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詩人が音楽というかロックがわからないという前言撤回をいたします。

わかる人はわかるし、わからない人はわからない。当たり前のことでした。ここで「わかる」という言葉を用いているのは、ただ単に私が傲岸不遜なだけです。
つまり、私と同様の価値観を持っている人を「わかる」と言っているわけですから。

ですから、正確にいうなら、詩人の中にもロックに関して私と同じ価値観を持っている人もいるし、そうでない人もいるという、至極、当然のことをいってるに過ぎないのですね。

Michael Buhagiar の Homage to Eric Clapton シリーズを三つ紹介します。オーストラリアの詩人です。私と同世代ですね。
ある先達が、男性で本当にギターを弾く人間にクラプトン・ファンはいないって言ってましたっけ。
Ian McLagan は、自伝で初めてクラプトンをみたとき、頭のてっぺんからつま先までモッズで決めていたので驚いたって書いています。
イアン・マクレイガンの自伝は、1950年代後半からのイギリス、ロンドンの生活をSpike Milligan の本を思い出させる雰囲気で語っていて面白いですし、ブリティッシュ・ビート・シーンの裏側も覗かせてくれます。

      Homage to Eric Clapton

A seed once fell onto English terrain
Where wars had thicked the soil with much blood;
And its roots struck deep into Satan’s brain
On the side where feeling and melody bud.

And it thrust through years like a rebel army
Though deserted by sun and the rain close behind;
And a luthier culled one of its strongest rami
To craft an instrument with Segovia in mind.

Now the southwind spurs its belly, and there rears
Chaliapin, Sinatra, Caruso, all capped
By a song that crowns like cream the milch tree;

And a dark and haggard dryad appears
From a bole and croaks it is Clapton trapped,
And by the soaring topmost branch set free.


      The Witch Muse (Homage to Eric Clapton 2)

He glanced at the first bright sliver to glow
Which many would harvest and worship alone,
And yawned, thinking only of how she would grow
To the diva as Woman entrancing the throne.

He would watch her crowned, her husband-tide
Now brimming, now void, and the kingdom thriving;
The infant Prince on her lap spread wide:
While still the Acts through not wholly believing.

The backdropp of black is their shadow play.
Now the Queen is dead; there creeps from the shadows
A hag, black-cowled, to claim centre stage
With a wail as if suns at the death of day
Were fuelling in her ribs a lyric of crows.
He gazed till the stage went out into umbrage.


      Clapton is God (Homage to Eric Clapton 3)

Is still alive at fifty: clean of heroin,
Yet acid back then helped scour the eye
Of scum that sees two lovers sin:
The one hell-black, the other sky.

Life in one take: for the steelsprung arm
Swoops to pluck an Isis and Child
Who wail in pain as they fly from harm
While the flames are a roaring boar beguiled.

Its tusks are old moons no storm can defeat.
For a field of theogony three is enough
Yet three more and three for those years’ triple face.

Lionsnake born to airy Love
By the spark of Caliban he moves in grace,
And a goddess raped might kiss his feet.


Michael Buhagiar は、ECへのオマージュ1、2でCream, Layla あたりのことに触れています。大げさでそこまで言うかって感じですが。

ECに当てつけているのではないと本人は、断っていますがが。Ramona Thompson の手による、2008年の詩です。

      Queers In Heaven

Dark rewrite/parody of Eric Clapton's Tears In Heaven

Inspired by a very hateful preacher

Not meant to offend only meant to make you think

Would you want your name written besides theirs in Heaven?
Would it ever be the same for you and what you believe if you saw them in Heaven?
We must be strong and preach on
'Cause we know they don't belong up there in Heaven

Would you want to hold their hands if you saw them in Heaven?
Would you be ashamed if you saw them kissing in Heaven?
Brothers and sisters I swear
We'll find a way to get them all out
Both lesbian and gay
'Cause we know they don't belong up there in Heaven

Together we can bring them down down, together we can cut them off at the knees
Together we can make a new start, have them begging please, begging please

Beyond the door there'll be peace we can all be sure
If only there are no queers in Heaven

Would you want your name written besides theirs in Heaven?
Would it ever be the same for you and what you believe if you saw them in Heaven?
We must be strong and preach on
'Cause we know they don't belong up there in Heaven
'Cause we know they don't belong up there in Heaven

