【搬运】【译】Gloria Gaynor 1977年单曲“I Will Survive”（allmusic网站乐评）

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原作者：Jason Ankeny

翻译：ConigliaFolle

校对：Tyler Smith

排版：Lynn Liu

The ultimate diva anthem. Equal parts dancefloor juggernaut and Broadway show-stopper, Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" remains the disco era's definitive expression of feminine empowerment, a gloriously over-the-top celebration of strength, independence, and finger-wagging defiance in the face of heartbreak and loss. Gaynor didn't need to look far for inspiration: After scoring her first hit, 1974's "Never Can Say Goodbye," she was crowned the Queen of Disco, but subsequent singles stiffed and soon her throne was usurped by Donna Summer. From there it got worse: While performing in Europe in the spring of 1978, Gaynor slipped off the stage, suffering a severe spinal injury that kept her bedridden for nine months; around the same time, she lost her mother as well. Upon leaving the hospital, she teamed with the writing and production duo of Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris to create "I Will Survive." A declaration of resilience and phoenix-like rebirth in the wake of a lover's betrayal, as a triumph of the spirit the song boasts so much attitude and sass that it veers dangerously close to pure camp -- Gaynor wrings every last drop of drama from the lyrics, bolstered by a sweeping string arrangement ripped directly from the show tune tradition. Promoted by Polydor as "More than a hit -- it's a way of life," "I Will Survive" was also adopted as a gay rights anthem on its way to topping the pop charts for three weeks in 1979, and when given new life on the soundtrack of the 1994 drag-queen comedy The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, it reached number one in Australia 15 years after its original release.

Gloria Gaynor的 "I Will Survive"可谓是最棒的天后的神曲，具有霸占舞池和终结百老汇音乐剧的能力，并且它还保留了迪斯科时代女性力量的坚定发声，以及对力量、独立以及坚强面对心碎与痛失所爱的至高赞赏。Gaynor在过去是不需要寻找太多灵感的：从她于1974年发布第一首单曲 "Never Can Say Goodbye"后，她就成为了迪斯科天后，但之后的单曲反响大不如前，她的天后之位也被Donna Summer夺走。从那之后事情变得越发糟糕：她在1978年春进行欧洲巡演时从舞台上摔了下去，这使她遭受到了严重的脊椎损伤并且卧床九个月；在这期间她的母亲也去世了。出院后，她与创制二人组 Freddie Perren和Dino Fekaris联手写出了 "I Will Survive"。这是她自己涅槃重生的宣告序曲，也是因爱人背叛而生的觉醒之作，吹响了精神胜利的号角，它的态度十分明确，甚至有过度女权的倾向——Gaynor在歌词中极尽戏剧化之能事，气势宏大的弦乐编配也使歌曲从俗套中跳脱出来。宝丽多唱片公司给这首歌写的宣传语是“不仅仅是大热单曲——也是一种生活方式”，与此同时，它也被许多同性恋者定为争取自身权益的主题曲，于1979年称霸流行榜首三周，后来，因为被1994年的喜剧电影《沙漠妖姬》选用，该曲焕发新生，在发行15年后登顶澳大利亚榜单。