You Can't Stop the Beat

You Can't Stop the Beat

Nikki Blonsky as Tracy, Zac Efron as Link, Amanda Bynes as Penny, Elijah Kelley as Seaweed, John Travolta as Edna, and Queen Latifah as Motormouth

TRACY
You can't stop an avalanche
As it races down the hill
You can try to stop the seasons, girl
But ya know you never will
And you can try to stop my dancin' feet
But I just cannot stand still
Cause the world keeps spinnin'
Round and round
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost 'til I heard the drums
Then I found my way
TRACY & LINK
'Cause you can't stop the beat
Ever since this old world began
A woman found out if she shook it
She could shake up a man
And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy it
The best that I can today
'Cause you can't stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the sun in the sky
You can wonder if you wanna
But I never ask why
And if you try to hold me down
I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
That you can't stop the beat!
PENNY
You can't stop a river
As it rushes to the sea
SEAWEED
You can try and stop the hands of time
But'cha know it just can't be
PENNY
And if they try to stop us, Seaweed,
PENNY & SEAWEED
We'll call the NAACP
'Cause the world keeps spinning
'Round and 'round
SEAWEED
'Round and 'round
PENNY
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
SEAWEED
Speed of sound,yeah!
PENNY
I was lost till I heard the drums
Then i found my way
PENNY & SEAWEED
Cause you can't stop the beat
Ever since we first saw the light
A man and woman liked to shake it
On a Saturday night
And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy it
With all my might today
'Cause you can't stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the rain from above
They can try to stop the paradise
We're dreamin' of
But they cannot stop the rhythm
Of two hearts in love to stay
'Cause you can't stop the beat!
EDNA
You can't stop my happiness
'Cause I like the way I am
And you just can't stop my knife and fork
When I see a christmas ham
So if you don't like the way I look
Well, i just don't give a damn!
EDNA & ENSEMBLE
'Cause the world keeps spinning
'Round and 'round
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost til I heard the drums
Then I found my way
'Cause you can't stop the beat
Ever since this old world began
A woman found out if she shook it
She could shake up a man
(Go mama go)
And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy it
The best that I can today
(Go mama,show'em mama)
'Cause you can't stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the sun in the sky
(Go go go)
You can wonder if you wanna
But I never ask why
(Go mama, go go go)
And if you try to hold me down
I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
(Go mama,show'em mama)
That you can't stop the beat!
MOTORMOUTH
Alright Miss Buttercup.....it's
Time to wrap this mutha' up!
Oh, oh, oh,
You can't stop today
ENSEMBLE
No!
MOTORMOUTH
As it comes speeding down the track
ENSEMBLE
Ooh, child yes!
MOTORMOUTH
Yesterday is history
ENSEMBLE
Be gone!
MOTORMOUTH
And it's never coming back
ENSEMBLE
Look ahead
ALL
'Cause tomorrow
MOTORMOUTH
is a
ALL
brand new day
MOTORMOUTH
And it don't know white from black
ALL
Yeah!
MOTORMOUTH & ENSEMBLE
'Cause the world keeps spinning
'Round and 'round
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost til I heard the drums
Then I found my way
'Cause you can't stop the beat
Ever since we first saw the light
A man and woman liked to shake it
On a Saturday night
And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy it
With all my might today
'Cause you can't stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the rain from above
They can try to stop this paradise
We're dreaming of
But you cannot stop the rhythm
Of two hearts in love to stay
'Cause you can't stop the beat
ALL
Ever since we first saw the sun
A man and woman like to shake it
When the day is done
So we're gonna shake and shimmy it
And have some fun today
You can't stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the rain from above
You can try to stop the paradise
We're dreaming of
But they cannot stop the rhythm
Of two hearts in love to stay
'Cause you can't stop the beat!
You can't stop the beat!

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這是「髮膠明星夢」"Hairspray"的電影版片尾曲。自從看完電影之後，這首歌還滿常忽然從腦中跳出來的。其實電影裡每一首歌都很有特色：像"Good Morning Baltimore"是很棒的開場曲，完全可以把電影的氣氛帶起來；"Welcome to the 60's"則是典型到不行的時代風格；"Big Blonde and Beautiful"性感中帶著詼諧；"(You're) Timeless to Me"，雖然看John Travolta和Christopher Walken彼此放電的畫面很有趣，但是也是充滿深情的一首歌；"Without Love"雖然情節的氣氛該是有一點點緊張，但我一直覺得這首歌好可愛。而這一首"You Can't Stop the Beat"應該是旋律最容易記得（主旋律重複很多次），歌詞又最超級熱血兼歡樂的。

另外，這首"You Can't Stop the Beat"的Broadway版可以在YouTube上面找到。畢竟是舞台劇演員的歌唱經驗比較足，唱現場的水準都很齊。電影版的應該在錄音室修過很多次了，不過演員間的歌唱實力差距還是一聽就明白。