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1. 人生の意味は何ですか？
2. 神様は存在しますか？
3. 金髪女性はそうでない人に比べて楽しく暮らしていますか？
4. 最高のダイエット方法は何ですか？
5. 誰か向こうにいますか？
6. 世界でもっとも有名な人は誰ですか？
7. 愛とは何ですか？
8. 幸せになる秘訣は？
9. アメリカノ人気ドラマの主人公トニー・ソプラノは死にましたか？
10. 私は長生きできますか？
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私がお答えしましょう。
1. 人生の意味は何ですか？
特にありません。人生に意味を見出したいなら、それはあなた自身が決めることです。
2. 神様は存在しますか？
しません。いたらこんなひどい世界にはなってません。
3. 金髪女性はそうでない人に比べて楽しく暮らしていますか？
何が楽しいかは人によって違います。
また楽しいという感情は、どんな場合でもあまり長続きはしないものです。
欧米では金髪女性がモテるようですね。うらやましいのですか？
4. 最高のダイエット方法は何ですか？
失業して貯金がなくなることです。そうすればガンガン瘠せて、やがて死にます。
5. 誰か向こうにいますか？
いる場合もありますし、いない場合もあります。
6. 世界でもっとも有名な人は誰ですか？
「有名」の基準を先にあなたが決めてください。そうしたら答えましょう。
7. 愛とは何ですか？
漠然とした言葉なので、いろいろな種類の内容を含んでいます。
また、物質ではないので「水とは何ですか？」の答えのように、一意的のものではありません。
妄執・溺愛もあれば慈悲・抜苦与楽（大智度論）もあります。
結果として逆に相手を滅ぼすような「愛」はおそらく低次元の「愛」でしょう。
8. 幸せになる秘訣は？
何が幸せかは個人々々で異なっています。
お金があるのが幸せな人もいれば、逆の人もいます。
あなたにとっての幸せが何かを教えてもらえれば、そのヒントとなるような知恵も教えることが出来るでしょう。
9. アメリカの人気ドラマの主人公トニー・ソプラノは死にましたか？
ドラマの製作者に訊くのが一番確かです。
テレビ局に問い合わせなさい。
10. 私は長生きできますか？
自分が長生きできるかどうかが分れば誰も苦労はしません。
こんなばかげた質問をネットでするあなたはかなりアホウでしょうから長生きできるかどうかちょっと心配です。
Ben Bernie’s Orchestra – What Is This Thing Called Love?（1930）恋とは何でしょう
コール・ポーターの作。
Chester Leighton & his Sophomores – What Is This Thing Called Love?（1930）
with vocal refrain
Rich takes the Cole Porter standard from “Wake Up And Dream” at a brighter dance tempo than the more well-known Leo Reisman version. Per Johnson-Shirley, the vocal group is probably The Rollickers, which at this session may or may not have included Smith Ballew, Oscar Grogan, James Melton and Charlies Lawman.
Julie Wintz & his Mayflower Orchestra – What Is This Thing Called Love（1930）
vocal: Julie Wintz
recorded in NYC January 14, 1930
Leo Reisman and his Orchestra – What Is This Thing Called Love?（1930）
vocal: Lew Conrad
Bubber Miley’s trumpet is featured on the Cole Porter standard, first popularized in this Reisman version.
Fred Rich and his Orchestra – What Is This Thing Called Love?（1930）
vocal: Rollickers
from “Wake Up And Dream?”
