1. Working Class Hero
“...A working class hero is something to be
When they've tortured and scared you for twenty years
Then they expect you to pick a career
When you can't really function you're so full of fear
A working class hero is something to be.....”
出现在Danny Collins开着豪车回到自己那被小女友用于和情人幽会的别墅的路上。用“working class hero”给一个功成名就,过着挥金如土、纸醉金迷的生活的老年摇滚歌手做背景音乐实属讽刺。
2. Whatever Gets You thru the Night
“ Whatever gets you through the night
'salright 'salright
It's your money or your life
'salright 'salright....”
Collins生日派对上的配乐。写于Lennon与Yoko分居时期,后收录于Walls and Bridges。复古夜店风衬托出豪宅派对内的纸醉金迷。
3. Imagine
“ Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky..."
恐怕是Lennon独唱生涯里最负盛名的一首单曲,“imagine”一词从此与John Lennon的名字产生了千丝万缕的关系。出现在Colins在派对的喧闹结束后,第一次阅读到Lennon给他的回信后。从那一刻开始Collins迷失自我的人生开始有了转机。Collins迷离的眼神,醉倒在草地上不省人事的女友,远处清洁残局的服务生,随着悠扬的琴声一一映入镜头
4. Hold on
"Hold on John John hold on
It's gonna be alright
you're gonna win the fight..."
在Lennon逝世三十周年后,被滚石杂志列为其最被低估的二十首歌曲之一。Collins告别过去,拥抱新生活的背景音乐。
5. Beautiful Boy
"...Before you go to sleep
Say a little prayer
Every day in every way
It's getting better and better
Beautiful beautiful beautiful
Beautiful boy...."
用于Collins与分别多年的亲生儿子的失败会面后。个人最喜欢的Lennon歌曲之一。原本是Lennon写给自己儿子Sean Lennon的,歌曲中淡雅婉转的东方元素恐怕也是受了Yoko的影响。
6. Cold Turkey
“...Can't see no future
Can't see no sky
My feet are so heavy
So is my head
I wish I were a baby
I wish I were dead..."
出现在Collins在演出失败后嗑药买醉,留下房间里的一片狼藉时。Cold turkey原指一个人短时间内很快戒除了某个习惯或者成瘾的嗜好,而不是通过逐渐减量或使用替代药物等手段逐渐戒除。 有时特指瘾君子突然完全戒毒的行为。音乐迷幻的曲风配上Lennon飘忽不定的嗓音,全曲本身就如同一个瘾君子嗑药后迷醉癫狂的真实写照。不得不提的是该曲强大的录制阵容:主奏电吉他手为Eric Clapton,Klaus Voormann担任低音贝斯的演奏,古典配乐则由小虫鼓手Ringo Starr完成。
7. Love
“Love is real
real is now
love is feeling
feeling love
love is wanting to be loved..."
在Collins离开酒店,离开自己爱慕的Mary,离开好不容易失而复得的家人,踏上巡演的道路上时响起。在钢琴声里Mary,儿子的画面一幕幕闪过,没有了他,他们的生活依然照旧,而这首Love似乎是在为Collins这段日子里所有的的爱做上一个令人心碎的总结。
8. Instant Karma! (We all Shine on)
"...Well we all shine on,
Like the moon and the stars and the sun,
Well we all shine on,
come on and on on on..."
片尾曲。全片最终以意料之中的皆大欢喜结局落幕。
*Help!
Help! 是Lennon在The Beatles时期创作的歌曲,描述了成名后面对生活的巨变时不知所措的苦恼情绪。虽然至始至终没有出现在影片中,但歌词和影片主题却有一定相似之处。不论是Danny Collins,还是他的儿子,此刻都急切地需要彼此的帮助,“like I've never done before"。
“When I was younger so much younger than today
I never needed anybody's help in any way
But now that these days are gone I'm not so self assured
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors
....
Won't you please please help me..."