I love you KATE...

AUSそれもBrisbane出身の歌手
Kate Miller-Heidke(ｹｲﾄﾐﾗｰﾊｲｷ)が好き。
彼女の声はとても心地よくて、何だか共感できる歌ばかり。

特に一時期AUSのラジオでガンガンかかっていたこの曲

『Caught In the Crowd』

There was a guy at my school when I was in high school
We'd ride side by side in the morning on our bicycles
Never even spoken or faced each other
But on the last hill we'd race each other

When we reached the racks, we'd each go our own way
I wasn't in his classes, I didn't know his name
When we finally got to speak, he just stared at his feet
And mumbled a sentence that ended with James

＊I was young and caught in the crowd
I didn't know then what I know now
I was dumb and I was proud and I'm sorry
If I could go back, do it again
I'd be someone you could call friend
Please, please believe that I'm sorry

Well, he was quite a big guy, kinda shy and quiet
When the kids called him weird, he didn't try to deny it
Every lunchtime he'd spend walking by himself
'Round the boundary of the grounds 'til he heard the bell

Well, one day I found him, joined him on his walk
We were silent for a while until we started to talk
I told him my family were fighting in court
He said his step-dad and him always fought

We talked about music, he was into punk
Told me all the bands that I liked were junk
I said I'd never heard the songs the Sex Pistols sang
I laughed back at him and then the bell rang

＊REPEAT

It was after school in the afternoon
The corridors were crowded as we came out of the rooms
Three guys I knew pushed him into the cement
Threw away his bag and said he had no friends

He yelled that he did and he looked around
Tried getting up but they pushed him on down
That's when he saw me, called out my name
And I turned my back and just walked away
Yeah, I turned my back and just walked away

＊REPEAT

Please, please believe that I'm sorry


歌詞の内容は
高校の時に出会った男の子の話。
皆から無視されていた男の子ｼﾞｪｰﾑｽﾞと
次第に仲良くなっていったけど、
ｲｼﾞﾒられている時に助けてあげなかった。

サビの部分も・・・
(対訳)
私は子供で、目立つのが嫌で皆の中に隠れていたの
今なら分かる事が、分かっていなかった
愚かで、ﾌﾟﾗｲﾄﾞばかり高かったの・・・ゴメンなさぃ
もしもあの頃に戻れるのなら、アナタの友達になるわ
だからお願い、信じて、後悔してるの


と、ちょっぴり切ない皆の経験するようなﾃｨｰﾝﾗｲﾌを語っています。


♥　　♥　　♥

このKateにはちょっと面白い?繋がりがあって・・・
私のカレ(本人曰く)なんと彼女の
ファーストキスの相手だと言うんですよね・笑

なんでも、お互い高校生の時のPartyで
出会ってチューしたらしぃ！わぁお！
確かにブリスベン出身のアーティストなので、
ありえることだけれど・・・

カレが言うには、当時からちょっと変わっていてそのPartyでも
踊ったり騒いだりよりはギターを持って弾いたりお絵描きしている
芸術肌な女の子だったそぅ。

彼女が実は私立女子高出身だという事もみると・・・
まさか・・・この曲私のカレが題材になっていたりして～！！
なんてネ。(別にイジメられっ子でもなかったようですが・・・)

彼女ずっと海外ツアーが続いていたけれど
来年は新アルバムを引っさげてAUSツアーをするそうなので、
絶対カレと一緒に行こうと思ってまーす。

KATEとカレの初恋心に火が付いちゃったらどうしよう！

そうね・・・

その時は、私は日本に帰って歌手になるわ・笑


－Monica