Carl Fenton and his Orchestra – What Is This Thing Called Love（1930）
vocal: Scrappy Lambert
Cole Porter standard from the musical “Wake Up And Dream.” Marketed by Sears, Roebuck & Co., Supertone label releases were pressed from Gennett masters between 1928 and 1930. For the flip side “You Do Something To Me,”
Carl Fenton （real name Walter “Gus” Haenschen） served as music director for Brunswick Records between 1919 and 1927, and the “Carl Fenton” orchestra billing appeared on many of the label’s releases over the years, whether or not Haenschen actually took part in the session. Violinist Ruby Greenberg led the orchestra in public appearances and purchased rights to the Fenton name in 1927, continuing to issue recordings under the “Carl Fenton” banner into the 1930s
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Artie Shaw and his Orchestra – What Is This Thing Called Love?（1946）
Mel Torme and his The Mel-Tones
Acclaimed Shaw-Torme collaboration was one of the sides from the Musicraft 78 album of Cole Porter standards featured in the song score of the （largely fictional） Warner Brothers musical Porter biopic “Night And Day.”
Artie Shaw and his Orchestra – What Is This Thing Called Love?（1938）
From Shaw’s second Bluebird recording date came this upbeat arrangement of the Cole Porter standard which had first appeared as a 1930 song hit from the Broadway musical revue “Wake Up And Dream.” By the mid-1940s Artie was recording for the Musicraft label and turned out quite a different treatment of this song which featured young Mel Torme and his group The Mel-Tones
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The Pied Pipers – What Is This Thing Called Love?（1939）
session directed by Charles Margulis
Cole Porter’s early-thirties hit and the also-posted flipside “In A Little Spanish Town” were among four tracks turned out in the Pipers’ recording debut for Victor in June 1939. Earlier that year the eight-voice group had been dropped by Tommy Dorsey after only six or seven weeks performing on his Raleigh-Kool Cigarette program （the sponsor didn’t like their style）, but the bandleader would rehire them as a quartet several months later.
The original Pied Pipers, formed in Hollywood early in 1938 during the filming of “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” consisted of Jo Stafford （recently of The Stafford Sisters trio） plus the former male vocal groups The Four Esquires and The Three Rhythm Kings: Chuck Lowry, Dick Whittinghill, John Huddleston, Woody Newbury, Hal Hopper, George Tait & Bud Hervey.
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra – What Is This Thing Called Love?（1942）
vocal: Connie Haines
recorded in Hollywood December 22, 1941
George Stone Sextet – What Is This Thing Called Love?（1949）
Frank Sinatra – What Is This Thing Called Love?（1955）
Clifford Brown – What Is This Thing Called Love?（1956）
Edmundo Ros and his Orchestra – What Is This Thing Called Love?（1957）
Claire Austin – What Is This Thing Called Love?
from the album “When Your Lover Has Gone”（1956）
Wynton Marsalis – What Is This Thing Called Love?（1991）
- Sarah Vaughan – What Is This Thing Called Love?
- Enoch Light And The Light Brigade – What Is This Thing Called Love?
- Dave Brubeck – What Is This Thing Called Love?
- Art Blakey – What Is This Thing Called Love?
- The Mel-Tones – What Is This Thing Called Love?
- Art Pepper Quartet – What Is This Thing Called Love?
- Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker – What Is This Thing Called Love?
- Lena Horne – What Is This Thing Called Love?
- Les Paul – What Is This Thing Called Love?
- The King Cole Trio – What Is This Thing Called Love?
- Billie Holiday – What Is This Thing Called Love?（1945）
- Art Tatum – What Is This Thing Called Love?
- Connie Haines, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra – What Is This Thing Called Love?
- Libby Holman – What Is This Thing Called Love?
- 恋とは何でしょう – Wikipedia
Ray Noble and his New Mayfair Orchestra – Love Is The Sweetest Thing（1932）
vocal: Al Bowlly
Jack Hylton and his Orchestra – Love Is The Sweetest Thing（1932）
vocal: Pat O’Malley
This Ray Noble composition was featured in the 1932 UK film “Say It With Music.” Also available here on the channel are versions by Ray Noble/Al Bowlly Rudy Vallee and Henry Hall BBC Dance Orch/Les Allen
The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra – Love Is The Sweetest Thing（1932）
directed by Henry Hall
vocal: Les Allen
This Ray Noble composition was featured in the 1932 UK film “Say It With Music.” For the Noble-Bowlly recording, and the Rudy Vallee
Kinsman and his Band – Love Is The Sweetest Thing（1932）
vocal: John Thorne
This song hit and the lesser-known flip side “I’ll Do My Best To Make You Happy” were Ray Noble compositions featured in the 1932 UK film “Say It With Music.”
