Name: 錯誤也能讓歌更好聽？！讓音樂驚豔的魔法！ (When Mistakes Improve the Song)
Uploaded: 2026-03-22T21:44:36.000Z
Duration: 17 min 20 s

I want to start off today by telling you about one of my favorite moments in the entirety of recorded music.

今天想先跟大家分享一個我最喜歡的音樂錄製時刻。

It happens in Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash's take on Girl from the north country from Dylan's 1969 album Nashville Skyline.

這出現在 Bob Dylan 和 Johnny Cash 翻唱的〈Girl from the north country〉裡，收錄在 Dylan 1969 年的專輯 Nashville Skyline。

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Now, I know there's a lot of people that prefer Dylan's solo version of the song from a few years earlier, and

其實我知道很多人更喜歡 Dylan 幾年前的獨唱版本，

that song is a masterpiece in its own right.

But the version with Cash has always held a special place in my heart.

但 Cash 參與的版本一直在我心中佔有特別的位置。

It's one of those songs that'll just melt you.

這就是那種會讓你瞬間融化的歌。

The recording is so warm, tinged with melancholy and nostalgia.

錄音聽起來非常溫暖，帶著一絲憂鬱和懷舊感。

Dylan's smooth croon and Cash's rasp tinged baritone transport you into this world of love and woe if you're traveling to the North Country Fair.

Dylan 溫柔的吟唱和 Cash 粗獷的男中音，會把你帶進這個充滿愛與悲傷的世界，彷彿你正前往北方鄉村市集。

But the moment that really sends it over the top comes at the start of the second chorus.

但真正讓這首歌昇華的時刻，出現在第二段副歌的開頭。

After each taking a verse, Cash and Dylan join together for the chorus, and

在各自唱完一段主歌後，Cash 和 Dylan 一起進入副歌，

halfway through this, Please say hello to the one who lives there.

唱到一半的時候，跟住在那裡的人打個招呼。

This little error creates a brief but tangible moment of awkward dissonance.

這個小小的錯誤製造了一個短暫但真實的尷尬不協調感。

It passes as fast as it comes on, with Dylan pulling back and deferring to the age and experience of Cash before the two fall in sync for the chorus again.

它來得快去得也快，Dylan 稍微退後，將機會讓給更有經驗的 Cash，然後兩人才再次合拍進入副歌。

孩子，她曾經是我真正的摯愛。

It's an undeniable mistake, but it's one that was deliberately left in the final recording, and

這是一個無可否認的錯誤，但它卻被刻意保留在最後的錄音裡，而且

The strength of Girl from the north country isn't in clean polish, it's in raw authenticity.

《Girl from the north country》這首歌的強項不在於乾淨的潤飾，而在於真實的本質。

The song feels like two old friends playing, playing a guitar and singing together in a cabin in the woods.

這首歌聽起來就像兩位老朋友在樹林的小木屋裡一起彈吉他唱歌。

It's a wistful, playful energy that makes the piece feel removed from time, which is particularly impressive when you remember that it was recorded on the tumultuous backdrop of 1969.

那種惆悵又俏皮的能量，讓這首歌感覺超脫時間，尤其當你想到它是在動盪的 1969 年錄製的，這點更令人印象深刻。

I don't think it would have felt that way if it was perfect.

我覺得如果它是完美的，就不會有這種感覺了。

I think the slight awkwardness to the guitar, the slight dissonance in the vocals, and

我認為吉他裡那一點點的生澀、人聲裡那一點點的不和諧，

especially that little lyrical stumble are the greatest strengths of the song.

還有那個小小的歌詞失誤，才是這首歌最棒的優點。

I want to look at tiny errors that by accident or choice, are left in the final versions of songs.

我想看看那些因為意外或刻意，被保留在歌曲最終版本的微小瑕疵。

And I want to explore how and why these choices make songs better.

我想探討這些選擇是如何以及為何讓歌曲變得更好。

Girl from the north country isn't the only notable mistake in Bob Dylan's expansive discography.

《Girl from the north country》並不是 Bob Dylan 浩瀚作品中唯一一個值得注意的錯誤。

Another one of my favorites came a few years earlier, when Dylan was recording his seminal album Bringing It All Back Home, during an early take of Bob Dylan's 115th dream.

我最喜歡的另一個例子出現在幾年前，當時 Dylan 正在錄製他開創性的專輯《Bringing It All Back Home》，在《Bob Dylan's 115th dream》的早期錄音版本中。

Dylan giggles off the top and the entire studio descends into a fit of laughter.

Dylan 在開頭笑了出來，整個錄音室也跟著哈哈大笑。

I was riding on the Mayflower when I thought I spied some lips.

