I'd Rather Go Blind
Written by Bill Foster, Ellington Jordan
Arranged and Produced by Rick Hall & Staff
収録アルバム
Etta James/Tell Mama
1968,Cadet (Chess)
Aretha Franklin の I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You),1967と同じ マッスル・ショールズ(Alabama) FAME Studiosで録音されたエッタ・ジェイムスの代表作。
その最も有名なトラック。
ロッド・スチュワート他のカバーが知られるが，これがオリジナル。
Something told me it was over
when I saw you and her talking,
Something deep down in my soul said, ´Cry Girl´,
when I saw you and that girl, walking out.
I would rather, I would rather go blind boy,
Than to see you, walk away from me child, and all.
Ooooo So you see, I love you so much
That I don't want to watch you leave me baby,
Most of all, I just don't, I just don't want to be free no
I was just, I was just, I was just sitting here thinking
Of your kisses and your warm embrace, yeah,
When the reflection in the glass that I held to my lips now baby,
Revealed the tears that was on my face, yeah.
And baby, baby, I would rather be blind boy
Than to see you walk away, see you walk away from me, yeah
Baby, baby, baby, I'd rather be blind now
Etta James (1974)
January 25, 1938 - January 20, 2012 (aged 73)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBIT_ETTA_JAMES?SITE=WVTMTV&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/remembering-etta-james-20120120
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00nfr1n
January 25, 1938 - January 20, 2012 (aged 73)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBIT_ETTA_JAMES?SITE=WVTMTV&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/remembering-etta-james-20120120
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00nfr1n
