怀旧，When I was young

Yesterday once more 是the Carpenters 的经典怀旧金曲之一，至今仍然被广为传唱。每当那传统复古的歌声响起，不由得引起共鸣。然而有一天我忽然有了一种被忽悠的感觉。Karen Carpenter去世那一年只有32岁，这个年龄我觉得应该还没到爱怀旧的时候啊，起码我在那时候没有，一天到晚不知道自己该干啥。

Yesterday once more 发表于1973年，那年歌的主要作者之一Richard Carpenter 27岁, 歌手是他妹妹Karen Carpenter, 23岁。 感情是小姑娘逗着大爷大妈玩啊， 用如今网络语言形容：这13装得我给满分， 你们成功地抓住了大爷大妈们的心。  

插曲：说到，Karen Carpenter 需要给年轻女士们提个醒，一切健康第一。卡朋特的人生经历有些触目惊心，她在高中时就开始节食。在医生的指导下，她开始实行斯蒂尔曼饮食法，吃瘦肉食物，每天喝八杯水，避免吃油腻的食物。她将体重减至 120 磅，并一直保持在这个体重左右，直到 1973 年左右，职业生涯达到了顶峰。那一年，她看到自己的演唱会照片，觉得衣服让她显得厚重。她聘请私人教练，改变饮食习惯。新的饮食增加了肌肉，这让她感觉更重而不是更苗条。于是解雇了教练??，开始了自己的减肥计划，使用健身器材和计算卡路里。她减掉了约 20 磅，并打算再减掉 5 磅。1981年晚些时候，她又服用甲状腺替代药物，以增加新陈代谢。随后她出现头晕，心脏跳动不规律症状。1983 年 2 月 1 日，卡朋特最后一次见到她哥哥，并讨论了乐队和恢复巡演的新计划。2 月 4 日，早上醒来后不久，她就倒在父母家中衣柜的地板上。护理人员到达时她已经失去知觉，心脏骤停， 心跳每 10 秒一次。她被救护车送去医院，于上午 9 点 51 分被宣布死亡。年仅 32 岁。医学报告她死于由神经性厌食症导致的心脏衰竭。 验尸报告她的血糖含量10倍于常人，后验尸官吐露她死于过量使用ipecac syrup，一种用于食物中毒时腹泻的药物。

23岁的人张口说：当我年轻的时候如何如何？ ，那我算什么？ 

忽悠归忽悠，该感慨还是要感慨，情不自禁去学唱之外还情不自禁写一首小诗。

Tears, tears,

After so many years,

Still the song to my ears,

Cheers, and cheers.

  Yesterday Once More

Song by Carpenters...

When I was young
I'd listen to the radio
Waitin' for my favorite songs
When they played I'd sing along
It made me smile.

Those were such happy times
And not so long ago
How I wondered where they'd gone
But they're back again
Just like a long lost friend
All the songs I loved so well.

Every Sha-la-la-la
Every Wo-o-wo-o
Still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they're startin' to sing's
So fine.

When they get to the part
Where he's breakin' her heart
It can really make me cry
Just like before
It's yesterday once more.

Lookin' back on how it was
In years gone by
And the good times that I had
Makes today seem rather sad
So much has changed.

It was songs of love that
I would sing to then
And I'd memorize each word
Those old melodies
Still sound so good to me
As they melt the years away.

Every Sha-la-la-la
Every Wo-o-wo-o
Still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they're startin' to sing's
So fine.

All my best memories
Come back clearly to me
Some can even make me cry.
Just like before
It's yesterday once more.