我搭著五月花號，覺得好像看到了一些嘴脣。

The song then picks up with a proper take where the band joins in.

接著歌曲進入了正確的錄音段落，樂團也跟著加入。

I was riding on the Mayflow and I thought I spot some land.

我搭著五月花號，覺得好像看到了一些陸地。

This is actually two different takes from two different days, so spliced together.

這其實是兩天不同錄音的組合，所以被剪接在一起了。

So the mistake isn't as organic as it might seem.

所以這個錯誤不像看起來那麼自然。

But the decision to include the earlier flubbed intro is absolutely the right one.

但決定保留前面那個出槌的開頭，絕對是正確的。

There's something so unguarded and real about Dylan's giggling.

Dylan 那種毫無防備、真實的笑聲，真的很有味道。

It's a mask off moment from a performer who is famously cryptic.

這是一個表演者卸下心防的時刻，他一向很神祕。

It immediately puts you in this loose, light mind frame, preparing you for the surreal caper of a track that's about to follow.

這立刻讓你進入一種輕鬆、輕快的思緒，為接下來這首超現實的歌曲做準備。

I asked the captain what his name was and how come he didn't drive a truck.

我問船長他叫什麼名字，還有為什麼他不開卡車。

The flubbed intro is one of the more common mistakes you'll see left in a song, because it's often quite easy to edit around.

那個搞砸的開頭是歌曲中比較常見會被保留的錯誤之一，因為它通常很容易剪掉。

One of the most well known examples is Green Day's Good Riddance.

其中一個最知名的例子就是 Green Day 的 Good Riddance。

Again, this flub gives a moment of raw realness, but

再次強調，這個小失誤帶來了一個真實的時刻，但

it also serves as a preemptive bit of comic relief before a song that's much heavier than Green Day's usual fare.

它也像是在這首比 Green Day 平常風格還要沉重的歌曲之前，預先來點幽默感。

For me, there's a kind of earnesty in it too, as though Billie Joe Armstrong realizes that this song is important and is really trying to nail it.

對我來說，這其中也有一種認真感，好像 Billie Joe Armstrong 意識到這首歌很重要，並且真的在努力把它唱好。

It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right.

這有點出乎意料，但最終卻是正確的。

I hope you had the D. Not every mistaken intro needs a restart, though.

希望你懂了。並不是每個搞砸的開頭都需要重來。

Sometimes artists will just play their way through the mistake and change the song in the process.

有時候，藝人會直接彈奏下去，並在過程中改變歌曲。

That's what the Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts did on Start Me up, where he clearly has trouble finding the one right off the top.

這就是滾石樂團鼓手 Charlie Watts 在〈Start Me Up〉中做的事，他一開始明顯找不到拍子。

This mistake leads to a bit of a stilted intro, which immediately falls into place in immensely satisfying fashion before the verse starts.

這個錯誤造就了一個有點生硬的開頭，但在主歌開始前，卻以一種令人極度滿意的方式順利接軌。

Watts came from a background of jazz, so it's not really a surprise he played through the mistake.

Watts 來自爵士樂背景，所以他彈錯了還繼續彈下去並不令人意外。

Jazz has a long history of embracing mistakes and going with the flow.

爵士樂有著擁抱錯誤、順其自然的悠久歷史。

In fact, Miles Davis would tell you that there's no such thing as a mistake.

事實上，Miles Davis 會告訴你，根本沒有所謂的錯誤。

He famously said, it's not the note you play that's the wrong note, it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.

他曾說過一句名言：錯的不是你彈的那個音，而是你下一個彈的音才決定了它是對是錯。

Herbie Hancock tells a story about one show in particular in Stuttgart, Germany, where he played a wrong chord and Davis changed his playing to Harmonize with Hancock's chord.

Herbie Hancock 講述了一個在德國斯圖加特演出的故事，他彈錯了一個和絃，而 Davis 改變了他的演奏來配合 Hancock 的和絃。

Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, we don't know if there's a recording of that exact performance.

不幸的是，據我所知，我們不知道有沒有那個確切演出的錄音。

But we do have another infamous mistake from a jazz great in Germany.

但我們還有另一位德國爵士巨星的著名失誤。

During a 1960 performance of Mack the Knife in Berlin, Ella Fitzgerald fully forgets the lyrics to the song.

在1960年於柏林演出《Mack the Knife》時，Ella Fitzgerald 完全忘記了歌詞。

Unfazed, she trucks on and improvises her own verse about not knowing the song.

她臨危不亂，繼續即興創作了一段關於自己不知道歌的歌詞。

喔，這首歌的下一段副歌是什麼？

This is just absolutely charming and makes you fall even more in love with Ella Fitzgerald.

