☆『ネイムズ / NAMES』は、デミス・ルソス’75年のアルバム『SOUVENIRE』に収録されいるボサノバ調の傑作です。 作詞;ラキス・ヴラヴィアノス、作曲;アレック・R・コスタンディノスにより創られ、少し『いそしぎ / THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE』に似たことろはありますが、シャレたアレンジと後半の爽やかな女性コーラスも聴きどころです。
NAMES / DEMIS ROUSSOS
Each name reminds me of a smile, a part of me I left behind, the times I said goodbye, the way love always dies, but then again, I loved so many times.
Each name reminds me of a song, the nights that fell apart till dawn, when I had more to give than just a life to live, but then again, I've had my share and even more.
The sound of every first hello, the words I didn't know, I learned with time the rhymes to every line. And when I think of all the names, the tender games I played, I wonder if they still remember mine.
Each name reminds me of the past, the memories that didn't last, the one that counted more than all I had before, that went away one day to let me love again.