Rudy Vallée and his Connecticut Yankees – Love Is The Sweetest Thing（1933）
vocal: Rudy Vallée
Vallee opted to go with a near-copy of the popular Ray Noble-Al Bowlly arrangement of this 1933 song hit. The Vallee flip side “Shame On You” features a vocal by 18 year-old Alice Faye
Ray Noble and his New Mayfair Orchestra – Love Is The Sweetest Thing（1933）
vocal: Al Bowlly
Noble composition featured in the 1932 UK film “Say It With Music.”
Will Osborne and his Orchestra – Love Is The Sweetest Thing（1934）
ARC Studio Orch.
vocal: Will Osborne
Actually, one of the tracks recorded by the ARC studio orchestra but given label credit to Osborne’s band, this Ray Noble composition was featured in the 1932 UK film “Say It With Music.”
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra – Love, You Funny Thing!（1932）
vocal: Louis Armstrong
recorded in Chicago March 2, 1932
George Olsen and his Music – Love, You Funny Thing!（1932）
vocal: Fran Frey
The flip side is “By The Fireside”
Gus Arnheim and his Orchestra – Love Is A Dream（1933）
vocal: Bud Struck
recorded in Hollywood February 2, 1933
Bing Crosby – Love Is Just Around The Corner（1934）恋はすぐそこに
orchestra conducted by Georgie Stoll
Bing’s 1934 Paramount comedy “Here Is My Heart” co-starred Kitty Carlisle and introduced three Crosby hits, all of which are posted here: “June In January,” “Love Is Just Around The Corner,” and “With Every Breath I Take.”
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra – Love Is Like A Cigarette（1936）
vocal: Ivy Anderson
２度目の引用。
Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra – Love Is Where You Find It（1938）
vocal: Bob Eberle
John Payne and Johnnie Davis performed it on-screen in the 1938 WB film “Garden Of The Moon,” with music by Harry Warren, Al Dubin, and Johnny Mercer. On the flip side is the movie’s title song
Teddy Powell and his Orchestra – Love Is A Song（1942）
vocal: Peggy Mann
Donald Novis & the chorus performed the song under the opening credits of Disney’s popular animated feature.
Movie: “Bambi” （Walt Disney/RKO）, starring （the voices of） Hardie Albright, Stan Alexander, Peter Behn, Paula Winslowe, etc.
