『San Francisco Bay』는 1979년 발매된 영국의 Rock Group
「Smokie」6번째 앨범 〈The Other Side Of The Road〉에
수록된 곡으로 오스트리아, 노르웨이 차트 7위, 독일 차트 17위에
랭크되었으며, 싱글로 발매되었지만 차트 진입에는 실패하였는데,
이 곡은 그들의 마지막 유럽 Top 10 진입 곡이 되었습니다.
1970년대 후반에서 1980년대 초반까지 우리에게 짧은 시간 동안
존재하면서 'ABBA', 'Boney M', 'Queen' 등과 함께 국내 에서
가장 큰 사랑을 받았던 그룹 「스모키 Smokie」 .....
1970년대 중반부터 1980년대까지 "Living Next Door To Alice",
"Don't Play Rock'n Roll To Me", "Mexican Girl", "What Can
I Do?", "I'll Meet You At Midnight" 등으로 라디오 채널을 도배
하다시피 했으며, 이들의 베스트 음반은 지금 까지도 꾸준히 팔리는
스테디 셀러 반열에 올랐습니다.
국내에서는 '비틀스(Beatles)'를 능가하는 인기를 누렸던 그룹
「Smokie」는 보컬인 Chris Norman의 허스키하고, 호소력 넘치는
목소리와 이를 정교하게 받치는 모든 멤버의 완벽한 백 보컬
하모니로 우리나라 팝 역사상에 LP판으로 최초 100만 장 이상의
판매 고를 올린 그룹이면서 올드 팝 팬들에게 지금까지 어쩌면
Legend 그룹으로 남아있다 하겠습니다.
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Maybe I'm a loner, Maybe I'm a man,
Maybe I'm a fool,
But tried to understand.
I've been a dreamer,
And I've been around,
And I've spent my time
In many lonesome towns.
I used to know a woman,
I used to know a child,
Sometimes she was so gentle,
Sometimes she'd be so wild.
I gave her all my lovin'
And I gave her all my youth,
So certain of the future,
So sure we found the truth.
San Francisco Bay,
Where my love and I did run away,
We were looking for another day,
But we couldn't find the words to say...
San Francisco Bay,
All the flowers that we gave away,
Didn't know our sky was turning gray,
We were so young in San Francisco Bay.
So you see my darling,
Just why I've been so strange,
I've had so many heartaches,
It's hard for me to change.
So when you talk of lovin',
And going away with me,
I still can't help remembering
The way things used to be...
San Francisco Bay,
Where my love and I did run away,
We were looking for another day,
But we couldn't find the words to say...
San Francisco Bay,
All the flowers that we gave away,
Didn't know our sky was turinng gray,
We were so young in San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco Bay,
Where my love and I did run away,
We were looking for another day,
But we couldn't find the words to say...
San Francisco Bay,
All the flowers that we gave away,
Didn't know our sky was turinng gray,
We were so young in San Francisco Bay.