スクイーズ テンプテッド

この曲はアメリカに来てすぐのころバーガーキングのコマーシャルで使われてて、なかなかキャッチーなので頭に残って離れなかった。　

でも、誰の何という曲かぜーんぜんわからないまま何年も時間が経って、音楽好きの同僚に「ハハハハ　ハ～ハ　ハ　ハ～ハ…　ってなんて曲か判る？」と聞いて教えてもらった。　今ならスマホのアプリかなんかで鼻歌で歌えば、すぐに判るのかな？

スクイーズのベスト盤を借りて聴いたけど、このテンプテッド以外はピンと来る曲は無し。　一発屋さん？　でも、この曲が入ったアルバムはエルビス・コステロがプロデュースしてたんだと。　ふ～ん。


スクイーズ　テンプテッド　（←クリック）

I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste
A flannel for my face
Pajamas, a hairbrush
New shoes and a case
I said to my reflection
Let's get out of this place
Past the church and the steeple
The laundry on the hill
The billboards and the buildings
Memories of it still
Keep calling (keep calling) and calling (and calling)
But forget it all
I know I will

Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
What's been going on
Now that you have gone
There's no other
Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered

I'm at the car park, the airport
The baggage carousel
The people keep on crowding
I'm wishing I was well
I said it's no occasion
It's no story I could tell

At my bedside empty pocket
A foot without a sock
Your body gets much closer
I fumble for the clock
Alarmed by the seduction
I wish it would stop

Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
What's been going on
Now that you have gone
There's no other
Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered

I bought a novel, some perfume
A fortune all for you
But it's not my conscience
Hating to be untrue
I asked of my reflection
What is there to do?

Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
What's been going on
Now that you have gone
There's no other
Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered

Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
Tempted by the truth of another
Tempted and the truth is discovered
Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered

ビートルズ チャイルドオブネイチャー

ビートルズがインドでキャンプしたとき、いろんな曲が大量に作られた。　これらをとりとめなくまとめたのがホワイトアルバム。

ヨギの"son of the mother nature"に関する説教に感化され、ポールのMother Nature's SonとジョンのChild of Natureの2曲が出来た。　ポールの曲はホワイトアルバムに選曲され、ジョンの曲はボツ。

昨日、ユーチューブで初めてChild of Natureのデモを聴いたんだけど、まんまJealous Guy。　うむ、Jealous Guyのカラオケで、Child of Nature（←クリックでWAVファイルが開きます）を歌うか。　デモに倣って、ボーカルはダブルトラックにしよう。

  On the road to Rishikesh
  I was dreaming more or less, 
  And the dream I had was true
  Yes, the dream I had was true

  I'm just a child of nature
  I don't need much to set me free
  I'm just child of nature
  I'm one of nature's children

  Sunlight shining in my eyes
  As I face the desert skies
  And my thoughts return to home
  Yes, my thoughts return to home

  I'm just a child of nature
  I don't need much to set me free
  I'm just a child of nature
   I'm one of nature's children

  Underneath the mountain ranges
  Where the wind that never changes
  Touch the windows of my soul
  Touch the windows of my soul

  I'm just a child of nature
  I don't need much to set me free
  I'm just a child of nature
  I'm one of nature's children

ヤングラスカルズ グルービン

子供用にと電子ピアノを買った。

ついでなので、キューベース付きのマイクインタフェイスに、コンデンサマイク、ボーカルエフェクタ等も一緒に買って、DTMなるものを実践しようと考えた。

ネット上で検索するとミディファイルがごろごろ転がってるので、適当にカラオケでも作って歌って遊ぶか。

一曲目はヤングラスカルズ　グルービン（←クリックでWAVファイルが開きます）。　この曲、たしか、映画イージーライダーのサントラだったかな。

  Groovin' . . . on a Sunday afternoon
  Really couldn't get away too soon

  I can't imagine anything that's better
  The world is ours whenever we're together
  There ain't a place I'd like to be instead of . . .

  Groovin' . . . down a crowded avenue
  Doin' anything we like to do

  There's always lots of things that we can see
  We can be anyone we like to be
  And all those happy people we could meet just . . .

  Groovin' . . . on a Sunday afternoon
  Really couldn't get away too soon

  We'll keep on spending sunny days this way
  We're gonna talk and laugh our time away
  I feel it comin' closer day by day
  Life would be ecstasy, you and me endlessly . . .

  Groovin' . . . on a Sunday afternoon
  Really couldn't get away too soon