Don't Cry For Me Argentina Sung By Donna Summer (1981)
This won't be easy, you'll think it's strange When I try to explain how I feel That I still need your love After all that I've done
You won't believe me All you will see is a girl you once knew Although she's dressed up to nines At sixes and sevens with you
I had to let it happen, I had to change Couldn't stay all my life down at heel Looking out of the window Staying out of the sun
So I choose freedom Running around, trying everything new But nothing impressed me at all, But I never expected it too
Don't cry for me, Argentina The truth is I never left you All through my wild days, my mad existence I kept my promise, don't keep your distance
And as for fortune, and as for fame I never invited them in Though it appeared to the world They were all I desired
They are illusions They're not the solutions they promised to be The answer was here all the time I love you, and hope you love me
- interlude -
Don't cry for me, Argentina The truth is I never left you All through my wild days, my mad existence I kept my promise, don't keep your distance I kept my promise, don't keep your distance
영화 'Evita'(1996)의 타이틀 롤을 잽싸게 거머쥔 마돈나가 불러 더욱 유명해진 노래
'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' - 영화에 나온 이 장면은 자주 볼 수 있지만,
왕년의 정상급 싱어-송라이터 Donna Summer가 부르는
동영상은 그리 흔치 않기에 머리로 올려 본다.
1970~80년대 '디스코의 여왕' (Queen of Disco)으로 불리며
팝과 댄스곡, R&B, 록큰롤 등의 장르에서 수 많은 히트곡으로
인기를 모았던 도나 서머(1945~ Boston)는 여러 차례 그래미상을 탔고
명예의 전당에도 몇번 헌정되었다.
락뮤직 그래미상을 받은 최초의 흑인가수 등 여러개의 '최초' 기록도 보유한 그는
내년에 낼 새 앨범을 준비하는 등 아직도 열심히 노래하고 있다.
