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"4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)", often known just as "Sandy", is a 1973 song by Bruce Springsteen, originally appearing as the second song on his album ''The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle''. It was released as a single from the album in Germany.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://germancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce+Springsteen&titel=4th+Of+July%2C+Asbury+Park+%28Sandy%29&cat=s )〕 One of the best-known and most praised of his early efforts,〔 p. 58.〕 the song remains one of his most popular ballads,〔 p. 25.〕 and has been described as "the perfect musical study of the Jersey Shore boardwalk culture."〔 ==Themes and recording== Set on, as the title suggests, the Fourth of July in Asbury Park, New Jersey, the song is a powerful love ballad, dedicated to one Sandy and describing the depressing atmosphere that threatens to smother the love between the singer and Sandy. Locals include the "stoned-out faces," "switchblade lovers" and "the greasers" who "tramp the streets or get busted for sleeping on the beach all night." The singer is tired of "hangin' in them dusty arcades" and "chasin' the factory girls." The song begins with the line: "Sandy, the fireworks are hailin' over Little Eden tonight." Writer Ariel Swartley views the song's verses as depicting the narrator as something of an "adolescent loser ... () ruining his chances with the girl: he can't stop telling her about the humiliations, about the girls who led him on, about the waitress that got tired of him."〔 p. 52.〕 Nevertheless, Swartley observes the choruses to be warm, immediate, and portray an irresistibly romantic atmosphere.〔 Van Morrison's influence can be heard in this song, as "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" closely parallels his romanticization of Belfast in such songs as "Cyprus Avenue" and "Madame George" from the 1968 album, ''Astral Weeks''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=superseventies )〕 "Sandy" showcases the wistful side of Springsteen; ''Los Angeles Times'' writer Robert Hilburn later wrote that "the verses () whispered as if he was singing into his girlfriend's ear."〔 During recording of the song for the album, Springsteen wanted a children's choir to sing on it, but they did not show up for the session.〔Horovitz, David, ("Bruce Springsteen's kibbutz violinist" ), ''The Jerusalem Post'', October 22, 2007.〕 Instead, he recorded the high, clear voice of Suki Lahav, overdubbing it repeatedly, to give a choir-like effect.〔 Lahav, the wife of Springsteen's sound engineer at the time, would not be credited for her role,〔 but would later join the E Street Band for six months as a violinist and singer. No singles were released from ''The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle''. "Sandy" would, however, along with "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)", become fan favorites from the album,〔〔 and would garner progressive rock radio airplay during the ramp-up of Springsteen's visibility preceding the 1975 release of ''Born to Run''. The song would be released as a single in Germany in mid-1975, with the title reversed into "Sandy (4th of July, Asbury Park)".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=SANDY (4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK) / THE E STREET …. (Germany) (search for song) ) 〕 "Sandy" also attracted the attention of other musicians; it was one of the two Springsteen songs that drummer Max Weinberg knew when he auditioned for Springsteen's E Street Band in late 1974.〔 p. 117.〕 Once ''Born to Run'' made Springsteen a major rock figure, "Sandy" received additional airplay on progressive and album oriented rock formats. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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