Gladys Knight，美國老牌 R&B 名歌手。她迷人渾厚的嗓音，在六十及七十年代擄獲了廣大歌迷的心。她的歌唱，主要以團體「Gladys Knight & the Pips」呈現。所謂「Pips」，即三位黑人男士，通常站在她身後，一邊和聲，一邊隨著音樂節奏擺動，十分有韻味。
昨天突然想聽這首經典名曲，於是上 youtube 逛，沒料到撞見這版。一看之下大驚，連忙要小熊過來同享。原來這是美國選秀節目 American Idol 的片段，除了主唱不變外，那三位 Pips 居然是...... Ben Stiller, Jack Black 和 Robert Downey Jr 三位喜劇泰斗！居然表演得有模有樣，假裝正經還挺像一回事，超級搞笑之作，看得我們捧腹不已、暴笑如雷。
這首歌，其實愁苦悲愴到一個不行哩。反差之大，極為滑稽高明。
L.A. proved too much for the man,
So he's leavin' the life he's come to know,
He said he's goin' back to find
Ooh, what's left of his world,
The world he left behind
Not so long ago.
He's leaving,
On that midnight train to Georgia,
And he's goin' back
To a simpler place and time.
And I'll be with him
On that midnight train to Georgia,
I'd rather live in his world
Than live without him in mine.
He kept dreamin'
That someday he'd be a star.
But he sure found out the hard way
That dreams don't always come true.
So he pawned all his hopesand he even sold his old car
Bought a one way ticket
To the life he once knew,
Oh yes he did,
He said he wouldBe leavin
On that midnight train to Georgia,
And he's goin' back
To a simpler place and time.
And I'll be with him
On that midnight train to Georgia,
I'd rather live in his world
Than live without him in mine.
Go, gonna board, gonna board,
Gonna board the midnight train.
Gotta go, gonna board
Gonna board
Gonna board the midnight train
(repeat, fade)
