Too Many People – Paul & Linda McCartney
composed by Paul & Linda McCartney ©1971 MPL Communications Inc.
たくさんの人が裏口に回って
お手軽なものに飛びついてる
押し合いへし合いしながら
幸運が訪れるのを待ってるんだ
1971年のポール・マッカートニーのアルバム「ラム」に収録された曲。同アルバムから米国限定でシングルカットされた「アンクル・アルバート/ハルセイ提督」のB面にもなった。
「キミはチャンスをぶち壊した」「説教ばかりしたがる」との歌詞はジョン・レノンがオノ・ヨーコと共にビートルズのことについてあれこれ口を出したこと、そしてグループを壊したことをあからさまに非難するものだった。ジョンは憤慨し、翌年のアルバム「イマジン」の「眠れるかい?」で反撃に出るなどビートルズ解散直後のふたりの確執の原因となった。
John Lennon (1971)
There were all the bits at the beginning of Ram like 'Too many people going underground’. Well that was us, Yoko Ono and me. And 'You took your lucky break’, that was considering we had a lucky break to be with him.
「ラム」の出だしは「みんな地下に潜ろうとする」とかだったと思うけど、あれは僕らのことさ。僕とヨーコのね。それに「キミが幸運をぶち壊した」ってのは僕らが彼にとっての幸運を破壊したって意味だな。
There were all the bits at the beginning of Ram like 'Too many people going underground’. Well that was us, Yoko Ono and me. And 'You took your lucky break’, that was considering we had a lucky break to be with him.
「ラム」の出だしは「みんな地下に潜ろうとする」とかだったと思うけど、あれは僕らのことさ。僕とヨーコのね。それに「キミが幸運をぶち壊した」ってのは僕らが彼にとっての幸運を破壊したって意味だな。
Paul McCartney (1984)
I was looking at my second solo album, Ram, the other day and I remember there was one tiny little reference to John in the whole thing. He’d been doing a lot of preaching, and it got up my nose a little bit. In one song, I wrote, “Too many people preaching practices," I think is the line. I mean, that was a little dig at John and Yoko. There wasn’t anything else on it that was about them. Oh, there was “You took your lucky break and broke it in two."
2枚目のソロアルバム「ラム」のことを考えていた時にはまだジョンとのあれこれの影響が残ってたんだ。彼は何かにつけて説教めいた話をしするんだけど、それが僕にはちょっと気に入らなかったんだな。ある曲で「多くの人が説教ばかりしてる」という歌詞を書いたんだけどこれはジョンとヨーコのことを少し意識してた。他の部分はそうじゃなかったけど…ああ、「キミが幸運をぶち壊しにした」の部分もそうだった。
I was looking at my second solo album, Ram, the other day and I remember there was one tiny little reference to John in the whole thing. He’d been doing a lot of preaching, and it got up my nose a little bit. In one song, I wrote, “Too many people preaching practices," I think is the line. I mean, that was a little dig at John and Yoko. There wasn’t anything else on it that was about them. Oh, there was “You took your lucky break and broke it in two."
2枚目のソロアルバム「ラム」のことを考えていた時にはまだジョンとのあれこれの影響が残ってたんだ。彼は何かにつけて説教めいた話をしするんだけど、それが僕にはちょっと気に入らなかったんだな。ある曲で「多くの人が説教ばかりしてる」という歌詞を書いたんだけどこれはジョンとヨーコのことを少し意識してた。他の部分はそうじゃなかったけど…ああ、「キミが幸運をぶち壊しにした」の部分もそうだった。
Paul McCartney (2001)
Piss off, cake. Like, a piece of cake becomes piss off cake, And it’s nothing, it’s so harmless really, just little digs. But the first line is about “too many people preaching practices." I felt John and Yoko were telling everyone what to do. And I felt we didn’t need to be told what to do. The whole tenor of the Beatles thing had been, like, to each his own. Freedom. Suddenly it was “You should do this." It was just a bit the wagging finger, and I was pissed off with it. So that one got to be a thing about them.
