Paul Simon / Paul Simon In Concert ; Live Rhymin' (US, Columbia, PC 32855) <March 1974> MAT ; 1B / 1F

Paul Simon / Paul Simon In Concert ; Live Rhymin' (US, Columbia, PC 32855) <March 1974> MAT ; 1B / 1F
(SIDE 1) P AL 32855-1B 1 T
(SIDE 2) P BL 32855-1F 1 T

1973年7月10日録音、翌74年3月に発売されたライヴ盤。このころのColumbia盤には多分白ラベルが存在しないんではないかと思います。少なくとも、1971年の"Paul Simon", 1973年の"There Goes Rhymin' Simon"とこのライヴ盤では、通常盤と同じ赤ラベルしか見たことがありません。この時期で僕が好きなColumbia盤で思い出すのはJanis Joplinの"Pearl"やTim Hardinの"Bird On A Wire"などですが、あのあたりも白ラベルが見当たりませんしね。

ところで、このライヴ盤は内容も本当に素晴らしいです。"Duncan"とか"American Tune"とか、オリジナルのスタジオ録音よりも良いんでは？という演奏が連続してびっくりします。"The Boxer"は正規録音ではカットされた歌詞を歌い喝采を浴びてます。

このライブ盤での"Dancan"の演奏が特に好きなので貼り付けたかったのですが、探している途中で数年前に有名になった映像を見つけたので、そちらにしました。ファンをステージに上げて"Duncan"を歌わせてしまったというハプニング。歌ってる女の子の笑顔も、ポールの笑顔も最高です。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXBlY5CImUU

"Duncan"

Couple in the next room
Bound to win a prize
They've been going at it all night long
Well, I'm trying to get some sleep
But these motel walls are cheap
Lincoln Duncan is my name
And here's my song, here's my song.

My father was a fisherman
My mama was the fisherman's friend
And I was born in the boredom
And the chowder
So when I reached my prime
I left my home in the Maritimes
Headed down the turnpike for
New England, sweet New England

Holes In my confidence
Holes In the knees of my jeans
I was left without a penny in my pocket
Oo-we I was about destituted
As a kid could be
And I wished I wore a ring
So I could hock it, I'd like to hock it.

A young girl in a parking lot
Was preaching to a crowd
Singing sacred songs and reading
From the Bible
Well, I told her I was lost
And she told me all about the Pentecost
And I seen that girl as the road
To my survival

Just later on the very same night
When I crept to her tent with a flashlight
And my long years of innocence ended
Well, she took me to the woods
Saying here comes something and it feels so good
And just like a dog I was befriended, I was befriended.

Oh, oh, what a night
Oh what a garden of delight
Even now that sweet memory lingers
I was playing my guitar
Lying underneath the stars
Just thanking the Lord
For my fingers,
For my fingers