2014年1月17日金曜日

ドナルド・フェイゲン(Donald Fagen)/Tomorrow's Girls




Tomorrow's Girls
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Written by Donald Fagen

Producer Walter Becker


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Donald Fagen
Tomorrow's Girls EP
Reprise (Japan), 1993


Our town is just like any other
Good citizens at work and play
Normal folks doin' business in the normal way
This morning was like any other
Mommies kissing daddies goodbye
Then the milkman screamed
And pointed up at the sky

Chorus:
From Sheilus to the reefs of Kizmar
From Stargate and the Outer Worlds
They're speeding towards our sun
They're on a party run
Here come Tomorrow's Girls
Tomorrow's Girls

You see them on the grass at lunch hour
Soaking up the vertical rays
In their summer dresses
A little smile can really make your day
Their kisses feel like real kisses
And when they cry they cry real tears
But what's left in your arms
When the static clears

Chorus:
They're landing on the Jersey beaches
Their engines make the white sand swirl
The heat is so intense
Earth men have no defense
Against Tomorrow's Girls

In the cool of the evening
In the last light of the triple sun
I wait by the go-tree
When the day's busy work is done
Soon the warm night breezes
Start rolling in off the sea
Yes, at lantern time
That's when you come to me
Come to me

Our home is just like any other
We're grillin' burgers on the back lawn
Some time goes by
We fall asleep with the TV on
I dream about a laughing angel
Then the laugh becomes a furious whine
Look out fellas
It's shredding time

Chorus:
They're mixing with the population
A virus wearing pumps and pearls
Lord help the lonely guys
Hooked by those hungry eyes
Here come Tomorrow's Girls
Tomorrow's Girls

Chorus:
From Sheilus to the reefs of Kizmar
From Stargate and the Outer Worlds
They're speeding towards our sun
They're on a party run
Here come Tomorrow's Girls
Tomorrow's Girls 

Donald Fagen (2013)
January 10, 1948 - (age 66)


2014年1月16日木曜日

Counting Crows /Mr. Jones




Mr. Jones

Words by  Adam Duritz
Music written by  Adam Duritz and David Bryson

Counting Crows
Matt Malley - bass guitar, guitar, vocals
Charlie Gillingham – piano, Hammond B3 organ, accordion, Chamberlin, vocals
Adam Duritz – vocals, piano, harmonica
Steve Bowman – drums, vocals
David Bryson – guitars, vocals

Producer T-Bone Burnett


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Counting Crows
August & Everything After
Geffen, 1993


I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with a black-haired flamenco dancer
You know she dances while his father plays guitar
She's suddenly beautiful
We all want something beautiful
Man I wish I was beautiful
So come dance this silence down through the morning
Shalalala la la la la yeah.. uh huh yeah..
Cut up Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Believe in me
Help me believe in anything
Cause I want to be someone who believes

Yeah!

Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
And we Stare at the beautiful women
"She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me."
Smiling in the bright lights
Coming through in stereo
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely

Well Ima paint my picture
Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful
Yeah well you know Gray is my favorite color
I felt so symbolic yesterday
If I knew a Picasso
I would buy myself a gray guitar and play

Mr. Jones and me look into the future
Yeah we Stare at the beautiful women
"She's looking at you.
I don't think so. She's looking at me."
Standing in the spotlight
I bought myself a gray guitar
When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely

Ill never be lonely
SAID i'm never gonna be lonely


I want to be a lion
Yeah!, Everybody wants to pass as cats
We all want to be big big stars,yeah but we got different reasons for that
Believe in me cause I don't believe in anything
and I, I want to be someone to believe to believe to believe yeah!

Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
"She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be somebody for me."
I want to be Bob Dylan
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
When everybody loves you, ah son, that's just about as funky as you can be

Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me
We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how
But when everybody loves me, I want to be just about as happy as can be
Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars..

To Receive Maestro Award, 2013

T-Bone Burnett
January 14, 1948 - (age 66)

2014年1月15日水曜日

五百羅漢

E-5+ZD50-200
 (2014/01/15,富山市,Nippon )

呉羽山東斜面にある長慶寺の五百羅漢。


2014年1月14日火曜日

マギー・ベル(Maggie Bell)/Queen of the Night




Queen of the Night


Written by Ronnie Leahy


Backing Vocals – Sweet Inspirations
Bass – Bill Salter
Drums – Steve Gadd
Guitar – Cornell Dupree, Hugh McCracken
Keyboards – Richard Tee
Percussion – Ralph MacDonald

Producer Jerry Wexler


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Maggie Bell
Queen of the Night
Atlantic, 1974


I am a woman
And I had my freedom
I was the universe in your eyes
I was the sunset and surprise
Would you love me? Love me.
I know you send your regards
To the Queen of the Night

She twisted your hair
Held it with love at night
The flow from her sweet tongue
How could you let it fool you to thinking
You're winning
Life is but so in pain
I know you send your regards
To the Queen of the Night

I am a woman
And I had my freedom
And I was the universe
And I was the sunset and surprise
And would you love me?
I know you send your regards
To the Queen of the Night

Oh, regards to the Queen of the Night
(She's the Queen of the Night)
Yes, I'm a sweet lovin' woman
(She's the Queen of the Night)
Oh, yeah, give me some lovin'
(She's the Queen of the Night)
I'm a sweet lovin' woman
(She's the Queen of the Night)
Oh, yeah I need some lovin'
(She's the Queen of the Night)
Sweet lovin' woman
(She's the Queen of the Night)

Maggie Bell
12 January 1945 - (age 69)



2014年1月13日月曜日

もうひとつの国鉄闘争(Books)



















もうひとつの国鉄闘争
-非正規差別,女性差別と闘って

和田 弘子 (著)

三一書房 (2013/11/20)


 筆者が所属したのは,国労(国鉄労働組合)。

 

2014年1月12日日曜日

ロッド・スチュワート(Rod Stewart)/北国の少女




The Girl From The North Country
 (Alternate Version)


Written by Bob Dylan


1974 "Smiler" sessions


Producer Rod Stewart


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Rod Stewart - Rarities
Mercury, 2013


If you're traveling in the north country fair
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Remember me to the one who lives there
She was once a true love of mine

And if you're goin' when the snowflakes storm
When the rivers freeze and summer ends
Please see for me she has a coat so warm
to keep her from the howling wind

Would you see for me that her hair's hanging long
That it rolls and flows all down her breasts
See for me that her hair's hanging long
'Cause that's the way I remember her best

But I'm a-wondering if she remembers me at all
Many times I've often prayed
in the darkness of my night
in the brightness of my day
So if you're traveling in the north country fair
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Remember me to the one who lives there
'Cause she was once, she was once a true love of mine

And she'll always be a true love of mine
And I never, never, never, never give her up

Rod Stewart (2013)
10 January 1945 - (age 69)