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1980年,在地球美國密蘇里州,伊果與奎爾的母親梅爾迪絲聽著〈Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)〉兜風,隨後伊果帶梅爾迪絲到一處樹林中看他值下的孢子,接著兩人擁吻。(這首悲傷的歌一直以來都能引起我的共鳴,第一場戲就出現了這首歌曲,也讓電影的情感起了關鍵的作用。)
There's a port on a western bay
And it serves a hundred ships a day
Lonely sailors pass the time away
And talk about their homes
And there's a girl in this harbor town
And she works layin' whiskey down
They say, Brandy, fetch another round
She serves them whiskey and wine
The sailors say: "Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
"Yeah, your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea”...
-〈Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)〉
時間來到34年後,彼得·奎爾、葛摩菈、德克斯、火箭浣熊、以及成長為幼年形態的格魯特組成星際異攻隊後聲名鵲起,一日受到「至高族」(Sovereign)雇用去消滅一隻異次元怪獸。格魯特插上了音源接孔,隨著〈Mr. Blue Sky - Album Version〉起舞。
Sun is shinin' in the sky
There ain't a cloud in sight
It's stopped rainin' everybody's in a play
And don't you know
It's a beautiful new day, hey hey
Runnin' down the avenue
See how the sun shines brightly in the city
On the streets where once was pity
Mister blue sky is living here today, hey hey
Mister blue sky please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long (so long)
Where did we go wrong?
Mister blue sky please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long (so long)
Where did we go wrong?...
-〈Mr. Blue Sky - Album Version〉
There's a road I'd like to tell you about, lives in my home town
Lake Shore Drive the road is called and it'll take you up or down
From rats on up to riches fifteen minutes you can fly
Pretty blue lights along the way, help you right on by
And the blue lights shining with a heavenly grace, help you right on by
And there ain't no road just like it
Anywhere I found
Running south on Lake Shore Drive heading into town
Just slippin' on by on LSD, Friday night trouble bound…
-〈Lake Shore Drive〉
Listen to the wind blow, watch the sun rise
Running in the shadows, damn your love, damn your lies
And if, you don't love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain (Never break the chain)
And if you don't love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain (Never break the chain)...
-〈The Chain-Fleetwood Mac〉
Southern skies
Have you ever noticed southern skies?
Its precious beauty lies just beyond the eye
It goes running through your soul
Like the stories told of old
Old man
He and his dog that walked the old land
Ev'ry flower touched his cold hand
As he slowly walked by
Weeping willows
Would cry for joy
Joy
Feel so good
Feel so good
It's frigth'ning
Wish I could
Stop this world from fighting
La da da da da da la da da da da da da da da...
-〈Southern Nights〉
In a little cafe
Just the other side of the border
She was just sitting there givin' me looks
That made my mouth water
So I started walking her way
She belonged to bad man Jose
And I knew, yes I knew I should leave
When I heard her say, yeah
"Come a little bit closer
You're my kind of man
So big and so strong
Come a little bit closer
I'm all alone and the night is so long”...
-〈Come a Little Bit Closer〉
奎爾等人蒞臨伊果的紅色小行星,伊果講解他是天神組一員,靠操縱周圍的物質來形成這顆星球。他遊歷宇宙以尋找其他生命,蒞臨地球時和奎爾的母親梅爾迪絲相愛並懷上奎爾。伊果教導奎爾運用遺傳到的天神之力,兩人很快就建立起父子情誼。而葛摩菈與奎爾在〈Bring It On Home to Me〉的旋律之下共舞一曲。
If you ever change your mind
About leaving, leaving me behind
Oh, oh, bring it to me
Bring your sweet loving
Bring it on home to me
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
I know I laughed when you left
But now I know I only hurt myself
Oh, oh, bring it to me
Bring your sweet loving
Bring it on home to me
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
-〈Bring It On Home to Me〉
伊果向奎爾講解他準備實行的「擴張大計」:他在每一個遊歷過的星球上都植入過分身種子,意圖將所有星球覆蓋並轉化成為他的一部分。由於過程需要兩名有天神之力的人進行協調才能辦到,他為此讓宇宙裏無數種族的雌性生物懷上他的後代,再雇用勇度將孩子帶來,而在伊果所有的後代中,只有奎爾遺傳到他的天神之力基因。伊果透漏他當初為專心進行他的目標,蓄意讓梅爾迪絲得上腦癌,奎爾得知後悲憤不已,而伊果打開隨身聽,放起播一半的〈Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)〉,然後隨之捏碎隨身聽。
The sailors say: "Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
"Yeah, your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea”...
-〈Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)〉
Looking at you I wanted to say
I think a little emotion goes a long, long way
Careful now don't get caught in your dreams
Look out baby this is not what it seems
Ooh, ooh baby, you've been so good to me
But please don't make it what it's not
Well, I thought we agreed on what we need
So listen to me and I'll tell you what we've got...
-〈Silver – Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang Lyrics〉
剛抵達星球內部核心的勇度收到克雷林的通知,開始進行游擊戰。
We've got a wham, bam shang-a-lang
And a sha, la, la, la, la, la thing
Wham bam shang-a-lang
And a sha, la, la, la, la, la thing
-〈Silver – Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang Lyrics〉
And if, you don't love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain (Never break the chain)
And if you don't love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain (Never break the chain)...
-〈The Chain-Fleetwood Mac〉
伊果感覺到死期將至而試圖說服奎爾住手,但奎爾甘願做一個凡人,讓伊果隨著核心爆炸而跟星球一起土崩瓦解。勇度將奎爾救出星球後,將僅有的便攜式太空衣交給奎爾作為對過去的贖罪,和奎爾享受最後父子時光後壯烈犧牲在太空中。事後,奎爾等人為勇度舉行英雄式葬禮,奎爾承認勇度才是他真正的「爸爸」後,悲痛地看著他火化離去。在火箭的召集下,破壞者各個派系都趕來參加葬禮,總頭目史塔卡·奧戈德重新承認勇度是他們一份子後,被他的事跡所激勵而重新召集他的舊戰友們。涅布拉雖然和葛摩菈釋盡過去的恩怨,但她還是選擇離開眾人去殺薩諾斯。交換勇度的遺物時,奎爾得到一部新的Zune隨身聽,奎爾挑選了〈Father and Son-Cat Stevens〉跟格魯特一起聆聽。
It's not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to know
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy
I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy,
To be calm when you've found something going on
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again
It's always been the same, same old story
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go...
-〈Father and Son-Cat Stevens〉
Awesome Mix Vol.2
1. "Mr. Blue Sky" Electric Light Orchestra
2. "Fox on the Run" Sweet
3. "Lake Shore Drive" Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah
4. "The Chain" Fleetwood Mac
5. "Bring It On Home to Me" Sam Cooke
6. "Southern Nights" Glen Campbell
7. "My Sweet Lord" George Harrison
8. "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" Looking Glass
9. "Come a Little Bit Closer" Jay and the Americans
10. "Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang" Silver
11. "Surrender" Cheap Trick
12. "Father and Son" Cat Stevens
13. "Flash Light" Parliament
14. "Guardians Inferno" The Sneepers featuring David Hasselhoff