2013年05月15日

まだまだ余韻の中にいる

ダニエルがコスモ石油の話をしてたのは
このコラボCDの事であり彼らしく
永遠の名曲をカヴァーしたアルバム。
このなかのジョニ・ミッチェルの
ナンバー「BIG YELLOW TAXI」(1970)
とってもよかった。
ワイキキのロイヤルハワイアンや
その周辺の近代化に「ちょっと待ってよ」
という内容の歌。

ちなみに彼がスラッキーから
ノーマルチューニングに替え
ジョークのように弾いた
EVERY BREATH YOU TAKEも
このアルバムではちゃんと聴けるぞ。

They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel *, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

They took all the trees
Put 'em in a tree museum *
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

Hey farmer farmer
Put away that DDT * now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

Late last night
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Took away my old man

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

＊蛇足だがボブ・ディランもこの曲をカバーでしていて
　“BIG YELLOW BULLDOZER”と歌っているらしい。
　そのほうがわかりやすい。