 무엇이랄까, 당시 미국에서는 이런 목소리가 대세였던것 같다. 지금처럼 힘있고 기교있는 디바형 목소리나 끈끈한 그런 스타일 보다는. 아... 노래에서는 한 여자가 두 남자 사이에서 이러지도 저러지도 못하는군. 여자가 사랑하는 사람, 그리고 여자를 사랑하는 사람. 두 사람을 한꺼번에 사랑할 수 없으면서도 남자의 입장에서 느껴지는건... 변명과도 같은 내용이라고 생각이지만 알 수 없네. 감미로운 목소리 속에 담겨진 내용은... Torn Between Two Lovers"(미안해요 양다리에요 -.-;;) Mary MacGregor의 노래 가사를 들으면 남자로서는 부화가 치미는 곡이다. 하지만 매리 맥그리거의 음색을 실어서 들으면 곡 자체는 나쁘지가 않다. 당시 빌보드에서 1위를 하고 내려갔다 다시 1위를 탈환했던 몇 안되는 곡중 하나였지. I Love you 먼저 하고 뒤통수 치는 노래, 내가 필요하였고 사랑하는 다른 남자가 있지만 그렇다고 당신을 덜 사랑하는 것은 아니라는 저 뻔뻔함, 당신이 뒤돌아 떠나도 원망하지는 않겠지만. 그래도 내심 머물러 주기를 바란다는 양다리 최고봉의 노래였다 . 어쩌면 아직도 반복되는 너무 자주 일어나는 일이고 일이 였기에 가사의 전달이 남얘기 같지 않아서인지 이 곡은 아주 큰 히트를 기록했지... 한 여인이 두 남자를 동시에 사랑하며 느끼는 갈등과 고뇌를 담고 있는 이 곡은 77년도 매리 맥그리거(Mary MacGregor)가 데뷔하면서 발표한 것으로서, 빌보드 차트 연속 3주 정상을 차지했다. 원래는 국내에서도 잘 알려진 혼성 3인조 그룹 피터, 폴, 매리(Peter, Paul & Mary)의 피터 옐로우가 만든 곡으로, 배우인 진추하가 노래하기도 하였다. 매리 맥그리거의 곡이 좋지만 진추하의 동양적인 보이스 칼라는 색다른 느낌을 준다. <가사> 한 여인이 자신의 마음을 고백해야만 할 때가 있지요. 자신은 잘 알고 있지만 그것은 얼마나 괴로운지 몰라요. 내가 다른 말을 할지라도, 당신을 사랑하고 당신 품에 안기고 싶다는 말로 들어주세요. 나는 다른 남자를 사랑하고 있지만, 그는 당신만 못해요. 그는 나를 독점할 수 없음을 알고 있었고, 또 나를 독점하려고도 하지 않았습니다. 오직 내 마음 한 구석의 텅 빈 곳을 메꾸어 주었을 뿐입니다. 나는 바보같이 두 연인 사이에서 고통을 당하고 있습니다. 두 연인을 사랑한다는 것을 모든 규율의 파괴라는 것도 모르고. 다른 남자가 있다는 이유 하나 만으로 나를 잃었다고 생각하지 마세요. 당신은 나의 진실한 첫 사랑이었습니다. 그리고 전에 당신에게 했던 말들은 지금까지 조금도 변하지 않았습니다. 아무도 나의 사랑을 당신만큼 받은 사람은 없었습니다. 당신이 돌아서 가버린다 해도 나는 당신을 원망할 수 없습니다. 그러나 당신이 내 곁에 머물러 주기를 나는 진심으로 원하고 있습니다. 출처 : 인터넷 여기저기 잘생긴 꾀꼬리 꽃미남 리차드강 어리버리 돈키호테.