カミさんに勧められて伊坂 幸太郎の「ゴールデンスランバー」を読み始める。
本書はカミさん大絶賛なのだ。
舞台が仙台なのな。どの場面も大体何処で起きているのかわかるこの緊張感はジモピーならでは。まだ物語の入り口だけどそれを差し引いてもかなり面白い。
更にそれに加えて、Golden Slumbersである。The Beatlesである。
The Beatles一辺倒であった時期があった。しかもなかでもよりによって
Golden Slumbers ここから展開する怒濤のメドレーはThe Beatlesのアルバムのなかでも出色。傑作なのさ。またこの曲が流れるとすぐにどっと時代が蘇って溢れ出しあの頃の時間にあった味といか気分というか色と云うへきなのかを再び味わえる気がしますね。やはり音楽は偉大だ。そしてこの曲は正に涙なくして聴けない音楽なのだ。
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Golden Slumbers
(John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
Lead Vocal: Paul McCartney
Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye
Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye
Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye
Carry That Weight
(John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
Lead Vocal: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr
Boy, you're going to carry that weight,
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
I never give you my pillow
I only send you my invitations
And in the middle of the celebrations
I break down
Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you're going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
The End
(John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
Lead Vocal: Paul McCartney
Oh yeah, all right
Are you going to be in my dreams
Tonight?
Drum solo
Guitar solos
And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love
You make
トマス・デッカー(Thomas Dekker)のGolden Slumbersも合わせて紹介しましょう。
Pleasant Comedy of Patient Grissill (1603)
by Thomas Dekker
Golden slumbers kiss your eyes,
Smiles awake you when you rise ;
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby,
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.
Care is heavy, therefore sleep you,
You are care, and care must keep you ;
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby,
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.
