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2024年05月04日

エルビス・プレスリーとビッグ・ママ・ソーントンの Hound Dog

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「ハウンド・ドッグ(Hound Dog）」は、エルビス・プレスリー(Elvis Presley)が、1956年に「冷たくしないで (Don't Be Cruel)」のB面として発表した曲です。A面、B面ともにヒット曲となり。「ハウンド・ドッグ」は1956年8月18日に、ビルボードのポップ・チャートの1位を獲得。以後11週連続でその座に留まり、この年の年間ランキングで第1位となりました。

しかし、この曲のオリジナルは、1953年にビッグ・ママ・ソーントン(Big Mama Thornton)が発表した曲で、ビルボードのR&Bチャートで7週連続1位となり、200万枚近くを売り上げた。ソーントンの最大のヒット曲だったそうです。

ちなみに、「ハウンド・ドッグ」とは猟犬のことではなく、当時の黒人のスラングで安っぽいヒモ男の意味であり、ソーントンの歌詞では、

You ain't nothing but a hound dog
Been snoopin' 'round my door
You can wag your tail
But I ain't gon' feed you no more
あんたはただのヒモ男(ハウンド・ドッグ)よ
ドアのあたりを嗅ぎまわっているばかり
しっぽを振ってきたってエサはやらないわよ

となっているますが、
プレスリーは、ヒモ男のことを歌うわけにはいかないので、歌詞を変えて、

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught no rabbit
お前はただの猟犬
いつも吠えまくっている
でもウサギの一匹さえ捕まえたことがないよ

と歌っています。

人気ブログランキングへ

参考にMoMo太郎がDictationした歌詞を載せておきます。

【Big Mama Thorntonの歌詞】

You ain't nothing but a hound dog
Been snoopin' 'round my door
You ain't nothing but a hound dog
Been snoopin' 'round my door
You can wag your tail
But I ain't gon' feed you no more
Told me you were high class
But I could see through that
Yeah, you told me you were high class
But I could see through that
And daddy, I know
You ain't no real cool cat
You ain't nothing but a hound dog
Been snoopin' 'round my door
You ain't nothing but a hound dog
Been snoopin' 'round my door
You can wag your tail
But I ain't gon' feed you no more
Oh play it now, oh, shake it but don't break
Oh, beauty, let her howl
Oh, it makes you feel so nice
Oh, get 'em, get 'em, get 'em, get 'em, get 'em, get 'em
Your hound dog
You made me feel so blue
You made me weep and moan
You made me feel so blue
How you made me weep and moan
You ain't looking for a woman
All you're lookin' is for a home
You ain't nothing but a hound dog
Been snoopin' 'round my door
You ain't nothing but a hound dog
Been snoopin' 'round my door
You can wag your tail
But I ain't gon' feed you no more
And bow-wow to you too

【Elvis Presleyの歌詞】
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Just cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught no rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
Well, they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah, you ain't never caught no rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught no rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
Well they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah, they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught no rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
Well they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
You know they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah, you ain't never caught no rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught no rabbit
You ain't no friend of mine

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