猛虎過江 | Hotel California/Eagles(1976)

2015.11.23 Monday

Hotel California/Eagles(1976)

イーグルスというと”ホテル　カルフォルニヤ”の曲が
思い出されます。
学生の頃、親戚の家で、訊いた記憶があります。
６分３０秒の非常に長い音楽となっています。
イーグルスは、メンバーを入れ替えて現在も活動してるようです。

On a dark desert highway, Cool wind in my hair,
Warm smell of “colitas”Rising up through the air,
Up ahead in the distance
I saw a shimmering light,My head grew heavy and my sight
grew dim, I had to stop for the night.
There she stood in the doorway, I heard the mission bell
And I was thinkin’ to myself :
“This could be heaven and this could be hell”
Then she lit up a candle, And she showed me the way,
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say

Welcome to the Hotel California, Such a lovely place,
(Such a lovely place) Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California, Any time of year,
(Any time of year) You can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, She got the Mercedes Bends,
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, Sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember, Some dance to forget

So I called up the Captain“Please bring me my wine”
He said, “We haven’t had that spirit here
Since nineteen sixty-nine”
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say:

Welcome to the Hotel California, Such a lovely place,
(Such a lovely place) Such a lovely face
They’re livin’ it up at the Hotel California,
What a nice surprise, (What a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling, The pink champagne on ice,
and she said:“We are all just prisoners here,
Of our own device”And in the master’s chambers
They gathered for the feast,
They stabbed it with their steely knives,
But they just can’t kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was running for the door,
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before,
“Relax,” said the night man, “We are programmed to receive,
You can check out anytime you like… but you can never leave

Desperado/Eagles(1973)

以下、カルフォルニヤ関連の音楽

California Dreamin/Mamas & The Papas(1966)

Albert Hammond/It Never Rains In Southern California(1972)
曲は、南カルフォルニヤには、大体、雨が降らないよという意味だが、
”カルフォルニヤの青い空”です
きっと、作詞者が、当地に行ったとき、大雨が降ってたようです

San Francisco(1967)/Scott McKenzie(1939-2012)この曲も
カルフォルニヤ系の音楽に含めてもいいとおもいますが！
Mamas & The Papasのジョン・フィリップスが書いた楽曲デス

Sadao Watanabe/California Shower(1977)
california Showe,Seventh High,MyDear Life,Captain Caribe
演奏：Sadao Watanabe (as,sn,fl) Lee Ritenour (g)
Ernie Watts (ts,ss,fl) Patrice Rushen (key) Anthony Jackson (b)
Harvey Mason (dr) Steve Forman (perc)
ナベサダの音楽も忘れてはなりません。

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