1942 OSCAR-NOMINATED SONG
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1942 BEST ORIGINAL SONG NOMINEES （10）
White Christmas （”Holiday Inn”） （winner）
（I’ve Got A Gal In） Kalamazoo （”Orchestra Wives”）
I’ve Heard That Song Before （”Youth On Parade”）
Dearly Beloved （”You Were Never Lovelier”）
How About You? （”Babes On Broadway”）
Always In My Heart （”Always In My Heart”）
Love Is A Song （”Bambi”）
Pig Foot Pete （”Hellzapoppin'”） （ineligible nominee…see Dolly Dawn post of the song）
When There’s A Breeze On Lake Louise （”The Mayor Of 44th Street”）
Pennies For Peppino （”Flying With Music”）
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SOME OTHER SONG HITS FROM 1942 FILMS
Abraham （”Holiday Inn”）
Amen （”What’s Cookin'”）
At Last （”Orchestra Wives”）
Be Careful, It’s My Heart （”Holiday Inn”）
Can’t Get Out Of This Mood （”Seven Days’ Leave”）
Der Fuehrer’s Face （”Donald Duck In Nutzi Land”）
Happy Holiday （”Holiday Inn”）
I Don’t Want To Walk Without You （”Sweater Girl”）
I Had The Craziest Dream （”Springtime In The Rockies”）
I Remember You （”The Fleet’s In”）
I Said No （”Sweater Girl”）
I’ll Remember April （”Ride’Em Cowboy”）
I’m Old Fashioned （”You Were Never Lovelier”）
Jingle Jangle Jingle （”The Forest Rangers”）
Mister Five By Five （”Behind The Eight-Ball”）
Moonlight Becomes You （”Road To Morocco”）
Pennsylvania Polka （”Give Out, Sisters”）
Serenade In Blue （”Orchestra Wives”）
Tangerine （”The Fleet’s In”）
There Will Never Be Another You （”Iceland”）
This Is Worth Fighting For （”When Johnny Comes Marching Home”）
Three Little Sisters （”Private Buckaroo”）
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The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra – Love Is A Simple Thing（1952/11）
vocal: Joe Mooney and The Doodlers
シングル “Nina Never Knew” のＢ面。
Song from the successful revue “New Faces of 1952.” Both this and the flip side “Nina Never Knew” were produced by Hugo Winterhalter and featured vocalist Joe Mooney and a group consisting of Artie Malvin, Sally Sweetland, Eugene Lowell, Lillian Clark, and Stephen Steck.
The progressive 1950s Sauter-Finegan Orchestra was assembled from New York studio musicians by well-known big-band-era arrangers Eddie Sauter and Bill Finegan.
Frank Sinatra – （Love Is）The Tender Trap（1955）
orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle.
In this adaptation of the 1954 Broadway play （which starred Robert Preston）, Frank is seen performing this song during the opening moments of the film.
Donna Brooks – Love Is A Fool
from the album ” I’ll Take Romance”（1956）
Annie Laurie – Love Is A Funny Thing（1957/10）
Gary Dale Tollett with The Crickets – Love is Dynamite
Eartha Kitt – Love Is A Gamble（1959/08）恋はギャンブル
The Short Twins – Love Is Just A Game To You（1959/11）
The Playmates – What Is Love?（1959）
２度目の引用。
Jane Morgan – Love Is Like Champagne（1959）
＝Mon manège à moi＝回転木馬／私の回転木馬
Mike Allen – Love Is Just A Game（1960）
Kathy Linden – Thats What Love Is（1960）これが恋なのね
Rob Danté – Baby This Is Love（1962/11）
Al Caiola – Love Is Like Champagne（1962）
The Romancers – What About Love（1962）
Maxine Starr – Love is（1962）
The Castells – So This Is Love（1962）
arranged by Hank Levine
The second of two national top-25 hits for the group
Joe Melson – Love Is A Dangerous Thing（1962）
The Shirelles – Love Is A Swingin’ Thing（1962）恋はツイストで
Curtis & Del – Love Is A Guessing Game（1963/06）
Keith Colley – Enamorado（1963）
タイトルはスペイン語で「恋に（愛に）」の意。
Charlotte O’Hara – Love Is A Strange Animal（Unissued, 1963）
John Brown Trio – Love Is A Wonderful Thing（1964）
Patti Walsh – Love Is
The Orchids – Love Is What You Make It（1965）
The Shirellesの “Sha-La-La”（1964）を思わせる箇所がある。
Dinah Lee – What Kind of Love is This（1965）
The Young Rascals – Love Is A Beautiful Thing（1966/06）
Lou Rawls – Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing（1966/08）
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 13, Record World 14, Cash Box 16 – R&B Chart Peak: 1
Lou’s first significant success as a solo artist （he had previously sung back-up on a couple of Sam Cooke hits）.
