すでに大昔の話になるけれど、1984年*1、かけだし英語教師のころ、その頃よく聞いていたアメリカ合州国の唄を中心にして歌集を組んだことがあった。それをカセットテープに編集して、教材にして選択授業で少し使ったことがある。
今からみると、不適切なものもあるし、偏っている気もするが、一応自分なりのテーマにしたがって編んでみたものである。
参考までにアップしておく。
- #1
- Sail Away/ Randy Newman (Sail Away + 5)
- America/ Simon & Garfunkel (Bookends)
- American Tune /Paul Simon (There Goes Rhymin Simon)
- Love’s In Need Of Love Today / Stevie Wonder (Songs in the Key of Life)
- Get Together / Jesse Colin Young (No Nukes)
- Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away / Stevie Wonder (Fulfillingness First Finale)
- Shower the People /James Taylor (In the Pocket)
- Visions / Stevie Wonder (INNERVISIONS)
- Imagine / John Lennon (Imagine)
- What’s Going On / Donny Hathaway (Live)
- #2
- Isn’t She Lovely / Stevie Wonder (Songs in the Key of Life)
- Jelly Man Kelly / James Taylor (In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record)
- Blueberry Pie / Bette Midler (In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record)
- Share / Ernie and Cookie Monster (In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record)
- I Want a Horse / Linda Ronstadt and Wendy Waldman (In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record)
- The Sailor And the Marmaid / Libby Titus and Dr.John (In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record)
- Do Like You / Stevie Wonder (Hotter Than July (Dig))
- I Wish / Stevie Wonder (Songs in the Key of Life)
- My Little Town / Paul Simon (Still Crazy After All These)
- Forever Young / Bob Dylan (Planet Waves)
- Teach Your Children / Crosby Stills Nash & Young (De Ja Vu)
- Richard Cory / Simon & Garfunkel (Sounds of Silence)
- A Most Peculiar Man / Simon & Garfunkel (Sounds of Silence)
- #3
- I Am A Rock / Simon & Garfunkel (Sounds of Silence)
- Homeward Bound / Simon & Garfunkel (Parsley Sage Rosemary & Thyme)
- Independence Day / Bruce Springsteen (The River)
- Wandering / James Taylor (Gorilla)
- I Guess the Lord Must Be In New York City / Harry Nilsson (The Best of Nilsson)
- Paranoia Blues / Paul Simon (Paul Simon)
- New York’s Not My Home / Jim Croce (You Don't Mess Around..)
- The Boxer / Simon & Garfunkel (Bridge Over Troubled Water (Exp))
- Living For the City / Stevie Wonder (INNERVISIONS)
- So Long Dad / Randy Newman (Randy Newman)
- Mother / John Lennon (Plastic Ono Band)
- Help! / Beatles (Help)
- Hold On / John Lennon (Plastic Ono Band)
- #4
- Isolation / John Lennon (Plastic Ono Band)
- You’ve Got A Friend / Donny Hathaway (Live)
- I’ll Be Home / Randy Newman (Little Criminals)
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) / James Taylor (Gorilla)
- One To One / Carole King (One to One)
- Just the Way You Are / Billy Joel (The Stranger)
- Your Song / Elton John (Elton John)
- Honesty / Billy Joel (52nd Street)
- Bridge Over Troubled Water / Simon & Garfunkel (Bridge Over Troubled Water (Exp))
- Ebony and Ivory / Paul McCartney (Tug of War)
- Find the Cost Of Freedom-Ohio / CSN&Y (Journey Through the Past)
- #5
- You Haven’t Done Nothin’ / Stevie Wonder (Fulfillingness First Finale)
- Rednecks / Randy Newman (Good Old Boys (Expanded & Remastered))
- Village Ghetto Land / Stevie Wonder (Songs in the Key of Life)
- Big Brother / Stevie Wonder (TALKING BOOK)
- Ebony Eyes / Stevie Wonder (Songs in the Key of Life)
- Little Ghetto Boy / Donny Hathaway (Live)
- To Be Young, Gifted and Black / Donny Hathaway (In Performance)
- #6
- Cash In Your Face / Stevie Wonder (Hotter Than July)
- Southern Man / Neil Young (After the Gold Rush)
- Black Man / Stevie Wonder (Songs in the Key of Life)
- Happy Birthday / Stevie Wonder (Songs in the Key of Life)
- Long Time Gone / CSN (Crosby Stills & Nash)
- I Shall Be Released / The Band (MUSIC FROM BIG PINK)
