中古年代 聊聊老歌、老人和老故事，留下一些個人歷史的痕跡。 (若有侵權或陳述不實敬請告知，將會刪除或予修正。)

246愛的鼓勵 234訂閱站台

在西洋歌曲的各種曲風中，「soft rock」應該是最為討喜的，它揉合了一些鄉村(民謠)、抒情和搖滾，節奏旋律輕快流暢，適合較多人的口味，往往也成為老歌的經典。灰狼Lobo的歌曲，多半走的就是soft rock的曲風，在70年代風靡了不少台灣的歌友。

台長我曾在之前貼文中提及，倘要選Lobo的No.1歌曲，會選《I'd Love You to Want Me》，但某網友認為《How Can I Tell Her》才是。依據此兩首歌在美國排行榜的成績，前者不僅以第2名大勝後者的第22名，也是Lobo所有歌曲中成績最佳的 ( 可見支持我的看法的人較多？)。而說到Lobo的招牌歌應是他1971的成名之作《Me and You and a Dog Named Boo》。不過，音樂這種東東，見仁見智，各有所好。

此首《Love Me for What I Am》收錄在Lobo 1973的專輯《Calumet》中，單曲竟然只得到美國排行榜的第86名。不過，還不錯聽就是了。在戀愛的過程中，為了對方的喜好而勉強地改變自己，之後又覺得失去了靈魂，希望對方能愛回原來的自己。這也是許多人在婚前拼命的投對方所好，婚後不久則現出了原形，嚴重一些的，恐怕還得離婚收場說！

延伸閱讀：
亂談(131)《 I'd Love You to Want Me》
http://mypaper.pchome.com.tw/tabidog01/post/1324924309

 亂談(392)《How Can I Tell Her》
http://mypaper.pchome.com.tw/tabidog01/post/1335562823

I wore the clothes you liked
You said they gave me that look
I even tried to like the food
I know you like to cook
I parted my hair on the left
I carried your arm on the right
I slept late in the morning
And I stayed out late at night.

I can't give any more of my soul away
And still look myself in the mirror everyday
I can't change any more
of what makes me be myself
And still have enough left
not to be somebody else
I'm not demanding as a man
Just asking you - love me for what I am.

I tried hard not to say
the things you don't like to hear
And when to you it was apropos
I nibbled on your ear
I opened the door up for you
I kept my big mouth shut
Well I've been going down
While you've been going up.