2011年6月11日土曜日

エビネ

E-5+ZD35Macro (2011/06,富山市,Nippon )


Calanthea discolor


ラン科 Orchidaceae

 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

オレたちは日本から逃げない
(逃げなかった"ガイジン"が見た震災後のニッポンと世界)

デーブ・スペクター
×
ダニエル・カール

(文藝春秋 七月号)


 ありがとう,デーブ,ダニエル。

 面白かったよ。






 

2011年6月10日金曜日

レイ・チャールズ/A Tear Fell





A Tear Fell

Written by Eugene Randolph and Dorian Burton



収録アルバム
Ray Charles
Sweet & Sour Tears

(1964,ABC) 1997,Rhino


 レイ・チャールズ以前の録音では,テレサ・ブレワー(Teresa Brewer (1962)) が有名なカントリー・ナンバー。




A fool am I, a fool am I, in love

A tear fell when I saw you
in the arms of someone new
A tear fell when you left me
all alone and feeling blue
A tear fell when you told me
that your love was not for me
I didn't miss the teardrops,
but I missed you constantly
A fool am I, a fool am I, in love

The teardrops that you stepped on
as you danced across the floor.
Were crushed like my poor heart was
when you walked out of my door.
2



Ray Charles - A Tear Fell (France 1968)





Ray Charles
September 23, 1930-June 10, 2004 (aged 73)


 

2011年6月9日木曜日

ギフチョウ-10

突然,目の前に飛来して止まった新鮮な♂


交尾前の新鮮な♀





交尾後の♀
("交尾前"とは違う♀)

E-5+ZD50-200 (2011/06,富山市,Nippon )





We call this butterfly

"Gifu Chō".


Thanks for visiting here !!


 
 

2011年6月8日水曜日

ドノヴァン/Atlantis





Atlantis


Written by Donovan

1968,Epic single (UK A-side/US B-side)






The continent of Atlantis was an island
which lay before the great flood
in the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean.
So great an area of land, that from her western shores
those beautiful sailors journeyed
to the South and the North Americas with ease,
in their ships with painted sails.

To the East Africa was a neighbour, across a short strait of sea miles.
The great Egyptian age is but a remnant of The Atlantian culture.
The antediluvian kings colonised the world
All the Gods who play in the mythological dramas
In all legends from all lands were from fair Atlantis.
Knowing her fate, Atlantis sent out ships to all corners of the Earth.
On board were the Twelve:
The poet, the physician, the farmer, the scientist,
The magician and the other so-called Gods of our legends.
Though Gods they were -
And as the elders of our time choose to remain blind
Let us rejoice and let us sing and dance and ring in the new
Hail Atlantis!
Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be,
Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be,
Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be.
Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be,
Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be.
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah,
I wanna see you some day
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah,
My antediluvian baby,
My antediluvian baby, I love you, girl,
Girl, I wanna see you some day.
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah
I wanna see you some day, oh
My antediluvian baby.
My antediluvian baby, I wanna see you
My antediluvian baby, gotta tell me where she gone
I wanna see you some day
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, oh yeah
Oh glub glub, down down, yeah
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah yeah yeah yeah



Donovan Phillips Leitch
(with Ione Skye)

10 May 1946- (age 65)
Glasgow, Scotland


ナンシー・シナトラ/You Only Live Twice





You Only Live Twice
(Stereo)

Written by John Barry and Leslie Bricusse(lyric)

Recorded in London
Produced and conducted by John Barry




収録アルバム
You Only Live Twice
(OST)


05/23/'67 (United Artists)



 ナンシー・シナトラには二つの録音がある。(さらには,そのミックス違いが存在する)

 ひとつは,彼女がロンドンに招かれてオーケストラとともにレコーディングし,サントラ盤に収録されたもの。

 もうひとつは,彼女の帰国後まもなく,リー・ヘイゼルウッドのアイデアで,キーを変え,大胆にアレンジを変えた(Billy Strange)もの。

 なお,映画 You Only Live Twice (007は二度死ぬ )については,日本人によるディープな解説が興味深い。一読をお勧めしたい。

http://www.fnosta.com/45number/007yoltwice.html








Alternate Version ,Reprise Single 0595,06/'67

Produced by Lee Hazlewood



収録アルバム
Nancy in London

(1966,Reprise Records),1995,Sundazed Music

 Nancy Sinatra/The Hit Years ('86,Rhino) の解説で彼女は語っている。
 コーラスや彼女自身のボーカルのオーバーダビングなどボーカルアレンジメンツについて強調するかのように。

"We did a double-tracked.
Petula Clark kind of thing on the vocal.
It got to be a fairly big record."







Alternate Version (Stereo)



収録アルバム
The Very Best Of: 24 Great Songs

2001,W.Bros.





 ところで,ジョン・バリーは映画のロケ地,日本を意識したエキゾチックなアレンジを工夫した。
 支那ふうにならなかったのにほっとする。



You only live twice or so it seems
One life for yourself and one for your dreams
You drift through the years and life seems tame
Till one dream appears and love is it's name

And love is a stranger who'll beckon you on
Don't think of the danger or the stranger is gone

This dream is for you, so pay the price
Make one dream come true, you only live twice

And love is a stranger who'll beckon you on
Don't think of the danger or the stranger is gone

This dream is for you, so pay the price
Make one dream come true, you only live twice




Nancy Sandra Sinatra
June 8, 1940 - (age 71),Jersey










 

2011年6月7日火曜日

タカネザクラ


E-510+ZD35Macro (2011/06,有峰,Nippon )


Prunus nipponica


バラ科 Rosaceae


(Takane-zakura = Takane cherry blossom)


 
 "サクラ ハンドブック (大原,2009)" の記述をもとに同定した。

 昆虫の文献に接してきた者として感じるのは,種の特徴や多種との区別点がファジーだということ。

 個体変異の幅が大きなことが理由のようだが,モヤモヤしていて楽しくないなぁ。


 タカネザクラと比較対象であるマメザクラの関係は ? 近縁種なのか ? といったことはハンドブックからはさっぱり分らない。






 

2011年6月6日月曜日

ルー・リード/Harry's Circumcision





Harry's Circumcision

Written by Lou Reed


収録アルバム
Lou Reed
Magic And Loss
1992,Sire / London/Rhino



Looking in the mirror Harry didn't like what he saw
The cheeks of his mother the eyes of his father
As each day crashed around him the future stood revealed
He was turning into his parents
The final disappointment

Stepping out of the shower Harry stared at himself
His hairline receding the slight overbite
He picked up the razor to begin his shaving
and thought oh I wish I was different

I wish I was stronger I wish I was thinner
I wish I didn't have this nose
These ears that stick out remind me of my father
and I don't want to be reminded at all
The final disappointment

Harry looked into the mirror thinking of Vincent Van Gogh
and with a quick swipe lopped off his nose

And happy with that he made a slice where his chin was
He's always wanted a dimple
The end of all illusion
Then peering down straight between his legs
Harry thought of the range of possibilities
A new face a new life no memories of the past
and slit his throat from ear to ear

Harry woke up with a cough the stitches made his wince
A doctor smiled at him from somewhere across the room
Son we saved your life but you'll never look the same
And when he heard that, Harry had to laugh
Although it hurt Harry had to laugh
The final disappointment