Lyric Translation: True Thoughts

Lyricist: Tom Jones

Composer: Harvey Schmidt

Singer: The Brothers Four

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Singer profile:

The Brothers Four is one of the oldest American folk bands. It was founded in the late 1950s, even before the Beatles became famous. The band was composed of four University of Washington students, Bob Flick, John Paine, Mike Kirkand and Dick Foley. The songs sung by the band have always been traditional popular folk songs. Most of their music is based on guitar accompaniment and is slow and slow. Sung in perfect four-part harmony, it is so beautiful and moving that you will never tire of listening to it.

The band has been together for more than 40 years, and has always sang traditional popular folk songs. The music of the "Four Brothers" choir mostly uses acoustic acoustic guitar, wooden bass, banjo, and mantle. Accompanied by perfect four-part harmony. Whether it is an adaptation of folk songs from the Appalachian region of the United States or a reinterpretation of the works of today's singer-songwriters, the "Four Brothers" Chorus has always maintained their mellow, melodious and professional singing style. It can be said that their music is an eternal classic in American music and is widely loved by people all over the world. In the 1950s, four young boys from Washington State University never dreamed that they would tour the world for concerts and have millions of sales. Platinum albums, high exposure on network television and a concert at the White House. In a short period of time, the members of the "Four Brothers Choir" put down their books and entered the entertainment industry. Their lives changed as a result, their dreams became reality, and they sent beautiful music to all over the world.

Since the 1960s, the "Four Brothers Choir" has held thousands of campus concerts, sung for four presidents of the United States, performed at countless community gatherings, and collaborated with a wide range of people. , including classical symphony orchestras and well-known jazz singers, and touring performances in many overseas countries at the same time, and is a music goodwill ambassador representing the United States.

Their most familiar song to Chinese people should be "Try to Remember", which is a veritable "old" song published in 1965. In "City of Glass", Try to Remember sounds over and over again, and many people know it from here. The special thing about this song is that even if you listen to it for the first time, you will feel like you have seen it before. Maybe it’s because what I sing about is memories.

The four brothers formed the singing group at the end of the Korean War in the United States, and shortly after joining the Vietnam War in 1955. The Vietnam War was the war with the largest number of participants and the largest number of casualties in the United States since World War II. This war had a profound impact on the United States, and domestic anti-war sentiment in the United States has always been strong.

Many of the songs of the Four Brothers singing group were expressions of the anti-war sentiment in the United States at that time. They used sad folk songs to sing about the shortness of life, joys and sorrows, cemeteries, and separation. I miss the ordinary people who were sent to the battlefield and never came back.

The love sung in the lyrics seems to be around but fleeting. Remote, romantic, helpless. There is a kind of sadness and helplessness everywhere. Each folk song seems to tell a story, a pain that many families have experienced. So much so that the lyrics of many beautiful melodies have a heart-touching poignancy.

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