"Consider Me Gone" (Sting/1985) - (#16) "Driven to Tears" (Sting/1980) - (#2) "Every Breath You Take" (Sting/1983) - (#14) "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" (Sting/1981) - (#13) "Fields of Gold" (Sting/1993) - (#9) "Fortress Around Your Heart" (Sting/1985) - (#10) "Fragile" (Sting/1987) - (#7) "The Gentle Rain" ("Chuva Delicada") (Luiz Bonfá/Matt Dubey/1965) - (#7) "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" (Sting/1985) - (#3) "Language of Birds" (Sting,Rob Mathes/2013) - (#11) "Message in a Bottle" ("Sending Out An S.O.S.") (Sting/1979) - (#8) "Seven Days" (Sting/1993) - (#4) "Shadows in the Rain" (Sting/1980) - (#5) "Synchronicity I" (Sting/1983) - (#15) "Walking in Your Footsteps" (Sting/1983) - (#6)
1. "Driven to Tears"
2. "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"
3. "Seven Days"
4. "Shadows in the Rain"
5. "Walking in Your Footsteps"
6. "Fragile/Gentle Rain" (Sting/Luiz Bonfá/Matt Dubey)
7. "Message in a Bottle"
8. "Fields of Gold"
9. "Fortress Around Your Heart"
10. "Language of Birds" (Sting/Rob Mathes)
11. "Every Little Thing He Does Is Magic"
12. "Every Breath You Take"
13. "Synchronicity I"
14. "Consider Me Gone"
Musicians:
Tierney Sutton (vo)
Christian Jacob (p)
Ray Brinker (ds, percussion)
Kevin Axt (b)
Trey Henry (b, bass g)
このコミュニティで取り上げるティアニー・サットンの3枚目のアルバムになります。
彼女のアルバムには Tierney Sutton 名義のものと、Tierney Sutton Band 名義のものがあります。
このアルバムはTierney Sutton Band 名義のアルバムです。
ティアニー・サットン・バンドの最初の出だしを聴いて「をやっ、これはあれのあれじゃないか?」と思われた方、あなたは立派なジャズファンです。
そう、マイルス・デイヴィスのアルバム Kind of Blue の中の "So What?" の出だしと同じなのです。
更に、ティアニーのスキャットの部分はマイルス・デイヴィスのソロを基にしています。
まるで、スティングが "Driven to Tears" 「涙がちょちょぎれる!」というのにティアニーが "So What?" 「それがどないしてん?」と返しているようにも受け止められませんでしょうか。
[Verse 1]
How can you say that you're not responsible?
What does it have to do with me?
What is my reaction, what should it be?
Confronted by this latest atrocity
[Chorus]
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
[Verse 2]
Hide my face in my hands
Shame wells in my throat
My comfortable existence is reduced
To a shallow, meaningless party
Seems that when some innocents die
All we can offer them is a page in a some magazine
Too many cameras and not enough food
'Cause this is what we've seen
[Chorus]
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
[Verse 3]
Protest is futile
Nothing seems to get through
What's to become of our world?
Who knows what to do?
この曲はスティングがソロになってから4枚目のアルバム Ten Summoner's Tales に収録されています。
アルバムタイトルは、スティングの姓 Sumner と、チョーサーのカンタベリー物語に出てくる Summoner にかけてあります。
このあたりはスティングがプロのミュージシャンになる前に国語(英語)の先生をしていたというキャリアを持つ知的なところが現れているのでしょう。
wikipedia の The Canterbury Tales の記事の中でもスティングのこのアルバムとの関連が紹介されています。
Music のくだりをご覧ください。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canterbury_Tales
ティアニーはこの曲の持つ旋律の美しいところを一段と引き立てていますね。
The fact he's over six feet ten
Might instill fear in other men
のところをどう扱うのかと興味津々で聴いてみると
The fact she's beauty queen
Pages of a magazine should make me fear
[Verse 1]
Woke up in my clothes again this morning
Don't know exactly where I am
And I should heed my doctor's warning
He does the best with me he can
[Verse 2]
He claims I suffer from delusions
Yet I'm so confident I'm sane
It can't be no optical illusion
So how can you explain?
