Xanadu電影(4) – 提倡求同存異的Dancin

在Xanadu電影中有一首很奇怪的歌，它是專為電影的情節，而非為了灌唱片而作的，名為Dancin。這首歌的奇特編排，至今似乎未有同樣意念而效果勝過它的。

故事講到Kira牽線令場館業主Danny和Sonny合作打做心中的表演場地，可是他們的構想卻不一樣，Danny想設立懷舊色彩的歌舞節目而Sonny想的卻是搖滾音樂。於是Dancin這歌首先演繹三人女聲懷舊合唱，繼而表現搖滾風格的樂隊唱風，基本上絕對是兩隻不同的歌，可是最後竟然可以把兩首歌融合在一起唱，而兩隻歌的舞者也完全走在一起合跳，精彩的表現出Danny和Sonny求同存異的情節。

現今從新把這歌一聽，不無感概，當下的香港民眾存在的分歧，本來就應該是這樣的追求融合。如果Danny和Sonny像我們般各持己見，對方一定是錯的，也做不成搭檔了，即是連Kira都「神仙難救」。

在音樂劇版本當然也不會放過這首歌，而且不需要大堆頭，就算只是數個人，只要歌和舞步能夠成功表現出兩種風格的歌結合後的水乳交融效果，就會非常好看。以下所選的是百老匯的當年的現場演出，的確很成功的表現出這效果來，尤其最後回到只得Danny和Sonny呆立在暇想中的狀態，安排確是良佳：

Anybody blue

Anybody needin' someone too

Anyone feelin' cold,

No one there

You can hold

Don't wait to get old and gray

I'm gonna blow all the clouds away

'Cos there is nothing I would rather do

Forget about the blues tonight,

Sweet thing

Forget about the rules tonight

Sweet thing

I wanna dance with you

Until the sun comes creepin' through

I wanna dance with you

I won't stop pleasin' you

Ah...

[Rock:]

Lover I want to let you know

I won't take a back seat

Ain't willin' to let you go

I won't take a back seat

Don't wanna hear what you want

It's gotta be all my way

And I'm makin' sure you stay to see

Lover

I won't take a back seat tonight

Oooh...

Lover gettin' on my two feet tonight

Oooh...

Got some dancin' to do

Got some dancin' to do

Got some dancin' to do,

Got some dancin' to do

(Both:)

 Aaah...

Forget about the blues (Lover) tonight, (I won't take a back seat tonight)

Sweet thing (Oooh)

Forget about the rules (Lover) tonight (gettin' on my two feet tonight)

Sweet thing (Oooh)

I wanna dance with you..(Got some dancin' to do)

Until the sun comes creepin' through (Got some dancin' to do)

I wanna dance with you (Got some dancin' to do)

I won't stop pleasin' you (Got some dancin' to do)

Ah...