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(回答先: マドンナの新曲に早くも苦情!? 投稿者 white 日時 2005 年 10 月 12 日 18:43:09)
彼女はその時、その時のパブリシティー効果を考えて、よく「トリビュート・アルバム」を作り、そのたびに宗教をかえるとの噂もある。
少々古いもので恐縮だが、私の手元にマドンナについて書かれた友人からの1998年のメールが残っていた。
ジャズ・ミュージシャンのジョン・コルトレーンに捧げるアルバムをリリースしたということで、MTVに出演して、盛んにヒンズー教のバギャヴァド・ギータ（Bhagavad-Gita）の「オーム（Om)」を連発していたと書かれている。
マドンナは、インタビューで「そのほかに、自分は ダイアモンド・スートラ、禅のこうあん、カバラ、アンドリュー・ワイス博士の教えなどもとり入れている」といっている。
マドンナは、今はカバラの信者といっているが、次の「トリビュート・アルバム」では、どう変るか分からないのでは？
なお、これの終わりの方には「Prabuddha Kenny G, Sri Shiva Eric Clapton, Ma-Po-Set(Phil Collins), and brain Eno（ケニーGはプラブッタ、エリック・クラプトンはスリ・シバ、フィル・コリンズはマー・ポーセット・・など）」とも書かれている。
Subject: Bravo or barf; that’s the question
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 10:13:27
We live in a very miraculous world; just when you think that things remain the same, they take unexpected turns and metamorphous into a new reality. This is what Madonna has done. From dance floor diva to liberator of sexual politics to video innovator now to an eastern philosopher. I am sure that many of you caught her performance on the MTV music award of her chanting Om. You probably also read that she (along with Warren Beaty) was on the guest list for the Ravi Shanker performance last evening at Carnegie hall.
This next bit of news is what is extraordinary: Madonna is completing a tribute album to John Coltrane entitled: “ The Father, Son, Holy Ghost & Madonna…the Blessed Virgin”. In what must be viewed as a curious career turnaround, Madonna explains to Phil Schaap:
“ The further I get into the spirituality of the east, the more respect I have for that guy Coltrane. I mean, he really changed a lot of things with just a sax…you know what I mean…I mean I feel that this is my humble attempt as a tribute to a great, unknown artist from a well known great artist; you know what I mean.”
Madonna is exploring the most demanding portion of the Coltrane Canon, from late 1965 until 1967. The album opens up with her version of Om, produced by Babyface:
“Yea…Babyface understands the Trane vibe really well. He’s an African-American and I’m like an Italian American which is close to being an African-American in a very cultural sense. We begin with the original chant from Om taken form the Bhagavad-Gita. I also interpolate other texts from traditions including the Diamond Sutra, Zen Koans, the Kabbala, and texts from Dr. Andrew Weil. I feel that we really capture the feeling of the original “Om”. My personal statement is replacing the original instrumentation with a pipe and drum corps from Glasgow, Scotland on the left channel and some original electronica on the right channel. I think that the results are very intense.”
No less intense are Madonna’s original lyrics to Trane’s Sunship:
“You know, I’ve been told that Trane was trying to liberate music fron the tyranny of the written note. He was going towards a music of sound and rhythm. I believe that I arrived at the same conclusion years ago in my dance music so he and I are a good fit. Sunship is a duet with myself on vocals, Elvin Jones on drums, and Don Moye on Sun percussion. It is just the sound off my voice against the sound of percussion. I wrote the original lyrics while I was lying in my thermal salts bath:
“ Sunship….Oh Sunship baby
You Bring light to the Bardo Plane
It’s plain to see Sunship・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
・ ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
Dance with me Sunship
Dance with me beneath
the beat of meditation’s breath
the pulse of Om・・・・・・・・・
Oｍｍｍｍｍｍｍｍ・・・・・・・・・
Ommmmmmmm・・・・・・”
Madonna plays Welcome on solo kazoo, something which she says she did after reading “Chasing the Trane”:
“Yea・・・・・・・I use to play drums but I wanted to play an instrument which you could play harmonically/melodically advanced music on without practicing. In Chasing the Trane, there was a section where Trane's friend Gerald McKeever would play the kazoo to Tran’s ballads, I was influenced by that.”
Madonna also sings a medley of Meditations:
“ I did not know what pat to do so I decided to do a medley like I do with my hits. I incorporated some Sufi texts and I also wrote some original lyrics for “Love” section:
“Love・・・・・・・・・・・・・Love・・・・・・・・・
this love is different from the other love
but it is the same
Love・・・・・・Love・・・・・
Carnal or Spiritual
It’s not right or wrong・・・・・・・
・ ・・・・・・・・・・・・・
The musicians on the track include Prabuddha Kenny G, Sri Shiva Eric Clapton, Ma-Po-Set(Phil Collins), and brain Eno.
Needless to say, this will be a landmark record for Madonna and a very fitting tribute to the great John Coltrane. The release party will at Nirvana on Central Park West in NYC sometime in late November.
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