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Crazy - Gnarls Barkley　

日本語訳

I remember when, I rememer , I remember when I lost my mind
There was something so pleasant about that place
Even your emotions had an echo
In so much space

And when you're out there
Without care
Yeah, I was out of touch
But it wasn't because I didn't know enough
I just knew too much

Does that make me crazy?
Does that make me crazy?
Does that make me crazy?
Possibly

And I hope that you are having the time of your life
but think twice, that's my only advice

Come on now, who do you, who do you, who do you, who do you think you are,
Ha ha ha bless your soul
You really think you're in control

Well, I think you're crazy
I think you're crazy
I think you're crazy
Just like me

My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limb
And all I remember is thinking, I want to be like them

Ever since I was little, ever since I was little it looked like fun
And it's no coincidence I've come
And I can die when I'm done

Maybe I'm crazy
Maybe you're crazy
Maybe we're crazy
Probably

Gnarls Barkleyについて

「Crazy」　曲の情報

曲の解釈

"You are the best. You are the worst. You are average. Your love is a part of you. You try to give it away because you cannot bear its radiance, but you cannot separate it from yourself. To understand your fellow humans, you must understand why you give them your love. You must realize that hate is but a crime-ridden subdivision of love. You must reclaim what you never lost. You must take leave of your sanity, and yet be fully responsible for your actions." -Gnarls Barkley, in a letter to the legendary rock critic Lester Bangs

"But Cee-Lo and I started talking, and I somehow got off on this tangent about how people won't take an artist seriously unless they're insane. And we were saying that if we really wanted this album to work, the best move would be to just kill ourselves. That's how audiences think; it's retarded. So we started jokingly discussing ways in which we could make people think we were crazy. We talked about this for hours, and then I went home. But while I was away, Cee-Lo took that conversation and made it into 'Crazy,' which we recorded in one take. That's the whole story. The lyrics are his interpretation of that conversation."

「ある1つのことを意味しているわけではない」とシー・ローは話し始めた。「多くの異なる状況に関連できるよう、一般的な言葉を使おうと務めた」。 
「でも、オレが理解することには、オレたちは人生という雄大な度合いの不確実性の下に生まれたということ」と彼は続けた。「もし人生をもう一つ別のものと同等視するとすれば、それはチャンスだ。そしてもしチャンスを試さなければ、本当に生きているとは言えない。そして残りの人生ただじっと待っているだけなんて、オレにとってはクレイジーなことだ」。

I remember when, I rememer , I remember when I lost my mind
There was something so pleasant about that place
Even your emotions had an echo
In so much space

And when you're out there
Without care
Yeah, I was out of touch
But it wasn't because I didn't know enough
I just knew too much

"out there"っていうのはよく使われる英語表現です。辞書をひくと「外に」とか「向こうに」とか「世の中に」っていうのが出てきますが、「”壁を隔てた”向こう側に」、とか、自分とは離れた別の場所にってかんじの意味が内包されているかなと思います。
この場合の「遠いところに行ってしまった」は、正気を失ってしまった"you"が、物理的ではなく心理的にもう自分の声が届かないところに行ってしまったという意味ではないか、と考えます。正気でないということは、"care"することもできません。
"out of touch"は辞書には「接触していない」「連絡が取れない」「情報に疎くなって」と載っています。"touch"には「触れる」という意味がありますが、これは物理的な意味にとどまらず、精神的な触れ合いも含んでいます。





長々書きました。まだ最後までいってませんが、疲れたので今日はここまで。
テレビなどで様々なアレンジも披露しています。そちらを少し貼って終わります。


From the Basementという番組から。



第49回グラミー賞(2007)でのパフォーマンス。パイロットの制服が似合ってますね。他のライブだとコーラスの人がキャビンアテンダントの衣装を着てました。


MTV Movie Awards 2006、STAR WARSコスプレ。

カバーしている人もプロ・アマ問わず多くYouTubeに動画をあげてます。
Christina Aguilera・Adam Levine・Blake Shelton・Cee Lo Greenという豪華なメンツが一同に介したバージョンもあるし、オーディション番組で使う人も多いみたいです。



こちらはコロンビアのThe Voice Kids、14歳のダニエラちゃんです。



アメリカのThe Voiceより。アラスカ州出身らしいです。


Crazyを収録しているSt. Elsewhereの尼リンク（デジタルミュージックストア版）です。