彼女が、ECのことをどう思っているのか、いずれにしろ、考えてねっていわれりゃ、考えなきゃと。

ロックは、非常に差別的偏見にあふれているといわゆるフェミニストの立場からいわれることがありますが、その文脈につながるものと捉えるべきなのでしょう。ECは、one of them でしかありません、victoria martinez が書いたこの詩では。


      1965-1989

Over a period of time
The music these musicians make seem to confuse my mind
1965 the yardbirds told me “for your love I'd bring you diamond rings and things right to your door.”
I mean as a woman what more could I ask for?
But then the very next year
1966 Mick Jagger said I was under his thumb
I swear that man acted as if I were dumb
1967 the who told me they got some pictures of lily that helped them sleep at night
While women named lily were fighting for their rights
1968 I was told by Elvis himself to cut the conversation cause he wanted a little more action
I mean we women are the greatest attraction
But, in 1969 led zeppelin said babe I'm gonna leave you
And what’s a young woman supposed to do?
1970 Eric Clapton said we were going to stimulate some action
I swear all men think about is satisfaction
1971 Jim Morrison asked if you loved her madly
But, I heard no answer, must have not wanted me that badly
1972 Neil Young said he a man needed a maid
Some men get this notion women are meant to be their slaves…
1973 Alice Cooper said no more Mr. nice guy
But, what I’m confused about was… when was he ever nice to me?
1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd said if I didn’t ask questions I wouldn’t get lies…
What exactly was he trying to imply
In 1975 kiss said that they had some kind of woman whose hips they touched and she said she would let them
I wonder where exactly he found this woman
For a few years I didn’t hear too much to please my ears
1979 babe I’m leaving… this is what the Styx said
Weird because I didn’t know those guys existed
1980 Bruce Springsteen shouted “Hey little girlie in the blue jeans so tight”
I wouldn’t turn around because if I did I would have to put up a fight
Love at first feel…
Well I guess in 1981 acdc thought this was real
Van Halen spoke the truth in 1982
Said pretty woman was the kind they would like to meet
I guess in 1983 the police saw that the pretty woman had a ring
1985 Duran Duran said the fatal kiss is all we need
Then in 1986 the beastie boys said girls were for the laundry
And for their bed
1987 Axl rose said he had some type of use for me…
But the words he used were so degrading
1989 Aerosmith claimed Janie had gun
You know today the music is the same
To bad Janie didn't shoot everyone…

1965年に長年の音楽活動の原点となるべきバンドを作り、1989年に最後のオリジナル・アルバムを発表した、一般に反フェミニズム論者として語られることが多い人物が取り上げられていないのは、彼がマイナーだからというか、作者が知らなかったから?!

昨日、Sandy Denny のFairport Convention, Strawbs 参加前のソロ時代のCDを聞いていて、当時18歳くらいの彼女のアルトが、一瞬、Grace Slick を思い出させました。サンディ・デニーは、グレース・スリックよりピッチは、既にしっかりしていて、表情も豊かですけど。
この世代のイギリスのフォーク系とくくられがちの人たちは、Byrds, Jefferson Aiplane, Grateful Dead, それにBeach Boys をよく聞き込んでいます。
そして何よりも彼ら彼女たちのアイドルは、Eddie Cochran と Buddy Holly なのですけど。

昨日、スカパーのミュージック・チャンネル271で午後8時から、クラシック・アルバム・シリーズで「カラフル・クリーム」をやってました。
クリームは三人とも生きているのですよね。Jack Bruce が思いのほか老け込んでいたのが気になりました。
Ginger Baker と Elvin Jones の比較なんて話が出ていて、とほほのほ、です。

Pete Brown が元気そうに話していました。ジャック・ブルース曰く、ピートはジャズ詩人なのだと。私は、クリームはジャック・ブルースのグループだったのだと思うのですが、RSOはECのグループとして売り出し、Blind Faith まで行って墜落するのがECかなあ。
Steve Winwood と比べると何をやっても敵わないものね。

1969年というのはありとあらゆるグループがターニング・ポイントに差し掛かったとしでしょうね。1966年に指し示されたと思った方向へ向かったら袋小路だということにみな気がついた。

かくて、絶対に売れるべきバンドとしてのEagles の誕生かな。そうです、今日は、Eagles を頭から聞いてます。右から左へとすり抜けるので仕事場のアンビエント・ミュージックですね。
by nk24mdwst | 2008-05-07 11:46 | 音楽


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