今日の「聴き比べ」はイーグルス(Eagles)の『テイク・イット・トゥ・ザ・リミット (Take It to the Limit)』です。
この曲はイーグルスでも珍しくランディ・マイズナー(Randy Meisner)が曲を作り、リードボーカルを執った曲です。しかもシングルカットされてビルボードの４位となる大ヒットになりました。ランディは自身の１９７８年のイーグルス脱退後のソロアルバムでも取り上げており、彼の代表曲でもあります。
アルバムは『呪われた夜(One Of These Night)』に収録されました。１９７６年のイーグルス初来日での日本武道館の公演でも歌われました。
Take It to the Limit
by Randy Meisner,Don Henley & Glenn Frey
All alone at the end of the evening
When the bright lights have faded to blue
I was thinking 'bout a woman who might have
Loved me and I never knew
You know I've always been a dreamer
(Spent my life running 'round)
And it's so hard to change
(Can't seem to settle down)
But the dreams I've seen lately
Keep on turning out and burning out
And turning out the same
So put me on a highway
And show me a sign
And take it to the limit one more time
You can spend all your time making money
You can spend all your love making time
If it all fell to pieces tomorrow
Would you still be mine?
And when you're looking for your freedom
(Nobody seems to care)
And you can't find the door
(Can't find it anywhere)
When there's nothing to believe in
Still you're coming back, you're running back
You're coming back for more
So put me on a highway
And show me a sign
And take it to the limit one more time
Take it to the limit
Take it to the limit
Come on and take it to the limit one more time
Take it to the limit
Take it to the limit
You gotta take it to the limit one more time
Take it to the limit
Take it to the limit
Come on and take it to the limit one more time
Take it to the limit
Take it to the limit
Take it to the limit
Take it to the limit
Come on and take it to the limit
You got to take it to the limit one more time
Eagles - Take It To The Limit -HD
Randy Meisner - Take It To The Limit
この曲をデイヴ・メイソン(Dave Mason)が１９７６年の２枚組ライブ『ライヴ~情念(Certified Live)』でカバーしました。１９７７年の中野サンプラザでの初来日公演の時にも歌ったと思います。こちらはアコースティック・バージョンです。
Dave Mason - Take It To The Limit
名曲でした。
それでは今日はこの辺で。
