나카모리 아키나 『Cross My Palm』

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中森明菜 『Cross My Palm』

01 POLITICAL MOVES

02 SOFT TOUCH

03 HE’S JUST IN LOVE WITH THE BEAT

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1987년에 발매된 아키나의 11번째 정규앨범
전곡이 영어로 구성된 앨범으로, 빌보드 200 차트에서 90위를 차지할 정도로 꽤 선전한 앨범이다

개인적으로 이 3곡 중에서 가장 ‘팝송’적 느낌이 강한 건 〈HE’S JUST IN LOVE WITH THE BEAT〉라 생각함
이 곡이야말로 진짜 숨은 명곡

POLITICAL MOVES

POLITICAL MOVES

In your quiet desperation
You are fighting to be free
Chased by the hounds of justice
And now you’re telling me
“I can’t take it no more”
And it’s become a routine

There’s an open invitation
To change the circumstance
Unless you lay your weapon down
We haven’t got a chance
I can’t take it no more
It’s become a routine

Gotta feeling that nothing satisfies
There’s a hunger and a yearning in you
That you can’t deny

It’s a political move
You got something to prove
Love is a ritual
You wanna tame the beast on the loose

It’s a passion situation
Our desire holds the hey
Now you’re under sentence
And you put the blame on me
I can’t take it no more
It’s a become a routine

There’s an emptiness that’s burning deep inside
There’s a hunger and a yearning in you
And that won’t be denied

It’s a political move
You got something to prove
Love is a ritual
You wanna tame the beast on the loose

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SOFT TOUCH

SOFT TOUCH

The party’s done
The people gone
But still the night’s only young for me
Nothing’s got a hold on me now

A look of lust
Ain’t very much
Of who you are but enough for me
It’s all that I need
I want to burn in your arms like the Sun
Want the world to think that the morning has come

Want your
Soft touch
I need it so much

I need your
Soft touch
Want your body against my skin

Need some loving, so let me in
Nothing’s gonna stop me now

Don’t tell me lies
If it’s a night
And nothing more- it’s all right by me
Taking what we want when we can

Our spirits young
Our bodies strong
And that is all the right & wrong can be
I know what you need
I want to take you to a feeling inside
Where the devils and angels can’t hide

Want your
Soft touch
I need it so much

I need your
Soft touch
Want your body against my skin

Need some loving, so let me in
Nothing’s gonna stop me now

개인적으로 아키나의 레전드 무대 중 하나로 꼽는 파리에서의 〈SOFT TOUCH〉
자유로움이 느껴진다
아키나의 무대 위에서의 애티튜드를 잘 볼 수 있어서 좋아하는 무대