[Refrain]
Shadows in the rain, oh
(Ow!)
[Verse 3]
And if you see us on the corner
We're just dancing in the rain
I join my friends there when I see them
Outside my window pane
[Chorus]
Shadows in the rain, oh
Shadows in the rain, yeah
Shadows in the rain, yeah
Shadows in the rain, oh
[Verse 4]
Woke up in my clothes again this morning
Don't know exactly where I am
And I should heed my doctor's warning
He does the best with me he can
[Chorus]
Shadows in the rain, oh
Shadows in the rain, oh
[Outro]
Shadows in the rain, oh, oh
Shadows in the rain, oh
Shadows in the rain
Shadows in the rain
How can I explain
Shadows in the rain?
Shadows in the rain
How can I explain
Shadows in the rain?
How can I explain
How can I explain
Shadows in the rain?
この曲は The Police のアルバム Synchronicity (1983) に収録されています。
Kevin Axt (b) を前面に出しています。
ティアニー・サットン・バンドはまるで童謡を楽しく演奏歌唱しているように聞こえます。
[Verse 1]
Fifty million years ago
You walked upon the planet so
Lord of all that you could see
Just a little bit like me
[Chorus]
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
[Verse 2]
Hey, Mr. Dinosaur
You really couldn't ask for more
You were God's favorite creature
But you didn't have a future
[Chorus]
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
[Verse 3]
Hey, mighty brontosaurus
Don't you have a lesson for us?
You thought your rule would always last
There were no lessons in your past
You were built three stories high
They say you would not hurt a fly
If we explode the atom bomb
Would they say that we were dumb?
[Chorus]
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
[Bridge]
They say the meek
Shall inherit the earth
They say the meek
Shall inherit the earth
[Outro]
Walking in your footsteps, footsteps, footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps, footsteps, footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
Walking in your footsteps
"Fragile"
作曲・作詞: Sting
作曲年 1987
収録...Nothing Like the Sun
"The Gentle Rain" ("Chuva Delicada")
作曲: Luiz Bonfá
作詞: Matt Dubey
作曲年 1965
映画 The Gentle Rain (1966) で使われた
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gentle_Rain_(film)
"Fragile" の中の1節 On and on the rain will fall と "The Gentle Rain" を掛けて、上手く組み合わせた編曲になっています。
また、歌詞の内容が「希望を持たせる」ような組み合わせになっています。
(両曲のコード進行については、楽理にお詳しい方、解説してください)
なかなかのアイデアですね。
"Fragile"
[Verse]
If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one
Drying in the color of the evening sun
Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away
But something in our minds will always stay
Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument
That nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are
[Chorus]
On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are how fragile we are
On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are how fragile we are
How fragile we are how fragile we are
引用元はここ
https://genius.com/Sting-fragile-lyrics
歌詞の和訳があります
https://fudego.net/fragile-sting/
"The Gentle Rain"
We both are lost and alone in the world
Walk with me in the gentle rain
Don't be afraid, I've a hand for your hand
And I will be your love for a while
I feel your tears, as they fall on my cheek
They are warm like the gentle rain
Come little one, you´ve got me in the world
And our love will be sweet, very sweet
Come little one, you´ve got me in the world
And our love will be sweet
Very sweet, very sad
Like the gentle rain
Like the gentle rain
Police のアルバム Reggatta de Blanc (1979) に収録されています。
映画 Message in a Bottle (1999) ではこの曲は使われていません。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_in_a_Bottle_(film)
この映画の主演はケヴィン・コスナーとロビン・ライトです。
なかなかいい編曲と演奏歌唱ですね。
[Verse 1]
Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh
Another lonely day with no one here but me, oh
More loneliness than any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh
[Chorus]
I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle (Yeah)
Message in a bottle (Yeah)
[Verse 2]
A year has passed since I wrote my note
I should have known this right from the start
Only hope can keep me together
Love can mend your life, but love can break your heart
[Chorus]
I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle (Yeah)
Message in a bottle (Yeah)
(Oh) Message in a bottle (Yeah)
Message in a bottle (Yeah)
[Verse 3]
Walked out this morning, don't believe what I saw
Hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore
Seems I'm not alone at being alone
Hundred billion castaways looking for a home
[Chorus]
I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle (Yeah)
Message in a bottle (Yeah)
Message in a bottle (Oh)
Message in a bottle (Yeah)
この曲はスティングがソロになってから4枚目のアルバム Ten Summoner's Tales に収録されています。
また、シングルでもリリースされヒットしました。
ロックの名曲が Tierney Sutton Band の手にかかってジャズになる姿をじっくりと味わってください。
[Verse 1]
You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we walk in fields of gold
[Verse 2]
So she took her love for to gaze awhile
Upon the fields of barley
In his arms she fell as her hair came down
Among the fields of gold
[Verse 3]
Will you stay with me? Will you be my love?