Piss off cakeってのはPiece of cakeをもじってできた言葉さ。別に攻撃的な意味じゃないよ。でも最初の「みんな説教したがる」の部分は意識的だったな。ジョンとヨーコはみんなにああしろこうしろと指図してるように感じた。でも僕らはそんな風に言われるのは御免だった。ビートルズでは僕らはお互いに自由だったはずなのに突然「キミはこうすべきだ」みたいに言われてさ。鬱陶しかったしふざけるなと思ったよ。そこのとについて書いたんだ。
Piss off, cake. Like, a piece of cake becomes piss off cake, And it’s nothing, it’s so harmless really, just little digs. But the first line is about “too many people preaching practices." I felt John and Yoko were telling everyone what to do. And I felt we didn’t need to be told what to do. The whole tenor of the Beatles thing had been, like, to each his own. Freedom. Suddenly it was “You should do this." It was just a bit the wagging finger, and I was pissed off with it. So that one got to be a thing about them.
Piss off cakeってのはPiece of cakeをもじってできた言葉さ。別に攻撃的な意味じゃないよ。でも最初の「みんな説教したがる」の部分は意識的だったな。ジョンとヨーコはみんなにああしろこうしろと指図してるように感じた。でも僕らはそんな風に言われるのは御免だった。ビートルズでは僕らはお互いに自由だったはずなのに突然「キミはこうすべきだ」みたいに言われてさ。鬱陶しかったしふざけるなと思ったよ。そこのとについて書いたんだ。
My Recording Data
Environment
HostApple iMac MC509J/A
ApplicationApple Logic Pro 10.4.1
Audio I/FNative Instruments KOMPLETE AUDIO 6
Tr.1 :: Drums 1
- Drum Kit Designer (Logic)
- Channel EQ > Compressor > Chroma Verb > Limiter
Tr.2 :: Drums 2
- Drum Kit Designer (Logic)
- Channel EQ > Compressor > Sample Delay > Chroma Verb > Limiter
Tr.3 :: African Shaker
- exs24 – Percussion Kit
- Channel EQ > Sample Delay
Tr.4 :: Cowbell
- exs24 – Percussion Kit
- Channel EQ > Sample Delay
Tr.5 :: Bongo
- exs24 – Percussion Kit
- Channel EQ
Tr.6 :: Maracas
- Channel EQ > Compressor > Spread > Limiter
Tr.7 :: Bass
- Rickenbacker 4001C64
- Guitar Rig > Compressor
Tr.8 :: A.Guitar 1
- Headway HD-113 SE/STD
- Channel EQ > Compressor > Limiter
Tr.9 :: A.Guitar 2
- Headway HD-113 SE/STD
- Channel EQ > Compressor > Limiter > Chroma Verb
Tr.10 :: A.Guitar 3
- Headway HD-113 SE/STD
- Channel EQ > Compressor > Limiter
Tr.11 :: A.Guitar 4
- Headway HD-113 SE/STD
- Channel EQ > Compressor > Sample Delay > Chroma Verb > Limiter
Tr.12 :: E.Guitar 1
- Epiphone Elitist CASINO
- Guitar Rig > Channel EQ > Compressor
Tr.13 :: E.Guitar 2
- Epiphone Elitist CASINO
- Guitar Rig > Channel EQ > Compressor
Tr.14 :: Horn
- exs24 – French Horn Legato
- Channel EQ > Chroma Verb
Tr.15 :: Vocal
- Channel EQ > Compressor > Limiter > ADT > Chroma Verb
Tr.16 :: Chorus 1
- Channel EQ > Compressor > Limiter > Ensemble > Sample Delay > Chroma Verb
Tr.17 :: Chorus 2
- Channel EQ > Compressor > Ensemble > Chroma Verb
Tr.18 :: Chorus 3
- Vocal Transfer > Channel EQ > Compressor > Ensemble > Chroma Verb
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