For Your Love / Stevie Wonder


数多くあるStevie Wonderの曲の中で、私はこのナンバーがいちばん好きだ。
初めて聴いたのはライヴ盤(Natural Wonder)でだが、その前アルバム【Conversation Peace】にも収録されいることをあとから知った。

このライブ【Natural Wonder】は95年に日本(東京、横浜、大阪)で行われたもので、StevieがダイヤルQ2を利用して阪神大震災の基金を募ったという話題性から民放のテレビ局でも放映された。(WOWOWでは完全版)

ライブ盤の“For Your Love”がオリジナルと違うのは、オーケストラを使った演奏スタイルと3人のバックコーラス(Darryl Keith John、Marva Kine、Panzie Johnson)の存在。これが観る者をぐっと惹きつける。

ちなみに余談だが、Mariah Careyが文京区のFSホテルがお気に入りなように、当時のStevie Wonderの東京滞在はいつも新宿のKOPホテルだった。

For Your Love

All the gold in all the world
Is nothing to possess
If all the things that it can bring
Can’t add up to one ounce of your happiness

And for your love I would do anything
Just to see the smile upon your face
For your love I would go anywhere
Just you tell me and I’ll be right there

A diamond that shines Like a star in the sky
Is nothing to behold For miniscule is any light
If it can’t like you brighten up my soul

And for your love I would do anything
Just to see the smile upon your face
For your love I would go anywhere
Just you tell me and I’ll be right there

I could have never fathomed this
Such joy, love and tenderness
That you give to me For the love I feel inside
It’s so wonderful I can’t hide
And I glow, I glow
With just the thought of you
I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do

And for your love I would do anything
Just to see the smile upon your face
For your love I would go anywhere
Just you tell me and I’ll be right there

And for your love I would do anything
Just to see the smile upon your face
For your love I would go anywhere
Just you tell me and I’ll be right there

And for your love I would do anything
Just to see the smile upon your face
For your love I would go anywhere
Just you tell me and I’ll be right there


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