今日の「聴き比べ」はスリー・ドッグ・ナイト(Three Dog Night)でヒットした『オールド・ファッションド・ラヴ・ソング(An Old Fashioned Love Song)』です。
この曲はアメリカのシンガー・ソングライターで俳優でもあるポール・ウィリアムズ(Paul Williams)によって書かれた曲です。彼は多くのヒット曲をカーペンターズをはじめ様々なアーティストに提供しています。
ポール・ウィリアムズはこの曲をカーペンターズに提供しようとしましたが、断られたのでスリー・ドッグ・ナイトに持っていきました。スリー・ドッグ・ナイトはアルバム『Harmony』に収録しました。そしてこれが見事にヒットしました。
By Paul H. Williams
Just an old-fashioned love song
Playin' on the radio
And wrapped around the music
Is the sound of someone promising they'll never go
You swear you've heard it before
As it slowly rambles on
No need in bringin' 'em back
'Cause they're never really gone
(Just an old-fashioned love song)
(One I'm sure they wrote for you and me)
(Just an old-fashioned love song)
(Comin' down in three-part harmony)
To weave our dreams upon and listen
To each evening when the lights are low
To underscore our love affair with tenderness and feelings
That we've come to know
You swear you've heard it before
As it slowly rambles on and on and...
No need in bringin' 'em back
'Cause they're never really gone
(Just an old-fashioned love song)
(Comin' down in three-part harmony)
(Just an old-fashioned love song)
(One I'm sure they wrote for you and me)
(Just an old-fashioned love song)
(Comin' down in three-part harmony)
(Just an old-fashioned love song)
(One I'm sure they wrote for you and me)
To weave our dreams upon and listen to a song
Just an old song, comin' down
Just an old song
(One I'm sure they wrote for you and me)
Just an old song, comin' down
Just an old song (Just an old-fashioned love song)
(One I'm sure they wrote for you and me)
(Just an old-fashioned love song) Just an old song, comin' down
(Comin' down in three-part harmony)
(Just an old-fashioned love song) Just an old song
(One I'm sure they wrote for you and me)
(Just an old-fashioned love song) Just an old song, comin' down
(Comin' down in three-part harmony)
(Just an old-fashioned love song) Just an old song
(One I'm sure they wrote for you and me)
ポール・ウィリアムズ自身の歌唱です。
Paul Williams - Just an Old Fashioned Love Song (1971)
ニュー・シーカーズ(The New Seekers)です。
The New Seekers - Just an Old Fashioned Love Song
レターメン(The Lettermen)です。こちらもヒットしました。
The Lettermen Just an old Fashioned.Love Song
それでは今日はこの辺で。