1. WHITE NOISE / MARC BONILLA 2. TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING（WHERE'S THE HOOK） / NUNO BETTENCOURT 3. GALAXY 500 / BRAD GILLIS 4. SMELL YOURSELF / STEVE LUKATHER 5. L.A. A LA MODE / BILLY SHEEHAN 6. EILEEN / ED KING 7. NEVER LOOK BACK（DEMO） / BLUES SARACENO 8. PICTURE THIS / STEVE MORSE 9. THE HOWLING / MARK WOOD 10. ZEPTUNE / BRUCE KULICK 11. FUNKCAUTION / STEVE STEVENS 12. A MINOR DISTURBANCE / RANDY COVEN 13. MEET ME IN THE MORNING / JASON BECKER 14. AT FATE'S FINGERS / FATES WARNING 15. McCARTHY AT THE LEVEE / REEVES GABRELS 16. CIFFS OF DOVER（LIVE） / ERIC JOHNSON
久々にこのオムニバスを聴いている。リリース年を確認すると１９９１年。もう２０年近くにもなるのか─。当時はかなり聴き込んだものだ。 収録されているものの中で、最後の♪CIFFS OF DOVERが圧倒的に気に入っている曲であるが、すべての曲がかなりの粒ぞろい。ヌーノ・ベッテンコートのプレイには何か今までにない新鮮な響きを感じたものだし、ブラッド・ギルスはやっぱアームなのかと聴きながら笑みを浮かべ、スティーブ・ルカサーはやっぱＴＯＴＯで聴くべきだなと─、ビリー・シーンはベースなのになんで入っているのか！？しかも全くこの曲良くないぞ！と思ったもの。スティーブ・モーズのこのプレイを聴いて、ソロアルバムを購入（あんま良くなかったけど…）。マーク・ウッドのヘビーなバイオリンも悪くないし、ジャクソン・ベッカーのボブ・ディランは泣ける。 このシリーズのＶｏｌ．１も結構聴いたものだが、Ｖｏｌ．３は結局買わなかった。内容は素晴らしいが、何度か聴いているうちに飽きてしまうのが難点。結局、シリーズはＶｏｌ．３で終わっているようだし、皆同じような思いだったのかな。
この音源を最初に聴いたのは「Guitar's Practicing Musicians, Vol. 2」というオムニバスアルバム。これを聴いてエリック・ジョンソンにはまった。 彼のオリジナルアルバム「未来への扉」に♪Cliffs of Doverのスタジオ収録オリジナル版がが収録されているが、個人的にはこのライブ音源こそが最高の♪Cliffs of Doverだと思っている。故に衝動買いとなったわけだ。 どうやらこの映像は、アメリカの音楽番組「Austin City Limits」での演奏らしい。ＤＶＤも販売されている。ＣＤ買ったんだし、その音もかなり良質なものだったし、ＤＶＤはいいかなぁと思うものの・・・んー、悩ましい。。
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
故・マイケル・ヘッジスが歌う、ボブ・ディランのカバー。ロック調の本家本元とは全く違って、アコースティックであり、フォーク的な「ライク・ア・ローリング・ストーン」。個人的にはこのカバーバージョンの方が好みだ。カバーする側のカバーした曲への愛情を非常に感じるからだ。 参考までにいうと、ディランの原曲はローリング・ストーン誌が選ぶオール・タイム・グレイテストソンング５００で１位になっている。ボブ・ディランはノーベル賞にノミネートされ、ピューリッツァー賞を受賞しているわけだから、特別驚くことではないか─。 how dose it feel? - like a rolling stone 自分の耳では、残念ながら、ほんの一部分だけしか聴き取れない。何をどう感じるのかと問いかけているのか…そもそも、ローリング・ストーンというのは何であったか… A rolling stone gathers no moss. という英文のことわざを習った記憶がうっすらと蘇る。ころがる石は苔をつけない─つまり、…常にフレッシュだということだったかな？と直感的に思ったものの…
rolling stone [rólling stóne]
―【名】【C】 ころがる石; 住所[職業，仕事(など)]を次々に変える人.
用例 A rolling stone gathers no moss. 《諺》 ころがる石にはこけが生えない 《★【解説】 商売変えは損あって益がない; 絶えず恋人を替えている人は真の愛が得られない[結婚できない]; 《米》 ではまた絶えず活動している人はいつも清新だの意に用いる》
Once upon a time you dressed so fine You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you ? People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall" You thought they were all kiddin' you You used to laugh about Everybody that was hangin' out Now you don't talk so loud Now you don't seem so proud About having to be scrounging for your next meal.
You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely But you know you only used to get juiced in it And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it You said you'd never compromise With the mystery tramp, but know you realize He's not selling any alibis As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes And say do you want to make a deal?
You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns When they all come down and did tricks for you You never understood that it ain't no good You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat Ain't it hard when you discover that He really wasn't where it's at After he took from you everything he could steal.
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made Exchanging all precious gifts But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe You used to be so amused At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.
♪Rollin' Stone Well, I wish I was a catfish, Swimmin in a oh, deep, blue sea. I would have all you good lookin women, Fishin, fishin after me. Sure 'nough, a-after me. Sure 'nough, a-after me. Oh 'nough, oh 'nough, sure 'nough.
I went to my baby's house, And I sit down oh, on her steps. She said, "Now, come on in now, Muddy." "You know, my husband just now left." "Sure 'nough, he just now left." "Sure 'nough, he just now left." Sure 'nough, oh well, oh well.
Well, my mother told my father, Just before hmmm, I was born, "I got a boy child's comin," "He's gonna be, he's gonna be a rollin stone," "Sure 'nough, he's a rollin stone," "Sure 'nough, he's a rollin stone," Oh well he's a, oh well he's a, oh well he's a.
Well, I feel, yes I feel, Feel that I could lay down oh, time ain't long. I'm gonna catch the first thing smokin, Back, back down the road I'm goin. Back down the road I'm goin. Back down the road I'm goin. Sure 'nough back, sure 'nough back.
」に♪Cliffs of Doverのスタジオ収録オリジナル版がが収録されているが、個人的にはこのライブ音源こそが最高の♪Cliffs of Doverだと思っている。故に衝動買いとなったわけだ。
を購入。最高なランニングを手に入れた。
」。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。