新西兰旅游广告选用了一首经典歌曲《Forever Young》,原作是德国的一个乐队,后经澳大利亚一支著名乐队制作,最后由新西兰当地的摇滚乐队Pluto翻唱。
电影《大人物拿破仑》的插曲--Forever Young
音域宽广,歌词真挚动人。是Alphaville最为有名的歌曲。成熟忧郁的男声,极富感伤、极致梦幻华丽、甚至带有几丝颓废色彩的电子乐。歌曲唱出年轻人的心声:年轻就是资本,年轻代表活力,因为年轻,所以我们可以挑战、放肆、蔑视传统;因为年轻,宁愿轰轰烈烈的死去,也不愿平淡的老死……
Forever Young
电影《Napoleon Dynamite》
(大人物拿破仑)插曲
Let's dance in style
让我们跳个最流行的舞
Let's dance for a while
让我们尽情舞蹈
Heaven can wait
让天堂会为我们等候
We're only watching the skies
我们只需仰望天空
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
我们保持乐观的态度但预料最坏的结果
Are you going to drop the bomb or not
你是否觉得自己会不会就像定时炸弹随时爆炸
Let us die young or let us live forever
让我们年轻时死去或者永生
We don't have the power but we never say never
我们没有力量但永不放弃
Sitting in a sandpit
坐在沙坑上
Life is a short trip
生命就像一次短暂的旅行
The music is for the sad men
音乐是属于悲伤的人们
Can you imagine when this race is won
你能否想像这场赛跑胜利的时候
Turn our golden2 faces into the sun
将我们金色的面孔面向太阳
Praising our leaders
我们歌颂领导者
We're getting in tune3
我们和谐的歌唱着
The music is played by the mad men
音乐由疯狂的人们演奏
Forever young
永远年轻
I want to be forever young
我想永远年轻
Do you really want to live forever
你是否真的希望永远年轻
Forever
永远
and ever
永远
Forever young
永远年轻
I want to be forever young
我想永远年轻
Do you really want to live forever
你是否真的希望永远年轻
Forever young
永远年轻
Some are like water some are like the heat
有些人似水般柔情,有些人如火般热情
Some are a melody4 and some are the beat
有些人如旋律般悠扬,有些人像节奏般规距
Sooner or later they all will be gone
迟早他们都会离去
Why don't they stay young?
为什么他们不能永远年轻呢
It's so hard to get old without a cause
没有理由的老去是很难以接受的
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
我不想像衰老的马般死去
Youth is like diamonds in the sun
青春就像阳光下的钻石般璀璨
And diamonds are forever
而钻石是永恒的
So many adventures couldn't happen today
有很多冒险无法经历
So many songs we forgot to play
有很多歌曲已被我们遗忘
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
许多梦想在蔚蓝的天空之下迸发
We'll let them come true
我们会让它们成真
Forever young
永远年轻
I want to be forever young
我想永远年轻
Do you really want to live forever
你是否真的希望永远年轻
Forever
永远
and ever
永远
Forever young
永远年轻
I want to be forever young
我想永远年轻
Do you really want to live forever
你是否真的希望永远年轻
Forever
永远
and ever
永远
Forever young
永远年轻
I want to be forever young
我想永远年轻
Do you really want to live forever
你是否真的希望永远年轻
Forever young
永远年轻
I want to be forever young
我想永远年轻
Do you really want to live forever
你是否真的希望永远年轻
Forever
永远
and ever
永远
Forever young
永远年轻
I want to be forever young
我想永远年轻
Do you really want to live forever
你是否真的希望永远年轻
Forever young
永远年轻
I want to be forever young
我想永远年轻
Do you really want to live forever
你是否真的希望永远年轻
Forever young
永远年轻