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American pie -1985 concert

レスリーは1985年のコンサートでも「American Pie」を歌っていました。韓国のSong Festivalでも歌っていましたね。
1985年の「張國榮八五演唱會」では青字部分を歌っていました。

A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
and I knew if I had my chance
that I could make those people dance
and maybe they'd be happy for a while
but February made me shiver
with every paper I delivered,
bad news on the door step,
I couldn't take one more step,
I can't remember if I cried
when I read about his widowed bride
but something touched me deep inside,
the day, the music, died.

So...
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
drove my Chevy to the levy
but the levy was dry
an them good ol' boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
singin this will be the day that I die,
this will be the day that I die.

Did you write the book of love
and do you have faith in God above,
if the bible tells you so,
and do you believe in rock n' roll,
can music save your mortal soul
and can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Well I know that you're in love with him
cuz I saw you dancin in the gym
you both kicked off your shoes
and I dig those rhythm and blues.
I was a lonely teenage bronkin buck
with a pink carnation and a pick up truck
but I knew I was out of luck,
the day, the music, died.

I started singin...
bye bye Miss American pie
Drove my Chevy to the levy
but the levy was dry
an them good ol' boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
singin this will be the day that I die,

this will be the day that I die.

Now for ten years we've been on our own
and moss grows fat on a rollin stone
but that's not how it used to be,
when the jester sang for the king and queen
in a coat he borrowed from James Dean
and a voice that came from you and me,
oh and while the king was looking down,
the jester stole his thorny crown
the courtroom was adjourned,
no verdict was returned,
and while Lenin read a book on Marx,
the quartet practiced in the park

and we sang dirges in the dark,
the day, the music, died.

We were singin... bye, bye Miss American Pie
drove my Chevy to the levy
but the levy was dry
an them good ol' boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
singin this will be the day that I die,
this will be the day that I die.

Helter Skelter in a summer swelter
the birds flew off with a fallout shelter,
eight miles high and fallin fast,
its the land that falled on the grass
the players tried for a forward pass
with the jester on the sidelines in a cast,
now the half-time air was sweet perfume
while the sergeants played a marching tune
we all got up to dance
oh but we never got the chance
'Cause the players tried to take the field
the marching band refused to yield
do you recall what was revealed,
the day, the music, died.

We started singin...
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
drove my Chevy to the levy
but the levy was dry
an them good ol' boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
singin this will be the day that I die,
this will be the day that I die.

Oh and there we were all in one place,
a generation lost in space
with no time left to start again,
so come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick,
Jack Flash sat on a candle stick
because fire is the devils only friend,
oh and as I watched him on the stage,
my hands were clinched in fists of rage,
no angel born in hell
could break that satan's spell
and as the planes climbed high into the night
to light the sacrificial right
I saw satan laughing with delight,
the day, the music, died.

He was singin...
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
drove my Chevy to the levy
but the levy was dry
an them good ol' boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
singin this will be the day that I die,
this will be the day that I die.

I met a girl who sang the blues
and I asked her for some happy news
but she just smiled and turned away,
I went down to the sacred store
where I'd heard the music years before
but the man there said the music wouldn't play
and in the streets the children screamed,
the lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
but not a word was spoken,
the church bells all were broken
and the three men I admire most,
the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost,
they caught the last train for the coast,
the day, the music, died,

and they were singin...
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
drove my Chevy to the levy
but the levy was dry
an them good ol' boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
singin this will be the day that I die,
this will be the day that I die.

They were singin... Bye, bye Miss American Pie
drove my Chevy to the levy
but the levy was dry
an them good ol' boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
singin this will be the day that I die.

先日ヒストリー・チャンネルで「ヒッピー」についてのドキュメンタリー番組を放映しました。録画していたものを一昨日見ましたが、アメリカン・パイの解釈を訳していたときに出てきた言葉が次から次へとたくさん出てきました。そのせいかこのドキュメンタリーの背景にある当時のアメリカの文化や政治、思想、歴史がよく理解できたように思いました。この歌が1972年にトップ1に輝いたことは、それに共感する人々の支持があったということなのでしょうね。レスリーをきっかけに、わたしの世界も広がります。
by Franny64 | 2008-06-26 23:31 | Cover Songs

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by Franny64