The Beach Boys / Friends (US, Capitol Records, ST 2895) <June 24, 1968> その①

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The Beach Boys / Friends (US, Capitol Records, ST 2895) <June 24, 1968> その①
(1) ST-1-2895B6#4
(2) ST-2-2895-A1

ビーチ・ボーイズの14作目。Billboardで126位と本国ではまったく売れませんでしたがイギリスでは13位のヒットとなりました。実際のところ、この作品のファンの人はかなり多いと思います。

ちなみに本作品のプロモに白ラベルはありません。ビーチ・ボーイズのキャピトル時代のプロモは原則的に「PROMO」とパンチで抜かれており、インナー・スリーヴも一緒に同じ穴があいているのが普通です。ラベルの字体もこのコピーと異なるモノがあります。

"Busy Doin' Nothin'"

I had to fix a lot of things this morning
'Cause they were so scrambled
But now it's okay
I tell you I've got enough to do

The afternoon was filled up with phone calls
What a hot sticky day, yeah yeah yeah
The air is cooling down

Take all the time you need
It's a lovely night
If you decide to come
You're gonna do it right

Drive for a couple miles
You'll see a sign and turn left
For a couple blocks
Next is mine, you'll turn left on a little road
It's a bumpy one

You'll see a white fence
Move the gate and drive through on the left side
Come right in
And you'll find me in my house somewhere
Keeping busy while I wait

I get a lot of thoughts in the morning
I write 'em all down
If it wasn't for that
I'd forget 'em in a while

And lately I've been thinking about a good friend
I'd like to see more of, yeah yeah yeah
I think I'll make a call

I wrote a number down
But I lost it
So I searched through my pocket book
I couldn't find it
So I sat and concentrated on the number
And slowly it came to me
So I dialed it

And I let it ring a few times
There was no answer
So I let it ring a little more
Still no answer

So I hung up the telephone
Got some paper and sharpened up a pencil
And wrote a letter to my friend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saQBsEROkFM

この、本当にどうでもいい日常の描写が、ほのぼのとして、なんだか心地よかったりします。


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