Among the fields of barley
We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we lie in fields of gold
[Verse 4]
See the west wind move like a lover so
Upon the fields of barley
Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth
Among the fields of gold
[Bridge]
I never made promises lightly
And there have been some that I've broken
But I swear in the days still left
We'll walk in fields of gold
We'll walk in fields of gold
[Verse 5]
Many years have passed since those summer days
Among the fields of barley
See the children run as the sun goes down
Among the fields of gold
[Verse 6]
You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold
この曲はスティングがソロになって最初のアルバム The Dream of the Blue Turtles に収録されています。
Tierney Sutton Band の素晴らしい編曲ですね。
Under the ruins of a walled city
Crumbling towers and beams of yellow light
No flags of truce, no cries of pity
The siege guns had been pounding all through the night
It took a day to build the city
We walked through its streets in the afternoon
As I returned across the fields I'd known
I recognized the walls that I'd once made
I had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid
And if I built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge
For I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire
Then I went off to fight some battle
That I'd invented inside my head
Away so long for years and years
You probably thought or even wished that I was dead
While the armies are all sleeping
Beneath the tattered flag we'd made
I had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid
And if I built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge
For I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire
This prison has now become your home
A sentence you seem prepared to pay
It took a day to build the city
We walked through its streets in the afternoon
As I returned across the lands I'd known
I recognized the fields where I'd once played
I had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid
And if I built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge
For I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire
この曲はスティングの2013年のアルバム The Last Ship に収録されています
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ship_(album)
この曲は同名のミュージカル The Last Ship (2014) のために書かれました
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ship_(musical)
[Verse]
They say there's an underground river
That none of us can see
And it flows through winding tunnels
On its way to a tide-less sea
And across that sea is an island
A paradise we are told
Where the toils of life are forgotten
And they call it the Island of Souls
For only a soul can go there
A soul that's been set free
From the confines of a working life
To find eternity
Your old man had a cage for his pigeons
But that's really where he kept his soul
And when he watched them fly he would see himself
Least that's how it was told
But his soul was still trapped in the cage son
While the birds they soared to the sky
But he couldn't find his own way out
Least not until the day he died
[Chorus]
Oh, a man builds a cage with the tools he is given
His casket is sealed with a riveter's gun
This solitary madness is where he is driven
It was him who was trapped in the soul cage, son
It was him that was trapped in the soul cage
[Bridge]
I know that he loved you, but he hadn't the words
He'd be easier speaking the language of birds
For to speak of emotion, it just wasn't done
It was him who was trapped in the soul cage, son
It was him that was trapped in the soul cage
[Chorus]
Oh, a man builds a cage with the tools he is given
His casket is sealed with a riveter's gun
This solitary madness is where he is driven
It was him who was trapped in the soul cage, son
It was him that was trapped in the soul cage
この曲は Police のアルバム Ghost in the Machine に収録されています。
ポリスの大ヒット曲になりました。
ティアニーは、えっ、あの曲がこんな風になるのかという編曲とレンダリングを見せてくれます。
Though I've tried before to tell her
Of the feelings I have for her in my heart
Every time that I come near her
I just lose my nerve as I've done from the start
Every little thing she does is magic
Everything she does just turns me on
Even though my life before was tragic
Now I know my love for her goes on
Do I have to tell the story
Of a thousand rainy days since we first met
It's a big enough umbrella
But it's always me that ends up getting wet
Every little thing she does is magic
Everything she does just turns me on
Even though my life before was tragic
Now I know my love for her goes on
I resolved to call her up
A thousand times a day
And ask her if she'll marry me
In some old fashioned way
But my silent fears have gripped me
Long before I reach the phone
Long before my tongue has tripped me
Must I always be alone?
