| 词条 | Ventura Highway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Ventura Highway | cover = Ventura_Highway45.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = America | album = Homecoming | B-side = Saturn Nights | released = September 19, 1972 | format = 7" single | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Soft rock,[1] folk rock | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=32}} | label = Warner Bros. | writer = Dewey Bunnell | producer = America | prev_title = I Need You | prev_year = 1972 | next_title = Don't Cross the River | next_year = 1973 }} "Ventura Highway" is a 1972 song by the band America from their album Homecoming. BackgroundDewey Bunnell, the song's vocalist and writer, has said that the lyric "alligator lizards in the air" in the song is a reference to the shapes of clouds in the sky he saw in 1963 while his family was driving down the coast from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, California, where they had a flat tire. While his father changed the tire, he and his brother stood by the side of the road and watched the clouds and saw a road sign for "Ventura".[2]In the booklet for the boxed-set, Highway, he states that the song "reminds me of the time I lived in Omaha as a kid and how we'd walk through cornfields and chew on pieces of grass. There were cold winters, and I had images of going to California. So I think in the song I'm talking to myself, frankly: 'How long you gonna stay here, Joe?' I really believe that 'Ventura Highway' has the most lasting power of all my songs. It's not just the words — the song and the track have a certain fresh, vibrant, optimistic quality that I can still respond to".[3] The song has a "Go West, young man" motif in the structure of a conversation between an old man named Joe and a young and hopeful kid. Joe was modeled after a "grumpy" old man he had met while his dad was stationed in Biloxi, Mississippi at Keesler Air Force Base.[2] He also stated "I remember vividly having this mental picture of the stretch of the coastline traveling with my family when I was younger. Ventura Highway itself, there is no such beast, what I was really trying to depict was the Pacific Coast Highway, Highway 1, which goes up to the town of Ventura."[4] "That's Gerry and Dan doing a harmony on two guitars on the intro. I remember us sitting in a hotel room, and I was playing the chords, and Gerry got that guitar line, and he and Dan worked out that harmony part. That's really the hook of the song".[3]
nicknamed Blood Alley. Note: The bullet point above is incorrect. California state road 126 (CA-126) is actually signed as the Santa Paula Freeway, and the nickname Blood Alley belongs to CA-46, an historically dangerous mountain pass road and the site of James Dean's fatal crash. US-101 between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles is signed as the Ventura Freeway, as it runs through Ventura county and connects both of those cities to the city of Ventura, which is in between. The Pacific Coast Highway (known locally as CA-1 or PCH) merges with US-101 in some places, runs along side the 101 in other spots, and is completely separate in others. The PCH is one of the few roads called a "highway" in California. Most limited access roads, whether federal or state, are referred to as "freeways" west of the Rocky mountains. So it's true, there is no Ventura Highway, but the location Dewey mentions was probably the Ventura Freeway (US-101), south of Santa Barbara, where the freeway signs would point to Ventura. At that point, it would also be the PCH. ReceptionThe song went to number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 for America, spending twelve weeks on the charts after debuting on October 21, 1972. It also reached number 43 in the UK Singles Chart, staying in that chart for four weeks.[5] LegacyThe song contains the phrase "purple rain", later the title of a 1984 song, album, and film (and the tour that supported both the album and film), from the artist Prince. Although it is not known if there is actually any connection, both Mikel Toombs of The San Diego Union and Bob Kostanczuk of the Post-Tribune have written that Prince got the title directly from "Ventura Highway".[6][7] Asked to explain the phrase "purple rain" in "Ventura Highway," Gerry Beckley responded: "You got me."[8] The song's opening guitar riff and musical hook is sampled throughout Janet Jackson's 2001 song "Someone to Call My Lover" by the production team of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis who were influenced by America and "Ventura Highway" listening to KDWB 63 AM (Top 40) growing up in Minneapolis, Minnesota (along with their close friend, musician Prince). Bunnell said the use of the sample from "Ventura Highway" and the production by Jam, Lewis and Jackson boosted sales for America.[9] The song won many fans, including the pro-wrestler-turned-politician, Jesse Ventura. Bunnell recalled, "We went and played at Governor Jesse Ventura's inaugural out in Minneapolis. He asked us to — his wife is a horse lady, and she'd always loved 'A Horse with No Name', and he had adopted this name Ventura. So when he put together his cast of characters for his big inaugural celebration, he wanted us to come and play two songs, which we did".[3] Chart performance{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}Weekly charts
