８０年代は洋楽の宝庫だった。土曜日に放送していたFM-TOKYOの「ポップスベストテン」で流れるヒットーチャートランキングにノミネートされる新曲を心待ちにしていた大学生活を送っていた自分にとっては、知らない曲はないくらいだった。それくらいのめり込んで聴いていた。今日は昨日に引き続き第二弾。同様に５曲厳選してお届けしたい。
Karma Chameleon ｂｙ Culture Club
There's a loving in your eyes all the way.
If I listened to your lies would you say
I'm a man (a man) without conviction,
I'm a man (a man) who doesn't know
How to sell (to sell) a contradiction.
You come and go, you come and go.
Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon,
You come and go, you come and go.
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dreams,
Red gold and green, red gold and green.
Didn't hear your wicked words every day
And you used to be so sweet, I heard you say
That my love (my love) was an addiction.
When we cling (we cling) our love is strong.
When you go (you go) you're gone forever.
You string along, you string along.
Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon,
You come and go, you come and go.
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dreams,
Red gold and green, red gold and green.
Every day is like survival (sur-vi-val),
You're my lover (you're my lover), not my rival.
Every day is like survival (sur-vi-val),
You're my lover (you're my lover), not my rival.
日本名は「カーマはきまぐれ」だった。
Go West ｂｙ Pet Shop Boys
Come on, come on, come on, come on
(Together) We will go our way
(Together) We will leave someday
(Together) Your hand in my hands
(Together) We will make our plans
(Together) We will fly so high
(Together) Tell all our friends goodbye
(Together) We will start life new
(Together) This is what we'll do
(Go West) Life is peaceful there
(Go West) In the open air
(Go West) Where the skies are blue
(Go West) This is what we're gonna do
(Go West, this is what we're gonna do, Go West)
(Together) We will love the beach
(Together) We will learn and teach
(Together) Change our pace of life
(Together) We will work and strive
(I love you) I know you love me
(I want you) How could I disagree?
(So that's why) I make no protest
(When you say) You will do the rest
Power of Love ｂｙ Huey Lewis & The News
The power of love is a curious thing
Make a one man weep, make another man sing
Change a heart to a little white dove
More than a feeling that's the power of love
Tougher than diamonds, whips like cream
Stronger and harder than a bad girls dream
Make a bad one good, make a wrong one right
Power of love will keep you home at night
It dont need money, dont take fame
Dont need no credit card to ride this train
Its strong and its sudden and its cruel sometimes
But it might just save your life
Thats the power of love, thats the power of love
First time you feed, it might make you sad
Next time you feed, it might make you mad
But youll be glad, baby when you've found
Thats the power, makes the world go round
And it dont need money, dont take fame
Dont need no credit card to ride this train
Its strong and its sudden and its cruel sometimes
But it might just save your life
They say that all in love is fair
Yeah but you dont care
But you know what to do
When it gets hold of you
And with a little help from above
You feel the power of love
You feel the power of love, can you feel it?
ご存知「Back to the Future」のテーマソング
９９ Luft Ballonｓ ｂｙ Nena
Do you have some time for me?
Then I'll sing a song for you
About 99 balloons
On their way to the horizon
Are you perhaps thinking of me?
Then I'll sing a song for you
About 99 balloons
On their way to the horizon
99 balloons
On their way to the horizon
They thought they were UFOs from space
So a general sent
A flying squad out there
To raise the alarm if it was true
Yet there on the horizon were
Only 99 balloons
99 jet airplanes
Each one was a great warrior
Thought that they were Captain Kirk
There were great fireworks
The neighbors didn't understand anything
And felt immediately felt "pissed off"/provoked
Yet there they shot on the horizon
At 99 balloons
日本名は「ロックバルーンは９９」
Heaven ｂｙ Bryan Adam
Oh - thinking about all our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free
Now nothing can take you away from me
We've been down that road before
But that's over now
You keep me coming back for more
Baby you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're in heaven
本日の選曲はいかがだったでしょうか。軽めのポップス調が多かったかもしれないが、この時代、バンドブームが世の中を席巻していたので、次代を担う新顔たちが次々と登場した。
記事作成：１月２９日（水）