Johnny Wyatt – This Thing Called Love（1966/08）
James Darren – Love Is Where You Find It（1966/09）
（Bobbi And Michi）The Sound Of Soul – Love Is Such A Funny Thing（1966/09）
Patti Walsh – Love Is（1966）
Prince Phillip – Love Is A Wonderful Thing（1968/03）
シングル “Keep On Talking” のＢ面。
The Five C’s – Love Is A Tricky Thing（1968）
John Parker – Just A Thing Called Love（1970/01）
シングル “A Big Mistake” のＢ面。
The Pretenders What Is Love?（1971）
Ken Boothe -（It’s The Way）That Nature Planned It（UK:1974/03/08）
Neil Sedaka – Love Ain’t An Easy Thing
from the album “Laughter In The Rain”（1974）
Southside Movement – Love Is For Fools（1975/10）
シングル “Bus Stop” のＢ面。
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Juice Newton – The Sweetest Thing（I’ve Ever Known）（1981/10 stereo 45 single version）
Producer: Richard Landis
Arranger: Charlie Calello
夜明けに目覚め、横にいる彼をみて幸せを噛みしめる女性の心情。
produced by Richard Landis
（debuted late’81） 1982 Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard & Cash Box 7, Record World 20 – C&W Peak: 1 – A/C Peak: 1
The hits “Angel Of The Morning,” “Queen Of Hearts,” and “The Sweetest Thing” were all included as tracks in her 1981 LP “Juice.” However, there are two other notable versions of the song by Juice which you might find interesting.
1） Only on the initial album pressings of “Juice” is found a pedal-steel-heavy instrumental mix which was different from the more’pop’ arrangement of the hit single
2） She had originally recorded the song in 1975 for the RCA Victor album “Juice Newton & Silver Spur”
Juice Newton – The Sweetest Thing（I’ve Ever Known）（album version）
ジュース・ニュートン – 甘い出来事
from the album “Juice”（1981）夜明けの天使
Time: 4:04
Juice Newton & Silver Spur – The Sweetest Thing（I’ve Ever Known）（1975/10/19）
from the album “Juice Newton & Silver Spur”（1975）
Producer: Bones Howe, Jerry Stroud
Arranger: Mike Melvoin
Time: 3:34
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Sweet – Love Is Like Oxygen（UK:1978/01/06, US:1978/02 stereo 45 single version）
スイート – 愛が命
「愛は酸素のようなもの／多すぎるとハイになる／足りないと死んでしまう」と歌っている。
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard & Cash Box 8, Record World 12 – UK Peaks: 7 （MM）, 8 （NME）, 9 （BMRB）
Sweet – Love Is Like Oxygen（album version）
スイート – 愛が命
from the album “Level Headed”（1978）甘い罠
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England Dan & John Ford Coley – Love Is The Answer（1979/03 stereo 45）
イングランド・ダン＆ジョン・フォード – 愛こそ証（あかし）
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 10, Cash Box 13, Record World 15 – A/C Peak: 1 – UK Peak: 45 （BMRB）
Written by Todd Rundgren and first recorded in 1977 by his band Utopia, “Love Is The Answer” was a track from Dan & John’s final studio album “Dr. Heckle And Mr. Jive.”
England Dan & John Ford Coley – Love Is The Answer（1979 mono radio promo 45）
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 10, Cash Box 13, Record World 15 – A/C Peak: 1 – UK Peak: 45 （BMRB）
Written by Todd Rundgren and first recorded in 1977 by his band Utopia, “Love Is The Answer” was a track from Dan & John’s final studio album “Dr. Heckle And Mr. Jive.”
