# Short narrative of a music lover Vol.21 Sitting In My Hotel – The Kinks

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- Published: 2022-11-22T19:07:00-05:00
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## My Favorite CD

Hearing the news that The Kinks have released CD with remastered and unreleased 
remixes of “Muswell Hillbillies” and “Everybody’s in Show-Biz” to commemorate the
50th anniversary of the release, I listened to the two albums again. I’m a bit of
a kinky freak, so I like all the Kinks albums, including the early, punky Kinks,
the Kinks when they were slipping a little bit from the mainstream, and the late,
nasty rock ‘n’ roll Kinks, but these two albums are exceptional. At the same time,
the Rolling Stones also released a series of cool albums influenced by American 
Southern music, but the Kinks’ approach is more all-encompassing, yet still interesting
in the sense that they can’t seem to get away from the UK. Both are good, though.
And above all, the ironic romantic side of Ray Davies is on full display, which 
is good. I’ve made a very long preface, but this time, I’d like to choose songs 
from the angle of “ironic romantics”. First of all, I would like to introduce from
two albums by the Kinks.

### Holiday – The Kinks

### Sitting In My Hotel – The Kinks

”Holiday” is a laid-back song that makes you feel like you are relaxing on a holiday,
but when I look at the lyrics carefully, I wonder that the song is not about a holiday,
but about being laid off from work. “Sitting In My Hotel” is another song with a
beautiful melody (Ray Davies wrote some of the most beautiful melodies I’ve ever
heard)., but the lyrics seem to be self-mocking about his tour-soaked life.

　Next, I would like to introduce Randy Newman. This is another singer-songwriter
who puts poignant and ironic lyrics on beautiful melodies. Lately, though, he has
become completely associated with the image of writing music for Toy Story. I wonder
if he wants to do it. But the reason of Toy Story’ is good movie is Randy Newman
songs, so I’m happy about that.

### Sail away – Randy Newman

　It starts out as like an American anthem, but about halfway through the song, 
it becomes clear that the song is sung by a slave trader. It is a beautiful song,
but the lyrics are incredibly poignant.

　Next, I would like to introduce Warren Zevon. He is associated with the West Coast
rock like Jackson Browne and the Eagles, but while Jackson Browne and the Eagles
are romantic, his songs tend to have more ironic lyrics. That’s what I really like
about him. It’s somewhat oblique all the time. I would like to introduce this song
that Linda Ronstadt also sang and made famous.

### Poor Poor Pitiful Me – Warren Zevon

　Well, a pop song with the title, “Poor poor pitiful me,” is still a bit of ironic,
isn’t it?

Last but not least, I introduce Charlie Parker. Charlie Parker, of course, did not
write lyrics, but in fact, his songs did not even have a title, and he called his
songs by numbers, so the song titles were given at random by the producer. There
is a story that the song I am going to introduce is the name of a drug dealer, which
is a bit ironic considering Charlie Parker was devoured by drugs. The song is truly
a great representative of Be-bop.

### Moose The Mooche – Charlie Parker

　As usual, I’ll end with my song. I wrote this song in the image of Bob Dylan around
the time of the Rolling Thunder Revue, and there are some pretty ironic phrases 
in the lyrics.

#### Kaneko’s Song of the Day

**Baby don’t cry**　　 Lyrics: KANEKO Chalin

Ten Kindergarteners mowed down by an old man’s car
A high school student boy caring
for his bedridden grandmotherBaby don’t cryThe shouting of the neighbor’s 40 years
son who’ve never been seen yearsGarbage of cup noodles piling up over the wall in
the yardBaby don’t cry

Sadness and overjoy are with you
Confusion and anger are with youOne side with really
goodnessOne side with really badness

I am living everyday hard
Is the world getting better or worse?Baby don’t cry

A homeless buying junk food from a millionaire’s company
Money is rolling around
and swelling up a big mountain moneyBaby don’t cryA Mercedes Benz bought with welfare
that a young man gotYellow beaten by black who were beaten by copsBaby don’t cry

Dreamful space satellites that are falling day by day
A big stadium crushing vacant
lots where children playedBaby don’t cryAnts that couldn’t escape from a forest 
fire eternityMelting ice and waters boiled by too much electricityBaby don’t cry

Sadness and overjoy are with you
Confusion and anger are with youOne side with really
strengthOne side with really weaknessI am living everyday hardIs the world getting
better or worse?Baby don’t cry

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