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Cover versionsIn 2004, the song was recorded by Paul Hardcastle for their compilation album Jazzmasters (The Smooth Cuts) featuring Helen Rogers on vocals. In 2012, the song was recorded by the private party band The Gypsy Queens for their album The Gypsy Queens, featuring Booker T. Jones, as well as Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell (author of the song) of the original America line-up. The album was produced by multiple Grammy-winning producer Larry Klein. It was recorded at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles (Jim Henson Company). The album reached #46 in the UK charts. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/explore/metastyle/soft-rock-d4494/songs |title=Explore: Soft Rock | Top Songs | AllMusic |publisher=Web.archive.org |date=2011-11-12 |accessdate=2014-03-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112170358/http://allmusic.com/explore/metastyle/soft-rock-d4494/songs |archivedate=November 12, 2011 }} 2. ^1 {{cite news |author=Boucher, Geoff |date=October 1, 2006 |url=http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/suncal/cl-ca-socalsong01oct01,0,372883.htmlstory?coll=cl-suncal |title='Ventura Highway' America - 1972 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times }} 3. ^1 2 {{cite journal |author=Bunnell, Dewey |year=2000 |title=Ventura Highway |journal=Highway |publisher=Rhino Records }} 4. ^Dewey Bunnell interview on "Popular Song: Soundtrack of the Century episode - After the Gold Rush" 5. ^{{cite web|title=America singles charts history |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/14505/AMERICA|website=Official Charts|publisher=The Official Charts Company|accessdate=18 February 2015}} 6. ^{{cite news |author=Toombs, Mikel |date=June 1, 1985 |title='America' still fares well through thick and thin |newspaper=The San Diego Union }} 7. ^{{cite news |author=Kostanczuk, Bob |date=June 22, 1990 |title=America Still Alive, Crazy After All These Years |newspaper=Post-Tribune }} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://sanjuancapistrano.patch.com/groups/arts-and-entertainment/p/interview-with-america-singer-gerry-beckley|title=Q & A With America Singer Gerry Beckley|publisher=SanJuanCapistrano.patch.com|accessdate=November 9, 2013}} 9. ^{{cite news |author=Farber, Jim |date=June 3, 2007 |title=Suddenly, after 30 years, respect for crooners America |publisher=MCT Information Services |newspaper=New York Daily News }} 10. ^{{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |authorlink= David Kent (historian) |title= Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= St Ives, N.S.W. |year= 1993 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4234&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4234.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4234|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1972-12-16 |accessdate=2019-02-28}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=9602& |title=Item: 9602 - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-10-07}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=860#n_view_location |title=flavour of new zealand - search listener |website=Flavourofnz.co.nz |date= |accessdate=2016-10-07}} 14. ^{{cite book| last = Whitburn| first = Joel| title = The Comparison Book Billboard/Cash Box/Record World 1954-1982| publisher = Sheridan Books| year = 2015| isbn = 978-0-89820-213-7|p=15}} 15. ^{{cite book| last = Whitburn| first = Joel| title = The Comparison Book Billboard/Cash Box/Record World 1954-1982| publisher = Sheridan Books| year = 2015| isbn = 978-0-89820-213-7|p=15}} 16. ^{{cite book| last = Whitburn| first = Joel| title = The Comparison Book Billboard/Cash Box/Record World 1954-1982| publisher = Sheridan Books| year = 2015| isbn = 978-0-89820-213-7|p=15}} 17. ^{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |date=1999 |title=Pop Annual |url= |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |publisher=Record Research Inc. |page= |isbn=0-89820-142-X}} External links
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