Masih
tentang Mat Ali itu.
Pada
zaman kemuncaknya, terdapat sebuah lagu nyanyian Johnny Wakelin bertajuk The Black Superman
– Muhammad Ali. Saya masih ingat bapa saudara membawa pulang EP
[mengandungi 4 lagu] tersebut. Setiap hari lagu itu dimainkan berkali-kali,
walaupun bukan sepenuhnya faham akan maknanya. Datuk pun suka terutamanya pada
bahagian yang diulang - Sing, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali …….
This here's the story of Cassius Clay
Who changed his name to Muhammad Ali
He knows how to talk and he knows how to fight
And all the contenders were beat out of sight
Sing, Muhammad,
Muhammad Ali
He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
Mohammed, the black superman
Who calls to the other guy I'm Ali catch me if you can
He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
Mohammed, the black superman
Who calls to the other guy I'm Ali catch me if you can
Now all you fight
fans, you've got to agree
There ain't no flies on Muhammad Ali
He fills the arena wherever he goes
And everyone gets what they paid for
There ain't no flies on Muhammad Ali
He fills the arena wherever he goes
And everyone gets what they paid for
Muhammad, was known to
have said
You watch me shuffle and I'll jab off your head
He moves like the black superman
And calls to the other guy I'm Ali catch me if you can
You watch me shuffle and I'll jab off your head
He moves like the black superman
And calls to the other guy I'm Ali catch me if you can
He says I'm the
greatest the worlds ever seen
The heavyweight champion who came back again
My face is so pretty you don't see a scar
Which proves I'm the king of the ring by far
The heavyweight champion who came back again
My face is so pretty you don't see a scar
Which proves I'm the king of the ring by far
Sing, Muhammad,
Muhammad Ali
He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
Mohammed, the black superman
Who calls to the other guy I'm Ali catch me if you can
He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
Mohammed, the black superman
Who calls to the other guy I'm Ali catch me if you can
Sing, Muhammad,
Muhammad Ali
He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
Muhammad, the black superman
Who calls to the other guy I'm Ali catch me if you can
I'm Ali catch me if you can
He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
Muhammad, the black superman
Who calls to the other guy I'm Ali catch me if you can
I'm Ali catch me if you can
Seperti
selalu – kerana muzik adalah universal – akan ada versi melayunya. Banyak juga
keuntungan diperoleh agaknya dengan menerbitkan lagu saduran tersebut….
Dari
Singapura, dua penyanyinya mengalunkan versi melayu tetapi dengan penulis yang
berbeza, pastinya menghasilkan senikata yang tidak serupa.
Kadir
atau kadangkala menggunakan nama A Kadir bersama The Breakthru, pernah popular
dengan lagu Papaya Ciku Ciku, Lontong, Kelapa
dan Pendekar Kungfu] menyanyikan senikata
bertajuk Pahlawan
Tinju [Mohammad Ali]. Seronok mendengar satu bait
liriknya :
Wahai peminat-peminat kau harus setuju
tiada bandingan untuyk si Ali itu
sudah bertanding di
daerah kita
kami doakan supaya ia berjaya
di daerah kita itu tentulah merujuk kepada Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia……. walaupun Mat Ali pernah juga bertarung di Manila, Filifina menentang Joe Frazier, kemudiannya.
Seorang lagi penyanyi yang melagukan senikata yang merupakan
terjemahan bebas lagu asalnya itu adalah Roselan Yus. Nyanyiannya diberi tajuk Raja Tinju Dunia
[Mohammed Ali]. Antara lagu popular lain adalah Pendekar
Mustar dan Kau Kukenang.
[Untuk rekod: Kebetulan pula kedua-dua penyanyi ini turut
merakamkan versi melayu lagu nyanyian Carl Douglas, Kungfu Fighting. Kadir dengan Pahlawan Kungfu manakala Roselan bersama Pendekar Mustar].
Demikianlah.
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