今日の「聴き比べ」はランディ・ニューマン(Randy Newman)が書いた『ママ・トールド・ミー(Mama Told Me(Not to Come))』です。
元々この曲を最初に取り上げたのが新生エリック・バードン＆アニマルズ(Eric Burdon & the ANimals)でした。１９６７年のアルバム『Eric is Here』に収録されました。
１９７０年にはランディが自身のアルバム『12 Song』でセルフカバーしました。
さらに同年、今度はスリー・ドッグ・ナイト(Three Dog Night)がアルバム『It Ain't Easy』でカバーしました。これが大ヒットとなり、全米1位を獲得しました。
Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
By Randy Newman
Want some whiskey in your water?
Sugar in your tea?
What's all these crazy questions you're askin' me?
This is the craziest party that could ever be
Don't turn on the lights cause I don't wanna see
Mama told me not to come, Oh Lord
Mama told me not to come
"That ain't the way to have fun, no" (Uh-uh!)
Open up your window, let some air into this room
I think I'm almost chokin' from the smell of stale perfume
And that cigarette you're smokin' 'bout scare me half to death
Open up the window, sucker, let me catch my breath
Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come, She say, uh
"That ain't the way to have fun, son"
"That ain't the way to have fun, son" she said
The radio is blastin', someone's knockin' on the door
I'm lookin' at my girlfriend, she's passed out on the floor
I seen so many things I ain't never seen before
I don't know what it is, I don't wanna see no more
Mama told me not to come, Oh, Lord
Mama told me not to come
She said, "That ain't the way to have fun, son"
"That ain't the way to have fun, no"
Mama told me, mama told me
Mama told me, told me, told me
Mama told me, told me, ooh, yeah, yeah
Mama told me not to go
Mama told me, mama told me
Ain't that the truth
"That ain't the way to have fun, no"
"That ain't the way to have fun, son"
"That ain't the way to have fun, no"
"That ain't the way to have fun, son"
"That ain't the way to have fun, no"
"That ain't the way to have fun, son"
"That ain't the way to have fun, no"
"That ain't the way to have fun, son"
アニマルズ・バージョン
Mama Told Me Not To Come - Eric Burdon
Randy Newman - Mama Told Me Not To Come
そしてスリー・ドッグ・ナイトです。
さらに２０００年にはトム・ジョーンズとステレオフォニックス(Tom Jones,Stereofonics)
Tom Jones and Stereophonics - Mama Told Me Not To Come
それでは今日はこの辺で。
