「ロックの心」アラン・ローゼン/福田昇八 (1982)を購入した。
本書で扱っている唄は以下のとおり。
中高生の頃よりいわゆる洋楽のポップスやロックで英語を学んできたから、自分の場合、本書で馴染みのない唄は"Blackmail"と"Death Of a Salesman"くらい。
Part One Love
1 Sunshine on My Shoulders (John Denver)
2 Yesterday (Paul McCartney)
3 You've got a friend (Carole King)
4 Bridge Over Troubled Water (Paul Simon)
6 Leaving on a Jet Plane (John Denver)
7 Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel)
8 It's Too Late (Carole King)
9 Me and Bobby McGee (Janis Joplin)
10 Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)
Part Two Home
11 Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver)
12 Homeward Bound (Paul Simon)
13 America (Paul Simon)
14 California (Joni Mitchell)
15 Rocky Mountain High (John Denver)
Part Three Fun
16 Mercedes Benz (Janis Joplin)
17 Blackmail (10 cc)
18 Death of a Salesman (Stve Goodman)
19 Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)
20 Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover (Paul Simon)
Part Four Society
21 El Condor Pasa (Paul Simon)
22 Imagine (John Lennon)
23 Southern Man (Neil Young)
24 Piano Man (Billy Joel)
25 The Sound of Silence (Paul Simon)