Every little thing she does is magic
Everything she does just turns me on
Even though my life before was tragic
Now I know my love for her goes on
Every little thing she does is magic
Everything she does just turns me on
Even though my life before was tragic
Now I know my love for her goes on
(中略)
Do I have to tell the story
Of a thousand rainy days since we first met
It's a big enough umbrella
But it's always me
That ends up getting wet
[Verse 1]
Every breath you take
And every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you
Every single day
And every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I'll be watching you
[Chorus]
Oh, can't you see you belong to me?
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take?
[Verse 2]
Every move you make
And every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you
[Bridge]
Since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace
I dream at night, I can only see your face
I look around, but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace
I keep crying baby, baby, please
[Chorus]
Oh, can't you see you belong to me?
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take
[Verse 3]
Every move you make
And every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you
Every move you make
Every step you take
I'll be watching you
[Verse 1]
With one breath, with one flow
You will know synchronicity
A sleep trance, a dream dance
A shared romance, synchronicity
[Chorus]
A connecting principle
Linked to the invisible
Almost imperceptible
Something inexpressible
Science insusceptible
Logic so inflexible
Causally connectable
Nothing is invincible
[Verse 2]
If we share this nightmare
We can dream spiritus mundi
If you act as you think
The missing link, synchronicity
[Chorus]
A connecting principle
Linked to the invisible
Almost imperceptible
Something inexpressible
Science insusceptible
Logic so inflexible
Causally connectable
Nothing is invincible
Oh!
[Verse 3]
We know you, they know me
Extrasensory, synchronicity
A star fall, a phone call
It joins all, synchronicity
[Chorus]
A connecting principle
Linked to the invisible
Almost imperceptible
Something inexpressible
Science insusceptible
Logic so inflexible
Causally connectable
Nothing is invincible
[Verse 4]
It's so deep, it's so wide
You're inside synchronicity
Effect without a cause
Sub-atomic laws
Scientific pause
Synchronicity
この曲は The Dream Of The Blue Turtles (1985) に収録されています。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dream_of_the_Blue_Turtles
このアルバムはジャズファンも丸ごと聞いてみるべきアルバムかもしれません。
There were rooms of forgiveness
In the house that we share
But the space has been emptied
Of whatever was there
There were cupboards of patience
There were shelf loads of care
But whoever came calling
Found nobody there
After today consider me gone
(You can't stay there...)
Roses have thorns and shining waters mud
And cancer lurks deep in the sweetest bud
Clouds and eclipses stain the moon and the sun
And history reeks of the wrongs we have done
After today, consider me gone
(You can't stay there...)
I've spent too many years at war with myself
The doctor has told me it's no good for my health
To search for perfection is all very well
But to look for heaven is to live here in hell
これで
Tierney Sutton Band / The Sting Variations
の全トラックが紹介できました。
いかがでしたでしょうか。
まさにティアニー・サットン・バンドの才能を凝縮したようなアルバムでしたね。
Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album に上げられたのも納得できるでしょう。
スティングの曲をポリス時代からソロ活動によるアルバムの中から注意深く選んだ選曲、それをティアニー・サットン・バンドの編曲で見事なジャズアルバムに仕上げています。
まさにアルバムタイトルにありますように The Sting Variations という内容になっています。