這真的太迷人了，讓你更愛Ella Fitzgerald。

It underlines the fun, light energy of her music and really sends the performance home.

它突顯了她音樂中有趣、輕鬆的能量，也讓整場演出畫下完美句點。

Forgotten and messed up lyrics are quite common in live recordings, but

忘詞和唱錯歌詞在現場錄音中很常見，但

they can also be found in plenty of studio recordings.

在許多錄音室錄音裡也找得到。

And in some occasions, these lyrical mistakes will actually change the meaning of the song.

有時候，這些歌詞上的錯誤反而會改變歌曲的意思。

The Beatles Obla di o bla da sings about domestic bliss between a couple named Desmond and Molly Jones.

The Beatles 的〈Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da〉唱的是一對名叫 Desmond 和 Molly Jones 的夫妻之間的家庭幸福。

But in the fourth verse, a lyrical mistake adds an odd little twist to the song.

但在第四段，一個歌詞錯誤為這首歌增添了一個奇怪的小轉折。

This line was originally just a single singing mistake by McCartney, but

這句原本只是 McCartney 一個單純的演唱失誤，但

It adds a little bit of transgression and a little bit of weirdness to a song that otherwise is often considered one of the Beatles weaker tracks.

它為這首通常被認為是 Beatles 較弱的曲目之一的歌曲，增添了一點點的越軌和一點點的怪異感。

Sometimes things go even further, with lyrics being rewritten around mistakes.

有時候，事情會變得更進一步，歌詞會圍繞著錯誤重新編寫。

That's the case with Iron Butterfly's Inegada de Vita.

Iron Butterfly 的 Inegada de Vita 就是這樣。

Vocalist Doug Engel originally wrote the song after drinking a gallon of wine.

主唱 Doug Engel 最初是在喝了一加侖的酒後寫下這首歌的。

The song was supposed to be called in the Garden of Eden, but

這首歌原本應該叫做 in the Garden of Eden，但是

when a wasted Ingle sang the lyrics to drummer Ron Bushy, he was completely unintelligible.

當爛醉的 Ingle 把歌詞唱給鼓手 Ron Bushy 時，他完全聽不清楚。

So Bushy wrote the lyrics down as the nonsensical Ina gadda de Vita, and it stuck.

所以 Bushy 把歌詞寫成了毫無意義的 Ina gadda de Vita，而且就這樣定下來了。

This meaningless line gave the song a cryptic, vaguely occultic feeling.

這句毫無意義的歌詞為這首歌增添了一種神祕、隱約的神祕感。

And so Ingles drunken slurring helped the song become a key step in the development of heavy metal.

是以，Ingle 醉醺醺的含糊不清幫助這首歌成為重金屬發展的關鍵一步。

In a godda Peter hun, don't you know that I love you?

In a godda Peter hun，你不知道我愛你嗎？

Some of the best mistakes come not from the musicians playing the songs, but

有些最棒的錯誤並非來自演奏歌曲的音樂家，而是

There are frankly too many songs to name, with giggles, curses and accidental ambience caught in the mix.

說實話，歌曲多到數不清，裡面夾雜著笑聲、髒話和意外錄進來的環境音。

Most of these are just kind of interesting little Easter eggs to point out, but

大部分這些都只是有趣的小彩蛋可以指出來，但

there are some that I think genuinely improve the song.

有些我認為真的讓歌曲變得更好。

While recording Roxanne Sting accidentally leaned on a piano, creating a rough, dissonant chord and and then bringing forth a peel of laughter from him.

錄製 Roxanne 時，Sting 不小心靠到鋼琴，發出一個粗糙、不和諧的和絃，接著引發他一陣大笑。

I actually never realized this was a mistake until I was researching this video because I think it fits the song so well.

我其實從來沒意識到這是個錯誤，直到我研究這個影片，因為我覺得它跟這首歌太搭了。

This dissonant chord falls close enough to the bas lick that it feels natural, and

這個不和諧的和絃非常接近貝斯彈奏的樂句，聽起來很自然，而且

the laughter adds a bit of manic, desperate energy that goes well with Sting's vocal performance on the song.

笑聲為歌曲增添了一種狂亂、絕望的能量，很適合 Sting 在這首歌裡的演唱。

On Pink Floyd's Wish youh Were Here, David Gilmour can be heard coughing during the song's intro.

在 Pink Floyd 的 Wish you were Here 這首歌裡，David Gilmour 在歌曲開頭時可以聽到他咳嗽的聲音。

It's an incredibly small detail, but for me it's always underlined the ragged, weary energy of the song.

這是一個非常細微的細節，但對我來說，它總是突顯了這首歌那種粗糙、疲憊的能量。

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