Running on empty と検索すると、ジャクソン・ブラウンの「孤独のランナー」はもちろんヒットされるが、映画「旅立ちの時」も結構出てくる。「孤独のランナー」がテーマ曲とか思ったのだが、そうではなく、原題が「Running on empty」だったのだ。好きな映画で何度も見ているが、はじめて知った。日本語タイトルの何とかけ離れていることか。まぁ、それが面白いところではあるのだが…。「ランニング・オン・エンプティー」という邦題をもって、今一度映画を見てみようか。その前に日課のランニングを─。
台風９号が日本のそばにいる。ここ最近風が強いのは、確実にそのせいだ。海に向かって走っていくと、向かい風が否応なく体力を奪っていく。いつものように耳にしているイヤホンも、頻繁に耳から落ちかける。緩んだイヤホンをなおすだけでも、リズムを乱され、自然と疲労が溜まっていく。それでも、耳から聴こえてくる音楽がくじける心を励ましてくれる。使い古された表現だが、追いつめられるとそういうものが身につまされて迫ってくる。 ボブ・シーガーの「アゲインスト・ザ・ウィンド」が流れてきた。これで、この強風にも負けることはない、だろう・・・ Against the Wind - Bob Seger
It seems like yesterday But it was long ago Janey was lovely she was the queen of my nights There in the darkness with the radio playing low And the secrets that we shared The mountains that we moved Caught like a wildfire out of control 'Til there was nothing left to burn and nothing left to prove And I remember what she said to me How she swore that it never would end I remember how she held me oh so tight Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
Against the wind We were runnin' against the wind We were young and strong, we were runnin' Against the wind
The years rolled slowly past And I found myself alone Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends I found myself further and further from my home And I guess I lost my way There were oh so many roads I was living to run and running to live Never worryied about paying or even how much I owed Moving eight miles a minute for months at a time Breaking all of the rules that would bend I began to find myself searching Searching for shelter again and again
Against the wind A little something against the wind I found myself seeking shelter sgainst the wind
Well those drifter's days are past me now I've got so much more to think about Deadlines and commitments What to leave in, what to leave out
Against the wind I'm still runnin' against the wind I'm older now but still runnin' against the wind Well I'm older now and still runnin' Against the wind Against the wind Against the wind
Still runnin' I'm still runnin' against the wind I'm still runnin' I'm still runnin' against the wind Still runnin' Runnin' against the wind Runnin' against the wind See the young man run Watch the young man run Watch the young man runnin' He'll be runnin' against the wind Let the cowboys ride Let the cowboys ride They'll be ridin' against the wind Against the wind ...
Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields In sixty-five I was seventeen and running up one-o-one I don't know where I'm running now, I'm just running on
Running on running on empty Running on running blind Running on running into the sun But I'm running behind
Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive In sixty-nine I was twenty-one and I called the road my own I don't know when that road turned into the road I'm on
Running on running on empty Running on running blind Running on running into the sun But I'm running behind
Everyone I know, everywhere I go People need some reason to believe I don't know about anyone but me If it takes all night, that'll be all right If I can get you to smile before I leave
Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels I look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through Looking into their eyes I see them running too
Running on running on empty Running on running blind Running on running into the sun But I'm running behind
Honey you really tempt me You know the way you look so kind I'd love to stick around But I'm running behind
Running on You know I don't even know what I'm hoping to find Running behind Running into the sun but I'm running behind
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」。多数の有名ミュージシャンとのコラボレーション。素晴らしい演奏の結晶。走りながら簡易的にウォークマンＷで聴くものではないか。
