2014/07/05
地理空間情報アナリスト・遠藤宏之氏が言う。
「(中略)
かつて川があったところは渋谷の『谷』のように、『田』『沼』『鷺』『池』『窪』『堀』『橋』『泉』『井戸』『塚』など、水をイメージさせる字が地名についています」
たとえば、東京23区から遠藤氏が指摘する文字を含む地名を、ランダムにチョイスしてみる。渋谷区=渋谷駅周辺
世田谷区=池尻、鎌田
千代田区=永田町、神田和泉町、飯田橋
港区=赤坂(かつて溜池と呼ばれたエリア)
文京区=小石川、水道
中野区=沼袋、上鷺宮
練馬区=大泉、田柄
杉並区=井草、高井戸一帯
新宿区=落合一帯、中井、高田馬場(かつて戸塚と呼ばれたエリア)
豊島区=池袋本町、高田しかも、ハザードマップに照らしてみると、リスクが高いところが少なくない。
http://www.nikkan-gendai.com/articles/view/life/151613
東京の山の手側は起伏があるからね。
下町は逆に海抜の低い平坦な土地が広がっている。
ちょっと高台でも地盤が緩ければ危ない。
武蔵野といわれる郊外でもゲリラ豪雨が心配だし、この前の雹の騒ぎもあったしね。
実際、自然災害に強い地域というのは東京では少ないんじゃないか?
2014/06/25
lleged BA mixup sent US couple to Grenada instead of Granada
Dentist and his wife sue British Airways for booking them tickets to Caribbean island rather than Spanish city 6,000 miles away
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/25/american-couple-sue-british-airways-grenada-granada
2014/06/26
スペイン南部、グラナダ(Granada)は同国の中でもエキゾチックな観光地。沈む夕陽のきらめきに映える古い町並みが実にロマンチックな街であり、多くの詩人の憧れとなった地です。
(中略)
アメリカ・メリーランド州に住む歯科医のガムソンさんは3万4千ドルをかけて旅行を手配。そしてロンドンからブリティッシュ・エアウェイズのファーストクラスに乗り込み、いざスペインに向かったのですが、ふと機内のモニタを見て飛行機が大西洋を越えようとしていることに気が付いたのです。
あわてて乗務員に尋ねると、その飛行機はスペインのグラナダではなくそこから6300km離れた西インド諸島・グレナダ(Grenada)島行きであることが判明。
http://dailynewsagency.com/2014/06/26/british-airways-sued-for-sending-ow4/
スペイン南部グラナダ(Granada)と
西インド諸島のグレナダ(Grenada=国名・島名)
「a」と「e」の違いだけ。
何で国を確認しなかったんだろう?
こういう大ポカは日本じゃさすがにあり得ないというか、起こりえない。
では地名ソングをど~ぞ。
根津甚八 – セントルイスブルース演ってくれ
作詞:浅野裕子、作曲:大野克夫、編曲:船山基紀
Ike & Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits(1973/08 stereo 45)
アイクとティナ・ターナー – ナットブッシュ・シティー・リミッツ
テネシー州ナットブッシュはティナの生まれ故郷だそうだ。
Written by Tina in commemoration of her rural hometown of Nutbush, Tennessee, this was the last Ike & Tina single to register in the pop Top 40.
The Jackson 5 – Sugar Daddy(1971/11/23 mono 45)
ジャクソン・ファイブ – シュガー・ダディ
好きなキミに何でも買ってあげるよと歌っている。若くしてスターとなり大金をつかんだマイケルが歌うので、今聴くとなおのことリアリティが感じられる。
地名として L.A. と Cincinnati が、人名としてマリファナの通名である Mary Jane が出てくる。
(debuted late ’71) 1972 Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 6, Record World 7, Billboard 10 – R&B Peak: 3
Shannon – Abergavenny(US:1969/06 mono 45)
Marty Wilde as “Shannon”
アバーガベニーは英ウェールズ州モンマスシャーにある町で、「ウェールズへの玄関口」として知られている。
Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 32, Cash Box 42, Billboard 47 – Easy Listening Peak: 22
Recording here as “Shannon” was English performer Marty Wilde (father of singer Kim Wilde), who put 13 songs on the UK pop singles charts between 1958 and 1962. The title subject Abergavenny is a Welsh town near the border with England.
