"California Dreamin'" is a popular song by The Mamas & the Papas,first released in 1965.The song is #89 in Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[1] The lyrics of the song are about a man in a cold winter landscape longing for the warmth of California.
According to John Phillips in a Bravo documentary,and Michelle Phillips in an NPR piece,the song was written in 1963 while they were living in New York.He dreamed about the song and woke her up to help him write it.At the time,the Phillipses were members of the folk group The New Journeymen which evolved into The Mamas & the Papas.
They earned their first record contract after being introduced to Lou Adler,the head of Dunhill Records,by the singer Barry McGuire.In thanks to Adler,they sang the backing vocals to "California Dreamin'" on McGuire's album This Precious Time.The Mamas and the Papas then recorded their own version,using the same instrumental and backing vocal tracks to which they added new vocals[2] and an alto flute solo by Bud Shank.McGuire's original vocal can be briefly heard on the left channel at the beginning of the record,having not been completely wiped.[3] The single was released in late 1965 but it was not an immediate breakthrough.After gaining little attention in Los Angeles upon its release,Michelle Phillips remembers that it took a radio station in Boston to break the song nationwide.[4] By early 1966,the song peaked at #4 and stayed on the charts for 17 weeks."California Dreaming" and "The Ballad Of The Green Berets" sharply divided the popular music market in March 1966.
再问： 还有中文意思，拜托
再答： 这是一首很轻快的老民谣。爸爸妈妈的加州之梦。 The Mamas & The Papas（爸爸妈妈）演唱的主要作品均出自菲力普斯之手。他很会写旋律，更擅长配和声。埃德勒为他们请来了洛杉矶最好的棚虫，录制了一张名为《如果你能相信你的耳朵和眼睛》（If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears）的专辑，并推出单曲《加州之梦》(California Dreamin’)和《星期一、星期一》（Monday Monday）。虽然乐队的风格并不是典型的民歌摇滚，而是一种带有民歌风味的流行音乐，但这并不妨碍这两首单曲都成了热门歌曲，后者还登上了排行榜的第一名。爸爸妈妈们一下子出名了。 可能不是有很多人听说过这个组合，不过看过《重庆森林》或者是《阿甘正传》的话就应该记得《California Dreamin'》这首歌曲。这个声音就是来自于The Mamas & the Papas。通俗的曲式，唯美的人声，这是the Mamas & the Papas乐队给你的一个率意的黎明，在那片走不出的重庆森林里，有一个姑娘也曾经和我们一起为梦中的加洲手舞足蹈。“All the leaves are brown, and the sky in gray。I've been for a walk, on a winter's day。”灰冷暗淡的冬日风露中，一曲畅快的'California Dreamin' ，将我们带到温暖和煦的阳光海岸。 二十世纪六十年代中期，The Mamas & the Papas在正出现的反文化潮流和广阔的流行市场间搭起了一座桥梁。在他们热情奔放、和谐美妙的音乐中，以民谣摇滚为基音，伴随着他们独特的形象和生活方式，因而非常易于被推广接受。1964年，乐队在加州成立。当时的成员为John Phillips和妻子Michelle、Cass Elliott、Denny Doherty。1965年，乐队受雇于Dunhill唱片公司，负责给公司旗下艺人伴唱。有感於该乐队的努力工作和John Phillips超凡的作曲天赋——“California Dreamin‘”(加州之梦)，公司和他们签了约。乐队在1966年推出了单曲“California Dreaming”，在排行榜排名第4，共售出了100万张。同年，“Monday, Monday”、“I Saw Her Again”都先后进入排行榜前5名。 尽管音乐在当时的西海岸反文化潮流的冲击下变得十分抽象，但The Mamas & the Papas却将大众流行化和严肃音乐的内涵在他们的作品中巧妙地结合起来。1967年，乐队因在“Monday, Monday”中的出色演绎获得了当年葛莱美最佳创作、年度最佳流行乐队两个奖项，6月，乐队参加了西海岸举办的蒙特利流行音乐节。
