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聴き比べ J.ブラウンとG.オールマン『ソング・フォー・アダム(Song For Adam)』

今日の「聴き比べ」はジャクソン・ブラウン(Jackson Browne)『ソング・フォー・アダム(Song For Adam)』です。

 

この曲はジャクソン・ブラウンが1972年に発表したファースト・アルバムJackson Browne)』に収められた曲です。

この曲は2017年に亡くなったグレッグ・オールマン(Gregg Allman)の遺作となったアルバム、しかも最終曲として納められました。二人の間柄とグレッグの兄への思いを想像すると、悲しくなってしまいます。

グレッグが病を押して録音に臨んだアルバム『サザン・ブラッド(Southern Blood)』は不完全な形でリリースされました。この曲を録音している時に、彼は兄デュアンのことを思い浮かべ、4番目の歌詞の途中で歌えなくなってしまったようです。アルバムはそのまま発表されました。

 

思い起こせばグレッグのファースト・ソロ・アルバム『レイド・バック』でもジャクソン・ブラウンの曲「These Days」を取り上げていました。二人には長年の親交があったのです。

 

    

 

Song for Adam

by  Jackson Browne

 

Though Adam was a friend of mine

I did not know him well

He was along into his distance

He was deep into his well

I could guess what he was laughing at

But I couldn't really tell

Now the story's told that Adam jumped

But I'm thinking that he fell

 

Together, we went traveling

As we received the call

His destination India

And I had none at all

Well, I still remember laughing

With our backs against the wall

So free of fear, we never thought

That one of us might fall

 

I sit before my only candle

But it's so little light to find my way

Now this story unfolds before my candle

Which is shorter every hour as it reaches for the day

But I feel just like a candle in a way

I guess I'll get there

But I wouldn't say for sure

 

When we parted, we were laughing still

As our goodbyes were said

And I never heard from him again

As each our lives we led

Except for once in someone else's

Letter that I read

Until I heard the sudden word

That a friend of mine was dead

 

I sit before my only candle

Like a pilgrim sits beside the wave

Now this journey appears before my candle

As a song that's growing fainter the harder I play

That I fear before I end, I'll fade away

But I guess I'll get there

Though I wouldn't say for sure

 

Though Adam was a friend of mine

I did not know him long

And when I stood myself beside him

I never thought I was as strong

Still, it seems he stopped his singing

In the middle of his song

Well, I'm not the one to say I know

But I'm hoping he was wrong

 

I'm holding out my only candle

Though it's so little light to find my way

Now this story's been laid beneath my candle

And it's shorter every hour as it reaches for the day

Yes, I feel just like a candle in a way

I hope I get there

But I'll never pray

 

ジャクソン・ブラウン

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グレッグ・オールマン

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それでは今日はこの辺で。