Utopia – Love Is the Answer
ユートピア – ラヴ・イズ・ジ・アンサー
ユートピア – 愛こそ証し
from the album “Oops! Wrong Planet”（1977/10）トッド・ラングレン、ユートピア 悪夢の惑星／ウープス！ロング・プラネット
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John Paul Young – Love Is In The Air（Australia:1978/05/01, US:1978/07 stereo 45 single version）
ジョン・ポール・ヤング – 風に舞う恋
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 7, Cash Box & Record World 13 – A/C Peak: 1 – UK Peaks: 5 （BMRB）, 6 （NME, MM）
Young’s highest charting hit was also issued as a 5+ minute track on the U.S. version of his “Love Is In The Air” LP as well as on a 12″ single
John Paul Young – Love Is In The Air（1978 stereo radio promo 45 short version）
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 7, Cash Box & Record World 13 – A/C Peak: 1 – UK Peaks: 5 （BMRB）, 6 （NME, MM）
Young’s highest charting hit was also issued as a 5+ minute track on the U.S. version of his “Love Is In The Air” LP as well as on a 12″ single
John Paul Young – Love Is In The Air（U.S. album / 12″ single version）
ジョン・ポール・ヤング – 風に舞う恋
from the album “Love Is In The Air”（1978）風に舞う恋
Time: 5:16
日本盤LPもこのテイク。
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Eurythmics – Love Is A Stranger（Germany:1982, UK:1982/09/24, US:1983/09 stereo 45）
ユーリズミックス – ラブ・イズ・ア・ストレンジャー
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 23, Cash Box 24 – UK Peaks: 5 （NME）, 6 （Gallup, MM） – 1991 UK Peak: 46
The opening track from their second album, “Sweet Dreams （Are Made of This）.”
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Pat Benatar – Love Is A Battlefield（1983/09/13 stereo 45 single version）
パット・ベネター – 愛の嵐
タイトルは「愛は戦場」の意。
Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 4, Billboard 5 – 1984 UK Peaks: 45 （MM）, 46 （NME）, 49 Gallup）, 1985 UK Peaks: 16 （MM）, 17 （Gallup, NME）
This Grammy-winning studio performance was included in Pat’s mostly-live 1983 album “Live From Earth.” Here is the longer LP track
Pat Benatar – Love Is A Battlefield（album version）
パット・ベネター – 愛の嵐
from the album Benatar “Live From Earth”（1983）ライヴ・フロム・アース
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- ストッキングがブルジョワジーの象徴だった頃 more register movement
- ソー・イン・ラブ more register movement
- ジェニファー・ジョーンズ死去 more register movement
追加記事
THE ポッシボー – なんじゃこりゃ?!（2012）
Lloyd Keating and his Music – What Is It?（1931）
vocal: Paul Small
Ben Selvin as “Lloyd Keating”
The flip side is “I Apologize” “Lloyd Keating” was a commonly used pseudonym on dime-store label issues by Selvin, Phil Spitalny, Fred Rich, Sam Lanin and a handful of other bands between 1930 and 1932.
Transferred from 78rpm Harmony 1366-H （also issued on Clarion and Velvet Tone） – What Is It? （Barris-Tobias） by Lloyd Keating & his Music （Ben Selvin）, vocal by Paul Small, recorded in NYC August 25, 1931
The High Hatters – What Is It?（1931）
vocal: Frank Luther
conducted by Leonard Joy
recorded in NYC July 29, 1931
Smith Ballew and his Piping Rock Orchestra – What is It?（1931）
vocal: Smith Ballew
Recorded several years before the multi-talented Smith Ballew would trade his baton for a movie six-gun, here are two nice sounding sides by the band （flip side “I Love Louisa”）. His final three singles for Columbia included the “Piping Rock Orchestra” label billing, a reference to the Piping Rock nightclub in Saratoga Springs NY where Ballew and his band were performing that summer.
日本語版Siri同士を会話させてみた
Siri に「恋とは何でしょう？」と訊いたら、どういう答えが返ってくる？
（２０１６年１月１５日）
追加記事
Robert Goulet “What Is This Thing Called Love?, I Get A Kick Out Of You & more”
The Ed Sullivan Show
January 21, 1962
（２０２４年１２月５日）
追加記事
Eydie Gormé “You Don’t Know What Love Is” on The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
2025/04/23
October 20, 1963.
（２０２５年４月２３日）