今日は趣向を変えて女性ソロシンガーを特集したい。１９８０年代は男性ソロ、デュオ、バンドユニットだけではない。珠玉と呼べるほどの女性シンガーもまた大挙して登場し、ミュージックシーンを色鮮やかに彩ってくれた。特に８０年代に輝いた美しき女性シンガーは以下の通り。
Modern Girl ｂｙ Sheena Easton
He wakes and says hello, turns on the breakfast show
She fixes coffee while he takes a shower
Hey that was great, he said, I wish we could stay in bed
But I got to be at work in less than an hour
She manages a smile as he walks out the door
She's a modern girl who's been though this movie before
Chorus:
She don't build her world 'round no single man
But she's gettin' by, doin' what she can
She is free to be, what she wants to be
'N all what she wants to be, is a modern girl
Na na na na na, na na na na na, na na na na na, she's a modern girl
It looks like rain again, she takes a train again
She's on her way again through London town
Where she keeps a tangerine, flicks through a magazine
Until it's time to leave her dreams on the underground
She walks to the office like everyone else
An independent lady, takin' care of herself
chorus
大ヒット曲の Morning Train はコチラ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huNejF17gzg
Physical ｂｙ Olivia Newton John
I'm saying all the things that I know you'll like
Making good conversation
I gotta handle you just right
You know what I mean
I took you to an intimate restaurant
Then to a suggestive movie
There's nothing left to talk about
Unless it's horizontally
Let's get physical, physical
I wanna get physical, let's get into physical
Let me hear your body talk, your body talk
Let me hear your body talk
Let's get physical, physical
I wanna get physical, let's get into physical
Let me hear your body talk, your body talk
Let me hear your body talk
I've been patient, I've been good
Tried to keep my hands on the table
It's gettin' hard this holdin' back
You know what I mean
I'm sure you'll understand my point of view
We know each other mentally
You gotta know that you're bringin' out
The animal in me
Let's get physical, physical
I wanna get physical, let's get into physical
Let me hear your body talk, your body talk
Let me hear your body talk
同じ時期に大ヒットした Xanadu（ｻﾞﾅﾄﾞｩ）はコチラ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvenQv3o3fM
Like a virgin ｂｙ Madonna
I made it through the wilderness
Somehow I made it through
Didn't know how lost I was
Until I found you
I was beat incomplete
I'd been had, I was sad and blue
But you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel
Shiny and new
Like a virgin
Touched for the very first time
Like a virgin
When your heart beats
Next to mine
Gonna give you all my love, boy
My fear is fading fast
Been saving it all for you
'Cause only love can last
You're so fine and you're mine
Make me strong, yeah you make me bold
Oh your love thawed out
Yeah, your love thawed out
What was scared and cold
Oooh, oooh, oooh
You're so fine and you're mine
I'll be yours 'till the end of time
'Cause you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel
I've nothing to hide
Marerial Girl はコチラ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNSUOFgj97M
Girls Just Want To Have Fun ｂｙ Cyndi Lauper
I come home in the mornin' light
My mother says, "When you gonna live your life right"
"Oh Mommy dear, we're not the fortunate ones
And girls, they wanna have fun
Woah girls, just wanna have fun"
The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father yells, "Whatcha gonna do with your life?"
"Oh Daddy dear, you know your still number one
But girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls, just wanna have"
Thats all they really want
Some fun
When the workin' day is done
Oh girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have fun
(Girls they wanna)
(Wanna have fun now)
(Wanna have)
Some boys take a beautiful girl
And hide her away from the rest of the world
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun
Oh girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have
Thats all they really want
Some fun
When the workin' day is done
Oh girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have fun
日本名は「ハイスクールはダンステリア」。
If We Hold on Together ｂｙ Diana Ross
Don't lose your way
With each passing day
You've come so far
Don't throw it away
Live believing
Dreams are for weaving
Wonders are waiting to start
Live your story
Faith, hope & glory
Hold to the truth in your heart
If we hold on together
I know our dreams will never die
Dreams see us through to forever
Where clouds roll by
For you and I
Souls in the wind
Just learn how to bend
Seek out a star
Hold on to the end
Valley, mountain, There is a fountain
Washes our tears all away
Words are swaying
Someone is praying
Please let us come home to stay
If we hold on together
I know our dreams will never die
Dreams see us through to forever
Where clouds roll by
For you and I
同時代を生きた方なら、知らない曲はないと思う。それほど流行ったし、時代の最先端を行っていたシンガーたちだ。このような素敵な歌姫たちが闊歩していた同じ時期に生まれてよかったとさえ思える。とりわけ女性シンガーがいるとひときわ華やいで見えるし、この頃の女性シンガーはSEXYで艶っぽい雰囲気を漂わせ、男心を刺激しそそられるものがある。
記事作成：１月３０日（木）