介绍：

八十年代的早期，Rupert Holmes写了这首歌。因为当时在美国最最时髦的东西，一个是鸡尾酒The Pina Colada（椰林飘香），另一个就是personal ads（个人广告）。这首歌里讲了一对夫妻，因为相互缺乏了解和沟通，于是彼此厌倦了。然后是相互不诚实，利用“个人广告”来找寻情人的故事。

Rupert Holmes出生在英格兰，他父亲当时在美国军队里服役，是个乐队的头。Holmes是单簧管和作曲的。在摇滚乐队里当贝斯。1979年，他的专辑“Partners in Crime（犯罪伙伴）”发表，Escape (The Piña Colada Song)（“私奔——椰林飘香之歌）这首歌成为流行榜首。1986年因他的百老汇音乐歌舞剧狄更斯的《德鲁特疑案》（Charles Dickens,"The Mystery of Edwin Drood"）。他赢得了三个Tony awards（托尼奖）

是可能是在美国最低估的歌手和歌曲作者之一。另一个可能是Rick Springfield。这个两个歌手都有很长时间的音乐职业生涯，但被媒体称为One Hit Wonder（“一首歌星”）。这首歌就是Escape (The Pina Colada Song)。当然，Rupert Holmes有远远比这首歌更大的业绩，只是没有得到媒体的注意。

可能就是因为这首歌，Pina Coladas成了一代名饮。而且这首歌也成为当时酒吧、俱乐部最受欢迎的歌。

另一首他的流行歌曲是“Timothy”是讲cannibalism（吃人族）题材的。

网站：http://www.rupertholmes.com

　
 
　 　 Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
 
　 　 歌词 Lyrics：
I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long. 
我烦我老婆了，我们在一起太长了。
Like a worn-out recording, of a favorite song.
So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed.
And in the personals column, there was this letter I read:

"If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
If you're not into yoga, if you have half-a-brain.
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.
I'm the lady you've looked for, write to me, and escape."

I didn't think about my lady, I know that sounds kind of mean.
But me and my old lady, had fallen into the same old dull routine.
So I wrote to the paper, took out a personal ad.
And though I'm nobody's poet, I thought it wasn't half-bad.

"Yes, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
“对，我喜欢椰林飘香，漫步在雨中。
I'm not much into health food, I am into champagne.
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon, and cut through all this red tape.
At a bar called O'Malley's, where we'll plan our escape."

So I waited with high hopes, then she walked in the place.
所以我满是期望地等待，终于她走了进来。
I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face.
It was my own lovely lady, and she said, "Oh, it's you."
And we laughed for a moment, and I said, "I never knew".
我们都笑了起来，我说：”我从来不知道”。

"That you liked Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
“不知道你喜欢椰林飘香，喜欢漫步雨中。
And the feel of the ocean, and the taste of champagne.
寻觅大海的气息和香槟芬芳。
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.
如果你喜欢云雨缠绵在那午夜的海角沙丘之上，
You're the love that I've looked for, come with me, and escape."
你就是我寻觅天涯的爱，来吧，让我们一起私奔。”

"If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
如果你喜欢椰林飘香，喜欢漫步雨中，
If you're not into yoga, if you have half-a-brain.
如果你不是狂恋瑜伽，如果你还有半个脑子，
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.
如果你喜欢云雨缠绵在那午夜的海角沙丘之上，
You're the love that I've looked for, come with me, and escape."
你就是我寻觅天涯的爱，来吧，让我们一起私奔。”