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"Fade Away" is a 1980 song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen, accompanied by the E Street Band. It is contained on his album ''The River'', and the second single released from it in the United States. ==History== The song was recorded at The Power Station in New York in March to June 1980, one of the last songs to be recorded for the album.〔(Brucebase, On The Tracks: The River )〕 Musically and lyrically it is a slow, pained lament: :''Well now, you say you've found another man, who does things to you that I can't :''And that no matter what I do, it's all over now between me and you girl :''But I can't believe what you say! :''No, I can't believe what you say ... Rock author Jimmy Guterman wrote that "Fade Away" is "certainly among his most pessimistic and helpless depictions of life and love gone wrong."〔 p. 116.〕 This was the second single taken from ''The River'', released in February 1981 in the U.S.〔''Born in the U.S.A. Tour'' (tour booklet, 1984), p. 12.〕 and in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. (In the UK and Europe, " The River" was released instead.) In the U.S., "Fade Away" was not as successful as the previous single from the album, "Hungry Heart", but still reached #20 on the U.S. pop singles chart. It was only performed sporadically on The River Tour,〔(Killing Floor database: query and searches online )〕 and not at all for nearly the first two months.〔 p. 147.〕 The judgement behind its selection as the second single was questioned, considering the more radio-friendly songs on the record,〔 and the choice was blamed for slowing down sales of the album.〔 p. 153.〕 It was then dropped from Springsteen's concert repertoire completely, only rematerializing for a handful of solo renditions on the 2005 Devils & Dust Tour.〔 E Streeter Steve Van Zandt has proclaimed "Fade Away" as one of his favorite Springsteen songs, but thinks that it is not played in band shows because it is too slow. Regardless, he says, "It's just one of those funny, lost little gems, you know?"〔 It was finally given an E Street Band performance again at Stockholms Stadion on June 7, 2009 during the European second leg of the Working on a Dream Tour; Springsteen made reference on stage to Van Zandt's desire to hear it. The song was performed once on the Wrecking Ball Tour on July 20, 2013 at King's Hall in Belfast; Springsteen made reference on stage that it was Van Zandt's favorite song.〔(Bruce Base: Fade Away )〕〔YouTube: Fade Away, Belfast July 20, 2013〕 Meanwhile, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (old Van Zandt cohorts) had added "Fade Away" to his concerts from the 1980s on, and it would be included on his 1997 ''Spittin' Fire'' live album.〔(Southside Johnny.com: Discography )〕 Southside's renditions have often been of a slow, bluesy nature, accompanied only by bandmate Bobby Bandiera. 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「Fade Away (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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