先日記事にしたルーサー・ヴァンドロスのCDが届きました。彼は2003年に脳卒中で倒れそのまま復帰することなく2005年に54歳の若さで亡くなってしまいました。倒れる直前に作ったのが「Dance with my Father again」という曲です。R&Bファンでなくてもこの曲を知っている人も多いでしょう。今回購入したのは彼の死後リリースされたベスト版で、もちろんこの曲も含まれています。
Back when I was a child
Before life removed all the innocence
My father would lift me high
And dance with my mother and me and then
Spin me around till I fell asleep
Then up the stairs he would carry me
And I knew for sure
I was loved
If I could get another chance
Another walk, another dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
How I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again
Ooh, ooh
When I and my mother would disagree
To get my way I would run from her to him
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me, yeah, yeah
Then finally make me do just what my mama said
Later that night when I was asleep
He left a dollar under my sheet
Never dreamed that he
Would be gone from me
If I could steal one final glance
One final step, one final dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
Because I'd love, love, love to dance with my father
again
Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
And I'd hear her, mama cryin' for him
I pray for her even more than me
I pray for her even more than me
I know I'd prayin' for much too much
But could You send back the only man she loved
I know You don't do it usually
But Lord, she'd dyin' to dance with my father again
Every night I fall asleep
And this is all I ever dream
ルーサーは父親を8歳の時になくしています。亡き父への思い、そして母親へのいたわりにあふれた美しい歌詞だと思います。若い頃に比べて声量は少々落ちているように思いますけど、velvet voiceは相変わらず魅力的で、もうこの声が聴けないのが本当に残念です。
Luther Van Dross-Dance With My Father Again
病に倒れたルーサーはこのビデオには出られません。代わりに彼の友人たちが大勢出演しています。、ビヨンセと彼女の父親、スティービー・ワンダー、クインシー・ジョーンズ、パティ・ラベル、セリーヌ・ディオン、ホイットニー・ヒューストンなどなど。また、家族と一緒に写ったルーサーの子供時代の写真も収録されています。
Back when I was a child
Before life removed all the innocence
My father would lift me high
And dance with my mother and me and then
Spin me around till I fell asleep
Then up the stairs he would carry me
And I knew for sure
I was loved
If I could get another chance
Another walk, another dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
How I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again
Ooh, ooh
When I and my mother would disagree
To get my way I would run from her to him
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me, yeah, yeah
Then finally make me do just what my mama said
Later that night when I was asleep
He left a dollar under my sheet
Never dreamed that he
Would be gone from me
If I could steal one final glance
One final step, one final dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
Because I'd love, love, love to dance with my father
again
Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
And I'd hear her, mama cryin' for him
I pray for her even more than me
I pray for her even more than me
I know I'd prayin' for much too much
But could You send back the only man she loved
I know You don't do it usually
But Lord, she'd dyin' to dance with my father again
Every night I fall asleep
And this is all I ever dream
ルーサーは父親を8歳の時になくしています。亡き父への思い、そして母親へのいたわりにあふれた美しい歌詞だと思います。若い頃に比べて声量は少々落ちているように思いますけど、velvet voiceは相変わらず魅力的で、もうこの声が聴けないのが本当に残念です。
Luther Van Dross-Dance With My Father Again
病に倒れたルーサーはこのビデオには出られません。代わりに彼の友人たちが大勢出演しています。、ビヨンセと彼女の父親、スティービー・ワンダー、クインシー・ジョーンズ、パティ・ラベル、セリーヌ・ディオン、ホイットニー・ヒューストンなどなど。また、家族と一緒に写ったルーサーの子供時代の写真も収録されています。