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"Back Off Boogaloo" is a song by English musician Ringo Starr, released as a non-album single in March 1972. Starr's former Beatles bandmate George Harrison produced the recording, which took place in London shortly after the two had appeared together at Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh shows in August 1971. The single was a follow-up to Starr's 1971 hit song "It Don't Come Easy" and continued his successful run as a solo artist. "Back Off Boogaloo" peaked at number 2 in Britain and Canada, and number 9 on America's ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It remains Starr's highest-charting single in the United Kingdom. The title for the song was inspired by English singer-songwriter Marc Bolan. Some commentators have suggested that the lyrics were directed at Paul McCartney, reflecting Starr's disdain for the music McCartney had made as a solo artist over the previous two years. "Back Off Boogaloo" demonstrates the influence of glam rock on Starr, who directed a documentary film, ''Born to Boogie'' (1972), about Bolan's band T. Rex around this time. Described by one author as a "high-energy in-your-face rocker",〔 the song features a prominent slide guitar part by Harrison and contributions from musicians Gary Wright and Klaus Voormann. Starr re-recorded "Back Off Boogaloo" for his 1981 album ''Stop and Smell the Roses'', in a collaboration with American singer Harry Nilsson that incorporates lyrics from Beatles songs such as "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Good Day Sunshine" and "Baby, You're a Rich Man". The original version has appeared on Starr's compilation albums ''Blast from Your Past'' and ''Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr'', and as a bonus track on his remastered 1974 studio album ''Goodnight Vienna''. Since his return to touring in 1989, Starr has performed "Back Off Boogaloo" regularly in concert with the various incarnations of his All-Starr Band. ==Background and composition== Ringo Starr identified his initial inspiration for "Back Off Boogaloo" as having come from Marc Bolan,〔Rodriguez, p. 93.〕 the singer and guitarist with English glam rock band T. Rex.〔 In a 2001 interview with ''Mojo'' editor Paul Du Noyer, Starr described Bolan as "a dear friend who used to come into the office when I was running Apple Movies, a big office in town, and the hang-out for myself, Harry Nilsson and Keith Moon".〔 Over dinner one evening at Starr's home outside London, Bolan had used the word "boogaloo" so often that it stuck in Starr's mind, after which the beat and melody for the song came to him overnight.〔Rodriguez, p. 32.〕 When discussing the composition on ''VH1 Storytellers'' in May 1998, Starr explained: "() was an energised guy. He used to speak: 'Back off boogaloo ... ooh you, boogaloo.' 'Do you want some potatoes?' 'Ooh you, boogaloo!'"〔Badman, p. 69.〕 Starr also recalled having to take the batteries out of his children's toys that night, in order to power a tape recorder and make a recording of the new song.〔Du Noyer, p. 51.〕 The lyrics to the middle eight of "Back Off Boogaloo" came to Starr while watching London Weekend Television's football show, ''The Big Match''.〔 The program's host, Jimmy Hill, often referred to a footballer's playing as "tasty",〔 a catchphrase that Starr incorporated into his song lyrics:〔Clayson, p. 223.〕 Commentators have interpreted the song, and particularly this statement,〔Doggett, p. 192.〕 as an attack by Starr on his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney.〔〔 Starr has denied any such interpretation, instead "claiming that the song was inspired by Bolan and nothing more", Beatles biographer Robert Rodriguez writes.〔 Starr had publicly criticised McCartney's solo albums ''McCartney'' (1970) and ''Ram'' (1971) on release,〔 and author Bruce Spizer paraphrases the message of the middle eight as "a plea for Paul to produce better music".〔Spizer, p. 297.〕 The mention of "''sound() wasted''" could also be a reference to McCartney's overindulgence with cannabis, Rodriguez suggests.〔 A further example of Starr's allegedly anti-McCartney message exists in the song's first verse:〔〔 The same commentators suggest that here Starr could be referring to the 1969 "Paul Is Dead" hoax.〔〔 The latter rumour circulated during September and October of that year while McCartney hid away on his Scottish farm,〔Schaffner, pp. 127–28.〕 disconsolate after John Lennon had told him and Starr that he wanted a "divorce" from the Beatles.〔Sounes, pp. 261–63.〕 In addition to these supposed messages in "Back Off Boogaloo", observers have viewed the song title as Starr's rebuke to McCartney to abandon his legal stand against the Beatles and Apple Corps,〔 which was placed in receivership in March 1971 after a High Court judge found in McCartney's favour.〔Doggett, pp. 162–63.〕 Author Keith Badman writes that "Boogaloo" had "long been cited as Paul's nickname" from his former bandmates Starr, Lennon and George Harrison.〔 While acknowledging that in subsequent years Starr might have chosen to minimise any ill-feeling towards McCartney, Rodriguez notes that the lyrics "just happened to fit perfectly into the 'us vs. Paul' mindset" following the Beatles' break-up, to the extent that "Back Off Boogaloo" was "as damning as 'Early 1970' had been conciliatory".〔Rodriguez, pp. 32, 34.〕 When tailoring his 1970 composition "I'm the Greatest" for Starr to record on the album ''Ringo'' (1973),〔Doggett, pp. 155, 199, 207.〕 Lennon referenced the song title with the lines "''Now I'm only thirty-two / And all I want to do is boogaloo''".〔 Although "T Rex devotees", in the words of Starr biographer Alan Clayson, claimed that Bolan had ghost-written "Back Off Boogaloo",〔Clayson, p. 224.〕 Starr later acknowledged that Harrison co-wrote the song〔〔Madinger & Easter, p. 500.〕 by adding some chords and finishing the melody.〔〔Du Noyer, pp. 50, 51.〕 As on Starr's 1971 hit single "It Don't Come Easy", Harrison was not credited for his songwriting contribution.〔Spizer, pp. 293, 297.〕 Starr originally offered "Back Off Boogaloo" to fellow Liverpudlian Cilla Black to record, but she declined,〔Harry, p. 87.〕 hoping instead to record another new Starr–Harrison composition, "Photograph".〔Clayson, p. 216.〕 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「Back Off Boogaloo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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