聴き比べ ジム・クロウチの『リロイ・ブラウンは悪い奴』

今日の「聴き比べ」はジム・クロウチ(Jim Croce)の『リロイ・ブラウンは悪い奴(Bad, Bad Leroy Brown)』です。

以前紹介したジム・クロウチの数あるヒット曲の中から、今日は『リロイ・ブラウンは悪い奴』を選曲しました。１９７３年に全米１位を記録した曲です。２枚目のアルバム『Life And Times』に収録されました。

３０歳という年齢でこの世を去ったジム。残したものは僅かでしたが、多くの人々の心にいつまでも残る楽曲を数多く残しました。

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Life & Times (50th Anniversary) [180gram Blue Vinyl] [Analog]

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

By Jim Croce

Well the South side of Chicago

Is the baddest part of town

And if you go down there

You better just beware

Of a man named Leroy Brown

Now Leroy more than trouble

You see he stand 'bout six foot four

All the downtown ladies call him "Treetop Lover"

All the men just call him "Sir"

And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown

The baddest man in the whole damn town

Badder than old King Kong

Meaner than a junkyard dog

Now Leroy he a gambler

And he like his fancy clothes

And he like to wave his diamond rings

In front of everybody's nose

He got a custom Continental

He got an Eldorado too

He got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun

He got a razor in his shoe

And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown

The baddest man in the whole damn town

Badder than old King Kong

Meaner than a junkyard dog

Well Friday bout a week ago

Leroy shootin' dice

And at the edge of the bar

Sat a girl named Doris

And ooh that girl looked nice

Well he cast his eyes upon her

And the trouble soon began

Leroy Brown he learned a lesson 'bout messin'

With the wife of a jealous man

And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown

The baddest man in the whole damn town

Badder than old King Kong

Meaner than a junkyard dog

Well the two men took to fightin'

And when they pulled them from the floor

Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle

With a couple of pieces gone

And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown

The baddest man in the whole damn town

Badder than old King Kong

Meaner than a junkyard dog

And he’s bad, bad Leroy Brown

The baddest man in the whole damn town

Badder than old King Kong

Meaner than a junkyard dog

Badder than old King Kong

Meaner than a junkyard dog

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