Karina – La Fiesta(1969)
“Abergavenny”
Spain
Barnett Bros. – The Green Kid From St. Lou.(1966)
2度目の引用。
Dick Dale – St. Louis Blues(1960/07)
Richard Maltby & Orchestra – St. Louis Blues Mambo(1954/08)
Hazy Osterwald Und Sein Sextett – St. Louis Blues
from the album “The Hazy Osterwald Show”(1954)
Julius LaRosa – Mobile(1954)
Julius Larosa
Julius La Rosa
orchestra アラバマ州の港湾都市モービル(モビール、モバイル)がテーマのご当地ソング。
油田開発により急成長した町で映画『フォレスト・ガンプ』の舞台となった。
ジュリアス・ラ・ローサはニューヨークのブルックリン出身。
conducted by Joe Reisman
Bonnie Lou – The Texas Polka(1953)
Bonnie Lou – Tennessee Wig Walk(1953)
Ginny Simms – San Fernando Valley(1944)
2度目の引用。
Music and Lyrics by Gordon Jenkins
Johnny Mercer and The Barries – San Fernando Valley(1944)
orchestra conducted by Paul Weston
2度目の引用。
One of Gordon Jenkins’ most successful ventures as a songwriter was this happy hit with a western flavor. Bing Crosby had the #1 best-seller
Bing Crosby – San Fernando Valley(1944)
orchestra conducted by John Scott Trotter
2度目の引用。
Judy Garland – Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis(1944)
ジュディ・ガーランド – セント・ルイスで会いましょう
orchestra and chorus conducted by Georgie Stoll
from the movie “Meet Me In St. Louis”(米1944/11/28公開)若草の頃
The Dixileland Jazz Group of “NBC’s Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street” with Lena Horne – St. Louis Blues(1941)
conducted by Henry Levine
An album of W.C. Handy music conducted by Henry Levine, with vocals by Lena on tracks 1,3,5 & 7
This recording was issued as one of eight in Victor’s second of four early-1940s album sets that featured cast members of NBC’s weekly program “The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street.” The tongue-in-cheek presentations of jazz, blues and Dixieland were performed by studio musicians led by Henry Levine and Paul Laval with vocals during the early seasons by Dinah Shore, Lena Horne and Linda Keene. Wikipedia’s entry “The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street” has additional details about the program.
All eight of these individual album tracks are also available for continuous sequential listening in a single 23-minute video posted under the title “1941 full album: Birth Of The Blues-Lena Horne & Henry Levine”
The Dixileland Jazz Group of “NBC’s Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street” – East St. Louis Blues (1941)
conducted by Henry Levine
1941 Birth Of The Blues-Lena Horne & Henry Levine: 06 East St. Louis Blues (H Levine-instrumental)
An album of W.C. Handy music conducted by Henry Levine, with vocals by Lena on tracks 1,3,5 & 7
This recording was issued as one of eight in Victor’s second of four early-1940s album sets that featured cast members of NBC’s weekly program “The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street.” The tongue-in-cheek presentations of jazz, blues and Dixieland were performed by studio musicians led by Henry Levine and Paul Laval with vocals during the early seasons by Dinah Shore, Lena Horne and Linda Keene. Wikipedia’s entry “The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street” has additional details about the program.
All eight of these individual album tracks are also available for continuous sequential listening in a single 23-minute video posted under the title “1941 full album: Birth Of The Blues-Lena Horne & Henry Levine”
Earl Hines and his Orchestra – Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues(1940)
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra – St. Louis Blues(1936)
recorded in Hollywood August 21, 1936
Mills Brothers – St. Louis Blues(1932)
Not your typical “St. Louis Blues,” but one of several popular Mills Brothers recordings included in this 1932 collection. Per the label: “No musical instruments or mechanical devices used in this recording other than one guitar”
Manolo Castro and His Havana Yacht Club Orchestra – St. Louis Blues(1931)
vocal: members of the orchestra
This Latin-flavored arrangement of the W. C. Handy tune also includes some interpolations of the 1931 song hit “The Peanut Vendor.” All four issued tracks from this Castro orchestra session are posted to the channel, including the flip side “Marta” and the first two commercial 78 tracks to feature a vocal by “The Street Singer” Arthur Tracy: “I’m All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart” and “There’s No Other Girl (After Loving You)”
Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra – In A Café On The Road To Calais(1931)
vocal: Frank Luther
recorded in NYC April 24, 1931
Abe Lyman and his California Orchestra – In A Cafe On The Road To Calais(1931)
vocal: Phil Neely
recorded in Los Angeles March 20, 1931
Calais(カレー)はドーバー海峡に臨むフランスの港市。
Bessie Smith – The St. Louis Blues(1925)
2度目の引用。
Louis Armstrong (cornet) and Fred Longshaw (organ) accompany Bessie on Handy’s 1914 blues standard.
California Ramblers – I Wanna See My Tennessee(1924)
Marion Harris – The “St. Louis Blues”(1920)
orchestra conducted by Charles Prince
Among the many popular recordings of W.C. Handy’s most famous song, which had first been published in 1914.
Herbert Payne – Down Home In Tennessee(1916)
Ernest Pike as Herbert Payne
Prince’s Band – St. Louis Blues(1915)
2度目の引用。
recorded in NYC October 21, 1915
1st Recording Of “St. Louis Blues”
Charles Prince’s Columbia Records house band managed to squeeze three lively run-throughs of Handy’s famous song onto this 12-inch, four-minute, one-dollar disc.
以下、「St. Louis Blues March」を含む投稿。
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Joe Haymes and his Orchestra – Louisville Lady(1933)
vocal: Ward Silloway
recorded in NYC June 21, 1933
『セントルイス・ブルース』風。
2度目の引用。
Anson Weeks and his Orchestra – Louisville Lady(1933)
vocal: Carl Ravazza
ルイビル/ルイスビルは米ケンタッキー州北西部にある都市。
2度目の引用。
This track was cut at the first Weeks session for singer-violinist Ravazza, who was replacing Xavier Cugat in the string section. See also the flipside “It’s Not A Secret Anymore” with an early Bob Crosby vocal
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Louisville関連ではこんな曲もある。
Newport Society Orchestra – Headin’ For Louisville(1926)
vocal: Arthur Fields
Ben Selvin as “Newport Society Orchestra”
Banner レーベルのSP盤 “Sam Lanin’s Dance Orchestra – Good Mornin'” のB面。
“Dixie” “My Old Kentucky Home” を引用。
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