今日の「聴き比べ」は『コルテス・ザ・キラー(Cortez the Killer)』です。
この曲はニール・ヤング(Neil Young)の１９７５年のアルバム『ズマ(ZUMA)』に収められた曲です。
スペインからアメリカ大陸にやって来てアステカ帝国を滅ぼし、メキシコをスペインに併合した征服者エルナン・コルテスのことを歌った曲です。
ライブでも何度も演奏されています。
Cortez the Killer
by Neil Young
He came dancing across the water
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
And that palace in the sun
On the shore lay Montezuma
With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls, he often wondered
With the secrets of the world
And his subjects
Gathered around him
Like the leaves around a tree
In their clothes of many colors
For the angry gods to see
And the women all were beautiful
And the men stood
Straight and strong
They offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on
Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
The people worked together
And they lifted many stones
They carried them
To the flatlands
And they died along the way
But they built up
With their bare hands
What we still can't do today
And I know she's living there
And she loves me to this day
I still can't remember when
Or how I lost my way
He came dancing across the water
Cortez, Cortez
What a killer
Cortez the Killer (2016 Remaster)
この曲をまたしてもガヴァメント・ミュール(Gov't Mule)がカバーしました。アルバムも１９９９年の４枚組ライブ『Live… with a Little Help from Our Friends』に収録されました。
Gov't Mule - Cortez The Killer (Live)
それでは今日はこの辺で。
