2011.11.23 コムダビチュード（いつものように）とマイウェイ
さて、外国の知人から イラン人歌手Shahin Gholizadehの
マイウェイと往年の映画スターの顔の絵のパワーポイントを貰いました。
マイウェイはポール・アンカ(1941-がフランク・シナトラ（1915-1998）が
引退すると聞いたときに、シナトラに送ったもので、１968年に大ヒット。
ポール・アンカはフランスでのヒット曲、コムダビチュード（いつものように）に自作の歌詞を
つけたもの。
マイウェイはよく知られた歌詞ですが、原曲の歌詞は
知られてないので調べてみました。
コムダビチュードは如何にもフランス風の平凡な繰り返しの人生の幸せを歌ったもの。
この元歌に、全く別の歌詞、激動の人生を歌った歌詞をつけてヒットさせたポール・アンカは
たいしたものです。
Comme D'habitude ”
Wikipedia
"My Way" is a song popularized by Frank Sinatra. Its lyrics were written by Paul Anka and set to music based on the French song "Comme d'habitude" composed in 1967 by Claude Francois and Jacques Revaux, with lyrics by Claude Francois and Gilles
Thibault. Anka's English lyrics are unrelated
to the original French song. "My Way"
is often quoted as the most covered song in history.
My Way/ジャック・ルヴォー＆クロード・フランソワ作曲、ポール・アンカ作詞
〈Claud Francois / Paul Anka...for ...Frank
Sinatora〉
My Way lyrics
Songwriters: Revaux, Jacques; Anka, Paul (Eng Lyr); Thibaut,
Gilles; Francois, Claude;
And now the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
My friend I'll say it clear
I'll state my case of which I'm certain
I've lived a life that's full
I traveled each and every highway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way
Regrets I've had a few
But then again too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way
Yes there were times I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
(From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/f/frank-sinatra-lyrics/my-way-lyrics.html)
But through it all when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out, I faced it all
And I stood tall and did it my way
I've loved, I've laughed and cried
I've had my fill, my share of losing
And now as tears subside
I find it all so amusing
To think I did all that
And may I say not in a shy way
Oh no, oh no, not me
I did it my way
For what is a man what has he got
If not himself then he has not
To say the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels
The record shows I took the blows
And did it my way
Yes it was my way