初めて買ったレコード:ゼーガー&エバンズ『西暦2525年』
何かのドラマか映画で、久々に、Zager& Evansの"In the year 2525"(邦題:西暦2525年;RCAレコード)を聞いた。これは初めて買ったレコードである。1969年から1970年に大ヒットした。同じ頃、P.F. Sloanの"From A Distance" (邦題:孤独の世界;東芝レコード)も購入した。歌い出しが印象的な曲である。孤独の世界/P F スローン/歌詞(英語、及び和訳) Have you ever heard a lonely church bell ring?Have you ever heard a crying angel sing?From a distance, from a distanceYou can hear a crying angel singShe's crying for the sadnesstomorrow's sins may bring・・・・・・・・略・・・・・・・・西暦2525年は、その頃に若かった人は聞いたことがあるはず。世界に不安が満ちる頃にリバイバル・ヒットありかも・・・【西暦2525年の歌詞】In the year 2525If man is still alive.If woman can survive, they may find.In the year 3535Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies.Everything you think, do and say, is in the pill you took today.In the year 4545Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes.You won't find a thing to chew.Nobody's gonna look at you.In the year 5555Your arms hanging limp at your sides.Your legs got nothing to do.Some machine doing that for you.In the year 6565Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife.You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too.From the bottom of a long glass tube. Whoa-ohIn the year 7510If God's a-comin, he oughta make it by then.Maybe he'll look around himself and say.Guess it's time for the judgment day.In the year 8510God is gonna shake his mighty head.He'll either say.I'm pleased where man has been.Or tear it down and start again. Whoa-ohIn the year 9595I'm kinda wonderin if man is gonna be alive.He's taken everything this old Earth can give.And he ain't put back nothing. Whoa-ohNow it's been ten thousand yearsMan has cried a billion tears.For what he never knew,now man's reign is through.But through eternal night.The twinkling of starlight.So very far away.Maybe it's only yesterday.In the year 2525If man is still alive.If woman can survive, they may findIn the year 2525 by Zager And Evans