345．裁判で争うビートルズへの辛口の記事（＃５）

　ビートルズ解散後当時の状況を「彼らのナンバーの替え歌」で表現
した『ニューヨーク・タイムズ』紙の続き、第５回め最終回です。

　以下にその記事の内容を引用してみましょう。（原文ママ）

【引用開始】

I'M A LOSER

We're the losers, we're the losers,
And we're not what we appeared to be.

For all the loot we picked up on the way,
What have we left to console us today?
We were a group in a million, my friend,
Who could have known we would lose in the end?

We're the losers, and we've lost something that's
　dear to us,
We're the losers, and it's only now mode clear to us.

Although we laugh and we act like a clown,
Beneath this mask, we are wearing a frown.
Our shares are falling like rain from the sky,
Is it for them or ourselves that we cry?

We're the losers, and we've lost something that's
　dear to us,
We're the losers, and the shareholders all fear to us.

What did we do to deserve such a fate?
Served up ourselves to the world on a plate.
Become a piece of Financial Times hat,
And there was nowhere to go after hat.

We're the losers, and we've lost something that's
　dear to us,
We're the losers, and you've heard the lost you'll
　hear from us.

【引用終了】

　発展、衰退、そして没落・・・ですか。それにしても、辛口の記事
でした。また「人物の評価」ということについても、考えさせられた
記事でした。

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