Octopus’s Garden – The Beatles
composed by Richard Starkey ©1969 Starling Music Ltd.
海の底の
ひっそりとした
タコさんの庭に行きたいな
彼は僕らがどんな目に遭ってきたかよく知ってるから
僕らを招き入れてくれる
誰にも見つからない
彼の庭に
ビートルズが1969年にリリースしたアルバムABBEY ROADの5曲目。リンゴ・スターの作品。
1968年のホワイト・アルバムのセッション中に一時グループを離れたリンゴが漁師との会話の中からこの曲の構想を思いつき、ジョージ・ハリスンのアドバイスを受けながら曲を完成させた。海の底をテーマにしたこの曲は彼がボーカルを担当した「イエロー・サブマリン」を思い起こさせる。
メンバーの仲が微妙な時期だったにもかかわらずこの曲のレコーディング・セッションは和気あいあいとしていたとのこと。人望が厚く、どのメンバーとも仲の良かったリンゴだからこそだったのかもしれない。
George Harrison (1969)
'Octopus’s Garden’ is Ringo’s song. It’s only the second song Ringo wrote, and it’s lovely. Ringo gets bored playing the drums, and at home he plays a bit of piano, but he only knows about three chords. He knows about the same on guitar. I think it’s a really great song, because on the surface, it just like a daft kids’ song, but the lyrics are great. For me, you know, I find very deep meaning in the lyrics, which Ringo probably doesn’t see, but all the thing like 'resting our head on the sea bed’ and 'We’ll be warm beneath the storm’ which is really great, you know. Because it’s like this level is a storm, and if you get sort of deep in your consciousness, it’s very peaceful. So Ringo’s writing his cosmic songs without noticing.
'Octopus’s Garden’ is Ringo’s song. It’s only the second song Ringo wrote, and it’s lovely. Ringo gets bored playing the drums, and at home he plays a bit of piano, but he only knows about three chords. He knows about the same on guitar. I think it’s a really great song, because on the surface, it just like a daft kids’ song, but the lyrics are great. For me, you know, I find very deep meaning in the lyrics, which Ringo probably doesn’t see, but all the thing like 'resting our head on the sea bed’ and 'We’ll be warm beneath the storm’ which is really great, you know. Because it’s like this level is a storm, and if you get sort of deep in your consciousness, it’s very peaceful. So Ringo’s writing his cosmic songs without noticing.
Ringo Starr (1981)
He (a ship captain) told me all about octopuses– how they go 'round the sea bed and pick up stones and shiny objects and build gardens. I thought, 'How fabulous!’ because at the time I just wanted to be under the sea, too. I wanted to get out of it for a while.
He (a ship captain) told me all about octopuses– how they go 'round the sea bed and pick up stones and shiny objects and build gardens. I thought, 'How fabulous!’ because at the time I just wanted to be under the sea, too. I wanted to get out of it for a while.
My Recording Data
Environment
HostApple iMac MC509J/A
ApplicationApple Logic Pro 10.0.6
Audio I/FRoland UA-55
Tr.1 :: Drums
- KONTAKT 5 – Abbey Road 60s Drummer – Late 60 Kit
- Chan EQ > Space D > Limiter
Tr.2 :: Bass
- Rickenbacker 4001 C64 (front v10 t10 + rear v10 t10)
- Guitar Rig > Multi Pressor > Channel EQ > Limiter
Tr.3 :: E.Guitar 1
- Epiphone Elitist CASINO (rear v10 t10)
- Guitar Rig > Channel EQ > Exciter > ADT
- ジョンお得意のドノバン風アルペジオスタイル。実際はスリーフィンガーなんだけど僕は2本指で覚えてしまった。正しくないのでよい子は真似しないでください。
Tr.4 :: E.Guitar 2
- FGN NCST-10R (front v10 t10 + center V10 t6)
- Guitar Rig > Chorus > Channel EQ > MultiPressor > ADT
Tr.5 :: Piano
- exs24 – Steinway Grand Piano
- Exciter > Chorus > Channel EQ > Space D
- コーラスを使ってホンキートンクっぽい音に
Tr.6 :: Bubble
- Straw & Water
- Sample Delay
- 間奏部分のSE。コップの水をストローでブクブクやった音。
Tr.7 :: Sea
- exs24 – Sea Smooth
- 間奏部分のSE。海岸に打ち寄せるの波の音。原曲にはない音だけど、雰囲気作りのために入れてみた。
History
2014.05.14: version 2.0
2004.01.22: version 1.0
Diary
- 宅録ビートルズ・2周目 – ABBEY ROAD総括 (2014/09/07)
- Octopus’s Garden – The Beatles (2014/05/14)
- 宅録ビートルズ・2周目 251 (2014/05/14)
- 宅録ビートルズ・2周目 250 (2014/05/11)
Sources
- Wikipedia English, 日本語
- The Beatles Interviews Database