I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Mono mix)
悲しいうわさ
Sung by Marvin Gaye
Written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
Tamla 1968 single
Produced by Norman Whitfield
ハッピーではない、不気味ともいえる曲。
マービン・ゲイの録音に関する限り、
"彼が歌えば表情は複雑になる"、あからさまに言えば、
(S.ワンダーとかのようにコブシをふるうわけでもなく)
その曲がもともとそのように作られたかのように、難しく(?)歌ってしまう
マービン・ゲイの歌唱力と
ノーマン・ウィットフィールドのアレンジ面を含めたプロデュースによるところ。
バレット・ストロングの作詞をウィットフィールドが引き出した...と思ってきた。
ストロング作品については、テンプテーションズの録音についても
いつか取り上げたい。
I bet you're wonderin' how I knew
'Bout your plans to make me blue
With some other guy you knew before
Between the two of us guys
You know I loved you more
It took me by surprise I must say
When I found out yesterday
Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine
Oh I heard it through the grapevine
Oh I'm just about to lose my mind
Honey, honey yeah
I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine baby
I know a man ain't supposed to cry
But these tears I can't hold inside
Losin' you would end my life you see
'Cause you mean that much to me
You could have told me yourself
That you loved some one else
Instead I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine
Oh, I…
A SOULFUL CONVERSATION WITH BARRETT STRONG (Interview)
https://www.mixcloud.com/musicmankevin/a-soulful-conversation-with-barrett-strong/
